I'm mostly lookin' for who runs things. Leads. But ya gotta be careful 'cause the things I'm hearin' lately is that it's dangerous jus' lookin'.
[ so he's caught between a rock and a hard place. the nebulous unknown danger he's digging into and toraguma. might as well keep going because by that logic, he's dead any way you turn it. ]
That's funny though 'cause somebody told me there's supposed t' be some kinda—... I'm not even sure. Ritual? A pact? Somethin' like that. [ a shrug. ] Somethin' ya do with other people an' apparently the whole yakuza honour bit is so ironclad that they gotta respect it. 'Course I dunno what that is or how it works, only that it exists.
[ ryouma is quick to start on the drinking now too. ]
Ain't up t' me though, so this is jus' the way it's meant t' be, I guess. Whatever happens, happens.
[ see: he thinks izō never told him about it because izō doesn't think he deserves it. ryouma has accepted this. mostly. ]
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[ so he's caught between a rock and a hard place. the nebulous unknown danger he's digging into and toraguma. might as well keep going because by that logic, he's dead any way you turn it. ]
That's funny though 'cause somebody told me there's supposed t' be some kinda—... I'm not even sure. Ritual? A pact? Somethin' like that. [ a shrug. ] Somethin' ya do with other people an' apparently the whole yakuza honour bit is so ironclad that they gotta respect it. 'Course I dunno what that is or how it works, only that it exists.
[ ryouma is quick to start on the drinking now too. ]
Ain't up t' me though, so this is jus' the way it's meant t' be, I guess. Whatever happens, happens.
[ see: he thinks izō never told him about it because izō doesn't think he deserves it. ryouma has accepted this. mostly. ]