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August/Firaseri with Ryunosuke (newbies welcome)

WHO: Ryunosuke and YOU? (If you're a Pleroma) (sorry obi-wan kenomies)
WHAT: Combob July event aftermath and pre-August event newbie greeting
WHERE: Greentruth pretty much exclusively, sorry dedicated Bloodites :(
WHEN: Backdated 25th of July to... ??? Early August
WARNINGS: There are cw's marked by prompt.
NOTES: Ryu has picked up some pretty significant physical changes after this last event. Here's a very silly visual guide. Old characters who are familiar with it might note the wings are eerily evocative of the Innocence entity that showed up in Venera back in May. Also, either prose or brackets are fine here, I'll match whatever.
If you've got any questions or want to plan something specific, hit me up on plurk @

awkwardpossum or ping me on Discord.

In the Aftermath (for old characters)

Opinions may vary, but for Ryunosuke, it's hard not to see Venera as a sort of failure. Maybe not one for the Pleroma over all, but... At the very least for himself. Arguably the most important goal-- getting the Castillos out of the city and further from the Regent's grasp-- had been achieved. He's extremely grateful for that much.

Everything else though... He's still trying to come to terms with it. Getting captured and used as bait, failing to protect Estinien... In a way, he feels responsible for Abel and Himeka being captured too, though he'd never say as much without prompting, keeping that guilt close to his own heart.

He'd found a new sense of resolve in Venera, a willingness to defend by more violent means, if the circumstances called for it. But with a potential rescue operation looming... He's lost, uncertain if he's up to the task when he could just as easily wind up being a burden.

There's a lot to consider.

He can be found exclusively around Greentruth in the week or so after the 25th, only leaving to occasionally venture out and help check shrines once it becomes clear that more new Aions are starting to hatch. Besides that, he's taking it easy, his injured arm limiting how much he can contribute to his usual odd-jobbing around the settlement. He can be found wandering and resting here and there, but he's notably devoid of his typical high strung ambient energy. He's far more subdued, bordering on morose, and appears to be frequently lost in thought.

Hunting...? Maybe. (OTA, CW for potential animal death. Yk. Forest game. Nothing too graphic.)

Ryunosuke doesn't think he'll ever be alright specifically with wielding a blade against another person... The mere thought of it still makes him queasy. But with potential conflict looming, he's having to give much more thought to how he'll not only defend himself, but cause harm, if the situation comes down to it.

Much as he's been practicing with his bow since he got here, its been reserved mostly for non-living targets before now. But he's thinking that if he focuses on his strengths, the bow might be his best option... And as macabre as it is to think of it this way, maybe if he can get over shooting an animal... You know, for the sake of helping to feed the community...

He doesn't know the first thing about hunting and tracking, though, so. You can find him lingering somewhat anxiously around wherever the hunting parties tend to head out from, either too nervous or too embarrassed to ask to tag along. Help or heckle him, it's up to you.

Bubble... Trouble :/ (OTA)

Ryunosuke is wondering what else he can do with these strange forcefield bubbles that he's learned to cast. He gets the sense that they have potential, but he's never used them for much of anything other than some hasty blocking. He'll need volunteers to help him experiment, though. And as with any sort of experimentation, things might not always go as planned...

Generally he can be found around the training area, trying to hit the place when it's off peak hours and there are fewer people there. Feel free to ask him about what he's doing! It's weird magic. Even if you aren't a combatant or it's not your usual time to train, maybe you're drawn in by the obnoxiously loud 'POP's and 'BANG's that go off at around these times; investigation will lead you to Ryu, summoning these shimmering gold bubbles in mid-air, which he then concentrates on and appears to be trying to convince to burst on command, with mixed results.

(OOC note: Ryunosuke has a sleep spell now that he can use in tandem with the bubbles, but he hasn't quite figured it out; if you want to volunteer your character for accidental naptime, let me know in the subject line of your tag-in.)

Welcome to my Offish... (OTA, cw for potential animal death (fish), again, nothing too graphic.)

There's one other place you can frequently find Ryunosuke, and that's the lake near Greentruth. He's always at his most relaxed around the water, and now he's picked up fishing as an interest thanks to Himeka.

It's a good way for him to mostly turn his brain off, while still contributing something back to the resistance. Mostly he's using a fishing rod, but sometimes you might see him in the shallows with his pant legs rolled up, attempting a weird new method: scooping a bunch of fish up in one of his little bubbles and very... Very carefully floating it over to dry land.

...Sometimes if he catches a bunch of little bait fish, he'll just stand there holding the bubble up in front of him, pensively watching the little critters inside for a bit before he lets them go again. He seems weirdly fond of them!

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[Visiting the training grounds on off-hours suits Dorothea just fine. She isn’t particularly eager to seek them out (as much of a front as she puts up about wanting to help, the thought of more fighting weighs on her heart), but her exploration of Greentruth eventually brings her there.

And she can’t help but be curious about the intermittent noises coming from that direction. She’s not sure what she expects to find there, but she discovers that the bangs are coming from some very peculiar bubbles being conjured by an even more peculiar looking young man. She comes to a halt at what she deems a safe distance away and watches quietly for a moment while he manages to get one of the shimmering bubbles to pop.

She winces, but her expression quickly shifts to something more bemused as she turns her attention to Ryunosuke.]

Those are quite attention-grabbing, I must say.

[Ryunosuke is concentrating hard enough that he doesn't see Dorothea actually approach; his ears twitch up in her direction when she speaks up, drawing his attention at once. He blinks in surprise before turning to face her properly, showing sharp teeth in a bashful looking grin.]

Hah! Y-yes. Sorry, I hope the noise wasn't bothering you too much... I'd like to find somewhere a bit more soundproofed to practice, if I could...

[He's realizing that her face is an unfamiliar one; handily, he has recently gained the ability to actually tell when someone is an Aion or not, which is turning out to be extremely useful with the shrines turning active again. Just a quick glimpse confirms it.]

Ah...! Wait, you... You're one of the newly arrived Aions, aren't you?

I am indeed. [She offers him a warm smile in return and a slight tilt of her head as she introduces herself.] Dorothea Arnault.

[It’s been something of a whirlwind for her, these past few days since arriving in Horos. A new home to familiarize herself with, an endless stream of new faces to meet… Thankfully, most of the Aions she’s met thus far have by and large been rather inviting and kind. Ryunosuke seems at first glance to fit that trend, if his apology and that bashful (if a little disconcerting, what with the teeth…) grin is anything to judge by.]

Hopefully I’m not getting in the way of your practice, darling. I was trying to get a feel for where everything is here in Greentruth, and I couldn’t help being curious at the noise…

No no, not at all! Er, I mean... That's understandable, of course! I mean, they do sound pretty out of place, as far as... Forest sounds... Go...

[He makes an awkward, kind of wobbly gesture with one hand.]

...A-anyway. Um. My name is Ryunosuke Naruhodo! It's a pleasure to meet you!

[She raises a hand to conceal the amusement that springs to her lips as he stumbles through his response. Adorable, tbh.]

The pleasure’s all mine, sweetie. [Carefully tucking that amused expression of hers away, she clasps her hands idly before her.]

If you don’t mind my asking, what exactly are those bubbles of yours for? Aside from being noisy, of course. [She winks.]

[The winking. He's not used to women being kind of... Playfully flirty like this? He's an old timey grandpa man, you're gonna make him flustered if you keep that up, Dorothea.]

Ah, well. The noise is... New, actually. I've only just realized I can make them do that. And not very reliably... They function more like shields, most of the time.

[Oh, but it’s just so fun to get those flustered reactions. But luckily for Ryu, the prospect of this magic of his is interesting enough to keep her from resorting to that. For now. ;)]

Shields, hm? I imagine there must be a lot of use for something like that, considering the… conflict, and all.

[And defensive magic sounds much more palatable than the offensive sort she’s gone to such trouble to learn.]

Yes, you... You could say they've been getting a fair amount of use recently, in that regard.

[He winces slightly, hinting at memories of harrowing recent experiences that have necessitated a lot of shielding.]

I'm not much of a fighter as is, but recently I've been wondering if they could have more versatility in use... So I've been... Experimenting, I suppose?

[That word feels really strange on his tongue but. Yeah, that's what it is, he guesses.]

Hiccup wasn't much for hunting before and he's even less so now. He may be grappled with Greentruth eating the reptilian meat in the past - something he's still not sure about given their close seeming relation to various dragons he met in the past... But given that the Powers that Be in this world decided he really needed to up his dragon (reptile) connection he tends to stay as far away from the hunting parties as he can.

Still, they tend to gather and discuss plans of travel in the mornings for some time. Given his own insomnia, and working load, he passes them by before they head out. Offers amicable good mornings and good luck. Most of them are seasoned hunters - thrilled for the hunt. You can tell it in their eyes and the way they approach each other. It's a job. So when one person seems like a ball of nerves somewhere in the back, something like a mouse it's noticeable.

Especially when the other has groan big goofy ears and a tail ontop of wings. For a moment Hiccup thinks to let it be - But maybe it's just that Ryuunosuke looks so out of place as he often felt in his youth that gets him to stop. If nothing else the squeak of a prosthetic gives him away, but Hiccup doesn't look ready for a hunt - though he does have the shield he's been working on swung across his pack and looks like he'd been out doing something of his own.

"You look lost," he mentioned by way of greeting, cutting to the chase, "you good?"

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He's trying to decide if he should just ask some of the Horosian hunters if he might tag along, but keeps talking himself out of it. Because it wouldn't be practical, right? Dragging a rookie with them? They're responsible for a good portion of the food supply for the settlement, worst case scenario is that he blunders and a bunch of people go hungry as a result... He doesn't want to risk that particular level of shame--

Hiccup's voice nearby interrupts his fretting, and those goofy ears of Ryunosuke's twitch in acknowledgement.

"Huh, wh-who, me?" he gives a little jolt, turning to face Hiccup properly and finally registering who it is. "Oh! Hiccup. S-sorry... Hah. I suppose I must look more out of place than I'd already expected, huh..."

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If Hiccup were anyone else maybe he'd throw a joke around about no the guy behind you. He almost wants to, but from the way Ryunosuke's ears twitch it feels wrong to. Like kicking a puppy - or baby dragon - when it's first learning to walk. There's something reminiscent in it as he blinks, looking over the older man with some skeptisicm.

At least he owns up to look out of place, but then something tells him the other isn't used to living out in the wilderness to begin with. Probably one of those big cities that Ernesto once talked about. Definitely not someone used to survival. Still, even those who grew up in those kind of conditions weren't the best fit for it. He should know.

Hiccup glances past Ryunosuke towards the gathered group and then back. "You know," he offered, "you don't have to go out there with them. Hunting isn't for everyone."

Well... He is kind of a baby dragon, in a weird sense. So you're not wrong, Hiccup....

Ryunosuke slumps slightly, looking defeated as Hiccup manages to see right into the heart of what the issue is.

"I know," he groans quietly, fretfully. "It's just... Well, I thought it might be good to at least try to learn, if I could. Work on my self reliance and all that...."

Hiccup's frown is perhaps a little too kind and understanding in this instance - But then, he knows what it's like. He always desperately wanted to be able to do more. The instance may be different, but at the heart the problem is the same (or so he thinks): Feeling helpless and like an outsider.

"There's plenty of ways to do that," He offered readily, not missing a beat, "there's plenty of a need for fisherman. You can also learn about the flora and making gardens - Getting vegetables to grow can be as tough as felling an animal." Which, at least on Berk was true; Given it was winter for most of the year and the ground was nearly hard as a rock. The fact they ate more than fish or had enough to go around was a miracle most days.

He raises a hand and lowers it in a 'you see' kind of gesture as he shakes his head. "There's plenty of other things you can do," Hiccup adds, trying to be helpful as he offers, "going out without having your heart committed or understanding what they're going for is just as much dangerous to yourself as it is to the others." This part is said more knowingly - as someone who'd... Been exactly that problem once before.

He's right, and all of those points are valid and good even, except for the part where feeling like he has nothing to contribute is really only part of Ryunosuke's problem. The real heart of the issue is that they're in a war, and he doesn't want to kill.

So he just kind of deflates further and further the longer Hiccup goes on, until he can barely meet the other man's eye, and that last point becomes a final straw.

"I know!" Ryunosuke practically explodes with dismay, briefly drawing looks of disapproval from some of the hunters. Ryunosuke barely notices them, slumping backwards against the walkway railing and slowly dropping to the floor.

"That's exactly the problem, Hiccup, I'm-- I'm committed to this cause, and I want to help the other Pleroma, but... Killing? Even if it's not permanent, I just... I can't..."

He trails off, pushing a hand back through his dark hair. Hiccup will have to piece everything together himself because Ryunosuke doesn't seem to realize the insane jump he's just made, going from talking about hunting to talking about war.

So it's not just about the hunting of animals. He half-expected but didn't want to assume. Winces slightly as he glances away. It's difficult. Hiccup was born into a war, different though it was. Even once the war with dragons had ended Berk was always on someone's agenda - Alvin the Treachrous, Dagur the Deranged, Viggo, Drago Bludvist, Grimmel. Even for as many as they won over, there was always someone wanting to destroy everything. It's why he had stopped trusting so much that humans could befriend dragons. Even still.

"I get it," Hiccup's voice is as quiet as it is measured. Mouth drawn into a frown and eyes flickering away from the other. He moves, not to console him but to take a spot next to him near the walkway. His arms rest against the banister and instead of looking down he keeps attention straight ahead, on the forest that's so far away from Berk yet somehow feels enough like home to be of some comfort.

He's quiet a moment, somber as he considers further. There's really no reconciling of what happens here. Survival? No, this is bigger - the fate of the entire world. Of all of them. It should be easier to not hesitate when it comes to what they must do. He knows his father could do it. He knows Astrid would, too. Maybe even Toothless. A chief protects his own, but what happens when that own is extinguished? Or...?

Hiccup shakes it off, and takes a deep breath as he takes in simple measure. "I can't kill someone who's in the same position as me," he mentioned, a finger tapping the wood of the rail, "no one chose to be here. I can't agree that the Kenoma chose to go where they are... From the moment we got here, it's always been under someone else's plans. I can't help but think if it had been just a little different I'd have been on that side." The Kenoma's. He knows the experience for the new Pleroma is different. Not many of them suffered the same side-effects of their first arrivals. He's glad for that. But he thinks many of them may see it differently - not Ryunosuke- that there was really any choice. For the first batch, there wasn't much of one.

Though he still wonders about the Kenoma martyr and how it seemed their escape was helped along... That too, was probably what they wanted, right? But why?

He sighs. "I couldn't even if it was like that," he admitted after a moment, truthful in the matter. "I still can't help but think there has to be a way to do this that isn't just... Killing anything that crosses our path, because doesn't that make us no better than them?" If they're about preserving life how can they end it so easily? It's not something... It's never been something he agreed with, even as a child. When he realized where his heart really is.

"Maybe that's why guys like us are here. There's got to be a way - something. If not, why are we here in the first place, right?"

[ even though he should be recovering, spending his time wisely while being on the mend, he is still training. while toge can't and shouldn't practice using his speech, the rest of him is fair game--- and greentruth has been the best home for someone who needs that isolation. and so, he often spends a few hours each day climbing trees. running through the forest. working on his focus. are there moments where he may stumble or trip or do something that makes him look like a fool? absolutely. he's still young.

but when he does spot a familiar face with some incredibly unfamiliar qualities, including one which makes his skin crawl on first glance?

of course he'll stop. see if he can get his attention.

shard out, toge waves with his other hand. ]

Hey! Ryunosuke!

[The waving gets his attention first, but it comes at the exact same time as he feels the unmistakable and indescribable twinge in his shard that occurs whenever someone tries to reach out via Communion.

It's impossible to be annoyed about his moping getting interrupted when the one doing the interrupting is Toge. Ryunosuke loves to see that little guy.]

Oh! Toge! [He grins and waves back.] Just a moment--

[He fishes out his shard to hold, so they can converse more directly... A gesture which he greatly appreciates, because he's way too brain tired and stretched thin to figure out charades+onigiri speak right now. Even if reading Toge's brain texts and talking to him face to face can also take some getting used to.]

How are you, my friend? [He thinks back through the communion, just to test the connection, and then says aloud:] Doing alright, I hope?

[ it's heartening when someone understands why he speaks the way he does. slowly but surely he's become more comfortable about utilizing communion in a way that is more... intimate? or at least, as private as he can make it, when trying to chat with others that he knows. it's hard to hide the emotions that he spent years trying to keep down; outbursts could lead to danger, and not just to those who might hear him speak one accidental phrase.

but his eyes brighten, his smile wide enough to crinkle he fabric that normally covers his lips. ]

I'm fine! Just... mmm. Still recovering. I've never seen a gun shoot lightning before.

[ or felt anything like it. he'd like to avoid that again if he can help it. ]

But I should be asking about how you are.

[A gun that shoots lightning?!]

Ah! Did you run afoul of that man as well? The stoic looking Kenoma with, with the strange... Weirdly sort of adorable ears?

[...Says the guy who also has strange ears now?? He either doesn't notice or care about the irony of that because, as he says that, Ryunosuke raises both hands (with his shard still awkwardly grasped in one) to the top of his head, mimicking the approximate location of Eustace's ears, wiggling his index fingers in an evocative manner.]

I think he got me with that as well. Not the worst hit I took while we were down there, but... Hardly pleasant to experience.

[ and then toge does the same thing. he, too, raises his hands in silent affirmation and flexes those fingers. it takes all of toge's inner strength and humility to not whisper 'wanwan' from behind his collar, as he notes that ryunosuke bears some of those unique listeners of his own?

meanwhile, toge has normal ones. wow! super unfair. ]

... I'm sorry you had to feel it.

[ because while he's used to pain and all kinds of it, he can't imagine his relatively Normal friend is. ]

Even though he doesn't seem like it on first glance... I think he's kind. I want to think all of them are, you know? It's wishful thinking, but if I don't think that, then... I have to treat them differently.

[You could have cute animal ears too, Toge. You just have to believe in yourself.

Anyway, he's right on that! Ryunosuke's definitely not used to pain of that variety. Electric shocks, especially. Luckily, Eustace was just giving him a little deterrent at a low power level... But Ryu has no way of knowing that.

He gestures to invite Toge to sit next to him, replying aloud:]

I understand... And I feel the same. On all accounts, actually. [He frowns thoughtfully.] That man especially... I don't think he agrees with the Kenoma any longer. We talked a fair bit, while I was...

[He cuts off, looking embarrassed suddenly. He kind of... Has been avoiding talking about how he got kidnapped, briefly? Whoops.]

[ he'll believe in himself soon enough...

time to sit. which funnily enough, he made eustace do. hehe.

it's okay. he can feel it. doesn't take communion to make toge want to skirt the issue if ryu also wants to. but everything else is definitely fair game for him to think openly about, as toge looks up. ]

I'm glad. And I'll have to apologize to him, too. If he's doing what he had to just to escape... I don't...

[ let him feel guilty for a moment. ]

... anyway. If only words could work all the time, huh?

[Ryunosuke lets out a laugh, despite himself. He sounds exhausted.]

Gods. Yes... If only.

[He laces his fingers together, resting his hands in his lap.]

Where I come from, words aren't always enough on their own, but... They still carry significant weight. Then, around Horos, I have to count myself lucky if I can get even a single sentence out.

Because no one can hear you? Or because no one will listen?

[ one is worse than the other but they still both suck, so. a lose-lose situation for someone whose words are certainly worth taking into consideration. ]

Rude either way.

[ toge closes his eyes and laughs inwardly, again... thinking before 'speaking'. ]

They say actions speak louder than words. Right? My words are my actions so I envy you, Ryunosuke. I think yours are... you've tried very hard. It's admirable.

Ryunosuke isn't the only person here, but it's not easy to see that from where he is at the edge of the lake. However... he will find a sense of relief and calm creeping into his awareness in the way that Legacy empathy tends to. Maybe he understands what this is right away, or maybe it's perplexing to him—or maybe he doesn't notice at all that it's coming from an outside source—but either way, after a few minutes, blue scales break the water as Tsunami surfaces, flops onto her back, and spreads her wings over the water. For half a moment she just floats there. Then her eyes snap open, and focus on the human at the lakeside.

"Whoah!" Her neck curves up to look at him. She clearly thought there was no one else here. "Uh, hey. I didn't scare you, right?"

Yeah honestly, he almost doesn't realize those aren't his own feelings coming through, because the lake honestly fills HIM with a certain sense of relief and calm as well. He's just chilling and watching the fish when he sees that huge blue shape surface out of his peripheral and--

Well, she can probably feel that she has, in fact, scared him pretty badly. This forest is full of big dangerous reptiles and, no offense to Tsunami, she sort of looks the part? But when she speaks, his sense of alarm quickly gives way to awe, and he blinks his newly acquired true-sight on to pick up the glow of her shard.

"You... You're an Aion!" he says aloud in wonderment. "And a Champion as well?!"

She thought that was her own being scared, thank you very much, and she's very embarrassed about it!

"Um, yeah?"

A pause; she tilts her head.

"How can you tell?" She peers at him. "Are you one too?"

"Y... Yes, I am!"

He's still boggling at that point, but he manages to knock it off long enough to actually get his thoughts together and answer her question properly.

"Er, that is..." He rubs the back of his neck awkwardly. "I'm guessing no one has told you, but... I-it's fairly easy to tell, when someone came the same shrine as you. It's a bit uncanny, really... You can sort of... Sense their feelings? Far more keenly than you can with other Aions who are of a different legacy."

Right now, for instance, he's feeling a bit skittish and worried, that she's going to be upset to hear about that connection. He knows he was, at first.

She blinks. Her brow furrows.

"... So that's you, then!"

She propels herself round onto her front with one of her wings to get a better look at him, and then she laughs, somewhat relieved.

"Wow, that makes loads more sense, there's no way I'd be scared of a little guy like you. Even if you did kind of surprise me.

... You're right, though, it's really weird."

Although... she thinks it could be more weird. Even though he's a completely different species, what he's feeling is extremely obvious from the way he looks and sounds. It would, Tsunami thinks, be a lot weirder to be magically sensing the feelings of someone who was otherwise really stoic.

His eyes boggle a bit, watching her move like that. The wings, the bright blue scales... She's such a large creature, but she maneuvers herself in the water like she was born to it. He blinks a few times, trying not to get distracted.

"O-oh, uh.... Well, you do get used to it, eventually," he chuckles, sharp teeth flashing a bit as he smiles. "At least... I did, and I hope you'll feel the same in time..."

('Little guy', huh? He supposes he would seem so, especially to a creature her size...)

He's still kind of low-key flustered, purely because he's... Well, he's talking to a dragon? He assumes that's what she is, at least...

Tsunami flicks her tail to push herself closer through the water.

"So that means you're from the same shrine, then," she says, peering at him.

She'd been kind of assuming that 'Champion' meant you were very strong and cool, but this guy really doesn't look all that strong, even for a human. If he is a human, anyway. Tsunami has already learned that some people who look about as different from what she'd consider a 'regular' human as she does from an IceWing are nonetheless not humans, and may even be offended if you call them that⁠—and this specific possibly-a-human definitely has some unusual features.

He's trying to be chill about her coming closer because really, she's given no sign of aggression or any indication of being a threat, but he's a little primate guy and yk... Large creature with big teeth?? Yikes??

He puts on a polite grin anyway, sharp teeth on display.

"Ah... Y-yes, it does. I came in a few months ago, though."

You're the one who keeps showing off his pointy teeth, Mr. Naruhodo!

She cocks her head like a very large bird.

"You don't look very... Champion-y. Are you a human?"

He can't help it he's not used to having them!!! :(

Also, ouch? Although he can't exactly argue with her assessment. IGNORING THAT, THOUGH...

"Ahhhahahah... Yes, I. I am." His ears stick out to the sides of his head, further betraying his embarrassment. "...Contrary to current appearances, that is."

"You look like a human to me," she says, shrugging her wings. She squints at him skeptically. "So... what, are you some kind of cool hero where you come from?"

Ugh. His poor ego...

"Not... Exactly. No," Ryunosuke says, deflating a bit further. "Actually, I'm. I'm a defense attorney? That's, that's a sort of lawyer, if you're familiar with the term."

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Tsunami blinks.

"Oh, yeah... I've watched a trial before." She grimaces a little, remembering Osprey. "Okay... Hmm. I guess that kind of makes sense. If you were, like, trying to stop innocent people from getting executed by crazy rulers, right?"

Ryunosuke's ears flick straight up; he is downright shocked that she actually knows what he's talking about.

"Y... Yes! That's precisely it! I mean-- I suppose execution isn't strictly on the table in every case but-- Most of the time, yes. I argue in court on behalf of people who have been wrongfully accused of crimes."

Luckily for Ryunosuke, Tsunami's limited experience of defense lawyers pretty closely lines up with how that works in Ace Attorney games. She nods as he explains.

"I think if it was me I'd just fight whoever was trying to kill them... or whatever other kind of punishment... but that doesn't always work, right?" Nobody could beat Peril, and if Peril hadn't found out what really happened with Kestrel... She sighs. "I guess sometimes it's more important to make sure everyone knows the truth, huh."

"Y... Yes! Yes! That's exactly it!" He's getting a very eager, intense look on his face now, lifts his hands to lightly pound one fist into his open palm. "Finding the whole truth of a case is incredibly important, paramount, even! It's mandatory to making sure that justice is properly served, I'd say."

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Wow, this guy is really passionate. Maybe it does make sense that he's a Champion.

"Yeah... and sometimes it's not enough for just you to know what really happened, right? You have to make it so everyone else hears it as well."

"Again, yes! It's, it's vital, even, to make sure the truth is known if you're to truly clear someone's name of any wrongdoing. The effects of a false accusation can be catastrophic, otherwise..."

Take it from a guy who knows.

Maybe he realizes he's getting carried away, though, because he pauses to clears his throat and shakes out his wings a little awkwardly, offering her an apologetic smile.

"To be honest... I'm surprised to hear that dragons hold trials. Judicial systems strikes me as a very human thing to uphold... I hope you won't take offense to my saying so, since you've already proven my assumption incorrect."

"Haha, really?" She tilts her head. "Well, to be honest, if you told me humans held trials before I came here, I would've thought you were crazy. Mostly because I didn't figure they were people until I came here? But also because the ones back home really love to steal."

"O-oh. ...Really?" He really can't be offended by that when he basically just implied the same thing of her species as well, but. That's so odd to think about.

"I guess that makes sense... There are quite a few humans out there who do enjoy thievery..." Thinking of you, Gina. He pauses, and then his brow furrows with concern. "...Wait, so they steal from... From your kind? From dragons?"

That sounds HORRIBLY ill advised.

Edited 2022-09-05 01:39 (UTC)

"Yeah, they're always sneaking into palaces and stuff to steal treasure." She shrugs. "I don't know why, like, where are they gonna put it? But I guess everyone likes treasure."

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August/Firaseri with Ryunosuke (newbies welcome)

Bubble Trouble (naptime a-okay lol)

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Srry, vacation killed me 😩

hunting

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in the aftermath

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I THOUGHT I REPLIED TO THIS AAAAHHHH

me rolls back around like a lopsided seal

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THE OFFISH

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