uruha catchall

[florescences]

mr. 30 something teen looking samurai boy

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week 3, monday

[kumeyuri]

[i am not going to think of a premise, they're in the house of mirrors and woohoo memory]

[florescences]

[ in tears

she watches uruha's death reflect on the mirror surfaces, and she recalls some of their previous conversations. this is the kind of betrayal they talk about in the bible.

she stares for a long moment. even she couldn't expect this. ]

What....? Your teacher was the one...?

[kumeyuri]

[...

he's also quiet for a while. then, simply,]

Yes.

[his teacher, his friend and ally, and his murderer.]

[florescences]

[ she has had to fight against companions before and participated in killing them because they could not be turned back from what they became, but this is different.

in some ways, samura reminds her of someone she knows, but in other ways, he isn't at all. ]

.... He seemed driven by an unimaginable amount of guilt. [ if that's what it is. she thinks uruha would know more than she would. ] Do you feel betrayed?

[kumeyuri]

[he doesn't address the guilt part.]

I'd be lying if I said not at all, but...

[because it really did come out of left field for him, even if in hindsight, he can recognize that he and samura have been fractured since long ago.]

I don't resent him for it.

[florescences]

[ she smiles a little although there are some complicated feelings behind it. ]

I don't know if I can say that's surprising or not. On one hand, that seems so you, but on the other hand... most people can't help but feel a little resentment when they're betrayed.

[ is that a proper use for those special blades? ]

But you're not most people.

[kumeyuri]

[he lets out a breath.]

I understand why he did what he did. And I believe him, when he says that he won't let the Hishaku do as they please. If he had somehow reobtained Tobimune and approached me years ago, I might've even agreed to be cut down, without a fight.

[but this wasn't years ago, it was now, after too much had been lost already.]

I'm angry at him, but I'm worried as well. He's never been the kind of person willing to rely on others, even at the cost of his own happiness.

[florescences]

[ don't just agree to be cut down, even years ago. ]

Yeah.

[ that's a soft and understanding agreement. ]

I've seen that kind of purpose in someone before. It cost him his happiness, too. Do you think anyone can get through to him?

[kumeyuri]

No. [simply.] Samura-san is one of the most stubborn people I know. And pragmatically, his plan makes sense.

[florescences]

Sometimes, the most pragmatic and rational plans are the scariest and most extreme.

[ her tone is light, as ever. ]

[kumeyuri]

[...]

Speaking from personal experience?

[florescences]

Would you undergo surgery to be spliced and infused with genes of the beasts you're trying to defeat?

[kumeyuri]

Huh?

[florescences]

[ she points to her elf ears. ]

I wasn't born with those. They were a side effect.

[kumeyuri]

... Oh...

[to be honest, this kind of experimentation is very outside of his wheelhouse so he's just ???]

[florescences]

[ that's fine. he can be even more ????

the mirrors shift to reflect something else now (20:23 to 26:23).

ignore.... how her model has her elf ears here..... tears up when the narrative tells you something different than what you see ]

[kumeyuri]

[...

a lot of that was confusing, but.]

... Did you want power?

[florescences]

[ the question is funny to her, but she doesn't laugh.

she shakes her head. ]

No. [ it's said in a slightly softer tone. ] I didn't want him to be alone. Kevin was the first one who volunteered and successfully took to that surgery. Because he was first... his side effect was worse than most.

[ ... ]

But we did need power. I can't say we didn't.

[kumeyuri]

It did seem like you did it for him.

[even with missing context, he could tell that much from the memory.]

Misery loves company.

[florescences]

It wasn't only for him, and we wouldn't be last ones to do it.

[ still, she smiles. ]

But he was a major part of it. Can you imagine your body temperature getting so cold that no one can no longer touch you? That's how it was for him.

[kumeyuri]

... Sounds like you guys made a lot of personal sacrifices.

[florescences]

You know as well as I do how necessary it is in war, to live and survive. In my era, humanity was on the brink.

[kumeyuri]

In your era... You said on the network that you became some kind of simulation?

[florescences]

Hmm... Became isn't quite right? Because our era was nearing its end, we wanted to preserve some of its memories. I'm a simulation created by Elysia's memories.

[ whoa what a convenient time for the mirror to show a relevant conversation. ]

[kumeyuri]

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he is so confused.]