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WHO: Rover and you!
WHAT: Monthly log
WHERE/WHEN: Various locations throughout the month.
WARNINGS: Will update this as they come up.
01. Generic starters - throughout the month - various locations in Neo-Tokyo
[ rover is doing her best to get to know her location and the people in it! if you come across her during your wanderings, feel free to say hi.
some places she can be found in:
a. shrines - shinjuku wandering around and checking out the set-up in the temples. the set-up is much simpler than what she'd seen in the gorges of spirit with jue's memorial.
b. LILICO game centre she's good with any of the games that require strength - first person shooter, fighting games, that kind of jazz. rover is also into puzzle games; the area she's in is most definitely designed for seniors and younger players, but she doesn't care. she'll finish that puzzle game.
c. tokyo bay a fun, solitary place to drink boba in is the top of some debris while watching the waves come in an out of the bay. she's just staring off the distance, mulling over her thoughts. she half-expects the rolling clouds to bring in some rain, and even stares up at the sky now and then to see if it's going to happen; but it doesn't, so she just remains on her perch. ]
02. Generic base shenanigans - meeting with teammates, others, etc.
[ a. redemption meet and greet. say hi! rover doesn't sleep well, she'll be out and about in odd hours of the night or early hours of the day. you can find her in the cafeteria, greenhouse, or just catch her before she's headed towards her quarters.
b. random otherwise feel free to send her a text or give her a call to say hi. same with A, she'll be out and about during odd hours of the night or early hours of the day just in different places. ]
03. Closed starters
[ in the comments with headers. ]
04. Game event (15 July)
[ link to her toplevel; feel free to drop by. ]
05. ETC. - other toplevels throughout the month that are OTA
[ feel free to tag. your character can assume they've come across each other during the downtime, had smalltalk, and at the very least exchanged names. rover is rather amiable.
- DATING LOG: toplevel
- HOT OR NOT: toplevel
if you want something custom, feel free to message me and we can work something out. ]
WHAT: Monthly log
WHERE/WHEN: Various locations throughout the month.
WARNINGS: Will update this as they come up.
01. Generic starters - throughout the month - various locations in Neo-Tokyo
[ rover is doing her best to get to know her location and the people in it! if you come across her during your wanderings, feel free to say hi.
some places she can be found in:
a. shrines - shinjuku wandering around and checking out the set-up in the temples. the set-up is much simpler than what she'd seen in the gorges of spirit with jue's memorial.
b. LILICO game centre she's good with any of the games that require strength - first person shooter, fighting games, that kind of jazz. rover is also into puzzle games; the area she's in is most definitely designed for seniors and younger players, but she doesn't care. she'll finish that puzzle game.
c. tokyo bay a fun, solitary place to drink boba in is the top of some debris while watching the waves come in an out of the bay. she's just staring off the distance, mulling over her thoughts. she half-expects the rolling clouds to bring in some rain, and even stares up at the sky now and then to see if it's going to happen; but it doesn't, so she just remains on her perch. ]
02. Generic base shenanigans - meeting with teammates, others, etc.
[ a. redemption meet and greet. say hi! rover doesn't sleep well, she'll be out and about in odd hours of the night or early hours of the day. you can find her in the cafeteria, greenhouse, or just catch her before she's headed towards her quarters.
b. random otherwise feel free to send her a text or give her a call to say hi. same with A, she'll be out and about during odd hours of the night or early hours of the day just in different places. ]
03. Closed starters
[ in the comments with headers. ]
04. Game event (15 July)
[ link to her toplevel; feel free to drop by. ]
05. ETC. - other toplevels throughout the month that are OTA
[ feel free to tag. your character can assume they've come across each other during the downtime, had smalltalk, and at the very least exchanged names. rover is rather amiable.
- DATING LOG: toplevel
- HOT OR NOT: toplevel
if you want something custom, feel free to message me and we can work something out. ]
contact: PM or plurk @ ilium.
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Did you learn anything from it?
[ or the fact that all he does is survive. in a rather grim way, rover can see that that's the problem, actually; because he has, unfortunately. he survived.
now what?
she doesn't know if geto has an answer to that now.
she supposes that strength is a noble pursuit, but if geto is mostly alone, then ... she doesn't even know what he pursues it for. it's a strange hobby, overall. another one of his mysteries. ]
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( It's a mild protest, and one he thinks falls a little flat. Because no matter what he'd filled his life with back home he's certain there remained a part of him that was. Ever since Riko Amanai died there has been a part of him that remains unreachable. Satoru might have been able to, but Geto had cut that off at the pass so thoroughly, so effectively that nobody else has ever been able to make the attempt. No one else could ever know him as well.
It still burns all these years later.
Geto holds back a sigh, gaze dropping to the dark depths of his tea. ) You have to learn to rely on yourself. Nothing is permanent, no matter how hard you try. Loss is a part of a jujutsu sorcerer's life. It is better to learn that early on and prepare yourself for it. But I am lucky. I have people. I have my family. I go out in the field alone because it is easier to do so, but I can go home to them in the end.
( A pause. )
Or I could.
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you would have to be someone absolutely obsessed to be alone to have that kind of determination, she thinks, to walk a single path. either you were feared or hated. a danger to yourself or to others. threads she doesn't want to untangle right now. they were complicated, dense, interconnected. and she's not in a hurry. cutting the knot with a knife would render the thread useless. rover just nods at that; she won't contest it any further. she just drinks her tea. easier to answer everything else, offer a story of her own. navigate him like a current. ]
... these are similar lessons I've learned in our battles.
I have made a promise to a dear friend, that if he ever dies, I am to plant flowers he likes, in his memory, at a place overlooking the city he loves. [ she pauses as she thinks of the general, and then says, ] Of course, I wouldn't have let him die either way, but I intended to keep the promise for him, since he asked it of me.
It's a simple enough gesture that I can do it here myself, if it comes to that.
[ and that's the lesson in itself, too. loss doesn't have to be borne by one person. ]
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( At last, a little sincerity in his tone. ) It is always good to have something to hold on to, afterwards. And perhaps even if your friend is still alive you would like something to remember them by while you're here. LILITH might be amenable. They don't seem to mind nostalgia.
( He found two photographs in his room after all. )
In fact, possibly they utilise it. But flowers couldn't hurt.
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[ beyond just weapons, and whatever else can be asked of LILITH in this situation. a dearth of things that one never knew they could ask for - she sees the appeal in staying. if she could have small comforts, who cares how long it takes for her to return? it feels like the situation of many a soldier out in the endless night.
they have their comfortable silence, for a little while, rover happy enough to drink her tea, until she asks again, ] How did you become a sorcerer?
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( He does not count the Zenin girl, he will not. ) Usually at a young age a cursed technique will show. If you're from a major clan you will have been trained from birth to hone your skills in advance of this. If you're not, hopefully one of the schools finds you. It can be frightening, seeing things that no one else can, and not knowing why.
( It had been, for him, even more so due to the sickly nature of his cursed technique. But he doesn't seem to mind it. At least not on the surface. )
And you? Are you born with your skill too?
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[ which is the truth of it. ]
Resonators discover - and shape - their abilities due to their past experiences, and their unconscious mind. The act of absorbing Tacet Discords - our monsters - in order to attain power ... results in the body rejecting this transformation.
There are a few exceptions. [ she thinks of the fractsidus, thinks of scar and the other girl, and then of herself, and then she adds, ] ... Not very good exceptions. But they do exist.
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( He surprises himself by keeping his voice even. There's not even a hint of a shake, but Geto isn't sure if that's more the surprise than anything else. He finds himself leaning forward a little in his chair, grip tightening ever so slightly on his teacup, hungry for the answer. )
What is the transformation? A byproduct? Or would it turn anyone not a Resonator.
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[ she notes his interest. rover keeps a finger over the rim of her cup, thinking about how best to explain the circumstances of resonators to him. ]
Most resonators require a terminal to do the conversion. I don't.
The transformation is brief, of course. You can turn back to your self. And the Echoes you have contribute to your risk of Overclocking as a Resonator.
But I don't have such penalties. [ she tilts her head, sighing. ] Though LILITH has seen fit to reduce my abilities.
[ and perhaps now he gets the idea of why she wants to spar with him - she wants to know how much more of her abilities have been dampened since coming here. more importantly - ] It interests you.
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( No, it's obviously something more than. Geto's gaze settles on her, assessing. ) Each jujutsu sorcerer has their own technique. Some can be passed down, but usually our abilities are different. Yours sounded ... similar. But at the same time very much not. Professional curiosity, that's all.
( And not because he's spent half his life seething over the way his own makes him feel. )
What do you feel when you're harnessing a monster? Are you still yourself?
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... Personally, I think nothing much of it. [ but she is also #not like other resonators. she can afford to think nothing of the intricacies of it. ] In the middle of my fight, I am more concerned about the enemy - I expect it's the same for most others. It's our way of fighting.
What are your abilities? [ professional curiousity and all. ]
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( Easy enough, light enough, conversational. ) Unlike you I do not turn into them, but I ... house them, I suppose. Absorption. I no longer have the full range of my curses, LILITH's doing, but at one point I was master of four thousand of them.
( Idle, showing off but not. It doesn't matter that half were destroyed in his failed attempt on the school, he was still strong once. )
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[ how strange to find someone like her. rover is very much surprised. 4000 is ... a large number to be in control of, as well. it's impressive, sure, but rover frowns at the number. something about him is familiar, in a worrisome way. like looking at her reflection in the dark. ]
... that's a huge amount of curses. Why do you need so much?
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( Hard to explain that he'd been a fugitive, that if the higher ups had ever managed to convince Gojo Satoru that killing him was the only option he would have needed to be stronger, that consuming curses was all he had ever known, had no way to not. )
Besides, it was my duty. I had a family to take care of. People that needed me.
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[ after all, he could die. ]
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( Flat, and repetitive. It's a difficult subject. All he knows is that human veers a little too close to being aligned with non-shamans. )
And I don't know much about that. What does anything cost?
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... so the difference is the ... abilities you have?
[ walk her through your logic, man. ]
Most abilities do have costs, do they not? If the ability to become a sorcerer can't be made, and can only be inherited, then you're in a unique position in being able to utilize your curses the way Resonators can.
Others compensate by having to force the unification of Tacet Discords with their bodies and lose their sense of self; or are manipulated by others into a following that encourages this kind of dangerous transformation, as in a cult, to use them for their own destructive goals. I have seen it happen before.
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It's all cursed energy. Humans cannot control theirs. The greed and the hate and the violence that lives in them ferments. Given enough time, enough fuel, that cursed energy becomes a cursed spirit. Whereas jujutsu sorcerers have the ability to control their own energy. And yet, we shamans have to clean up the mess. ( It's even, placid, gaze lazy.
It remains so even as she explains how some of her peers lose themselves to the monsters. A muscle twitches a little in his jaw. He has to fight back a wild bark of a laugh at cult. All of a sudden he wants out of the conversation, but it would be too telling to up and leave. So instead he hums, faux thoughtful. ) Cultists are few and far between here. ( He's so funny. ) Maybe you're right. I don't waste my time thinking much on the cost though.
( More like he refuses to. It would snap some of the lingering threads. )
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hard to pry open a puzzle she can't make out the beginning or end of. ]
... I suppose it's hard to find devotion in a strange world where a lot of things is taken away from you from the beginning. That's stressful enough of a change to start pondering.
[ she finishes her tea. ] What kind of a future do you see for your world, then?
[ hers is easy, maybe a little too transparent; she can't figure out geto's vision. ]
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( Easy enough, his shoulders loosening. ) Jujutsu sorcerers are the ones tasked with keeping humanity alive, but they aren't the ones creating the problem. It needs to be cut off at the root, otherwise we'll just continue to lose without change. It's something I had thought to change before I came here, but - ( A shrug. ) It didn't come to fruition.
( His tea is almost finished. Geto turns the cup to look at the leaves. )
It's not anything to do with me anymore.
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rover leans back in a slight exhale, her arms crossed over her chest. how different they were, and how similar. ]
... in the years I've lived, the world has moved on in ways I can't exactly say I approved of, nor do I like. [ and she wasn't even there for the most part to remember it. just that when she's found out who she was it was already ... done. the world had changed, is changing. ]
However, perhaps there is a future where both of our dreams come true. Just not in ways we expect.
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( He sounds doubtful, but not entirely disheartened. ) I have hope for the next generation at least. The ones I have met have more heart. Even if they've been through the worst of the worst they still try. And if anyone can change the way I'm sure it is them. But there's little I can do here, beyond making sure the weight of it doesn't ruin them. There's little point in anything else.
( The number of jujutsu sorcerers are far outweighed by non-shamans, and the more he knows of LILITH's company the less clear the line is drawn. )