We finally returned to the cabin after a long walk, just as the sun was coming up. I would have liked to enjoy it, but I think around this group, silence is going to be a far more precious commodity. Especially when kami from other pantheons come to visit. When we arrived, Aren-san's father, Loki, was waiting for us. I said...very little, save beyond being as polite as possible. It seems unwise to offend a trickster.
Alanna-san does not seem to like him. From what I gathered, Moira-san had a relationship with the deity. That kind. It also turns out that he is the one who funded the cabin. And, in fact, had stopped by to get our words on what had happened. He helped me look over the recovered documents...much I did not understand. I will review the scrolls after finding a way to send my copies back home. Mother and the others will wish to see them...especially as they were written in Japanese. Aren-san....would make an excellent scribe, as she is the one who made all the copies. I do not know if she understood what was written aside from our discussions of it. I will have to ask her if she reads Japanese soon.
Our next mission...I am not entirely sure of. Loki-sama had some information, and we are headed to New York. The province...state. Not the city. To the University of Albany, to speak to an American kami. Muscowequan. This one seems to be on the proper side, though some of it's cousins have gone over to the Great Enemy. We have been told that this one knows, or may know, where the next town to disappear is. We may have a chance to stop it. Our task is to track it down at a conference at the university.
Loki-sama...also set us on a personal errand. Mother, I am not certain about this one. Loki-sama, a couple hundred years ago, crafted an object called the 'Kensington Stone'. An American professor believes he can prove it is a fake, and Loki-sama wishes us to...discredit him, so the little fabrication can be kept going. Loki-sama's price for the information about Muscowequan. This...does not feel right. I would prefer to have nothing to do with it, but, there may be little choice. Perhaps I will see if I can attend to speaking to Muscowequan, and let one or all of the others do what they must. I am...confused.
I spoke at length with the mask Alanna-san recovered from Hideki. It seemed...innocent of his treachery. It claims it would aid in battle, and had no seeming compunctions about being used in battle against more Tengu. I warned Alanna-san to be wary, but returned it to her. The katana...I have not had a chance to speak to it, yet. I would prefer a time of quiet. Given what I was taught, I would prefer to talk to such a...focused spirit without distraction.
I have no way to hide it if we do not go by car, however. And I am...loathe to leave such a weapon to be recovered by an enemy patrol. I suppose Moira-san could figure out -something- if it came to it.
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