"A three flag standard speed match it is. Indeed, Haru-san, with your superior record, you shall strike the first blow."
Nekokaburi raises one foot and reaches within the hakama to fetch a weathered scroll, which he unfurls.
"Now prepare yourself, warriors, for <b>The ancient masters have decreed this match to take place at the pillars north-west of the Sea of Stars on the dawn of the scythe.</b>"
The kanji on the scroll begin to burn, and disappear in small clouds of smoke and ash, and the air blurs momentarily, to reveal the pillars.