[Closed Event Post - The Third Tengu Meeting]

[danse_etoile]

::Asuka's waiting by the front door of Sakana, waring a skirt suit.::

So, Judai, is it too much to hope if we just don't open the front door, they'll go away?

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[i_like_red]

*He gives out a bit of a tired sigh as he approaches her.*

I take it our 'friend' has returned again.

[danse_etoile]

::Nods.::

Yes, as they promised a month or so ago in a letter that they would.

[i_like_red]

Oh boy.

I feel there's no avoiding it. They'll probably stand out there and wait forever if they needed to.

Do we even know what we're going to say to them?

[danse_etoile]

... do we even have anything to say to them?

I haven't gotten my hands on any more of Fujiwara's notes.

And they seem rather enthusiastic to get those.

[i_like_red]

Yeah, we haven't had any developments on our side and to be fair, we've both been busy with other things.

And I think we're both still of the agreement of not handing what we do have over.

I feel like we were gonna try and find a way to do what they want to do without the need of Fujiwara's notes, like fix the world being unstable or whatever it was they were talking about last time? I dunno, these conversations with them are a headache.

[danse_etoile]

Yes, I expect this to be more wheel spinning, but it is really strange Tengu would be listening to us, considering how they're supposed to be extremely arrogant.

To be honest ... I think it's the Supreme King business saving us.

::Massaging her temple.::

[i_like_red]

Hmm.

Well, I guess all we can do is go out there and be honest that nothing has changed on our end and we've been kinda busy with other things.

[danse_etoile]

You want to take the lead, or should I?

[i_like_red]

I can take the lead for now. Back me up where you can.

[danse_etoile]

It'll probably appeal to their sensibilities, a woman should be seen, not heard, etc.

[i_like_red]

Urgh, yeah. Feels like they'd have that kind of outdated view.

*He gives out a sigh.*

Here we go.

*With that he reaches out for the door and opens it, walking out.*

[daeasterncourt]

Ah.

Your majesty and his consort.

Things continue to decay.

::Standing on the hood of a car.::

[i_like_red]

Er...You probably shouldn't be standing on someone's car.
Just so you know.

[daeasterncourt]

A matter of semantics.

Yamato continues to decay, the greater cosmos continues to decay as the gates of the Ne-no-Katasukuni remain unfound, and things from Yomi-no-Kuni lurk searching, as well as those from the Utsuro-bune who seek a lost royal, and the coven of female Sennin lurk about.

The circumstances are dire, this land will fall into the hands of those it should never fall into.

[i_like_red]

Hhm-Mmm, Hhm-Mmm... *Judai nods along to what they're saying, pretending to understand and then allows a small pause once they were finished.*

... I didn't actually understand a word of that.


All I'm going to say is that we've had no new developments on our end and our stance hasn't changed.

[danse_etoile]

... To chime in, I'll paraphrase since I did reading since our last meeting.

"Japan continues to fall apart"
"The gates to the oldest Underworld remain unfound"
"Monsters from hell are searching for something"
"Foreigners are looking for their lost sovereign"
"The Illusion Witches who are wandering about"

Basically, all the nonsense that's been going on for the last... year?

[i_like_red]

You see, THAT makes more sense!

Honestly, though. Nonsense going on here is kinda, well... normal.

[daeasterncourt]

Your consort can serve as interpreter since you seem to use the vulgar tongue and terminology of the modern realm.

::Adjusting their gloves.::

Yamato is about to fall into the hands of the Yokai of the Occident, through long ranging schemes.

Yamato's dignity must be protected, and to ensure there is a Yamato, the gates to Ne-no-Katasukuni, and in Ne-no-Katasukuni, must be found to save this cosmos, Supreme King.

[danse_etoile]

::Whispers into Judai's ear.::

They're claiming Noriko, who they think is a foreign non-native entity, is going to do something to take over the entire nation.

But that whatever lies in "Ne-no-Katsukuni" must be dealt with first, and Fujiwara is the only one who knew how to get to "Ne-no-Katsukuni".

[i_like_red]

Firstly, I still don't really think Noriko plans to be a threat of any kind and I personally think it's fine to leave her be.

I know you said something about this reality being... unstable, I think? But honestly, if this is true, then I would much rather find another way to fix that, rather than opening some gate, to some place I've never heard of, via relying on partial notes left by Fujiwara.

[daeasterncourt]

We shall lay it out clearly then.

This sea of stars bled from the actions of a certain man who tried to create a world that can no longer exist. There is not enough blood and humor left to sustain this reality.

It needs blood and waters from another sea.

Whether it is shared or it is taken.

And there is only One Gate.

[i_like_red]

So you're saying we need something from this place to make this reality 'whole' and there is only one way to get there.

And what can you tell me about this place you want a gate to? Is it another reality? Another world? Another timeline? And what actually needs to be taken from it?

[daeasterncourt]

A 'timeline' or 'world' would not suffice.

An entirely different... what humans in this era, foolishly, call a 'universe'.

And. How do you stop someone from dying from blood loss, Supreme King, in this current era?

[i_like_red]

You would give them a transfusion of blood from someone else who matches their blood type.

So you're saying this universe needs a 'transfusion' from another universe?

[daeasterncourt]

By either aid or by force.

And the means to do so lies near the most primordial point of all creation in Ne-no-Katsukuni.

Trying to force open a connection at this level of the Pagoda of creation would cause.

Severe. Problems.

More severe than the damage already done to it, Supreme King.