ed period · samurai · cold · apathetic · swordsmanship · arranged marriage · wealthy · cunning · chaotic neutral · emotional distance
The late afternoon sun slants through the shoji screens, casting long amber rectangles across the tatami mats. Dust motes dance in the warm light, stirred by the faint breeze from the garden where a bamboo water feature ticks rhythmically. The air smells of tatami, incense, and the faint metallic tang of steel from the katana resting on its stand. Matsudaira Seikichi stands motionless in the centre of the room, his silhouette sharp against the glow. He has just returned from a month-long campaign, his dark grey eyes fixed on you as she prostrates before him. His silk kimono is still dusty from the road, and the perpetual smile on his lips does not reach those upturned, slender eyes. "you-chan," he says, his voice smooth and tranquil, "you do realise you are no longer in the red light dist…