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flameguard) wrote2024-06-10 03:34 pm
flameguard) wrote2024-06-10 03:34 pmmygod | pc catchall | iwatooshi
this is the single loudest pc catchall in this game
flameguard) wrote2024-06-10 03:34 pm
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he is resting, but he'll let rondo in with a small smile! he's changed out of rondo's ruined uniform into a loose yukata that gives a nice little peek at all his fashionable new scars. weirdly, his eyes are a vibrant green, and there seems be a smattering of something dark all over his hands and forearms. maybe just his gloves? anyway. ]
Hello, Rondo. Come in.
[ all things considered, he appears to be in a much better mood. ]
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Sir Iwatooshi... [ there's a little relief in his voice, though his eyes flick over the green eyes and the dark. are those scales. ] You look much better. How are you feeling...?
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I feel fine, thank you.
[ he's just going to go sit on a cushion, though the movement is far less graceful than it would under normal circumstances. he has to specifically look for it, as opposed to navigating the space naturally. ]
What about mew, though? Are your meowmories alright?
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My... memories?
[ oh. right. rondo bites his lip. ]
So... it was mine. [ that feels bad! really bad!!! ]
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he frowns, though, heart lurching hard in his chest. ]
... I see. [ mmmrhg. ] I... don't think anything feels strange. What... what happened?
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[ and he does smile! he's glad! ]
We were made to do sefurral kinds of trials. I remeowmber the one you did, with your Ringbearer Chosen, but they weren't quite like that...
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[ a hand comes into his pocket - he finds the stupid plush keychain and rubs his fingers on it, anxious. ]
Trials... [ oogh. ] That... can't be good. What kind...?
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[ hmmm but this is where the smile drops a bit. ]
We were each alone for the furst, and I can't remember meowch of mine. It's foggy. I only recall being offered a chance to change history for Yoshitsuneko in a dream, but not why I would take the opportunity.
[ so that's bugging him a little, but anyway. ]
Nyasa-dono and I were together fur the second set of trials. We had to fight a large creature at furst. [ his eyes dart over to where his naginata sits in the stand. ] It broke me, and I think it killed Nyasa-dono, too. But we came back, somehow, and got around it the second time. Then we met Signya, and were told to sacrifice something.
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anyway. hmm! concerning. he chews on his lip, listening. iwatooshi having trouble remembering things is definitely bad, though he can't exactly place his finger on why it's bad (maybe this was isla?) and he can't say that large creatures are unusual. the idea of the naginata breaking makes him look visibly deeply upset, as his head follows where iwatooshi looks, and -- wait. ]
Signa? [ EXTREMELY CONCERNING ] You - what did she do?
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She was dressed diffurently, so I didn't recognyaze her when we furst met.
[ he knew her from that memory with sazantos, not posing as a priestess of rondo's gods. ]
She said that the only way to unlock the door was to give up something valuable for the Sacred Flame, and told us to offer it on the scale. And then she disappeared while we were left to make a choice.
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sacrifice, though. he looks down at his lap. ]
... To follow the Flame requires the resolve to overcome every desire. The will to reject all else for the sake of the path you believe in.
[ the words are repeated, as if he's heard them before. ] I... can't say that something like that surprises me. What did you give up...?
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[ not blaming him, just. he had no idea that was supposed to be part of it at all. ]
On the furst floor, my sense of touch. On the second... I don't know. I can't remeowmber that, either, just that it had something to do with meowmeries. On the third floor, I saw you, and... [ he frowns and shakes his head. ] I don't know. There were two there, fur Nyasa-dono, but I only remeowmber you, for me. And I refused.
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... Not so literally. I didn't have to give up anything, it - it was just something He said to me, during my trial.
[ well. he had to give up a lot, actually, but not like this, not so literally. he hesitates for a moment, and then reaches out to gently touch his hand and squeeze it.
the fact that he can't remember who the other person is... rondo isn't sure who it could be. it does not occur to him that it must be someone who is incredibly important to iwatooshi because his self worth is in the dirt. anyway ] Don't... don't worry too much about it, right now. It could be foggy for any number of reasons.
... You refused? [ a beat. ] You... did you have to try to kill me?
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he does not react to the touch. doesn't seem to have noticed it. ]
No. I left you on the scale and mewved on. [ ... ] E-fur-dently, that door was nyalready unlocked. I just wish I'd known before Nyasa-dono made her choice.
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anyway that's... well. he ducks his head, a little. ]
...That makes a little more sense. It sounds like what happened to me. [ in his trial, after all, the correct answer had not been to kill the ringbearer chosen. it had been the commitment to his resolve not to kill someone he cared about that finally filled him with the might of the flame.
rondo briefly reaches up and touches his heart. it's still cold. it always feels cold. but... ]
The Flame responds to your will. That's what Sir Sonzon told me. So... it must have responded to yours.
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[ but anyway ]
We did have to fight, nyafter that - I didn't reclawgnize the other two. I think they were furiends of Nyasa-dono. But... [ he frowns. ] Caelus-dono was there, wielding my own nyaginata, fur some reason.
But they were corrupted, not too different from Yoshitsuneko on our furst mission. No longer human, because of something Signya did. She disappurred before I could reach her.
[ bitch!!!! ]
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anyway. corrupted... ]
... She must have taken control of them and turned them to hellfiends. [ ugh. that sits poorly with him, too - that means they had to be dead, in that moment. he also watched signa take control of elrica right in front of alaune's eyes, and that had been devastating, so he can only imagine what it was like for iwatooshi and asa, too. ]
Poor Miss Asa... I wish I could talk to her. [ weh. ] I'm glad you were able to escape that... hellfiends can be incredibly dangerous.
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[ it was upsetting, to be sure, but not something iwatooshi hasn't dealt with before. yoshitsune had been in somewhat of a similar position, after gaining power that didn't belong to humans. but poor asa... ]
I'm more worried about Nyasa-dono... She looked shaken, but we weren't affurded much time, so I couldn't really check on her. We should at least write her soon.
...I'm not sure what Camewlle-dono and Ninya-dono experienced, either. Only that they came out looking like they'd walked through fire.
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[ so. yeah. scary. ] I remember Princess Elrica had blood coming from her eyes, too. It twists them into something angry - they lose track of their humanity.
[ rondo goes back to playing with the keychain in his pocket anxiously. his heart's thudding a hundred miles an hour, considering all the awful possibilities of what camille and nina could have seen, too. ]
Of course - I'll write to her today. And... I'll ask Miss Nina once she's rested, some. I... the last thing I would ever want for her is to have to experience any of those things that I went through, or... it's the last thing I'd want for any of you.
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There was blood coming from their eyes, too, so that must have been it.
I wanted to check on Ninya-dono, too, but yes - I was letting her rest first.
I know, Rondo. [ so he pauses, debating whether he should tell rondo about the rest, but... it's his memories, so he probably deserves to. holding back has never helped the people iwatooshi loves before. ] After those trials ended... we saw Sazantos, as well. He asked us to join him.
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[ oh. so not only was it not his trial, but - a blend of his other memories, a mess of his life. he squeezes the keychain in his pocket, tightly, and tries to keep his reaction off of his face, beyond the soft sense of surprise, and the way he tenses, silences as he tries to find the right words to say.
You should join me, Rondo. ]
What... [ ... ] What happened?
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i want so badly to tell rondo how he just sloughed off sazantos' hold but iwatooshi doesn't think that's important so anyway. ]
We refused, of course. So he turned Nyasa-dono and Camewlle-dono against us to make them fight, but they escaped his hold. We defeated him together.
[ this is rondo's favorite person, apparently, so he won't say outright that iwa himself killed the man. it's an illusion, anyway, it's not like it has any bearing on the reality of rondo's situation. ]
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... it's funny, a little. he knows the context of - defeated. he knows how incredibly dangerous it would have been to leave him alive, especially in the context of these dangerous fog trips. for the first time, he does reach into his pocket and pulls out the little plush keychain, looking down on it.
this will be the third time that some version of sazantos has died here, in the village. twice by rondo's hands. once by someone else's. the third time - where the four of them must have worked together - is the one that must be the closest to reality. his heart feels heavy, and it is a long, long moment before he speaks again.
deep breath in. deep breath out. ]
... I'm glad. [ rondo is always honest. this is no exception - he lifts his gaze up to meet iwatooshi's, now, and there's resolve in his blue eyes, his voice steady. ] You all chose the right thing. He...
... I'm glad you were able to stop him, and prevent that from getting any worse. Sir Sazantos is dangerous.
[ ... ]
Can I ask you something? It's... maybe it's a little selfish, but I... I need to know.
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he's not without empathy, though. it's too much like yoshitsune's possession, the way he turned against iwa's team on that mission. that man wasn't his master (whose was he, then?), but iwatooshi still loved him. it's never easy.
so perhaps it's best to leave it at that. he bows his head in acknowledgment, not wanting draw out a conversation that may be too painful for rondo, who he's so come to treasure. ]
I've been told that a little selfishness is alright, meow and then. [ a soft smile. ] Ask me whatever you like, Rondo. I'll answer as best I can.
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