Dawn of the Third Age/IC Logs/Nomoe Hideaki and Iselsi Saraban Veata

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~Anshu: Iselsi Veata watches Brazen and Ruby leave, then looks back at Nomoe.

Nomoe_Hideaki leans back in his chair and smiles slightly. "And though it would be impolite to say so in their presence, they are hardly in the position to suggest such a thing as you are asking to the Celestial Deliberative."

Nomoe_Hideaki: "Now, I do have a few more preliminary questions if you do not mind. Namely ... you spoke of learning methods of propaganda recently. Was that from the Empress herself?"

~Anshu: She shakes her head. "No. I was to meet with her in order to learn such things, and whatever else she might wish to teach me."

Nomoe_Hideaki: "So you have not met her since her disappearance fifteen years ago? Did you ever meet her before that?"

~Anshu: "No, to both questions. By the time I was born, Iselsi was already scattered, and Saraban were already undercover. What would the Empress have to do with a small family of outcastes in the Threshold?"

Nomoe_Hideaki nods. "I ask because it may impact the value information you are offering. How much are you willing to reveal about your sources before we discuss the finer points of a potential arrangement?" After a moment he adds, off-handedly his tone almost bored. "Oh, and for the record, would you confirm that you are neither Akuma nor Infernal nor otherwise suborned by enemies of Creation or the Celestial Deliberative?"

~Anshu: "I am not an Akuma or Infernal. And we are in the process of un-suborning me, are we not?" She smiles a little. "As for the other... I am willing to reveal what I know, at least in generalities."

Nomoe_Hideaki spreads his hands. "Very well. Then let us become more specific. On your side of a potential agreement, what are you offering?"

~Anshu: "I have access to a network of spies in the various parts of the All-Seeing Eye, the Immaculate Order, and the Guild," she says. "Most of the individual sources aren't even aware they're part of a network, or where the information ends up going."

~Anshu: "The Reformist Order, that is."

Nomoe_Hideaki: "And you offer a location and a time where you believe the Empress will be."

Nomoe_Hideaki: "And you, you personally, desire a return of House Iselsi back into the open, back to its former power and influence, is that correct?"

~Anshu: Veata nods. "Yes. Most scions of Iselsi wish for that, though I believe I am the first to approach the Deliberative in pursuit of that goal."

Nomoe_Hideaki nods. "You spoke of 'the scattered lines of Iselsi', though. Do you know how many there are, what size and strength remains to House Iselsi?"

Nomoe_Hideaki: "If a return into the open was sanctioned, how would the new House Iselsi organize itself? If you are in a position to know or predict with any degree of accuracy, that is."

~Anshu: She frowns. "I know there is another line in the North, as Saraban is in the South. I know as well that there are other, smaller and less influential families scattered around the Threshold, but I could not tell you who they all were. When the Empress first engineered Iselsi's downfall, she was very thorough about hiding us."

Nomoe_Hideaki looks thoughtful. "What you ask is a difficult proposition. The news of Iselsi's seeming alliance with the Reclamation and by extension Malfeas itself would not be well received in the Deliberative. And there could be no hiding those relations."

Nomoe_Hideaki: "Submitting such a proposal without proper groundwork, without extensive preparation and precautions might well have an effect opposite to what you desire, calling judgment and punishment down on House Iselsi and driving what remains even deeper underground."

Nomoe_Hideaki sighs. "But let us assume that House Iselsi is formally restored and no sanctions laid on it. Mistrust and anger would still be directed your way from many sides. And after that engineered downfall and centuries of hiding House Iselsi will not have the numbers, the strength, the sheer plethora of resources the other Houses possess and will not surrender."

Nomoe_Hideaki: He inclines his head slightly. "That despite the fact that of course the mere history of having remained hidden and active for so long points to admirable qualities in your House."

Nomoe_Hideaki: After no more than a moment to gauge Veata's reactions so far Nomoe continues. "It is for those reasons that I propose House Iselsi should have allies in this matter. Powerful allies to shield Iselsi until its worth and loyalty are beyond question again, allies to enable Iselsi to reclaim more than an empty position of honor, allies to expand the reach and power of House Iselsi beyond what it can achieve on its own."

~Anshu: Veata seems unhappy about what's been said, but reluctantly in agreement.

Nomoe_Hideaki: "I propose that these allies should by myself, Nomoe Hideaki, Deliberator of the Celestial Deliberative, and House Nomoe, a noble family that traces its name and lineage back to the early Shogunate era and whose power and holdings already rival that of the Houses of the Realm."

Nomoe_Hideaki: "I propose that we seal an agreement to this effect, that I personally and House Nomoe will assist in preparing Iselsi for the future, that once all preparations are made and House Iselsi is united and in agreement with these terms, I will submit a proposal to the Deliberative that House Iselsi be restored and employ my full influence to see it passed."

Nomoe_Hideaki: "And once Iselsi is restored it will swear fealty to House Nomoe. With that I shall go much further than your suggestion, to guarantee Iselsi's future endurance and greatness."

Nomoe_Hideaki: At this he speaks in a lower voice but with inevitable gravitas. "For I think not in terms of the span that the present Houses have existed, that the Realm has endured, or even how long the Shogunate has stood. For the future of Nomoe and its allies I plan in millennia, as is my right, my privilege and capability as Solar Exalted."

~Anshu: Veata looks quite impressed. "Your plan seems good to me. However, may I suggest one alteration, My Lord?"

Nomoe_Hideaki indicates that Veata should speak

~Anshu: "Rather than Iselsi swearing fealty to your House, perhaps instead they should be united by marriage to form a new House. I think that would be more palatable to the elders of Iselsi."

Nomoe_Hideaki nods as if considering that. "Perhaps. I expect there will be a number of negotiations with the Iselsi elders, since as you said you can speak neither for Iselsi entire, nor formally for the Saraban line."

Nomoe_Hideaki: "For the moment I propose we agree under the provision that mutually acceptable and pleasing terms shall be found for the future arrangement between Iselsi and Nomoe."

~Anshu: Veata nods.

Nomoe_Hideaki: "To wit, that I give my word that under the condition that a binding agreement acceptable to both on the terms of the future arrangement between Iselsi and Nomoe will come to pass, and after House Iselsi has purged itself of any remaining Akuma and other traitors to Creation and the Deliberative if such exist, I will submit a proposal to the Deliberative to restore Iselsi and employ my full influence to see it passed."

Nomoe_Hideaki looks at Iselsi Saraban Veata, still shining with all the glory of the Crowned Sun. "Would that suffice as my part of the smaller agreement we were discussing?"

Nomoe_Hideaki: "In return you will turn over whatever intelligence you possess on the Empress and all other enemies of Creation, wherever they are under whatever cover, and give your word that you will support my efforts in the matter of Iselsi's future to the fullest of your ability."

~Anshu: Veata nods. "Yes, My Lord." She stands. "I presume you will wish to sanctify the agreement."

~Anshu: She holds out her hand.

Nomoe_Hideaki shakes her hand. "Implying no distrust of your word of honor. Unless you do not want me to?" He waits for an answer before letting go.

~Anshu: "I took no offense at the idea. It is common practice to sanctify such agreements, is it not?"

Nomoe_Hideaki smiles. "It is. Let us consider this an affirming gesture then." And the brilliant corona surrounding him briefly takes on the shape of ten thousand written words as the agreement is sealed.