@Koishi Magna:

Hopefully I can get (ni) posted next week...I confess, this was another "lunchtime" write...and I should have taken the time to put it through a slight re-write...but I didn't. Must Get Volume One Done...Must Get Volume One Done....

It's replaced "om" as my mantra.....

@xaos:

Thanks! Here's a rough idea of where my mind is (i.e. - elsewhere): I forgot to mention the time and era where this story takes place, and I forgot to mention that it will be continued. But, for clairification, it it set roughly in the Warring States era of Japan, same as Koden - Flowers for the Dead manga short I posted. Been wanting to tell a bit more of Takashi's story...been actually wanting to do it as a manga...but I am pushing myself to finish volume one of Koden so I simply didn't have the time to plot out Takashi's story as a manga.

If I cried out "Yippee!" I'd sound like Anakin and that would be embarrassing. But it's a treat to get a peep at Takashi in prose. I'm looking forward to (ni)!

I don't understand it much but it does interest me, I like the plot.