Kurata Sadao
The city of Kansai was mostly going through a massive reconstruction... it was rarely if ever attacked but with many of the other reformations and changes that had been brought it. They were improving it, the houses were being given two breakthroughs. Living modules that were largely self contained and a coating of traditional... from wooden panels that were oiled and designed to disguise the more modern to skyscrapers and newer crystal structures. They had managed to find several large ones in asteroids and bringing them back were working them on the world which here the cutters made homes, streets, parks and business. All sparkling and glittering in the lights as they cast dozens of colors.
The internal temple itself was a beautiful thing and Junko sat there behind the byo screen, ornate pictures painted on them as one fo the things brought back it some cases was a traditionalism approach... the screens used to divide the males and the females to give an air of mystery no looks just speech and characters... hwo you acted if you tried to peak through some of the small gaps or sat normal. She was listening to one of the men reporting on the reconstruction efforts at the academies and Fang Min sat next to her... the older jedi master was well no one was certain she looked that same as she had when she taught and protected force users during the inquisition and darker times.. she had hidden many of them away.
"We have begun the reconstruction of the eastern academy, after we managed to clean it up from the riots and imprisoned the ones who started it and tried to attack the soldiers. We were able to move in and help some of the shop owners they had been extorting and beating. There are a dozen reports of it and the abuse they caused." He said it and they learned about the police forces who had been there were largely well unable to do anything. They weren't allowed to stop it and the others had instead sealed the ways with only a few coming out from time to time under strict conditions as the other districts did not allow it. Junko had seen it first hand and the empress herself didn't take kindly to some of the things they said to her.
"Yes, we have seen it and based on the few things we saw we can only imagine what they have done to many of them." She was also looking at it and some of the bigger plans... the academy district was a time tested relic of the Onyx empress and had given a great deal while also being a dangerous stain to Atrisia as her honor was always in question.. her approval came as a mixed bag with more divided on iof she was a good person cast in a bad light or a bad person who happened at times to do some good things then and again. She had also met with the headmasters of the academies and the leaders of their student councils... the Western was the most militarily while North was focused on engineering.
"I will beheading back out to observe the Western academy later today. Unchou has said they were working on some of the new formations that should be good for the military and wanted it reviewed." That got a small snicker from one fo the ladies in waiting around the screens and she shifted... there were different ladies from different houses who were invited to he temple... for training and etiquette lessons. Some of them were considered minor princesses, being cousins of the emperor or empress. clan members and they were given a royal status if ever minor... something special as the man rose up and left the room. Junko slid a fan out from her kimono sleeve and fanned herself as she rose up.
The smooth motion even in the form fitted outfit that was made from skylar materials... rigid but also able to move and still provide much in the way of protection.. her wooden geta from the tree of an arkannes tree that enhanced the force and she was walking with a smooth motion. Her hair long and flowing down her back, crystal bells made of kyber jingling and little beads that were painstakingly time consuming to put in from her handmaidens... the saber at her hip gleaming with the smooth bone finish to the hilt and the silver metal. Her skin pale with the shiroi make up that was fashioned from solari crystal that made her skin gleam.
She exited the temple and stood overlooking the raised island they were on, what had once been well under the ocean had been raised and the fashioned into a beautiful sight to behold, large bridges built to connect it to the main city ports and the waters between given a hydrostatic shielding to prevent predators in the ocean from entering it so they could allow swimming and exploration. The ocean itself though looked out upon the sea and there were three barriers you could see... far out on the horizon that connected and went around onto the main land. The smaller islands that were in the waters within the protection barriers at intervals and shipping lanes around them.
The crystal clear waters that were cleaned from the static shields under the water and above which kept storms from crashing against the barriers and when a planetary shielding grid was activated for bombardment it was quite a sight to behold. One of the islands serving as the primarily military base with Kabaneri fighters. Submersibles were traveling around and underwater tubes where speeders went allowing many to go from different islands and areas of the city. Environmental control stations and orchid platforms that observed and protected the walls or hovered along the barriers tracks in the oceans.
The destination that she was going towards was one of the docks with a skiff, the repulsors in place of skies that would allow them to travel quicker then waiting for winds as it could still do that but also now was able to go over grass, water, snow and sand much better then before. Junko sat in it as her Makie droid dipped down to join her taking a small area and two of the guards set it up so that the would be able to move and head towards the academy districts. "Princess we have some news,
Keisai were spotted along the mountain path from the mountains towards the city. It seemed they are bringing new artwork."
There was always a sort of spectacle when they appeared Junko knew and many loved to see their artwork which often sold for overly modest amounts of credits. The new reforms well made it easier for many to get their services and partake across the planet as with new living modules and technologies they were quickly reaching a post scarcity situation where they had plenty of reserves for famine.. they were actually able to sell off to other planets yearly harvests now which built up their economy... there was the construction and preservation as the Anshin worked on clean initiatives. The planets in the systems were being terraformed and worked on.
THe skiff was moving across the water and the spray of water was like a mist on her skin as it cooled and sent small shivers... she was looking as the city gave way to the academy districts and they went onto the sand as the sounds in the distance came. Drumbeats, heavy and from blue clad warriors in the lower classes that had to participate and work with or for the elder classmates... The sounds going to indicate one of the mock battles was happening as red flag wearing individuals from the Northern academy were fighting the blue ribboned academy which moved and fought with spears and swords easily enough.
She could see and feel Unchou in the fight as she was not one to stand back.. no Junko had watched and met with her a couple times and while not knowing her perfectly she had a small idea of her personality which didn't go towards planning. She was more the punch things... and then punch them again and if that didn't work she sort of kicked them in the face as several of the students she could see were knocked out from the fighter that moved gracefully around them... martial arts something important to the western wolves before she grabbed one of the opposing students and holding him spun around until he lifted off the ground and slammed him into another releasing him at a group of his allies.
Junko Ike
