[Somnus gets to see the smoke that's typical for Hijikata's chosen method of initiating his Familiar Fusion envelop him once more, and when it dissipates he's lying closely side by side with Arashi, a tall feathered humanoid being with a beaked crow head. Each is now back in his own clothing - the knight cloak over his usual black-and-white ensemble for the man, black robes with some decorative white and red elements for the crow tengu.
While Arashi is now safe Hijikata will need healing to restore his illness-ravaged body, but the curse will do its work again and again until a siphoner finds time for him, an attendant discovers and administers the Countercurse Potion in his bag, or the Veil gets closed and its knights banished for good. Regardless of what will ultimately stop his affliction, without Somnus' intervention he might well have ended up reconvening with his ghost patrol subordinates as one of their kind.
The care parcel will be a real blessing once he wakes up - after being out of commission for a full day he'll be desperately hungry and probably eat everything in one sitting. Bless you, Somnus.]
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While Arashi is now safe Hijikata will need healing to restore his illness-ravaged body, but the curse will do its work again and again until a siphoner finds time for him, an attendant discovers and administers the Countercurse Potion in his bag, or the Veil gets closed and its knights banished for good. Regardless of what will ultimately stop his affliction, without Somnus' intervention he might well have ended up reconvening with his ghost patrol subordinates as one of their kind.
The care parcel will be a real blessing once he wakes up - after being out of commission for a full day he'll be desperately hungry and probably eat everything in one sitting. Bless you, Somnus.]