mizu

[rippled]

sword lads

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[purities]

[oh... that IS sad, even if mizu is kind of 🧍‍♂️after being subjected to all this fate/ rpg nonsense. what the fuck is a noble phantasm.]

... Your opponent. [slowly, after a moment.] He acted as if he were being forced to fight. What happened?

[rippled]

Mm, he was being controlled. By magic, I guess is the easiest way to explain it. It actually happened to me, but they were able to snap me out of it early enough... his mind was too far gone to use the same method on him.

[purities]

So that could've been your fate, too. [hmm...] The last three weeks must have felt like familiar territory to you.

[rippled]

[ they laugh a little, but it's humorless. ]

A bit. The trials are new.

[purities]

Yes. I thought that might be the case.

[imagine if fate/ was like nah we're gonna fight for this holy grail in court. see ya.]

You said they snapped you out of it. How?

[rippled]

... well, for us, it's because of a magical item Iori had. Which I unfortunately do not have here, and it likely wouldn't work even if I did.

[ nerfs ]

[purities]

[sighs.]

So none of your experiences could here us here. I'm not surprised, but it's still a shame.

[but also, gives you a return mem before the week ends.]

[rippled]

[ mizu is so fucking cool.

there's a pause. ]

What was that?

[purities]

An attempted takeover of my country. One of the men I am sworn to kill had aspirations of becoming the next shogun.

[rippled]

Really?

[ they frown. ]

A foreigner?

[purities]

Yes. A white man. One of four who stayed in my country, even after their mere presence was deemed illegal.

[rippled]

[ they frown. ]

... is it still an ongoing issue?

[purities]

[nods, frowning.]

Unfortunately, I died before taking care of the problem.

[rippled]

... then you definitely must go back.

[purities]

I will. Even if I have to carve my own way out of this realm.