Touchdown

Balerion landed on the Isle of Whispers and the group would be given a chance to disembark. Honiko Yoshidara led her disciples to across the island. Every now and again, attendants and acolytes of the Society would rush to her and deliver news. She nodded and gave them messages with instructions. Nikuyo spent most of his time in the pits, but had returned to the isle. Shin was off conducting research. Menza was cloaking his actions recently but was apparently on the isle at this very moment. No word from Akeno. Just as I thought..... The Society was an organization with her as the central leader but ultimately it operated more as a decentralized command-cell structure. While she had a large degree of authority, the others often resisted and did their own things. Part of her job was knowing when to push and when to give them leeway. Her Master's advice had been invaluable in that respect.

Honiko also learned that money had been wired into the organization's coffers by a series of shell accounts. All of them connected to Merryweather. The woman was a deviant but she upheld her end of the bargain. Honiko had already rested and gotten cleaned up on the way there. Time was of the essence and so she wanted to organize a meeting with her Sensei as soon as possible.

"Raijin, wait at the barracks. Nozomi, with me"


Honiko would then take Nozomi to another part of the island. The part where her Master resided.

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Nozomi listened silently as the members of the Society started to fill in Honiko on the stuff she'd missed while out. She focused particularly on the information about Shin's whereabouts, as well as the lack of communication from Akeno. That was good enough for her to determine that the situation was probably not well in Iwa. Nozomi's emotional state was still rather tumultuous, but had settled more on seething rage and anger at Merryweather for taking Honiko. It almost matched the pain she was in, and Nozomi let herself focus on that to avoid the feeling of hurt and anguish.

She didn't trust herself to talk though. The Jinchuuriki knew she was angry. She knew she could lash out. Isobu's attentive gaze was on her, waiting for her to slip up, but even the 3 tails knew better than to try anything here.

Raijin was dismissed, while Nozomi was asked to follow her, and she went along, still holding the golden tomahawk. Still wishing to dig it into herself and silence her thoughts. They were annoying her. Physical pain was easy to ignore, it went away pretty quickly. Emotional pain, Nozomi hadn't really dealt with all that much. She hadn't ever felt this deeply for anyone. She hadn't experienced this loss before. It hadn't been something she'd thought she could experience.

Mulling on this, she followed Honiko through to a part of the island she'd never been to before.

-Exit