★★★☆☆ week 2. sunday. ishikirimaru.

[haw]

[ i spelled that right on my first try without even checking i am a fuckin legend

anyway. catch majima in the armory the morning after trial, doing stretches and warmups while waiting for a certain sword. he's so spry that hardly anyone would believe he'd been drinking himself into oblivion last night... what impressive metabolism he has.

even without turning around, he somehow knows when his sparring partner arrives. ]

So what'll it be today, Ishikiri-han?

[ . . . he's a respectful man, yes, but fuck you i'm not typing that whole thing out every time either. ]

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[ritualization]

[yes, he sure would-- but he just smiles placidly as always. he may in fact be doing that to lay on the guilt trip slightly more.

there are more important things to worry about, though, and he carefully sets the sword aside.]

You are a grown man who, I expect, will still have some difficulty reaching the cuts on his back.

[and he just gestures for majima to follow him, they are going to the first aid supplies.]

If nothing else, extra hands will make it easier.

[haw]

[ ishi's guilt tactics will not work on this sad mafia man... his persistence will, though. he's about to protest again when ishi physically puts himself in the way of the room's exit, which just makes him sigh wearily. ]

Ya straight up aren't gonna let me leave otherwise, huh? Fine, fine, if ya really insist...

[ he's whining, yeah, but he's being compliant. give him some credit for that much! ]

[ritualization]

You catch on quickly.

[ishi nods as he leads the way, and we are just going to like, skip the walk there. they have the things now, and ishi wastes little time wetting a cloth to clean off majima's back first.]

This may sting a bit, but I expect you're no stranger to that. Please hold still.

[haw]

Even my brand of dumb's got its limits, ya know.

[ he's perfectly motionless as ishi begins the cleaning process, no flinching or hissing to be had. now that he has a closeup of majima's skin, ishi may notice his back tattoo helps to cover up a lot of nasty scars. remnants of bruises, cuts, lashes, and more cover his entire body.

majima goro has had a pretty rough life. ]

Trust me, it'll take a lot more than some water an' disinfectant to get me to start squealin'.

[ritualization]

Mm, you would be surprised. Some of the others ought to be perfectly used to battle by now, but you should hear them complain when our doctor gets a hold of them afterward...

[he laughs under his breath at the thought, moving on to dab disinfectant onto each of those cuts; those marks definitely don't go unnoticed, but neither will ishi bring them up on his own. everyone has a past, and it's generally their own business.]

[haw]

[ he kinda snorts, because he's more than used to weenies like that... and, well, if ishi won't mention his scars, then... neither will majima! good shit!! in that case, he'll follow up with a different line of small talk... ]

Soooo... I'm sure ya get tired of this question, but, uh. How does the whole sword-in-a-human-body thing work?

[ritualization]

[SORRY FOR YOUR BACKSTORY COCKBLOCK ANDIE HE'S A POLITE MAN]

Ah, that...

[he pauses in his work, thinking about how much he wants to say about this-- but eventually he decides that he may as well, after that fight. if majima is someone more like what he knows, he minds sharing a little less.]

It's a little less that I am in a human body, and more that this body is a manifestation of me-- how I would have looked if I were always human, I assume. Normally, I would still be able to feel through my blade, and this body would be injured if it were damaged.