naginota | scawy

[I rolled a 6 so as soon as Iwatooshi says that, he falters and stumbles, though he manages to catch himself before he eats shit too badly. There's a burst of frustration and irritation, but with flickers of complexity throughout.

He puts his sword down with an irritated sigh, sitting back on his heels and rubbing a hand over the burn scars on his face. At least he doesn't care about those.]

What's the point of that fucking swamp if it doesn't fix things all the way. [Gosh I wonder why it didn't work... so weird.....]

[ oof. iwatooshi steps forward to offer him a hand up, but - looks like kanda is more or less settled, for now. ]

It repairs you just enough to keep your alive, I'd expect. That's all the cult seems to care about.

...I've seen swordsmen recover from worse, but perhaps you shouldn't go anywhere alone until you've become more accustomed to it.

[We are having our Okita Souji moment in this graveyard lads

He's pretty sure Iwatooshi is right, though, so he doesn't argue. Fucking cult.]

I'll be fine. [Stubborn...] But I wasn't going to.

[Not after hearing about the "died and got memloss" or whatever. He doesn't have a strong desire to go anywhere unfamiliar at all right now, though he will if he has to. He's not good at being benched.]

[ it all goes back to ssgm ]

I know, but that's good to hear. [ he's seen kanda's skills, so he has faith. ] Those excursions are dangerous, even when you think you know what to expect.

Have you tried the springs here? Maybe they would help heal you a little better.

[His expression doesn't change much, but there's a pulse of intense unease.]

No. No more.

[Sometimes you already hated the swamp and then you used it the night of your murder so you're traumatized by pools of healing water indefinitely]

If we live long enough for the magic here to get lifted, I'll heal anyway. [And if not he'll presumably be too dead to care. There's another flutter of conflicted emotions, here, but he doesn't explain why.] I can handle it for that long.

[ ? ]

I see. So you have your own magic.

...Do you dislike magic, Kanda-dono?

No. [Despite it all, he knows that things like magic are, more or less, neutral tools.] I'm just done with those shitty ponds. The effects aren't worth it.

[THEY HAVE NEHAN AND DAAN... IT'LL BE FINE....]

...And if it comes to that or dying again? What would you choose, knowing that dying also takes a toll?

[At that, his emotions turn sharp and tangled, a mess of wariness, unease, even a hint of true fear--all intertwined with an exhaustion too deep to be the product of this place alone.]

...I'd probably be dead before I could choose, in that case.

[He's not really big on dodging or retreating, so he has a hard time picturing a situation where he doesn't just pass out immediately like he did post-CYOA]

Practical of you.

[ iwatooshi has his own thoughts about it, but they're just thoughts. nothing too emotional, as it stands. ]

Let's hope it doesn't come to that, then. There are people here who would be quite upset if something happened to you.