Board Thread:World-wide RP/@comment-28929139-20170710053634/@comment-28929139-20170710205801

Out with the horses, with Hayato right behind her, Kideme helped him pack his thing s back into the saddle bag. "Oh nothing, but I feel good. At least until the harlot squad knocked on the doors. How about you? Has Ayame written back to you yet?" She asked curiously while climbing onto her horse. The feeling was all the way mutual since even with the unspoken divorce, Kideme still saw Ayame as a sister and with Hayato's noble nature, she had gotten very close to him and Tiatsu. Sometimes it was more obvious than others but still.

Kideme listened to Hayato's decline of knowing anything about Takigakure as well Tiatsu's input. He brought up some good points and she brought a pensive hand to her chin. "Hmm." After a moment's deliberation, she nodded soundly while looking back to them. "We'll just pass through then. If there does happen to be a pleasure house, we'll stop but otherwise, we'll head southwest to surpass the prisons and move towards Kusagakure."

Assuming both of them agreed on her decision, they were off.

The three of them would ride on for hours on end and the day would pass them by. Summer had come and gone by now, so the cooler temperatures of Autumn had set in and for a few hours, the trio would be peppered by rain. They'd stop once to rest, eat, train and stretch their legs for an hour or two. After that, they'd keep on until they happened upon a town that was just outside the Takigakure border right as the sun was setting.

Known as Masumachi [noncanon], it was a moderately sized town that had a sizeable commercial area but with a handful of tourists, unlike the heavier flows that the three of them would have personally seen elsewhere. Since Tiatsu had mentioned the likelihood of there being a pleasure house in Taki was small, Kideme figured it'd be a good idea to check out.

Upon entering it too, the town was actually quite beautiful with its cobbled streets, mixing Eastern Asian elements with the designs of rustic medieval. Rows upon rows of shops lined the streets, and more than half the locals were dressed in kimono while the others were sporting similar types of clothing with western cuts and silhouettes. It was evident and very reminiscent of the styles that had emerged from post-war Kogakure. Minus the upgrade in technology of course.

All the same though, the place was a sight to behold, and much to Kideme's delight, there was indeed a pleasure house. And boy was it a sight to behold. Much like its neighboring structures, it had traditional dragon-style roofing and stone masonry at the foundations but the paper shoji doors and windows had been replaced with huge stained glass windows that depicted ornate scenes and metal finishings.

In her opinion, it was easily the most visually pleasing place they had visited so far. And once they began to tether their horses at a post that was actually surveyed by in-house staff, she jumped off and handed Tiatsu a wad of cash to cover their drinks and entrance fees, "I'll meet you guys inside." They would, of course, know that, since they had implemented the system beforehand. She was going to go worm her way into working for the night, and that essentially left them alone to talk and socialize while watching from afar.

Inside the pleasure house, it would have easily rivaled the parlor from the Sagara teahouse. Though quite frankly, with the exotic beauties that were dancing on varied platforms, the stained glass windows and its more clean lines and colors, it might have possibly been better. The high vaulted ceiling of the place made it seem larger than it actually was and one of the main centerpieces inside hung a massive stained glass chandelier. Once they were in too, the clientele was far more classy both in behavior and reputation.

Hayato and Tiatsu would have been let in without trouble once they paid their way in and were given free choice of where to sit. A few of the women dressed in scantily clad kimono would even approach them, laughing and giggling with them. And eventually, Kideme would emerge, dressed in similar attire to the other women.

All would seem to go well for now.