Once we arrived at Konda village to seek out the first of the three visionless people. We asked around the villagers and finally found Tejima.
We started tallking to Tejima, he explains he had forgotten about someone and something important to him
"How could I have forgotten something so important to me? Now that I think about it when my vision was taken from me It felt like I'd suddenly been hollowed out."
"love, regret everything I felt for her its all dissapeared. Her face, her voice, the things we experienced together... I barely recall any of it."
"Its as if she'd never been in my life to begin with. As if all these years have been nothing but a hazy dream."
he sighed, "Thank you both for helping me reconnect with my reason for staying here. I shall remain here and keep waiting for her."
Paimon looked really sad, "seems like its just like ayaka and thoma were saying. If you lose your Vision, you lose all your hopes and dreams too. Well lets go find the next person."
We head to the city to seek out the samurai that was part of the vision hunt decree.
Paimon mutters on the way there, "They say the Tenryou commission is directly controlled by the shogun, they're the ones responsible for maintaining law and order in inazuma. The ones actually enforcing the vision hunt decree."
"but why would they take action against one of their own?" Paimon wonders, "There seems to be some commotion over there, lets go see whats happening."
We approach the area of the commotion. One of the Npc was talking to a samurai, "I'll ask one more time, do you intend to withold this month's emergency provision? The entire clan is counting on that food, we demand an explanation."
Kurosawa Kyounosuke the samurai was explaining, "How many times do I have to say it, I don't know anything about emergency provisions."
We walk up to them the Npcs keep talking about how kurosawa used to give them provisions but now refuses to give them anything.
We talk to Kurosawa, he seemed very confused and didn't know about these emergency provisions. Traveler said, "We heard you lost your vision recently."
Kurosawa said, "The shogun's army told me I was unworthy of my vision, apparently I had disappointed the shogun. That's why they confiscated my vision."
Paimon wondered outloud, "That's strange you were helping enforce the vision hunt decree, why would you be unworthy of your vision?"
Kurosawa admitted that he doesn't remember the details all he knew was that he's perform certain things every months but he had forgotten what they were.
And he also has an unsettling feeling like he owes someone something. He told us his house had just been raided by treasure hoarders.
So we head to round up those treasure hoarders to find the truth about the emergency provisions.
The treasure hoarder explained that all they found was a strange wooden box, and gives us the box, we find a bunch of IOUs inside the box, all for ms Aoi a general good store owner.
We head to find miss Aoi, we find out Kurosawa would come regularly to purchase large quantaties of food, but since recently the food got more expensive and his salary wasn't able to cover the expenses he started writing out IOUs.
We realise that how he was getting the emergency provisions. We head back to talk to Kurosawa, and told him about our conversations, but he didn't remember anything.
We realise again that losing a vision is no trifling matter. We head to find the next person.
We head to find the swordmaster, we head to his dojo and talk to some people who were hangin around there.
Nanako and Junya tell us about the swordmaster, apparently he now says the strangest things over and over and refuses to let them train.
A shrine maiden head up to greet us informing us that lady Yae herself had taken notice of the swordmaster's case. We decide to head to the shrine and see if we can find out anything.
We meet lady Yae at grand narukami shrine, Domon the sword master was muttering on the ground. We learn that he sees those who have lost to him in duels past, gathered all around him to persecute him.
Yae explained that he wasn't possesed by an evil spirit and this was in fact a change in the person himself, "Unable to cope with the tremendous pressure he was under, he suffered a spiritual collapse. With his wits impaired, he finally descended into madness."
"As for what has triggered this change, I believe it must be the loss of his vision. For to be stripped of one's vision is to be stripped of one's ambition."
Yae explains that his ambition to be the best overided the guilt of cutting down the dreams of other in his duels, and when that ambition disapeared he began to doubt himself.
We help Domon sort through his thoughts, they all say thanks to lady Yae and go home.
Paimon wondered aloud, "So even though his ambition was taken away, his disciples can take it over on his behalf, guess that sorta solves this one huh?"
I nodd, "Yes, it seems as good of a resolution as we can hope for."
Yae drags us over and has a chat with us, she says she has high hopes for us. So, we head to report back to Ayaka.
We arrive at the kamisato estate and paimon proudly says, "Oh ayaka, guess who fulfilled all your wishes!" Thoma walks in behind us and Ayaka finally shows herself walking out from the partition
Ayaka greets us, "Travelers, Paimon, it is a pleasure to finally meet you face to face"
"I've heard all about how you've helped our three friends, My sincerest thank you to you."
But we hanged our heads, "The damage done by losing a vision can't be completely undone."
Paimon sighed, "yeah, short of getting them their visions back, it seems like theres no way to really help them."
Ayaka starts, "You have now witnessed the pain of those deprived of their visions... what are your feelings on what you have seen?"
Aether shudders, "I hope one day they can be free from their torment, it seems like a fate worse than death."
Ayaka nods, "Its seems that now you can appreciate my feelings on all of this. In which case would you be willing to reconsider your stances?"
I reply, "We will help you fight the vision hunt decree."
Aether adds, "But you must keep the promise you made to us."
Aether smiles, "Naturally." then due to the next parts of our conversation being slightly more confidential we decide to move to the Komore teahouse.
Paimon giggles, "Well here we are again!"
Ayaka starts talking again, "I suppose you have a few questions you would like to ask me?"
"what kind of god is the raiden shogun?" I question.
Ayaka replies, "She inspires awe, commands respect, and exudes a sense of absolute authority. Also she has a complete lack of any emotion, focused exclusively on her goal of implementing eternity, acting accordingly without feeling."
Traveler asks, "Is no one else fighting the vision hunt decree?"
Ayaka sighs, "The issue is for the vast majority of people the decree has no implication at all, After all it is but a tiny minority of people who recieve visions. Nevertheless, in addition to us there is also the resistance on watatsumi island."
I nod, "Then have you raised a formal objection to the vision hunt decree?"
Ayaka immediately answered, "Of course! We tried on numerous occasions. But each time a proposal to repeal the decree arrives at tenshukaku, it is vetoed by both the Tenryou commission and Kanjou commission, and subsequently scrapped..."
"Right now we focus on helping those who have lost their visions or providing counterfeit visions, the problem is Master Masakatsu, who was providing us with conterfeit visions, has recently been arrested by the Tenryou commission."
Paimon gasped, "So they found out about it? Darn..."
Ayaka nods, "Yes. We knew it was not a long term solution and that it was only a matter of time before it would be exposed. But we simply cannot abandon master masakatsu."
I agree, "He has saved many others, its only right that he be saved too. So I suppose that will be our job then?"
Ayaka giggles, "By no means do we intend to place the burden of such a task on your shoulder alone."
"When you are ready go to Hanamizaka, and look for a fireworks shop run by the Naganohara family. There you will find someone who can help you."
So we head to Naganohara Fireworks shop to look for the person who will help us.
On the way we came across some guy getting his vision seized, we were just about to stop this when we heard a voice, "Psst hey wait! Come on this way!"
We followed her but paimon looked like she was about to explode, "What going on. Can't you see we need to go help?"
The mystery person told us to shush and wait for a second, the guy gives up his vision. The guy walked over to us, "many thanks miss yoimiya. If you hadn't swapped me a fake just now, I'm sure I would have lost it"
Yoimiya brushed it off, "No worries, you put on quite the convincing performance."
I sighed in relief, "So the vision they took was just a fake? Seems we were fooled too..."
Yoimiya laughed, "Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Yoimiya, the current owner of Naganohara Fireworks" The conversations strays to Master Masakatsu
"so the shirisagi himegimi has a plan... Awesome! I've been thinking about breaking him out myself for a while now. So what about I join you instead?"
Paimon smiled, "sure welcome to the team, Ayaka told us to look for help at the fireworks shop, she must have meant you!"
Yoimiya laughed, "Seems like I finally got a new job to do. Y'know besides hiding vision bearers in my shop that is."
"So master Masakatsu is being held at the police station. I've already surveyed the area and found a way in. Let's go as soon as everyone's ready."