[Visitor Network - Voice]

[wavesoakedlegs]

[Nothing about this situation could be considered normal, of course, but for a 16th century samurai? Some of the most basic technology in the city is a strange and unfamiliar hurdle to overcome, so the high-tech communication devices Mitsuhide was given have proven to be a big challenge for him. That, along with rest and healing, is why it's taken him quite some time to make his first post on the network.]

[Mitsuhide sounds tired and, perhaps, a little lost. That's not really down to the technological barriers, however.]

I am a newcomer here; my name is Akechi Mitsuhide, and to the power that healed Lord Motochika's mortal wound? You have my dearest thanks. I gladly dedicate myself to protecting this place in return for that blessing.

To Kobayakawa Takakage, son of Mouri Motonari, I also offer thanks. Perhaps you have not awoken yet, but I pray that you have.

[There is long pause before Mitsuhide sighs, deep and and troubled.]

Forgive me if I do not do this right. The technology of this place is of a kind I have never seen before, and it is taking a while to get used to it. Even your cooking implements are very strange to me; I fear it will be quite some time before I am truly useful in the battles you face here.

Comments

[wavesoakedlegs]

[Give him a few minutes... Mitsuhide reads through several times before he speaks again, taking everything in. Some of it he knows already, other parts make sense when bearing in mind the knowledge he has already gained.]

[But much of it, of course, is rather bewildering.]

Persona... [He murmurs, first focusing on one thing he has faced already.] I will not require one of these evokers, I fear. My persona, I think she came to life in the mountains I was first drawn into? That huge demon came, it threatened Lord Motochika's life.. then she appeared, a woman with a long, white robe and flowing hair, but arms and legs seemingly from branches...

[It's an odd memory, still one he finds hard to believe real, but the thought of that woman makes his heart grow a little warm. ]

So she can be called upon whenever I wish?

[unbroken_chain]

"Yeah. There's a few different methods for calling it up, but at the root they're all basically just variations of looking inwards for a second. Meditation and stuff. It gets easier after a while, though."

[wavesoakedlegs]

I have experience in drawing power from inside myself... that, at least, should not be as difficult as some things to get used to.

[Mitsuhide won't ask about the velvet room right now. One step at a time with these persona. On to the most important of questions.]

This... thirteenth hour. A time filled with demons? Is that what we must protect the city from?

[That's a true matter for concern. Mitsuhide can hardly forget the great fiend that assaulted himself Motochika and Takakage as they tried to reach that teleporter in the mountains. They were lucky to escape from it alive.]

[unbroken_chain]

"Actually, ever since the barrier broke, it's been two hours instead of one, but yeah. There's also occasional giant monster attacks."

Slight pause.

"I would recommend not patrolling solo, by the way."

[wavesoakedlegs]

[Mitsuhide actually laughs a little, though it's a quiet, weak kind of sound. Proper humour is beyond him at the moment.]

That is not something that will ever happen, I promise you.

[Though Kotoha cannot see the gesture, Mitsuhide closes his eyes. She can probably hear the slight hum he makes. This is a matter he has concerns about, but at the same time, Mitsuhide knows he can do nothing but deal with it.]

When I patrol, Lord Motochika will insist on coming with me, and nobody can change his mind once he has decided he will do something.