] He looked to the woman for a moment, trying to glimpse something beyond the perceived world. “A sword is an implement. It is not well equipped for planting or for building... it cuts. Excises that which is detrimental or harmful. When put to good use it defends the weak. Saves rather than harms. ...

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Mon Jun 07, 2021 9:54 pm

“What are your duties?” He asked without guile.

"I fight. I find things my father asks of me. I am his bodyguard at times. I manage the Shosuro family," she listed quietly. "You say you are a sword... What does that mean to you?"

“One can avoid their duties I think. To shirk those duties will bring consequences... but one can run from commands. One cannot run from destiny. Because wherever they run... they only grow nearer to it.” He replied thoughtfully as his eyes came across the groom as he caught a glimpse from the man....

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Mon Jun 07, 2021 8:49 pm

He nodded, “Our destinies cannot be avoided... but they can be embraced.”

"I would say duty cannot be avoided," she reasoned, frowning a little. "Destiny... is more of where things are heading than a command that they should head there. I would like to hope so, anyway."

He paused for a moment, slighting nodding his head in thought. “That is a great question Shosuro-san.” He gave it another moment of thought. “The best I can tell... a blade. A blade for the defense of the realm...” Shosuro looked at him for a long moment, then broke into an unexpectedly warm, since...

He nodded, “You could say that. But the past few decades have brought great change to all of us no doubt... Learning to float on the winds of change can take one far from the home they knew.” He looked over to the couple and thought a moment on the life he had known with his father and sister. “But...

“I see....” he replied as he stopped himself. He wished to send his best wishes for the woman his father had admired so much that he dedicated his life to turning his clan into followers of the Lady Doji. But he was not that person any longer in their world... his father’s son was dead. “Have you m...

“It’s quite the beautiful occasion. The trappings of a truly important union.” He replied with a look over at the happy couple. “It is a shame Lady Doji could not attend. I heard on the road that she has fallen ill. Parents do tend to find such joy in the happiness of their children.” He said with ...

“Good evening...” He replied with very little start as if he was a man accustomed to sudden apparitions manifesting themselves near him. “I am called Kakita.” He said with a polite bow of his head. She bowed slightly, adding a small smile that appeared and vanished like a shadow. Her features are v...

A quiet man stood at the side of an ethereal young woman dressed in the dark tones of the Bat clan. He watched over the procession with a certain air of... nostalgia. A man who seemed to be both comfortable and uncomfortable at the same time... as if he knew and did not know the world he was in at ...