closed | call me snoopy 'cause i'm putting my nose where it don't belong

[nemuru]

Who ☽ Ritsu, Ryouma, Lan Wangji, Chongyun, Shylock
What ☽ Doing a little underground investigation, specifically around the administrative offices
When ☽ Somewheres about between the underground reopening and the Daitengu's funeral, more solid date to follow /lazy
Where ☽ The underground
Content Warnings ☽ n/a ... maybe. we'll see.

Comments

[breweries]

[ a chuckle. ] Cute of you to presume that the Tamamo will readily cooperate with the Alliance, especially if the Shuten will be involved. I may not be fond of infighting, but you're going to need a nice dealbreaker that'll leave my clan satisfied.

[ most of them are a bunch of hedonists, you know? so it might be easy to please them anyway... probably. ]

But you are right about the kappa. Which makes the whole investigation that was held by the Enma all the more baffling -- why interrogate only the kappa when there are other youkai in their Alliance who could have done it?

[kaientai]

Mm. I assumed as much. I don't expect anyone to do anything just because a stranger asks nicely, after all, even a trustworthy stranger. But, I have found one thing that can bring people together regardless of things like politics and old feuds, it's just a matter of coming up with a plan of action.

[ what that thing is he deliberately omits, mostly because he likes to see how other people think.

everything ryouma ever accomplished in his life he managed to do in an extremely short amount of time but he had more at his disposal then too, in a way. he knew his country and the people and could understand the shifts in politics and war and trade. not so much around here, so it's going to take no small amount of effort to play catch up. ]

Well, I have a theory about all of that but it can get a little long. I imagine it has to do with the higher ranking Kappa and their access to lower levels. Whoever is behind all this knew where to apply pressure and if the other clans are getting ready for a fight they're playing right along.

[breweries]

[ now, here's a man with initiative. but that does make shylock wonder if it is even possible to strive for peace in such a lawless land -- enma rule notwithstanding. guess he still has a lot to learn about this realm and its culture. ]

So they're waiting for the outcome of the upcoming showdown, then. [ closes his eyes. ] I still can't fathom the appeal of this area by the two groups, to be honest. So there might be something here that both groups want for themselves, not just the location.

[ so let's look for it! ]