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[goei]

@Izou

manslayer

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ABOUT ME

The strongest, most genius swordsman to ever haunt the streets of Kyoto! That's me! So you better think twice before crossing me, ya hear?

NOTE

As long as you don't get in my way I won't kill you, probably.

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[beathollow]

... The fact that you don't want me used to this sort of thing is nice, at least. It makes me feel loved.

[goei]

You are. Me and Celeste and Arven and everyone else that's your new family now, we love you.

[Even if it's slightly EMBARASSING to say!!! Also don't tell Arven he actually does remember his name.]

I don't regret becoming a manslayer and getting used to violence like that, but even when I was your age I wasn't kind and gentle the way you are. Yer meant to light up the world with that singing of yours.

[beathollow]

...

( mafuyu stares for a moment, heart warming more and more before she pulls izou into a hug, hot tears welling up with joy and love instead of fear for the first time since shin's palace- )

And I love you too.

[goei]

[A few months ago, Izou would have felt like he shouldn't get such a thing, especially not from someone like Mafuyu. He was a solitary, blood covered creature and he was fine with that!!! Fine with just having his pride as a manslayer. But that wasn't really the truth.

And he can't even try to tell himself he doesn't deserve it, because Mafuyu has made it clear what the support he can give means to her. So now, he simply hugs back, maybe a little tighter than he should, but. For a long moment he neither wants to say anything nor knows what to say, but finally;]

Even if Braphine can't swing it, we'll find a way ta come visit you, alright?
[Who the hell is we, Izou.]

[beathollow]

I know you will.

( she doesn't think anything can stop izou once he's really put his mind to it- not now that he's more than mortal.



wait. huh? )

--We?

[goei]

Oh, yeah. I mean... I guess me an' McGillis are together officially now, and he don't got a home ta go to, so I figured...

[Even if this conversation predates the formal arrangement, he already figured this.]

[beathollow]

...

( weren't they

but then, in the palaces-

and in the nekiya...

...

hold on, she's doing math.




okay, cool, makes sense. )

I'm not sure I understand the process, but I care about you both greatly and so I hope you can be happy together.

[goei]

[They'd been so bad about not being weird and pda in public he kind of just assumed she'd knew Something was happening, but alas.]

I mean, I guess it is kinda weird... Since I really did wanna kill him. But then I... learned some stuff, from one of those weird dream rooms, and we ended up talkin' more and then...

[Things just sort of got out of hand.]

[beathollow]

( in her defense. she tries to respect people's privacy.


in my defense, i had a margarita. )

... Dream rooms?

[goei]

Yeah, like, a month or so back, there were these doors in the Nekiya with people's names on them?

[beathollow]

.............. Not ringing a bell-

[goei]

[As far as Izou's dog brain can tell, this is just genuinely something Mafuyu missed.]

Oh. Huh. Well that happened! And if you went inside you got into like... it felt like it was a dream almost, but based on someone elses' memories.

[beathollow]

( yeah, sheeee completely missed this entire plotline. what the hell- )

... I don't remember anything like that. It sounds uncomfortable, though.

[goei]

Yeah! It was super weird and uncomfortable! But... even though it was, it was cause of that... I don't wanna say what it was, but it made me realize he wasn't the big evil rich guy I thought he was.

[beathollow]

... I see.

I'm glad that you got past it, though.