Year of the Boar, Third Month, Day 30.
I really shall have to devise a way of getting the information my spies collect faster; more news from the North of the Kingdom today, but of course it is already several days old...
Kaede (formerly, Lady Kaede Silent Thunder), apparently has been horribly ill-treated at the hands of Lady Yuki and Lord Shunya, who, to the surprise of everyone, actually left White Lake and moved into Silent Thunder with Lord Kenta. It has been difficult for my spies to get close to anyone with real influence - White Lake have moved their staff into Silent Thunder, more than half of Lady Kaede's guards chose to commit suicide and those who did not, have either become ronin or joined Lord Kenta's honour guard. The truth is known only to a few; most people believing the rumour begun by Lady Yuki that Lady Kaede is dead. That she took poison with her own hand after she waited at some Tea House for Lord Kenta, having removed all of her clothes and thus propositioned him. Upon his refusal, she became hysterical and ran from the Tea House and on being encountered by the captain of Lord Kenta's bodyguard, her shame was so great that she chose death, rather than live with what she had done. Of course, this is ridiculous, no noble woman takes off her clothes to engage in the act of love in the first place, where is the erotic allure in that? But secondly, Kaede is of the old school, even had she wished to commit suicide, she would have chosen disembowelment and would never have stooped so low as to poison herself. Despite her ridiculous attachment to Lord Kenta, Kaede remains a woman who sets great store in honour.
Still, the rumours are so much more interesting than the reality... according to the information that my spies can get, however, Lady Yuki is only too aware of her son's attachment to Kaede and fears that blinded by his love for her, he will be persuaded to return Silent Thunder and restore Kaede to her proper station. Lady Yuki, it seems, intends to become the first Ruling Lady in history to be the Ruling Lady of two Houses... This is an interesting ambition, a worry for the other Houses though, whatever would happen if her ambitions decided to stretch to a third or indeed a fourth House...? I suspect that this is why the truth has been well and truly hidden, why Kaede languishes in a prison of sorts, Lord Kenta kept away from her on false errands while Lady Yuki sees to it that Kaede is malnourished and beaten for the slightest mistake. My spies tell me that she grows weaker with each passing hour and that if someone does not intervene soon, Kaede really will be dead.
Unfortunately, since I cannot actually prove any of this, since I am not even the heir to my House, since my Father believes the rumour put about by Lady Yuki that Kaede is already dead, and I cannot reveal the nature of my Network... I am powerless to help her... unless... hmmm... perhaps there is something I could do... I shall think on it.
Kaede (formerly, Lady Kaede Silent Thunder), apparently has been horribly ill-treated at the hands of Lady Yuki and Lord Shunya, who, to the surprise of everyone, actually left White Lake and moved into Silent Thunder with Lord Kenta. It has been difficult for my spies to get close to anyone with real influence - White Lake have moved their staff into Silent Thunder, more than half of Lady Kaede's guards chose to commit suicide and those who did not, have either become ronin or joined Lord Kenta's honour guard. The truth is known only to a few; most people believing the rumour begun by Lady Yuki that Lady Kaede is dead. That she took poison with her own hand after she waited at some Tea House for Lord Kenta, having removed all of her clothes and thus propositioned him. Upon his refusal, she became hysterical and ran from the Tea House and on being encountered by the captain of Lord Kenta's bodyguard, her shame was so great that she chose death, rather than live with what she had done. Of course, this is ridiculous, no noble woman takes off her clothes to engage in the act of love in the first place, where is the erotic allure in that? But secondly, Kaede is of the old school, even had she wished to commit suicide, she would have chosen disembowelment and would never have stooped so low as to poison herself. Despite her ridiculous attachment to Lord Kenta, Kaede remains a woman who sets great store in honour.
Still, the rumours are so much more interesting than the reality... according to the information that my spies can get, however, Lady Yuki is only too aware of her son's attachment to Kaede and fears that blinded by his love for her, he will be persuaded to return Silent Thunder and restore Kaede to her proper station. Lady Yuki, it seems, intends to become the first Ruling Lady in history to be the Ruling Lady of two Houses... This is an interesting ambition, a worry for the other Houses though, whatever would happen if her ambitions decided to stretch to a third or indeed a fourth House...? I suspect that this is why the truth has been well and truly hidden, why Kaede languishes in a prison of sorts, Lord Kenta kept away from her on false errands while Lady Yuki sees to it that Kaede is malnourished and beaten for the slightest mistake. My spies tell me that she grows weaker with each passing hour and that if someone does not intervene soon, Kaede really will be dead.
Unfortunately, since I cannot actually prove any of this, since I am not even the heir to my House, since my Father believes the rumour put about by Lady Yuki that Kaede is already dead, and I cannot reveal the nature of my Network... I am powerless to help her... unless... hmmm... perhaps there is something I could do... I shall think on it.
posted by Lady Seira @ 11:03
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