[It actually ends up being not hours but days before Hijikata calls Somnus again. More ghosts approached him after the call ended, and they had many questions and demanded his full attention. An initial assembly at his campsite turned into the formation of the Yuureisengumi, Camelot's (presumably) first ghost patrol, and besides getting them organised Hijikata had to attend to other matters too, such as an expedition to the Forest of the Felled.

Now, though, he is content with the current state of affairs... apart from what he just saw on the QuestBoard, but that's precisely what he wants to set up the meeting up for. Ideally they can kill two birds with one stone! He makes it a video call again so Somnus can immediately see who he's talking to (maybe he feels a little bad for his initial deceptive scaremongering from last time). He's so eager to head out that he fires off his suggestion without much preamble.]

Sorry it took me a while to get back to you, but let's make up for the lost time. How about we meet up at the pumpkin patch this afternoon?