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[hiryugaeshi]

Who: A mysterious masked hero, and you!
When: Throughout the month, honestly!
Where: Polgar and Blanc
What: The mysterious masked hero takes on Who's Naughty? Who's Nice? and also messes around in the festivities.
Rating: Extremely Silly



Destroy Bad Heroism

[ Anyone looking into the black market sale of stolen gifts may very well find their investigation interrupted by the sound of laughter from above. ]

HAHAHA!

[ If they should look up, who could it possibly be but the Savior of Orleans Weird Bird Cutting Man Tsubame Gaeshi Person? But of course, it's not that SAMURAI, for when prompted for a name by the Zeroes at hand, he so answers: ]

My name is Island Mask, and even if God and Buddha may forgive you, you won't find me so accommodating!

[ What's a "Buddha?" The question lingers in the air among those who have never encountered that particular religion, but there's little time to consider it as Island Mask leaps from the rooftop and lands on top of a table filled with stolen gifts, sending them scattering in every direction! ]

But let it never be said that I'm not a fair man! I'll give you all up to the count of three to prepare yourselves!

[ What even? ]

REGEND OF THE SAMURAI

Mmm, I could definitely get used to this land. Nature in every direction, surrounded by beautiful women, and a penchant for battle.

[ "Before we fight, let us make merry in the name of Gladia!" So the queen had declared, but really, for certain parts of the population, is there a difference? Not for Sasaki Kojirou Island Mask, who has decided that he couldn't possibly wait until the games begin proper and has joined every single minor tournament and brawl he could find.

And so he stands atop a crowd of crumpled bodies, sword over his shoulder, obviously rather pleased with himself despite the mask covering most of his features. ]

Comments

[hiryugaeshi]

Where is the enjoyment in that? You can't decide who is the better fighter like that.

[ Says the Assassin who hates jumping people from behind. What a weirdo.

Meanwhile, he handily knocks out a dude with a bolt of lightning leaping from his sword. Look at these people trying to discuss the philosophy of kung fu fighting while actually fighting. ]

Ah, I suppose that is true. I've never thought of my voice as anything special, but it would be a sign.

[ And his long sword, and his robes, and his everything honestly. It's a shit disguise.

Then Keaton starts poking his mask and... ]

What are you doing?

[notwagging]

The better fighter is the one that lives in the end, isn't it?

[ It's not like Keaton doesn't know what 'honor' and 'enjoyment' and 'better' mean. He's a practical Wolfskin with killer instinct! Even if it means talking a lot during fighting, which honestly isn't exactly a foreign concept among his army. ]

But hey. If you're 'better', you shouldn't need to hide underneath a mask. So why don't you take it off?

[ And with a devilish grin: ]

Or I could take it off for you.

[ Hopefully he means the mask. ]

[hiryugaeshi]

Living is hardly the same as fighting. I might have lived a long and fruitful life if I had fought simply to survive.

[ Instead he died without anyone knowing his name, without anyone to carry on his legacy. As he says, a fitting end for a fool who got enraptured by the sword. ]

But I certainly don't see what my costume has to do with my skills in battle.

[ Don't take off the mask. ]