by Ryuko Tue Jun 02, 2020 1:30 amRyuko approached the tower she had once lived at with trepidation. She was fresh from a meeting with Nariko and for some reason her skin looked extra pale as if she had just been through a great shock. Considering what they’d been talking about that was pretty much the case.
Of the top 5 lines she never expected to hear in her life, being offered to become the next Raikage had to rank near the top of the list. She had long underviewed herself thinking that she was nothing more than a mere supporting role in a grander play. There were a lot of complex reasons behind that, not the least of them being that she was a Vestal. Her role was literally to be an advisor and attendant to the Raikage not to become the Raikage herself.
To say that made the political situation in this country messy was an understatement. Ryuko was one of the top dogs in the Divine Church of Hakkin, the membership of which made for a significant chunk of the land of lightning citizens. While she’d been asleep for the last two years they’d apparently been spreading in the land of frost as well and were now eyeing the land of hot-springs for potential expansion.
Dealing with the Daimyo might be messy since Ryuko would now hold two of the three levers of power while he only had the remaining one in his grasp. Usually a Kage had to ask their Daimyo permission to do a lot of things but privately she was wondering why she’d have to bother listening to an old man who barely did anything.
It wasn’t like the current Daimyo was a bad one presay. It was more that he lacked any kind of vision and was content to let the status quo remain where it was. Ryuko wanted to revolutionize this country and make it a better place. If he was going to get in the way of that she would be forced to do something about it, but hopefully things wouldn’t get to that point.
Now thought her thoughts were on another matter. Mainly how to break the news to her best friend Shimiko who she had thought for sure would be a shoe in for the role. After all when it came to a fight Shimiko was clearly the stronger of the two of them, at least for now while Ryuko’s gear wasn’t finished construction and while she had yet to master Rafaela.
As the Anbu commander and the person who would effectively be acting as her second in command from now on, the priestess felt that it would be best to get her friend's blessing before she officially assumed the role once everything behind the scene necessary for transition was finished.
Going into the tower Ryuko was mildly surprised when her key card to the private elevator to the penthouse still worked. As an aristocrat she had several residents where she could stay including her family manners in the village and the second floor of her shop the best defence but her room at the top of the tower had been her favourite as of late before her recent coma threw everything askew.
She’d been asleep for so long she’d half expected them to revoke her security clearance but then considering she’d walked back into the administration offices without anyone so much as batting an eye it might have just been par for the course. Given her rather unique accent, high end clothes and the graceful way she moved it would have been extremely difficult for anyone to successfully impersonate her for long.
“Shi-chan are you there? I need to speak with you.” Announced Ryuko after arriving at the penthouse suite and then rapped on the door with the back of her gloved hand. Hopefully her friend would be home so that she wouldn’t have to waste time tracking her down. Sometimes it sucked not being a sensor type.
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Of the top 5 lines she never expected to hear in her life, being offered to become the next Raikage had to rank near the top of the list. She had long underviewed herself thinking that she was nothing more than a mere supporting role in a grander play. There were a lot of complex reasons behind that, not the least of them being that she was a Vestal. Her role was literally to be an advisor and attendant to the Raikage not to become the Raikage herself.
To say that made the political situation in this country messy was an understatement. Ryuko was one of the top dogs in the Divine Church of Hakkin, the membership of which made for a significant chunk of the land of lightning citizens. While she’d been asleep for the last two years they’d apparently been spreading in the land of frost as well and were now eyeing the land of hot-springs for potential expansion.
Dealing with the Daimyo might be messy since Ryuko would now hold two of the three levers of power while he only had the remaining one in his grasp. Usually a Kage had to ask their Daimyo permission to do a lot of things but privately she was wondering why she’d have to bother listening to an old man who barely did anything.
It wasn’t like the current Daimyo was a bad one presay. It was more that he lacked any kind of vision and was content to let the status quo remain where it was. Ryuko wanted to revolutionize this country and make it a better place. If he was going to get in the way of that she would be forced to do something about it, but hopefully things wouldn’t get to that point.
Now thought her thoughts were on another matter. Mainly how to break the news to her best friend Shimiko who she had thought for sure would be a shoe in for the role. After all when it came to a fight Shimiko was clearly the stronger of the two of them, at least for now while Ryuko’s gear wasn’t finished construction and while she had yet to master Rafaela.
As the Anbu commander and the person who would effectively be acting as her second in command from now on, the priestess felt that it would be best to get her friend's blessing before she officially assumed the role once everything behind the scene necessary for transition was finished.
Going into the tower Ryuko was mildly surprised when her key card to the private elevator to the penthouse still worked. As an aristocrat she had several residents where she could stay including her family manners in the village and the second floor of her shop the best defence but her room at the top of the tower had been her favourite as of late before her recent coma threw everything askew.
She’d been asleep for so long she’d half expected them to revoke her security clearance but then considering she’d walked back into the administration offices without anyone so much as batting an eye it might have just been par for the course. Given her rather unique accent, high end clothes and the graceful way she moved it would have been extremely difficult for anyone to successfully impersonate her for long.
“Shi-chan are you there? I need to speak with you.” Announced Ryuko after arriving at the penthouse suite and then rapped on the door with the back of her gloved hand. Hopefully her friend would be home so that she wouldn’t have to waste time tracking her down. Sometimes it sucked not being a sensor type.
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