Waking the Dead 2.0 || August 28, 2063 || Sunday

[kawaakari]

[This post is going up on MAYAnet at precisely the same time as the Dovetailor's own message hits GeistNET.]

SENT: 6:00 AM
Good morning, brothers and sisters. I will not mince words with regard to the events of yesterday, at the Falner Estate. The Rashinban has provided the lot of you with a full report for your perusal. I trust that you will keep yourselves informed.

Thank you, oni-tsukai of Seigi, for rising in defense of our home. Make sure to pay your respects to the Shining One. Without him, all may have been lost.

Thank you, oni-tsukai of Kibo, for your quick response to the needs of Netsach. My comrades within the Dragon's conspiracy have taken pains to inform me that our participation in their battle helped swing things in their favor.

Brother Assassin shall be returning to the ranks of the Searing Wind, effective immediately. Brother Peacemaker has been exceptionally kind, and I plan on remembering the service that he has done for us while the Assassin was recovering. I expect the Zashiki-Warashi to find suitable guards for his family in New Atlantis.

The Blade King has requested that I remain in command of the conspiracy while he focuses on aiding the Dragon. All concerns, until his return, must be directed to me first.

You have your orders with your respective Divisions. I expect them to be followed.

[And now there is a message delivered straight to your inboxes, Kaz and Josh.]

SENT: 6:02 AM
CC: Kalika Shinta
Welcome to Zangyaku.

Please tell us what your designated roles are, and the Division you wish to join.

OOC Notes:
+ The Bodhisattvas have been ordered to assist Ziz. The Myobu and the Zashiki-Warashi are to continue expansion efforts for Zangyaku all across the globe. The Morticians and the Whisperers are to provide support for Maenad and Cerberus if they do not have their own matters to attend to. The Rashinban is to assist Leviathan. The Senshi and the Strays are to place themselves wherever they see fit. The Tengu are to be fielded for Operation HECATON.

Comments

[kawaakari]

SENT: 6:17 AM
I see.

Thank you for taking care of him for us.

[Because it had to be said.]

[larue]

SENT: 06:19 AM
Thank you for trusting me where it concerns him.
I will do my very best by him.

[ It is incredibly humbling, getting that message. You're his mother, after all. ]

[kawaakari]

SENT: 6:21 AM
I do not have any reason not to trust you, correct? You love him.

[That tends to define a lot of things for people, in her opinion.]

[larue]

SENT: 06:22 AM
I do. Very much.

[ And as he sends that off, he's glancing back to where the Blade King is still sleeping and he indulges himself in pressing a kiss to that one's shoulder.

A second message now. Because there is reason for it. ]

SENT: 06:25 AM
I think the incident at Falner shook him, ma'am. Yesterday,
when Father Aidan came back, Hikaru looked ready to draw his
sword. I've never seen him like that before.

[ He hesitates before he sends that. And then he adds a little more before he does. ]

Also, if I may ask, ma'am... how badly was Seigi hit?

[kawaakari]

SENT: 6:30 AM
He was ready, then, to die as long as it meant protecting the lot of you from the Voidseeker. That is not surprising to hear.

Seigi was not hit nearly as badly as Falner was. Abe no Seimei is Seigi, and many of the Wind were around: our fight barely lasted an hour. There were no casualties.

[Hence their quick response time, with sending backup to Falner.]

[larue]

SENT: 06:33 AM
I'm grateful then, that it didn't have to come to that.
It is good to know that Seigi was well-defended and that
everyone is safe.

[ He contemplates this last addition of his reply before he sends it: ]

If you wish, sister, I could keep you appraised on things
from my end where it concerns Hikaru. Though in all honesty,
I think it's mostly that he feels overwhelmed by recent events.

[kawaakari]

SENT: 6:36 AM
I would appreciate that. In spite of the connections I hold to him, I can only learn so much, and I would rather not violate his privacy any more than necessary.

[Yep. "Than necessary". She and her son have rules, and they do try to respect each other's boundaries.]

And that is understandable. Many of us are.

[larue]

[ He thinks a little on how to respond. He knows, in himself, that anything that is told to him in confidence are things he'd never share, but he also has concerns, where it comes to Hikaru taking responsibility for pretty much everything. ]

SENT: 06:38 AM
I will keep you posted then, ma'am.

[ Short, simple, and without making any promises he won't be able to keep. ]

[kawaakari]

[ That is more than enough for her. ]

SENT: 6:41 AM
Then you have my gratitude.

Make it rain, Joshua LaRue.