Momma, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Samurai

[cubofkai]

Who: cubofkai, a horse, and you.
Where: Just about anywhere; the Lake
When: Afternoon!
Style: Either/or!

When Mitsuhide had told Yukimura he could train a horse to allow him to ride as he usually did, he took that to heart. Nearly every morning since he had been working with a stallion nearly as excitable as he was, chatting excitedly to it as he taught the horse with surprising patience.

Now his hard work was paying off.

If you hear the sound of pounding hooves, you may wish to get out of the way.

Yukimura was crouched on the back of the stallion, one foot sideways and the other placed squarely between the beast's shoulder blades. He held his hands at his sides, missing the feel of his spears in his hands, as they cantered through any space big enough and empty enough for an excitable horse and his master to pass through.

If one were to follow them, eventually they would find a laughing Yukimura near the lake, brushing the sweat off the equine's body as it drank its fill.

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[cubofkai]

Hearing footsteps, Yukimura glanced up from his work. His smile brightened as he recognized the woman.

"Vietnam-dono! Good afternoon!"

sob sorry for the lateness! ;o; Been busy

[hoasen]

Vietnam raised her hand, offering the young warrior a wave as she made her way over.

"Good afternoon to you too, Yukimura. What were you...ah...doing?"

It's all right! I totally understand.

[cubofkai]

"Just enjoying a morning ride with Kasai, here!" Totally normal, of course.

;w; *feeds cookies*

[hoasen]

"Ah, Kasai is his name?" Her name? Not entirely sure yet, but, "Beautiful creature. But ah, that was an interesting way of riding a horse. It takes great skill."

*omnomnom* :3 :3

[cubofkai]

"So I have heard! It seems to many my method is strange, even offensive." Yukimura was still rather flustered by that. He had never heard so much protest about it. It made him doubt himself and wonder if he was wrong for treating his steed in such a way, but then again, he had ridden in this manner before the Takeda and their famed calvary time and time again. If such great horsemen did not complain, how could it be so bad?

"I do wish they could see the way my lord rides; he is much more skilled than I! It takes two horses to carry him, and he can guide them both as if they were one beast."

YEY YEY =w=

[hoasen]

She peered from Yukimura to the horse, and back at Yukimura. Offensive? That was interesting, because--"Well, I suppose it could possibly strain the horse. It really depends on Kasai's strength! Back home, there are show horses, not usually used for riding, but for performances which may require one to stand and balance on it. It really does take both a skilled rider and a skilled, strong horse." She takes a look at Kasai. "If you wish to be careful though, then perhaps allow Kasai more rest."

She was about to give the horse a gentle pat when she paused. Did she hear that right? Two beasts two carry one man? "You mean just like how you rode Kasai, but with two at the same time? How does he do that?"

[cubofkai]

"Ah, I am most careful not to wear him out! He is my partner in battle; I must care for him as I would myself!" Or generally better, as Yukimura did not always look after himself as much as he ought to.

"Yes, exactly! Though he has a great saddle that stretches across two horses, and he rides with a foot on each of their backs!"