Week 6 cyoa: hei, jiuqing, vin, and kashuu

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spoiler warnings: ff14 heavensward and some light endwalker elements
content warnings: violence, death, war, terrorism (short), brief mentions/references for eyegore, brief mention/reference for decapitation, depression, suicidal ideation (nihilist flavor), suicide, dragons and monsters eating people

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[disestablishment]

[ why did i thought it was a good idea to improtu rp. This knight truly is Kanesada Izuminokami by appearance, beside the supposedly Kunihiro's body, which is covered by a white drape. His eyes... They're fixed on it. His fingers flex, then curl to form fists so tight nails bite into his palm. ] No, it's not your fault—it's... Mine. [ ... ] But he lived like he should. As swords, we're supposed to live to protect and that's what he did with his very last breath. [ Sometimes, you have to comfort yourself. ]

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[this is the funniest shit im really making hei rp kanesan in heis own cyoa

Anyway he hates this a lot because it really does sound and look like Kanesada, which makes it so hard not to feel for him and his loss. Even if this isn't real, he wonders briefly how real the emotions of the fabricated people in these places are. But that's a rabbit hole he doesn't want to go down, so he just reaches out, lightly resting a hand on his shoulder.]

It's not your fault, either. No one can predict the tide of a battle - not fully. [...] And you're right, anyway. People lived because of him. Even though those losses were...

[Bad? Bad. There were so many corpses scattered across that mountain.]

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[ I HAVE BEEN FORCED TO DO WORSE!! Kanesada's lips press into a fine line, doing his best to keep the emotions inside. They're supposed to be proud, honored to be used. Kunihiro may not have saved millions of lives, but he saved the injured left. Kanesada lets that repeat in his mind as he gazes upon the lump under the white sheet. Yet with each passing second, the light in his eyes dim. ] I wouldn't be as down if he went out elegantly, you know? With some flare... Even just a little. [ Down. He isn't sure what word to use here, but somehow that doesn't feel right. It doesn't explain this strange feeling depe within his chest... Who is he trying to fool? Kashuu is intuitive enough. ] Instead of being made into a scratching post for a giant leathery chicken.

[slashay]

[YOU JUST FORCE YOUR OWN HAND

He hates it here though wow. "Down", he says. Kashuu thinks for a brief and ice-cold moment about how he would feel if it were Yasusada under that sheet, before shaking the ghosts of that consideration away.]

...Yeah. It's not fair, is it. [Remember when they didn't get to choose their fates, and then they were born into new bodies and they still don't get to choose their fates? Haha.]

--You gonna be okay? Doesn't look like there's any real way to give him a proper burial here and now.

[He doesn't even know how long this battle has been raging or how much longer it'll go, but the situation at a glance sure seems dire.]

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[ Swords using human words!!! Kanesada is obviously beyond upset, though. ] They said they're going to bury him with the other soldiers. Going to give him a ceremony and everything, but not right away. Not until things settle around here a bit more. [ Which he's glad for. Anyway, he's going to turn on his heel, facing the way he originally came. ] I'm going to find that dragon.

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[Yeah he can TELL AND HE HATES IT!!! But it's fine because he also doesn't have the vocabulary to properly express the depth of human emotion either. :handshake:]

Mm... [He thinks Horikawa deserves more than that, even as just a shade of the real sword, but he doesn't say as much. Hanahaki is coming for his ass. WE'RE REALLY DRAGON VENGEANCE QUESTING THOUGH HUH.]

--Right now? D'you even know where to look for it?

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Dragons hate humans—or elves, right? I look human. They’re bound to find me and I’ll find it! [ VENGEANCE!!! FOR HIS WAKI! HE’S MARCHING TO AN UNOCCUPIED AND UNSUPERVISED BLACK CHOCOBO. ]

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[hhHHHEEEELP LOOK HE KNOWS THIS ISN'T KANESADA BUT HE CAN'T HE JUST CAN'T. He's immediately chasing after, reaching out to grab his sleeve and tug at it.]

Hey, hey, hey—! Listen, I totally get how you feel, but don't you need a better plan?! No - scratch that, you need a better plan. There are too many of 'em out there! We barely managed to make it back here with the injured!

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When you left, the Temple Knights took care of most of them except for that one. [ His voice isn’t one with any blame, just face that there should only be one dragon in Coerthas right now. At first, he hesitates to shake Kashuu off. He knows Kashuu is right, deep down he knows. ] You’d understand, wouldn’t you? [ What if that was Yasusada? Dramatically takes his arm away! Sleeve flapping beautifully in the cold winds, except no he’s wearing the ugly Ishgard armor. ]

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[UGLY ISHGARD ARMOR... Kashuu does understand which is very unfortunate, but it's also why he doesn't want Kanesada to go, so--]

--At least, like - listen! Hang on. Don't go yet. Let me talk to Vin after she's healed, okay? I don't want you going out there alone.

[He's not going to ditch Vin, who he assumes is The Only Real Person Here, for a fake Kanesada... But he's also loathe to see him go out and get his stupid ass killed. Somehow it feels like Horikawa's nonexistent ghost will haunt him if he allows this.]

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The longer we wait, the faster it gets reinforcements and the harder it’ll be to kill it. It’s time to sharpen up. [ Kanesada is… Unfortunately stubborn at this moment. Maybe it’s because of the death. He mounts onto the black chocobo, crestfallen and torn over what he’s doing, but. Sometimes you’re sad and if you’re here to kill, you might as well kill. ] See ya. [ And he goes!!! Kashuu will see there is another black chocobo here, though, also unsupervised and unoccupied. What will he choose to do? ]

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[He is literally so fckin mad about this in this chili's right now holy shit. He's also torn as to whether he should stay with VIN his STRAY CAT!! HIS VIN!!!! Or follow stupid fake Kanesada out so he doesn't die about it but.

Well, he rolls an 11 which is literally just one point over the middle and it means he's just giving Vin an apologetic look wherever she is and moving to mount onto the other unsupervised and unoccupied chocobo to CHASE DOWN KANESADA GODDAMMIT.]

Don't just "see ya" me, you ass—!!

[disestablishment]

[ sheds tear. ]