Visiting A Friend

During his sensei's visit to Theden, he had been invited to join his sensei and go back to Jun'Jo with him, however he was unable to do such a thing at the time, having to take care of other things in Theden. Though now that it had been a few days the half-breed had decided that it was time to go visit his sensei in Jun'Jo to see how his sensei is doing and this new village that his sensei has started. When he had set out he decided to with out an escort, leaving them to guard Theden, though he decided to leave behind his wolf companion Ulfric as well and instead chose to travel on his own to Jun'Jo. Having set out later in the day from Theden, his arrival at Jun'Jo would come closer to night fall leaving him with little time to really get a good light at the village his sensei had started. Unable to see the village the half-breed shacks up in a guest house his sensei directed him too.

With the dawning of a new day, Yuki climbs out of bed and gets dressed, getting ready for the new day. Picking up the bit of armor he had started to wear, Yuki slips the chest piece on before he picks up his new sword and slips the sheathed weapon into his belt before he raises from the bed, a soft groan escaping him as he makes his way from the room. Expecting his sensei to be up at this hour, if not already on his way here, Yuki decides to wait in the house for a bit to see if his sensei indeed did show up or if he would be left to his own devices.

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It had been late when Yuki’s arrival was noticed into Jun’Jo, because of this, Battousai simple had him shown to his quarters with the promise of getting an early rise the next morning. Now that the next morning was upon them, Battousai would be up early after the rising of the son. It would be after his morning meditations and inner energy training that Battousai would complete his rounds of getting ready for the day, finish any business with reports from Mirage, and proceed out of the house where he dwelled, in order to see if Yuki were awake. Unlike his disciple cohort, he didn’t have a large number of people to service his needs, such as cooking for him and fetching things, but instead, he had developed a rather impressive amount of workers in a short amount of time. As far as the development of Jun’Jo went, it was already a budding structure. The population mostly consisted of those who worked here, but there were several huts and a few Yurts in the process of being completed. The arrival of Yuki’s men had jump started the building process and currently things were going very well in the city, though they still lacked basic things such as a wall and a market.

Reaching the guest house, Battousai would rap on the door once with the back of his fist before pushing the door open and entering into it. Walking into the mid-sized single story structure, the samurai would locate and greet Yuki with a simple, “good morning. Did you rest well?”

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As the knock came from the door, Yuki shifts his attention to the door as it begins to open. Looking to the door the half-breed hoped that his wait for his sensei was over or that perhaps his sensei had sent word for him to meet him at some other location in the village, though as his sensei steps through the door and into the house Yuki finds he wouldn't have to go in search of his sensei now. Looking to his sensei from where he had sat to wait for the male, Yuki gives a faint nod as his sensei inqures about his rest. " Yes I did, perhaps I should build a gust house for you in Theden. How about you sensei? " Yuki asks as he begins to raise from where he had been sitting, " What is on the mornings agenda? " the half-breed adds as he stands compelty while looking at his sensei. Having shown up out of the blue with out sending word to his sensei, Yuki wasn't sure what all he was going to do in Jun'Jo aside from see the village, though he thought perhaps his sensei had something in mind.

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The fact that Yuki was here in Jun’Jo would be beneficial to the samurai. When the disciple speaks, he nods and comments while moving towards him, “I rested well. It’s a new feeling having a permanent home. I’m still getting used to it, but it is nice.” His gaze would follow Yuki as he stands; Battousai would continue, “since you are here, there are some things we can get accomplished. Dravec is currently busy, so I can use you to assist me.” Before he got into what they would be doing, he would make sure that Yuki was ready for the day. Unsure if the half breed had fully prepared for the day or not, he would inquire, “but have you eaten yet? Are you hungry?” He did have some left over portions at his house that he could potentially share with Yuki since he didn’t know if Yuki had brought any food with him. The medium house wouldn’t be stocked with food since it was variable when someone would live there and as previously mentioned, Battousai didn’t have people in the village to do things like prepare meals and such. In that sense, Jun’Jo would be just a bit more manually operated than Theden.

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After raising to his feet, Yuki listens as his sensei begins to speak, bringing up the topic of having some things to accomplish, which seemed like he would be requiring his aid in such things, though the half-breed didn't have a problem with helping his sensei since he had come to visit him. At the mention of having eaten, Yuki shakes his head faintly, having not gotten to that point in the morning just yet since he had been waiting on his sensei, though the half-breed wondered why didn't he just eat while waiting for him? Like clockwork, with the mention of food the half-breeds stomach lets out a soft growl as the topic now becomes dominant on the half-breeds mind. " I have some food left over from my journey yesterday so finding something to eat won't be a problem. " Yuki says with a faint nod, unsure if his sensei had enough food to spare since he wasn't sure of the capabilities of his village, " What are these things that we can get accomplished? " Yuki asks as he looks to his sensei a moment longer before he shifts and begins to move over where he had left the things he brought with him when he traveled here.

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Understanding that Yuki had yet to eat, Battousai would motion for him to follow him as he would simultaneously walk and talk. They could head to his house first and get Yuki a plate and while doing that, he could explain what they were going to be doing. Luckily, the three medium house were in close approximation to one another with another structure under construction being created in the middle of them; it was a structure that would be a bit larger than the three existing mid-sized houses. Moving to the door and pressing his hand against it, Battousai would lead off, “I know that a town cannot consist of only workers. We have reached the point where we can safely house all of our workers.” The door opens and the bright rays of the sunlight shine down in the doorway. The samurai would hold the door for Yuki and wait for him to exit before continuing in the direction of his abode. “I need to move to the next step… this will include getting civilians to move here in order to contribute to the growth of the city. Hopefully we can recruit enough men to assist in protecting the village as well, since Dravec and I can’t always be around to watch over it.”

Making it across the dirt and grass ground, Battousai would reach his house and press the door open then wait for Yuki. The area would be a bit off from the lake's edge that existed to the rear and the north of the village. They didn't have to worry about things such as sandy beaches since they weren't on the coastline; the lakeside shore seemed a bit more sturdy and the lands around there were fertile and green. There was another smaller body of water to their front, which could service the village in an interesting way, but much like all large areas, having a clean and plentiful water source was a must. The place had been expertly picked out by Dravec, and the more he spent time there, the more Battousai appreciated the gesture of locating a suitable place. Where he hadn't really been interested in building a village before, after he got started on it, the activity seemed to catch to him; he was enjoying himself in creating this culmination of lives in one area.

Yuki would notice some of his own men walking about the village as they prepared for another day's work. Yuki's men seemed to be getting along well with Battousai's men, but given the fact that they've worked together in Theden, it would only make sense that would be the case. As previously mentioned, the walk was short. He walks into the interior of the house, which looked similar on the inside to Yuki’s as they had followed the same design as drawn out by Jyn. Making it to the fire pit, he would seek out a plate and then move to retrieve the rest of the rice that he had saved and the meat being kept warm on the side. He would continue, “I’m going to speak to some of the surrounding villages that Mirage has scouted for us, to see if I can get some support for Jun’Jo.” With the plate prepared, he would walk back over to Yuki and offer it to him.

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As his sensei begins to speak, Yuki listens to him, his gaze shifting to follow his sensei and when his sensei opens the door, Yuki quickly brings his hand up to shield his eyes from the rays of the sun as they come through the doorway. After a brief moment of letting his eyes adjust, Yuki begins to move and follows after his sensei, exiting the house he had been staying in before he continues to follow after his sensei. Following at his sensei's side, Yuki remains silent as he continues to listen to his companion as he begins to explain what he wishes to do. Like had happened at Theden, the time to find more villagers had come for Jun'Jo and specific actions need to be taken in order to find people willing to come live in Jun'Jo. " I see. " The half-breed would murmur softly as he thought upon what his sensei was saying. Though this was not his village the half-breed was more then willing to help his sensei in anyway he could given what his sensei has done for him in the past. Even though he felt more then willing to help his sensei with his task, the half-breed wondered if he could find more villages as well while helping his sensei find people willing to come to his village, though he didn't wish to draw people away from his sensei's village in favor of his own, which seemed like a bit of a problem.

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Thinking on this new problem that has come up, Yuki try's to think of a way around it so he wouldn't be drawing people away from Jun'Jo. As he thought on this he continued after his sensei and as he follows his sensei he spots some of the workers he let his sensei barrow, working along side the ones his sensei had. Seeing his men not only working along side his sensei's workers but also getting along with them made the half-breed feel good about letting his sensei borrow some of his workers. Coming to his sensei's house after a short walk, Yuki follows his sensei into the house and glances around for a brief moment, though the inside looked much the same as the house he had stayed in. Turning his gaze to his sensei Yuki watches as his sensei moves over to a fire pit before he begins to gather some food. Shifting his gaze, Yuki glances to the food his sensei had gathered as he listens to his sensei speak about the plan to go speak with other villages around Jun'Jo. When he is offered the plate, Yuki reaches out and takes it as he gives a faint nod, " I see. That sounds like a good plan. Will it be just you and me? " Yuki asks before he takes a bite of the food his sensei had given him.

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After handing off the plate to Yuki, Battousai would nod and answer, “sort of…” He would allow Yuki to begin in eating since they would be moving on after this. Before the samurai began into the details of who would be going on this expedition, he would first comment on another matter as if having read Yuki’s mind. “Due to our areas being so close together,” he would begin, “one would think that we would essentially be drawing from the same native populations... That is not the case… You are close to me for a reason as our villages will draw strength from one another.” The samurai would walk over to the fire pit, and now that it no longer needed to be used, he would begin to shuffle ashes over it to stifle out the flames; the day would get warmer after that and the fire had already warmed the house sufficiently to this point. He continues, “Due to the fact that you and I are united, Theden and Jun’Jo will act more like brothers rather than neighbors. With that said, it will be us against all others, meaning that we will eventually come to seek to absorb those who came to offer alliance to you previously. Where you draw residents from the green lands northwest of you, I will be drawing residents from the southern desert lands.”

It would be around this time where Lightning would make her entry into the room. Battousai would turn and look at her for a moment before nodding and turning his attention back to Yuki. It was Jyn who had taken control of the host body in order to retrieve her, so she was treated as such, as Jyn’s guest. The samurai would continue, “but though I will be going with us, you and I both know that I prefer training and battle over diplomacy.” The samurai would recall that Yuki had not yet seen Jyn yet, nor did the disciple know that Battousai’s body had regained the ability to ‘switch pilots.’ “Therefore,” he would conclude, “I will watch on, and allow Jyn to lead this expedition unless I am needed. We are going mostly to talk at either rate; I would like to avoid having to use force given our current state.” Standing and turning away from the fire, Battousai would face Yuki and clasp his hands together in a hand seal and lower his masked visage emitting, “switch.” There would be a short burst of light before fading and revealing the body and form of Jyn with Battousai no longer there. With a grin at Yuki, Jyn would speak a casual, “hey!” and offer his hand to his friend for a shake and friendly patting of upper shoulders.

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Once he had taken a bite of the food provided to him by his sensei, Yuki shifts his fully attention to the meal, falling into a silence as he listens to his sensei. As he listened to his sensei begin to speak, the half-breed begins to wonder if he possessed some ability to read minds like Dravic did since he begins to addresses some of the concerns he had been thinking of. Finishing a bit of food, Yuki takes another mouthful of rice and meat before he begins to chew on it as his sensei goes on. As his sensei continues to speak, Yuki takes in what he is saying and thinks upon it. It seemed that his sensei had already thought of the same problem he had and came to a solution already, which seemed like a good thing since drawing from the same native populations would become a problem eventually. As he eats, Yuki gives a faint nod to what his sensei is saying. Shifting slightly, Yuki's gaze follows his sensei as he moves over the fire pit and begins to shuffle the ashes and put the fire out. Listening to his sensei as he continues after dealing with the fire, Yuki begins to understand the relationship Theden and Jun'Jo have and how they will interact with each other. Taking another bite as his sensei goes on, Yuki gives another faint nod as his sensei begins to speak of how they will be against all others in the future.

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Coming to realize where he and his sensei will draw residents from, Yuki gives another faint nod, however as he hears something off to his side, Yuki shifts his attention from his sensei. Turning his attention from his sensei, Yuki looks to Lighting for a moment. His gaze falling upon her for a brief moment before he quickly shifts his gaze from her upon seeing how she is dressed. Turning his gaze back to his sensei, Yuki focuses on his sensei and the food that he had been given as he takes another mouthful of rice and begins to chew it up as he watches his sensei. As his sensei makes the comment about battle and training, Yuki gives a faint nod though he wonders why his sensei had brought it up. When his sensei brings up Jyn, Yuki pauses for a brief moment in his chewing as he looks at his sensei. From the sound of it seemed Jyn would be making an appearance, though the half-breed didn't know that his sensei had gained such power yet, but knowing that his sensei had gained such power once again made the half-breed glad knowing that he will get to see his friend once again. Munching on the remains of the food Yuki watches his sensei as he faces him before clapping his hands together in some strange hand seal, though as there is a burst of light, Yuki shuts his eyes for a brief moment and when he opens them again he sees not his sensei but his friend Jyn standing before him. Resting his gaze upon Jyn, a smile takes form on Yuki's face as he sets his eating utensil on the plate before extending a free hand to shake Jyn's " Hey there, finally decided to stop being a slacker? " Yuki comments jokingly.

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The smile would be returned by Jyn as he would pat Yuki on the shoulder with the firm hand shake before releasing it and taking a step back, folding his arms at his chest. “It’s wasn’t by choice,” he complains, “you should try living with Battousai, it’s not a fun vacation.” Making sure that he reference Lightning, Jyn would turn in her direction and greet, “good morning, sunshine. Feeling better?” as she made her way to the table and sat down. Jyn did recall through Battousai that Eri and Yuki knew each other somehow. At the event in Mare Maris, the two were seen talking together before Eri decided to cut the kid down to size who attacked Dravec for potentially no reason. Aside from that, they had all stayed together for some amount of time in the mansion property they held in Medius. Aside from that fact, Jyn wouldn’t immediately recall any conversation that the two were siblings, so he wouldn’t feel a need to have to explain why Yuki’s sister was sleeping at his place. Turning back to Yuki, he would comment, “and you already know Eri, or rather Lightning, as she calls herself now.” It would be somewhat of an informal reference to clear the air before Jyn would answer Eri with, “yeah; some recruiting to fill up the village a little. Turning back to Yuki, he would continue, “but yeah… me and you are heading south. I’ve already mapped out the place we want to visit. Rumor’s say that there’s a mine area south of here that’s drying up; once that happens, the people there won’t have a reason to stick around.”

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Taking the last bite of the food his sensei had given him, Yuki listens as Jyn begins to speak, responding to his comment about slacking off. Listening to his companion speak, Yuki realizes he had missed the time that he had spent hanging out with Jyn. When Jyn shifts to address his sister, Yuki glances from Jyn and to his sister for a brief moment. The reasons behind her being her began to crop up in the half-breeds mind as he shifts his gaze back to Jyn. From the look of it, Yuki could tell that his sister's arm was injured given it being splinted up, though not only did she seem to be injured but also under dressed as well. Shifting his gaze back to his companion, Yuki swallows the last bit of food while listening to Jyn introduce him to his sister, which was rather funny though it seemed Jyn didn't know there relationship. As things get back onto topic, Yuki listens as Jyn he begins to explain what they will be doing once they leave the village. As Jyn finishes speaking, Yuki gives a faint nod before glancing to his sister again, " Hey Eri, what happened to your arm? " Yuki asks his sister before shifting his gaze back to Jyn, " Yes, I do know her... She is my little sister. " he comments with a faint nod, " Now, when do we set out? "

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After explaining the day, Jyn would realize that he had missed something. It made him wonder if either of them had mentioned that fact before. Looking between them, he would comment, “small world.” The fact that they were indeed siblings is confirmed by Lightning’s counter tease to Yuki, which causes Jyn to chuckle a bit at the thought of Yuki as a youth. After her mention of not wanting to be called by that name, Jyn would look to Yuki and murmur, “something about finding out who she really is, memories two years after the dawn…” He would speak lighter, “probably some type of identity crisis…” But interrupting Yuki from responding to his sister Jyn would quickly lift his voice and say, “but the sooner we head out the better, right? Let’s get a move on it so that we can be back by lunch. Then you’ll have plenty of time to play with your sister.” The last words are spoken with a grin, but Jyn would be making coaxing motions towards the door with his hands, mostly jutting his thumbs in that direction with head nods in a ‘eh? Eh?’ manner.

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Hearing his sister speak again, Yuki shifts his attention back to her and though she mentioned not worrying about her arm, he was her brother and that was something they do, right? As she speaks of coddling him in the middle of the night, the half-breed lets out a soft growl as he looks at his sister, his gaze narrowing into a light glare as looks at his sister. The glare quickly fades from the half-breeds face as she continues to speak. It seemed that she didn't wish to be called Eri, though the reasoning behind such a thing eluded the half-breed. Hearing Jyn speak up Yuki shifts his attention to him and a frown takes form on his face at the comment made by him. Was his sister not who she said she is, is she from before the dawn? Wondering upon this, Yuki is unable to respond to his sister as Jyn brings up the task they had set out before them today. It seemed his companion wished to take care of there business sooner rather then later and that was something the half-breed couldn't argue with since it would get things out of the way. Looking to his sister again for a moment, Yuki gives a faint nod, " Alright. " he says, turning and offering the plate he had eaten from to Jyn, " Let's be on our way. " Yuki says with a faint nod.

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The plate is intercepted and Jyn looks to Lightning who takes it for him. “Oh… thanks…” he would say to her before looking back to Yuki and then to the door as he makes his way towards it. With his hand coming to the handle and pulling it open, he would allow Yuki to leave first and hold the door until Lightning came into it to stay in the doorway. As they would begin walking off, Jyn would turn back at the reference of having lunch ready, and though he wasn’t expected it, he did appreciate it. “That would be great,” he would smile back to lightning before turning back around and wanting to hurry up and get this over with so that he could enjoy her cooking.

With his best friend in tow, Jyn would proceed out of the village through the southern exits. As he walks, he would explain that he was thinking about putting a series of roads in the village, simply for the fact that all major villages had roads. They would enter into the flat lands south of the village as he would be continuing on that topic and others, stating that if he had a road system, then it would be easy to build structures around it as the grid or guidelines. “The main thing about a village, I think, is structure and order. You can’t just go throwing buildings here and there… from making maps all the time, I see how places could be built better, so I want to use that in helping make Jun’Jo.” He rambles on, “but it’s good that we’re by a lake. That way we can get some type of irrigation system going for the crops outside of the village and to integrate water works inside of the village. While traveling I found some places that use magic to manipulate water for bathes and stuff, so I’m going to see about looking into that kind of stuff…”

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As his sister steps forwards and takes the plate before Jyn can, Yuki glances to her for a moment, giving a a faint nod before he turns his gaze from her as he lets his hand fall to his side. Moving to the door, Yuki steps through first and comes to a stop a few feet away from the door and looks back to his companion and his sister as she comes to stand in the door way. Hearing his sister speak, Yuki listens to her and gives a faint nod, though the nod is followed by a soft growl, " Make something good and don't burn it. " Yuki says, teasing his sister before turning his gaze to Jyn.

Turning his attention back to his companion, Yuki would follow at his side as they begin to move away from Jyn's house. Following with Jyn, Yuki begins to listen as Jyn starts to explain how he wishes to put roads through Jun'Jo to help with the village. Listening to his friend, Yuki makes sure to make mental notes of the ideas his friend has about Jun'Jo in the hope that such ideas could be applied to Theden to help it grow and flourish. As Jyn continues to speak, Yuki remains silent as he continues to listen, nodding faintly from time to time to what Jyn is saying. Given his experience with traveling, Jyn seemed to know a lot on the subject and have good reasoning behind having a road system through the village, to help give it order and what not... Which was something Yuki knew he didn't think of when he started to work on Theden, though most of the work he had put into the village was rebuilding what had been destroyed and adding other buildings to what was already there. Listening to Jyn, Yuki decides to look into getting roads for Theden as well. The topic shifts and Yuki continues to listen as his friend begins to speak of irrigation and crops. When Jyn finishes speaking Yuki gives another nod, " I see. You have been putting a lot of thought into this. " Yuki begins as he turns his gaze to his friend, " All of it will pay off in the end though, you will have a place to call home and people that are kind of like your large family, or at least people that always come to you wanting something or needing help. " Yuki says jokingly as he looks at his friend.

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“Heh,” Jyn would chuckle lightly at the joke and nod, “well, I suppose that will be a good thing. It won’t be a family like yours though… full of hot women who are fighting for your sperm… I can’t imagine how much of a bother that must be for you.” There’s a large smile on his face at the end of those words, and the looks to Yuki, in a playful manner before looking back forwards. There would be a pause there if Yuki had a retort or something to that nature. In his next length of talking, he would comment, “from what I’ve seen so far, there are dirt and stone roads. I imagine that the dirt roads will be easy enough to make, given that if people walk over the same area over and over, eventually trails will turn into roads. What makes them different, though, is structure and rigidity…” He tilts his head to the side and wonders, “I think that’s a word…” He continues, “but even beyond that, I’ve been thinking. The main issue with roads is that when it rains, the ground gets soggy and then traveling is a hassle. Stone roads don’t have this problem, probably because rock doesn’t absorb water like dirt does… when dirt can’t hold anymore water, it creates puddles because the surface isn’t uniform and smooth, and those are also an issue because we don’t want flooding to occur next to a lake. But I think I figured out it, see in this irrigation system, there should be a way to divert excess water back into the lake, so that it doesn’t mess up the roads or the land we’re building on…” Yup, Jyn had a lot of time to think on things like that.

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Listening to Jyn as he responds to what he had said, Yuki lets out a soft chuckle as he shifts his gaze back ahead of them. " If only it where that easy. I still view that as simply a part of my deal. Though you seem to be on your way to having such a thing, You already have Eri waiting on your hand and foot. " the half-breed says in a joking tone, referring to how his sister had been only moments ago when she took the plate from him for Jyn. After the comment Yuki falls silent again and listens as Jyn begins to speak, shifting the topic back to the matters that needed to be discussed. As Jyn begins to explain his idea for the road, Yuki listens and try's to take in as much of what his friend is saying as he could in order to employ it back in his own village. As he thought upon it, the half-breed begins to formulate the idea of forming a road between Theden and Jun'Jo so there would be a dirt and somewhat safe path of travel between the two villages. When Jyn makes the comment about 'rigidity' being a word, Yuki lets out another chuckle as he gives a faint nod to his friends comment. Like with the irrigation system, it seemed Jyn had been giving this roads idea a great deal of thought as well, though it did seem like it would be something good for a village, to have roads to travel on, ones that are better then just dirt. " Interesting... I had never really given the idea of having roads much thought. I had simply left them as they are... Though perhaps building roads of stone would be a good idea and even a road between our two villages. " Yuki ends with a faint nod at the idea as he glances to Jyn.

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“Well,” Jyn would begin, “you’re a village leader. You’re hit with things that I don’t have to worry about, plus you have to handle the administrative aspects of your village. Since I have the liberty of not having to be bothered with any of that, I have plenty of time to sit around and apply my experience to stuff like this.” His steps would continue with the expansive meadow stretching out before them. Though they wouldn’t hit the true desert, their destination would bring them close to its borders. Jyn would continue, “a road between the two villages would be nice, but that would be very costly. That might have to be something down further down the line, but as long as we’re trading with one another, the merchants will make a rough road for us just by dragging their carts and animals between the two villages.” With a shrug, he would conclude, “but we’ll see. Right now, all we have are workers, but we’ve managed to get around two hundred of them. Dravec’s been helping recruit people on his end; it looks like he can be useful for some things, even if he is a little creepy.”

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Jyn was right, he did have to deal with the workings of his village as the leader of a village did, though his friend was lucky, given that he resided in the same physical form as another, he could sit back and relax while the other, his sensei, controlled the body and took care of things. That was something that Yuki knew he didn't have but sometimes the half-breed wished he had someone to take care of the village so he could take a break. As Jyn begins to speak on the road idea he had, Yuki listens to his friends input on the matter. It seemed he was not against the idea of having a road between the villages, however such a thing would indeed cost a great deal of resources and manpower, both of which Yuki was unsure either of them could spare at the moment given Jun'Jo's development and the continuation of Theden's growth. Unfortunately, at the moment his friend was right, a road between the two villages would have to be forged by traffic between the two. When Dravec is mentioned, the half-breed lets out a low growl as he recalls the last time he had encountered the male, " ... I haven't seen him in a few weeks, not since before the event that took our powers, when we were dealing with that relic and he attacked me. "

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“Eh?” Jyn would comment on the matter. It seemed that people were in the business of attacking one another for seemingly no reason these days. Though Jyn knew Dravec by association, it was more like Battousai would be the one to interact with him on a more consistent and close basis. Jyn would comment, “he’s kind of like Battousai’s guard dog… those two grew up together. But for him to attack you, that’s kind of weird because of the relationship between you and Battousai. It seems something like that would just cause trouble.” They would continue to walk the meadows growing ever closer to their goal. Continuing the conversation, Jyn would ask, “why did he attack you? What did Battousai do?” Jyn hadn’t been present for the scuffle since he would have been in his own form around that time and within the confines of Mare Maris. When he had finally caught up to Dravec and Battousai in Mare Maris, they teleported away without him and he ended up leaving the scene with Eri after she defeated Noah. In that same thought, Jyn would add in, “oh, and you know your sister almost killed that little kid you hang out with, right?”

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Falling silent after his comment, Yuki listens as Jyn begins to speak and when he makes the comment about Dravec being Battousai's guard dog, another chuckle escapes the half-breed at the thought. Listening to Jyn, Yuki learns a bit more about the relationship between his sensei and Dravec, learning that they had grown up together, something that could instill a strong bond between two people. Moving through the meadows, Yuki shifts his gaze and glances around the peaceful area as he lets out a soft sigh as his friend asks why he was attacked. With the question from his friend, Yuki recalls what had happened that day between him and Dravec. As Jyn informs him of his sisters actions towards his ally, Yuki lets out a grumble. It seemed his allies and friends like to attack each other for some reason, even try and kill one another, such a thing could prove to be trouble in the future if such actions continue.. " He had a female with him, his student I believe. " Yuki begins as he glances to Jyn, " I was not the one to start the fight, he called me a dog and so I went to lash out at him... I almost killed the female with him but Battousai stopped me... He stopped my sword with his hand and I had the full extent of my power behind my attack... " Yuki murmurs lightly as he turns his gaze from Jyn, thinking about how strong he once was.

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After listening, Jyn would say, “ah, so it was over a girl… you’re not so good with women who don’t fawn over you.” There would be a grin with this as it was a slight tease, “as if you don’t already have enough women.” But Yuki had said several interesting things just now and the part about Battousai stopping his attack was pretty impressive. Jyn would enlighten, “I can actually fight a little bit myself. Supposedly, Battousai and I are on the same level, or were… but I could never test it. The major difference between me and him was that I can fight and spar, but he’s always uncomfortable when he does it. He doesn’t like to spar at all, which is why I’m surprised that he trained you.” He would pause for a moment before continuing, “when I was created to protect Jin, there was something I couldn’t do. I don’t like killing, or taking life away from living things. There came times when someone had to be killed, and that’s when Battousai came into the picture. Because he trains only to kill, he doesn’t like to fight because he can’t go all out. I’m sure if he killed you on accident, he would be very troubled… he wouldn't spar with me for this reason.” That was kind of a dull topic, so Jyn would continue, “but… aren’t wolves basically cuddly dogs?... I’m not sure if that’s an insult or not.” That also would be a jovial tease that would continue with, “I mean, you growl all the time. I wouldn’t be surprised if you scratched with your hind legs.” At this point, Jyn would slowly be walking to the side, just in case his friend were going to jab him or something, he would be ready to skip out of the way.

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As Jyn speaks, Yuki gives a faint nod, it seemed that it was over a female that he was forced to lash out at Dravec and attempt to kill him, though his attempt was thwarted by the female as well as his sensei, though his sensei was acting to protect and end the conflict. When Jyn mentions his ability to fight, Yuki glances to him and almost lets out another chuckle as he looks at his friend. Listening to his friend, like before, Yuki begins to learn more though this time it is about his friend and sensei instead of Dravec. Remaining silent, Yuki listens to his friend as he explains some things about himself and Battousai. Jyn didn't seem like the type that would wish to kill someone or even cause grave harm to a person. That however was not a quality that Yuki shared with his friend, the half-breed was more like his sensei if not more so given how he reacted to Dravec and showed so much of a willingness to attack an ally. As the topic is shifted and Jyn makes the comment about wolves being cuddly dogs, Yuki looks to him with a raised eyebrow. As his friend continues to speak Yuki almost lets out a growl though his friend comments about that and he grumbles softly, " In this form I don't have hind legs so I can't do that. " Yuki comments as he watches his friend shift to the side some, " Not afraid are you? " Yuki asks with a toothy grin as he looks at Jyn.

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“Nope,” Jyn would chuckle, “you’re harmless right now, or at least you should be unless you’re holding out on me…” The banter would continue like this for the length of the rest of the walk. After a while, Jyn would be interrupted while randomly rambling about aspects of the female anatomy in comparison to various fruits and look forward and notice the village in the distance. With this he would remark, “hey, that’s our destination!” After making this revelation, he would take a deep inhale and then exhale, looking to Yuki and say, “now it’s time to put on our hats of diplomacy and grab some people!” Moving forwards at a bit of a jog, Jyn would proceed towards the small village. Only a single road went through the center of the village, though there several structures outlining the edges of the road. The ground here was hard and barren as the terrain had shifted from their earlier stroll. In the distance, the quarry could be seen with people moving out and in it. The street was busy with a decent amount of traffic as men, women, children, and domesticated animals, such as fowls, strolled about the village.

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As his companion commented about him being harmless, Yuki gives a faint nod to the thought, though he didn't like to think of himself as such, he indeed had fallen in such a way though. Moving on, Yuki would continue to speak with his friend in a manner and listen as his friend spoke as well. While listening Yuki would slowly shift his gaze from time to time to glance around and scan the area, unlike his companion that seemed to be fine with walking unguarded and weak, the half-breed knew he had to remain at a current level of awareness in regard to there surroundings since he didn't wish to get ambushed. When he hears Jyn speak up, shifting the topic to there destination, Yuki turns his attention to the village in the distance that seemed to be where they are heading. Looking at the village for a brief moment, Yuki gives a faint nod before turning his attention back to Jyn as he continues to speak. When Jyn makes the comment about 'diplomacy hats' the half-breed raises an eyebrow as he looks at him, thinking on the choice of words, " How about we just grab them and run? " Yuki say's jokingly to his friend before he begins to jog away. It seemed that Jyn was in a bit of a hurry to get to the village and take care of business so Yuki decides to begin moving a bit faster to keep up with his friend. Moving closer to the village, Yuki shifts his gaze over the area to get a good look at what they are dealing with.

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“Haha, you so funny,” Jyn would comment as they entered into the village. From there on it would be sales pitch after sales pitch. It was unreasonable to think that you could just waltz into someone’s village square and immediately gain the attention of the entire village. Those tactics, in Jyn’s opinion, only worked in books and such. He didn’t want to stroll in and look like the town loon or a hobo yelling truths that no one wanted to listen to, so instead of doing that, he would go from place to place to seek out groups of men who seemed to be taking breaks from mining. In his approach, he would be jovial and chummy and talk in reference of Jun’Jo as if it were the latest thing. Marketing was done on the village’s behalf as he would explain what they had, the room for growth there and the location. Naturally some people who were interested in moving would give him the time of day, other’s wouldn’t want to hear about some place up the lands that was trying to get new people settled there. After about an hour or so, Jyn would have spoken to about thirty people. Taking a break, he would be heading to the village center where the well would be, in order to get a drink of water and rest for a little bit. Talking to Yuki, who was assumed to have been with him during this, he would say, “before I decided to do this, I didn’t really think it out. It doesn’t seem like a lot of people are receptive to moving… what do you think?”

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His idea was funny? Though to him it was something he had thought about doing given what has happened as of late. There were other people out there that would do the same so why not do it to them if they are willing to do it to you? At least this is one way the half-breed thought. Moving through the village with Jyn, Yuki try and help out for the most part as Jyn went around talking to people as he attempted to sway them over to his side in order to get people to want to move to Jun'Jo, though with it being his village he let Jyn do most of the talking and persuading. As Jyn moves towards the center of the village, Yuki follows along side him, his gaze slowly shifting as he glances around the village once again. As he glances around Yuki listens to Jyn as he speaks up, addressing him. Turning his attention to his friend, Yuki brings a hand up and reaches out to pat Jyn on the shoulder, " Not everyone is going to be willing to give up what they have here to move to a new place. You have to remember that you are talking to people that have lived here there whole life, this is there home, a place that they worked hard for. "

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Receiving the well meaning pats, Jyn would nod and comment, “you have a point… there is a lot of risk involved in moving from one place to another…” He thinks for a moment on his friends words, knowing that there had to be a clue or universal truth embedded in them somewhere. Looking up, his eyes shine as hope returns and he speaks, “oh! I get it. So what you’re saying is that there should be an incentive for coming to Jun’Jo…” Thinking about the audience which he was speaking too… mostly single hard working men, Jyn came to the conclusion, “then we’ve got to tell them there’s a ton of butt naked bitches walking around the village at all times…” He lowers his fist into his palm as if discovering something. Looking back to Yuki from a blank glance towards the vague front, he would say, “because I like going to your village because there’s a lot of eye candy… but hmmm…” Jyn felt that if he lied to the men, it could be bad and call for some misunderstandings. “But that could be bad since we don’t have butt naked bitches…” Bringing his hand to the lower portion of his face, he would murmur, “but what do we have…?”

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After patting Jyn on the shoulder Yuki would let his hand fall back to his side as he listens to Jyn. Shifting his attention away from Jyn once again, Yuki slowly turns his gaze as he scans the area around them as he thought upon what he had just told his friend. Listening to Jyn, Yuki gives a faint nod to his friends comment about incentive, though as Jyn continues to speak, bringing up the incentive of butt naked bitches in his village, Yuki shifts his gaze back to his friend and as he comments about liking to come to his village because of the eye candy, Yuki lets out a soft chuckle, " Is that so. " He murmurs lightly. It seemed that his friend didn't have any idea how to attract people to his village. Turning his gaze from his friend, Yuki again glances around for a moment, " You can offer them safety, however they don't seem to be in any danger at the moment. You said something about there mine right? " Yuki asks as he turns his gaze back to Jyn, " And something about them drying up. If that is true then you can play on that card. A man with a family needs a way to provide for his family right? "

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It wasn’t until after he said it that Jyn wondered if he should cut the jokes about other women around Yuki. He wanted them to have a strong and good relationship; be best friends forever. So it was because of that, he didn’t want Yuki to misunderstand his intentions with his sister. Jyn liked Lightning and that fact right there would probably keep him honorable to her, meaning even if he did check out a girl or two, he wouldn’t do anything that would make Lightning jealous. But, at the moment, he didn’t know what types of things would make her jealous… they still had a lot to talk about.

With a nod, he would agree with Yuki’s words about the mine going out of business. He didn’t want to kick the people while they were down, but he would be able to utilize the fact that there were great opportunities in the lumber business and that hard work could get houses built for free. Aside from that, they had plenty of room for new civilians, so housing could be given for work, much like things ran at Yuki’s village. With a nod, he would look back to his friend and assert, “okay! Let’s give this another go!” In a plucky manner, he would swiftly perform the tasks of dropping the bucket into the well they would be by, pulling up water, drinking it, and then wiping his mouth with the back of his fist before looking dramatically to the left. He sets the bucket down, still looking that way before marching off for round two.

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With his words of advice, Yuki would watch his friend to see if what he had said had helped his friend come to a conclusion on what he should do or if he needed more advice. As Jyn begins to speak, Yuki sees that perhaps the advice that he had given his friend will be enough to help him accomplish his task in this village. " Alright. " Yuki says with a faint nod, agreeing with Jyn's desire to give the recruitment effort another go. Reaching out, Yuki gives Jyn a light pat on the shoulder, glad to see that he was not giving up on the task and ready to give it another shot to persuade people to come to his village. With his gaze still on Jyn, Yuki watches as his friend draws up a bucket of water and takes a drink before setting the bucket down and moving away from the well. As Jyn begins to move away from the well, Yuki begins to follow after him, " And, if you don't get a lot to come to Jun'Jo don't worry about it. There are other villages around and you can't catch every fish in the sea now can you? " Yuki comments, trying to give his friend more confidence in the matter. " Simply offer them what you can offer them and if they wish to join you then they will and if they do not move on.. Unless you wish for other means to be taken to get people to come to Jun'Jo, though such means would require items of value but since you are my friend I would be willing to give you a discount. " Yuki says in a hushed tone, just loud enough for Jyn to hear him if he where paying attention.

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In mid stride, Jyn would hear Yuki’s words, but not get it. Stopping, he would turn around with a curious look on his face and speaks in a surprised tone, “there’s something in this world you would charge -me- for?” He gives the indication that he was shocked, though it would be a mock gesture given the fact that he was only playing around. But after all, he had probably bought Yuki something at some time or another. Maybe… probably… Either way, his words were a jest as he would lower his tone and keep the conversation between the two of them as if sharing a secret as he inquires, “what, pray tell, is this other mean? You mean like pay people to come to Jun’Jo?” They had just started up, so it wasn’t like they were wealthy or anything of that nature. Offering people money to come wouldn’t be a viable option… wood maybe since they had a lot of that. In the days that would come, they would end up having more wood than they could build with as far as production went.

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With his comment, Yuki wonders how Jyn would react or if he got what he was meaning by his choice of words. As Jyn begins to speak, Yuki listens to him and lets out a soft chuckle at his friends comment about charging him. Remaining silent, Yuki listens as Jyn continues to speak, now getting to what Yuki had said. Listening to his friend it seemed that he either didn't get what he was meaning or choice to remain oblivious, perhaps he didn't wish to use other means to increase the population of his village. When he brings up paying people to come to the village, Yuki shakes his head faintly at the idea, letting his friend know that it wasn't paying people to come to the village that he is talking about. " That's not what I speak of Jyn. " Yuki says as he shifts his gaze from his friend to glance around for a moment, " I speak of other means, means that I don't believe you would aprove of actually. " Yuki adds as he turns his attention back to his friend, " I speak of using using force to achieve what you desire. " the half-breed says, again in a hushed tone.

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“Force…” Jyn would say, his head partially ducked in a small personal huddle with Yuki between their hushed voices. There would be a moment of pause without anything being said in which Jyn would blink twice before standing up and saying, “oh! That’s what you meant. Haha, no I can’t do that…” With a sigh, he would turn back around and say, “and here I thought you were talking about whoring out your women in order to attract men to Jun’Jo… that way they would at least come willingly.” There’s a teasing grin on Jyn’s face as he motions for his friend to come on, and with that, he would proceed into round two of attempting to gather attention towards Jun’Jo. Yuki was right in the fact that this was only one town of many that Jyn would be traveling to in the future to give his marketing pitches, but while here, he would focus on the fact that the mine was closing and the lumber further north was the next best thing. He gained a few positive responses for the next couple hours, and around the time it would be time for them to head back for lunch, Jyn would call it a day in this particular town. With that, they would proceed back towards Jun’Jo with a few promises from people who stated they would definitely check out his tip.

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