Audience- Yoji Uruha

[holyspirits]

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[holyspirits]

[ trade them, maybe. ]

So I've heard. [ they also sound annoyed about that? for some reason. ] Money isn't the answer to everything either though. Just because you have it doesn't mean you can just throw it away on whatever you want.

[kumeyuri]

Mm-hmm. ... As with most things, it's just another tool to make life easier.

[holyspirits]

[ ...hm... ]

Tell me something. What else do you think would make life easier if you had it?

[kumeyuri]

[he thinks about this for a moment.]

More strength.

[holyspirits]

Physical, mental, or emotional?

[ important distinction. ]

[kumeyuri]

Physical.

[uruha's confident in his mental and emotional strength (when it counts) thanks

not that he's unconfident in his combat ability given that he's a literal war hero but]

[holyspirits]

And how would you use that strength? [ he is a swordsman. would it just make him swing his sword better? they have zero concept of what this might mean for him. ]

[kumeyuri]

If I was stronger—as strong as my teacher, at least—there would've been fewer lives lost in the conflict.

[including his own, maybe.]

[holyspirits]

[ oh, now we're getting somewhere. they lead him into a different shop. this one seems to be selling coffee mugs. ]

"The conflict"?

[kumeyuri]

[idly browses through mugs]

Stuff back home. A lot of people wanted us dead, and a lot of other people got caught up in that.

[holyspirits]

A war? Or something else? [ what was happening in your home, sir. ]

[kumeyuri]

Not a war—not yet, at least. [thinks about ffs samura you better keep your word about not letting the hishaku use kumeyuri for evil or he's going to come back to life to kick your ass.] More of a particularly powerful criminal organization.

[holyspirits]

So how do you go about dismantling an organization like that? Even something that powerful has holes in it somewhere.

[kumeyuri]

Didn't get far enough to worry about that. [before he died.] We barely know anything about them as it is.

[holyspirits]

So that's a reason you would want to go back, then? [ they don't want to assume, they're mostly prodding to see what he has to say. ] Where did they even come from?

[kumeyuri]

It's hard to be at peace knowing they're running around, for sure. [though it's not necessarily THE reason in itself.] We don't know.

[cannot stress they know jack shit because uruha literally died around the same time chihiro was actually getting info]

[holyspirits]

[ hope you don't suddenly get the answer midgame. ]

I think that would bother me a lot, too. Knowing they're still out there making a mess of the world even though I'm not there anymore. Things don't stop just because of death. Not for everyone.

[kumeyuri]

[it'll be fine because at least uruha wouldn't know that lore anyway UNLIKE ALL THE OTHER LORE I HAVE TO DANCE AWAY FROM]

... For better or for worse, you're right. The world goes on, both for those left behind and for society.

[just in case there happens to be

more bad with moving on. uruha's death truly caused problems. it's fine.]

[holyspirits]

[ this raises another question of: ]

What sort of people did you leave behind?

[kumeyuri]

[uruha was actually thinking of himself because HE'S THE ONE WHO'S BEEN LEFT BEHIND TO SURVIVE ALL THE TIME!!! DAMN IT!!! but also he did traumatize a few teens on the way out so]

Hm... there were a few people tasked with guarding me. I'm sorry to them—I don't want them to blame themselves for my death. They did their best.

[holyspirits]

[ listen they will come back to that! ]

Guarding you because of those same people who were coming after you to kill you? Like bodyguards then. How long were you with them...?

[kumeyuri]

Not long. About an hour.

[it took an hour for their water bottle to drop dead.]

Though one of them was the son of a man I once fought for, so he knew of me before we met.

[holyspirits]

An hour? [ HELLO. ] That's... absurd.

[ wow that sucks for them. but oh? ]

Like... a captain? [ is that the right word. ]

[kumeyuri]

No, not a captain. He was...

[he stops to think about how to phrase this, but also zuriel may get the feeling that uruha is suddenly about one step away from animal crossing flowers blooming over his head? 🥺🥺🥺]

He became a famous hero for the blades he created during the war, and I was among those he chose to wield one. So it was more like I was a representative of his beliefs.

[holyspirits]

[ oh good, they found a special interest. ]

Oh. Like a knight. [ that is not quite the same but it's their frame of reference. ] Appointed to his court because he believed you would serve well in his honor. How many blades were there? All of the others you mentioned in your group?