voice; un: homeros

[leitstern]

Hmph! Titles here are worthless. Futile, trivial words scrawled on parchment. Merely thinking of them insults me.

[Granted, he needs little provocation to feel insulted.]

Why do you regard their distinction as an accolade worthy of merit?

It has been most instructive as to the nature of your kind that you salivate like mongrels and chase subordination and not independence.

[There is an embittered sigh.]

Do you not entertain any notion of loyalty to your native land? Your eager willingness to chase glory is abominable. Hm. It is useless. You should close your mouths and remember where you come from.

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[owarifool]

as it is now, making a go at it would get me more trouble than reward. but im keepin it in my pocket.

so whats ur story?

[leitstern]

I wish I knew. It has taken so many twists and turns that I find myself rather lost.

Of course here my tale is nothing but a boring one. But no matter. It is what it is.

[owarifool]

ugh dude spare the vague stuff i just wanna know who u are and what u do. i dont need your whole backstory.

[leitstern]

I will admit I have commanded the greatest of armies and leave it there. Next time, learn to be concise.

[owarifool]

were u born in that command? or were you granted it by merit?

or did you take it?

[leitstern]

It's something of a mix, really. I earned my position through skill and discipline and seized opportunities when they became available.

[owarifool]

respect, then. from me to u.

i had to fight and kill my brother in a succession war for the seat of my clan. so i get it.

[leitstern]

Fighting one's kinfolk?

Hmph! It is hardly so simple as offering my condolances.

[owarifool]

not like i had a choice. our mother pit us against each other. just another petty war for small territories. that kind of thing was common before i decided to conquer the entire country.

[leitstern]

I doubt that proved an easy task?

[owarifool]

i wasnt interested in easy. easy doesnt spark the flames of ambition.

i carved my name into my country, into the hearts and minds of its people, leaving a scar that secured my legend, my legacy, as the Demon King. i will never be forgotten.

if any of that was easy, anyone could do it. and i'm not just anyone.

are u?

[leitstern]

[Is he somebody? In this strange place where he knows nobody?]

My legacy is as distinguised as yours, friend. My countrymen will never forget me.

[owarifool]

got a name to go with that legacy?

[leitstern]

Jasper.

[There were a number of epithets but none of them sound right anymore.]

[owarifool]

Jasper. aight.

Behold before you the Fool of Owari, the Great Unifier of Japan, the Demon King of the Sixth Heavem, Oda Nobunaga


but u can call me Kipposhi

[leitstern]

Very well. It is a name that gives you credit.

[owarifool]

i should hope so. some people here have no idea who i am, so i gotta make a good impression.

[leitstern]

If you say so. I hardly know why you find it worth the hassle.

[owarifool]

impressions. are. everything.

u control ur own narrative when u control how the common ppl perceive u.

[leitstern]

That is true only if others are not working against you.

Hard to control the narrative when you have enemies, is it not?

[owarifool]

hardly

control ur enemies too

make sure the version of u in their head is the one they fear the most.

[leitstern]

That is easier said than done when one's enemy possesses the intellect of an ostrich.

[owarifool]

thats ur assumption to make and couch ur tactics in, but i never made a habit of underestimating how wily any of my enemies could be.

but also, intellect is a crutch anyways. a Fool isnt chained by common sense, and those who fight a Fool's war have a way of terrifying those that stand against them, given we disregard anything they hold sacred about battle.

[leitstern]

Perhaps that rule governs your world more than mine. The greatest fool I know is chained by his own common sense. I should not claim he even possesses a shred of guile. I hate to see it, honestly.

[owarifool]

so u get it, right?

so then u can see how it could be useful to weaponize that against ur enemies, to keep them guessing, make them make assumptions about u