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My mun is now screaming... something about having "Smiley" in her head, adn that you should get this... Please forgive the indirect commentary though.

The screams are welcome, I suppose.

To you I guess they would be. Yet they are only screams of 'why do I not have an account yet?' and not of pain. Sorry.

An account for?

You'll understand eventually. She's created it, as you can see below, so that your friend can come out and speak with you.

I see. I will say it is refreshing to see another of the Juppongatana so soon.

My mun-girl here is kind of screaming right now... About some Houji-guy who doesn't have an account on this site yet.

[Kisshu shrugs and shakes his head]

Guess she's talking about that weird serious old guy over there.

... Hmm.

Tell Houji to stop wasting time. We have been cast out of Hell for a reason, and it's time to get back to the matter at hand. There is some unfinished business to attend to.

[And then there's a bow.]

I apologize, Shishio-sama. Sadly I wasn't informed of your arrival, so I couldn't be here sooner and make preparations.

[He looks up again, clearing his throat a bit]

No more time will be lost from now on. I have been awaiting this.

[ Shishio listens in silence, you could translate it as an "apology accepted." ]

Have any more of the Juppongatana shown themselves? I'm sure our numbers have diminished.

[And that's already the bad part of the news, but Houji can't keep it from Shishio. A soft, almost unnoticeable sigh escapes him before he continues to speak]

Diminished drastically, yes. There is next to none of us. On this platform I haven't been able to find a single one us yet, but judging by activity back on the other 'website', as they say, Soujiro should not be difficult to find. There has been an almost... disconcertingly high number of Soujiro-doubles around.
[As useful as Soujiro may be, the idea of working with around 6 of him was a bit creepy. But business came first, if Houji had to, he would.]
I have not seen anybody else though. But judging by the laws of this place, it shouldn't be impossible to find them.

Mm. Having Soujirou return would be advantageous, unless he still insists on wandering for ten years. Multiple Soujirous would be... interesting, to say the very least. [ Especially trying to tell them apart... maybe they could be color-coded. Yeah, that could work. ]

There is still time. The plans for the Kyoto Grand Fire weren't made overnight. And our presence in Japan went undetected for many years.

[Houji nods slowly]

That is true. We do have a lot of adjustments to make as well, considering this place works differently from the world as we knew it. It might not be a bother though, the number of options has also increased a lot.

[Even though those mundanes and their instability might get in the way... But Houji figures that they could be lured in sooner or later. He wasn't a fan of waiting for too long, but the chances of a perfect victory needed to be well calculated before starting anything properly]

[ Shishio doesn't exactly like the idea of sitting around and waiting for too long, either. But seeing as how many of these "muns" were around, there was a high chance of finding more people who shared his ideals. ]

There is the difference in technology, as well. The girl has informed me that iron-clad ships have been done away with, as well as the gatling gun and Armstrong cannon. Stronger weapons would be required.

I have heard about this. We've been gone for the duration of the most major industrial revolution the world has ever gone through.

I'm am doing my best to catch up on this.

[He wouldn't want to admit this, but it's just a lot of work to do. Houji is a smart man of his time, he's spent his life using the things given to him best, studying their advantages and weaknesses just well... For him, it is hard to adjust to a completely new set of possibilities, even if he fully appreciates it's usefulness. But he feels like it's best to be informed as thoroughly as possible and this gives him tons and tons of material]

If there were many of me, we wouldn't need any of the other Juppongatana!

There is strength in numbers, so they say. Having reinforcements, however, would be ideal. Even if there were that many of you, there's only so many places you could be at once.

I suppose so. Well, Lord Shishio always knows best <3

Have you been here long, Soujirou?

No. I just got this girl to make an account. I've been in her head for a few days, and she's been trying to lock me away. Such a cruel mun.

It's good you were able to escape. Though I doubt she has the power to lock away someone like you.

I don't know. She kept that other one back pretty well. Then again, he's just a little... not all there.

The other one?

Some crazy doctor. He's got this one eye that's glass and likes to kill people so he can study the human body. Quite an interesting man, although I wouldn't want him anywhere near me.

[Houji nods. There were advantages and disadvantages to having multiple Soujiros. (On a personal level Houji thinks it's unnerving, but since when had personal ever come first to him?)
The good part hardly had to be mentioned, extreme strength and extreme concentration.
The bad part was losing the Juppongatana's individual powers. They might not reach to Soujiro's ability, but each key fit in a door, everyone was useful for special things.

It was all just hypothetical anyway, they had to take things as they came in this position they were in.]

Maybe that's correct, but each added strength is helpful.

[Soujirou will just smile at Houji as he takes his time to think, quite possibly trying to unnerve him with it, although it's more likely the boy is just being himself.]

[However, the comment only earns the other man a larger grin.]

So I keep hearing. I personally find most of them a bit useless, but I suppose you and Lord Shishio have ideas for them all?

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yaaay =D

:3 Excuse my rusty Houji-voice, been a while since I canon reread XD"

considering this is only the second day of voice-testing for me, you are totally okay. XD

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Sorry to interrupt

YAAY HI KIDDO

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He's talking about Muraki from Yami no Matsuei/Descendants of Darkness, another muse

Hey there~ ... excuse the tl;dr

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