Also me belatedly realizing that there's like almost no swords with masks so Yams is probably staring at it?? But then again he kind of has to crane his neck to stare anyway so maybe there's no difference there.]
Well, if the humans find out while we're in the past, it could change things and cause a lot of problems. So it's usually better if they don't know.
then, with a huff, he removes the giantass sword from his back and rests it against the tree, then steps out of reach of it. keeping it well within eyesight, but like.
[Oh--he perks up immediately, watching with wide, curious eyes as he clutches at his scarf. HE WANTS TO GO SAY HELLO...
But he recognizes the gestures for what it is, so. With some hesitance, and still staring at the sword, almost like he's talking more to it than to Emet--]
...That's what we do, as Touken Danshi. We go and protect the past from the enemies who try to change it.
Well... from what I know, it has to be. That's how history works. But someone here said that they're from another world, so... [He's quiet for a moment, trying to figure out what he wants to say.] ...maybe there's a world, or a timeline, where they do. But if there is, I haven't seen it.
[and a shame, honestly, if this proves true for all their worlds. but someone else has said of them-- no matter what's happening or what the world looks like, they're always at each other's throats. it's almost like they can't live without having someone else to tear down.
I suppose many don't, from what I have heard-- but these situations are quite different from what I am accustomed to. Mayhap it is a difference in perspective.
[is it a valid difference? good question. but still.]
[Yasusada nods, but it's a little distracted, like he's still thinking.]
For me... of course I'm sad for them. I know that all humans die, but it still hurts a lot to lose some of them. [He's quiet for a minute.] But at the same time... maybe that's part of why we can love them so much? Because we miss them, and we know that we only have that short time to be with them. And that hole they leave behind in your heart, when they're gone--nothing can make that better. So you never forget them.
[He doesn't sound entirely sure, even as he speaks--it's as though he's trying to figure it out and explain it at the same time. His mission with Tomoe simultaneously feels like so long ago, and so recent in his memories; he still hasn't fully sorted out how he feels about it, save for knowing what's next on his own journey.]
I don't know. But I've never known anything different, and I've never really imagined what it would be like if we still had humans in our time. I wouldn't exist like this if we did.
[exhaling a long sigh, there, with a shake of his head.]
To attach oneself to them knowing it will only cause you pain, in the end-- 'twould be far better to keep your distance. From what I know of them thus far, even if they did continue to exist in your time, naught would end any differently. They would still lead fleeting lives, still cause you the same hurt... as well as themselves.
[It's not like Yasusada doesn't get the point he's making, but he smiles a little, shaking his head.]
Maybe it's different for you--but swords and humans go together. We were made by them, for them. Without humans, we wouldn't exist at all.
[Both in the sense of having no purpose, and quite literally; the metal that forms his body would be nothing more than a lump of iron in a mountainside. With no one to have wielded and loved him as they did, he never would've come into being.]
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Also me belatedly realizing that there's like almost no swords with masks so Yams is probably staring at it?? But then again he kind of has to crane his neck to stare anyway so maybe there's no difference there.]
Well, if the humans find out while we're in the past, it could change things and cause a lot of problems. So it's usually better if they don't know.
[laughs in kihongi]
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[his brow furrows over the mask, there.]
I hope you do not mean this literally.
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What are you doing.
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[So he CAN and WILL babyun the hell over to Buzen for safety if needed]
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[he sounds somewhat offended, at that.]
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[HOW DOES HE KNOW IT'S TRUE.]
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then, with a huff, he removes the giantass sword from his back and rests it against the tree, then steps out of reach of it. keeping it well within eyesight, but like.
who here can steal a 9 and a half foot sword.]
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But he recognizes the gestures for what it is, so. With some hesitance, and still staring at the sword, almost like he's talking more to it than to Emet--]
...That's what we do, as Touken Danshi. We go and protect the past from the enemies who try to change it.
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Mmm... I guess you could call it a war? It's mostly just us fighting, though. There aren't really any humans left in the present.
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his brows raise, at that.]
Did they leave, then, or were they simply unable to survive?
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They couldn't survive.
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[a moment of silence passes, there, as he considers.]
Do you believe this is what the future holds, for those here who consider themselves human? That their concept will prove unable to survive?
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[Hmmm... he frowns, thinking.]
Well... from what I know, it has to be. That's how history works. But someone here said that they're from another world, so... [He's quiet for a moment, trying to figure out what he wants to say.] ...maybe there's a world, or a timeline, where they do. But if there is, I haven't seen it.
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[and a shame, honestly, if this proves true for all their worlds. but someone else has said of them-- no matter what's happening or what the world looks like, they're always at each other's throats. it's almost like they can't live without having someone else to tear down.
maybe their core flaws are simply too much.]
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Do you think so?
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[it speaks to something wrong in their creation, he thinks. a lack of oversight, maybe, of guidance.]
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I suppose so. I've never thought about it that way before.
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[is it a valid difference? good question. but still.]
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For me... of course I'm sad for them. I know that all humans die, but it still hurts a lot to lose some of them. [He's quiet for a minute.] But at the same time... maybe that's part of why we can love them so much? Because we miss them, and we know that we only have that short time to be with them. And that hole they leave behind in your heart, when they're gone--nothing can make that better. So you never forget them.
[He doesn't sound entirely sure, even as he speaks--it's as though he's trying to figure it out and explain it at the same time. His mission with Tomoe simultaneously feels like so long ago, and so recent in his memories; he still hasn't fully sorted out how he feels about it, save for knowing what's next on his own journey.]
I don't know. But I've never known anything different, and I've never really imagined what it would be like if we still had humans in our time. I wouldn't exist like this if we did.
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[exhaling a long sigh, there, with a shake of his head.]
To attach oneself to them knowing it will only cause you pain, in the end-- 'twould be far better to keep your distance. From what I know of them thus far, even if they did continue to exist in your time, naught would end any differently. They would still lead fleeting lives, still cause you the same hurt... as well as themselves.
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Maybe it's different for you--but swords and humans go together. We were made by them, for them. Without humans, we wouldn't exist at all.
[Both in the sense of having no purpose, and quite literally; the metal that forms his body would be nothing more than a lump of iron in a mountainside. With no one to have wielded and loved him as they did, he never would've come into being.]
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[such is the fate of certain creations, yes, and in an ideal situation this is as it should be. but with creators like that...
maybe it's unfortunate for the swords, as well.]
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What about you?