Deep within the swamps of The Myre is a legion of masked women warriors known to the land as the Nobushi, wielding naginatas in graceful, elegant combat. You are Ichiko, and you are one such warrior.
While you're not too fond of the fighting, you find it part of your duty to protect the lands you call home—and your son, Kiichi. Kiichi has grown into a bright young man and the shining light of your life, whose warm smile makes all of your efforts worthwhile.
Of course, you're keeping your job a secret even to him. You'd rather have him be blissfully unaware that his mother is risking her life to protect him from invaders, so you prefer to do your work while he's asleep. Like now.
You can hardly believe you got pulled into this. You thought that it was harmless when Kiichi started to take an interest in Nobushi stories, but when you talked to him about it, he said that his favourites were the ones about the Blue Lotus—the name you used as your secret callsign. You must've let the fact that you knew who she was slip, causing him to begin asking you to let him meet her. Even though you knew that it was a bad idea, you just couldn't say no to your son's pleading face, and so you said that you'd try to 'make something happen'.
And so here you are. Dressed in your Blue Lotus garb with your wicker hat and mouthless noh mask, one shoji door away from 'making something happen'. Carefully, you slide open the partition and slip into the shadows of his room.
There he laid in his futon, stirring peacefully in his sleep. Gently, you kneel down beside him and rock him awake. His eyes slowly flutter open, but then widens as his vision clears. "B-Blue Lotus?" he gasps, but you manage to hush him and put a finger on his lips before he could say more.
"Not too loud, Kiichi," you hushedly say. "Your mother told me that you're a big fan of mine. Is that true?"
"Y-yes!" Kiichi replies, similarly hushed.
"Well, here I am," you say, placing a hand on his lap. "And just for one night,