[ we're both just here because captcha burned our crops and killed our livestock and also i realized i needed to establish stuff for future threads instead of just shitposting. anyway. by this point majima and tsuru have tangoed their way over to the bonfire with the former's fist still solidly attached to the latter's cheek, but it's fine. they've managed.
after all the banter they probably had on the journey over, majima pauses midstep, which may or may not cause tsuru to stumble. sorry not sorry, but he just realized something. ]
I dropped outta high school, but I feel like I got a PhD in Okita-ology.
[ he waves that off, though ]
But I knew 'bout you guys before he ran his mouth, if that's what you were tryin' to get at. Sword spirits in general, I mean. There was one was in my competition—Ishikirimaru.
[ good job for surprising him. but no, that makes sense. the fuck boat also had others that hadn't shown up here... but it is more than a little worrying that this keeps happening to so many of them. ]
[ hm. somehow, majima didn't realize that would be a loaded question until right this moment. ishi sure did... something. multiple somethings. quite a few things, actually, that majima didn't always agree with. his knuckles—the same ones glued to tsuru's cheek—still remember punching the glasses right off his face just a little over two weeks ago for that reason.
. . . ]
He did as good as you'd expect, I guess? Tryin' to do the right thing. [ he shrugs. ] I dunno, you'd probably have a better idea of his usual work ethic than me.
Ehhh, it ain't like I was workin' with him the whole time. Just, y'know... let's go with colleagues.
[ another vague wave. ]
At the very least, meetin' him first sure helped soften the blow for sittin' down the rest of ya. I'm sure you're tired of repeatin' the whole tsukumogami spiel over and over.
I have passed through many different hands throughout the centuries, although my most well-known masters have been from the Date Clan, as well as Oda Nobunaga.
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after all the banter they probably had on the journey over, majima pauses midstep, which may or may not cause tsuru to stumble. sorry not sorry, but he just realized something. ]
Y'know, I've been meaning to ask.
Who the hell even are ya?
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but tsurumaru just laughs at the question. he would bow dramatically, but he can't, as they are stuck. ]
Tsurumaru Kuninaga.
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Sword number two.
[ suddenly everything makes sense. in the way that they don't make sense at all. ]
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[ HE WANTS TO BE ONE ]
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[ he doesn't seem too bothered by that, but it's good to know. ]
Did he say anything else?
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is trying not to laugh ]
Is that so? I'm sure that was fun.
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[ he waves that off, though ]
But I knew 'bout you guys before he ran his mouth, if that's what you were tryin' to get at. Sword spirits in general, I mean. There was one was in my competition—Ishikirimaru.
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One of the Sanjous... how did he do?
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. . . ]
He did as good as you'd expect, I guess? Tryin' to do the right thing. [ he shrugs. ] I dunno, you'd probably have a better idea of his usual work ethic than me.
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Well, I'm pleased to hear that he at least tried his best.
[ it's easy to tell there's more to it, but tsurumaru isn't going to press it. ]
It's good to know you were his companion.
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[ another vague wave. ]
At the very least, meetin' him first sure helped soften the blow for sittin' down the rest of ya. I'm sure you're tired of repeatin' the whole tsukumogami spiel over and over.
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[ ... ]
I only explained it to a few people at the village.
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Y'mean no one ever asked why ya had a sword that had the exact same name as you?
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Huh...
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Wow.
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[ beat ]
So, uh, what kinda sword are ya? Did ya belong to anybody famous?
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I have passed through many different hands throughout the centuries, although my most well-known masters have been from the Date Clan, as well as Oda Nobunaga.
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There are other rather renowned families... people just really liked to steal me!
[ he laughs, but it's the kind of laugh that implies he doesn't actually think it's that funny. ]
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he tries to tug his hand away from tsuru's face to see if they can detach now because he can tell the atmosphere has gotten real awkward real fast ]
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[ HIS FACE ]
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