Augh, obviously not ONLY bad things have happened or I'd be like, sad all the time?? It's just that on a wider scale it feels like nothing good has happened since Byakuroku died.
It just... every time I got close to people, and things seemed like they could be better.. it never... there was always some new way for things to go wrong. Even here.
... Yeah. Though I keep thinking about the yakou. It wasn't obsessed with making a "story" in the same way, but. It was lonely. It tried to talk down to me, about how Byakuroku wasn't my real father, and I think it was because it was jealous.
I guess that would be a question for that voice they keep talking to. What would we even do about that, though? We all have somewhere to go home to, so it's not like we can stay just to keep it company.
Guess that would explain it wanting a sequel, though.
... Yeah. That's true. I... I'm not really the type for pity but... Shinonome eventually managed to realize that was the issue. And he turned it back into the original thing he made was, that was benign.
[ a bit of gentle teasing as he listens to what tsuyu has to say. ]
Sounds a little like Festus - like something went wrong with the parts, and it lost its way. But things like that can almost always be fixed. Or at least, repurposed.
We can definitely try. Kon will have the advantage because he's familiar, but I don't need to be familiar to help out a machine in need. Between the two of us, we could probably figure out what it needs to make it better.
Yeah. I don't like him, but I know he's smart. And so are you. Plus there's Futaba that knows about computers too? And Caleb who knows a lot about magic.
[Hmph!!! There it is, his huffy confidence is back.] They picked the wrong people to mess with, basically.
Oh, right, you weren't at trial. I used my vouchers to get back my ability to conjure it. I guess since we're heading back soon for the final battle I could get it out now.
[He does want to show off for Leo. So he pulls out a... twig?]
Alright. [And he stands up so he has enough room, as the twig suddenly, impossibly grows into a full sized staff, complete with a metal head and jingly rings.]
[ and of course his eyes widen in surprise. it's almost like seeing the transformations from his friends' weapons, but from a twig? that's different. ]
Very cool. How do you fight with it - do you just whack people or what?
Yeah? What else would I do with it? The metal end is pretty heavy so it packs a punch. [He twists it in his hands with the casual confidence of someone finally handling their preferred weapon. From the way it moves you can tell there's a significant weight to the end as he says.]
I don't know; it's not like I've ever fought someone with a staff.
[ he is watching how it moves with the eye of someone who knows weapons, though. ]
You could really do a number on someone with that if you hit them right, huh? [ so that's how otome died? ] How often do you have to use it? I thought you were supposed to be some kind of doctor.
No? It's my job to protect the forest and the ayakashi that live in it. There's always some onmyoji sniffing around trying to "get rid of the threat" that ayakashi pose.
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...but of course, he has to try to lighten the mood. ]
What does that make me, then?
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That- I mean, outside of people, obviously?? You're not a "thing" that "happened," that's completely different!
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It was the same for me after my mom died. And it wasn't until I met Jason and Piper that it started to feel like it coul dget better, so... I get it.
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It just... every time I got close to people, and things seemed like they could be better.. it never... there was always some new way for things to go wrong. Even here.
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[ wonder if amatsuki is the same way... ]
It's not over yet, though. We can still kick its butt for all it put us through.
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[What if the story is lonely too?]
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Guess that would explain it wanting a sequel, though.
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[ a bit of gentle teasing as he listens to what tsuyu has to say. ]
Sounds a little like Festus - like something went wrong with the parts, and it lost its way. But things like that can almost always be fixed. Or at least, repurposed.
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Then maybe once we're all back together, between you and him... You could find a way to reason with it?
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[Hmph!!! There it is, his huffy confidence is back.]
They picked the wrong people to mess with, basically.
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You got that right. If anyone can figure it out, it's the people here. We've got this, Tsuyu.
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[He says even though it is nowhere to be seen???]
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[ what is the truth ]
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[He does want to show off for Leo. So he pulls out a... twig?]
Wanna see?
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Sure. Show me what you've got.
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Alright.
[And he stands up so he has enough room, as the twig suddenly, impossibly grows into a full sized staff, complete with a metal head and jingly rings.]
How's that?
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Very cool. How do you fight with it - do you just whack people or what?
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[He twists it in his hands with the casual confidence of someone finally handling their preferred weapon. From the way it moves you can tell there's a significant weight to the end as he says.]
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[ he is watching how it moves with the eye of someone who knows weapons, though. ]
You could really do a number on someone with that if you hit them right, huh? [ so that's how otome died? ] How often do you have to use it? I thought you were supposed to be some kind of doctor.
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...But you guys aren't, like, actively hurting them, are you?
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