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At the lobby, I picked up Velma and her team, Vincent, Miyako and Selena. Rachel and her squad needed a break. With a trip to Europe coming up, they needed to catch up on their rest and double-check their weapon readiness. I imagined having a little time with their families wouldn't suck either.
"Okay Vincent, let's resolve our little bet," Pamela suggested. Not only was she stripping down the tag-alongs for my journey home, she was cementing her rapport with Javiera's latest offering. I still had two serious problems. I had to find Saku someplace to say. I also had to touch base with Miyako. I took on the second one first, once our ride had exited the garage.
[Nipponese] "How bad is it?" I asked my ninja-acrobat.
[Nipponese] "There is nothing we can talk about," Selena intervened.
[Nipponese] "One of the seven families betrayed the other six, Cáel," Miyako opened up. Selena clearly didn't approve of the revelation.
[Nipponese] "Very well," I mused. "Could two teams of Amazons do you any good when you head home?" I didn't have permission to commit any resources – yet. More to the issue, I was pledging eight women. It may have sounded like miniscule aid, except these were ninjas we were talking about. Small unit tactics were the name of the game. "I also want to send an ambassador and her bodyguard home with you to keep open communications."
Miyako studied me. She didn't have the authority to bring anyone into her very private struggle.
[Nipponese] "As long as they understand the limitations the...seven families operate under. We have agreements with numerous home corporations and security services."
"Understood," I nodded. "Don't forget, you bear an heir to House Ishara with you now."
"What have you done?" Buffy tapped my shoulder.
"I've committed eight members of the Security Detail and Executive Services to aid the Seven Families in their struggle in Japan," I explained.
"House Ishara can meet that obligation," Buffy surprised me.
"Security?" I asked.
"Kohar Marda offered ten of her house guard to help train up our own in-house security," Buffy smirked. "I think I can have four of them doing that training overseas."
"Loyalty and courage will account for more than the skills of the ninja at this time," Miyako bowed.
"Are you and I still heading for my home ground?" Selena inquired.
"How about we head out in two days?" I asked.
"That can be done," she nodded.
"You are a fool," Saku grumbled to me. I returned her stare.
"You are leaving the safety of the ranks of the Host and your own House to seek out...who exactly?" Sakuniyas lectured.
"The lost sons of House Arinniti and...the offspring of Iyrcae of House Illuyankamunus," I enlightened them.
"Who?" Delilah wondered. I looked to Selena.
"They were not one of the First Houses, though the name is Amazon. You may find this oddly coincidental, considering where we plan to go. See, House Illuyankamunus is the only house that does not have a matron deity.
They are Daughters of the Primordial Dragon and the spirit that guards their afterlife is unknown to all but them, the High Priestess and the Keeper of Records."
"We are going to Transylvania to hunt down 'children of the Dragon'?" Delilah snorted.
"Are any going to help us?" Wiesława asked.
"No. House Illuyankamunus only has eight members left, and they are all on missions for the Host, except the Head of House who remains trapped with the Council," I relayed. "Besides, Krasimira suggested to me that they weren't all that interested in any of Iyrcae's brood."
"So why are you locating them then?" Delilah pressed. I paused.
"Women are stupid and need a man to tell them what to do..." I stated. No one spoke. "Okay, that didn't work. How about those men and women need to be aware of their history?"
"The Gods and Goddesses are fucking with you," Saku cut through the propaganda. "Be you Alal, Baraqu, or Cáel, they can't leave you alone." The truth sucks.
- COMMENTS
Ravey1911 months agoI have no idea how you've managed to keep this all together. Brilliant instalment once again.
WretchedMonkeyabout 1 year ago@Jackspeed2u - RE: incorrect English
As noted by Malice21, just because you've never heard a phrase before doesn't mean that it's not used, just that you're ignorant of the information provided. When talking about power in industrial situations then "cutting" the feed is bandied about all the time. Essentially a 'switch' is just a break in the circuit that is reconnected when it's turned on and broken (or cut) when the circuit is turned off. "Cut the power!" is also a handy phrase to remember when working with high voltage as it's very hard to get the message wrong, even when there is a lot going on and it's important that someone turn off the power.
Malice21almost 2 years agoRemember kids, colloquialisms don’t exist if you personally aren’t familiar with them!! *eye roll* thanks @finalstand for sharing this addictive web spun of humor and intrigue. Hope you never “cut it off” 5 star.
Jackspeed2uover 2 years agoOk I can barely take it, lucky for me the story rocks.
“Cut it on” and Cut it off” I don’t really think that is English when talking about turning a light or some other object. The closest that’s English is “Cut the engine.” That means to turn off the engine but not really. To turn off an engine you cut the fuel and then starve the engine and it dies, even now with car engines that stop almost instantly.
So all this cut it on and cut it off is utter bullshit English since you are always referring to something with a switch. So it becomes switch it on or off. If it’s a rotary switch you can use turn it on or off. The turn phrase is also in common usage with stuff that has normal switches as well.
Anyway I cringed through the cut crap last episode and this episode because otherwise the story is 5 stars.
