Rather Aged Notes

Rather Aged Notes are a set of interactable notes in the Tatarasuna area of Kannazuka around the Mikage Furnace.
The notes were written during the events of the Tatarasuna Mystery 400 years ago. They revolve around the events leading up to, and the aftermath of, the creation of the Katsuragikiri Nagamasa weapon and involve Inspector Mikoshi Nagamasa, his yoriki Katsuragi, Tatarasuna's Vice Armory Officer Miyazaki, and Tatarasuna workers Kinjiro and Nozomu. They were joined by Scaramouche, at the time a nameless, wandering eccentric.
The notes are referenced in the , which reveals the truth behind the Tatarasuna Mystery. After completing the quest, the notes' contents are also permanently changed.
==Locations==
# Rather Aged Notes #1
#* On a box across the bridge leading northwest from the Mikage Furnace.
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# Rather Aged Notes #2
#* On the roof of a house located across the broken bridge leading southeast of the Mikage Furnace.
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# Rather Aged Notes #3
#* Inside the floating rock formation of the Mikage Furnace. You can access it by taking the bridge northwest of the floating rock formation into the formation and then turning left towards the boxes on the left wall.
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# Rather Aged Notes #4
#* On a wooden path to the left of the river beside the Mikage Furnace. It underneath of the bridge that is northeast of the floating rock formation.
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# Rather Aged Notes #5
#* On the floor in front of the shelves to the left of the oven northeast of the floating rock formation of the Mikage Furnace.
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# Rather Aged Notes #6
#* On the side of a crane perched on a hilltop, accessible by crossing a bridge leading west of the Mikage Furnace.
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# Rather Aged Notes #7
#* On a box to a little west of Note #1.
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==Dialogue==
===Rather Aged Notes #1===
:Rather Aged Notes: (These notes seem to have been plundered during a recent raid on the Fatui. The age of these notes has made the words difficult to recognize.)
:Rather Aged Notes: "...The Inspector bought a certain number of Jade Steel ingots..."
:Rather Aged Notes: "...Sir Katsuragi discussed matters of smithing deep into the night with the Vice Armory Officer."
===Rather Aged Notes #2===
:Rather Aged Notes: (These notes seem to have been plundered during a recent raid on the Fatui. The age of these notes has made the words difficult to recognize.)
:Rather Aged Notes: "...Perhaps I overstep, but I think that Sir Nagamasa's mood grows better when he forges blades."
;(If the player has completed The Night-Bird Falls at the Curtain's Call)
::Rather Aged Notes: "...The obsession to cleanse the stain of the name 'Mikoshi' is a draining on one's soul..."
;(If the player has not completed The Night-Bird Falls at the Curtain's Call)
::Rather Aged Notes: "...The obsession to cleanse the stain of the name 'Mikoshi' must eat at him..."
::Rather Aged Notes: "...Also, Sir Katsuragi discovered a nameless eccentric while patrolling around Nazuchi Beach..."
===Rather Aged Notes #3===
:Rather Aged Notes: (These notes seem to have been plundered during a recent raid on the Fatui. The age of these notes has made the words difficult to recognize.)
:Rather Aged Notes: "...We at last made a single nagamaki. We call it the 'Daitatara Nagamasa'..."
:Rather Aged Notes: "The Inspector was in high spirits, and he and the Vice Armory Officer..."
:Rather Aged Notes: "...Nozomu was so taken by the beauty of the Daitatara Nagamasa that he drew a picture of it..."
;(If the player has not completed The Night-Bird Falls at the Curtain's Call)
::Rather Aged Notes: "...and he performed a sword dance with that wandering eccentric..."
===Rather Aged Notes #4===
:Rather Aged Notes: (These notes seem to have been plundered during a recent raid on the Fatui. The age of these notes has made the words difficult to recognize.)
;(If the player has not completed The Night-Bird Falls at the Curtain's Call)
::Rather Aged Notes: "...and we could not find that eccentric..."
:Rather Aged Notes: "...The Inspector flew into a rage and slashed Katsuragi. The great blade cut deep into the flesh...cast his own nagamaki into the furnace's flame..."
:Rather Aged Notes: "...Nozomu could not abide by that order, and drew the completely melted weapon out of the furnace... He was horribly burned..."
===Rather Aged Notes #5===
:Rather Aged Notes: (These notes seem to have been plundered during a recent raid on the Fatui. The age of these notes has made the words difficult to recognize.)
:Rather Aged Notes: "...Nozomu died that night. I daresay that while Sir Katsuragi may have committed malfeasance, it was out of the goodness of his heart..."
===Rather Aged Notes #6===
:Rather Aged Notes: (These notes seem to have been plundered during a recent raid on the Fatui. The age of these notes has made the words difficult to recognize.)
:Rather Aged Notes: "...Kinjiro hid the nagamaki and Nozomu's drawing in the Arsenal..."
:Rather Aged Notes: "...Nagamasa is harsh, but also knows right from wrong. But even so, he is not amenable to reason. His name indicates one obsessed with purity... Still, I and some households of Tatarasuna have not been blinded by the matter of Nagamasa's mother Chiyo, and we trust him..."
;(If the player has completed The Night-Bird Falls at the Curtain's Call)
::Rather Aged Notes: "...I also remain unwilling to forget the joy of creating the Daitatara Nagamasa with him..."
;(If the player has not completed The Night-Bird Falls at the Curtain's Call)
::Rather Aged Notes: "...I also remain unwilling to forget the joy of creating the Daitatara Nagamasa with him, and that joy of watching that nameless eccentric perform that sword-dance with Katsuragi..."
===Rather Aged Notes #7===
:Rather Aged Notes: (These notes seem to have been plundered during a recent raid on the Fatui. The age of these notes has made the words difficult to recognize.)
:Rather Aged Notes: "...I dared to hide the remains of that melted nagamaki in the Arsenal together with Nozomu's artwork..."
:Rather Aged Notes: "I wish that the Inspector will someday find it in his heart to remember the joy he felt when forging a weapon with his own hands, before Sir Katsuragi..."
==Trivia==
*Through process of elimination based on the names mentioned in the notes, Notes #3 and #7 were written by Kinjiro, while Note #6 was written by Miyazaki. The authors of the remaining notes currently cannot be determined.
*Despite also mentioning an "Inspector" and "Armory Officer," the Records inside a building in the Mikage Furnace are unrelated to the Rather Aged Notes. They were more likely written by a present-day worker who hastily hid the keys to the Arsenal during the evacuation. Notably, the Records do not mention being difficult to read due to age, only that rough handling by the Fatui had torn the paper. This is further confirmed in Aqaba's essay during The Night-Bird Falls at the Curtain's Call.
==Change History==
==References==
es:Notas antiguas
ja:古い手帳