Just Keeping Swimming | March Planet Mingle

[thespaceopera]

Who: Everyone!
Broadcast: If you want!
Action: Anywhere on Mafik
When: The month of March



[Welcome to Mafik, the water world! Hope you brought your best swimming gear and don't have a paralyzing fear of water, because that's all that's here! So get out those wet suits and enjoy life under the sea!

In other words, it's a mingle! ]

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[castrationfist]

... It could. I hid my name for a long time for that reason.

[Because no one would trust the spirit of the fox who betrayed the one she was supposed to serve. No one would trust Tamamo-no-Mae, after her legends.]

A shut-in. Someone who just stays inside all day and does nothing. Someone without use or worth, freeloading off of whoever they stay with.

[ahappylie]

[Ah, so that's the new term for that sort of behavior. They just called them louts or useless. ...Which is sort of a weird way to refer to the goddess of all creation, but then again, Okita isn't a goddess or spirit so he has no idea what's normal for them.]

It's a shame really. There are so many different legends attached to your name, but mostly the ones I heard talked about how you were actually quite a good match for people.

[It's just that she made them ill.]

[castrationfist]

[let's just. not tell him about her time as Daji.]

... I suppose even I had some fans. It's nice to know. It's true I love humans... Well, sort of.

[ahappylie]

[Yeah, let's just...keep that one quiet.]

Sort of?

In that you don't love all humans, or that you only sort of love humans?

[castrationfist]

Hm... It's true humans are precious, but my husband is the most important among them, you know? If I had a choice between saving my husband or saving all of humanity aside from her, for example, then I'd cast away the rest of humanity with a smile. So, does it qualify as love... You know, that kind of feeling.

[ahappylie]

["Aside from her?"

That...was interesting. Okita tilts his head for a moment, and then decides that if Tamamo wants to call her husband/wife a husband, then so be it. It's not his place to decide what the right term is.]

Yes, I think it does.

[He would, after all, kill anyone for his special person. It's an instinct at this point, something he knows he has no control over. He has to protect him - that's all there is to it.]

While it would be unfortunate that I would have to die for someone I've never met, I understand your feelings on that.

[castrationfist]

[This is what happens when you have a game where you can choose the protagonist's gender, but there's not enough funding for the dialogue to change at all.]

Ehh, how wise and broad-minded you are! Though I know it isn't good to be this way, it's not something that can be changed easily... It's quite troublesome.

[ahappylie]

[Thankfully, he comes from an era where sexuality is fluid and no one cares.

He laughs and shakes his head.]

I'm hardly wise or broad-minded at all.

Does it cause you trouble with other people though? Them not understanding your desire to sacrifice everything for her?

[castrationfist]

Hm, well...

[She inclines her head.]

It's a bit complicated. But my husband's happiness is the most important thing.

[ahappylie]

Is she against it then?

[Because that could...definitely pose a problem.]

[castrationfist]

She's a good person.

[And that's all she's saying on the matter.]

[ahappylie]

Ah.

[So yeah, she's probably against the "I would let all of humanity die just to save you" idea. Okita gives an understanding if sympathetic smile and nods.]

She must be an amazing person to have gained your loyalty and affection.

[castrationfist]

Oh, she is! She's the strong and quiet type, you know? She's got such a strong spirit- She has the most handsome soul I've ever seen in fourteen thousand years of memories! I totally fell at first sight, when I heard that voice and saw the conviction in her eyes... She ended up wrapped up in the Holy Grail War without knowing why, but even so, that drive of hers to survive and become stronger was such a sight to behold!

[ahappylie]

[It's refreshing to hear someone talk so openly about someone they love and he listens attentively, nodding along when appropriate.]

She sounds amazing.

I can see why your heart would be so taken with someone who is so strong.

[castrationfist]

That's right! She even used a precious Command Seal to save me from the firewall... She's the kind of person who would stay with me, even knowing who I am, even though we were originally enemies... My life and death were all worth it to meet her!

[she will gush for literally forever.]

[ahappylie]

[it's okay, he likes listening to people be happy]

What is a command seal? Your bond must be extremely strong if you came together after being enemies.

[castrationfist]

Proof of one's status as a Master, and the lifeline in the Holy Grail War! They're three absolute orders a contracted Servant must follow, but if all three are used, it's the same as forfeiting your rights as a Master, and you're deleted on the spot! They're super-valuable, incredible one-use super-magics, and she was willing to use one for something like that.... Ahh, she really is the best!

[ahappylie]

[Whoa. Deletion sounds like dying and that's one hell of a serious consequence for using up some magic spells.]

Goodness. Then she must value you as highly as you do her to do something so drastic to save you.

[castrationfist]

That's right. She saved me, even knowing my identity... I, who had never been trusted by humans, was saved by her in many senses.

[she's blushing a bit as she talks. She sounds honest and devoted here, genuinely happy.]

[ahappylie]

I am happy for you, Tamamo-san. It's a rare thing for anyone to find someone who is such a good match, but especially so during war.

[castrationfist]

That's right! If I could only get rid of this last, pesky rival, then I would have my perfect happy end!

[ahappylie]

A rival?

[Well, that's annoying.]

Who is it?

[castrationfist]

[Her mood immediately sours.]

No one important. An insignificant insect who styles herself a Roman emperor... Well, I'll clean her up soon enough.

[ahappylie]

[Wtf is a Roman...]

An emperor? [Empress?]

Are all the people in your war female?

[castrationfist]

Of course not. The Holy Grail War summons legends, heroes and villains and monsters, from all of history. Men and women alike, and the Masters who fight can be any magus.

The nuisance in question is the Roman emperor, Nero, but you don't seem too familiar with that...