003- [action] Where devils and demons presence does grace.....

[lonelyremnant]

[Oichi already had a poor grasp on reality. The sudden scenery change unhinges it completely, and she's mentally back in the remains of Azuchi castle. She can smell the blood and the smoke and see the bodies. Actually... it's not all that different. Except for the pile of skulls. Mayfield doesn't have one of those yet. So after wandering around in

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[in_laquetti]

Who can say? The battle's not quite over yet.

[Despite the destruction that had taken place and the horrors of the sights around Oichi, a man remains smiling and in good spirits. His hands are in his pockets, a casual gesture implying that he takes comfort in the sights around him. The man, though, doesn't seem dangerous. He isn't carrying any weapons and all the townspeople were stripped of their powers.]

[lonelyremnant]

[Hmm, let's see, good spirits amid a lot of destruction? She looks at him and sees someone else. Someone she's very familiar with. Akechi Mitsuhide.]

You.....

Why have you done this? Do you still wish to see Brother so badly?

[in_laquetti]

This? This wasn't my work.

[The woman didn't seem at all of sound mind. There's no use in keeping up a facade with her.]

I didn't need to do a thing for this all to have happened. That's amusing in its own way, I suppose.

[lonelyremnant]

[Yeah, don't bother. She's totally out of it.]

Yes.....

I suppose this was always our fate. No escaping it. No escape at all....

[in_laquetti]

No indeed. Should things be rebuilt, they will inevitably be destroyed. Destruction, after all, is the natural consequence of construction.

You understand that very well, don't you, my dear?

[Nyarlathotep approaches Oichi.]

[lonelyremnant]

Yes...

I understand. Everything will be destroyed. Everyone will disappear.

[She begins whispering something. A line out of strange little song.]

On your knees you beg to know,
what seeds of fate the devils sow...

[in_laquetti]

[He closes his eyes and listens the song. It's such a sad song, but it only brings a devil like Nyarlathotep delight. The smile on his face hardly fades away.]

But even so, you're still alive. You still stand. Then, what will you do in a world that's destined to vanish in the blink of an eye?

[lonelyremnant]

[She looks back up at him, confusion on her face.]

Am I? Have I been summoned back again?

They always bring me back. What do they want with me...?

[in_laquetti]

Watch as they're ferried off to their ends and join them.

Then as you're brought back once again, kill and be killed, again and again. ... My dear, do you have a wish?

[lonelyremnant]

[Yeah. That is pretty much her life.]

A wish...?

My only wish is..... for everyone to stop leaving me. I wish I could make them stay.

[in_laquetti]

That's a simple wish to grant. But I'm afraid I don't quite have the power to do that just yet.

But in time, I will. And you won't ever be lonely again even in this repetition of destruction. Until then, would you allow someone like myself to keep you company?

[lonelyremnant]

Can my wish truly be granted...?

[A wistful smile]

I would be most grateful, My Lord. And honored to keep you company.

[in_laquetti]

May I ask for your name?

[lonelyremnant]

I am called Oichi, My Lord.