Audience- Yoji Uruha

[holyspirits]

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[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?

[kumeyuri]

No, that was a separate squad. When it came to wielders of the Enchanted Blades, there were... six of us, back during the war.

[holyspirits]

Enchanted Blades... [ interesting. ] What made each blade special?

[kumeyuri]

[he is glad to talk about this and not a very specific thing about the enchanted blades he was trying to dodge. thank you, zuriel.]

Each was forged using special ore—only Rokuhira-san, as a blacksmith, was talented enough to harness it and imbue each blade without harm. Impressive, right!? [ROKUHIRA-SAN... SO COOL...] As a result, each blade was capable of unleashing great power, using the wielder's spirit energy. Like sorcery, but amplified to a much stronger degree due to the properties of the blade.

[holyspirits]

[ they aren't a swordsman by any means, but they do find interest in power like this. moreso especially when he says spirit energy is involved. ]

That is very impressive. It would take someone powerful to control and contain raw spiritual energy like that. But if the blade serves as a conduit, it can reflect back even more powerful than if it were roaming on its own. That's magnificent!

[ they don't seem too surprised, actually, but they are very much like "yes this is more what i am used to" in a way. ]

[kumeyuri]

Yeah!

[THIS IS THE MOST ALIVE URUHA HAS LOOKED ALL GAME (BEING DEAD ASIDE) BECAUSE HE LOVES TALKING ABOUT ROKUHIRA. THIS MAN IS HIS LIFE.]

The tradeoff is that due to the limited capacity of spirit energy within one's body, our contract with the blades meant that we had to permanently give up the ability to use our own innate sorcery. But it was worth it, to be told by Rokuhira-san that he considered me worthy of one of his swords, and to fight on his behalf on the battlefield.

[holyspirits]

[ who knew that was all it took. ]

You knew what you were giving up when he offered you the blade, didn't you? It wasn't a surprise later. What did your specific sword allow you to do?

[kumeyuri]

Yeah, I knew. [DON'T ASK ME THIS WE DON'T KNOW YET AAAAAAA except for this one singular detail i can give. me like please villain who inherited uruha's sword activate it faster.] Kumeyuri? Through it, the wielder's spirit energy manifested as oiran figures.

[holyspirits]

[ i'm helping. ]

Like extra hands in battle. [ they assume. they don't know what that means entirely but they can guess. ] Having extra reinforcements of any kind must have been very helpful. But then how do you replenish your spiritual energy after you wield it?

[ i will give you an out jan. ]

If it's too difficult to explain, don't worry. I was just curious how it works in other places.

[kumeyuri]

[PLEASE SPARE ME]

How does it work where you're from?

[holyspirits]

[ they think this over. ]

Are you familiar with psychics?

[kumeyuri]

Are they anything like sorcerers?

[holyspirits]

In a way. They're people who can tap into spiritual energy in objects, or in certain places where the energy gathers. They can see the future, they can read your future, and they can perform some pretty big things if they channel their energy.

[kumeyuri]

[a nod]

Seeing and reading the future's new to me, unless you count fortune tellers and the like. [aka who knows if they really have the power or if it's a scam.] Are psychics commonplace?

[holyspirits]

[ yeah, this tracks. they shake their head. ]

Not particularly, but my entire family has those abilities. I grew up around it, so I was curious. About the differences, that is.

[kumeyuri]

I see. Well, sorcery's a bit similar—its nature tends to be hereditary, so clan members are likely to all possess the same kind.

Does the rest of society know about it?

[holyspirits]

That makes sense. Does it ever skip generations? [ there's a nod. ]

Everyone in town knows. And people outside of it, too. They made a business out of it.

[kumeyuri]

I'm not part of any clan or anything myself, so I'm not too sure.

... So kind of like fortune tellers, then?

[holyspirits]

Yeah. People can call for readings over the phone, but a lot of people come to the house to have their cards read instead. You can pick up a lot from a person's energy by meeting them face to face.

[kumeyuri]

[a hum]

Sounds like a complicated business. I imagine you get all kinds of clients.

[holyspirits]

It can be, and we do. But I usually stay out of the readings unless I'm needed. I can't do much otherwise.

[kumeyuri]

What was your part in them?