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Why, exactly, should I waste my time running around in search of an imaginary, wish-granting gem?

[The disgruntled voice you're hearing belongs to Mitsunari Ishida. As haranguing townsfolk has ultimately gotten him nowhere, he's finally taken a look at the apparently magic journal he woke up with. The accompanying note from "Scurvey Dog" has cleared up a couple of things, but the answers aren't quite what he wanted to hear.]

I detest pirates, I detest this absurd place, and all I "wish" for is to know one thing: where I will find the man known as Ieyasu Tokugawa.

For the sake of Lord Hideyoshi, inform me of his whereabouts at once!

[Clearly someone isn't in the mood for smalltalk. There's no "thank you for your time" after this message or anything. That's that.]

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You gave it to me in person and I think by now I know you well enough not to be taken in by an imposter. You were under no such contract or you would have told me as much when I asked for your aid. [Instead of just punching him in the head for no reason.] I know full well what happened and I don't see what you gain from denying it or trying to make me think myself to be going mad. It was Motonari and Yoshitsugu's plan from the start to engineer the conflict between east and west for their own ends and it fell to me to put an end to it. To be used as he was by someone so close was almost more than Mitsunari could bear and he sought to take the blame on his own shoulders, but I denied him the chance and gave him his life to live instead. With his and my eyes opened and my own peace made with Ieyasu, why should I not believe that he'll be able to put his desire for revenge to rest as well?

That's the point, Motochika. I don't have anything to gain by making you even more of a madman. You're bad enough as you are. But the fact remains that I did not do what you say I did and have no idea why you think I did it when I could give you a detailed account of what I was doing instead.

[She pinches the bridge of her nose. While this journal has quite the potential as a tool for gathering intel, it does suffer from the fatal flaw of not letting her just punch some sense into Motochika.]

Because Ieyasu was still responsible for the death of Hideyoshi? I find it unlikely that Motonari and Yoshitsugu were responsible for that. Mitsunari is an emotional man, and betrayal is the greatest of sins to him. He will not let go of Ieyasu's actions simply because it wasn't the only betrayal that he faced.

Perhaps not, but without Yoshitsugu pouring poisonous words in his ears and driving him further into madness, perhaps he'll be able to find it within himself to put it behind him. He's a good man and I have faith in him.

[For Motochika, this is how simple things are. Ieyasu may speak of bonds, but it's Motochika who truly believes in them.]

... Such a simple worldview will be the death of you, Motochika.

[When it comes to bonds, Magoichi has seen so many broken that she knows better than to rely on them, even if she herself would never break the ones she's made. Ethics are the better choice, overall, sticking doing what is asked and leaving it at that.]

But I suppose that's why I'm around, to keep that from that from happening when you find that good men do not always do the right thing.

[So what if it's simple? It's a perfectly good worldview and it's suited him just fine, thank you. There was a time when he questioned it, but Ieyasu had been innocent after all, so why change how he thinks now?]

Say what you will, Sayaka, but I'll not change my heading.

I didn't expect it. Changing your choices because of such a simple conversation is a sign of a weak-willed man, something I know you aren't. Just... keep it in mind. I do not wish my job to be any more difficult than it already is.

[She might unhesitatingly leap into fire if it was to drag him out of it, but she would much rather him not play with it in the first place.]

Aye, of course. "Be mindful" and all that. You've told me many a time.

[Not that he ever listens. Well, maybe occasionally. When it suits him.]

And yet you never listen.

[She sighs. As if he would this time, either. She pauses for a moment to gather her surroundings and notes that there's a reason it started smelling even more of sea salt. The distinct lack of devastation means she made it there before Mitsunari.]

I've made it to the harbor, but I do not see a ship flying your crest. Where are you?

[Don't get him started on the issues with his crest.]

I fly a different flag here. Here, let me draw it.

[He scrawls out his Jolly Roger.]

It's not a bad replacement, I think.

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[It's strange that he would bother to make a new banner here when he's always used his crest before, but Motochika probably has his reasons. Probably.]

... Well, it is true that you're an unembroidered man.

[Though she wouldn't immediately associate the particular set of kanji with him. After a few moments of searching, she spots his banner on the horizon.]

Listen. When I come aboard, you and I have much to discuss, not the least of which is how we're to keep Ieyasu's head on his shoulders long enough for your idealism to kick in. Prepare yourself.

[She means for a fight just as much as their talk. No matter what Motochika thinks, Mitsunari won't simply accept Ieyasu continuing his life, and if she's learned anything from this, it's that Motochika seeks coexistence between the two of them. Mitsunari killing Ieyasu would certainly not be productive towards that end.]

[He knows what that means. It means she's probably going to hit him as soon as she sees him, probably in front of his crew. Ah well, he invited this on himself.]

Aye, I'll be well prepared.

[Maybe he can find a helmet. Maybe he'll tell Xun Yu he has to borrow hers.]

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