The wars and the age of warriors ended. There were laws against carrying swords, but they said I was "art," and put me away so I wouldn't be lost like others were.
[ he wasn't even put on display very often... he was just set aside. ]
[ he shakes his head. it makes sense in context?? ]
Our master's magic lets us travel through time, so we can prevent the Time Retrograde Army from changing history. I don't know why they do it, but they target important people in the past and interfere with the way things should be to get their way.
...Their last target, before we were brought here, was one of my old masters.
. . . but she'll settle for just. nodding? at the very least, between magic and talk of fixing the universe itself, it's not as surprising as it could be. more than that, she looks up at him properly again when he says the last bit]
Yes - Date Munemura, the 22nd head of the family. By killing him, the Revisionists could remove a strong leader and bring an end to another clan entirely.
[ and that's why he was so angry at being brought here haha ]
Mm? Well, it's true that I ask him about things that I don't know...
[kaoru is still her dictionary in a lot of ways. but - she'll tilt her head at that]
But I'd still like to know what you think about them. Do you want to go see more festivals - with Tsurumaru and the others? In between battles, do you have time?
We do. Even when the Revisionists attack more often, we're not always the ones sent to deal with them.
[ he does need a moment to consider the other question, though. it's not really something he's never really stopped to think about before? tsurumaru gets annoying pretty fast, sada gets too excited about the wrong things, and mitsutada enables both of them half the time... but as long as they were together, it might not be so bad. ]
...Maybe. But if I told them that, they'd never stop dragging me around.
Mm... Tsurumaru did seem like that type of person who will always move to his own pace.
[and others get swept up in it... but Lili just seems thoughtful at that even as they finally approach the lake, and her expression lightens up a little once they get closer to a larger body of water. it's nostalgic, in a way.]
Then once we figure out the matter of traveling between worlds - you'll just have to stop by my lands. We have the occasional festival, but I'll make sure that there's a place arranged for you all to stay.
[ grumbled, not necessarily meant to be heard... he loves tsuru, really, but he's too needy for kara most of the time.
he still doesn't really believe that things will work out as easily as lili seems to think, but the way she talks about it, he almost wishes it would. ]
They'd want to see it. And they'd like you, I think.
[ but the other date swords get along with everyone soooo ]
[yeah, she has doubts on that and it shows a little.]
... I'll try to get along with them.
[she'll actually make the effort, if they're kara's comrades... she still doesn't understand how anyone likes her, but it's also not like she normally tries to be liked.]
[ and yeah, that's by design, because kara never even bothered trying to get along with anyone at the citadel, even his new master. but he thinks it would be harder to find someone who doesn't get along with them, especially mitsutada. ]
You say that, but I don't think it's as hard to get along with you as everyone says...
[admittedly lili doesn't get along with most people but she actually manages to get along with kara fine? maybe her opinion doesn't count for a whole lot. and she seems to think about it for a second, but then she'll go to pick up a stone from the ground just so that she can try to get it to skip along the surface of the lake
[ and that, he thinks, is why he's not so sure about this crush thing anymore. didn't kaoru say it feels like someone understands you more than anyone else? kara isn't quite sure how, but it seems like lili does. even mitsutada thinks he needs to be more friendly, after all, but she doesn't the problem, at least not in the same way as he does.
there's no need to say that out loud, though, so kara merely stands back to watch her skip the stone. ]
The giant octopus might get angry if you do that.
[ he doesn't know shit about octopi until they're about to be cooked but this seems reasonable
besides the fact that it's a squid but he only saw one tentacle so whatever ]
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Touhoku is too, for Japan.
...If you ever find a way to go between our worlds, and we have time... I'd like to see it.
[ how would it compare, he wonders? ]
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... I'll find it.
[a way to make it happen, she means]
I want to see Tanabata too, after all.
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I haven't seen the festival in Sendai since I was summoned. It's... not the same at the citadel - but it's not bad.
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[she has gotten so little actual swords plot, all she knows is that he's a sword]
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[ as much as he misses them, as much as he tries to continue serving them by protecting history... ]
My new master is the one who gave me this body. Until then, I was just a sword in storage.
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Storage...? Why?
[what use is a sword in storage?]
Why were you taken from your clan...?
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[ he wasn't even put on display very often... he was just set aside. ]
What's done is done. It doesn't matter now.
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... I'm glad you're not stuck like that anymore.
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[ for all the annoyances that come with a human body, there's still plenty to make him appreciate it. ]
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[she hums softly]
Maybe a time with complete peace and no battles really is a bit hard to grasp...
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Yes. But we fight to protect history now, not to help humans wage war on each other.
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I don't know if I understand...? Historical sites...?
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Our master's magic lets us travel through time, so we can prevent the Time Retrograde Army from changing history. I don't know why they do it, but they target important people in the past and interfere with the way things should be to get their way.
...Their last target, before we were brought here, was one of my old masters.
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. . . but she'll settle for just. nodding? at the very least, between magic and talk of fixing the universe itself, it's not as surprising as it could be. more than that, she looks up at him properly again when he says the last bit]
The Date family?
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[ and that's why he was so angry at being brought here haha ]
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Why would they—
[wait, he said they don't know why they do it]
... How despicable.
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But if it weren't for that, I'd still be in storage. So it's not all bad, as long as we protect history when we need to.
[ and no one breaks, though it's a little late for that here. but anyway... ]
Kaoru is Japanese name- he might be able to tell you more about Tanabata and the other festivals. He's probably seen them himself.
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[kaoru is still her dictionary in a lot of ways. but - she'll tilt her head at that]
But I'd still like to know what you think about them. Do you want to go see more festivals - with Tsurumaru and the others? In between battles, do you have time?
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[ he does need a moment to consider the other question, though. it's not really something he's never really stopped to think about before? tsurumaru gets annoying pretty fast, sada gets too excited about the wrong things, and mitsutada enables both of them half the time... but as long as they were together, it might not be so bad. ]
...Maybe. But if I told them that, they'd never stop dragging me around.
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[and others get swept up in it... but Lili just seems thoughtful at that even as they finally approach the lake, and her expression lightens up a little once they get closer to a larger body of water. it's nostalgic, in a way.]
Then once we figure out the matter of traveling between worlds - you'll just have to stop by my lands. We have the occasional festival, but I'll make sure that there's a place arranged for you all to stay.
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[ grumbled, not necessarily meant to be heard... he loves tsuru, really, but he's too needy for kara most of the time.
he still doesn't really believe that things will work out as easily as lili seems to think, but the way she talks about it, he almost wishes it would. ]
They'd want to see it. And they'd like you, I think.
[ but the other date swords get along with everyone soooo ]
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... I'll try to get along with them.
[she'll actually make the effort, if they're kara's comrades... she still doesn't understand how anyone likes her, but it's also not like she normally tries to be liked.]
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[ and yeah, that's by design, because kara never even bothered trying to get along with anyone at the citadel, even his new master. but he thinks it would be harder to find someone who doesn't get along with them, especially mitsutada. ]
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[admittedly lili doesn't get along with most people but she actually manages to get along with kara fine? maybe her opinion doesn't count for a whole lot. and she seems to think about it for a second, but then she'll go to pick up a stone from the ground just so that she can try to get it to skip along the surface of the lake
test test is anything in there toxic]
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there's no need to say that out loud, though, so kara merely stands back to watch her skip the stone. ]
The giant octopus might get angry if you do that.
[ he doesn't know shit about octopi until they're about to be cooked but this seems reasonable
besides the fact that it's a squid but he only saw one tentacle so whatever ]
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