New Beginning 22: Once Upon a New Beginning...

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

(Darn, I forgot I was switching to First Person for Crescent, ah well.)

"Quite a long name you have," I reply. "I think it's only suiting that I formally give you my full name in return. I am the the 3-Winged Illusory Movement of the Shigemoto Household, Shigemoto Wen Mei. I am strongest of my Household and second among my people, with the strongest being Number 0 'Zenith of Power.'"

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[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

"Mmmm, well, my Household's slightly different than what one might expect a noble household to be like, but it works. You have to prove you're worthy of being part of it and have the Shigemoto blood too."

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[Celadon's Penultimate]

Brutus braced himself, to little avail. As the battlefield sprayed bright green light, not much could be done but be flung yet again into the wall. And by now, a lesser man would have taken it as a sign from what gods may be to take the stupid exit and not return.

Fortunately, the Penultimate did well not to employ lesser men.

Brutus staggered, stumbled a bit, but when he rose, he seemed steady. and his sword was still bright and beautiful deadly red as before. Though, Brutus knew better than to return with the same tricks. As he had learned from many pained nights with the Penultimate, and Savior and his fellow servants, he must adapt or pay dearly.

That thought in mind, the sword began to tremble in his hands. It shook from tip to hilt, and slowly began to rotate. Brutus' rage its infernal battery, the sword now spun top speed like a warrior drill. Again, Brutus called on the Heart of Mars, and the sword's red aura coursed over him as well.

Round two will indeed start with a bang, Brutus thought coldly, as he took off yet again. Halfway, he lunged downward, leaned onto the sword, vaulted into an aerial front flip, and brought the sword down again to the ground. Hard.

Brutus watched with sinister mirth as the red of his rage radiated like some unholy shockwave, across the battlefield. Any unfortunately foolish enough to remain in its wake would regret it.

[Humunculi]

"I don't have a household or a family, the closest I have to family are those that talk to me inside my head" I point to my head "I don't even know where I come from or everywhere I've been"

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

"Makes sense for a regular household, as it is, I really want to take a good look at all of the smithed weapons, armors and shields used here especially if they're enchanted. It'll help as inspiration for when I'm making some myself and if they're relics of my ancestors, I'll pay a large sum of money or fight for them, whichever is necessary."

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[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

My hand immediately goes straight to Silver Crescent Fang at my waist as I growl out, "Don't even think about doing that to my family's creations. There are just some things that aren't meant to be copied and some that can't be copied. And I'm not talking about only objects."

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[Marvelous Miscreant]

"Alley-oop!" I call out as I raise my palms upwards as if lifting something. The ground responds and a pillar of green quartz erupts beneath me, propelling me high into the air. I make faces at Brutus as I rise.

"Missed me! Ah ha ha ha ha ha ah ah ohhhhh...crap"

My mirth is cut short as the shockwave tears into the base of my quartz pillar, causing it to exploded into a dazzling blast of crystal dust. The pillar leans forwards and begins to fall. I panic as I slide off, clawing at the crystal for purchase. Suddenly I'm struck by a realization...

"Duh, I'm a miscreant...."

My body becomes translucent as it turns to quartz and I plummet to the ground. As I impact my body shatters, only to quickly pull itself together again. I leap from the small crater I just made and spin about smiling as I do.

'Ouch! That hurt. You're a lot tougher than I remember Brutus. But all that rage ain't good for you. You need to laugh a little. Lucky for you I know a couple good jokes."

I hold my palm out towards Brutus and a small glowing crystal pokes out from my skin.

"Like this one....it'll just kill you."

A bright beam rockets from the crystal in my palm towards Brutus. Wasting no time, I charge after it, my fists become sharpened lengths of quartz as I charge in laughing the whole way.

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

"Good, I'd much rather be safe than sorry," I reply as I turn back to watch the fight.

"Ah, what Lady Shigemoto means to say is 'Sorry for being rude.'" Suzu states. "She just can't say it straight out or she'd break custom among our people. I hope you understand. As the servnt though I can say it outright."

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[Humunculi]

I yawn then fall over on my side hitting the ground pretty hard and instantly fall asleep. As I sleep I slowly turn into air and disappear.

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

"Well, so long as you understand, everything is good," Suzu replies. "That fight between those two out there is quite good. I wonder though is that a butler's uniform I spy on the greatsword-wielder? 'Cause I would like to know if he has the same position as me, only for a different master of course."

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[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

"Hired?" Suzu giggles a bit at the thought. "I think I should say something before anyone makes a mistake. None of the servants of any of the Households are hired. We're all connected willingly to our masters and mistresses through blood oaths. We all share some amount of blood with our masters. Those of us who serve Lady Shigemoto or the Shigemoto Household are all called 'Dilutes.' As Dilutes we share some of the power of our master and due to that connection, we can carry out business for them because we know part of what goes on in their mind that they let us know."

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[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

"Well," Suzu grins. "You tend to find cultural differences wherever you go. You just have to learn the reasons behind them and either accept them or try to change them. The latter comes with even more issues though."

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