uruha catchall

[florescences]

mr. 30 something teen looking samurai boy

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[kumeyuri]

[frantically looks up more shamisen songs he starts playing this one minus vocals, sure]

[florescences]

[ help you could have said yea without linking anything and i would have elysia be all ooooh again all the same

oooh

she comes closer and claps when it looks.... when it sounds like he reaches a stopping pint. ]

You're amazing, Uruha!

[kumeyuri]

[he blinks a little when she claps, before glancing away.]

... I'm out of practice.

[florescences]

Oh, so you mean you're even more amazing.

[ hehe ]

[kumeyuri]

All right, that's enough flattery.

[florescences]

It's what I think, Uruha. And it's what I feel. If it's your potential... I can see it. I heard it.

[kumeyuri]

[a huff]

Well, I'd hope so. I don't do things to be bad at them.

[florescences]

[ she laughs a little. ]

Oh! We love confidence in a person. Good for you, Uruha.

[kumeyuri]

You really talk like you're my teacher or something...

[CONSTANTLY REMINDED THAT ELYSIA IS SOOOOO OLD IS SHE SURE SHE DOESN'T WANT A -SAN]

[florescences]

[ DOES HE WANT TO MAKE HER SAD ACT LIKE THE 30YO YOU ARE URUHA ]

Do you want me to be? I can be an excellent guide.

[ unfortunately, her ego, ]

[kumeyuri]

[uruha is bad at acting like a man in his thirties sometimes]

I don't need another teacher, so I'll pass.

[florescences]

[ how very 30yo man of him. ]

Aww, too bad. Does that mean you have a teacher right now?

[ or had. ]

[kumeyuri]

... Had a master in swordsmanship.

[florescences]

Will you tell me about them?

[kumeyuri]

[...]

Samura-san. The kind of guy who acts frivolous, but actually takes things more seriously than anyone else. He was one of the best swordsmen there is.

[florescences]

Oh, he sounds like someone I'd love to meet. Someone you can rely on when it matters most.

[kumeyuri]

[tries to imagine samura and elysia meeting. makes a face. anyway.]

... Well, he's got his quirks and frustrating points too. [torn between displaying the expected courtesy of a disciple towards his master versus the fact that samura is. unabashedly something.] But if he's on your side, then... yeah, there's no one more reliable.

[florescences]

[ wow? doesn't he think they'd be good friends? (doesn't know if they'd be good friends)

she smiles. ]

Your teacher should be on your side even if he's testing you. You can be frank about him with me. I won't tell anyone what you say.

[kumeyuri]

[...

he just shakes his head, slowly.]

Everything I said was genuine. And it's not like Samura-san has ever pretended to have social grace.

[florescences]

That sounds like he's honest in his own way?

[kumeyuri]

Let's put it this way: Samura-san is blind, so one of the first things he does upon meeting a stranger is to grab and feel their face to get an idea of what they look like.

[things uruha has learned not to bat an eye at when he sees it happen.]

[florescences]

Blind and one of the greatest swordsmen? He must be even more amazing.

[ she tilts her head. ]

I don't think it's wrong of him to want to know how someone looks like in his mind's eye, but I imagine it's off-putting if he's not the type to ask.

[kumeyuri]

Yeah, he fights primarily using echolocation, which he can only do because of how skilled his technique is. Even now, my skills are nothing compared to my master's.

[he can admit that easily.

dryly,]

He's not.

[florescences]

[ this is monday, so she just

reaches out to touch his face. ]

[kumeyuri]

[?????????????????? WHAT IS HAPPENING]

What are you doing?