Sasuga nods in response to Kylendor. Decent fellow, clean record according to his file. Rin is above reproach as far as her record is concerned. He makes it his business to follow the careers of high ranking officers, particularly up and comers or at least any who could present a concern. That said, so long as no laws are actually broken, and he is far from being omniscient and admits as such (unlike some of his peers in the forty six chambers), he is content to allow people to play out their activities and works. That said, he watches certain divisions like a hawk, being more concerned about the risks that second division has if they should go rogue or twelfth for their projects that even he, a scientist, has had to veto a number of requests or outright cancel. Ikasu's projects are not immune, either. Though he is concerned that the tight lipped eldest son does things off book, he has yet to need to step in. He gently rests his hand on Aika's shoulder as she takes the offered seat. "Do not worry, my dear," he whispers. She has a look of concern and nods back. "It's alright, Sasu-kun. It's not like I have no idea how this works. Remember I used to work in your office and handle your paperwork." He chuckles softly as he gently holds their daughter's hand. The promise is one thing. The attention span of a five year old is another after all. When Rin tells Kylendor to go take a look around he calls over Rentaro. "This is my steward Rentaro. He's my chief steward and will unlock any door you need opened." He turns his attention to Rin. "The first one I will call in is my second oldest, Muramasa." A servant hearing this heads out to the main hall and brings back a young monk dressed in blues and blacks. He bows politely to Rin and stands in front of the desk. "Honorable Captain, it is a pleasure despite these circumstances. I once served in your division, before a health condition forced me out of the service. I never got the privilege to meet you before. How may I assist you?" As he watches her, he notices that she's standing there and comments, "We really need to find you a chair. You are probably going to get fatigued standing like that." There is the sound of genuine concern in his deep voice.
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Name: Muramasa Hi Occupation: former Division 7 7th seat, currently monk in Nakamura's monastery Age: 25 Notable Characteristics: Missing one eye, tallest of his family at a whopping 6'5", early riser, bookworm Legal History: None Education: Nakamura Boys School, Shinigami Academy, Nakamura Monastary Titles, aliases, etc: West Wind, Brother, Third Son
XXX"I will be fine standing." Rin says in response to this..Muramasa. Why is everyone being introduced on a first name basis? It baffled her. The captain leaned forward and placed the palms of her bare hands on the cold wood. "Who would have the family crest?" She asked bluntly, looking past the rest of the people assembled. Either she was ignoring the prior remark, or didn't care.
"Hi Muramasa. Tell me, have any funds been unaccounted for? How about any servants or family members?" She asked, never looking directly at him or the papers in front of her. It seemed people were forgetting that she was blind. She could "see" the spiritual energy of others, not them. She certainly couldn't read the ink printed on the parchments on the desk. She flicks her long locks of dark hair away from her face, mussing the messy ponytail that hung below her waist in the process. The smell of rain filled the air as she tussled the dark-blue mane.
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Ellerose Kylendor
Reiatsu 150 | Speed 20 | Strength 10 | Defense 30 | Stamina 10 | Intelligence 20 | Spiritual Power 60 Kylendor finishes inspecting the room, marking various things in his notebook with a quill pen. He notes how things are layed out best he can, drawing small diagrams to show how things are arranged. He also includes identifiers like smell and such. When he finishes noting everything he can see, he then moves on to noting the things he can’t see but can feel. He makes his way back to the room being used for questioning before he remembers something about Captain Akagi. She was blind, but could see a person’s rei. Kylendor infuses the ink he wrote in with his rei, thinking that might allow her to read it. When he gets to the room, he slides the open notebook in front of her in a manner that the others couldn’t read what he had written. Upon realizing her sense of rei didn’t allow her to read it, he would stand beside her. “Excuse me, Captain Akagi. I have found a few details that may be of interest to the investigation.” He would then whisper what he found in her ear.
Health 200/200 | Spirit Energy 95/95 | Clarity 25 | Movement Speed 20
Word Count for Post: 182 * 3.5 = 637 Word Count Total for Character: 2,203
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 1:51 am
Muramasa shakes his head. "No, as of our last reckoning the numbers are balanced. Much of the income generated is from the local sake which we sell in the Seireitei to help support this village. The last embezeler was taken to court and the magistrate saw fit to sentence him to fifteen years. That said, I am not the accountant. I am a monk and much of my duties are within the temple just outside of the shiro. The accountant is a woman named Hotaru Chisato. I am most certain that she could give you a more satisfactory answer." He pauses a moment and considers the other portion of her questioning. "If I were pressed to answer about relatives, there are probably twelve of us left who are actually related to one another. Unaccounted for ... Let's see ..." He ponders this thoughtfully and mutters a sutra to help him concentrate. "The one who seems to come and go most is Uncle Kreios. He's a member of fifth division, so it could be duty related. He has a devilish sense of humor and loves his magics, but I can't see him being actually any kind of threat. There is also Uncle Hax. Ahem, excuse me, he is actually officially known as Hi Kirukoto. He almost never comes home, but he is also a member of twelfth division. As for servants ... after somebody attacked Bella Ellerose my father immediately ordered home any of members of our clan, related or not, to return here for an inquiry. He did not trust that they were not involved. Anybody who would have been likely was detained until the truth was sussed out. As there are a lot of servants and members of our office staff, it is rather difficult to determine without checking the security system and the time clocks. Rentaro can certainly help you access that." He sighs and continues on. "His reasoning being that the animosity and risk posed by such an act if it were true would cause much trouble." He has purposefully not answered the matter about the crest yet. It is not something they talk about openly to prevent issues. However, other issues could arise if it is not answered. "Father, with your permission, I would like to answer her first question." Sasuga nods and he continues. "Captain-sama, please understand that a seal is a highly guarded matter for any noble family, particularly one that has other families under them in the form of a clan. The only seal is just a signature stamp that is kept under lock and key. As for our true seals, we wear them on our skin. We do not carry them around on papers or fabric and we do not share them with outsiders. In fact, these are only known by a tight inner circle. Please realize, until recent times tattoos were looked down upon by most of the noble families outside of our personal circle. We are not embarrassed by it, but it is deeply personal. Only those of us born into the family are given the tattoo and only by one we call the Soul Painter. His name is Mizu Kenji, but he is not a member of our family. Further information should be requested from my father or him, because it is not within my rights to grant. There are certain things that are best asked of those who do." He ponders some more and then says, "Captain-sama, is it really true that my great grandfather was murdered? Thanks to my cousins on that side of the family, I rarely got to see him. It's really hard to believe that he's gone."
XXXRin listened to the entirety of the information that Muramasa had to give. However it all proved to be information that was not nearly as relevant to what Kylendor brought, whispering into Rin's ear. "Hold. This will take but a moment." She spoke to the assembled Hi family. She retrieved a hell-butterfly from her haori. "Send information to the Sanada manor. Highest ranking officer." Rin spoke softly, gently to the butterfly. Her eyes, blind, were transfixed on the butterflies sable wings; The wings fluttering, leaving a blur of crimson.
"The primary suspect is Hi Tsubami. They have fled. Bloody clothes were found. Arrest on sight." She spoke, pausing to add another piece of information. "Send someone to investigate." The onyx sprite fluttered from her pale hand, taking off and heading towards the Sanada residence. Rin turned to face the rest of the family still assembled. "Judge Hi, Muramasa-san, I believe we are done here. Your family is free to go. If you see Hi Tsubami, please restrain them." She bowed, offering the chair once more to the pregnant wife as she stepped around the table heading towards the door.
"Thank you Ellerose Kylendor. You have done impressive work."
[Exiting towards Senkaimon]
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Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 12:43 pm
Ellerose Kylendor
Reiatsu 150 | Speed 20 | Strength 10 | Defense 30 | Stamina 10 | Intelligence 20 | Spiritual Power 60 Kylendor stands up after he finishes speaking and waits for Captain Akagi’s reaction. He watches as she retrieves and sends off a hell butterfly to the Sanada Manor. He then watches it float off before he sees Captain Akagi getting ready to leave. He follows her bow with one of his own. He then follows her out of the manor. “No need to thank me Captain Akagi. I was merely following orders to the best of my ability. And all I managed to find was signs they left and something wrong with the aura of the room.” Kylendor then follows Captain Akagi to the Senkaimon.
Health 200/200 | Spirit Energy 95/95 | Clarity 25 | Movement Speed 20
[Exits to the Senkaimon]
Word Count for Post: 105 * 3.6 = 378 Word Count Total for Character: 2,581
Sasuga frowns, deeply perturbed and still more angry than he has ever been. "I respect the privacy of my household and this is what I get for it?" He retrieves his tablet and sends his own message to the Soul Court. [As a judge I will recuse myself of the Sanada assassination case and offer my full support of the hunt for the suspect. Evidence has been found in her room. As head of the Hi, I renounce support of her and will not request any clemency for Hi Tsubami. I personally do not know her motives, nor do I support them. The evidence is damning if you ask me, Solomon, but I sincerely hope and pray that this is not true. I wish that this whole unfortunate affair had never happened. Please inform me of the Court's decision. I will accept it either way. My health has taken a turn, and my illness has had a resurgence, so I will continue my hiatus until the medicines take effect.
Sincerely, Saibankan Hi Sasuga]
After they leave, he sinks to the floor in a deep coughing fit, spewing up the black fluids that curse his existence. Muramasa begins to perform the cleansing ceremony while Aika gives him an injection. Their little daughter watches innocently, neither understanding the investigation from before nor what afflicts her father, but clearly used to seeing these fits.
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 5:39 pm
Elninio was hurrying to Nakamura and Hotarubi Castle. Still holding Olaf. At one point she stops to catch her breath and thinks about Loki's older boy. El pulls her phone out of her pocket and sends Benjiro a summons by text message. Calling him to the main house. She then hurries the rest of the way to the castle and arrives in time to see Captain Rin and Kylendor leave. She was not fast enough to greet them and wondered about their presence. She was also not sure if she wanted to greet them. El watches them leave then enters the castle. Once inside she goes in search of her nephew. It does not take her long to hear Muramasa performing some kind of ceremony. El sighs softly and enters the room. Where she finally sets Olly down. "Hello Aika. I see you have not popped yet. Hey Mimi-chan remind me later that I have a sweet for you." El then smiles at Muramasa not wanting to break his concentration just yet. Elninio then turns her attention to her nephew who was coughing up black gunk. "I see it has returned to bother you again my poor nephew." El lowers herself beside he nephew and pushes a trashcan under his head to catch the ooze. And does what she can to help him till the illness subsides a bit. At one point she grins and whispers softly "With all that has happened since my mission several years ago I forgot to mention that I may have found the cure or what ails you or at least an antidote. Once you have calmed down a little Sasuga I will get what I have then I hope you can tell me more about... It can wait till the little ones are away."
Loki is on her heels as they dart toward the village and then up into the shiro. "Good, we don't have to deal with the political bull-" he cuts himself off as he remembers that Olly is with them. "Crap," he completes the sentence. He pauses long enough to watch the two shinigami officers carry on down the street. The announcement fluttering over to them not long after. "This is one of the few things that I do not think I will understand about this place. Communicating with butterflies. Ah well, it's better than the crap we had to put up with in Valhalla. Try to work with your strengths and have a cursed name ..." He ponders this a bit and then shrugs. "Whatever, I am here now." He quickly follows her inside. She does not know who this relative of El's is or why there's bloody clothes. "Is it so rare for people to return from duty with clothes that are bloodied? I doubt that it is possible to fight hollows without clothes being soaked in blood and sweat, much less without damage. Then again, I am not a cop. Neither of them are, but I suppose with the social status of the families involved it would require officers of high rank. Whatever, this whole thing is above my pay grade and I only care as far as it affects us personally. At least where their-" he stops mid sentence and notices that his fiance's nephew has collapsed, coughing up some vile ooze. He had heard him coughing at night, but never realized that he was this bad off. "I'll grab my herbs." He mutters quietly and works his herbs. Once he is done he grabs some medication out of his bag and quickly mixes a few of the liquids together. "Here, this is an old remedy that originated where I came from. It is excellent in aiding in treating respiratory infections. If you choose to give it to him, El, I suggest having him drink it all and all in one go. It has a nasty taste, but it is quite effective." As a doctor and a soul he is well aware that human illnesses do not affect them, but the diseases that they do catch are quite serious.
Muramasa continues his chanting and hopes that this will stick long enough to prevent him from needing to be hospitalized again. Aika nods and says, "He just barely managed to last until those two left. I think the stress of the inquiry and loss of his grand father and cousin has exasperated his condition." She gives El a concerned look as she takes Olly and Mimi with her. "I'll take the kids out of here." Mimi waves at the two of them. As the door shuts she can be heard saying, "I wanna play wif Owwy." Sasuga gasps and coughs up more of the ooze, straining to breath between discharges. El states that she thinks she has found a cure of some sort followed by his soon to be uncle offer up a medication. Nodding, he does not dare try to speak. The must he can mutter is a long drawn out, "Ugh."
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 9:03 pm
El smiles at Aika though there is sorrow in her eyes "Thank you Aika" She says as her niece leaves with the little ones. Even though they were not directly related to her she still cared for them. She would mourn them later if she could. For the most part El's heart was as frozen as her inner world. Though Loki and the kids as well as any surviving relatives have thawed her heart some. El smiles at Loki as he offers some medication. "It is not an infection Love." She says gently as she turns to her own bag "It is a curse he picked up on Earth many years ago." Elninio pulls out a old book and carefully flips through the pages. She had actually found this book and a few others in a tiny village a long way from the rukongai. It had taken her years just to find the village. That she had heard rumors of rumors about. She was lucky and surprised that her captors had not tossed the books out when they caught her on her way back. She was certain that they were unaware of the value of the books. "We will need some holy water and a few things from the garden. Loki I need you to follow this recipe you mix medicines better than I do." She turns the book to him and turns to Muramasa and hands him a second book. "Muramasa switch to this chant your father is not going to like this one bit and may cough more deeply for a few minutes... but he will be fine." El then steps out into the hall and summons a servant and hands him a list which includes the notorious hellflower. She also summons more of the clans monks to join in Muramasa's chant. "Sasuga this is going to be as bad as the purification ritual we use for contamination of your true name if not worse. I am sorry if I could I would take the pain myself... hellflowers are used in the medication. When the holy water comes you need to drink some before and after taking the meds and a quart of it will be poured on you. Remember that we love you and want to make you better." El kisses Sasuga's forehead like she use to when he was a kid then nods to the servants that bring what she requested. It did not take long for the other monks to arrive. She immediately ordered them to assist Muramasa. And walked over to lock the door so that no one else could enter the room without permission. Though she would open it when Aika returned if she chose to.
It was not long before Benjiro arrived at Nakamura. He beelines for Aika and the two little ones per his instructions. "Hey Aika, Ma said to come and take these two off your hands so that you could go back to be with Sasuga. If you wanted. Um she said something about an old school purification ritual and if you were able to that my cousin might need you, She also said it was alright to wait till the ceremony was over and that it is not pleasant. I don't know what she means but she said that you would." He speaks quietly so that the two babies would not hear him. "Hey Mimi, Olly who wants ice cream?" He asks before walking away with the duo. El was certain that unless her pregnancy prevented it Aika would return to Sasuga's side. And the lad did not doubt his stepmothers words.
word count Elninio 453 x 1.6 + 1,080 = 1,805 Ben 151 x 2.6 = 393 + regular words + 842 training words = 1,235 total words
"Got it, Elskamin!" he replies as he shifts from one approach to the one she has given him. He chants in Icelandic as he follows the recipe to the letter. The chanting really has nothing to do with the making of the medicine. It is how he is memorizing the recipe for later and he is creating the chant on the fly. In the past year he has been slowly abandoning his old ways. The change of location has been a welcome thing. It has taken him away from those who who would mock him and his sons and from the domineering patriarch of his family, his father who is at best a complete a** and at worst he stood a better chance with a hollow. For his part he'd rather go toe to toe with a Joten than go back. He is entirely focused on the creation of the medicine and makes as large a batch as the ingredients he is given will permit. Once it is complete he sets it on her desk and examines the strange liquid. The Hellflower was the hardest one to work into the medicine, but thanks to the natural heat produced by the once burning petals he did not need to heat it over a Bunsen burner. "I would love to have some of these flowers to play with some time. I can imagine the pharmacological uses we could find for them." This is his first exposure, but he studies it and the foul ooze with morbid interest.
Muramasa does as she requests. Naturally a general purpose chant would not do. He had not even been born when his father had come home on a mission with this curse indwelling. Soon the other three monks join them. East and South are first, soon followed by an appologetic looking North. He is not given time to reply as South gestures for him to take his place to which he quickly complies with her gesturing. Each one takes a position around him in the direction corrosponding with their titles. Muramasa had already been in place and only adjusts his cadence and rhythm to one that is better suited for a group. A barrier erects and Sasuga cringes within, but makes no move to request a stop nor did he otherwise attempt to interfere. His coughing intensifies and he strains to expel the viscous fluids. He is at this point holding himself up by his elbows, embracing the small trash can. He shudders under the affects of the ceremony and the curse fighting back against it. It is such a strain that the only noises he makes are coughing and gasping for air. As the medication is given to him, he does his best to drink it. It has a burning sensation as it goes down, no doubt thanks to the hellflowers within it. His gasping relaxes into ragged breathing after a while. Aika anxiously enters the chamber and timidly hangs back watching. She does not dare say a word and break their concentration.
Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2021 6:24 pm
Elninio smiles at Aika as she enters the room. She had expected her to come back if given the chance. "Aika talk to Sasuga just so he hears your voice. The monks believed that having a love one speak to them makes the ritual more efficient or bearable or something." After a few minutes she hears Loki say something about the Hellflower and glances at him raising an eyebrow as she does. "Hmm very few can handle being near that flower for extended time Dannasan, And its restricted use for many reasons." El turns to look at the monks as they perform their own ritual and at the correct timing steps in to do her part. "We will talk later." Once Sasuga's gasping relaxes into ragged breathing El summons her violin and begins to play a tune, to promote healing, recovery, and strength. She stands directly in front of her nephew as she plays. Unlike most of her kin her true form was an instrument and not a weapon. Which was odd for shinki or so El thought. This may in part be because she is a healer and not really a fighter though she could kick butt if she needed to. El would continue to play until her nephews breathing returned to normal and then she would give him more holy water to drink. This could either send him into another coughing fit if more needed to be done to break the curse. In which case there was another set of even more powerful skills to use. Or they were done and could wrap it up. She hoped this was enough. Otherwise they would have to call in all of the Hi clan and that would not be good with so many of them being children. It was possible that some of the younger ones would die and neither El or her nephew would want that. She did not plan on telling anyone present about this other technique unless necessary. Well that one was not the only one left but. El put the more dangerous ritual out of her mind their were after all several more she could use it just depended on how this one goes.
Meanwhile elsewhere on the property Benjiro was entertaining Olly and Mimi. Several servants were doing their best not to snicker at this teenage boy who was crawling on the floor with two toddlers on his back. Should have asked Ranmaru to come. Ben thinks as he turns the corner to crawl down yet another hallway. In his mind he could since his weapons laughing at him. At least they were not chanting train train train. Like they had been before El called for him. Their was a moment of silence then.Kurōru kurōru kurōruskríða skríða skríðaBen laughs softly has his two weapons start teasing him again. He has come to learn that all Shinigami speak with their zanpakuto but not all have a second weapon like he does. Kurōru kurōru kurōruskríða skríða skríðaBen grins and keeps crawling till the younger two get tired of it and plays another game with them. He would do almost anything to keep them happy till the ritual was over.
word count Elninio 368 x 1.6 + 1,805 = 2,394 Ben 167 x 2.6 + 393 = 828 regular words + 842 training words = 1,670 total words
"I won't lie. I am definitely going to be feeling it in my hands for the next few days. But, it'll be worth it if this works, Elskamin," Loki replies. His expression is that of concern and watchful hopefulness. He is grateful that the children have been escorted to another place in the shiro. Settling down on his knees, he watches the ceremony and wonders about it and everything he has learned since moving to his grandfather's country. This world in which he has joined is a strange land in his opinion, but it is also a wondrous place as far as he is concerned. "How will we know if it is going to stick?" His question being because it is obvious to him based on what little he has witnessed that they have made previous attempts. Once the patient is recovering and taken by servants to his bed, Loki stands up and says, "I think we've been away from the hospital too long, Elskamin. If there's an emergency we could be contributing to the problem."
Aika sits seiza nearby and speaks soothingly to Sasuga as the ceremony continues on. It seems to be helping because his expression speaks of one who is soothed somewhat compared to how it was before. Suddenly he begins to cough and heave up a massive amount of ooze. He writhes for a while and gasps laying prone on the floor. Soon the writhing ends and he looks as if he has passed out. The monks continue their chanting, not daring to stop the ceremony until they are absolutely certain that it is truly over. As they chant the ooze that is in the trash can begins to writhe and smoke. Soon layers on the surface bubble and then burst into ash. It continues this process until the last dram has burnt away. Sasuga gasps and coughs, but this time not in such a strained manner, but rather like one who is recovering from a bad bought of pneumonia. He slowly opens his eyes and groans softly. "Th-thank you ..." he barely utters.
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Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2021 5:14 pm
Elninio smiles at Loki then turns her attention back to Sasuga "Time will tell." She says answering Loki as she watches her nephew. At least their was no negative reactions which was good. "It may take more than one treatment but we will just have to wait and see." El says to Aika as Sasuga is taken out of the room. She nods to the current head of her clan as he thanks them. Then in turn thanks the rest for their help. Before following Loki out. As she is leaving she spots Ben resting in a chair in the hall. "Come on son before they find you again." She says teasingly just as Olly runs up to her. "Alright you come too."
Ben had been playing with Mimi and Olly for awhile now. Though it was not much longer before Mimi was taken by a servant for her nap. Ben flopped down in the first chair he found to rest a few minutes. He was still sitting there when Elninio showed up. Meanwhile Olly had roamed off a little to investigate something of interest. He came running back when he heard Elninio talking to his older brother. Ben grinned and got up to follow Elninio out. Not even asking where they were going.
El and Ben leaving
word count Elninio 368 x 2.6 + 2,394 = 3,351 Ben 91 x 3.6 + 828 = 1,156 regular words + 842 training words = 1,998 total words
Name: Muramasa Hi
