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( OPEN ) MAY CATCH ALL
WHO: Tsurumaru and you
WHAT: Sword lore, revisiting an old home, holidays, and shenanigans
WHERE: around Kyoto & Tokyo
WHEN: May
WARNINGS: N/A for now
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WHAT: Sword lore, revisiting an old home, holidays, and shenanigans
WHERE: around Kyoto & Tokyo
WHEN: May
WARNINGS: N/A for now
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catch-all for the month, open to using tdm prompts, setting up starters, etc.
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if you would like an original starter or have your own idea, hit me up
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but that's what asking questions are for, right? ]
Other gods... you personally know some of them?
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But I know a few others back home.
(So yes, he does know some gods.)
Ah, that's right. You don't really know, do you?
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That's why I'm here, right? I'm curious about this place, and even more so now that you have a connection to this one, apparently. Please do keep up.
[ it feels like they're going around in circles? just get on with it 😩 ]
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This was my resting place before. (And he points to the main shrine up ahead,) I used to listen to prayers everyday. Right there.
Of course, they couldn't tell I was there so maybe they thought no one was listening at all... but I listened to everyone.
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[ oh. of course he's also dead. ishmael doesn't bat an eyelash at this revelation, though the atmosphere does become more somber despite his casual voice.
but wait, he listened to everyone? how is that possible? ]
Erm, if that's the case... If you're this important of a figure to be laid to rest here, then what exactly are you?
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Despite being cryptic and vague and full of distractions, he's always been surprisingly open about some things if one can just ask the right questions and so he holds out his hands in front of him. There's a quick swirl of cherry blossom petals that seem to appear from nowhere and in a flash of bright white light... a sword rests in his open palms,)
This is me.
(A beautiful white sword with a white lacquer scabbard and gold regalia... kind of like a certain white haired swordsman with gold trinkets,)
"Tsurumaru Kuninaga." Forged in the Heian era and passed down through the years. I'm quite renowned back home.
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You're... the sword...
[ she reaches a hand out and - can she touch the sword? if only to poke it. ]
Wait, so you're not human this entire time?
[ she thought you were just some weirdo, tsuru 😭 ]
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This form is a gift from my master.
(And he smiles, holding his head up high,)
Are you surprised?
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[ well. he's still a freak in sword form, so.
anyway it's still a lot to take in. give her a moment. ]
Wait, hold on. If you're a sword, and this place managed to stand even after all those attacks... Did you originally come from this world, then?
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(Wow.)
This world? Not quite. A version of it, yes; there's a different problem where I'm from.
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So this is a different timeline, then.
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(Yeah, he'll roll with that theory. It's what he's been thinking, too.)
Sorry, I should have explained sooner but by the time I was ready... it never really came up.
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[ she walks up to his side. ]
But... Thanks for telling me anyway. I see now that this place has a lot of meaning for you. [ a pause. ] Do people pray to swords here as well? Like gods?
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(They were among the first batch to arrive, after all.)
No, not usually. I was just a medium for people to focus on. Other shrines have other items; mirrors, armor, instruments, and so on. Ah, but I didn't do much... I listened for them, even if, perhaps, the gods didn't at times.
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[ backstories, that is. maybe tsurumaru's just that eager to tell his side of the story. too bad ish doesn't share the same sentiment. ]
So you're just hearing them out... [ hmm. ] Isn't that tiring?
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Sometimes... but when someone asks for help... I can't help but listen.
(It's actually one of the reasons why he was summoned in the first place. He couldn't not listen and ended up answering humanity's prayers.)
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You think people's still praying for you to this day?
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(That's just how he is.)
It's how I was summoned in this form, after all.
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And I thought you'd be some kind of Abnormality. Guess I'm wrong.
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Strange. Weird. Annoying. Impossible to understand. But something about being called an abnormality...)
Oi, oi, there's no reason to be rude.
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[ ahem. ]
Abnormalities are what we call certain entities created from the human mind. They're not human, but I think there are Abnormalities that used to be human? [ like the magical girls... ] Sometimes we have to suppress these Abnormalities, and if we're lucky, we could get weapon and armor from them.
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"Not that type of abnormality." !!!
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"But you're still weird." Hey...
Well,)
Is that it? Then we aren't so different, really. Humans are the ones who create kami by sharing stories that give birth to them.
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[ once again, this is outside of her purview. everyday she wishes faust were here... ]
But the way you're brought into this world doesn't matter, right? Even someone like you deserve to live like everyone else here.
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He doesn't expect that to hit him the way it does. It takes him back to a certain place at the edge of the sea and he balks for a moment,)
You think so?
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[ he probably wouldn't get it as someone who'd lived for so long, but for someone like ishmael who had died and reborn a thousand times over? it does mean a whole lot. ]
Besides, any of us might be dismissed by LILITH at anytime. Better enjoy yourself now before it's too late.
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