The Past Comes To Present

[*LiquidDreamer]

A small wooden decorated box arrives at the Hiromo estate, it is delieved by a man wearing traditional garb from Itsuyashi's homeworld. Once someone form within the residence takes the box, the delivery man bows and departs.

[*Itsuyashi]

After the second encounter with the group of Geans, Itsuyashi was locked up in his room for days on end, meditating. Trying to calm his nerves and center himself in spirit and mind. Pondering on his actions, and on the days that will come. His loyal guardian Yuki keeping watch over the somewhat distressed samurai after the confrontation. The knock on the door, and the parcel delivered by the oriental robed figure being intercepted by a dozen golem security around the manor, they pick the parcel up, and deliver it to Itsuyashi personally.

From within his dimly lit room, he stared at the box for several hours after his disrupted meditation. Hesitant to open it, he finds the courage to do so. Cracking open the lid and raising it from the box, he sets it aside, and looks within for whatever contents lay inside.

[*LiquidDreamer]

Inside, Itsuyashi sees a folded note and a lock of hair, with streaks of silver running through it.

[*Itsuyashi]

He would open the note, and reads through it, once he inspected the lock of hair.

[*LiquidDreamer]

The lock of hair carries a familiar scent, something that reminds Itsuyashi of home. Turning his attention to the letter it reads,

It has been some time, Itsuyashi.  It is time we settle this, once and for all. 

Meet me in Limbo, where the slaads play. 

Your mother and I will be waiting.  Come alone unless you want her to experience the full strength of the Plane. If anyone follows you, your mother will pay.

Warmest Regards,
Miyoto

[*Negative Moon]

((Apologies for the late posting))

As the samurai attempted the run after seeing the geans were easily overpowered by the clan members, Moon ordered to capture them and restrain them after shooting an arrow that found the poor man leg alting his course. Without much of a will to resist, the samurais, now all left alone without their leader, complied and formed up a line getting escorted by Kana to the Harmonium barracks to be turned in, over their failed assault on the clan and Itsu, with just one man of their group laying down void of life.

Without spending too much of a thought to think about what to do of that corpse, Moon pulled out of his bag one of his scrolls blessed by divine magic, casting a ressurection spell on the samurai, that came back to life in a matter of moments. While still pretty dazed and confused on the surrounding and about what was going on, again on Moon's order, the revived man was transfered to the Yugure Ryu with the aim to interrogate him on the whereabouts and the location of the portal leading to Gea, along the informations regarding the key to open said portal, leaving to Merialeth the job to extract as much information as possible from the poor man.

On the jammer the samurai would find himself guarded on sight by a number of golems having the order to not let the man escape, by any means necessary and a number of different case scenarios where adjusting the man body for that purpose would fall within acceptable limits.

More orders would be issued to the clan members, now more than ever, the attention shifted to Itsuyashi.

To Yuki and Kana, their duty here would stay the same, but pushed to a whole different level with a request from Moon to never lose sight of Itsu and to always take control of the strategical areas of passage, in order not to have Itsuyashi slip by unnoticed. Regardless of the two success on their task, a restless shadowy guardian summon by the Moon would keep a vigilant eye on the
clan's head.

To Kaori, her task didn't change here either, she had to keep looking for the assassin like before, the difference now being that they knew the man face and name along more informations regarding the man metods to disappear.

As for the golems guarding the manor and those inside dealing with daily duties, the orders for them were rather simple, warn Moon of every single change and weird movement happening inside and outside the manor, readying a couple more shadowy summons with the task to stalk and follow any new face showing up at the manor.

And for Moon? He would keep himself busy still looking forward to meet with Lyra and any other diviner and gatecrasher that decided to answer his call.

[*LiquidDreamer]

Back on Gea

Miyoto has finished informing the various lords about the truth of Tengen. Most are outraged at such a act, while a small minority secretly applaud his actions. It is them that are giving Miyoto a hard time. In order to bring Tengen to justice, he needs all of the lords banded together and thus far, he has been unable to bring them together. He sudden absence and even more startling appearance has not helped.

The situation fixes itself after a few days. On his way back to his temporary home, with an allied lord, he is attacked on the road. The assassins die but not before Miyoto is able to extract information from the lone survivor he purposely kept alive. It is from him that he learns that 3 of the lords are holding out and backing Tengen.

Unfortunately, these 3 lords have an army that is capable of squashing any rebellion themselves, much less when backed by a power like Tengen. Seeing no other option, later that night he writes a letter to the only one he knows that can help.

Itsuyashi, old friend.  I need your help once more, back help home. Tengen and his allies are to powerful for me and the other lords to defeat, the others will not even attempt a coup against him unless I provide troops. 

You say your group's power rivals that of factions, i hope it is true.  With your groups help, I am certain we, including the lords, can overtake Tengen in his castle. 

Please respond quickly

Miyoto.

The note is delivered to Itsuyashi's manor the next morning at day break.

In the Itsuyashi Compound

Itsuyashi's mother, Kunimistu blends in to household seemingly overnight. She offers her services as a cook and seems to take delight in being in the kitchen. She also offers to help anyway she can be it cleaning, putting armor away and other household chores. She tries her best to learn everyone's name and occupation, taking joy in being surrounded by the friends of her son, Itsuyashi.

If there is anything to say, she sometimes leaves the house to visit the surrounding Ward during the day.

Somewhere in Sigil

The Old Woman leans back in the large chair. An image of Tengen slowly fades from view as she breaks contact. As expected, all is going to plan. Now it is a matter of luring Itsuyashi back to Gea, where he and his mercenary army will be crushed by Tengen, the Old Woman has giving him a few surprises as well as a few choice "reinforcements". And also trapped, once she closes the portal as well.

She chuckles darkly and reaches inside of her gown, taking out one of the Sigil's most nefarious items, a soul prism. She focuses and peers inside, seeing the figure trapped inside. Satisfied that she has done her daily check, she puts the prism back inside of her robe and pats it down.

Now, we wait she tells herself. Good things come... to all that wait.