Sorry for the late update.
To make reading these entries easier, I have put “Summaries” at the beginning of each RC Chapter entry, followed by the long Recap.
Summary: The Cabal is petitioned by the Kyoto Consilium to search for a missing Mage. During their search, they find an abandoned Chantry, and wind up transported into Kyoto’s Shadow.
Recap:
Kontonshin meets up with Kaze at Kyoto Station. They meet at a restaurant and although autumn lurks outside, an artificial cherry blossom light show fills the room with white and pink light. Kontonshin puts up her Mage Sight and now detects Kaze as a Mage. Kaze convinces her to a viewing of the sword. He will be in touch. As Kontonshin leaves, she has a feeling that someone is following her. She hops on the bullet train and takes a short trip to Osaka before returning home.
Meanwhile, back at the Chantry, Akio Ogawa mentions that a few people have taken an interest in the hospital incident (Chapter 4). The Cabal had left their calling cards there and Ogawa had received a couple of calls from Inspector Imada and others interested in what happened.
Cabal realizes that they only have a few days left to get some sort of personal object for Ane-san from Raiden.
Kemosiri gets phone call from Ane-san’s assistant, Nakayama. They meet in the public bathhouse across from the Chantry. They make small talk and Nakayama notes that there are a few large gentlemen with tattoos. Nakayama tells Kemosiri says that Ane-san has extended their deal. All the Cabal needs to do is attend the Consilium and all Ane-san will let them know what to do. Kemosiri agrees, but is suspicious. As he leaves, Nakayama comments to Kemosiri “don’t look for the pearls, they might consider it rude.”
The Cabal shows up at the Consilium. The Shogun announces that Sa-an, a member of his cabal, is missing. He places his Provost, Ane-san, in charge of the investigation. She accuses Gyochisa of orchestrating Sa-an’s disappearance and cites their long-standing rivalry as the reason. Raiden protests and demands proof. Ane-san assigns the player Cabal to head up investigation. She assigns them ostensibly because the Cabal is new and in town and theoretically, neutral on these matters. She asks them to start with Gyochisa’s sanctum. A very annoyed Raiden assigns Reitaro to follow them around to make sure they are fair in their assessment.
The Cabal investigate Sa-an’s room first. They find no connections between her and Gyochisa, but find picture of Sa-an and Geisha – Ayame. The Cabal pays Ayame a visit. Ayame is nervous and says Sa-an visited her 1 week earlier and that was last she saw of her. Ayame says she left to meet Jizo at midnight.
The Cabal then visits Gyochisa’s sanctum. They find a small connection with Reitaro and Sa-an. Sa-an had originally awakened in Gyochisa territory. She was supposed to join Gyochisa but she ended up joining Kodoshigisha instead. Reitaro had given her a robe as incentive for her to join (He was secretly in love with her, but she spurned his advances – so she left).
The Cabal then visits Jizo. Reitaro continues to follow them. Jizo had left the Consilium meeting and had returned to his sanctum. He admits that Sa-an and him were supposed to meet near ruins of an old castle. He waited for an hour for her before leaving.
The Cabal and Reitaro then go to the site of the ruined castle. They had been here before (Chapter 2) when they originally met the Shadow Samurai. Kemosiri uses Mage Sight and sees a door in Twilight. He casts Ghost Gate. The Cabal enters Twilight and they open the door. The Cabal finds a stairwell going down and they enter.
What they find is a weakly warded sanctum with five-year old magazines and Atlantean sigils on the walls. They also see several colourful butterflies flitting about. They see two other exits from the main chamber – one leading to places unknown, the other leading to a bridge over what seems like an endless abyss. The bridge leads to a solid rock wall. Kemosiri tries finding a secret entrance, but finds none.
Kemosiri then summons a ghost, and the Shadow Samurai he had met previously (in Chapter 2) greets him. The Shadow Samurai tells the Cabal that those who were here have long left.
Suddenly, the Cabal detects supernatural activity with their Unseen Senses. Someone is coming down the stairs. The mage attacks the Cabal, and they counter the spells he throws at them and Reitaro throws a spell that collapses part of the wall near the entrance.
Meanwhile, the Shadow Samurai opens a magic portal. Kemosiri suddenly realizes he is dealing with a Ghost Mage. Before any of the Cabal can do anything, they are all drawn across the bridge into the portal. Only Mori Momento seemingly escapes the portal, but falls over the bridge and drops into the Abyss.
Kemosiri, Kontonshin and Reitaro wake up and find themselves in a forest glade in Kyoto’s Shadow Realm…
To be continued…
Next: The Shadow - Ch 6
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