Kalbur-Ronin
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* Tegiri Ka/bur * He/Him * Aficionado of Eastern A/ternian fine animated art Truth be my b/ade, inte//ect my sensei, and justice my on/y companion on this /one/y road.
This is one of the best Eastern A/ternian media openings of a// time. And no, I do not take criticism.
Fina//y up/oading a proper profi/e picture. Heh. I be/ieve this is what they ca//... Aura.
You got wike a weiwd coow moe thing going on!!
Feh. I won't accept moe as a descriptor, when this is c/ear/y kakkoi. MAYBE I wou/d accept gap moe.
I see. I stayed up too /ate, and now it is just tro//s in other time zones, myse/f, and the other /ight ow/s burning the midday oi/... I suppose this is not the worst company that I cou/d be keeping.
Truth be my b/ade, inte//ect my sensei, and justice my on/y companion on this /one/y road.
POINT OF ORDER! rechitting this except for the parts about truth or justice
... Why are you rechitting it if you do not who//y agree with the sentiment? Are you not a tea/? Where is your sense for honor-bound justice?
MOTION TO ENTER EXHIBIT INTO EVIDENCE! https://cdn.imgchest.com/files/a6f1856e3322.png
Feh... ... I suppose I ought not comp/ain. Upho/ding the /aw is upho/ding the /aw, even if I take issue with your convictions. Or /ack thereof. Tch.
Fo//owing a tenet you hard/y be/ieve in... I suppose that too is dedication. But I cannot say I respect it. You are taking pages from the Bansenshūkai, instead of fo//owing bushido. Another path towards the same goa/... A dup/icitous and se/f-serving one. You are of /itt/e Meiyō. But I understand not a// are meant to wa/k the path of the samurai.
READING ONTO THE RECORD! what you don't underst& could fill a thous& libraries. dedication is belief. the purpose behind them is interesting as an intellectual excercise, & valuing those on their own is nothing but naivety.
I understand that intent and impact are different, and that impact is the part that actua//y provides rea/ physica/ consequence for our wor/d, but I simp/y cannot toss away intent. I be/ieve they shou/d work in tandem, or at the very /east, be a/ong simi/ar roads. That is how I choose to /ive my /ife. Feh. But I do not need to agree with you on everything. I am wi//ing to /et it become water under the bridge we cross. Accept we wa/k different paths.
Hm. Perhaps at some point in the future, I shou/d change my icon to my own face. It may not be serving me to create more distance between myse/f and the other individua/s on Chittr. That being said, perhaps distance is exact/y what a wandering ronin deserves...
I have successfu//y /ocated someone who is interested in my defective figure, and wi//ing to trade me for a——at /east according to the pictures I was sent——correct/y-co/ored version. I knew it wou/d not be difficu/t to find someone who actua//y /IKES figures with defects in co/ors, printing, shape, etc., but I was not expecting such a fair trade for it. The on/y issue is that we are at a sta/emate about how we are going to trade. He wou/d prefer to use the post system, as it wou/d a//ow him to remain within his own hive and prevent us from ever needing to meet face-to-face, but I am not about to send off such an expensive acquisition without the guarantee that he is not /ying about sending his own. He refuses to send his first, and it is, how you say, Pissing Me Off. Feh. I even offered to make the trip to his hive myse/f, if you wou/d be/ieve it. Risking my own skin! Taking time out of my schedu/e to make the trade. But no. He is fu// hikikomori. He doesn't even want me in his neighborhood. Impossib/e. HE'S IMPOSSIB/E!!!! At this point, I shou/d just go to the shop who imported the figure for me in the first p/ace and just ask for a rep/acement, or at /EAST a refund. This is Some Bu//shit.
As a postal worker in charge of... complicated matters. Perhaps I could offer my services to resolve this matter? Admittedly I have little experience with no-contact deliveries, but it should be a matter of small difficulty to confirm the contents of both packages before handing them off to their respective recipients. Sometimes, all that is needed is a little personal touch in these things.
Hm. And you are taking a persona/ interest in this, why? I do not mean to be suspicious of your intentions, I have just never seen a posta/ worker step out of the everyday grind to ensure one specific de/ivery happens. I am a/so suspicious about your method of 'confirming' the contents, due to it c/ear/y stated in Imperia/ Dictate, Number the Eighteenth, Section Seventeen point Two: Opening, taking, or destroying mai/ that is addressed to someone e/se is an imperia/ crime punishab/e by fines and potentia//y death, even if the interference was a mistake, UN/ESS the materia/ is suspected to be anything on the /ist of contraband from Imperia/ Dictates from Number the Fifty-First through the Sixty-Sixth. Posta/ worker or not, the /aw is the /aw. ... Granted, you do not /ook to be any standard A/ternian posta/ worker. You may not run through the Imperia/ Posta/ Service, and if that is the case, I am unsure if the /aw wou/d app/y to you. Hm. No, perhaps it wou/d be fine. I wi// make the suggestion to my VERY IMPOSSIB/E trade partner on our forum messages.
That I am not, and I do happen to have some means of comparing the two parcels without tampering with the contents of either. Although I would prefer not to go into detail about those methods for the sake of their continued use in thwarting would-be mail bombers and other postal ne'er do wells. As I have said, I am something of a specialist when it comes to unorthodox postal situations. I have been asked to take on far more complex tasks in the past, such as personally delivering packages to the leaders of criminal organizations.
Sou desu ka. Then perhaps I can entrust this important task to you, yūbin'ya-san.
Engagement bait. Best pocky f/avor? (It is matcha or origina/ choco/ate. By the way.)
i like the almond crush pocky and the crushed fruits blueberry yogurt pocky :3 ૮꒰ ˶• ༝ •˶꒱ა ♡
The others are good too, but the chocolate's a little rich for me sometimes and I like my snacks on the sweeter side. Strawberry is light and sweet and I also think it looks cute :) ❣︎
i like to put them in the freezer and eat them when theyre extra crunchy because of the texture! ૮꒰ ˶• ༝ •˶꒱ა ♡
I suppose that is an acceptab/e enough reasoning, though I disagree with your tastes. But to each their own, Bodie-san. You exp/ained we//.
This paints a terrib/e sensory experience in my mind. I kind of hate it. But to each their own.
i like things that r crunchy i'd eat rocks if i could =w= ૮꒰ ˶• ༝ •˶꒱ა ♡
"You can a/ways die. It's /iving that takes rea/ courage." — Himura Kenshn
Outside of my first post, I admit, there has been /itt/e to no notice of my presence. Perhaps that is a good thing. To be a ronin is to wa/k a/one. However... I admit, I do not particu/ar/y enjoy speaking into a void. Perhaps I shou/d post more engagement bait.
The void is an exce//ent /istener, but it rare/y ever rep/ies with more than an echo. Feh. At /east it brought someone to me, a/beit one who does not disp/ay his b/ood co/or open/y on his profi/e... Not i//ega/, but certain/y not encouraged. What do you have to hide, green text?
My recent figure acquisition... has a defect. I'm attempting to distinguish if this /owers or raises its rarity. /ike/y the former, but I do wonder if it wou/d ho/d some va/ue to a different co//ector than myse/f. Hm. Irregard/ess, I ought to have a sit down with the shop that so/d it to me.
... Hm. I seemed to have /et the time get past me with my debate. I must maintain my b/ade.
Despite my attempts to fo//ow bushido to the /etter, I admit, I am uncertain where to p/ace my Chūgi. I very obvious/y fo//ow the Empress, as her word is chief to everything, but I /ack the persona/ connection that a samurai must have in order to proper/y /abe/ himse/f samurai. Unti/ emp/oyed by the state, I am but a mere ronin, c/inging to his tenets best as possib/e and attempting to upho/d /aw and order——my Gi. If this is the road I must wa/k, however, I wi// wa/k it without comp/aint, and simp/y hope that one day, I wi// be ab/e to dedicate my sword to a nob/e master...
The secret eighth core virtue of bushido: Kaiwadjikara [会話力] (Ski// with the spoken word.)
*Sheathes my b/ade.* Heh... I have defended my code thus/y against the disrupter... My honor has been returned.
I am current/y meditating on an underrated piece of Eastern A/ternian fine animated art... Younaa of the Dusk. The greatest shame this beautifu/ piece of fiction has endured is that the animation itse/f was never finished-- /eft behind as a forgotten piece of a bygone era, cursed to fa// between the cracks and submit to obscurity, despite it's obvious superiority over other media in its genre niche. Perhaps some day I sha// educate the masses and host a watch party.
Granting someone grace as to not further embarrass them for being an i//-equipped opponent, on/y to be vauged about on the time/ine... This is just another reason why samurai are far more honorab/e than ninja and their advocates. My Meiyō... #Vagueposting
The written word is not my preferred method of combat. I prefer stee/ on stee/. How cou/d a fight ever reach a meaningfu/ conc/usion without b/ood spi//ed to paint the pages? ... Er, the screen textbox? Dō demo...
I'// begin my socia/ tenure here with a bang——with some controversy——an invitation for debate, as it were; ... Samurai or ninja? Answer decisive/y, and /et our strife begin.
I have returned to address your pitifu/ argument, as I have decided to withdraw my Jin and Rei and instead move forwards with my Gi, Yū, Makoto, Meiyō, and——most chief/y——Chūgi at the forefront of my mind. To address everything individua//y, you must understand that upho/ding /aw and order IS honor. Being in-service to the nob/es that ho/d your /eash is one of the strongest and most obvious tenets of bushido-- Chūgi. /oya/ty to ones masters. This must supersede a// persona/ interests and motivations. If the tro//s above you dictate it, heads wi// ro//. The random bouts of vio/ence that inspired seiza, as I understand it, were pure/y due to this /oya/ty. When you are insu/ted, it is as if your masters are being insu/ted. Heh. You cou/dn't possib/y understand the bond between a samurai and his master, without having studied bushido yourse/f. And irregard/ess, I c/aim not the samurai who went against the tenets of bushido. If they do not fo//ow the code, they are not samurai. Just cosp/ayers that uti/ized the tit/e for persona/ gain. If you judge samurai based on the dishonorab/e imposters that wease/ed their way into their ranks, you wi//, of course, come out the other end judging samurai as a who/e. If it does not wa/k or ta/k /ike a samurai, it is not a samurai. That is where your argument fa//s f/at. You fundamenta//y misunderstand the ang/e to which i am approaching the subject. For examp/e, if I were to engage on the /eve/ you are engaging, and judge ninja based on those who went against shinobi-do, and instead acted heroica//y using what they had /earned as an assassin, it wou/d paint a fair/y positive picture of ninja. However, that is not what being a ninja is about. It is quite the opposite, in fact. Ninja are se/fish assassins and thieves, BY DOCTRINE. We are not speaking of persona/ sway. We are speaking of DOCTRINE. of TENET. To put it in simp/e terms, Monkey D. /uffey is a terrib/e examp/e of a pirate. If you use him as an examp/e for why pirates are great, you wi// just /ook stupid, as he exp/icit/y goes against pirate code in favor of something more persona//y-motivated. That is to say. You are /ooking stupid right now. The fact that I even had to exp/ain a// of this to you is very stupid. ... But I wi// remember my Jin and Rei once again, and maintain my Meiyō. You cou/d not have possib/y known. I wi// grant you the grace of forgiveness and understanding.
Hm. You are asking to consider them in tandem, instead of diametrica//y opposed?
It's inconceivab/e. Your notion of——what, a//iance? Mutua/ respect??——between such different wa/ks of /ife... Inconceivab/e. For a samurai——a TRUE samurai——to accept any sort of a//egiance with the dup/icitous, se/f-guided ninja... No. He wou/d be betraying his bushido. Inconceivab/e!! ... And yet, the idea is compe//ing. A strenuous and tenuous, YET workab/e occupationa/ re/ationship... To service the same /ords, and make moves towards a common goa/. Riva/s working under a singu/ar banner, each attempting to attain greater heights and ascertain whether it is tru/y better to stick by your code, even at the expense of advantage and uti/ity, or to work as effective/y as possib/e, even at the expense of your own honor. It is reminiscent of the roaming ronin of yore... When is a samurai not a samurai? Does the /ack of a master take away from one's sense of bushido, due to his /ack of abi/ity to fu/fi// his Chūgi? How honorab/e can a ronin tru/y be? Must he separate himse/f so thorough/y from the dishonorab/e ninja? Is there nothing to be /earned from shinobi-do and ninjitsu? Must everything be so inf/exib/e...? ... Inconceivab/e. Ru/es are there for a reason. /aw must be uphe/d. Our tenets must be fo//owed to the /etter. Chaos wou/d reign supreme if samurai and ninja a//owed their /ines to b/ur. A practitioner of the shinobi-do cou/dn't possib/y understand... Their tenets are for the weak and ma//eab/e. Bushido, however, is for those who do not waver. To even be questioning this is /ike/y why I have yet to find a master... Tch. You are infecting my mind with your i/k. I wi// not be so easi/y swayed from my path, disrupter. To think, I a/most considered fo//owing you, as we//... Inconceivab/e.