(For perhaps the first time this week, Tsurumaru really smiles at Akira. It's not the warmest smile-- there's always something in his eyes that makes his smile seem far away-- but Akira will feel something vaguely warm coming from Tsurumaru. It can only be described as "admiration.")
[ Oh he has no idea how to take this which is really apparent through link. He flusters both physically and emotionally, slightly prickly but also accepting. ]
...I just think killers should pay. Even the stupid bird didn't do anything to deserve dying.
[ Tsuru don't hit him when he's down! There's more fluster and a burst of regret, but actually no anger. ]
Usually there's not a limit to what I can read. It just happens whenever I touch something bloody, even if I don't want it to. Having to choose pisses me off. [ And there is the anger, white hot but only a flare. ]
It wouldn't have made sense to use it on her when she wasn't involved with the butcher shop. But I... forget it.
[ His emotions can speak for him here just fine, as well as his behavior at trial. He really did wait until the last minute just in case he could have helped with her murder. Alas. ]
This was a difficult trial. There were too many suspects and too many names to choose from. (Both of them received votes.) Until the last minute, our list was still too large and our votes were split too many ways. A careless vote could have killed another innocent person.
But I was able to choose correctly because of you. You helped sway others correctly, too.
(He tucks his arms into the sleeves of his kimono,)
The heart is a personal thing. I dislike sharing its nature with others, especially those I hardly know... but while we are bonded, I want to know my truth.
Despite my behavior and what others may think, I want to help. As a tsukumogami, it is my nature to serve people. From the moment I received my name, the desire to protect was struck and burned into my soul. Whatever happens in these worlds, I will search for whatever answers I can find and do what I must for those around me.
(And Akira will sense a sudden openness from Tsurumaru. There's something still guarded-- still reserved and closed off-- but for this brief moment, there is a sense of honesty, hope, determination, and a desire to fight.)
Akira-kun, for as long as you are here, what will you do?
[ He listens to all of this, blinks once the torrent of emotions underneath calm momentarily, like the eye of a storm. Then he laughs, a quick burst of sound. ]
...I never paid attention in history, but I'm not gonna think anything's impossible at this point. [ He's not sure he grasps all of what Tsuru is saying but it's enough, coupled with what he's seen of him. ]
And I guess it's in my blood too. The details aren't important, but my bloodline is responsible for sealing this evil spirit away every decade. I'd rather look at it as knocking her out for ten years rather than protection, though.
I have people I need to get back to, so I'm not gonna die now. And I traded for this power back so I could figure out what the hell was going on, since sitting here and waiting does fuck all.
(In the stoyr, when the hunter broke his promise, the crane left forever.)
Each week, I can choose one item. Depending on the item I choose, I can receive a positive effect, negative effect, or a surprise. I don't know until after I've chosen.
I've received two items so far and I will receive another next week.
[ His brows furrow and there's a quick bubble of longing from their link before Akira squashes it. Someone misses their best friend who is the brains of the operation. ]
Last week, I told Kim Kitsuragi and the others I found a message in a bottle about something that changed the people.
(From his sleeve, he pulls out to reveal the note he shared with everyone at the town hall meeting.)
This week, I received an extra feather on my coin. If I use it, it will change my vote to the correct one but at the cost of changing someone else's vote randomly.
(And there, he frowns. There's a pang of uncertainty and regret,)
I considered using it today but felt there were still too many names to consider. Something like this is best used when we can coordinate our votes... but I couldn't tell anyone about it because if I keep bringing gifts, others will start to suspect something.
It's a pain in the ass. As much of a headache as it would be to have my bloodmetry triggering every time I touched blood here, at least I'd have a better sense of what's going on.
[ He can deal with the repercussions of seeing murder after murder his mouth says, but there's a quick skip in the emotional link, like a missed heartbeat. ]
[ The most answer he has for that is a look and through the connection is just stubbornness. This is the not the first or last time he will have this argument. ]
Let's hope your luck holds, then. I'm gonna save at least one use of my bloodmetry for the murders, but if there's something in the new place we wind up in that has blood I think it's worth the shot.
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(For perhaps the first time this week, Tsurumaru really smiles at Akira. It's not the warmest smile-- there's always something in his eyes that makes his smile seem far away-- but Akira will feel something vaguely warm coming from Tsurumaru. It can only be described as "admiration.")
Thank you.
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...I just think killers should pay. Even the stupid bird didn't do anything to deserve dying.
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(He remembers that little blip in emotions when she returned,)
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Usually there's not a limit to what I can read. It just happens whenever I touch something bloody, even if I don't want it to. Having to choose pisses me off. [ And there is the anger, white hot but only a flare. ]
It wouldn't have made sense to use it on her when she wasn't involved with the butcher shop. But I... forget it.
[ His emotions can speak for him here just fine, as well as his behavior at trial. He really did wait until the last minute just in case he could have helped with her murder. Alas. ]
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This was a difficult trial. There were too many suspects and too many names to choose from. (Both of them received votes.) Until the last minute, our list was still too large and our votes were split too many ways. A careless vote could have killed another innocent person.
But I was able to choose correctly because of you. You helped sway others correctly, too.
(He tucks his arms into the sleeves of his kimono,)
The heart is a personal thing. I dislike sharing its nature with others, especially those I hardly know... but while we are bonded, I want to know my truth.
Despite my behavior and what others may think, I want to help. As a tsukumogami, it is my nature to serve people. From the moment I received my name, the desire to protect was struck and burned into my soul. Whatever happens in these worlds, I will search for whatever answers I can find and do what I must for those around me.
(And Akira will sense a sudden openness from Tsurumaru. There's something still guarded-- still reserved and closed off-- but for this brief moment, there is a sense of honesty, hope, determination, and a desire to fight.)
Akira-kun, for as long as you are here, what will you do?
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...I never paid attention in history, but I'm not gonna think anything's impossible at this point. [ He's not sure he grasps all of what Tsuru is saying but it's enough, coupled with what he's seen of him. ]
And I guess it's in my blood too. The details aren't important, but my bloodline is responsible for sealing this evil spirit away every decade. I'd rather look at it as knocking her out for ten years rather than protection, though.
I have people I need to get back to, so I'm not gonna die now. And I traded for this power back so I could figure out what the hell was going on, since sitting here and waiting does fuck all.
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(Quietly, regarding Akira,)
There's a dangerous mystery we need to solve and we'll be better if we work together. Only then can we return to where we want to be.
But there are some mysteries that need to be kept a secret longer.
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...it's you?
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It was my first time hearing about it. But I know there are others who receive advantages. Different ones.
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Like what?
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You must be careful who you tell.
(A second finger,)
If you must, you cannot give my name.
(A third finger,)
There are questions I will not answer.
This is to protect myself and to prevent what happened to the Watchers at the trial from happening again.
... Do you agree?
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I know what happens when pacts and oaths get fucked up and it's not like I talk with a lot of people, anyway.
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(In the stoyr, when the hunter broke his promise, the crane left forever.)
Each week, I can choose one item. Depending on the item I choose, I can receive a positive effect, negative effect, or a surprise. I don't know until after I've chosen.
I've received two items so far and I will receive another next week.
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How's your luck been so far?
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Last week, I told Kim Kitsuragi and the others I found a message in a bottle about something that changed the people.
(From his sleeve, he pulls out to reveal the note he shared with everyone at the town hall meeting.)
This week, I received an extra feather on my coin. If I use it, it will change my vote to the correct one but at the cost of changing someone else's vote randomly.
(And there, he frowns. There's a pang of uncertainty and regret,)
I considered using it today but felt there were still too many names to consider. Something like this is best used when we can coordinate our votes... but I couldn't tell anyone about it because if I keep bringing gifts, others will start to suspect something.
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Yeah, they'd get suspicious. Do you know what kind of items those both were? The coin one kinda seems like a surprise.
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They aren't bad.
(He can say that much for sure.)
The coin could be good... everything here comes with rules, it seems.
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[ He can deal with the repercussions of seeing murder after murder his mouth says, but there's a quick skip in the emotional link, like a missed heartbeat. ]
When do you pick again, tomorrow?
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Don't overburden yourself.
(...)
Later than tomorrow but before we go to sleep.
(Some time between the start of the week and curfew.)
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Let's hope your luck holds, then. I'm gonna save at least one use of my bloodmetry for the murders, but if there's something in the new place we wind up in that has blood I think it's worth the shot.
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There are other things I've learned, too but not from my role.
Like Xie Lian last week, I received a letter from Nine-kun.
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