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[hevenly]

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<AngelA>

[hevenly]

Very well.

First, you must arm yourself. It is too soon to know how the Fog will change you. You are willing to fight, but are you able?

<SanduShengshou>

[legbreakings]

I have eeen trained in combat since childhood.

I bought a sword to replace the one I left behind. It is no spiritual weapon but it will have to do. I've been training daily to get used to my weakened body.

<AngelA>

[hevenly]

Good, that makes two of us.

[ It's just been... a lot longer since Angela was a child. ]

Should you have need of a partner, my steel is ready.

<SanduShengshou>

[legbreakings]

I would enjoy that. I haven't gotten to spar yet since my powers were taken.

I had thought I had secured a training partner but I haven't heard from him in a while.

<AngelA>

[hevenly]

Hm. There have been several disappearances of late. I worry for what this means for us.

<SanduShengshou>

[legbreakings]

I didn't consider that. I assumed he was ignoring me.

<AngelA>

[hevenly]

I hate to be one to say, "always expect the worst," but in this realm it rings true more often than not.

<SanduShengshou>

[legbreakings]

That is very familiar to me.

<AngelA>

[hevenly]

Unfortunate. But at least you will be prepared.

<SanduShengshou>

[legbreakings]

I'm going to see it that way, yes.

I can only hope that when I change, I won't be transformed into something useless in battle.

<AngelA>

[hevenly]

There are many types of monster, each with their own strengths and drawbacks.

If you are a skilled enough warrior, you will find a way to fight regardless of what you become.

<SanduShengshou>

[legbreakings]

I want to keep fighting with the sword. I already lost Zidian and my cultivation. I'm not willing to give that up as well.

<AngelA>

[hevenly]

Then you had best hope you maintain the ability to wield it.

What is Zidian?

<SanduShengshou>

[legbreakings]

I hope so. I hope I won't transform at all but if I must.

It is my electric whip, a family heirloom. I lost it when I washed ashore.

<AngelA>

[hevenly]

Ah, yes. My own ichors were taken from me. As was Xiphos, the sword of stars.

[ Man, she misses her weapons. ]

I am sorry you lost your family heirloom. Is family very important to you?

<SanduShengshou>

[legbreakings]

Of course. My family is of the greatest importance to me, right after taking good care of my sect. I have a teenage nephew at home, who is in need of my guidance and support. The battle against the Fog God is important but I wish I could be at his side.

You have my sympathies for losing your sword, too. You called it the sword of stars. I assume Xiphos is an exceptional sword?

<AngelA>

[hevenly]

I am glad that you have family you are close to, and saddened that you were taken from them. Not all are so lucky, or so misfortunate.

[ Angela's own family sucks for the most part so like... good riddance. ]

It is. My ichors, though they lack an impressive title, are also exceptional weapons. Forged from liquid metal, they reshape themselves into any weapon I desire.

<SanduShengshou>

[legbreakings]

I suppose it is some of both.

[ He can admit that grudgingly, though he'd so far focused solely on the loss. ]

That sounds like an extremely useful weapon. It is too bad you lost them, it would be perfect for battle against a variety of monsters here.

[hevenly]

I make do with the sword Tsukikage has given me. Most beings are flesh and bone, still, and subject to the damage a bladed weapon can do.

[legbreakings]

That is true. I have heard we can try to bargain to have items from home brought to us.

[hevenly]

I have heard this as well. Have you received any coins, with mysterious origin? Supposedly you can spend them with a witch, Mana, to request items from home.

[legbreakings]

I have, yes. I would try to get one of my spiritual weapons back but since I don't have spiritual power anymore, I fear they would be no more useful to me than regular store-bought weapons. Or, in case of Zidian, remain completely unresponsive to me.

[hevenly]

A weapon you are familiar with, spiritual or not, is still better than a weapon you are unskilled in using. Perhaps your Zidian may not be of use, but other weapons can help us in our fight.

[legbreakings]

That is true. There is something to be said for experience and ease of wielding a familiar weapon.

Also for the satisfaction of fighting with something which is a part of you, or the person you chose to be, rather than the creature the Fog tries to turn you into.

[hevenly]

Indeed. It is in our best interests not to allow the Fog to twist us to its whims any more than we must. We may have no agency over what she does to our bodies and our minds, but our choices are still our own.