Chroma: Kashuu

[9mon]

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W6: Monday

[9mon]

[He pokes his head into the swoom, and then fully walks in when he sees Kashuu.]

Is this one kinda familiar to you?

[slashay]

[Oho, a familiar face! Kashuu will wave from where he's standing, straightening up. He was probably talking to the swords again... As one does.]

Kinda, yeah! It's not really like the museums back home, though... The swords there all have their own glass cases and really soft, nice fabric to lay on.

[9mon]

[He pads over.]

Oh... That sounds really nice. But I think... these guys are more for use? Are they well taken care of?

[There are so many swords in here]

[slashay]

Yeah? Where I'm from, if you're gonna use your sword, you keep it with you, not in a room...

[But he'll survey the swords... Let's be real, with the few but very dedicated sword nuts in this group, they're probably pristine.]

Looks like it! Not bad, not bad. Maintaining all of these properly would take hooours.

[9mon]

I don't think I've seen anybody holding a sword on the streets these days.

Does it each one take a lot of upkeep?

[slashay]

Hah - well, yeah, that's true. There was a pretty long period there where no one had to, right?

[Ah, the peaceful days... Between The Wars of early years and The Time Wars of later years.]

But kinda, yeah! You gotta take the sword apart and clean each piece really carefully, and there're a lot of pieces.

[9mon]

Uh-huh. I guess there's the yakuza, but the ones at home are pretty nice.

[When the only yakuza you know are the company's make up artist, and the company's financial advisor.]

There's pieces? [Man... if you took it apart though, that seems scary? What if you lost a piece?]

[slashay]

[WHY ARE THERE SO MANY YAKUZA IN HERE HELP.]

Nice? ...I mean, I have a feeling you'd think a lotta people are nice when others might not think the same...

[GAROU (derogatory).]

But, yeah! The blade and handle come apart so you can clean all of the metal. It's all attached with a pin.

[The way katana are actually hilariously fragile-sounding in concept.]

[9mon]

[SOMETIMES YOUR THEATER COMPANY IS IN DEBT TO THE YAKUZA]

Sakyo plays cat's cradle with me and Azami does our stage make up.

[They're great? Kumon loves them.]

There's a pin keeping everything together? [Bro that's wild. He did not know anything.]

[slashay]

[WHAT IS THE PLOT OF THIS MOBAGE HELP ME]

You're really the kinda guy who can make friends with anyone, huh...

[But he'll nod at that! Actually:]

Wanna see how cleaning one works?

[9mon]

[SOMETIMES. YOU ARE IN DEBT TO THE YAKUZA. AND THE YAKUZA WANTS TO BE AN ACTOR.]

Ehehe, I try to.

Yes, please!

[slashay]

[me in tears in the background just nodding sweatily.]

S'not a bad trait to have, I guess. [HE GUESSES. But he's definitely looking excited at that, motioning Kumon over to the sword maintenance corner.]

C'mere! [Pat-patting the space on the floor beside him!!] It's actually not as hard as it sounds.

[9mon]

[A3! looks like such a bunch of normies and then you actually read it and you go "somebody lied to me?"

He takes the space Kashuu offers!!]

I'm a good hands on learner.

[slashay]

[frankly love that for them all

But he'll nod! And then gesture towards one of the more katana-style swords.]

If you wanna be hands on about it, you can find a new friend to take care of!

[9mon]

[Skitters of to find one that looks like the ones in the museums and then comes back with it more carefully.]

This guy?

[slashay]

Oh, cute one! Hiya- [He says to the sword, greeting it kindly,,] -and welcome! O-kay, so the first step is, you gotta hammer out the mekugi.

[He'll point to the little circle near the hand guard, picking up a tool - the mekugi-nuki and its metal dowel - and passing one Kumon's way.]

Gently, like this--

[Very light tap-tap-taps!]

[9mon]

It's nice to meet you.

[He will start lightly, lightly tapping on the circle.]

[slashay]

They might be too young to hear you yet, but they'll remember being treated nicely even then.

[They're going to fill every person in this prism with Toy Story concerns.]

[9mon]

[living toys Are Real in A3. there's a whole subplot.]

It takes a long time, huh?

[slashay]

[WHY IS THIS CANON SO WEIRD HELP ME.]

Sometimes, yeah. Legends say a hundred years! ...But usually, a lot of us have at least some form of awareness waaay before then.

[And some are just aware from the start.]

[9mon]

[The canon just vibes!]

Really? When do you remember... remembering?

[slashay]

[Does it! DOES IT!!]

Hm... Depends! Like, my first few years of memory are pretty hazy, but I started remembering stuff pretty soon after I came outta the forge. I think some of the reeeally old swords probably don't even remember when they started remembering, anymore.

[After they're done removing the pins, he'll show Kumon how to carefully slide away the hilt hand guard and all of the various other bits that make up the non-blade part of the sword.]

[9mon]

Is that... strange for you, or is it just normal 'cause it's what you remember.

[Kumon follows the instructions, slowly, because he doesn't want to lose any sword bits. He very definitely does not know how to forge more.]

Who's the oldest sword you know?

[slashay]

It's just normal for me, but it probably sounds pretty weird for a human, huh?

[Bless Kumon, he'll get the sense as Kashuu watches that he very much appreciates the care he's taking...]

--Ah, that'd be Mikazuki Munechika, for sure. He's a few hundred years over a thousand, but the other Sanjou swords definitely give him a run for his money! They're all over a thousand.

[9mon]

I mean... I don't remember most of my really early memories either. So it's sort of like being a baby when a sword is really young?

Whoa! That's so long!