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[tadanokusuriuri]

Date: July 28th
Posted by: Anonymous

The shortest nights have passed, but the heat of the summer draws near.

There are those who say that that the crossing to the Near Shore is narrow, on nights like these. When the mist and steam rise through the night, and campfires draw out the strange shadows of the forests, talk of ghosts and demons is never far...

Tell me.

What tales have you heard?

Comments

[rev13_3]

Yes, a shinki is a weapon, and what good is a weapon that sits idly by and lets a threat walk over it? If you were a real weapon, that wasp would have died the moment it touched you.

[tadanokusuriuri]

A weapon lacking control is as useless as a dull one.

Lashing out at perceived threats is nothing but letting instinct and fear rule you. It's far more dangerous than a little sting could ever be.

[rev13_3]

Look around. You have been killed, mind wiped, and turned into a weapon in the hands of those who will gladly make you a monster if you protest too loudly.

Is this a little sting?

[tadanokusuriuri]

A monster is simply that which exists where it shouldn't, like ayakashi who taste too much of the human world.

If my existence now is as a shinki, to cling to some idea of a lost past and take it back by force would, by necessity, mean making a monster of myself. The gods aren't to blame for that reality.