I have an update on the officer that seems interested in the dirty secrets of our homeland. This would be our third meeting, and the second of formal meetings. He's decided that he wants to leave his identity open this time, so I'll reveal this individual's name to be Itou.Makoto. I'm in the process of converting him to our cause, so to speak. He's quite curious about what we know and what we're capable of, and so far has not shown imminent hostility to us. Not that I'd be incapable of handling him, of course. In any case, he decided to take this time to ask more about us, and about me. Whether or not we would stray from our path. It also involved me explaining to him the existence of the Nomads, which he has decided to take with a grain of salt, in his words. The details are below. Be sure not to engage this individual from this point forward unless absolutely necessary to maintain his status as a "loyal officer". I feel I'm getting closer to him, and I don't want to unnecessarily jeopardize his life.
では、また会うときまで~!
生形 艶 | Ubukata Tsuya
将軍 | Shōgun
Long live the Blood Dragons.
[27.05.2021 21:43:36] >BD<Yumi-4: Are you lost, little one?
[27.05.2021 21:43:48] Itou.Makoto: Huh, fancy meeting a dragon in this thick dense cloud.
[27.05.2021 21:43:59] >BD<Yumi-4: We are everywhere your eyes cannot see.
[27.05.2021 21:44:02] Itou.Makoto: I can barely see 10 metres in front of me.
[27.05.2021 21:44:06] Itou.Makoto: Oh funny.
[27.05.2021 21:44:23] Itou.Makoto: Hey you get my matcha from the station too? Oh wait.
[27.05.2021 21:44:39] >BD<Yumi-4: Fancy meeting you once more.
[27.05.2021 21:44:49] Itou.Makoto: Once more? I don't know who you are.
[27.05.2021 21:44:54] >BD<Yumi-4: And interesting to see your sarcasm is back in full spirits.
[27.05.2021 21:45:17] Itou.Makoto: Well if you keep it up, my sarcasm may be the last thing you'll hear.
[27.05.2021 21:45:32] Itou.Makoto: Outside of Fuchu that is.
[27.05.2021 21:45:38] >BD<Yumi-4: Ah, right, this blasted vocal scrambler again. *banging noises* There we go.
[27.05.2021 21:45:42] >BD<Yumi-4: Better now?
[27.05.2021 21:45:52] Itou.Makoto: Oh it's the boss.
[27.05.2021 21:46:00] Itou.Makoto: Well well well...
[27.05.2021 21:46:09] Itou.Makoto: I admit, I have been thinking about what you've said.
[27.05.2021 21:46:24] >BD<Yumi-4: And where have your thoughts led you?
[27.05.2021 21:47:55] Itou.Makoto: Hm, there's a lot of firing going on here.
[27.05.2021 21:48:09] Itou.Makoto: Shall we talk deeper in the cloud?
[27.05.2021 21:48:19] >BD<Yumi-4: Whatever floats your boat, officer.
[27.05.2021 21:48:33] Itou.Makoto: Well, we wouldn't want to be disturbed do we?
[27.05.2021 21:50:22] >BD<Yumi-4: Well?
[27.05.2021 21:50:31] Itou.Makoto: So where was I, oh yes. So the shoganate fell because of Samura right?
[27.05.2021 21:50:49] Itou.Makoto: and was driven to exile?
[27.05.2021 21:50:52] Itou.Makoto: Or something like that?
[27.05.2021 21:51:32] >BD<Yumi-4: They were the primary source. *The* root of betrayal. Long ago, the first Shogunate gave them the seeds to grow.
[27.05.2021 21:51:42] >BD<Yumi-4: Then they bit the hand that fed, wanting it all for themselves.
[27.05.2021 21:52:10] Itou.Makoto: So now they're this "corporation" but they're really controlling the current government.
[27.05.2021 21:52:49] >BD<Yumi-4: Well, under the table, yes. It wouldn't look very good if it was done in the open. You hear whispers of their dealings, however
[27.05.2021 21:52:56] >BD<Yumi-4: If you keep your ear low enough to the ground.
[27.05.2021 21:53:08] >BD<Yumi-4: Lies always find a way to be revealed.
[27.05.2021 21:53:40] >BD<Yumi-4: They are a corporation, in name, but their power extended past that. In recent times, though, Kishiro has weakened them somewhat.
[27.05.2021 21:54:03] Itou.Makoto: The textbooks always talk about the dragons wanting to overthrow the government.
[27.05.2021 21:54:27] Itou.Makoto: But this Samura-controlled government is clearly in power here. History books are written by the victors no?
[27.05.2021 21:54:43] Itou.Makoto: So how is your government more legitimate than the current one?
[27.05.2021 21:54:48] Itou.Makoto: your shoganate
[27.05.2021 21:55:42] >BD<Yumi-4: Merely the fact that it is officially recognized by true Kusarians. Those who realize their birthright and their destiny to
[27.05.2021 21:55:50] >BD<Yumi-4: lead. To overcome the chains that bind them.
[27.05.2021 21:56:04] >BD<Yumi-4: These days, people willingly cave in to the capitalistic pressure.
[27.05.2021 21:56:35] >BD<Yumi-4: My own father among them.
[27.05.2021 21:57:06] Itou.Makoto: Ah capitalism.
[27.05.2021 21:57:23] Itou.Makoto: One of your subordinates mentioned something about the "common man".
[27.05.2021 21:57:52] Itou.Makoto: So I assume that in your quest to defeat capitalism, that you stand for the commoners?
[27.05.2021 21:58:38] >BD<Yumi-4: Rampant, unchecked capitalism. I realize the importance of money, it is simply the fact that it needs potent regulation.
[27.05.2021 21:58:48] >BD<Yumi-4: And yes, the common people are often trampled on here.
[27.05.2021 21:59:06] >BD<Yumi-4: Many are not given a fair chance due to the way things are. Some are not treated as well as others.
[27.05.2021 21:59:28] >BD<Yumi-4: Some months ago I met a veteran police officer who was busting his back every day just so he could retire and send his daughter
[27.05.2021 21:59:30] >BD<Yumi-4: to college.
[27.05.2021 22:00:00] >BD<Yumi-4: I felt so moved by his desire to simply finish his duty and move on to the next life, that I wanted to make a donation.
[27.05.2021 22:00:21] >BD<Yumi-4: He accepted it, dumbfounded by my mercy.
[27.05.2021 22:00:51] >BD<Yumi-4: That should show how the common Kusarian is brainwashed to believe we are ruthless killers.
[27.05.2021 22:01:23] Itou.Makoto: Well, it's no secret we're overworked and underpaid. My son isn't of that age yet, but I don't know what sort of future awaits-
[27.05.2021 22:01:25] Itou.Makoto: him.
[27.05.2021 22:01:55] >BD<Yumi-4: How old is he?
[27.05.2021 22:01:59] Itou.Makoto: I admit, that is quite generous of you. Although I knew from our previous meeting, and from my meeting with your subordinates
[27.05.2021 22:02:10] Itou.Makoto: that you're not ruthless killers. In fact, those Gen'an tend to shoot first.
[27.05.2021 22:02:34] Itou.Makoto: He's eight months old. Hopefully there will be a long future ahead of him.
[27.05.2021 22:02:39] >BD<Yumi-4: Yeah, they tend to threaten and shoot first, ask questions later... The cardamine, it puts them on edge.
[27.05.2021 22:03:01] Itou.Makoto: Of course, I'm saving up credits for his college education already.
[27.05.2021 22:03:02] >BD<Yumi-4: We merely work with them because of the fact that we share a common goal to overthrow.
[27.05.2021 22:03:16] >BD<Yumi-4: One day, a time will come when one of us has to pull the trigger.
[27.05.2021 22:03:33] >BD<Yumi-4: I'm glad to find that you're a responsible father.
[27.05.2021 22:04:04] Itou.Makoto: It's difficult to make a living these days. Generation after generation, it gets harder.
[27.05.2021 22:05:38] >BD<Yumi-4: That is one of the things I desire to fix someday. A Kusari where every man, woman and child is free to chase their own needs
[27.05.2021 22:05:39] >BD<Yumi-4: and wants.
[27.05.2021 22:06:03] Itou.Makoto: I don't like this, let's move a little further.
[27.05.2021 22:06:09] Itou.Makoto: this spot.
[27.05.2021 22:06:26] >BD<Yumi-4: Perhaps a jump is in order.
[27.05.2021 22:06:45] Itou.Makoto: Perhaps.
[27.05.2021 22:06:55] Itou.Makoto: Hokkaido it is.
[27.05.2021 22:09:00] Itou.Makoto: I suppose this will allow us to keep an eye on the hole.
[27.05.2021 22:09:03] >BD<Yumi-4: A little further out and we should remain undisturbed.
[27.05.2021 22:10:17] >BD<Yumi-4: This should be far enough.
[27.05.2021 22:10:37] Itou.Makoto: Now where were we... ah yes.
[27.05.2021 22:11:13] Itou.Makoto: I've read some history books, about Earth. Isn't a shoganate just an autocracy?
[27.05.2021 22:11:22] Itou.Makoto: Everything and everyone is at your mercy.
[27.05.2021 22:11:46] >BD<Yumi-4: A form of it, yes. But it's not like I'm some kind of tyrant. The Dragons at home treat me like a mother.
[27.05.2021 22:12:06] >BD<Yumi-4: I try my best not to let others fall behind or suffer.
[27.05.2021 22:12:19] Itou.Makoto: So there's all this corruption happening now, but how do I know you won't walk down that path?
[27.05.2021 22:19:54] Itou.Makoto: Man shogun, you'll make me fall asleep having to fly back.
[27.05.2021 22:19:56] >BD<Yumi-4: The edge of Hokkaido. Silent and mesmirizing.
[27.05.2021 22:20:24] >BD<Yumi-4: It is not only for my safety, but yours as well.
[27.05.2021 22:20:32] Itou.Makoto: This ship's autopilot better not break down.
[27.05.2021 22:20:39] >BD<Yumi-4: Should they catch you mingling with the likes of me, your own life is at stake.
[27.05.2021 22:20:50] Itou.Makoto: Agreed.
[27.05.2021 22:21:19] >BD<Yumi-4: Now, where were we... ah.
[27.05.2021 22:22:06] >BD<Yumi-4: I am the daughter of what some would call a corpo slave. I came from a high, wealthy place, but still far from the top.
[27.05.2021 22:22:27] >BD<Yumi-4: My father, you may or may not know of them, is a popular holo-tainment band developer on New Tokyo.
[27.05.2021 22:22:57] >BD<Yumi-4: If memory serves me right, his company was a subsidiary of Kishiro. He slaved away night and day and I rarely ever saw him.
[27.05.2021 22:23:09] >BD<Yumi-4: And when I did, he was exhausted and hardly in the mood to be raising 3 kids.
[27.05.2021 22:23:24] >BD<Yumi-4: My mother did most of the work, kami bless her heart.
[27.05.2021 22:23:38] >BD<Yumi-4: I don't know how she tolerated my rambunctious younger sister.
[27.05.2021 22:23:49] >BD<Yumi-4: But, truth be told, I despised the way things were.
[27.05.2021 22:24:04] >BD<Yumi-4: It's a textbook example of how this rampant corruption and greed is severing familial bonds.
[27.05.2021 22:25:09] >BD<Yumi-4: I haven't seen my family in what feels like years. Ironic, isn't it? To fight, one must separate.
[27.05.2021 22:25:22] >BD<Yumi-4: It's simutaneously what keeps me going and what brings me down.
[27.05.2021 22:25:49] Itou.Makoto: Right, and I have no doubt you have a great vision of how Kusari should be. How do I know you won't walk down the wrong path?
[27.05.2021 22:25:55] Itou.Makoto: Afterall, a shogunate is a shogunate.
[27.05.2021 22:26:30] >BD<Yumi-4: It would depend on what you'd call the wrong path.
[27.05.2021 22:26:36] >BD<Yumi-4: I'm not omniscient.
[27.05.2021 22:26:55] Itou.Makoto: Wrong path, as in, corrupt leader. Thinking of him or herself only.
[27.05.2021 22:27:01] Itou.Makoto: Nepotism
[27.05.2021 22:27:36] Itou.Makoto: It's a difficult life for me now, but your vision of a shogunate means absolute power at the top.
[27.05.2021 22:27:52] Itou.Makoto: I would love to have a better life, for myself and my family.
[27.05.2021 22:28:10] Itou.Makoto: I need to ensure that my.... loyalty, is not misplaced.
[27.05.2021 22:28:24] Itou.Makoto: or rather, will not
[27.05.2021 22:29:04] >BD<Yumi-4: Proper leaders are humble. You don't land in a position like mine by being self centered and greedy.
[27.05.2021 22:29:23] >BD<Yumi-4: Our kind despises that kind of person fervently.
[27.05.2021 22:30:04] >BD<Yumi-4: Power corrupts. And I can't say for certain that it cannot seduce me.
[27.05.2021 22:30:18] >BD<Yumi-4: But here and now, I am as pure as the heavens.
[27.05.2021 22:30:39] >BD<Yumi-4: I wholly intend to keep it that way, but nobody knows where fate leads until it rears its head.
[27.05.2021 22:31:09] Itou.Makoto: I see. Okay I suppose I'm done with the interrogation. You had mentioned that you had more to say last time?
[27.05.2021 22:31:22] Itou.Makoto: I believe we had only scratched the surface, or something.
[27.05.2021 22:31:49] >BD<Yumi-4: I wonder how you will take this. Have you at any point met a strange person?
[27.05.2021 22:32:11] >BD<Yumi-4: Not your average strange person, but the kind that acts... out of order. Unnatural. Almost alien.
[27.05.2021 22:32:53] >BD<Yumi-4: Or, have you ever seen a flash of radient blue light, perhaps in the distance yet gone in an instant?
[27.05.2021 22:32:54] Itou.Makoto: I... can not say I have. I hope this person is not a spy or something.
[27.05.2021 22:33:34] Itou.Makoto: Not in the distance, but I've seen many flashes of light. Let's just say my line of work is dangerous. I feel like my life-
[27.05.2021 22:33:37] Itou.Makoto: is always at risk.
[27.05.2021 22:33:55] Itou.Makoto: Which is sad, to be doing such dangerous work to raise a family.
[27.05.2021 22:34:04] >BD<Yumi-4: This will sound very cliche to you then, perhaps. But I swear what I say here is the truth, and nothing else.
[27.05.2021 22:34:18] Itou.Makoto: Very well.
[27.05.2021 22:34:27] >BD<Yumi-4: There is an ancient race of aliens that held domain over the Sirius sector, long before humans ever arrived here.
[27.05.2021 22:34:37] >BD<Yumi-4: For reasons unknown, they were eradicated.
[27.05.2021 22:34:49] >BD<Yumi-4: And what was left behind were the guardians they created.
[27.05.2021 22:35:15] >BD<Yumi-4: This alien species would eventually be dubbed by xeno specialists as the Dom'Kvash.
[27.05.2021 22:35:22] >BD<Yumi-4: And their protectors, dubbed the Nomads.
[27.05.2021 22:36:02] >BD<Yumi-4: The Dragons played a prominent role in a recent shadow war that threatened the entirety of the Sirius sector.
[27.05.2021 22:36:05] >BD<Yumi-4: And the fate of humanity.
[27.05.2021 22:36:18] >BD<Yumi-4: It was before my time, and I'm not sure how old you are.
[27.05.2021 22:37:06] >BD<Yumi-4: It took place in 800 A.S. The Nomads awakened to the human presence, declared us a threat, and started to attack.
[27.05.2021 22:37:42] >BD<Yumi-4: But in a rather unconventional manner. Nomads are parasitic beings. They are able to 'mold'
[27.05.2021 22:38:01] >BD<Yumi-4: With the human body and possess it. They typically make the host brain dead, effectively killing them.
[27.05.2021 22:38:17] >BD<Yumi-4: After which they attempt to pose as regular humans.
[27.05.2021 22:38:49] >BD<Yumi-4: Somehow, they had almost conquered every house in the Sirius sector. You may have heard whispers of an organization known as
[27.05.2021 22:38:58] >BD<Yumi-4: The Order. Yes, they're real.
[27.05.2021 22:39:19] >BD<Yumi-4: A hidden organization which specializes in combatting this Nomad threat wherever it lies.
[27.05.2021 22:39:56] >BD<Yumi-4: They, along with the help of the Dragons, banished a massive hive of them using a modified active alien artifact.
[27.05.2021 22:40:32] >BD<Yumi-4: It created a sort of powerful warping entity, stronger than any gate or hole. The Nomads were effectively wiped from that hive.
[27.05.2021 22:40:53] >BD<Yumi-4: But it was far from the end... There are still traces of them all throughout the sector, and they are multiplying once more.
[27.05.2021 22:41:59] Itou.Makoto: Okay, it sounded like you were reading from a fiction novel there.
[27.05.2021 22:42:07] >BD<Yumi-4: As I expected.
[27.05.2021 22:42:20] >BD<Yumi-4: But in due time you'll see it.
[27.05.2021 22:42:22] Itou.Makoto: But you did say it was the truth, so with nothing to refute it, I'll take it... with a grain of salt.
[27.05.2021 22:42:42] >BD<Yumi-4: Fair enough.
[27.05.2021 22:42:58] >BD<Yumi-4: This is the other threat we are also quite adamant against.
[27.05.2021 22:43:18] >BD<Yumi-4: We watch over certain places they have infested.
[27.05.2021 22:43:35] Itou.Makoto: That's... very responsible of the dragons.
[27.05.2021 22:43:39] Itou.Makoto: I did not know that.
[27.05.2021 22:44:26] >BD<Yumi-4: It's every warrior's duty to protect their homeland, no matter the enemy.
[27.05.2021 22:44:43] >BD<Yumi-4: They keep coming, but they are no match for our ace pilots. Especially not when they pilot human ships.
[27.05.2021 22:45:07] >BD<Yumi-4: They struggle to control our technology, which would be expected as well.
[27.05.2021 22:45:38] >BD<Yumi-4: Yet they always come back. At this point I am convinced they are a permanent threat to Kusari, and to Sirius as a whole.
[27.05.2021 22:45:57] Itou.Makoto: Hm, should you not notify the authorities then? Or should I?
[27.05.2021 22:46:14] >BD<Yumi-4: If you hardly believe it, how would they?
[27.05.2021 22:46:19] >BD<Yumi-4: Technically, you are an authority.
[27.05.2021 22:46:36] Itou.Makoto: Well, no harm in trying. But I see you point.
[27.05.2021 22:46:56] Itou.Makoto: Can you imagine, a dragon telling the current government that there's an alien threat?
[27.05.2021 22:47:08] Itou.Makoto: You would be laughed all the way to the omegas.
[27.05.2021 22:47:21] Itou.Makoto: and they might create an asylum for you.
[27.05.2021 22:48:02] Itou.Makoto: Darnit, the Chokan is paging me. Argh.
[27.05.2021 22:48:05] >BD<Yumi-4: Most likely. However, they have light occupation in a system that Nomads currently infest.
[27.05.2021 22:48:19] >BD<Yumi-4: Oddly enough, reports say they have not uncovered the true nature of the nest.
[27.05.2021 22:48:27] >BD<Yumi-4: Or haven't gotten close enough to try.
[27.05.2021 22:48:50] Itou.Makoto: Hm... I'm starting to wonder if that's... nah.
[27.05.2021 22:49:18] >BD<Yumi-4: It's not impossible that a second infection could be underway.
[27.05.2021 22:49:35] >BD<Yumi-4: There has been increased activity in recent years.
[27.05.2021 22:49:43] Itou.Makoto: Hope not.
[27.05.2021 22:50:05] Itou.Makoto: Unfortunately my boss is calling for me. We will have to cut this short lest he sends a rescue team after me.
[27.05.2021 22:50:21] >BD<Yumi-4: Very well.
[27.05.2021 22:51:44] Death: Decaying_Sanity was put out of action by a hostile vessel.
[27.05.2021 22:51:45] Itou.Makoto: Alright, I will take my leave shogun. I hope we meet again.
[27.05.2021 22:51:55] Itou.Makoto: You have given me more to think about.
[27.05.2021 22:52:38] Itou.Makoto: Blasted pager. Sheesh. I want to eject this into space.
[27.05.2021 22:52:52] >BD<Yumi-4: The State Police use pagers still?
[27.05.2021 22:53:19] Itou.Makoto: Well, it's old technology, but it's reliable and it's secure.
[27.05.2021 22:53:35] Itou.Makoto: Wait a sec, that's classified.
[27.05.2021 22:53:52] Itou.Makoto: Okay before I hand out more police secrets, I will head over to the Chokan and see what he wants.
[27.05.2021 22:54:04] >BD<Yumi-4: Have fun with your boss-man.
[27.05.2021 22:54:06] Itou.Makoto: Mata kondo.
[27.05.2021 22:54:10] >BD<Yumi-4: Mm.
[27.05.2021 22:54:35] Itou.Makoto: At least the autopilot works!
[27.05.2021 22:54:49] >BD<Yumi-4: May Amaterasu guide your way.
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