Off the coast of the eastern continent of the world of world of Turalisj Tonash lies an archipelago of numerous islands, both small and large, which makes up the Empire of the Rising Sun. The isolated nature of these islands has led to a unique culture, where small clan leaders have become warlords over their own territories, and where the Emperor's secular power lay in name only, though he was still considered the religious leader of their animist religion.
This culture was also quite hostile towards foreigners, though they weren't opposed to the occasional trade of goods and ideas so long as it suited their interests. For a long time it had been almost completely isolated, though recently foreign weapons have been imported into the lands... advanced armor, able to endure the most deadly of bladed weapons, and powerful tech weapons designed to pierce said armor.
During this time, a certain samurai received a missive from a messenger. Struggling over the characters that made up the letter for some time, he eventually got the gist of it. A mercenary kunoichi had been hired to assist him in his objective, and he was to meet her at a certain ryokan in order to get acquainted and discuss the details of their mission.
The Samurai's name was Muramasa Daichi, one of the few samurai in service of the Emperor himself, whose army was too small for much more than his own personal protection. Nevertheless, the Emperor had an objective: to end the clan feuds between the various local lords and restore peace and order to the land.
Having received his instructions, Daichi proceeded to the indicated ryokan in order to meet up with this girl who he would be working with. The letter described her as a neko, so he doubted that he'd have much trouble finding her... after all, what were the odds that there were multiple nekos in the same inn?
Upon reaching the ryokan, however, the first thing the samurai noticed was that the owner was a neko, along with most every other female employee. Most of the patrons were men, oddly enough, and he immediately realized this was the sort of ryokan that catered to... specific interests. Frowning, he decided to contemplate how to locate the kunoichi among so many others, eventually deciding to head in to the communal hot springs bath in order to think more clearly.
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