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[Tim looks down at all the items again. A painted mask and an expensive hairpin only bought forth memories of violence and blood. Were all of these going to do that? And if these items showed these kinds of memories. What would picking a weapon show him?

What if he just doesn't pick anything up?]

[He's going to get lectured is what.] Come on, kid! I don't have all day and this blade ain't gonna clean itself. So either give hand me here and give me that item, go chop some fire wood, or catch us our dinner if you want to eat tonight.

[He holds out the blade.] Unless you want to clean this.

(OOC: If Tim takes the blade is has a CW for more violence.)

Edited 2019-01-26 15:08 (UTC)

[Tim is going to pick up the paper ball and chuck it at Manji's head]

[Tim will regret grabbing that ball to throw it when the memory almost immediately starts up.

Manji doesn't really look any younger, but those three distinct scars on his face are gone. Or, more accurately, the scar across his eye is missing. The one across his noise is newly bleeding. Currently an injury rather than a scar.

As the memory settles into place the thing Tim will most feel is the sense of sore and tired muscles. You've pushed yourself to the edge to stay alive since killing your Lord. There had been plenty of stupid bounty hunters after your head tonight and they've taken their toll. You've killed ninety-nine people so far just to stay alive and it's brought you no joy at all. Most were just men doing their job of being told by their bosses to kill you, but you refused to just lay down and die.

Which is why you now hide in a shack. Bleeding from several injuries you just need a place to rest until you gain back enough energy to leave this town. Hopefully some of the patrols would have given up by then too.]

Alright, you in there! This is Saito Oi Tatsumasa, officer of the law from the house of Katsukawa! [So much for hiding and resting. This guy sounded like he was right outside the door. And why did that name seem familiar?] You don't need to tell me your name. Your life will be over in a few minutes anyway!

[You don' t move just yet knowing he has a big speech coming, they always do, so you have a little time to collect yourself before you head out for your next fight.] I've heard about you, pal. [There's the speech.] They say it was you who cut up the Hatamoto Lord Horii Shigenobu two years ago. So, do you have any final words?

[Final words? Not really, but why not? You can have your turn for a big speech and rest a bit longer.] The way of the samurai means finding the right place to die, ever heard of that? Yeah, all so fine and noble. Me? I'm just a scumbag who accidentally got born into a samurai family, but when I hear things like that I think; Hey! Dying like a samurai? Not a bad way to go.

Thinking about it now, that's all I ever wanted. Something worth dying for. I killed plenty of people on that bastard Horii's orders. I never doubted that they were bad, bad, bad people. Poised like a hero, I did! But you know who the real bad guys were? They're the ones that are right under your damn nose! My big boss? He went and jacked up the taxes without tellin' the Shogun! Skimmed it right off the top. The folks I killed? They were nothin' but farmers who were going to tell the authorities. Hell, they knew they'd be killed just for bothering their betters, but they were still gonna try!

Would you die for a man like that!? Eh?! Or maybe I'm the dumb one here! Which!?

[You're satisfied for a brief moment by the stunned silence.] Bushido, the way of the warrior, follows the ancient code of gi – of righteousness. If there be any who stray from that path the samurai must punish them with justice in his heart. I guess you're a guy who never heard of loyalty. [It's then that you know that this is another idiot who just wasn't going to get it.] But enough! I don't need to hear anymore of your excuses! They are meaningless! I don't feel sorry for you. The law is the law. Your time is up criminal! Now your soul must be swallowed up by the darkness!

[The man on the other side of the wall continues to speak as you get to your feet and prepare your weapons. He talks about how five days after you killed your lord two of his body guards fell on their swords in an act of oibara. How one of them have been his father. You think about how that's a stupid way to die. To take your own life over the death of a wicked man.] For my father, his reputation, and the ninety-nine officers who have died trying to get you is that enough? I think I have reason to kill you.

[From out of the shadows you step forth to battle him. A sickle blade in each hand and even a dagger in your mouth for good measure. As you stand ready to fight a female's voice cries out and it surprises you. Why was there a woman here?] Tatsumasa! [You know that voice! Machi! Your beloved sister! What was she doing here!? Why was she out at this late an hour?!]

Machi! I told you to go home! Women and duels don't mix you idiot!

[As he shouts at her you're simply stunned. Mouth full you can't speak.] Manji? [She sounds so confused and concerned.]

Pay attention fool! [Distracted you hadn't even notice when Tatsumasa started dashing towards you. You want to tell him to wait. To stop the fight. Not with Machi right there! But it was too late and as he rushes towards you your well trained body automatically reacts and nearly defends itself. Your hesitation at the start costs you. He strikes at your face and the vision is cut out of one of your eyes permanently. The problem is that you are very skilled and your strike, despite the hesitation, lands true and you can feel your sword slide through the top half of his head like butter.

You watch with your one remaining eye as one half of the man's head flies backwards to bounce off the chest of your sister it's then that you remember where you've heard that name before. Saito Tatsumasa. The name of Machi's husband that she wanted you to meet, but you never got the chance to.

She doesn't scream. She doesn't react at all. That's the worst part of it all. She just stands there and you watch as the light in your sister's eyes dims away. Dims much like the memory fades and Tim arrives back in the little clearing Manji now calls home. There's likely a lingering feeling of knowing you've just killed someone important to you without even touching them.

Manji on the other hand doesn't seem to notice anything at all has happened. One blade set aside he now has a sickle blade out like the one before in his memory.] Alright. Let's get started on this one. Can you hand me that next? [The paper ball still remains among the items. Is Tim still interested in that item, something else, or is he done?]

(OOC: Note the paper ball now has a new CW of death, violence, and threats of rape. And these warnings are about things happening to a mentally challenged character.)

Edited 2019-01-27 16:38 (UTC)

Get it yourself!

[Tim gets up, he can't stay here anymore. He doesn't even know where he's going but he's up and leaving. Careful not to touch anything anymore he just walks away. He doesn't make it very far before he has to stop and throw up from the images playing in his head.]

[Manji will shout an insult about giving up on his chores, but as long as Tim keeps walking away from the scene he will find the exit he's looking for and wake up back in his own bed.]

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