pc catchall for jiji.

[agleam]

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[agleam]

Oh - no, not lacking at all! Five Swords Under Heaven, though... What does that mean?

[he nods.]

Yeah. There's a lot of questions I'd really like to ask, so I guess when they show up, we'll see if they know the answers.

[unsaid]

It is a title bestowed upon us by humans, so how much it truly means is dependent on your view of such a thing.

[renown and fame... but mikazuki seems unperturbed as he continues to sip his tea]

Five swords that are considered the greatest in Japanese history, renowned as treasures for their history and antiquity... Mikazuki Munechika said to be the most beautiful, I suppose, do to the crescent moon markings upon its blade.

That is what it means.

[agleam]

[he looks interested! but after that sinks in, there's a long moment before:]

...You're talking about a sword that you own, right?

[unsaid]

I am talking about myself.

[agleam]

...I don't get it.

[unsaid]

Most people, who have not encountered us swords before, struggle with it.

But it is as I have said.

[agleam]

...I guess weirder things have happened. But how does that work? I mean, you... definitely don't look like a sword.

[unsaid]

Fufu. That is true, that is true. This form was summoned by another, but my spirit is undoubtedly that of Mikazuki Munechika.

Normally I am not apart from my blade... but I will allow our captors a few days to return it.

[agleam]

So, like... That's your body, but your soul is a sword, somehow? Am I understanding this correctly?

[he's going to confirm before he starts being a nerd]

[unsaid]

Yes, I believe so. I am a sword, through and through. This human-like body was summoned, but I am always Mikazuki Munechika.

[unfortunately]

[agleam]

[gently awed:]

That is so cool.

[unsaid]

Ha ha ha, is it?

I take it that tsukumogami - object spirits - are not wholly common in your mythology, then.

[agleam]

Not at all! Well - I mean, I met two tree people once, but they were, like. Half human, half tree. They didn't look human and were secretly trees. Although that might be different anyways, since that was because of a curse...

[please stop talking but regardless]

The point is! This is totally new to me!

[unsaid]

[ . . . . he laughs a little bit at that]

What an interesting run-in with your nature spirits. Some swords are cursed, but I cannot say that our current existence is due to one.

I am glad to have given you this pleasant surprise.

[agleam]

Calling him a nature spirit is giving him way too much credit...

[it's a bit flat, but he's moving on quickly.]

I'm glad you're not cursed, though!

[unsaid]

[help

that just makes jiji laugh some more]

As am I.

How amusing it is, that some of you have already run into my comrades in your experiences, while others are not familiar with us in the slightest.

[agleam]

[he blinks]

Oh... You've talked to people who know some of your friends?

[unsaid]

That is correct.

Swords such as myself were present in the 'summer camp', as well as the Prism. [why does summer camp confuse him more than the Prism] One of them even brought a friend - well, a lover, I suppose - back from one of their experiences.

We seem to be popular guests for these situations.

[agleam]

[he pauses, with a little frown.]

...That's probably a pretty complicated feeling.

[knowing people he cared about went through something like that while he wasn't there.]

[unsaid]

[well,]

Ha ha ha. I would say most of these situations inspire complicated feelings.

... they have, thus far, all made it home safely. I can ask for nothing more.

[agleam]

I mean, you could probably ask for it to not have happened to them in the first place...

[but he gets that that's wishful thinking at this point.]

[unsaid]

Hmm... I suppose so.

... though their lives would be very different now if they did not enter these realms. I believe some of them came ever closer to their humanity, for better or for worse.

I would not design to take those experiences, or the friendship they made, away from them.

[agleam]

[after a few moments spent thinking that over, he nods.]

...That's a good point. That was easily the best part of the place I was in before this, too - all the people I got to meet.

[unsaid]

[mikazuki smiles gently, like he is not surprised but is pleased nonetheless]

... I imagine that is often the case.

Even I, if asked if I would make all the same choices that led me to these situations again, would choose the same path each time.

[agleam]

[after a moment:]

Even though yours ended the way it did?