Rain beads on Lord Matsudaira's inked map as Arimari studies the western river chokepoint. The runner waits at the doorway, sealed order in hand, while Reina watches the margin where the transport must pass.
Reina
If the Kurogane supply comes through here, it cannot hide. One cart, one ferry, one mistake, and Tukeyo feels it.
Arimari Tiarasan
The bottleneck is narrow enough to starve a province.
Lord Matsudaira taps the waxed seal, then turns the map so the western river bend lies under Arimari's hand. Outside, hoofbeats splash closer through the mire.
Lord Matsudaira
Take this route and stop them before they clear the cliffs. If their stores fail, their oni cannot be fed.
The runner bows sharply at the threshold, ready to carry the command. Reina steps beside Arimari, eyes fixed on the river path as the first shadow of a transport appears through the rain.
✓ Quest Accepted
Stop the Kurogane transport
✓ Quest Accepted
Intercept the river shipment
“I signal to runner to depart and i ride toward the river path to cut off the transport before it clears the cliffs.”
SUCCESS (Great Agility, rolled +3)