#whisperedshadow

This place doesn’t even seem to have a spaceport, and he hasn’t seen a single ship in the sky since he’s arrived. And that wouldn’t necessarily be unusual... if he weren’t in a bustling city.

If there is in fact no way of borrowing a ship to leave on his own, that means he needs to get in touch with the Jedi or the Grand Army of the Republic or -- someone. Honestly, at this point, even getting in touch with someone like Hondo would be great...

❝ You know where I could find a working comm station? ❞ he asks, brisk; he’s clearly lacking patience. ❝ I need to comm someone off-planet. ❞

                    ❛❛ What I want to do ? I... ❜❜ Nagamasa’s cheeks grew warm. Why was it his decision to make, all of sudden ? He was hoping that Ichi would have suggested an event she wanted to go to. But, to be fair, Nagamasa was the one who had brought up SpiraleFes. Also, he was aware of how hesitant his wife could be when it came to making decisions on her own.

Well he doesn’t call himself a hero for nothing. There are times even when the petty classmate can o something a little generous for other’s around him. He won’t expect much from the other just yet, but may as well make the other look...maybe a little happy? The boy bought himself two cups of tea, deciding to give the other one cup he bought, and sitting across the table from her. “Don’t get me wrong, I don’t always do these acts of kindness for no reason, but if you were to keep a stern and sad look all the time, how can a hero go around and bring smiles to others?”

                   Kiyomasa swung his legs as he sat in the seat above the dunk tank. This wasn’t at all how he wanted to meet the Demon King’s younger sister ! How was Kiyomasa supposed to get her to spread the word about his talents to Nobunaga ? There was no way that he could show off his genius in the middle of this silly game. To make matters worse, Kiyomasa hadn’t heard anywhere near as much about Oichi as he had her brother. And today, how much of his dignity he’d get to keep depended on Kiyomasa’s knowledge of her.

                    ❛❛ The way today’s event goes is this —– today, our special guest is the one who asks the questions ! Miss Oichi here will ask me questions about herself, and I have to answer them correctly. If I get three in a row wrong, then it’s into the dunk tank I go. ❜❜ Was the crew going to have Oichi read off of a script ? Or would they let her create her own questions ? Kiyomasa peeked around, but he couldn’t find any clues pointing to either scenario.

From: ichi

[ text ] ichi had ignored you back then when they were alive, supposed to apologize as well but never had the courage to do.

[ text ] whatever happened to ichi there, it’s not entirely your fault.

[ text ] ichi forgives you for everything that happened during these illusions.

[ text ] yes, ichi agrees to that. ichi isn’t sure if brother believes, though.

[ text ] ichi will not suffer anymore. you and lord nagamasa were there as long as not fighting each other.

                   Katsuie’s face lit up as soon as he saw Lady Oichi’s texts. Thank goodness she had forgiven him after everything he’d confessed to doing ! He wasn’t sure that even Lady Oichi could forgive him for murdering her. But, as fate would have it, Lady Oichi was as merciful and compassionate as a goddess. She must’ve understood that Katsuie hadn’t wanted to do such a terrible thing, right ? Of course she would —– her own brother had forced her to kill many people against her will, after all.

                   If they ever returned home, they could make up some sort of story for Lord Nobunaga. They might have to work on the details to make it sound convincing, but that wouldn’t be too hard. Although…how come Lady Oichi was telling Katsuie not to fight with Lord Azai ? His hatred of the other man wasn’t that obvious, was it ? However, the fact remained that Lady Oichi must’ve noticed some sort of behavior on Katsuie’s part. He’d need to do a better job of hiding his revulsion towards Lord Azai in the future. Katsuie typed a quick reply to Lady Oichi.

To: Lady Oichi

[ text ] Thank you for everything.

[ text ] And understood. Should the time come, I am sure there is something we can come up with to appease your brother.

to be fair, the quest didn’t catch his attention when he first stumbled upon it. finding cats isn’t something he does, he’s no everyday hero  ---  he’s not even a hero. that’s why he initially didn’t even bother to read it all the way through. however, once he looked into it a little bit more, he found that it was. well. different than what he originally thought.

a huge cat that climbs buildings sounds a lot more exciting. watching his partner for this duty fills him with a strange sense of curiosity, so he speaks up.

“you ready to find this kitty? can’t be too hard to miss.” knowing his luck, it’ll somehow manage to escape him. “i can take care of gettin’ the stuff back, but we gotta’ spot it first.”