Doman Reconstruction: Ihase Ihase: There is still a lot of work to be done before we can start planting the rice. That reminds me -- I placed an order with Kozakura and the delivery is due any day now.
???: Which one of you is Ihase? Ihase: That would be me. And you must be here to deliver two sturdy-looking dzos, as requested. Brotherly Buduga: Glad are we to trade for Doman goods, so coveted are they by our brothers. Brotherly Buduga: But may we ask why you require two live dzos? 'Twould be simpler to bring you horns or pelts or meat. Or do you prefer to slaughter them yourselves? Ihase: Kami forfend! We wish to use them as beasts of burden, to help plough our fields. Ihase: Well-tilled soil is essential in the cultivation of crops. Ah... Just the thought of eating the first rice ball from our own harvest makes my mouth water. Brotherly Buduga: Rice balls? We remember these fondly. So vivid is the memory I can almost taste it! Brotherly Buduga: Mitsuba first introduced us to their heavenly goodness. I shall never forget the flavor. Brotherly Buduga: To think that dzos from the Steppe can assist in producing rice makes me very proud. Bedraggled Buduga: Brother, if we were to stay and help, maybe they will share some of the harvest with us! Brotherly Buduga: Is this some jest? We Buduga live only for battle -- Not for plowing fields and scattering seeds! And what of our aim to secure the firewalker? Bedraggled Buduga: We owe our lives not only to Mitsuba, but to the whole enclave! They are the ones who nursed us back to health when we were close to death! Surely we should repay this debt before attempting to seize Hien? Beggarly Buduga: If we work these fields, we can observe his comings and goings, and find the right moment. Brotherly Buduga: Not you too! Brotherly Buduga: So that makes it two against one... Loath as I am to admit it, the idea is not entirely without merit. Brotherly Buduga: Ihase, will you allow us to work alongside you? The only payment we ask is a few bales of rice. Ihase: We need all the help we can get, and you seem to have a knack for steering dzos in the right direction, which will no doubt prove useful. But I must warn you -- the process takes several moons. You will get your share of the harvest once we are done, though. Brotherly Buduga: Then we have an agreement. If it leads to the capture of Hien, there is no hardship we would not bear. Brotherly Buduga: Come to think of it, Ihase, perhaps when this is finished, you should return to the Steppe with us. A man of your stature and obvious strength could make a name for himself. Ihase: You want me to join the Buduga? I cannot imagine my wife and children would be very happy about that. Besides, I am much more at home in a paddy field than on a battlefield! ... Ihase: I've high hopes for those Buduga. By all accounts, the Steppe is an unforgiving place, and a lifetime there should have prepared them for long days tilling the soil here. Ihase: They will be expected to pull their weight, the same as everyone else.
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THE BUDUGA
Date: 2021-01-17 10:39 pm (UTC)UNSORTED
Date: 2021-01-17 10:53 pm (UTC)Ihase: There is still a lot of work to be done before we can start planting the rice. That reminds me -- I placed an order with Kozakura and the delivery is due any day now.
???: Which one of you is Ihase?
Ihase: That would be me. And you must be here to deliver two sturdy-looking dzos, as requested.
Brotherly Buduga: Glad are we to trade for Doman goods, so coveted are they by our brothers.
Brotherly Buduga: But may we ask why you require two live dzos? 'Twould be simpler to bring you horns or pelts or meat. Or do you prefer to slaughter them yourselves?
Ihase: Kami forfend! We wish to use them as beasts of burden, to help plough our fields.
Ihase: Well-tilled soil is essential in the cultivation of crops. Ah... Just the thought of eating the first rice ball from our own harvest makes my mouth water.
Brotherly Buduga: Rice balls? We remember these fondly. So vivid is the memory I can almost taste it!
Brotherly Buduga: Mitsuba first introduced us to their heavenly goodness. I shall never forget the flavor.
Brotherly Buduga: To think that dzos from the Steppe can assist in producing rice makes me very proud.
Bedraggled Buduga: Brother, if we were to stay and help, maybe they will share some of the harvest with us!
Brotherly Buduga: Is this some jest? We Buduga live only for battle -- Not for plowing fields and scattering seeds! And what of our aim to secure the firewalker?
Bedraggled Buduga: We owe our lives not only to Mitsuba, but to the whole enclave! They are the ones who nursed us back to health when we were close to death! Surely we should repay this debt before attempting to seize Hien?
Beggarly Buduga: If we work these fields, we can observe his comings and goings, and find the right moment.
Brotherly Buduga: Not you too!
Brotherly Buduga: So that makes it two against one... Loath as I am to admit it, the idea is not entirely without merit.
Brotherly Buduga: Ihase, will you allow us to work alongside you? The only payment we ask is a few bales of rice.
Ihase: We need all the help we can get, and you seem to have a knack for steering dzos in the right direction, which will no doubt prove useful. But I must warn you -- the process takes several moons. You will get your share of the harvest once we are done, though.
Brotherly Buduga: Then we have an agreement. If it leads to the capture of Hien, there is no hardship we would not bear.
Brotherly Buduga: Come to think of it, Ihase, perhaps when this is finished, you should return to the Steppe with us. A man of your stature and obvious strength could make a name for himself.
Ihase: You want me to join the Buduga? I cannot imagine my wife and children would be very happy about that. Besides, I am much more at home in a paddy field than on a battlefield!
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Ihase: I've high hopes for those Buduga. By all accounts, the Steppe is an unforgiving place, and a lifetime there should have prepared them for long days tilling the soil here.
Ihase: They will be expected to pull their weight, the same as everyone else.