Audience- Yoji Uruha

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[batterypack]

Free housing, free rein... it was meant to be a good set-up so you had nothing to worry about and could be comfortable for your stay. Especially knowing there was a chance you'd be facing some difficult inner challenges.

[kumeyuri]

Mm. Some people just have to live alone, I guess.

[batterypack]

[ wait this is memshare. STARTS WANDERING MORE AIMLESSLY BUT WOO, approaching the funhouse without noticing. ]

Not that I want to police people's problems, but it really does feel like such a minor one in comparison to everything else.

[kumeyuri]

[MORE AIMLESS WANDERING i'm sorry for my slowness ty]

Well, having control over little things like this helps some.

[batterypack]

[ how dare you.... ]

I do wish you all had a little more control of other things, but I have a feeling giving some of you more control would turn out poorly.

[kumeyuri]

... Considering all the property damage in the first days...

[batterypack]

The fact that you all continued even after we arrived is really what's impressive. [ not in a good way. ]

[kumeyuri]

Hey, I wasn't involved in any of that.

[batterypack]

Wow. So quick to throw everyone under the bus. I see how it is.

[ also i'm making you memshare first as they approach the house without noticing. ]

[kumeyuri]

[wow!!

but okay here.]

[batterypack]

[ okay well. this does make her pause and slide her gaze over to him. ]

... you said before there's only a certain amount of those blades, didn't you? It makes sense why people would fight to keep you alive.

[kumeyuri]

[...]

Yeah. Six—seven including one forged after the war.

[batterypack]

... what... was all of that, at the end? [ she's seen some batshit stuff in the last year, but she still has trouble fully grasping the things from other people's worlds and more than anything she wants to understand them rather than assume. ]

[kumeyuri]

... That was Tobimune. Samura-san's Enchanted Blade.

[batterypack]

It's a crow? [ yes she is focused on birds, sorry. ] How does that one work?

[kumeyuri]

Birds in general. Crow was just one of its abilities as you saw—allowing Samura-san to swiftly slice apart his enemies.

[batterypack]

Birds are pretty dangerous if you're not careful. [ but also. damn. ] You've told me about the blades but... there's something different about seeing them in action.

[ ... ]

But it sounds complicated nevertheless. To have one, to deal with other people who have one, and to navigate your interactions with the rest of the world who know how important the blades are.

[kumeyuri]

I won't deny that being the bearer of an Enchanted Blade has completely defined my life. [for better or for worse.] But I'll never regret accepting Kumeyuri from Rokuhira-san.

[batterypack]

Because it's important to you. And what Rokuhira stood for is something you firmly believe in, right? You don't seem like someone who accepts great responsibility without knowing how it'll change you and accepting it.

[kumeyuri]

[well we just got lore yesterday that when uruha accepted this blade he also accepted having his life literally tied to another guy's and that he'll just FCKIN DIE if the other dude does so yeah there was a lot of faith going on here]

Responsibility isn't something you half-ass.

[batterypack]

You'd be surprised how many people might not actually agree with that. [ not her, but in general. ] Or they don't know exactly how much responsibility they're agreeing to.

[kumeyuri]

Maybe. Once you make your choices, though, all you can do is adapt.

[batterypack]

But what happens if adapting takes you too far from where you wanted to be?

[kumeyuri]

... You can't control everything in life—that's something you have to learn to accept. You just have to stand by the decisions you made.

[batterypack]

Even if they're not exactly decisions you had much of a choice in?