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[curseking]

[Mitsunari's voice may not be a familiar one as he uses the journal so infrequently. Today he's actually bothering with it because he's realized there's a practical, productive use he can get out of the darn thing. What is that, you ask?

He can spread propaganda for a dead guy!]

"Hideyoshi Toyotomi."

If you have never before heard this name--my lord's name--commit it to memory immediately. You are no longer allowed to claim ignorance of his existence.

Lord Hideyoshi was an exemplary person. A paragon! His noble ambition was to unify the Land of the Rising Sun once and for all! Though his life was cruelly extinguished by Ieyasu Tokugawa, I am speaking now to ensure that his memory persists.

When you hear that name, understand that it commands respect! Know it belonged to a man whose magnificence will never, in all of time, be matched by another!

...

And if you are aware of my lord's works and still choose not to acknowledge his greatness, know that your behavior is absolutely unconscionable!

[So! ...Any questions?]

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[Voice]

[alwaysgrumpy]

And where I'm from, he's been dead forever. Who gives a shit? This isn't Japan, a name like that carries no weight.

[Voice]

[curseking]

How dare you say that?! Lord Hideyoshi is far from irrelevant!

[voice]

[yatteyanyo]

Hmm... I'll admit that my knowledge of history between the time of my life and the modern era leaves something to be desired, plus the old adage of "the victor writes the books", but...

Did Tokugawa not accomplish the very same task of uniting Japan? It seems the disagreement wasn't over the goal, but over who would rule the reunited nation.

[voice]

[curseking]

The Ieyasu I know intends to rule the country, yes, but all he's accomplished thus far is betraying and killing the one man who deserved to lead it.

He hasn't succeeded in his endeavors because I will oppose him to the bitter end.

[delicate_maiden]

[Hideyoshi was a skeevy little monkey with horrible taste in clothes, that's what he was. As of when she left home, she was still in the service of the Toyotomi, but it wasn't out of any attachment to Hideyoshi himself.]

Your Hideyoshi sounds a whole lot better than ours.

[curseking]

[This whole alternate worlds thing is difficult enough to think about. Figuring out how he ought to regard alternate Hideyoshis has given him the world's worst headache every single time he's tried. Should all Hideyoshis be viewed with the same amount of reverence? How different can a version of his lord be before he's not Hideyoshi any more? What does it mean to be Hideyoshi Toyotomi?!

Give the poor man a second, he's a little discombobulated.]

...And what sort of man is "your" Lord Hideyoshi?

[Should...should he be outraged that someone is speaking ill of a Hideyoshi?]

[voice]

[rebellions]

[Hey Mitsun, it's your friendly comrade who treasures your relationship like nothing else speaking!

Except he got better.]

Aaaand why the hell should I give a damn 'bout some dead bastard?

[voice]

[curseking]

[HE'S GETTING MIXED MESSAGES HERE, RAGNA.]

...

You good for nothing dog! First you insist we are the best of friends and drive me up the wall in doing so, and then you turn around and speak like this about my lord--

Where are you.

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[harbouredheart]

How did you come to enter his service?

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[curseking]

[Now there's a question that brings back memories, good and bad.]

He saved me. I devoted every fiber of my being to him in return.

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[wavemotiongunner]

I thought he died of something a little more mundane. [All that political infighting was hard to keep track back in school but he made it sound like murder.]

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[curseking]

In your history that may be so, but it isn't the reality I have faced!

[And that's because murder makes for an exciting plot thread.]

[homelesswargod]

[There's a bit of snickering but it passes and there's a pause before an answer.]

The knowledge humans have is so limited. People remember what they will whether that's what happened or not.

You should save you worship for the Gods. Some of them get really uptight when their followers don't seem to care.

[curseking]

So what if they do? Lord Hideyoshi was a god to me, and the only one that I needed.

[voice]

[theartofboom]

[Oh, she hates people like this.]

Are you finished? Because I really hope you are. One lord from one plane who wanted to unite one little kingdom is no different from any other in the grand scheme of things. If he's dead, then he's dead and it's probably better for the common folk that he is.

[voice]

[curseking]

Take that back! Take it all back, or else...!

[He should have expected that his little PSA wouldn't go over the way he was hoping it to.]

[Voice]

[fierybluebird]

Shut the hell up already.

[Voice]

[curseking]

You be quiet and heed my words!

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[allendsmeat]

[he has a question!]

What's onsonsible?

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[curseking]

I have no idea what you're-- [Oh, never mind, he gets it.]

Unconscionable. In other words, gravely unacceptable. Do you understand?

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[bolincredible]

Well, I've never heard of him before, but he does sound exemplary so far. [ Bolin is easy, okay. ] So, why was he your lord? And what about this Land of the Rising Sun needed unifying? Was it a people thing or more of a property thing, or...?

[ He trails off there to leave an opening. ]

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[curseking]

My words alone don't do him complete justice.

[That said, he isn't going to pass up a chance to talk some more about how super totally awesome Hideyoshi was. But where to begin?]

He was my lord because, long ago, he graciously allowed me the privilege of becoming his subordinate. Everything I am, I owe to him.

To your second question; the country was divided in every sense of the word. Lord Hideyoshi saw that the nation was becoming weak as a result, and he aspired to remedy that weakness through the strength that unification under Toyotomi rule would afford.

[wanderer_from_ys]

Did he know the captain? *He's slowly wrapping his brain around all the kingdoms that Motochika is a part of.*

[curseking]

Motochika and my lord were in opposition to one another.

[So that's a yes. And Mitsunari's sour about it.]

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[sun_goddess_sacrifice]

I would like to challenge that. Unmatched by no other? Ha! None can compare to my lord Crown Prince Kamitsumiya no Umayado no Toyotomimi no Mikoto, who came long before.

I will accept that this man is perhaps great, and I will respect your loyalty as I share that quality. But I will not accept this individual as being capable of standing at the same height as my own lord.

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[curseking]

Prince Shōtoku...? ["Long before" indeed. Even from Mitsunari's perspective it's been nearly a thousand years since his death.]

Hmph. I see no challenge here! A notable figure he may be, but ultimately he is no Lord Hideyoshi! Take note of the error in your judgment and admit that my lord does not merely stand at your prince's height, but surpasses him!

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[nephilimduke]

Oh? Please, do tell an ignorant demon more.

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[curseking]

Demon. Hm. [He assumes that's not meant to be taken literally.]

What do you want to know? There is much I could say.