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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]

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.