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Infinite Questions / UN: Konpeito_Oni
[Oda has ALL the questions. He's not sure whether a written list or just pure babbling is better!]
[No one else is making formal introductions on the network, but it does FEEL wrong!]
[Like the wearing shoes inside thing!]
[Finally he settles on video so he can start off with a haughty bow. How do you stay arrogant while bowing? THIS GUY!]
I'm Oda Nobunaga, Demon King of the 6th Heaven! I have some questions for all of you:
[How ominous!]
What is your favorite piece of technology from home or here?
What are the best well-known sports of your time? Does anyone sumo wrestle? Is shooting guns a sport yet? Can I place bets on Mitsuhide out-shooting everyone else?
What are your thoughts on the government here and at home?
What is the candy like where you're from, and have you tried new ones here, how is it?
What jobs did you have in your world? Do they transition well to Avalon?
What is the weirdest law, either here or from your world you know of?
What is the weirdest thing to you about this place? -- For me, it's that there are restaurants indoors that don't make you remove your shoes!
Does anyone play Go? Is anyone willing to learn? Can someone please teach me cards?
Does anyone come from a time that still uses caste systems, and for everyone that doesn't; how were they abolished?
What is your favorite music, song, and dance of this world or your own?
Does anyone else have an oni or kitsune familiar? How many people even know what those are? And how many people come from worlds that had them for real?
What's the weirdest and cutest animal you've ever seen? Was it here or somewhere else?
What is considered a luxury in your world, and do you indulge, abstain, or simply have different preferences?
Have you ever had konpeito?
[He doesn't seem to run out of breath OR questions. So the network is just rescued when the post times out and automatically posts it.]
[No one else is making formal introductions on the network, but it does FEEL wrong!]
[Like the wearing shoes inside thing!]
[Finally he settles on video so he can start off with a haughty bow. How do you stay arrogant while bowing? THIS GUY!]
I'm Oda Nobunaga, Demon King of the 6th Heaven! I have some questions for all of you:
[How ominous!]
What is your favorite piece of technology from home or here?
What are the best well-known sports of your time? Does anyone sumo wrestle? Is shooting guns a sport yet? Can I place bets on Mitsuhide out-shooting everyone else?
What are your thoughts on the government here and at home?
What is the candy like where you're from, and have you tried new ones here, how is it?
What jobs did you have in your world? Do they transition well to Avalon?
What is the weirdest law, either here or from your world you know of?
What is the weirdest thing to you about this place? -- For me, it's that there are restaurants indoors that don't make you remove your shoes!
Does anyone play Go? Is anyone willing to learn? Can someone please teach me cards?
Does anyone come from a time that still uses caste systems, and for everyone that doesn't; how were they abolished?
What is your favorite music, song, and dance of this world or your own?
Does anyone else have an oni or kitsune familiar? How many people even know what those are? And how many people come from worlds that had them for real?
What's the weirdest and cutest animal you've ever seen? Was it here or somewhere else?
What is considered a luxury in your world, and do you indulge, abstain, or simply have different preferences?
Have you ever had konpeito?
[He doesn't seem to run out of breath OR questions. So the network is just rescued when the post times out and automatically posts it.]
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[And he quickly adds it to his notes!] So you are enjoying yourself here?
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Being miserable wouldn't solve anything, though, so I'm making the best of things while this lasts. I even have two of my friends from the previous world here with me.
[Not that it was difficult for someone as sweet as Nyuu to make new friends, but having some familiar faces around certainly helped to put her and Lucy at ease much faster.]
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[All. The. Questions.]
CW: lightly hinted past genocide
[She's not sure if that's what they called it in his time, but she can't recall any other names it might have had.]
It was quiet and peaceful, at least for me. I had lived a sheltered life among my friends, but for Lucy, she had a much more difficult time.
[Guess now is the best time to tell him about her split personality.]
I didn't experience it as much as she did, but in our world, there is great prejudice towards horned beings like us. Lucy told me there's even an organization that actively hunts our kind down.
CW: genocide / anti-religion
[And then there's a sort of irritated growl. He knows now that there's multiple timelines for Earth. Many of them seem to have a version of him, but there's no way Momo and Bean and Shinji come from the same planet, no matter what changed in five hundred years. Still, in an absurd kind of way, Nobunaga feels like all of the timelines where people recognize him are his responsibility. To always ensure his dream comes true in all of them!]
[And yeah, he doesn't believe in magic, monks, gods, demons, and charlatans, but...]
[How much had just been to abolish the caste systems? To get rid of the forces that chose for him? Be a lord or die. That told others like Hideyoshi they couldn't be something more? It was why he loathed the monks more than even the samurai who shunned everything new and... what was the difference? If sweet people had to hide, wasn't that worse than the untouchables? If singers couldn't be praised on their own merits BECAUSE how they came into existence mattered more than their skills--]
[Kill one virus, another still spread. He knew that. He hadn't forgotten it for all he'd been high on finding the majority of his dream achieved, and yet--!]
Does such a thing exist here? I will destroy it.
[He assumes it can't, too many people with stranger features than simply oni horns running around... It just angers him like nothing else.]
[Indeed, he mutes his phone to say a few choice swears.]
Absolute fools. They could have paradise, but they're so afraid of what's outside of their tiny bucket, they'd rather hold everyone back than escape!
[He obviously doesn't know the organization or any of it, he's just furious at virtually all of humanity really.]
Superstitious, small-minded, pathetic little ants, who can't see beyond their tiny insect burrows!
[He's fine, Nyuu, don't worry!]
[It's 500 years, he reminds himself. A lot happens. Humanity isn't going to evolve all at once. He still wants to stab them a bit.]
[It outraged him enough to burn down all of Mt. Hiei when they were just making demons up. Gatekeeping who was allowed to reach "salvation" by joining their cult. To actually label someone with less offenses than him as a demon deserving death, just for being different.... Well.]
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[She'll get back to talking about Lucy in a moment. For now, she's sure glad that none of that wrath is being directed towards her. She was right in thinking that the Demon King would be scary if angered. Yet at the same time, she's surprised by his reaction. Because of how her world's history portrayed Nobunaga, she hadn't been expecting much sympathy or any kind of emotional reaction from him. But here he was, getting furious for her sake (and Lucy's indirectly).]
N-no. At least I don't think there is? I haven't had any troubles with the locals so far. I've been able to show my horns openly here, unlike back in my world where I had to hide them with bows. A-anyway, this Lucy I mentioned earlier... You may not understand some of the wording I'm about to use, but I'll do my best to explain.
[Here it goes. Turning on the privacy settings.]
Have you ever heard of two minds residing within one body? Or of split personalities? That's what Lucy is. She is the other mind that shares this body, my other half. In fact, she's also the original personality... I came after.
[And that is why she made this private. Anyone who has contact with the girls often will know that they have a split personality, so that's not the topic that's worth making this private. What is, is the fact that Lucy is the original, because not everyone knows.]
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[Only it seems like Nyuu and Lucy might be the opposite of himself, with sweet side out front, demoness in secret, which also makes sense to him. That's... most people in his experience. Only furthering his contempt for the hunting innocents over something so superficial.]
I should like to meet her sometime then, though at her convenience and leisure. Do you prefer to be treated separately?
[He doesn't know how to apologize for his outburst, nor would he, but it seems to be on a low simmer now at least.]
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[Although, there have been times when her and Lucy's feelings matched, such as their feelings for Kouta, and then Noiz.]
I'm afraid I can't control the personality switches, but you'll know the difference between me and her right away I'm sure. She... can come off as cold, which is why I wish to take the opportunity to apologize for her actions and words right now.
[Nyuu bows deeply.]
I can't control Lucy's actions either. We can't even remember what happens while the other is in control, but don't worry. [Lifts her head up.] We write to each other to fill in the information gap, so even though Lucy won't remember this conversation, I'll be telling her about it through our notes.
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[Of course, she's only just met Mitsuhide, but based off what she's seen so far, that would still be weird.
Nyuu has her reasons for feeling guilty over certain past actions done by Lucy, ones that cut much deeper than what she had just shared with Nobunaga. Today, though, Nyuu is having a good day, so the soft smile returns to her face.]
Who knows, maybe--should you decide to see the opera performance--it will be her on stage the day you attend. One of our common interests is opera, and I've been told Lucy can sing just as well as I can.
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[Lucy experiencing new, positive things is always good, Nyuu believes.]
Ah, one more thing about opera, Nobunaga-sama. The protocol for audience members is to dress formally. It doesn't have to be too fancy, just something nice.
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Ah, yes! Good! I still have to show Kitsuno my kenbu songs and dances, but I can ask her advice on a good European suit or the like.
[And then when he and Mitsuhide are more settled, they're going to get clubbing clothes, for the lulz.]
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[She's remembering that saying about the cuckoo...]
I wouldn't mind seeing your kenbu songs and dances myself someday. I don't think I ever got see any in my world.
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monkscuckoo had it coming!] I can't imagine it wouldn't be. [He has a flashy temper, but he kept forgiving betrayals and attempts to have him assassinated, it usually only becomes lethal when people make the grave mistake of trying to kill others instead of him, ironically. He has no tolerance for those who would seek to block humanity's evolution or use castes and false spirits to control or destroy one another. He's a WEIRD sort of Demon King!]Ah. [He actually blushes a little!] I'm sure my singing or dance can't possibly compare to professionals, but maybe if it's just an intimate showing. [Intimate meaning no strangers, not romantic.]
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I hope that by intimate you mean no public audience. I-I already have feelings for someone else.
[Except it's complicated. Noiz returns Lucy's feelings of love, but he still only sees Nyuu as a friend despite her sharing Lucy's feelings about him. Still, Nyuu understands that she can't guilt him into loving her, so she's hoping that it will happen naturally as she interacts with him more.]
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[AND THEN HE LAUGHS.]
[And shakes his head.] No, I -- Yes. Meaning -- [Private. Not large. Wow, there's not a lot of terms he can think of without other meanings!] Safe. [More laughs.]
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Although Kitsuno did mention showing me some of the more romantic European dances, I haven't learned them yet, so I definitely wouldn't want to show anyone else.
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Oh dear, now I'm embarrassed that I got the wrong idea. I apologize, Nobunaga-sama. In the future, when most people hear "intimate," they tend to think of the romantic kind before any other definition.
[Just another one of those differences between the times.]
I was unaware of that until you told me.
[Although Nyuu's learned a lot ever since she and Lucy were taken from their world, her amnesia still gets in the way sometimes in terms of what most people may or may not know. Nyuu can't remember Lucy's lessons from when she was at elementary and middle school age.]
They get along great with Lucy.
[She can say that without any bitterness in her voice, even though she does feel a teeny bit of jealousy. While Nyuu is normally quick to open to others, this is something that she actually does refrain from going into great detail unless it's with someone she's close to. After the roller coaster of a ride that led up to her realizing her feelings for Noiz, it's still a rather sensitive topic for Nyuu.]
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I promise, I will remember that for all future instances. I have also been warned against certain modern curse words, even though it's rather entertaining how they're misused by others!
I was going to say that's fantastic news, but maybe it isn't? A bit like twin sisters? You neither want them not to get along, but you don't want them to get along better than you do?
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We've actually been asked about being twin sisters when people meet the other personality before we're able to explain our situation.
[Then she becomes more thoughtful as she considers her words before saying anything aloud, pressing her lips into a thin line.]
I really am happy for her, but it's also... complicated.
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The Kitsuno here is not the one from my past. That is a relief. But by the same token, I do not want her to marry a Demon King who isn't me. It almost doesn't make sense, and yet, that's how it is!
Knowing there are other Demon Kings that come from magical realms or that made different choices...
I'm happy to know Japan is unified. But thinking that in most timelines I don't live to see it, is very bittersweet.
Kitsuno said my personality was much like her betrothed demon king, and I suppose that is the same in nearly all universes, but even with that, I'm still jealous somehow. Because if I don't remember it, then it's not really me.
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[The private settings are already on, and since Nobunaga shared this bit of information with her, Nyuu feels as though she can give away a few details.]
With me and Lucy... He returns Lucy's feelings, but with me--we're just friends.
[She droops slightly.]
I don't want to directly confront him about it out of fear of being seen as a brat, and I think that would only push him away more. If nothing else, I'd still like to keep his friendship, but of course I'm hoping for something more to eventually happen. In the previous world, Lucy spent the most time with him compared to me, so with that in mind, it's not too surprising that this difference happened.
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[Like him and.... everyone. He's pretty sure if Ieyasu, Mitsuhide, Hideyoshi, etc. could just pick traits about him that they could remove or sideline... Actually that's a wicked depressing thought!]
I guess the solution is the same as me and Kitsuno. You can't have some traits, without all of them. I'm glad she's engaged to the Demon King, so I can't very well get too mad about it.
Although, I think I will still be selfish and try to steal as much time with her as I can, and the rest of the Demon Kings will just have to suffer fate. [Whether that works for Nyuu, he has no idea, but he hopes spending time with him is all that's needed, and seeing perhaps the other sides of Nyuu.]