[ after searching for clue most of the day and finding nothing, ookurikara has finally retreated back to the armory. when shess arrives, he's standing before the repair tools, wondering if he should take these with him when he tries again tomorrow.
the only acknowledgement he'll give shess is a slight turn of his head to see who's arrived. ]
[ if it is, he's okay. ookurikara refuses to believe tsuru is actually dead until he sees a broken sword.
...he wonders if he'd prefer not finding it at all, though. because if they find it intact, then tsuru is alive somewhere, but without his sword. and if they find it broken...
[ ookurikara stiffens. he... hasn't actually told anyone about this yet, so he frowns down at the repair tools for a minute before sighing and turning to face shess fully, looking resigned. ]
Yes. If our swords break, so do we.
[ he hesitates, eyes moving to look at his own sword. so far, shess has been... okay. ookurikara wouldn't call him a friend, but without tsuru, he's maybe the closest thing. ]
[ though that would also mean... admitting to their master that he failed, as captain, to protect tsurumaru from breaking. which was his biggest responsibility for the expedition, no matter how much he wanted to protect the date clan.
[well he can't help you if you're going to hate every possible explanation, kara!!]
Sol said we may be returned to our original states back in our worlds, once this is over. Though he wasn't sure yet either, so I wouldn't bank on it. Still, it's a thought.
If your lives are tied to your swords, would repairing them help at all?
[thinking about it, it suddenly makes sense that kara kept using that term.]
[ he nods in agreement. that's the entire reason he'd confronted lune the way he did. if it's out there, unbroken, someone needs to protect it if tsuru can't do it himself. ]
...I went looking, but I couldn't find anything.
[ and lune had said "tomorrow" like it'll make some kind of difference. if tsuru or his sword don't show up, he and lune will be having another chat. ]
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week 0, friday.
he figures kara will be in the armoury, so that's where he goes to look for him. are you there, kara.]
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the only acknowledgement he'll give shess is a slight turn of his head to see who's arrived. ]
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He was your ally, wasn't he?
[not sure if he should use the word "friend", given what kara seems to be like, but.]
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More than that.
[ tsurumaru actually is one of the few swords kara considers a friend. he just won't say it out loud. ]
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Can I ask why you were looking for his sword?
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[ if it is, he's okay. ookurikara refuses to believe tsuru is actually dead until he sees a broken sword.
...he wonders if he'd prefer not finding it at all, though. because if they find it intact, then tsuru is alive somewhere, but without his sword. and if they find it broken...
well.
neither of these options are good. ]
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[given that both of them notably have an item with their name...]
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Yes. If our swords break, so do we.
[ he hesitates, eyes moving to look at his own sword. so far, shess has been... okay. ookurikara wouldn't call him a friend, but without tsuru, he's maybe the closest thing. ]
We are our swords.
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The gods, where I'm from, can split part of their being into items, but I've never heard of your exact case before.
[... and because he didn't miss kara's reluctance:]
If you'd prefer for it to remain hidden, I'll make sure not to tell anyone else.
[not that he had any plans of randomly blurting out HEY DID YOU KNOW KARA'S A SWORD, but you know.]
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No one else needs to know. There's no point in giving away our weaknesses that easily.
[ especially since kara doesn't trust 99% of the people here. ]
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... Though quite a few people likely heard you interrogating Lune about it.
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[ he doesn't know what yet. but he'll figure that out when he gets there. ]
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I can just say I'm taking it home to our master.
[ though that would also mean... admitting to their master that he failed, as captain, to protect tsurumaru from breaking. which was his biggest responsibility for the expedition, no matter how much he wanted to protect the date clan.
...that's not much better, either. ]
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Sol said we may be returned to our original states back in our worlds, once this is over. Though he wasn't sure yet either, so I wouldn't bank on it. Still, it's a thought.
If your lives are tied to your swords, would repairing them help at all?
[thinking about it, it suddenly makes sense that kara kept using that term.]
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ookurikara doesn't want to get his hopes up, though. if he can just find tsuru, it should be fine. ]
...Maybe. It works if we're damaged, but we can be broken beyond repair.
[ and then they're lost for good. ]
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Makes sense. Then, if Tsurumaru's sword is out there, all the more imperative to find it before someone else does.
[like whoever killed him.]
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...I went looking, but I couldn't find anything.
[ and lune had said "tomorrow" like it'll make some kind of difference. if tsuru or his sword don't show up, he and lune will be having another chat. ]
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[ it doesn't occur to him that there's some kind of magic coverup going on. ]
Lune said we could find something tomorrow.
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[shess is more familiar with this kind of shit, so.]
Tsurumaru's sword had a tassel on it, correct? I didn't look at it that closely.
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[ he's. never heard of something like that. how does that work? ]
Chains. There's two on his sheath.
[ it's tsuru's #aesthetic ]
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Chains should be distinctive enough, if I see it.
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