Within the same building....
Cologne had been sensing something major was going on with her great granddaughter, likely another plan to gain the attention of her husband. So the old woman was using one of the few family treasures she kept to herself to spy on the events which were occurring. Reviewing what had been going on in the last couple of days with her kin's life, she was shocked and a little amused.
'Apparently, these Japanese have a method of keeping control over people who might cause them trouble. We of the Joketsuzoku have similar methods in our records, yet only the wisest among us are allowed access with those kind of training. This happenstance will be a major test of Shampoo's character, wither she can keep self control over the methods she is using or losing herself in power. An excellent test of her potential as a future matriarch.' Cologne thought as she thought back to the test she had been using.
As one of the major leaders of the tribe, she knew many mind manipulation techniques, but was careful in their use. The simple tricks of the red thread of fate and hypnotic mushrooms were no match for the techniques of true control. She had used very few methods of influence on getting the husband to accept his responsibilities, as this was a test of her great granddaughter's ability to face adversity. No she had a tool for removing the obstacles she was facing without the need for bloodshed.
'It's times like this I wished I could read minds and learn just what it is my great granddaughter is planning with this Daimyo's Path. I can only watch and wait to see if she makes a mistake which will require my help in correcting. She is on a good track with gaining the attention of the man she wants, making him think positively of her while making him think of the other girls in a less romantic life. Add to this the use of sexual pleasure on his mind as she gave him the instruction and it should create a strong bond in his mind involving her and pleasure.' Cologne knew the plan was a bit raw in it's development, yet it had the ability to grow stronger.
'If I was Shampoo, I was thinking about other obstacles like her female rivals. Making them unattractive to son-in-law is the first step, it still will not prevent the three of them from trying to regain the eye of son-in-law. Unless they were not interested in gaining that eye back, instead desiring the eye of another male. Then there is the marriage agreement between the Tendos and Saotomes, which also brings up the acceptance of the in-laws. She has likely thought about those angles as well. What she might be missing is the threat in the form of her own background.' Cologne focused on the one major threat left to Shampoo.
'Mousse is likely not going to accept the relationship between Shampoo and son-in-law, no matter what. Unless his mind was changed and he become less interested in Shampoo, perhaps looking to another women instead. Otherwise he is going to continue getting his ass kicked by my great granddaughter and my future great grandson. I'll see how Shampoo handles this threat for now, while I move on to the second problem brought about by the tribe. The distance of his and her homelands, between China and Japan.' Cologne knew the distance might be the one thing which might ruin the relationship.
'Yet even this fly in the ointment might be avoid by the laws of the Joketsuzoka, since there are rare laws within the tribe for settling out of the village. It is the main reason there is a number of neighbouring villages of the same tribe in the area, with a few tribe members moving out due to different reasons. Each village having their own matriarch or even a rare patriarch who form the counsel of the Tribe of Hero Women. Of course, allowing for a village to be made in Japan might be a tough transition and would need the reviewing of many laws within the new country... yet the happiest of my family is the most important thing I can think about.' Cologne knew she had to make some very vital letters to her sisters and brother within the counsel.
Letters which would allow for the formation of a tribe within the alien country with it's own variants of the laws, which also tended to happen with the villages within Japan. It might be hard to convince the other elders to go along with this idea, but the idea of refuge away from a possible hostile communist government would make it possible to win the fight. The fact there were a number of combat styles in just their neighbourhood, as well as rare mystical treasures which have not been seen by the tribe of hero women would also make it possible to get the authority she needed to get a new village set up here in Nerima.
The birds she kept as messengers as well as a method of transportation were bouncing in their cages with activity. They knew she was going to use them for some purpose. Taking pieces of paper, she started to scribe the letters which would hold her request. Making the copies she needed by hand as she could personalize each letter to better gain each elders agreement. Once finished, she took out the birds as she attached the letters. Speaking the command words, the birds flew to their destinations.
(Posted Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:23)
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