19th Card [dictated]

[legacydeck]

It's one thing to know that places have changed in your absence - that time moves on without you, and that particularly in the castle, 'time' is a loose construct at best - and another to actually see it with your own eyes.

To me, the last time I was in Tokyo proper was perhaps six months ago, and the year was, by the Western calendar, 1920. Suffice to say it seems quite a bit has changed since then.

Comments

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[peacockherald]

So Tokyo is a place from your world then. I don't suppose any of it looks particularly familiar, does it?

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[legacydeck]

Some of the names, and the old temples - but most of these buildings look very new, to me.

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[peacockherald]

I was afraid of that. And here I hoped learning our way around might be easy this time around with someone who'd been here before.

[legacydeck]

Unless you're interested in old temples, I'm afraid not. Though I can read all the signage, at least.

[peacockherald]

That might be more helpful than you know. I have to admit, the language here is... odd, with these complicated symbols.

[legacydeck]

It's a logographic script, borrowed from the Chinese - so I learned it at a young age. But it does make things more difficult for new learners.

[peacockherald]

Logographic? Heh, yeah, I'm not used to 'logographic' languages. Any way I can get a crash course?

[legacydeck]

Characters represent full ideas rather than a single sound or syllable. Unfortunately, I've never worked out a decent translation spell - and I've always had time to learn languages the hard way.

[peacockherald]

Heh, you speak the truth, my friend. I do see some letters as I know them, but the words mean nothing to me.