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<blockquote data-quote="Serpenteye" data-source="post: 575437" data-attributes="member: 1492">&quot;Youth is a state of mind, and I must admit that this day I'm feeling very old. I thank you, though, for your most gracious praise.&quot;__Later that day a courier arrives from Toshiro and teleports Nimuro back to Shiro Akodo.Nimuro bows before the silver throne of the Daimyo, stoic resolve to accept whatever punishment his lord might device fills his heart, his earlier panic completely overcome. &quot;You have failed me, you have failed your family and your clan,&quot; Toshiro pronounces in a voice filled with grim judgement. &quot;The finest swordsman of the Lion Clan defeated by a Phoenix, a clan not famed for its samurai. Tsukune was the best of them, but by the Gods you could easily have been better! Does your simple old mind comprehend the harm your failure has caused us and the Empire?&quot; &quot;I realise the implications for us but surely the Empire...,&quot; Nimuro started.&nbsp;&quot;You could have become an Emperor in all but name, but now... Now what shall I do of you? I've half a mind to have you demoted to a common soldier and put to digging canals. Your fellow Matsu would have no objections to that, I assure you.&quot;Toshiro calms visibly. &quot;No, you could still make an adequate general at least. You have some, minor, experience in the leadership of men. At the very least you should be able to maintain discipline, I think I can trust your abilities that far.&quot;&quot;Yes, my lord. Thank you&quot; He says calmly, but on the inside he's raging. &quot;I can't belive his temerity. I was the Daimyo, damnit! The God-<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />ing Daimyo!&quot;&quot;You will be assigned control over the first army group in Shiro no Yogin. Make sure it remains in peak condition.&quot;&quot;Yes, my lord.&quot;As Nimuro turns to leave Toshiro says in a voice of ice and steel, &quot;Oh, and Nimuro. Remember that I am the Daimyo now. I will not tolerate further incompetence from you.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Serpenteye, post: 575437, member: 1492"] "Youth is a state of mind, and I must admit that this day I'm feeling very old. I thank you, though, for your most gracious praise." __ Later that day a courier arrives from Toshiro and teleports Nimuro back to Shiro Akodo. Nimuro bows before the silver throne of the Daimyo, stoic resolve to accept whatever punishment his lord might device fills his heart, his earlier panic completely overcome. "You have failed me, you have failed your family and your clan," Toshiro pronounces in a voice filled with grim judgement. "The finest swordsman of the Lion Clan defeated by a Phoenix, a clan not famed for its samurai. Tsukune was the best of them, but by the Gods you could easily have been better! Does your simple old mind comprehend the harm your failure has caused us and the Empire?" "I realise the implications for us but surely the Empire...," Nimuro started. "You could have become an Emperor in all but name, but now... Now what shall I do of you? I've half a mind to have you demoted to a common soldier and put to digging canals. Your fellow Matsu would have no objections to that, I assure you." Toshiro calms visibly. "No, you could still make an adequate general at least. You have some, minor, experience in the leadership of men. At the very least you should be able to maintain discipline, I think I can trust your abilities that far." "Yes, my lord. Thank you" He says calmly, but on the inside he's raging. "[I]I can't belive his temerity. I was the Daimyo, damnit! The God-:):):):)ing Daimyo![/I]" "You will be assigned control over the first army group in Shiro no Yogin. Make sure it remains in peak condition." "Yes, my lord." As Nimuro turns to leave Toshiro says in a voice of ice and steel, "Oh, and Nimuro. Remember that I am the Daimyo now. I will not tolerate further incompetence from you." [/QUOTE]

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