[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]

I don't really appreciate the threat and how much you act like you're the absolute authority on everything.

But noted.

[daeasterncourt]

We are the last of the Three Great Yokai of Yamato.

Of course We're the absolute authority among the realm of The Otherside, Supreme King.

[danse_etoile]

... Three Great Yokai...?

[daeasterncourt]

Tamamo-no-Mae, the Kyubi-no-Kitsune. Shuten-Doji, the First and Greatest Ogre. And Ootakemaru. The Kanji are "Great Mountain", Lady Consort.

[danse_etoile]

... oh.

[i_like_red]

*Judai looks over at Asuka with a questioning look.*

What does that mean...?

[danse_etoile]

Basically Japan has three legendary Yokai.

The Kyubi-no-Kitsune, a fox that has lived for over a thousand years with nine tails, making it a great and powerful sorceress. It's been known by names such as Kuzunoha, Tamamo-no-Mae, Daji, Lady Koi. The Sessho-seki stone in Nikko National Park was said to be its prison. Incidentally that broke recently. But she's. Like the basis for every scheming woman in a political drama ever.

Shuten-Doji, is the drunken lord of the Oni, Japan's ogres. Said to dwell in Mount Ooe, Mt. Ibuki or the island Onigashima. As one of the few with a name, he's considered to possibly be the origin point of the concept.

The last is Ootakemaru, a Yokai of unclear description, who name means basically "The Great Mountain". Tengu are associated with Mountain Hermits and Monks.

[daeasterncourt]

Correct on all accounts but one. Shuten-Doji is a woman.

The Kyubi-no-Kitsune is imprisoned for Her Crimes. Shuten-Doji has no interest in anything but her own hedonism.

One must care about Yamato, Supreme King.

[i_like_red]

Ah, right.
I think I understand all of that.

Er, still, just give us some more time on the whole subject of Fujiwara's notes just so Asuka and I can discuss it more privately beforehand before we make a decision.

[daeasterncourt]

Of course, Supreme King. As the Champion of the Gentle Dark, we owe you at least that much curtesy.

It's why we have not sent our army against you.

So, we shall arrange another meeting, then?

[i_like_red]

Yeah.

Let's arrange another meeting.

[daeasterncourt]

We bid you farewell then.

Our scribe, Hatomaru will handle arranging our next meeting.

::The car pulls out and drives away, carrying the Shinobird Sovereign.::

[danse_etoile]

... They're a bit intense.

[i_like_red]

They really are.
It's exhausting talking to them.

We... really need to decide what to do with all this.
I don't think we can keep organising endless meetings with them to keep them at bay.

[danse_etoile]

Especially with whatever they perceive Noriko and her... whole. Zaibatsu. Keibatsu. Whatever. Is doing as a 'threat' to Japan.

[i_like_red]

Yeah, they really made it clear that they won't take kindly to anything she does and we'll 100% be caught up in that.

So we need a plan on what to do here.

Also, if there is truth in what they say about our reality being kinda 'broken', we need to figure out what's going on with that too, and what to do with these Fujiwara notes they want.

[danse_etoile]

... I suspect asking Noriko would probably be smartest.

... Though I think it would be less risky if you were the one to ask her.

::Coughs.::

[i_like_red]

Alright. I'll have a talk with her about all this and see what comes from that.

Seems like the best way to go forward for now.

[danse_etoile]

I'll. Try. To glean. Something. From Fujiwara's notes, even if it's just busy work.

I don't want to feel useless in this whole mess.

::Waving her arms around a little frustrated.::

[i_like_red]

*Judai gives her a nod.*

You're the best person to go over the notes and get anything from them.
I wouldn't even know where to begin with those.

[danse_etoile]

... Thanks. It means a lot to hear that. Seriously.

::Cracks a weak smile.::

[i_like_red]

*Judai gives her a smile and places a reassuring hand on her shoulder.*

You're smart, Asuka. You understand things and catch things I don't.
I'd be lost if I didn't have your input.

[danse_etoile]

... I should be more confident in that I guess.

Not everyone needs to be a fighter.

[i_like_red]

Exactly.

Don't sell yourself short. Those strengths are just as important as anything else.

[danse_etoile]

Right now, I'd like to just watch Netflix and chill a little.

::Deflates.::