[ OPEN ] trust in me

[kaientai]

Who ⬤ Sakamoto Ryouma + others!
What ⬤ Ryouma has more business meetings...
When ⬤ the end of June and throughout July
Where ⬤ his office + wherever else around the city!
Content Warnings ⬤ None at the moment! Will add if anything comes up.

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[worldbent]

A little stubbornness goes a long way. [Matoba's lips twist higher into his smile.] You know, I'd like to think I'm a little more straightforward than that. Do I seem like the sort of person to take offense to being called shady?

[He's been called that and a lot worse in this city already, to say nothing of in his life back home. But he's sure Sakamoto Ryouma isn't someone that needs to be told about bad reputations. And so, jokingly, he replies,] Are you saying that you have enemies, Sakamoto-san?

[If Ryouma, the front facing peacemaker of their organization, couldn't grease the wheels enough, then Matoba had no problem being relied on as the backroom weapon to get things moving along. It wasn't something he could come out and say in the midst of a tenuous political negotiation, not so boldly; and there hadn't yet been a need for it. Their Boss seemed willing to sacrifice any number of other holdings to avoid force by any means, and he understood the consideration to keep balance between clans. But Matoba felt on the horizon that if things continued on the way they had been, it was unavoidable.]

[He hoped that whatever hesitation the Daitengu had to make use of the tools available to them would not hold out too long, and lead to another situation like the Night Parade.]

[(Does he like the Shuten? In truth it's probably the clan he respects the least. Oni are probably the youkai that hate exorcists the most, and the feeling is mutual. All pride and chest-beating and no deeper thought to be found with those ones. Still, he has certainly found some interesting individuals within their ranks...)]

No. My job does not generally give consideration for 'fairness' to the other side, [He replies, finding a bit of humor in that. Does an exterminator seek 'fairness' or 'compromise' when hired to kill rats?] I am hired to get rid of nuisances, by any means necessary. Which is why I will rely on your expertise, in the matter of negotiations.

...Of course, communication with the gods is also one of the roles of an exorcist, but if they are unwilling to cooperate, sometimes it comes down to the necessity of sealing them. Quite inauspicious, as you might imagine, and Haniyasu-no-kami is certainly not in the realm of power we normally see in modern times. I foresee a great number of casualties if it comes to something like that.