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[musou_tensei]

-First week of classes are under way. Some people have already come across Reimu assisting various training courses. He doesn't seem to do much of anything but sit on the sidelines and eat and be a human shield when needed. But he has a few things to say, regardless.-

This just goes out to all the new children of the atom who are chomping at the bit to get into training to start becoming the new generation of heroes. -What was with that word choice...-

You all have your reasons for doing this. When I was your age, it was almost out of a sense of obligation. You see, my mother was the Hakurei Miko, and some of you Japanese students may have heard of her. I felt like it was a huge responsibility I needed to fulfill, to become worthy as her successor and fight alongside the X-Men just like she had before I was born...

Well. That didn't work out from me. I was cut from my team, demoted, and forced to start over again from scratch. To find a motivation that wasn't set in doing something just because I felt like I was supposed to. To find my own identity and reasons for fighting.

My advice to people who are still uncertain about things... Find something out there you want to protect. And think long and hard about what you're willing to do in order to protect it.

Kannushi out. -And he ends the feed.-


[[ ooc: Since this is a repeat of his test drive post, you can assume the old threads already happened and bring up new responses if you wish. ]]

Comments

[written]

[friendofdorothy]

Your mother was Someone, then. [If Reimu cares, Liir's file, with speculation about his parentage, should be freely available to staff]

[musou_tensei]

-A very solid constant with Reimu was that he probably didn't care.- To say the least.

[friendofdorothy]

How do you deal with [There is a long pause before he types the rest] people who want you to be her?

[musou_tensei]

Well if my story was any indication, I didn't deal with it. As in not very well. I still kind of don't. I just... try to be my own thing more, I guess.

[friendofdorothy]

I tried that too. Only I wasn't very good at it.

[musou_tensei]

Neither was I... at first... It takes some doing. Usually you won't even know until drastic situations force the matter. For me, it was watching the Sentinels during the LA incident beat the living tar out of the people that were supposed to protect me...

[friendofdorothy]

Alright. I suppose patience is the one virtue I have plenty of.

I heard about that. Terrifying in its implications.

[video]

[eternalprincess]

[Even a daughter of immigrants like herself knew about the Hakurei Miko and her work. And it felt a little exciting for her to speak to Kannushi.]

That, um... sounds like a lot of pressure to put on yourself.

[Kaguya was still uncertain, she'd pretty much just started here, after all.]

[musou_tensei]

It was. And it brought me nothing but failing the expectations of myself and others. Ultimately, it was insincere. -In the end... he still resented his mother. Perhaps that resentment was what pushed him through to find his own reason for fighting.-

[eternalprincess]

[Well, it's a good thing she has her own path she wanted to go. More or less.]

All that on top of being a mutant...

[musou_tensei]

That... isn't so bad for me, I guess. I don't have anything physical, and my family has a legacy of doing this kind of thing... It helps we're all priests.

[eternalprincess]

[If someone, like Reimu, has seen her file, they'll know that she has a healing factor. Nothing Omega level, though.]

Hmm... Would you like to tell me about them?

[musou_tensei]

-Reimu reading the files ahead of time? That sounds like work. Psh.-

Since the end of the Edo period, it has been believed my family line were all mutants. We had supernatural powers that were, at the time, attributed to divinity. Since we were caretakers of a shrine, it made sense, I guess. Anyways, that's when the first mentions of the Hakurei Miko as a hero figure came about. We remained neutral during the Meiji Revolution, and in the Taisho Era, more westernized science came about and people wanted to study just how our powers work. It was some of the first research on mutants conducted in Japan.

... Which, of course, was probably why the government tried to consign my great grandfather into fighting during WWII. He refused, and things have been a little tense between my family and the diet ever since. We refuse to register, unlike a lot of the other Japanese heroes.

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[wholovesyou]

Starting from scratch isn't such a bad deal, sugar. If you're smart, you'll make good use of the second chance. Or you can just repeat your past mistakes and dig an even deeper hole for yourself.

Whichever happens first.

[musou_tensei]

I like to think I'm doing better. I mean, I'm an X-Man and all. -Plus he has his own fanclub back home. That's gotta account for something.-

[wholovesyou]

Look at you, moving up in the world. Don't forget about the rest of us while you're out on the field, alright sugar?

[musou_tensei]

I was gone for five years and I didn't forget any names.

[wholovesyou]

Maybe you just haven't met anyone that you actually wanted to forget. Hell, I know I have.

[musou_tensei]

Even if I wanted to forget them, I probably couldn't.

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[aile_noire]

And how many times did you rehearse that soulful little piece before filming?

[Beep beep, smartass coming through. It was only a matter of time.]

[musou_tensei]

Does it matter? I at least managed to say it.

[aile_noire]

Mm. Yes, yes you did.

It's far from perfect, but all considering? Well done, Reimu.

I only ask that you promise me you'll never say "children of the atom chomping at the bit" ever again.

[musou_tensei]

... That part was read. It sounded cooler when I wrote it down.

[aile_noire]

Did it? I'd like to know how.

[musou_tensei]

Nevermind that. How... mm... H-how are you doing?