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[harimaya]

Who ⬤ Hizen & Various
What ⬤ Closed prompts for July and August
When ⬤ July-August
Where ⬤ Various!
Content Warnings ⬤

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[harimaya]

Can't judge. I know a guy named Shokudaikiri. (Literally... Candlestick Cutter. ) Another guy named Higekiri.

(Literally: Beard cutter

Both of which are pretty weird names for people. In fact, Hizen's name is also rather strange! It isn't even a name for a person but rather, an old name for Saga prefecture.

As for the question itself, Hizen doesn't answer right away. )

Guess enough people already know.

(And he shrugs. He brings his sword up to rest against his front, leanin gon his shoulder,)

Hizen Tadahiro. I used to be a well-known sword but because of my previous master, I'm known as a killer's sword. (He speaks flatly, like he's talking about something totally ordinary like the weather,) Now I do contract work. Or did before I came here.

(If Megumi has any ability to sense spirits or strange energy, he might also notice that there's something special about his sword. It gives off an aura of something possessed and that aura exactly matches Hizen.)

[mahoraga]

[ 'Bread cutter' and 'Candlestick cutter' are no normal names by far (those poor guys), but what's more interesting is the fact that this is what Hizen comes to mind after Megumi had told him the name of his sword. The name of a sword and the name of a person are two very different things. It all comes together soon enough -- Or, rather, Hizen goes out and tells him he is a sword. Megumi has been able to feel a faint aura from him from the moment they met, and he can feel that similar aura coming off that sword strapped to his hip. ]

A sword spirit? I could sense something before ... [ He didn't expect a sword spirit to be in a hoodie or climbing into his balcony but that seems par for the course for Hell. Megumi's curious about this master now, and wonders if he can read about him in a book. ]

Have you always had this human-like form?

[harimaya]

Tsukumogami.

(The kami of a tool. Relatively popular in folklore. Some popular stories are like the kasa-obake and chōchin-obake often marketed as summer ghosts or stories of items like dolls that become cursed and go after owners who mistreated them.)

Nah. Got this form after I was summoned.

[mahoraga]

[ Tools that have acquired a spirit. They aren't too common there he's from, but he woudln't be surprised if there are cursed tools with such properties. But for a tsukumogami, Hizen seems to spend most of his days in this human-like form. ]

Summoned ... [ Megumi's curious now to know if Hizen has a sorcerer he's bound to, similar to the shikigami Megumi has tamed. ]

I'm guessing you were summoned to fight for someone ... [ The 'contract work' he mentioned before comes to mind. ]

[harimaya]

Wasn't summoned to look pretty.

(Because he isn't. At least, he doesn't think he is. If he was summoned, it was definitely to fight if not kill someone.)

But don't worry about it. 'S none of your business.

[mahoraga]

[ That's more or less what he figured. There's no need to go deeper into the topic because they're just met, and he doubts Hizen really wants to talk about it. ]

This isn't a topic I've read up on. What causes a weapon to develop a Tsukumogami?

[ His eyes fall on his own sword now, pensive, like he's wondering if his own sword can one day develop some sort of awareness. ]

[harimaya]

No one really knows. The story goes that when a "thing" reaches a hundred years, it gets a soul.

(And he shrugs,)

Some guys get one earlier, though. Probably 'cause their masters made a real impression on them or something. I dunno.