Deep into the night, she decided to sneak out of her room, past the forms of her sleeping servants. Xi-Feng was unable to sleep, frankly not exhausted with the previous day's events. More lessons, more poetry, more flower arranging...Boring. It was what she did daily, except when visitors graced her presence. Silk dragged quietly across the wooden floor as she stepped out into the garden, not minding as white touched the green of the grass, sure to be stained by it. Perhaps a walk in her garden would do her well.
The garden was the closest to being outside that she got, though the foreboding walls kept her in. She could always try and fly away, though with the weight of her kimono, she wouldn't be able to go far, not to mention the possibility of being snagged in trees. She gave another heavy sigh, settling at the edge of the small, yet sprawling pond, hungry fish swarming near her, ready to be fed.
Quietly she sighed, dipping one paw into the water, causing them to scatter. "The pine leans in the midnight wind, and yet the sparrow cannot land..." She mumbled unhappily, watching the water ripple.
The garden was the closest to being outside that she got, though the foreboding walls kept her in. She could always try and fly away, though with the weight of her kimono, she wouldn't be able to go far, not to mention the possibility of being snagged in trees. She gave another heavy sigh, settling at the edge of the small, yet sprawling pond, hungry fish swarming near her, ready to be fed.
Quietly she sighed, dipping one paw into the water, causing them to scatter. "The pine leans in the midnight wind, and yet the sparrow cannot land..." She mumbled unhappily, watching the water ripple.
Kara Asumie
TRANSLATION: I long for escape, and yet there's no possible way I can get away.
In a nearby tree as he was traveling the area and this place seemed so new to him so he wondered just who would live in a fancy cage like this one. To him the building before him looks like nothing more then a cage no matter how he looks at it. Whatever lived here must be dying to get free. That was his thought when he heard a voice. His hearing is very sharp which is a good thing at times. But it is both a blessing and a curse. Allowing his eyes to look down as he sees the female below tapping the water's surface as he watched. 