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foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#1321826: Jun 29th 2018 at 2:53:27 PM

Well, basically, this Muramasa person supposedly forged swords that were so sharp but also possessed their wielder to kill. Though, reading over this, it sounds a lot like hearsay more than actual fact...

CrystalMemoria Since: Aug, 2017
#1321827: Jun 29th 2018 at 3:03:12 PM

Roof (Number 108, "Aichi")

-He gets a look that can possibly be considered some kind of confusion... although it's still very blank.-

"I do not understand. How does a sword possess wielders? It is inanimate."

-...He seems to be misinterpreting the word 'possess' in this context. He seems to be thinking of the verb meaning 'have as belonging to one; own'.-

-He doesn't have a single reaction to the idea of the sword being used to kill anyone.-

foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#1321828: Jun 29th 2018 at 3:05:09 PM

Oh, it's like... hmm. Like the sword is controlling your actions instead of your brain. You know what I mean?

CrystalMemoria Since: Aug, 2017
#1321829: Jun 29th 2018 at 3:10:00 PM

Roof (Number 108, "Aichi")

-'Like the sword is controlling your actions instead of your brain'...-

"I do not understand."

-...This might be the stupidest Aichi you will ever meet.-

-Not exactly his fault though. He was made to be a recon agent and was taught absolutely nothing else. Anything not related to staying hidden, staying quiet, spying, operating gadgetry and different tech, being able to report valuable information, and the basic requirements to stay alive (Eat, sleep, etc.) was considered irrelevant by his creators and superiors.-

-So... Yeah.-

foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#1321830: Jun 29th 2018 at 3:11:10 PM

Uh... think of a remote control. For, like, a drone. You know what those are, right?

foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#1321832: Jun 29th 2018 at 3:21:26 PM

...Mmh.

(Uncle walks off, teapot in hand)

Uncle doesn't... no. Never mind. It would be rude for me to say.

CrystalMemoria Since: Aug, 2017
#1321833: Jun 29th 2018 at 3:23:32 PM

Roof (Number 108, "Aichi")

"Yes. I have operated drones."

-Granted he's only been on two formal missions and using it was not required, but he has been trained in how to use a drone.-

-The sword controls the wielder like a drone...-

-He understands.-

"Understood."

-Well... He understands it as much as he can understand the idea of a sword controlling someone like they're a drone.-

foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#1321834: Jun 29th 2018 at 3:36:04 PM

There ya go. The Muramasa blades are like that. With great cutting power comes nasty business like that... then again, it's probably just rumor. I would know.

CrystalMemoria Since: Aug, 2017
#1321835: Jun 29th 2018 at 3:42:41 PM

Roof (Number 108, "Aichi")

-A rumor...-

"Why do people believe it is true?"

-Such a thing sounds completely illogical...-

-Even if he understands the concept being explained to him, he still doesn't understand how it could be possible.-

Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#1321836: Jun 29th 2018 at 3:43:22 PM

"-giggles a bit in satisfaction- I don't care what he thinks, honestly."

foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#1321837: Jun 29th 2018 at 3:47:08 PM

He is very proud. Even if he keeps my head on straight. He hates losing. Particularly when the loss is unfair.


The rumor was propagated by a shogun who found himself and his family cut by Muramasa's swords one too many times. He was in power, and she wasn't. And he needed a reason to ban her swords. Y'know?

CrystalMemoria Since: Aug, 2017
#1321838: Jun 29th 2018 at 3:52:08 PM

Roof (Number 108, "Aichi")

-OK, he understands how the rumor got started.-

"...Why did they accept it as fact? It is illogical."

-...He does not understand why the people believed they shogun.-

-The idea of swords by a particular swordsmith being able to possess people comes across as a complete impossibility and completely illogical.-

Edited by CrystalMemoria on Jun 29th 2018 at 5:53:02 AM

foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#1321839: Jun 29th 2018 at 3:54:40 PM

A samurai's sword is considered an expression of their soul. At least, that's how the fluff goes. Now, how would you react to a rumor that your sword might have been tainted by someone with an evil soul?

CrystalMemoria Since: Aug, 2017
#1321840: Jun 29th 2018 at 4:08:07 PM

Roof (Number 108, "Aichi")

-How would he react...?-

-Well, first he has to ask a question...-

"...What is a soul?"

-He can't answer the question if he does not understand every part of the question.-

-...They never explained that to him either... What a soul is...-

foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#1321841: Jun 29th 2018 at 4:13:12 PM

...Hmm. That's honestly a very roundabout question that I'm pretty sure nobody really has the answer to. I guess the easiest way to put it is "the intangible thing that defines you as you."

("I'm not gonna delve into my opinions on how there's no real quote-unquote self... not yet.")

CrystalMemoria Since: Aug, 2017
#1321842: Jun 29th 2018 at 4:21:15 PM

Roof (Number 108, "Aichi")

-'The intangible thing that defines you as you'...-

-...-

"I do not understand..."

-...Is...-

"...Is it similar to being human, and being yourself?"

-Sthesia mentioned that being human means being yourself. Is a soul similar to that...?-

-Not that he exactly understands what that means either... He just knows it might have something to do with those things that he wants to do that are against protocol.-

foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#1321843: Jun 29th 2018 at 4:22:32 PM

...Actually, yeah! Give or take. I guess that's what people mean when they say they put their soul into their music, or work, or something like that.

CrystalMemoria Since: Aug, 2017
#1321844: Jun 29th 2018 at 4:30:00 PM

Roof (Number 108, "Aichi")

-So all of these things are connected then...-

"Understood. Thank you."

-Providing him with knowledge is helping him, therefore he must thank Muramasa.-

-...It seems like he's trying to learn things at least. Although it's strange that he would have to learn all of this stuff...-

-It's common sense to anyone else, but to him it's... well, completely foreign.-

foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#1321845: Jun 29th 2018 at 4:30:35 PM

...You know how I know a lot about this Muramasa fellow? Even outside of this book about her?

CrystalMemoria Since: Aug, 2017
#1321846: Jun 29th 2018 at 4:34:51 PM

Roof (Number 108, "Aichi")

"Yes."

-...Perhaps a somewhat blunt-sounding response (what with the 'lacking emotion' thing), but he means nothing bad by it.-

-He does seem to be waiting for Mura to continue though.-

foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#1321847: Jun 29th 2018 at 4:43:28 PM

...Wait, you do know how? Tell me.

(tilts her head, smiling)

CrystalMemoria Since: Aug, 2017
#1321848: Jun 29th 2018 at 4:59:32 PM

Roof (Number 108, "Aichi")

"You have given me information about Muramasa, and it seems you know more. Therefore you have a lot of information on Muramasa."

-...Well then.-

Edited by CrystalMemoria on Jun 29th 2018 at 7:00:00 AM

foxmccloud4387 Since: Mar, 2011
#1321849: Jun 29th 2018 at 5:01:23 PM

...Uh, no. I am Muramasa. That's what I was getting at.

Lilqueendaisy A chill feller from Not Earth Since: Jun, 2011 Relationship Status: In love with love
A chill feller
#1321850: Jun 29th 2018 at 5:09:25 PM

-anna... has her arm stuck in a tree outside-

-like she hit a tree really hard and she can't pull it out-

LOVE IS STORED IN THE AXOLOTL!

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