four

[preowned]

fantastic four joke

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[preowned]

[ and he offers it easily enough. he's not wearing his gloves today, mostly because he knew he would have to take them off anyway so there was no point in wearing them.

his hands are... well, what you'd expect from frequent sword usage, while also still well cared for considering his vanity. still, his nails are in need of some looking after considering he never heard what the fuck a manicure was until now. ]

[forefall]

[ She takes his hand carefully, examining his nails. She's definitely seen worse.

Her voice is soft as she trims and files his nails. ]

Do you work often with a sword?

[preowned]

Oh-- yes. I suppose you can say I'm a swordsman.

[ haha ]

[forefall]

[ stares at the camera like i'm in the office

Four doesn't know any wiser, so she nods. ]

I was trying to learn a little before I... [ Died. Her hands tense for a second. Anyway!! ] Is that the only weapon you use?

[preowned]

It is. I'm fairly skilled at it.

[ it's bragging, but also it's very true and he is just aware of his own skill. ]

I could show you while we're over here.

[forefall]

I would like that.

[ She's dead, and who knows if they're going to get the end that gets them all back, but she'd like to see what Tsuru can do. ]

If we do get revived, I think I'd like to see you spar with Ookurikara, too.

[preowned]

Oh, that would be fun. It's been a while since I've gotten to with him...

[ they never got to spar here before he died ]

[forefall]

How long have you known him?

[ Since Tsurumaru was only alive a week.... she makes an assumption that they knew each other before. She thinks she would have heard about them sparring the first week. ]

[preowned]

[ he has to think about it.... math.... ]

Hm...a while.

[ he gave up on math ]

[forefall]

[ She doesn't need to know exact numbers. She just remembers Kara's age being up there, so it makes some sort of sense that Tsuru is similar? His scroll was gone too soon. ]

Is it comforting to know someone from home is here? I go back and forth on wanting someone I know like that here.

[ Even if death and murder aren't new concepts, it's still quite a different situation here. ]

[preowned]

... I go back and forth as well.

[ he pauses, as he considers how to word this. ]

My situation has been different from the rest of yours, more or less. I died before any of us knew about things like trials or individuals getting corrupted, so I never even had a reason to worry over that while I was alive. So it's just been me watching Kara-bou from over this side instead of being with him.

[forefall]

But you know about it now. For you, it's dreading that he'll have to be sent over to this side if he isn't the last one standing, isn't it?

[ This is a very cheery topic to talk about while she's buffing his nails. ]

[preowned]

[ yeah it is ]

I think it's worse for him. It must have been a terrible thing for him to go through, so early on.

[forefall]

... He did look ready to kill anyone until we realized it was Mary.

[preowned]

... did he?

[ he literally knows absolutely nothing about what happened in his trial ]

[forefall]

[ She nods. ]

They found paint on your sword, and he looked ready to cut anyone to see if they bled paint.

[preowned]

Oh.

[ he looks down to watch what she's doing with his nails. ]

[forefall]

[ His nails are trimmed and buffed and shiny. It's time to paint them!!

Time to make his nails look like the night sky. Even with gloves on, her hand is steady and sure even if she's slow with painting.

She takes his "oh" as a sign that he doesn't want to hear more about how Kara was ready to shank a bitch for him, though, so she doesn't say anything more. ]

[preowned]

[ he's quiet for a moment. ]

... so he calmed down after you realized it was the child?

[forefall]

Yes. If I remember correctly... he said he'd like to be friends with her. That he would fly kites with her.

It was... sweet but sad.

[preowned]

... that's good.

[ his expression softens. ]

I thankfully didn't run into her as soon as I woke up here.

[ tsuru probably would have attempted to stab her if he did, since at that point all he knew was that mary murdered him?? the corruption reveal had not happened yet. ]

[forefall]

[ Tsurumaru testing if you can kill in the graveyard right off the bat is incredible. ]

... I understand. A lot happened, and the last thing you remembered was dying. I didn't want to see anyone when I first woke up.

[preowned]

[ he (vine voice) won't hesitate bitch ]

It's a little more difficult to do that now, since our numbers are so much higher...

[forefall]

[ She pauses in painting his nails. ]

The number will only continue to grow. Soon, there will be more dead than living. The universe is cruel.

[ She resumes his manicure. ]

[preowned]

... I know it's for the best, since that's how we'll be able to end things, but...

[ 'the best' in this case kind of sucks. ]