Board Thread:Important Logs/@comment-25687356-20170505205440/@comment-28929139-20170506011952

Tak stared at Keldren with an expression of equal temerity and she nodded to his answer, which had been more than she'd expected. "Thank you."

Upon joining her father, brother and two uncles near the center, Tak's father rose from his seat to thwart her from sitting down. Jerking his head toward an empty corner in the room, the taller man gave her a deadly glare. "I'm highly insulted that you did not inform us of you knowing the village leader. Are you insane or just simple, girl? You know that your brother and I have been trying to get a meeting with Fuma for months! How could you not speak up? Are you not a part of this family? What did you say to him? Whatever it is, you would do well to not forget who your family is, or to embarrass them."

Listening to every word he said, Tak's expression had gone from normal annoyance to a look of outright disdain. Her father had not said two words to her in months despite seeing her every day and the first thing out of his mouth was to complain. He couldn't say her name...did he even remember it? In any case, there it was....her confirmation of invalidation from her own flesh and blood. Just as well, blood may have been thicker than water, but porcelain slip was thicker than blood and harder.

Giving him only a venomous scoff, Tak tore away from him and returned to the table. Upon seeing Shoka and Shinra, Tak waved to them before taking her seat on the other side and farther down from her family without another glance

Once Keldran had opened up the floor for questions, Tak leaned back in her seat to catch her breath and ready herself for perhaps the one opportunity she had to make a gateway of more opportunities. So she waited her turn patiently, listening to Obelisk propose building a hospital, and Shinra with his thoughts and suggestions. Once Shinra had gone quiet, Tak stood up, curling her fingers around the hemmed edge of her pink inner haori sleeves but made direct eye contact with Keldran.

"Eighteen hours short of thirty-one days ago, you said you wanted to see some iron resolve, and I want to give it to you, to all these people in this room and into the hands of every person in this village. But with steel instead of iron. As someone that comes from a formerly famous sword-smithing family...I want to help arm our people with the best of the best in terms of weapons, and I hear your family dominates that industry now. So how do I turn my words into actions?"