DOUMAN

[aubins]

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[aubins]

[ ohhh. that looks interesting. he doesn't get much time to look at it before douman's stirring though. ]

Ah.

Sorry about that, didn't mean to wake you up.

[commedia]

[A sigh as they move to a seated position.]

...Ah. It's quite alright. I must have dozed off.

[aubins]

Midway through a cookbook, apparently.

[ he taps a finger on the cover. ] You trying to learn to cook, or just brushing up...?

[commedia]

[A nod.]

A bit of both? Ahh, I think I cooked things when I was alive as a human being, and I think its nice to revisit things to develop my skills.

[aubins]

[ and we pause




and we rewind. ]

When you were alive as a human being.

... And now you're....?

[commedia]

[Douman only smiles pleasantly.]

I'm a Heroic Spirit. I am a being who is summoned to aid mages. Think of me as a tool to be wielded on the battlefield, mmm.

[aubins]

...




[ give him a moment. ]

...

So, you're.... a sort of illusion, but a weaponised one? [ when he thinks of "tool of the battlefield" he's thinking of like. a sword. ]

[commedia]

Mmmmm...think of me like...a familiar! Yes. Like a wizard's familiar, in a sense. My role as "Servant" is not the type of servant who cleans dishes or does chores, you know.

[aubins]

[ .... me googling "are there familiars in fire emblem" and getting nothing. ]

More like a servant in the sense of to a noble family, but one who serves as a bodyguard or a member of the family's infantry?

[commedia]

Yes, something like that. But I'm a magical construct, not a true existence.

[aubins]

But based off someone who really lived and existed as a human, before... getting all magicked into the form you have now.

[ is... is he following? ]

[commedia]

[A happy nod.]

Something close to that, yes! Ashiya Douman lived and died. I am also Ashiya Douman, but Douman I am also not.

[aubins]

... I think I get it. A pretty different way of doing the whole "life after death" thing though, I have to say.

[commedia]

Indeed, indeed. Though it wasn't as if I asked for it. It simply happened. It is what it is.

[aubins]

You were just... chosen? Randomly?

[commedia]

Ah, well. I'm a historical figure. Heroic Spirits are figures of history and figures of legend...but even if you are quite legendary, it doesn't always necessarily mean you become a Heroic Spirit.

[aubins]

...

Alright... was does qualify you? Or is it just like throwing a dart at a board and hoping you get chosen?

[commedia]

You know, I'm not sure. Sometimes a figure of legend only known for a single deed will become a Servant, while someone with a lifetime of achievements won't.

Its not like we have any say in it, really.

[aubins]

That's a pretty extreme roulette.

[ he's picking up the cookbook now, and flicking through some of the pages. ]

[commedia]

It certainly is. A game of chance...

[And leaning on their hand.]

See anything you like?

[aubins]

It's all pretty different to anything I'm used to, if I'm honest.

[ ... ]

You really use raw fish for some of these?

[commedia]

We do, we do! Ah, of course you don't eat a large portion of it...but its quite nice! You should try it, sometime.

[aubins]

You must have to do something to it-- I'm pretty sure if you ate it raw back home it'd just make you sick. [ because what the heck is a fridge in fire emblem land. ]

shut up i'm getting back to old tags and i need more yuri in my life

[commedia]

Its only a small part, just a small part of the fish, Yuri! It wouldn't hurt anyone!

[hehe]

You should get some from the vending machine.

backdate pc me, damn

[aubins]

...

This really doesn't look like something I want to get from the vending machine.