Tachihara Michizō (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
ferrociously) wrote2022-04-04 01:29 pm
ferrociously) wrote2022-04-04 01:29 pm
we fear rejection, prize attention, crave affection
[He's been allowed to stay, at least for now. Tachihara honestly hadn't expected it, knowing their new Commander and her wrath, and knowing that the Hunting Dogs need to work hard to rebuild their reputation after everything that happened. Letting a traitor stay is risky. And traitors are a touchy subject for all of them. Tachihara wouldn't have blamed them if they decided it was safer to have him killed, or simply let him die.
But he's being given a chance, and he's going to take it. A mission to remind him of what they do. Jouno will be keeping close tabs on him, he knows, and will most likely be frequently questioning him and listening for lies. He'll have to be careful.
He'll have to work hard, which is why he's outside now, training, working himself into a sweat, and trying to keep his mind off everything. He doesn't want to think about the fact that he's lost his friends in the mafia now - he doubts they'll ever let him go back, and he can't risk contacting them - or the fact that he could still be losing his family in the Hunting Dogs, too. He hasn't fought with a sword in a long time, so he's grabbed a wooden one, and is going through some drills, stepping forward and swinging high-high-low against an imaginary enemy, then stepping back, outside of that enemy's reach, and then forwards again to repeat. It's exhausting when you keep it up for a while, but it's a good feeling, too, the way it makes his muscles burn. Move forward, parry-low-high.
He falters a bit when he sees Tetcho approaching in the distance, out for his own workouts most likely. Parry-low-side step-high-high, step back again.
When Tetcho is close enough, he stops, turning towards him to bow respectfully. He's honestly nervous about talking to him - he assumes he knows - but he knows it has to happen sooner or later.]
Tetcho-san. I thought I'd better get back to practicing with a sword.
[Guns really are his preferred weapon, but the Hunting Dogs all carry a sword. And he will do his best to prove he can be a Hunting Dog again.]
But he's being given a chance, and he's going to take it. A mission to remind him of what they do. Jouno will be keeping close tabs on him, he knows, and will most likely be frequently questioning him and listening for lies. He'll have to be careful.
He'll have to work hard, which is why he's outside now, training, working himself into a sweat, and trying to keep his mind off everything. He doesn't want to think about the fact that he's lost his friends in the mafia now - he doubts they'll ever let him go back, and he can't risk contacting them - or the fact that he could still be losing his family in the Hunting Dogs, too. He hasn't fought with a sword in a long time, so he's grabbed a wooden one, and is going through some drills, stepping forward and swinging high-high-low against an imaginary enemy, then stepping back, outside of that enemy's reach, and then forwards again to repeat. It's exhausting when you keep it up for a while, but it's a good feeling, too, the way it makes his muscles burn. Move forward, parry-low-high.
He falters a bit when he sees Tetcho approaching in the distance, out for his own workouts most likely. Parry-low-side step-high-high, step back again.
When Tetcho is close enough, he stops, turning towards him to bow respectfully. He's honestly nervous about talking to him - he assumes he knows - but he knows it has to happen sooner or later.]
Tetcho-san. I thought I'd better get back to practicing with a sword.
[Guns really are his preferred weapon, but the Hunting Dogs all carry a sword. And he will do his best to prove he can be a Hunting Dog again.]
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it does not mean guns and shooting are an area he lacks knowledge of... ] Once you've reached an acceptable level with your sword you can swap it out for guns.