Nathan Algren

"//Will you fight the white man, too?//" Higen had asked Nathan upon his return to the village.

Nathan had answered yes. And, when the boy had asked why, the answer was simple.

"//Because they come to destroy what I have come to love.//"

And so it was to be. The Emperor's troops against the Samurai. Nathan made his peace with Taka and her family, and she'd helped him into the armor of her late husband. The red armor of the man that Nathan himself had killed, when he was fighting on the side of those who were now his enemy.

"With any luck," Nathan said, looking sidelong at Tony, "you'll be able to use my ID to get back to Fandom."

No, he wasn't really banking on getting out of this alive. But then, that was the risk that you took, when you fought for that which you loved.

( Tony shot him a look... )

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( Nathan and Katsumoto met Bagley and Omura... )

[NFB and NFI for distance and time. Preplayed with not_ironmaiden, who will paaay for making me wibble so omg. Large chunks of script lifted from The Last Samurai, and as such, there are spoilers within.]

Ah, the theatre. While Nathan had kind of failed at all aspects of it back before his time spent at Fandom, he could certainly appreciate the art of it from his viewpoint in the audience as the members of the village put on a rather entertaining kyōgen performance in the late evening, well after the sun had set.

Winter was now over, and the snow in the village had melted entirely. But Nathan's mind was on the play. Not on the possibility of being released to return to their lives elsewhere. Not on what would be waiting for them outside of the village, in Tokyo or Fandom or beyond. It was on the actors in costume, following one another across the stage.

.... Alright, fine, his attention was on Katsumoto's sister, Taka. She looked particularly attractive when she was laughing at the actors. So sue him.

( Which you would be blind not to notice... )

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( That was it, then. )

[NFB and NFI for distance and time. Preplayed with not_ironmaiden, who is totes a ninja too, omg. Large chunks of script lifted from The Last Samurai, and as such, there are spoilers within.]