Audio only to start, then video. UN: Scarred_Face

[souls_of_roles]

[At first it sounds like dead air. The camera is either blocked or aimed at a black space with little or no direct light.]

[Then slowly music builds. A solo violin playing what sounds like a slow almost dirge like song. Sad. Wistful, perhaps. Mournful, certainly.But as the volume reaches the maximum it was going to go, about the level you'd use for background music while doing chores, the tempo picks up and the music gets almost harsh, almost... violent. Rough sharp motions of the bow over strings.]

[After a moment there is no almost about it. without voice or words or sight the sound conveys anger and violence, the bow drawn across the strings violently, as if stabbing or slashing.]

[Then on one harsh and almost painful note it stops. The vibration of that last note hangs in the air with no other sounds, making the silence its own violence. It's own tension. Then a slight shuffle of fabric and a card drops into view. The camera's focus takes a moment before the words on the card can be read.]

[The card is dark dark grey. There is an almost black impression of the moon in one corner. Across the front, in red, are two words. "I'm waiting." And nothing else. Another rustle of fabric and the feed ends.]

((Possible CW for violence mentions and talk of blood in threads.))

video un: konpeito_oni with un: fireprince

[konpeito_aji]

Make sure you get my good side!

[Oda Nobunaga is being filmed by someone else, and as he quickly makes apparent: hunting in the forest.]

Okay! This is Oda Nobunaga, Demon King of the Sixth Heaven. [He'll get tired of that mouthful... eventually.] Hijikata-sama is busy doing super important police work so I got Zuko to provide backup so I can show you proper sumo techniques on a bear fir! Those are trees in the shape of bears. Don't worry, if I get eaten, and can't cut my way free, Zuko will set it on fire, and then we'll show you how to make sure it doesn't spread to the forest!

First you need to lure it! [He has a fish for the bait.] In my time, we would give offerings and sacrifices, but since I want to wrestle one, not appease it--

[He doesn't get to finish the sentence before he gets sideswiped by an irritated bear fir. It was not lured by the fish. It was flushed out by Nobunaga's oni, but who's counting?]

[Nobunaga crashes into a tree, gets the wind knocked out of him... but he's grinning ear to ear.]

[And tackles the bear, trying to wrestle, or ride it, or... who the fuck knows?]

[It's a bit insane. But eventually he winds up inside it and cuts himself free...]

[And looks sorely disappointed.]

Ah... that's it? I didn't get to show anything off... Okay! Let's do the fire anyway! Zuko set me on fire!

[This can only end well.]

[On cue, a small puff of flame appears from the cameraman's unseen hands. The flames are weak. After another, only slightly bigger puff, a grumble can be heard, before one more unsteady, unimpressive lick of flames appears from thin air, followed by a hoarse:]

What the fuck?!

[Muttered under the firebender's breath. Finally, fourth must be the charm... and a gust of fire shoots forth, striking Nobunaga straight-on. Thank goodness the daimyo has healing magic because, uh, Zuko is clearly not fully in control of this fire he's magicking up. And he's very embarrassed to be short on juice on a live public feed. This whole thing isn't going exactly to plan, is it?]

[The grown warlord then holds up a finger, as his cuirass (at least it's not his Japanese armor? Is that better or worse?) smolders and gets hotter!] This technique isn't taught in my time, but you should all know it!

Stop! Drop! And roll!

[And he demonstrates.]

[The bear fir in the meanwhile has recollected, REFORMED itself... and just decides an idiot on fire is not worth trying to eat again. Good thinking. Off it goes!]

[No idiots were maimed in the making of this video. Don't play with fire. Or bear trees.]