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[soaringly]

Aneesan is here... my brother's wife. But brother is training again, and needed to be away from others... but I will go to bring Aneesan here, on Ranmaru's behalf.

And Ranmaru seems to have come down with a cold. Looks like the illness got him a little more seriously than I would think... He's been working far too much. I think he needs it now...

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[thedemonswife]

A shame that I must wait to find out how much my husband remembers...

I look forward to seeing you, Oichi.

[soaringly]

I'm sorry for taking so long, Aneesan. Ranmaru's home here is very, very large and would be able to have all of us within it's walls.

[ooc; commentlog? x)]

[thedemonswife]

[Noh looks upon Oichi with a tender smile as her dark eyes carefully read that open, honest face; Noh has not forgotten how Oichi had died at her hands, betrayed in the keenest sense, and she does not want such trivialities to taint this place where the shadows of her actions no longer exist.]

Has there ever been a more devoted vassal...?

[She steps forward and takes Oichi's hands in hers. Warm, alive. Perfect, she thinks. No deaths will stand between her and her husband.]

You look well.

((OOC: There! :3 staaarted.))

[soaringly]

[ Seeing the smile on her sister-in-law's face, she can only wonder, and blinks when her hands are taken by her. She seems... pleasant, in an odd way. Her aspirations where they concerned her brother always did seem disturbing, but she let it pass, and she smiles up at her ]

As do you, Aneesan. As beautiful as I remember. Was the lady who attended the door your host? I must give her my gratitude for having taken care of you.

[thedemonswife]

[Noh releases Oichi, satisfied that there will be little problem from her end. Deception is not part of the young lady's character and she was now sure that Ranmaru has said nothing of her treachery, if he did indeed remember more.]

A healer by the name of Megumi.

Come, [Noh beckons, though she knows Oichi must lead the way; she desires to see more of the City, having been unable to the previous day. She must know what limits she has to work within.]

Tell me all, Oichi. [She requests, with a steady glance.] Have you been here long...? Have we any other clansmen here...?

[soaringly]

[ Looking at her sister in law, she does wonder about what exactly it is she has seen and experienced, though she knows there are some things that are equally off to her about what they remember. ]

I have been here a short while, long enough to know that the dead indeed can take life here, and many people can come from different times of their lives.

[ Nodding to the lady who let them in, she takes Noh by the hand and leads her out, into the open ]

There are many other Nihonjin here, but most come from a future Nippon, Aneesan.

[ And she begins to explain all she has learned. About deities and curses, and how the dead come back to live within this city's walls... ]

[thedemonswife]

[Noh allows herself to be lead, and listens closely as Oichi speaks, expanding on what she had learnt from others so far; it seems time and distance truly mean nothing in the City. I want you to exist eternally, my husband... there was one distinct obstacle, however.]

The end of the world... [Noh reflects, then laughs her low, seductive laugh.] Or so we shall see.

[And then the topic is closed, her obsessively devoted ambitions hidden once again; she inclines her head and studies the view with detached curiosity.]

What of the people Ranmaru is in the care of?

[soaringly]

[ Once she is done, and stops at the doorway to Ranmaru's home's entrance, she opens the door and at once, there is a visible transformation. The interior is nothing as the exterior implied, it is like stepping into a modern rendition of the palace villas of their own world.

Looking up at Noh with a smile, she takes her by the hand and leads her to the living room. She's really a strange lady, her sister in law, but at the same time, her husband couldn't have had anyone better ]

Let's see... so far, in this house, there are different wings. He has two close friends here, named Subaru-kun and Lawr-kun... another Subaru-san, who is older, is... very protective of him. [ Pauses, then looks to a side ] Nagamasa-sama and I share a chamber, and brother has his own... and Ranmaru works under the order of a Lord Cain Knightlord, as a guard.

[ Squeezes her hand a little ]

This isn't our world, Aneesan... our status will matter but little here unless we make our presence felt in a positive manner.

[thedemonswife]

[Noh, for her part, only shows muted surprise at the mention of Nagamasa; after all, both Ranmaru and Oichi have returned from the dead, as far as she is concerned, so why not he?

At the gentle squeeze, Noh smiles in return, partly at the ever sweet and spirited Oichi, and partly to herself; all or nothing is a concept that is far from alien to her. She considers the warning for a few moments.]

There are worse places to be. [She replies at length, and not lightly so - she has had time to consider the City and its dreams and curses, its lack of war and its occupants over the past day.] I will adjust. [There is a calm, assured confindence in her words, as if she thinks there could be no other alternative.]