[ hawke you're just digging your grave deeper, aren't you? but oh... look at that flourish. see, hawke doesn't get it because aren't you human?? why are you making a big deal. ]
Kashuu, huh? Well, I mentioned it earlier but I'm Hawke. You're not new to this place, are you?
He is a big deal though okay HE'S A HUGE DEAL. But even though Hawke is clearly missing that point, Kashuu will still be merciful and allow her to continue digging her own grave in peace.]
Nope! I mean, I haven't been here super long, but it's been about a month.
[This is why he has to get hired on permanently fast, so she doesn't have time to realize how shit he is at his job.]
Sure there is! The people can be super interesting, and there are a lot of nice shops in the shopping district... [But he gets the feeling that Sensible Shoes over here probably won't care as much about that.]
What kinda stuff do you like?
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What do I like? [ hm. she actually considers this, running a hand through her hair and looking off for a moment. ] Fighting is fun, but gets tiring after awhile. Especially when people are prone to cornering you in dark alleys. You think they would learn! Ah... drinking is also quite nice but if you don't have the coin for the good stuff, what point is there? [ and varric isn't here for hawke to mooch off his tab. ] I suppose there's also sex but I don't feel the urge to waste any coin on it and I also just arrived. [ . . . ] Dogs are nice.
[ seriously she's running out of stuff here. ]
Uh... oh! I like doing things for people. For coin, of course, but generally when people need things to be done I like to offer my services. I'm quite skilled at a number of things and have a knack for it! Maybe I can do that here.
[ true rpg protag right here. give her some quests. ]
[WHAT KIND OF LIST IS THIS?? Fighting, drinking, banging, dogs and being paid for odd jobs?! Kashuu's brow is definitely furrowed by the time she gets to the end of her list, like what kind of person has he run into. You'd think the letters might have tipped him off, or basically anything else she's said up to this point, but no.]
You're a pretty weird person, huh? [And he's blunt and rude, so there's that.]
I could show you some bars and stuff? I mean, there are plenty of them here. And there's the red light district I mentioned - uhhh, for fighting, there's a dojo? Or I guess you could offer to help out the bouncers if you like punching drunks. They'll pay you for that.
[ LOOK, look she is a perfectly... ethical... person... who does her best, okay. except no yeah she might look nice on the outside but she is truly a hooligan on the inside. if she was her bara bearded counterpart, it might be easier to swallow. ]
It depends on your definition of weird.
[ shrugs!! ]
One of the job suggestions I received was actually "bar bouncer" so I suppose that's covered but ah... what's a dojo?
[Kashuu would just find him a hooligan and a gross bearded sweaty dude okay... This Hawke is winning that race despite being a vague menace to society.
But since she seems to be taking that well enough, he feels no need to elaborate! What a stand-up hooligan, that Hawke; insults slide off her back like water.]
Huh. I guess they already knew you'd totally like it. [Punching drunks, that is.] But a dojo is like, a practice hall! A place where people practice martial arts or work on their swordplay and stuff.
[AH YES good hygiene, always a bonus... Or at least better hygiene than a rugged bara bearded warrior.
WHAT THE HECK, THOUGH?! He had registered that that was a sword in the back of his mind, kind of like instinctive identification, but having her actually point it out is something else.]
What kinda sword is that, anyway? What's his name?
and hawke is very skilled at the giant sword game, okay. she unstances?! and leans against the sword, the tip resting against the ground as she grips the handle, casually using it as some makeshift staff. her expression does turn a bit confused at that. ]
How are you so sure my sword is a he, hm? Either way, I highly doubt it has any sort of feelings on whether I name it or not. It is just a sword, serah.
[ letting out a light laugh at that hahaha swords aren't people hahaha ]
Oh, I've never counted. Usually things just sort of swarm at me and then they end up dead. I'll try counting next time, I promise.
But oops, wow, here it comes. HERE COMES THE DUMB SWORD FLOOD she only has herself to blame.]
I dunno any swords that've manifested as girls and there are like, almost fifty of us. [If she wants girls she'll have to go to a shipping dock and look for the fleet...] And he totally does! I mean, I still remember when I was named. A first name for a sword is suuuper important!
[And then he just MOVES ON like that isn't insane-sounding at all.]
You should, you should! That's how we measure how good a blade is where I come from, y'know? By how many bodies it can cut through in one swing. A bad blade can't even get through one.
[ things that are starting to go over hawke's head: this conversation. hawke just pinches the bridge of her nose and tries to figure out what he means.
just. what. ]
You're beginning to make this sound as if you have personal investment in my sword's... well-being. You do realize swords aren't human, yes?
[ did she accidentally meet a crazy? hawke accidentally met a crazy. fucking figures. ]
Duh! A sword is a sword, but it can still have a soul, y'know? Like me! [Is she ready to dock the crazyboat because it's pulling out of the harbor without her... Either way, he rests his hand on the hilt of the blade by his side and then gestures to it with his opposite hand like one might do in an introduction.]
I guess if you haven't even heard of my country, you prooobably don't know what a tsukumogami is, yeah? We're like, object spirits! This is me - my real body, I mean.
but right, hawke listens to this and tries to align it up with what she knows and well. she probably shouldn't call kashuu an abomination but you're kind of coming off abomination-y, dude. ]
I am not nearly well-versed enough in the Fade for this.
[ at least she can admit it. ]
Last I heard, the only spirits that could possess things were spirits of say, compassion and justice and love and things like that. There's no such thing as "spirit of swords" where I come from. Which, actually, sounds like a good thing. Is that body of yours alive or did you kill it first?
[He has NO IDEA WHAT THAT IS, judging by expression and tone. But it's okay, because he forgets to be confused in the face of being OFFENDED by that accusation. At least he's not really surprised by it, considering tsukumogami aren't exactly nice spirits in legends...]
This one? [Patting his chest! It's solid!!] You asking if I killed a human to wear them like a suit or something? That's gross! And it's my job to protect humans, y'know? [The ones who wield him, anyway...] I guess it's not technically alive, though... It's not real.
Where magic and demons and spirits and all that come from. You know, the Fade. If you have spirits, you must have a Fade.
[ though... she thinks about what cole said and hm. maybe they don't actually need a Fade in the other worlds, even if they have it? still, bit odd not to have one.
but hawke just raises an eyebrow at that. ]
You're standing in front of me and talking, I'd say that's plenty real. If you have a body, you must have taken it from someone.
[ that's how it works, okay!! don't try and break the rules here. she's also just going to casually wonder if she needs to kill kashuu or not. sigh. abominations, man. ]
Never heard of it before. [A SHRUG. Spirit things just don't make any sense outside of rpgs okay, who even knows what's going on in the afterlife where Kashuu comes from.] I mean, I guess there's a spirit world or something, but it's not like I came from there. I'm only here because my master summoned me, y'know?
[BUT GOD HAWKE so rude, he thought they could be cohorts in the insult cafe and now he has to worry about getting murdered. He seems very adamant about her being wrong, though... He's not a bad spirit, okay!! The corrupt ones are a lot uglier, probably.]
I'm se-ri-ous! It looks real, but it's not really real. Like... [HOW DOES ONE EXPLAIN THIS.] I can eat and sleep and stuff, but I don't need to. I can totally demanifest this body, too! Buuut then someone could just walk up and steal me, so I don't like doing that.
[ geez louise!! get with the worldbuilding program, sword hell. but either way, hawke just shrugs since she's not particularly attached to the fade or anything. hurr hurr, she's no mage nope.
except that nothing kashuu says makes her think he's not an abomination. seriously, your master?? what the hell, sword spirit. what the hell. they can still be cohorts but someone here will be watching her back, alright. ]
Ah. [ . . . ] You do realize the more words that come out of your mouth, the less sense you make? I just want to be sure that you're aware this is happening before I walk away.
[ she's not sure she wants to befriend another abomination on her first day, okay. ]
[MAYBE THEY'LL GET THERE EVENTUALLY. But good work to this dingus team in the meantime... Kashuu: unintentionally making things worse for like 600 years.]
I don't get why this is so confusing! [He almost looks like he's on the verge of stomping his foot like an actual five year old, because that is his age at heart... By some miracle, he refrains, but he still looks pretty huffy.]
Look! It's super easy. I'm the spirit of an object so this is my real body- [POINTS TO HIS SWORD and then pats himself on the chest] -and this is like, a kinda physical one that baaasically poofed into existence after Haruji summoned me. That's it! Don't make it weird, okay?
[Says the one who definitely made it weird first.]
[Hawke. It keeps happening, so maybe it's a problem, gosh!! Even if she's not exactly wrong about him killing a man in general, but that's what happens when you're Okita Souji's sword...
He looks like he's about to argue more but!? That's definitely enough to distract him. WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP ASKING HIM ABOUT THIS--]
...What would happen to a person if their body broke? It's like, basically the same thing.
[Which he says kind of cavalierly and with a shrug to match, but this is an Upsetting Topic™ for him, so he keeps things vagueish.]
[ oh that explains everything. kashuu's the sword of a sadist. hawke is aware enough to notice that yes, kashuu's kind of getting annoyed about this but also.
also, she doesn't care. so, she keeps poking. ]
Ah, you must not let anyone handle you then. I'm quite careless with my own sword and if it's your own body... Well, do be careful. You never know when someone might just leave you behind!
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That's nothing wrong when it's well deserved.
[ hawke you're just digging your grave deeper, aren't you? but oh... look at that flourish. see, hawke doesn't get it because aren't you human?? why are you making a big deal. ]
Kashuu, huh? Well, I mentioned it earlier but I'm Hawke. You're not new to this place, are you?
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He is a big deal though okay HE'S A HUGE DEAL. But even though Hawke is clearly missing that point, Kashuu will still be merciful and allow her to continue digging her own grave in peace.]
Nope! I mean, I haven't been here super long, but it's been about a month.
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but wow!!! thanks a lot. already failing at your little brother duties, i see. ]
That isn't very long at all. Hm, but is there anything even interesting about this place? Besides the obvious.
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Sure there is! The people can be super interesting, and there are a lot of nice shops in the shopping district... [But he gets the feeling that Sensible Shoes over here probably won't care as much about that.]
What kinda stuff do you like?
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What do I like? [ hm. she actually considers this, running a hand through her hair and looking off for a moment. ] Fighting is fun, but gets tiring after awhile. Especially when people are prone to cornering you in dark alleys. You think they would learn! Ah... drinking is also quite nice but if you don't have the coin for the good stuff, what point is there? [ and varric isn't here for hawke to mooch off his tab. ] I suppose there's also sex but I don't feel the urge to waste any coin on it and I also just arrived. [ . . . ] Dogs are nice.
[ seriously she's running out of stuff here. ]
Uh... oh! I like doing things for people. For coin, of course, but generally when people need things to be done I like to offer my services. I'm quite skilled at a number of things and have a knack for it! Maybe I can do that here.
[ true rpg protag right here. give her some quests. ]
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You're a pretty weird person, huh? [And he's blunt and rude, so there's that.]
I could show you some bars and stuff? I mean, there are plenty of them here. And there's the red light district I mentioned - uhhh, for fighting, there's a dojo? Or I guess you could offer to help out the bouncers if you like punching drunks. They'll pay you for that.
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It depends on your definition of weird.
[ shrugs!! ]
One of the job suggestions I received was actually "bar bouncer" so I suppose that's covered but ah... what's a dojo?
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But since she seems to be taking that well enough, he feels no need to elaborate! What a stand-up hooligan, that Hawke; insults slide off her back like water.]
Huh. I guess they already knew you'd totally like it. [Punching drunks, that is.] But a dojo is like, a practice hall! A place where people practice martial arts or work on their swordplay and stuff.
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more like she doesn't really notice them. isn't most friendly conversation littered with insults towards one another?? come on now. ]
What can I say? I have simple pleasures.
[ but oh. ]
Swordplay? I'm quite good at swords myself. [ thumbs to the giant thing on her back. ] Maybe I should drop by.
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WHAT THE HECK, THOUGH?! He had registered that that was a sword in the back of his mind, kind of like instinctive identification, but having her actually point it out is something else.]
What kinda sword is that, anyway? What's his name?
["His"... and so it begins.]
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what's that look for!! this is a normal two-handed sword and hawke's really great at it. because it's a greatsword. haha, get it. ]
His? [ uhhh ] I haven't named my sword, serah. No, it's a two-handed sword.
[ she even unsheathes it and holds it as if she's about to swing. ]
I can cleave right through quite a lot with this!
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But wow, he does actually look pretty impressed... That sword is ridiculously Huge™ but she seems to be wielding it just fine?!]
So he has no name? You should come up with one! He'll like it, y'know? [Conversations with swords get weird so fast.]
How many bodies in one go? I can do three! [He sounds so... proud...]
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and hawke is very skilled at the giant sword game, okay. she unstances?! and leans against the sword, the tip resting against the ground as she grips the handle, casually using it as some makeshift staff. her expression does turn a bit confused at that. ]
How are you so sure my sword is a he, hm? Either way, I highly doubt it has any sort of feelings on whether I name it or not. It is just a sword, serah.
[ letting out a light laugh at that hahaha swords aren't people hahaha ]
Oh, I've never counted. Usually things just sort of swarm at me and then they end up dead. I'll try counting next time, I promise.
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But oops, wow, here it comes. HERE COMES THE DUMB SWORD FLOOD she only has herself to blame.]
I dunno any swords that've manifested as girls and there are like, almost fifty of us. [If she wants girls she'll have to go to a shipping dock and look for the fleet...] And he totally does! I mean, I still remember when I was named. A first name for a sword is suuuper important!
[And then he just MOVES ON like that isn't insane-sounding at all.]
You should, you should! That's how we measure how good a blade is where I come from, y'know? By how many bodies it can cut through in one swing. A bad blade can't even get through one.
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just. what. ]
You're beginning to make this sound as if you have personal investment in my sword's... well-being. You do realize swords aren't human, yes?
[ did she accidentally meet a crazy? hawke accidentally met a crazy. fucking figures. ]
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Duh! A sword is a sword, but it can still have a soul, y'know? Like me! [Is she ready to dock the crazyboat because it's pulling out of the harbor without her... Either way, he rests his hand on the hilt of the blade by his side and then gestures to it with his opposite hand like one might do in an introduction.]
I guess if you haven't even heard of my country, you prooobably don't know what a tsukumogami is, yeah? We're like, object spirits! This is me - my real body, I mean.
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but right, hawke listens to this and tries to align it up with what she knows and well. she probably shouldn't call kashuu an abomination but you're kind of coming off abomination-y, dude. ]
I am not nearly well-versed enough in the Fade for this.
[ at least she can admit it. ]
Last I heard, the only spirits that could possess things were spirits of say, compassion and justice and love and things like that. There's no such thing as "spirit of swords" where I come from. Which, actually, sounds like a good thing. Is that body of yours alive or did you kill it first?
[ that's mean, hawke ]
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[He has NO IDEA WHAT THAT IS, judging by expression and tone. But it's okay, because he forgets to be confused in the face of being OFFENDED by that accusation. At least he's not really surprised by it, considering tsukumogami aren't exactly nice spirits in legends...]
This one? [Patting his chest! It's solid!!] You asking if I killed a human to wear them like a suit or something? That's gross! And it's my job to protect humans, y'know? [The ones who wield him, anyway...] I guess it's not technically alive, though... It's not real.
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Where magic and demons and spirits and all that come from. You know, the Fade. If you have spirits, you must have a Fade.
[ though... she thinks about what cole said and hm. maybe they don't actually need a Fade in the other worlds, even if they have it? still, bit odd not to have one.
but hawke just raises an eyebrow at that. ]
You're standing in front of me and talking, I'd say that's plenty real. If you have a body, you must have taken it from someone.
[ that's how it works, okay!! don't try and break the rules here. she's also just going to casually wonder if she needs to kill kashuu or not. sigh. abominations, man. ]
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[BUT GOD HAWKE so rude, he thought they could be cohorts in the insult cafe and now he has to worry about getting murdered. He seems very adamant about her being wrong, though... He's not a bad spirit, okay!! The corrupt ones are a lot uglier, probably.]
I'm se-ri-ous! It looks real, but it's not really real. Like... [HOW DOES ONE EXPLAIN THIS.] I can eat and sleep and stuff, but I don't need to. I can totally demanifest this body, too! Buuut then someone could just walk up and steal me, so I don't like doing that.
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except that nothing kashuu says makes her think he's not an abomination. seriously, your master?? what the hell, sword spirit. what the hell. they can still be cohorts but someone here will be watching her back, alright. ]
Ah. [ . . . ] You do realize the more words that come out of your mouth, the less sense you make? I just want to be sure that you're aware this is happening before I walk away.
[ she's not sure she wants to befriend another abomination on her first day, okay. ]
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I don't get why this is so confusing! [He almost looks like he's on the verge of stomping his foot like an actual five year old, because that is his age at heart... By some miracle, he refrains, but he still looks pretty huffy.]
Look! It's super easy. I'm the spirit of an object so this is my real body- [POINTS TO HIS SWORD and then pats himself on the chest] -and this is like, a kinda physical one that baaasically poofed into existence after Haruji summoned me. That's it! Don't make it weird, okay?
[Says the one who definitely made it weird first.]
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That's not actually how that works but sure, let's go with your theory.
[ she still thinks he killed a man ]
So, if the sword breaks what happens to you?
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He looks like he's about to argue more but!? That's definitely enough to distract him. WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP ASKING HIM ABOUT THIS--]
...What would happen to a person if their body broke? It's like, basically the same thing.
[Which he says kind of cavalierly and with a shrug to match, but this is an Upsetting Topic™ for him, so he keeps things vagueish.]
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also, she doesn't care. so, she keeps poking. ]
Ah, you must not let anyone handle you then. I'm quite careless with my own sword and if it's your own body... Well, do be careful. You never know when someone might just leave you behind!
[ sage advice from a shitty bird ]
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