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0 ❀ INTRODUCTION + FALL MEME
0 ❀ FIRST MONTH / FALL MEME  |
1. HOME SWEET… HOME? Born from the flame and given life by a saniwa sage, you come into the world with your self introduction all ready to go. When it's all said and done, you finally take a look at your surroundings and… did someone actually summon you or did you wake up in an abandoned warehouse? This citadel is completely run down and in desperate need of some TLC… and help getting together. Did the saniwa actually summon you to help clean house?! Clean the floors, fix the shoji, exercise the spirits that have gotten a little too comfortable in the run down citadel, and find out which loser is going to have to clean the baths. 2. GRAND TOUR A new sword has arrived at the citadel. Are you getting the citadel ready for them? With enough swords in the citadel, it might be hard to figure out which room to fit their bed in. Or maybe you're the new arrival being greeted and touring your new home… it looks kind of run down, doesn't it? Or maybe you've come a little later in the month when things are mostly up and running. Anyway, happy birthday and everything so go make friends. Say hello! 3. LIMITED SUPPLIES It's hard starting off as a new sword army. You never seem to have enough resources and I'm not talking about coolant (though, forging all of those swords to help set up the citadel wasn't pretty costly). Fall is ending and winter is coming and that supply of blankets, heaters, and winter clothes hasn't come in yet. It's cold outside and you may have fixed it up but this citadel still isn't insulated. But hey, at least there's plenty of food… right?! 4. HOW MUCH BLOOD DO I REALLY NEED? You're human now! Isn't that exciting? These new bodies come with a lot of responsibilities so you better learn how to take care of yourselves. Remember to eat when you're hungry, rest when you're tired, and drink when you're thirsty. Also, if something hurts then that probably means you should stop. Test your limits, learn new feelings, and try not to die. 5. THE FUTURE IS HERE It's been awhile since you guys were last out and about, right? There's a lot of catching up to do with history and technology. Did you know man can fly? And they've even flown all the way to the moon? No? Well, maybe you'll have better luck learning how things work around here. The technology is pretty out dated by the saniwa's standards (seriously, who still has landlines?) but that electric rice cooker is pretty high tech for the average sword! Maybe you're a fast learner, maybe you were around when the saniwa was able to teach you how to function in the kitchen, or maybe you're trying to figure out how many swords it takes to change a lightbulb. 6. PEST CONTROL The citadel was left alone for a long time before we showed up. Some of the spirits in the surrounding woods had gotten comfortable here. Most of them are pretty harmless nature spirits and have timidly retreated back into the forest but there are some more troublesome ones sneaking around. They're two-bit, lowlife spirits that tend to keep to the shadows or skulk right outside the citadel's perimeter but you should probably take care of them before they really start to cause trouble. You wouldn't want the spirit of that dirty cotton ball you found in storage to smother you in your sleep, right? 7. AUTUMN ASSIGNMENTS You've been on a few sorties and expeditions by now and with fixing up the citadel, it probably feels like you've been doing chores every day but there are also other things to do this month before the season ends. Next to the assignment board is a piece of paper tacked on the wall with a few extra assignments for all of you to try out. B. MOON VIEWING. We may have missed the actual day of the autumn moon... but autumn isn't over and the moon isn't going away anytime soon. The saniwa has brought some assorted snacks from the town and you can buy more at the general store. Stay up late after a hard day of work and watch the moon from the citadel's garden. Some say curious things happen when you watch the moon. C. AUTUMN COLORS. Even though we missed the equinox, we're just in time to see the fall colors at their peak. The forest around the citadel is an autumnal rainbow. Relax under the falling leaves or collect a huge pile and watch someone jump into it. The air is crisp and clear but you can smell something smokey as someone grills/roasts traditional food on a small fire. Stuff yourself with fish, chestnuts, sweet potato, mushrooms, and more. You could even eat up some of those left over sweets from the late moon viewing. D. 8. PICK YOUR OWN ADVENTURE. You know what to do. |
  This is our first catch-all open post! I'm combining the first month with the fall catch-all. |
5... i gotta
But he'll stop in his search for the tastiest chips to come peer at the microwave Tsurumaru is standing in front of. HM... Critically eying that smoke. Generally, smoke is a sign of bad times to come.]
Mmm... I've never seen it do that, at least. Did you set it in there for a long time or something?
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Nope... at least, I don't think so. Is twenty minutes a long time?
[ in his defense, this is his first time using this funky piece of technology, okay! ]
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Anyway, more importantly: What The Heck™, a symphony dedicated to Tsurumaru Kuninaga.]
—Twenty minutes? That's way too long! There's no way they seriously told you twenty minutes-- Where's the package? The instructions should've been on the back...
[Kashuu should maybe open the microwave door, considering the amount of smoke pouring out?! But he's so startled that he forgets about that very important part...]
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leaving chip crumbs on the table, however, is not the main cause of their current worries — it's the smoke emanating from the microwave, but at kashuu's question, he makes a certain expression — the one you make when you know you've done something that you weren't supposed to, and didn't entirely get away with it. ]
Uh... I threw it away. It was trying to tell me how to do things, but then I couldn't figure it out, so I was like, what's the point of giving me instructions that I can't understand? So I just tossed it.
[ it's probably in the kitchen trash can somewhere... ]
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If you have trouble figuring those things out, ask!
[Says someone who also stubbornly refused to ask other people for help when he first showed up at the Citadel and ran into unsolvable issues... But whatever!! He goes over to the trashcan and looks in, promptly deciding that the package is lost to time. There's no way in hell he's sticking his hands in there to dig around for some plastic or cardboard...
So instead, he rushes back over to the microwave and does what he should have done from the start! Open the door!!
Or try to. When he pops the latch, the door springs open with so much speed that it clocks him right in the face before he has a chance to dodge and he's immediately covering his nose with his hands and moving to the side. Bye, Tsuru...]
Ow—!
[Meanwhile, a veritable bucket of smoke is pouring out from the microwave.]
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[ ...for the entire five seconds that he spent trying to figure out the microwave before he gave up.
kashuu being smacked right in the face by the microwave door is not something that you see everyday — or often at all, so while an average sword would check to see if he's alright, tsurumaru's just... laughing, what a comrade!! he's practically doubled over, arms holding his sides, and it's to their benefit that sword spirits don't need to breathe. or do they?
anyway, he speaks up once his initial fit of laughter is over, but he's still gasping for air in between, or maybe just looking in kashuu's general direction has him laughing all over again. ]
You don't have to — wait, hold on — go to repairs or anything, do you?
[ alternatively, maybe all of this smoke is trying to cover the red mark that the microwave door left on kashuu's face! ]
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At least wait until you're done laughing to ask that!
[He still finds time to be offended, though... BUT MORE IMPORTANT THINGS. Like the fact that whatever is in the microwave definitely looks like it's on fire?!]
—What did you even put in here?! Get me some water or something!
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This thing called "mac and cheese", I think. I also put it in one of those transparent containers — you know, the ones that make the nice snapping sounds when you put the lid on.
[ tupperware, he means... tupperware. but even if he doesn't have any true sense of urgency right now, he's still rushing to do as kashuu says, holding an empty pitcher beneath the tap until it's halfway filled. ]
Is this enough water?
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Eh - like the things aruji puts leftovers in?!
[OOO god he's exhausted, why is this happening. He was told day one not to stick the tupperware in the microwave! Also foil... Actually, maybe it had just been the foil he was warned about? But in any case, it's obvious that tupperware is having a bad time in there too.
He glances over toward the pitcher, waving his hand wildly in the air to try clearing some of the smoke.]
Yeah, that's fine!
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[ gosh, isn't he fortunate that kashuu knows what a microwave is! but once his level of pitcher water is kashuu-approved, he's going to just dump the entire pitcher of water over the burning microwave — or at least, what he can see of it through the now-dissipating smoke. ]
Like this?
[ which then results in a quiet sizzling sound from the microwave... but while fire safety 101 was probably covered in New Sword Orientation, his attention span was obviously caught up with all of the sights of the citadel instead... the doors! the bath! the scent of the herbs that clear your nose!
so even as he's dumping the water, he's sort of glancing over at kashuu with this confused look, wondering if this is all he needs to do to put out this fire. ]
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The sizzling noise is a little concerning, but it's fine.]
Yeah, that's... I think that should do it. I don't think I see anything burning anymore, at least?
[He's trying to waft the smoke away from his face and it's going questionably well, but it's still pretty hard to get a good look inside this deathtrap microwave.]
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[ he's glancing through the smoke that kashuu has cleared away, and there doesn't seem to be any sign that it's still on fire. good job, team! but they might have an even greater problem on their hands, because the microwave is now charred and not entirely a rectangle anymore, and let's not even mention what the tupperware (along with its contents) looks like now, post-fire... whoops.
he's guessing the answer is no, but he's still going to ask anyway. ]
Do you think it still works?
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Are you kidding me?! Don't stick anything else in here! It's definitely broken - there's no way it's not.
[While going on his mini microwave rant, he'll try to carefully remove the melted tupperware mess from the microwave... Instant Regret. It's still kind of soft and falls apart as he drags it out, pulling into gooey strips of plastic and food.]
Oh my god.
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[ and by "anything else", he means anything that vaguely resembles a container — because while kashuu is distracted with pulling the melted tupperware, tsurumaru is already poking at the singed parts of the microwave with a nearby wooden spoon, making a tapping noise. ]
We have enough to replace this... right?
[ considering their entire rack of COOL glasses and singing flowerpot and actual fish and however much jiroutachi spends on sake, he's asking that in a "please let there be enough", rather than a confident "i definitely know there is enough". ]
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I'll talk to Hasebe about it later... There's no way we can just leave it like this, though. It gets used every day.
[Now they'll have to use the STOVE again like it's the STONE AGE!! What the heck it's the year of our lord 2205 and they don't even have a working microwave.]
...Or maybe we could just go to the store ourselves and see how much one costs?
[Like. Without telling the saniwa. Maybe.]