florescences | uruha catchall

[no it's not because you're going to start asking questions that i don't have lore for screams

uruha does not even remotely think this, unfortunately, so.]

... Sure.

[ help me i will try to avoid anything you don't have answers for but i don't know anything about kagurabachi and neither does elysia

she holds out her free hand to him. will he hold hands with her and walk? ]

I know you said you were in a war... and that you were rusty with your theater dancing, but what were you doing before you died?

[...]

Dealing with a criminal organization.

[ huh. hm. unexpected a little but she takes it in stride.

is he ignoring her hand? ): ]

Like the type that deals in drugs and underground deals?

[no i just couldn't read. he will take her hand.]

Not exactly. We don't know exactly what their end goal is, but I guess it would be more accurate to call them a group of terrorists who mostly operate from the shadows.

[ yay. :) ]

They cause.... large scale destruction and death? Are you part of some police force?

[ is that why he wanted the government at the beginning of the game ]

No. I was a soldier, but I'm not in service anymore, and I don't work for the Kamunabi.

[how does he explain this...]

The group—the Hishaku—stole a set of blades that could destroy the country, if they're able to activate their power. The only obstacle is that the blades are still contracted to their original wielders, and so can't be used by anyone else but them for as long as they live.

So this group is looking for the original wielders and is trying to assassinate them?

[ she looks at his sword if he has it on him. ]

[he does have his sword, though it's a generic katana.]

Yeah.

Are you one? Of the original wielders?

[he nods.]

I was one of the six swordsmen chosen by Rokuhira-san—the smith who created the blades—back during the war, along with my master.

[ was he assassinated? he's here, so that means he was probably assassinated. that's what elysia's thinking. me, thinking, is this typical jan behavior? ]

The one you have now isn't it, if you said they were stolen. Were you unable to get it back?

[HELLO?]

Like I said, they operate from the shadows, so we know next to nothing about them. Their identities, hideout, etc.—let alone where to take the blades back from. [...] We... do have a means of retrieving them now, thanks to the powers of a kid who showed up recently, but he's still recovering and it's not safe for him to push himself.

[and then uruha died, so.]

[ WELL..... I FEEL LIKE HE'S PRETTY YOU am i wrong ]

They must be especially good at staying hidden. Was it an unfortunate accident for you, or did they manage to take you out from the shadows?

[cease]

... They started launching full-out attacks on the fortresses where the Kamunabi had sent us into hiding. Mine was the first, and I fled to Samura-san's to regroup with him. I died after the attack there.

I'm sorry, Yoji. At least... if we do get to return like they said, you'll be able to do something about it.

[ or at least, she hopes. ]

[he breathes out.]

That's the plan. Although I'd need to arrange to be revived somewhere else, since sending me back there will just get me killed again. Luckily, that's apparently something they can do... and it'll be as though I never died in the first place, so my contract with Kumeyuri shouldn't be broken.

[ she squeezes his hand. ]

I know you'll succeed, especially if you can alter how you return. You'll undermine them, for sure.

... Mm. I'd rather not lose to Rokuhira-san's murderers.

[his duty comes before that, given that the hishaku have blatantly had no qualms about murdering innocents, but. on an emotional level, there's that.]

[ duty is important, but when it coincides with an emotional want, it's better. ]

I have faith in you. [ based on what, when she still knows so little about the hishaku, but she knows uruha enough to want to believe in him. ] Who is Rokuhira to you?

[perks up]

Rokuhira-san was the greatest man I knew. [a little starry-eyed... it'd be more but he's tired today.] Being entrusted with Kumeyuri—to fight in his name on the battlefield—was the biggest honour of my life.

[ her smile is warm, fond. at least now she knows there's an avenue for distraction or to lift uruha's mood, if she ever needs it. ]

He sounds like an amazing person to have such admiration from you.

[he will gladly talk about rokuhira, whenever.]

He was. His composure was unreal, and he was a good man, all around. Kind-hearted and friendly.

[ yay, elysia loves to see love. ]

Do you know how he chose the people to give those special swords to?

We were all sword users of repute from even before the war—he couldn't afford to give the blades to someone who didn't have the skill to wield it.

[matter of fact. uruha hardly thinks he's the greatest swordsman around, but he knows he's good with the status to go with it.]

And he chose those whom he trusted to represent his beliefs on the battlefield. Vanquish evil, and protect the weak.

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