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fandomhigh2018-10-05 09:14 am
battlewithstyle) wrote in fandomhigh2018-10-05 09:14 am
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Japanese Blades, First Period [10/05]
"I hope everyone had a good time visiting with their families and guests last week," Mitsutada said by way of greeting. "This week we have our intended guest for last week with us, so I will let him introduce himself."
The hunky beefcake of a guest was dressed in a red and white tracksuit, his two-toned hair pulled back into a rough ponytail. He was perhaps a little under dressed for cooler weather, given he'd rolled up his pant legs and was wearing sandals, but he seemed perfectly comfortable.
"Hello there!" he greeted. "I hope you all had fun with Tsurumaru last week, he locked me in a bathroom so I couldn't make the trip!" He laughed, thinking that was all a good joke. "I'm Nagasone Kotetsu, or a counterfeit of it. The one who forged me wasn't the famed swordsmith Kotetsu. He was a swordsmith named Minamoto Kiyomaro, also known as Yotsuya Masamune. I was forged by a proper swordsmith, so I perform the best among the counterfeits. Although, my former master seemed to believe that I was the real deal until the very end."
"And your master?" Mitsutada asked, trying to steer his guest into the topic.
"Ah, right, my former master was Isami Kondo. Isami Kondo was the commander and chief of the Shinsengumi, whom you have heard about from the swords of his vice-commander, Hijikata. Kondo was not of the samurai caste, but instead the son of a farmer. This did not stop him from being an avid reader, and his renown as a scholar and in particular the tale of when he defeated a band of thieves who tried to break into his family home would lead to him being taken as a student by a famed sword master. He would eventually become friends with Toshizo Hijikata, and together they joined what would eventually become the Shinsengumi."
"Isami did not make it to the end of the Shinsengumi, however. During the Boshin War with the Imperial restorationists, he would be captured and falsely accused of having committed an assassination. He was executed in 1868, his head placed on a pike to mock him and the shogunate loyalists. His body was claimed by his nephew and taken for burial, while the government salted the head and took it to be placed on a different pike in a different city." Nagasone grimaced at that. "Eventually one of the only surviving Shinsengumi, Saito Hajime, would take the head down and give it to a priest for proper burial behind a temple. Thank goodness."
"...Sorry that all of these stories end in death," Mitsutada said. "But I suppose that is the nature of history."
"Yeah, let's not dwell too much of the sadness!" Nagasone said, smiling again. "Who wants to hear more stories? Got any questions?"
[ooc: OCDcoming up! Have at it!]
The hunky beefcake of a guest was dressed in a red and white tracksuit, his two-toned hair pulled back into a rough ponytail. He was perhaps a little under dressed for cooler weather, given he'd rolled up his pant legs and was wearing sandals, but he seemed perfectly comfortable.
"Hello there!" he greeted. "I hope you all had fun with Tsurumaru last week, he locked me in a bathroom so I couldn't make the trip!" He laughed, thinking that was all a good joke. "I'm Nagasone Kotetsu, or a counterfeit of it. The one who forged me wasn't the famed swordsmith Kotetsu. He was a swordsmith named Minamoto Kiyomaro, also known as Yotsuya Masamune. I was forged by a proper swordsmith, so I perform the best among the counterfeits. Although, my former master seemed to believe that I was the real deal until the very end."
"And your master?" Mitsutada asked, trying to steer his guest into the topic.
"Ah, right, my former master was Isami Kondo. Isami Kondo was the commander and chief of the Shinsengumi, whom you have heard about from the swords of his vice-commander, Hijikata. Kondo was not of the samurai caste, but instead the son of a farmer. This did not stop him from being an avid reader, and his renown as a scholar and in particular the tale of when he defeated a band of thieves who tried to break into his family home would lead to him being taken as a student by a famed sword master. He would eventually become friends with Toshizo Hijikata, and together they joined what would eventually become the Shinsengumi."
"Isami did not make it to the end of the Shinsengumi, however. During the Boshin War with the Imperial restorationists, he would be captured and falsely accused of having committed an assassination. He was executed in 1868, his head placed on a pike to mock him and the shogunate loyalists. His body was claimed by his nephew and taken for burial, while the government salted the head and took it to be placed on a different pike in a different city." Nagasone grimaced at that. "Eventually one of the only surviving Shinsengumi, Saito Hajime, would take the head down and give it to a priest for proper burial behind a temple. Thank goodness."
"...Sorry that all of these stories end in death," Mitsutada said. "But I suppose that is the nature of history."
"Yeah, let's not dwell too much of the sadness!" Nagasone said, smiling again. "Who wants to hear more stories? Got any questions?"
[ooc: OCD
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