Searching for Thunderseal Post 1

[ridethelightning]

[Well, that had been unpleasant. Ky hadn't wanted to fight, but the bandits who tried to assail him wouldn't give him a choice. And regardless of whether he was using Thunderseal or a simple steel rapier, Ky's abilities still place him within the top five percent of warriors walking the Earth in this day and age.

But that leader...he had been something else. That wind magic had made him feel almost as if he were taking blasts of wind from the Zessen fans. Furthermore, his sword gave off a presence similar to an Outrage. Ky managed to dispatch him, but he'd had to use not one but two Overdrives in the process. But at least now, the battle was over. Best to hurry up and bury the bodies, then continue on toward his next destination.]

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[aeolian]

[ at least take the sword, Ky. Or examine it-- except that might be impossible, considering that there's no longer a sword to be examined. Just a young woman, sitting beside the body of the bandit leader and studying him with an expression akin to resignation. ]

[ridethelightning]

[Ky had been looking for something he could use as a makeshift shovel -- just blasting the ground with lightning would be too conspicuous. So he didn't notice right away...]

Huh?

[However, he eventually did notice.]

Come to loot their bodies?

[He doesn't look terribly amused by the idea.]

[aeolian]

... That's an interesting first question to ask someone.

[ridethelightning]

What other reason would bring someone to the grounds of a battle that just ended?

[aeolian]

I never left it.

[ridethelightning]

[That perplexes Ky. Every one of the combatants he had fought had been male.]

What do you mean? If you were here during the fight, I don't think I would have missed you.

[aeolian]

No, you were certainly aware of me.

[ridethelightning]

...I beg your pardon? I'm afraid I don't understand.

[aeolian]

To put it as simply as I can, I'm a sword!

[ridethelightning]

You're...what?

[Come to think of it, that was the guy who had been wielding that magic sword. And he couldn't see the actual sword anywhere. Could this woman be telling the truth?]

But...but what's that mean, exactly?

[He's hoping for some kind of an explanation here.]

[aeolian]

It means that my other form is a sword! Otherwise, I can move among humans like this.

[ridethelightning]

[Okay. This is officially too weird. He needs some time to properly grasp this.]

So...what you're saying is...you're a magic sword...but you have a human form?

I have to wonder at what exactly makes that even slightly possible.

[aeolian]

... You'd rather not know. I'm afraid it's a little dark.

[ridethelightning]

...With all due respect, the dissonance between the content of your statement and your facial expression makes it, ah...difficult to process.

[aeolian]

If I showed how I really felt, wouldn't you feel bad for making a lady cry?

[ridethelightning]

...Oh. I...hadn't thought of that. My apologies.

[Wait, why is he apologizing again? Must be instinctive.]

So, then, if your wielder is dead...what do you intend to do now?

[aeolian]

[ ... oh. That's a good question. ]

I'm not sure... some sort of scavenger will likely pick me up. I've passed more hands than I can count.

[ridethelightning]

And...is that all right with you? Is that what you want to happen?

[aeolian]

Do you usually ask swords what they want?

[ridethelightning]

That depends on whether or not the sword is sentient.

[As if sentient swords are a dime a dozen.]

[aeolian]

Oh! Do you know other ones??

[ Aria, that's not answering. ]

[ridethelightning]

Er...no. That was meant jokingly.

That said, you're a sentient being. Thus, you should be free to decide what you want and to pursue it.

[aeolian]

... I'm afraid it's not that simple.

[ridethelightning]

It isn't? But why isn't it?

[As far as Ky is concerned, it should be.]

[aeolian]

Because I'm a weapon. [ said simply. ] I may take a human shape, but in the end, I'm still a sword, and I was still created to kill. There aren't many people who would think from your view.