Yesterday have proven that Sirius is indeed a place full of different oddities. Yesterday, upon visiting one of my favorite places in Kusari, i have caught a sight of one very specific vessel passing nearby, it ended up stumbling into me. Seeing it's allegiance, i have already switched some power arrays to supply the weapons, when... when it turned out he is not here for a firefight, moreover, he remembered my voice.
We've ended up having a conversation, that one which made my previosly pretty chaotic actions... now i am certain on what goal i am going to pursue.
It is time for a new power to rise within the ranks of the Blood Dragons. The one that will seek to establish democracy in Kusari. Approximately, a new Clan. We should not expect understanding from a majority of our Brothers and Sisters, nor we should hope to gain their support, but, at the current state of affairs - this is the best way to lift away the propaganda that afflicts the mind of people, to break the chains Kusari is bent into.
The time has come.
[12.06.2018 14:14:46] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Oh... Lovely...
[12.06.2018 14:16:23] BD|-Homura: Nani.
[12.06.2018 14:16:45] BD|-Homura: Looks like the space's full of surprises, don't you think?
[12.06.2018 14:17:55] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Oi, I know that voice. One of the ones that were on the Kirashima.
[12.06.2018 14:18:19] BD|-Homura: You're just pronouncing it a little... wrong.
[12.06.2018 14:18:32] BD|-Homura: It is Kirishima.
[12.06.2018 14:18:45] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Honestly what's more surprising is that you have one of the new Wyverns.
[12.06.2018 14:19:14] BD|-Homura: It's a... legacy, so to say. Of my Daimyo.
[12.06.2018 14:19:31] BD|-Homura: To her it belonged, and i took over it when she was gone.
[12.06.2018 14:19:57] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Oh? Guessing the one with the cooler head that day. Sakurai was it?
[12.06.2018 14:20:28] BD|-Homura: How comes you know Daimyo Augus? Well, 'former' Daimyo.
[12.06.2018 14:21:12] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: I remember her from when she aided New Tokyo during an incursion by those Cultists.
[12.06.2018 14:21:39] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: A kindness I thought impossible from your group.
[12.06.2018 14:22:06] BD|-Homura: Oh, yes. She was eager to fight those oddities, and cared about Kusari as a whole much more than you may imagine.
[12.06.2018 14:22:58] BD|-Homura: She also sought technological superiority, and saw the very cultimation of it in Wyvern.
[12.06.2018 14:23:08] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: It sounds like she's no more... A shame, we need more moderates in our groups.
[12.06.2018 14:23:30] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Ones who don't jump the gun and start shooting.
[12.06.2018 14:23:46] BD|-Homura: Let's say she was... unfortunate enough to fall into the hands of Darkness.
[12.06.2018 14:26:24] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: ...I'm... Guessing that doesn't mean the Naval forces.
[12.06.2018 14:26:52] BD|-Homura: Trust me, i wish that would mean Naval Forces. At least then i would be able to pull her out.
[12.06.2018 14:27:06] BD|-Homura: Right now, however, Sakurai Augus is beyond salvation.
[12.06.2018 14:27:21] BD|-Homura: Unless you know a way to extract an incubi without killing the host.
[12.06.2018 14:28:11] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Ahh. Isejin. Of course. The one Dragon I thought I could contact and she get's introduced to the Nomads "light"
[12.06.2018 14:28:46] BD|-Homura: The one standing in front of you was her closest ally.
[12.06.2018 14:29:12] BD|-Homura: Basically, we ran away from that reconnaisance vessel together.
[12.06.2018 14:29:45] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: You sound... Very young, I thought it was just a high voice. But I'm doubting that now.
[12.06.2018 14:30:30] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Gomen, that was rude of me.
[12.06.2018 14:31:11] BD|-Homura: I am twenty four. Always had that voice, it haven't changed much since sixteen, i guess.
[12.06.2018 14:31:47] BD|-Homura: Don't worry. No offence is taken.
[12.06.2018 14:32:51] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: ...It's surprising really. I should be trying to kill you, especially given that you're a commander... Guess I'm getting soft.
[12.06.2018 14:33:39] BD|-Homura: Would you 'really' want to point your guns against me?
[12.06.2018 14:34:10] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Why do you still fight? Wasn't the goal of the Dragons to get a Shogunate in power?
[12.06.2018 14:35:03] BD|-Homura: You probably imply that their latest 'merge' of Imperial and Republican forces, and the factual end of civil war.
[12.06.2018 14:36:09] BD|-Homura: We 'would' stop our struggle, but such outcome does not fully satisfy us.
[12.06.2018 14:36:16] BD|-Homura: Kusari is still suffering.
[12.06.2018 14:36:28] BD|-Homura: And this is now a true chain of suffering, so to say.
[12.06.2018 14:36:57] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Hai... She is. But a Military run government won't benefit her.
[12.06.2018 14:37:12] BD|-Homura: Samura are now the puppets of despisable Gaijin, who calls himself 'The King of Gallia.'
[12.06.2018 14:37:34] BD|-Homura: Neither puppet government shall benefit her.
[12.06.2018 14:38:06] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: And... Don't get me started on the "Honored" return of the Empiral rule... At least with the republic people voiced their needs
[12.06.2018 14:38:47] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: That had it's own issues but this was just a step back of the half step forward we did take.
[12.06.2018 14:38:59] BD|-Homura: People voiced their needs? People used to live under the tyranny.
[12.06.2018 14:39:11] BD|-Homura: And now they are even more opressed.
[12.06.2018 14:39:49] BD|-Homura: Their minds are afflicted with propaganda which makes it look like 'Emperor is in his palace, all is fine in Kusari'.
[12.06.2018 14:39:58] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Hai, they had a voice... Sadly it fell on deaf ears.
[12.06.2018 14:40:00] BD|-Homura: But that is just one huge lie presented to them.
[12.06.2018 14:40:44] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: And point to you... Samura does have major issues. But Kishiro in it's own ways is worse.
[12.06.2018 14:40:53] BD|-Homura: Then, perhaps, we should change the way this voice sounds, don't you find it... legit?
[12.06.2018 14:41:05] BD|-Homura: The voice of people should start sounding different.
[12.06.2018 14:41:16] BD|-Homura: To actually draw their attention.
[12.06.2018 14:42:10] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Hai. But your actions as whole and your ties with the Order don't exactly paint a good image. Neither would bombings like the-
[12.06.2018 14:42:19] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Famers Alliance uses.
[12.06.2018 14:43:17][HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: ...I'm lost on what to do. The Hogosha have lost most of their influence and have turned their gaze... What am I saying?
[12.06.2018 14:43:31] BD|-Homura: Our actions and our alliances are dictated by time and circumstances.
[12.06.2018 14:43:45] BD|-Homura: From their opinion, guerilla warfare is called terrorism.
[12.06.2018 14:44:24] BD|-Homura: Stopping the flow if illegal goods and preventing actual acts of terrorism is a threat to the state.
[12.06.2018 14:44:42] BD|-Homura: Having infinite love for your Home is treason.
[12.06.2018 14:44:51] BD|-Homura: Is this what you think is right?
[12.06.2018 14:45:00] BD|-Homura: Is this what you think Kusari deserves?
[12.06.2018 14:45:08] BD|-Homura: No.
[12.06.2018 14:45:18] BD|-Homura: But it is certainly something we can and we should change.
[12.06.2018 14:45:45] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Our goals and what we try are closer then I thought... Color me surprised.
[12.06.2018 14:46:40] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Keeping the tide of the Orange Miasma that some of the GC partake in, and the flow of slaves at bay.
[12.06.2018 14:47:21] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Yes! I said it! You're taking poison. "He says to the GC fighters."
[12.06.2018 14:47:43] BD|-Homura: I am pretty sure they know what they are addicted to.
[12.06.2018 14:47:54] BD|-Homura: I am also pretty sure you know how do drugs work.
[12.06.2018 14:48:49] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Yes... I also know what it's like to watch someone I care for suffer from that trash.
[12.06.2018 14:49:24] BD|-Homura: Such an oddity i observe here.
[12.06.2018 14:49:33] BD|-Homura: I am fairly surprised, Hogosha.
[12.06.2018 14:50:11] BD|-Homura: Anata no namae wa nanidesu ka?
[12.06.2018 14:50:44] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Ore ga nawa, Kiyoshi Akira. Yoroshiku.
[12.06.2018 14:51:23] BD|-Homura: Yoroshiku onegaishimas, watashi wa Akemi Ando.
[12.06.2018 14:52:05] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: And about the Isejin. "He rolls up his left sleeve, showing a tattoo of a Dragon killing a blue Oni"
[12.06.2018 14:52:20] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: I know how terrible their wrath is.
[12.06.2018 14:53:17] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: I fought them in this very system. They are truly a threat.
[12.06.2018 14:53:24] BD|-Homura: Well, we have something to oppose these demons with. Our courage.
[12.06.2018 14:54:01] BD|-Homura: However, they are becoming more and more of an issue, if even a Daimyo fallen into their influence...
[12.06.2018 14:55:01] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Hai... Akemi-san, I honestly don't know what to do... The Hogosha are turning their attention from Kusari proper. And to the Border Worlds... The Alliance can't do much.
[12.06.2018 14:55:38] BD|-Homura: Claim your independance for the time being.
[12.06.2018 14:55:47] BD|-Homura: Take a time to consider all the options.
[12.06.2018 14:56:01] BD|-Homura: Make a right decision when the time is right.
[12.06.2018 14:56:37] BD|-Homura: Or... you might follow my lead. I need people like you to purge all that filth from Kusari.
[12.06.2018 14:56:58] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: I burned that bridge long ago.
[12.06.2018 14:57:07] BD|-Homura: To re-instill the free and just Home for everyone living in it.
[12.06.2018 14:57:22] BD|-Homura: Kiyoshi-san, do not misunderstand me.
[12.06.2018 14:57:29] BD|-Homura: I am not making you to become a Dragon.
[12.06.2018 14:57:53] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: I got my revenge on the Dragon that killed my family... But I can't see myself helping them either.
[12.06.2018 14:57:59] BD|-Homura: But, rather, trying to direct your mind to some certainty.
[12.06.2018 14:58:09] BD|-Homura: Then put it the other way.
[12.06.2018 14:58:22] BD|-Homura: You will help your Home, The Kusari.
[12.06.2018 14:58:28] BD|-Homura: Not just me.
[12.06.2018 15:00:41] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: You might have a point Akemi-san... You've given me a lot to think about... Arigato.
[12.06.2018 15:01:48] BD|-Homura: You're welcome. You seem to be a smart person, Kiyoshi-san.
[12.06.2018 15:02:01] BD|-Homura: I believe it will bring you to the right conclusions.
[12.06.2018 15:02:19] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Heh, if my Oyabun knew of the company I've had recently I might just become an enemy of the state anyway.
[12.06.2018 15:02:59] BD|-Homura: That's why, i believe, this conversation should never reach the ears of our superiors.
[12.06.2018 15:03:43] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: "He laughs" Yes, the mighty Akira, talking with Blood Dragons and Golden Chrysanthemums... Yare yare...
[12.06.2018 15:04:12] BD|-Homura: That would've made a huge mess.
[12.06.2018 15:05:23] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Once again, arigato Akemi-san. It's not often I feel happy talking with your group. I'm glad people like you are in it.
[12.06.2018 15:05:57] BD|-Homura: 'People like me' - reasonable and open for the conversation?
[12.06.2018 15:06:18] BD|-Homura: Well, i shall neither deny the fact i am certainly surprised with you, Kiyoshi-san.
[12.06.2018 15:06:31] BD|-Homura: Surprised in a good way.
[12.06.2018 15:07:20] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Well, I'll admit that most of my experience with the Dragons invlove shouting and shooting. This is a nice change.
[12.06.2018 15:07:55] BD|-Homura: We can still uphold this line, but i don't think it is necessary.
[12.06.2018 15:08:02] BD|-Homura: Not in the times we live.
[12.06.2018 15:09:12] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: People need to swallow their pride and actually listen to eachother. I don't think we can change without that.
[12.06.2018 15:10:07] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: No empires, no Shogunates, no Syndicates. Just humans talking with others.
[12.06.2018 15:10:32] BD|-Homura: That would be a Democracy.
[12.06.2018 15:10:41] BD|-Homura: Where power is not in the hands of one person.
[12.06.2018 15:10:49] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Hai, what we all need I think.
[12.06.2018 15:11:04] BD|-Homura: And the best option for modern Kusari to be liberated from it's chains.
[12.06.2018 15:11:51] BD|-Homura: I should acknowledge, this conversation helped me a lot. To get a better understanding of the ways i should act.
[12.06.2018 15:11:59] BD|-Homura: The directions i should attend and focus on.
[12.06.2018 15:12:14] BD|-Homura: This is going to be a long and complicated way.
[12.06.2018 15:12:18] BD|-Homura: But it should be done.
[12.06.2018 15:12:24] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: No corperations pulling the strings, no shadow wars between them... As have I Akemi-san.
[12.06.2018 15:13:37] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Officially. We never met. This discussion never happened. But, there is a secure address you can contact me by.
[12.06.2018 15:13:52] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: If you need help. I'll see what I can do.
[12.06.2018 15:14:19] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Watch yourself. And safe skies.
[12.06.2018 15:14:20] BD|-Homura: I will make sure to do so when i come up with something definite.
[12.06.2018 15:14:28] BD|-Homura: Safe skies, and farewell, Kiyoshi-san.
[12.06.2018 15:14:40] [HA]Kiyoshi.Akira: Farewell. Akemi-san.
Peace, being the distant dream it is, comes inevitably, and goes hand in hand with justice.
Cursed be the war.
Clan Daimyo: Formally - Akemi "Homura" Ando, actually - no appointed Daimyo, power is focused in the hands of The Council.
While Asai Clan is considered a direct successor of all Augus assets and achievements - Clan Ando is Augus' successor by spirit, as it is being found by Homura, whom by the time happened to be Sakurai Augus closest ally - and her advisor on even the most sensitive matters, while also standing in command of Augus flagship, Kirishima, and reviewing the operations on Sendai.
The 'disappearance' of Daimyo Augus left Homura stranded, she simply vanished into shadows, once again reconsidering her plans - before taking her next step. Few months later, Akemi Ando gained her audience with The Shogun, where she encouraged the usage of NEMP payloads Sendai should've still had in possession to bolster the Dragon's efforts in Nagano, and moving her own assets there to ensure her initial plan succeeds, and no intrusion will mess up her plans, and she will soon walk into the gardens of Tomioka.
Meanwhile, Homura looked to systematize her efforts, give them a new course of action, and to act more directly.
Clan Ando have became an emphasis of those efforts, rallying the people under the banner of those who seek different view on their Home, and it's future as The Democratic Republic of Kusari.
Short-term objectives:
Gain more supporters, both independent and within the ranks of the Blood Dragons.
Establish the Clan's permanent base of operations, establish the permanent supply contracts for the modular installation.
Establish the Clan's democratic model of society led by The Council.
Long-term objectives:
Establish The Democraticy Republic as the new political system of Kusari.
Acquire the samples of new technologies and establish capapibilities of reproducing them within the Clan.
Liberate Sakurai Augus from her misery.
Clan Ando.
Overcoming the limits of imagination,
Shaping a better future beyond their sight.
Peace, being the distant dream it is, comes inevitably, and goes hand in hand with justice.
Cursed be the war.