Task Two: Oku No Hitsuyona Busshi

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"Find him." Nobunaga's voice was harsh and severe - leaving no room for anyone to argue with him. 

"D-demo, Oda-san..." Hideyoshi started, stuttering for practically the first time in his life. What Lord Oda-san was ordering...

Nobunaga turned to face him, glaring him down. "Are you sympathizing with a traitor?"

Hideyoshi swallowed and looked at the ground, deep in thought and shame. "N-no, Oda-san. Demo Magoichi-kun is my friend."

"A friend who betrayed us all!" Nobunaga glared at Mitsuhide-kun, who stood silently at the edge of the shoji. "Find him, Mitsuhide-kun! And end him! His entire family will pay for this. Prepare the men to move out... immediately!"

"Where are we marching, Oda-sensei?" Mitsuhide-kun asked.

"We are going to march on the Saika clan borders. I will burn their entire village to the ground. Every Saika man, woman and child will burn for their traitorous acts." Nobunaga slid the shoji open and stormed out.

Mitsuhide briefly met Hideyoshi's gaze, but turned away, as if shame kept him from facing what he was about to do.   

For the first time in his entire life,  anger burned deep in Hideyoshi's soul.

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You've taken over your first clan (or been forced from your main castles) and how have more lands in addition to the ones you started with, or less. Even though you have more lands (or less), your clan isn't doing well. Between the Oda clan attacks, and battles with other clans around you, your clan desperately needs more supplies. There are several options to choose from.

- You must go to some place that hire ronin and pay/hire them and convince them to join you

- You must write a decree of conscription, ordering your people to join your army

- You must travel to a nearby temple, where scholars are and you must convince them to help you come up with new defenses for your new lands (walls, towers, etc. Fortifications).

- The new land that you took is hostile and you must drive out the bandits, so that farmers can work the land to increase your food supply

You must choose ONEof these and write the story of what happened while you were trying to do this.I'm looking for creativity here - who can stay on task while making something very simple interesting and engaging for me to read. If I'm not engaged, you won't score well, and we all know that not scoring well gives you horrible penalties in the battle tasks.

There are only NINE Of you left, and you are all amazing, fantastic writers. I'm cracking down and expecting the best which is what you guys have shown me thus far. 

Due date:

July 9th, 6pm central. DON'T BE LATE

Word count:

I want you creativity to shine here: 3,100. Remember every 100 words is 0.1 taken off. 

Ballots:

Six! Use them while you have a lot to use!

Awards:

History - Make me feel like I'm living in 1500 Japan. Some of you have already started this, so really make yourselves shine with this.

Creative Spark - You'll do something totally unique, an idea intertwined around the task that is super creative. I want to see your imagination run wild.  

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