Sepulchritude
Perpetual Brainfart
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And there it was, just as he was fearing. He quickly shut down any inner panic before it could become a problem and faced the music.
He decided he'd start with the formalities.
“Akegata... Akegata.” he mused, turning the name over on his tongue. “Nice to make your formal acquaintance, Akegata. You may call me...” He paused, rapidly trying to decide on a pseudonym, any pseudonym would suffice.
“Kuro”.
Aaand he just gave her his real name. Splendid. At least his face hadn't broken, for all it was worth. He gave another short cough, clearing some imaginary dry throat.
“As for, well... What I was out here for, I guess you could say that I was working on achieving some personal goals as well. Though I cannot imagine they were quite... As interesting as yours seem to have been.” he said, remembering how this woman- No, Akegata had straddled the first Oni they slew.
“I'm not from around here”, he continued. “Just a traveler passing through. Hardly familiar with this area at all. Just a question, but do the rest of the locals hunt monsters as you seem to do?” he joked.
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