Susannah Moodie, samurai of the Canadian wilderness...

[felis_ultharus]

I think by far the most interesting detail of Susannah Moodie's life is that she carried an ostentious Japanese sword into the forests near Peterborough, to her new log-cabin home. From the description, and from a brief internet search, it sounds like something called "a reverse-handled Tachi sword," a kind of samurai sword.

Which is a great mental image. There's Susannah -- matronly, aristocratic, patronizing, self-absorbed Susannah Moodie in her bonnet and farmwife's skirt -- wielding a giant Japanese sword.

I can see it now:

She pauses in the middle of a maple grove. Something doesn't quite seem right. Cherry blossoms whirl out of nowhere.

Then, suddenly, ninjas -- those ever-present scourge of the Canadian wilderness -- drop out of the maple trees. She's surrounded. Susannah raises her sword, and says, "I will never forgive you." Then she cries, "I will destroy your happiness."

Everything goes dark. Several red slashes cut across the blackness.

The lights come up, and there's Susannah, sole survivor, standing over her defeated enemies in the maple grove, her hair stirred by the wind. A mournful Japanese flute is the only noise, amidst the sombre silence.

Yes, I'm in a weird mood today ^_^

Comments

[jenjoou.livejournal.com]

You forgot the sakura petals ;)

And yeah, ninjas are such a big problem. You can fumigate all you want but they get into everything. ;)

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

Ack. And I'd planned on sakura petals, too, when I was thinking how to draft it.

We had quite the ninja infestation here just last week. I think we got most of the eggs, though :)

[jenjoou.livejournal.com]

wait my bad. there they are right at the start. :)

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

I think we're both really tired tonight. I didn't even notice I'd actually included them ^_^

[ubergreenkat.livejournal.com]

for the sake of using teh interweb shorthand:

ROTFLMAO

[felis-ultharus.livejournal.com]

Internet shorthand is always welcome.

And thank you :)