All sorts of things are layered on top of each other to form me...though I also feel as though it has been that way for a very long time.
[k]
＠
I am a goddess. I am the wife of the supreme god, Maheśvara. I am a Servant. I am the avatar of mankind. I am called upon by humans. I am one who aids the effort to protect the world.
[k]
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And now, I am being called away..[sr]heading there as I speak.
[k]
＠
Though I'm sure I am being called away, I also know that I'm heading there of my own volition.
[k]
＠
I have to. I must.[sr]The impulses within my Divine Core demand it.
[k]
＠
I brush off the arm rudely trying to take hold of me, but I don't run away from it. Instead, I follow it to its source.
[k]
＠
I step out of a passageway made by humans,[sr]with human craftsmanship.
[k]
＠
I head towards a place that is not now.[sr]A time that is not here.
[k]
＠
I know something is waiting for me; something I can't ignore. And now, I arrive at a land of humanity, twisted beyond all recognition...
[k]
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＠
...I saw it the moment I arrived.
[k]
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The light of a soul, so faint it seemed[sr]as though it might go out at any moment.
[k]
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It was so small. So weak.[sr]But...it was still glowing.
[k]
＠
Even if it was fated to vanish in an instant,[sr]it was still there. I saw it.
[k]
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It looked to me like it was struggling desperately against something...like it was waiting for help.
[k]
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(...)
[k]
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I'm sure this isn't the reason I came here.
[k]
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It was only by coincidence that I happened to find this tiny remnant of a human soul.
[k]
＠
But, that's exactly why...I had to help it somehow.
[k]
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After all, if I came across a person in trouble,[sr]I wouldn't need a reason to help them.
[k]
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Every decent person would hope to do the same[sr](even if they rarely do in practice)...
[k]
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So as a kind and loving goddess, how could I refuse...
[k]
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＠Sessyoin Kiara
Teehee. It looks like we've arrived successfully,[sr][&Lord:Lady] [%1]!
[k]
＠Sessyoin Kiara
So that was a Rayshift... How novel. It's quite a different Mystic, and even experience, than entering someone's mind. Tehehe...
[k]
？1：What is this place...?
？！
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＠Mash
Usually, we would try to set the Rayshift coordinates to give you some time to take stock of your surroundings, but we simply didn't have the time.
[k]
＠Mash
So instead, we went with a location as[sr]close as possible to the target reading.
[k]
＠Mash
As a result, it looks like you've ended up inside Edo Castle[line 2]the heart of Edo's governing authority.
[k]
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＠Mash
You've essentially directly invaded the most heavily secured base of the entire country.
[k]
＠Mash
There's no telling who or what might be nearby,[sr]or what could happen, even from our end.
[k]
＠Mash
Master, Kiara, please be as careful as possible!
[k]
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＠Sessyoin Kiara
...Yes, that's true. At this point in history, Edo Castle was so tightly guarded that not even a fly could get through unnoticed.
[k]
＠Sessyoin Kiara
If a thief or spy did manage to sneak in, the guards would surround them ten, perhaps even twenty to one...or at least, I thought they would.
[k]
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＠Sessyoin Kiara
But instead, it's eerily quiet here.[sr]Why, it's almost as if[line 2]
[k]
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＠Sion
You can take stock of your surroundings later! You are almost on top of the Servant reading we were targeting!
[k]
＠Sion
Please rendezvous with them first. Once they've joined you, you can start gathering information!
[k]
？1：Roger that!
？2：Let's go, Kiara!
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＠Sessyoin Kiara
...All right. I'm very disappointed,[sr]but I guess it just wasn't meant to be today.
[k]
＠Sessyoin Kiara
Ahh... And I was so looking forward to being pinned down by guards.
[k]
？！
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＠Mash
I see them! Over there!
[k]
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＠Sion
Oho, so that is Shiva's wife, Pārvatī...or rather,[sr]a Pseudo-Servant of her!
[k]
＠Sion
Perhaps she was able to hold out better by virtue of being a Divine Spirit. Or maybe there is another reason why she was the only one to evade capture...
[k]
＠Sion
At any rate, she did great holding out[sr]against the enemy's reverse-summoning!
[k]
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＠Sessyoin Kiara
Oh yes, she must be wonderfully strong-willed! We had better help her before this enemy or whoever can steal her away!
[k]
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？1：Hey Par, it's me, [%1]!
？2：That kimono really suits you, Par.
？！
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＠F：Pārvatī?
...No.
[k]
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＠Mash
Huh?
[k]
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＠F：Pārvatī?
I said, no.
[k]
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＠F：Pārvatī?
I am not the Indian goddess Pārvatī.
[k]
？1：Th-then, who are you?
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？2：Oh no... Par's on the fritz!
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＠F：Pārvatī?
Hey! I don't know what that means, but I can still tell you're treating me like some sort of lunatic!
[k]
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＠F：Pārvatī?
Still...I suppose that's understandable,[sr]since I have yet to tell you my name.
[k]
？！
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＠F：Pārvatī?
Very well then, I still don't know who you are,[sr]but I will tell you who I am!
[k]
＠F：Pārvatī?
I am the one who oversees Ooku here in Edo Castle. Once, I also served as Third Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu's wet nurse.
[k]
＠F：Pārvatī?
My surname is Saito, my given name, Fuku. Now, I go by the name bestowed upon me by the Imperial Court...[sr][wt 0.8]Kasuga-no-Tsubone!
[k]
？1：Say whaaaaaat!?
？！
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＠Sessyoin Kiara
Oh my. Oh my, oh my. Kasuga-no-Tsubone is one of the most famous women in Japanese history.
[k]
＠Sessyoin Kiara
Although, given how great your surprise is, Master...[sr]I'm guessing she doesn't look quite how you expected?
[k]
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＠Mash
I-it's not that.[sr]Apart from her outfit...
[k]
＠Mash
...that's definitely the Pārvatī we know.[sr]What in the world is going on here...?
[k]
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＠Pārvatī
I'm afraid it's kind of complicated.
[k]
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＠Pārvatī
Oh, to be clear, I am the goddess Pārvatī you know. Shiva's wife, goddess of elegance and grace...all of that.
[k]
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＠Pārvatī
For a while, I was a little worried how this would all turn out, but I feel much better now that you're here,[sr][%1]!
[k]
？1：Wait. What? Huh!?
？！
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＠Sion
Hmm? What could these readings mean... Is there someone else there inside of your Spirit Origin...?
[k]
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＠Kasuga-no-Tsubone
I see. So you are acquaintances of Lady Par.[sr]Please forgive my earlier outburst.
[k]
＠Kasuga-no-Tsubone
I'm afraid I still don't understand what's going on very well myself, but I'll do my best to explain what I can.
[k]
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＠Kasuga-no-Tsubone
It's only proper, after all.
[k]
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＠Kasuga-no-Tsubone
Ahem. [wt 0.4][charaFace F 13]This is, of course, not my own body.[sr]I had fallen ill, and was waiting for death to take me...
[k]
＠Kasuga-no-Tsubone
In fact, I think it was after the final thread joining me to this life had snapped that Lady Par rescued me.
[k]
＠Kasuga-no-Tsubone
At that moment, I noticed something strange was happening to Edo Castle, and had a flash of insight.
[k]
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＠Kasuga-no-Tsubone
It must have been the heavens themselves, or perhaps Lord Toushou Daigongen, who delivered this Indian goddess to me in my hour of need.
[k]
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＠Kasuga-no-Tsubone
They must want me to use this goddess's body and powers to do something about this predicament!
[k]
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＠Pārvatī
Um, as I said earlier, I don't think[sr]that's what's going on here...
[k]
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＠Kasuga-no-Tsubone
Of course it is! It must be![sr]I'm at least reasonably sure!
[k]
＠Kasuga-no-Tsubone
How else could something this preposterous, this absurd, this ridiculously far-fetched, even happen!?
[k]
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＠Mash
I-if her voice is anything to go by,[sr]she has a lot more energy than I expected...
[k]
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＠Mash
But, um, never mind that. What is this predicament happening at Edo Castle right now...?
[k]
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＠Kasuga-no-Tsubone
I am neither a warrior nor do I practice any kind of sorcery. I was only given my current title thanks to the little skill I have with the naginata.
[k]
＠Kasuga-no-Tsubone
The significance of this could not be clearer!
[k]
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＠Kasuga-no-Tsubone
The predicament I speak of has befallen Edo Castle's innermost chambers, where no man but the shogun himself is allowed to enter.
[k]
＠Kasuga-no-Tsubone
I speak, of course, of the place where the shogun's wife and concubines live...the Ooku.
[k]
＠Kasuga-no-Tsubone
I don't know how or why, but everyone in Edo Castle has completely disappeared, and in their place...
[k]
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＠Kasuga-no-Tsubone
...the Ooku has transformed into a labyrinth that appears to reach deep into the bowels of the Earth!
[k]
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