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Yes, well, it isn't as if our opinions on the matter hold much weight. Have you set sail yet?

Not yet. Seems this Codi-woman is tryin' to make me an offer though. Know her?

Edited 2014-04-24 23:25 (UTC)

Personally, no, Of her, yes. Seems she's frequently clogging the journal with her nonsense. I wouldn't think it would be like you to ally yourself with someone who would place you as a subordinate.

[And that certainly seems to be the case. Likes to be the center of attention, that one.]

[Masamune laughs at that.]

You got that right.

I know you well even if you somehow don't know me at all. I can't see that one letting you take the spotlight or the credit, though no doubt you could bring the ship under your flag if you set your mind to it.

[Not that he should be encouraging mutiny, considering it might give a certain member of his own crew ideas, but nevertheless.]

That aside, I myself would never turn away a man of ambition who knows the value of a good fight.

No kidding. She mentioned wanting to expand her fleet and told me she'd help get me a ship and crew- would've looked tempting at a glance, but I don't play by anyone's rules.

[He snorts, amused.]

Not sure whether it's refreshin' or bothersome that someone seems to know how I roll, but so long as you know what to expect from me, maybe that'll save us some trouble.

A fleet? Nary a man on these waters manages a crew he needs more than just his fingers to count. Unless she means a fleet of rafts with one man apiece captaining them, I fear she may be misleading you a bit. My own ship is the Katabami and I would certainly welcome you aboard, though I fear I have nothing to offer you aside from the best captain on the seas and a guarantee that no shortage of adventure shall await you.

Heh.

I'd be more disappointed if you didn't live up to your reputation back home. We're stuck and with limited options- guess we may as well have fun while we're here.

Who else you got with you?

Crew seems to come and go with the strange whims of this place, and at the moment my crew is a bit smaller than I'd like. I'm captain, naturally, and general day-to-day tasks and provisioning are overseen by Xun Yu, the very same who served Cao Cao, if you can believe it. From our own world, Ieyasu and Mitsunari sail with me, though that's a powder keg of a situation if ever I saw one. I've not seen hide nor hair of Magoichi, though she was sailing with us for some time. I suppose she may have returned home. Let me see...there's Adol, who's a smart land and a good hand in a fight, Kodachi, who you've no doubt spoken to already, and...

Oh, right. Ragna.

No kidding. You even got Tokugawa here? Ain't heard of the other guy though. I did talk to the one with the laugh, though.

[So that's what that Kodachi-girl meant by 'another one'- sailing with Motonari, huh?]

Is that Ragna in a good way or bad?

He's a good hand in a fight, but his personality leaves quite a bit to be desired. Not one for making friends, that one, but we've grown used to his nonsense by now.

[A laugh.]

Sounds like some guys back home.

I suppose, though I pity the lord who would take him on as a retainer. We don't all have the luck of having subordinates so loyal and dedicated as your Right Eye or that Sanada boy.

[He'd gladly trade Ragna for either one of those.]

Oh, I know it. Too bad neither of 'em are here, but on the other hand, I guess that's probably best, eh?

Why? Don't want anyone around to keep an eye on you?

Edited 2014-05-04 04:39 (UTC)

[There's a bark of laughter at that.]

Wasn't my initial thought for reason, but so long as I'm here, no harm in goin' all out when you can, right?

Absolutely! Living a low key life is a waste of a man's time.

Heh...

So, think you'll be headin' in this direction any time soon?

Toward Isla Empieza? Not for some time, I don't believe, but if you wish to find your way to us instead of the other way around, there's a shop called Backwater Brig that has a magical contraption that can send you to any ship you'd like.

Oh yeah? Magic, huh. Sounds like somethin' to check out.

You said your ship's the Katabami, right?

Aye, that's her name! I couldn't use my crest for the flag, so she takes her name from it instead.

[He's gotten used to that arrangement, though it certainly galled him at the outset.]

No? What's stoppin' you?

[Yeah, he had to ask.]

Ah, yes. That. Had you announced your name over this thing, no doubt you'd know already. There's, er...a bit of a complication, you see. Whatever black magic it is that pulls us here can reach across time and space, even to worlds similar to ours, yet not the same, so I had the misfortune of arriving here only to discover another Motochika had arrived ahead of me. It was vexing to say the least. Still is.

...the hell. You sayin' there's two of you here?

There's another Motochika, certainly, but another me? Most definitely not. Aside from our name and our dominion over Shikoku, there are no similarities between the two of us. None.

[If there are, he has no time to find them, nor would he acknowledge them if he did.]

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