#kamui writes

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Tired

Closed Rp for: @outlawarcher

So much work to be done, and he was only one person. Kamui had a foot in helping with everything, the cooking, the cleaning, taking stock of weapons and buying new ones, even just making sure everyone around the camp was busy. At the end of all his work he still had to take the time to plan and strategize with the rest of the royal family for the next battle. Kamui went home every day looking dead, but feeling satisfied.

Lately though, when he went home at the end of his day he wasn’t able to get any sleep. He found himself tossing and turning, distracted by his own thoughts, and scared of his own fears. Kamui found himself drifting off whenever he had even a slight moments reprieve, which didn’t help his safety in any way. When he’d start to drift off his body would just collapse. Once he’d almost collapsed onto the hot grill he was cooking over. That was when he’d been kicked out of the kitchen.

Right now though, he was taking stock of weapons with his brother’s retainer. He didn’t know Niles well but he’d certainly heard the rumours about him. Thankfully Niles seemed to be trying to be professional about their work, which made Kamui send a silent prayer of thanks to the gods. He was much too tired to handle any funny business right now, and didn’t know what he’d do if Niles turned his flirting and innuendo on him.

“How many swords are over there,” he attempted to say, then his world spun for a brief moment. Kamui knew he was going to collapse, and try to let out some noise to alert Niles. The noise he made was a rather pathetic squeak, but it was all the could handle right before he collapsed onto a rack of weapons.

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Twin Dragons

Closed rp for: @whitelightdragon Kamui and Corrin had always been inseparable. The twin boys, who looked almost identical never left each other's side, which was why when Garen had taken Corrin, he'd also taken Kamui. They'd been raised side by side in the Nohrian fortress, and kept away from the world, they found solitude in each other. Now that closeness was being tested. They stood on the battlefield, looking at their families from Hoshido and Nohr, and were faced with the task of having to choose a side. Kamui himself was partial to his Nohrian family. He'd never known the Hoshidan's, and as kind as they were to him, they'd not raised him. He knew Corrin was infatuated with the Hoshidans though. From the moment they'd been brought back, his brother had seemed enthralled. "I'm sticking with you," Kamui said quietly to Corrin, though frowned slightly. He knew war was imminent and didn't want to fight the family that had raised him. Silently he begged the gods that Corrin would choose Nohr. He didn't know what he would do if he didn't.

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New Retainer

Closed rp for: @exaltbound Kamui had gone to the coronation, he'd put on the fancy clothes and the fake smile. It meant nothing though. Staring at the faces of his Nohrian family only served to make him feel even worse. With Xander's blood on his hands, as well as Elises, he could't even look at them without feeling nauseous. Leo wearing the crown now made him look so much like Xander it practically killed Kamui to think about it. So he hid from it all. He rarely left his chambers. He hurried himself in sheets and let his retainers bring him food. Recently a new retainer had been hired to handle him. Kamui couldn't remember his name, just the fact he wore so much blue he could practically be considered a synonym for the colour. Kaze didn't seem to like him much either, something about a sellsword not being worthy enough to serve as his retainer, he never really paid attention between his own half jokes about wanting death. It was only recently that Kaze had managed to convince him to leave his bed. They'd found a secluded tree to sit under every day where he could eat and get some light on his skin. If it was even an especially good day for him he'd get his blade Yato and trail his finger over the blade, wondering if there was a way to bring Xander back just from looking hard enough. Today happened to be one of those days. He sat in the shade, playing with Yato forlornly while his retainers stood by. Knowing Kaze wouldn't enjoy his self deprecating humour, he looked up at the man in blue, who's name he didn't know, and spoke. "If I asked you to, would you kill me with my own blade? Just for reference you know? Never know when I might need you to."

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Awkward Feelings

Closed rp for: @royal-botanist Kamui couldn't even look up. He couldn't see their faces without reliving the dark moments all over again. He couldn't see the pain they couldn't disguise without breaking down. Although he'd apologized it never seemed like enough. His hands were stained with the blood of both Elise and Xander, and there was nothing he could do about it. He was kept awake at nights, staring at his own hands and hoping somehow that he could piece his family back together instead of breaking it apart like he had. His decisions had led to the deaths of his family, and he was certain that the few who lived hated him completely. Leo and Camille were his only Nohrian siblings left, and he couldn't trust himself around them. Not after all that had happened. He loved them of course, unconditionally, but he couldn't let himself get close. It had destroyed him to see his siblings dead because of his decisions, he couldn't have that happen again to the only siblings he had left. Leo especially, as king now, was someone Kamui couldn't face. He just knew his little brother hated him, he knew it in his heart, so he stayed away. It didn't help that they were visiting now for diplomatic reasons. Them being there had forced Kamui to stop coming to meeting in order to avoid them, hen stop coming to the dining hall for food, to just not leaving his quarters at all. It was only once, when he'd become hungry and his retainers weren't around that he even came face to face with one of his Nohrian siblings. The one he stumbled into though, was Leo. Upon seeing the new Nohrian king, Kamui froze up. He'd been at the coronation, he'd put on a fake smile and laugh, was that not enough. The colour drained from his face as he looked Leo up and down. Gods he looked so much like Xander now that it tore his heart in two. "Hi...." Kamui managed to choke out, knowing there would be so much more that was needed to be said, but unable to say it.

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Pegasus Lessons

Closed rp for: @soaringcrimson "Whoa, no, stop!" The Pegasus that Kamui was riding balked and nearly threw him off. Such a move would probably get him seriously injured considering how high they were above the ground. Kamui just couldn't seem to get a hang of flying the winged horse. They'd tried various trainers and horses, but it always ended up the same, with Kamui on the ground watching other soar above him easily, and wishing he had that sort of talent. He landed the horse unsteadily, and climbed off. After quickly taking off he tackle and brushing the beast down, he flopped under one of the various trees in the shade. Cupping a hand over his eyes, he looked up, and spotted Hinoka soaring above him. Kamui have a little sigh, and a smile, admiring her technique on the horse. After she was done her training, he wandered over and waited for her to be done before speaking. "Hey, that was really good flying. Your Pegasus seems really comfortable around you. How did you get to the point where you were able to be that good?" Kamui had heard various versions of bits and parts of this story. All of them pointed to her learning it to bring him home., he wondered if that were really true.

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Dark Dragon

Closed rp for: @cxrsedsilence It was his father's orders, so that was how it needed to be done. That was Kamui's motto. It didn't matter what those orders were, he would follow. He wanted to be a good son, be the pride and joy of his father. Even when faced with he choice to return back to his birth family Kamui had never faltered on his loyalty to Nohr and his father. It had been an obvious order when his father had ordered the war on Hoshido, and Kamui and his siblings blazed the trail towards their, what he would call, an inevitable victory. Although in some way, he felt bad. The Hoshidans had never asked for this war. He tried his best to find loopholes in his father's wishes so he could keep as many people alive as possible. Now he stood at the war table, prepared to storm the capital and take the throne for Nohr and his father, and he couldn't help but to feel bad. The Hoshidans had been easily crushed. A country of peace that had only a fairly small army. They'd relied so much on their queen, that they'd never expected to have to actually fight. The dragon prince paced in front of the table alone, silently going over his father's orders, trying to find some way out of it. Slaughter any who got in the way of their victory. How exactly did one find a loophole in that? Kamui would have to find out just that.