Yoshi - the innkeeper bows even lower
"I do not know why the honourable samurai's name was removed from the list. These documents were provided to me from the Daimiyo's household, I was not aware of any changes when these were handed to me. I will prepare my rooms for Hitoshi Sama, I will make other arrangements" she bows again before withdrawing to make the necessary arrangements.
Hitoshi seems in a much better mood and inclines is head towards you and speaks quietly to you
"Thank you my friend, I admit I almost let my emotions get the better of me when I arrived. Despite having earned my place in the tournament some have made it clear they do not feel I have a place here and I feared....well, I am in your debt for resolving this matter" he says and bows to you once more.
Kyo - you take a position to watch the servants go about their duties and listen to the conversations in the room. Asides from the odd muttering from some of the servants that they obviously do not think they can be overheard (general complaints about the extra work they are having to do due to the tournament) you do not pick up on anything untoward from the other guests.
OOC:
You can keep up to your ring value in dice (so in this case 3) from your initial pool but you only need to keep a minimum of one dice. In order to roll any additional dice for explosive successes you need to declare you are keeping those dice first and then roll the additional dice and decide if you are adding those to the kept dice (these don't count towards your limit of kept dice though).
You wouldn't handle any of the unpacking yourself, it would be unseemly for a samurai to do such menial work - there may be occasions when it would be useful to pass as a servant or peasant but you certainly wouldn't want any other samurai to find out you'd done such a low thing.
Kashita, Aki, Suteko - the grinning Yasuki
"Of course, of course. There is more than enough room and you are all more than welcome to join us.". As you all take a seat Aki introduces herself to the Shiba who bows slightly to her in turn
"Greetings Aki-san, I am Shiba Toya" he says in a rough, gravelly voice that if anything seems to compliment his dour countenance
"My companion here is Yasuki Jun." Jun smiles and bows slightly to you all as Toya continues
"I assume we are all to be fellow contestants in the Topaz Championship? It is good to meet those who have also earned their place here" as he says this his eyes dart in Hitoshi's direction giving you a clear indication on his thoughts of the Mantis. Hitoshi and the others do not appear to have heard Toya's comment.
