千子村正

"I've got the heart of a dying old man and a body that can take all sorts of abuse. Is this what you call regaining one's youth?"

◈ first impressions

VISUAL: "young." 17ish. 5'6", athletic build. red hair, amber eyes. no shirt but usually has an open white haori with a lavishly embroidered lining draped over his shoulders. a smattering of old and new scars. sturdy hands, and near-constant soot in the creases. firm posture, like he's not easy to knock over.
AURAL: CV: Sugiyama Noriaki. Sample.
OLFACTORY: woodsmoke, charred iron. away from the forge, add in soap, and freshly aired laundry with the first cold wind of autumn. things that make you think of homey, domestic settings. if he's been making food, the smell lingers a while longer.
DEMEANOUR: OLD MAN. direct, blunt, and unconcerned with making niceties (except for kids). focused on his work more than others, unless he feels the need to mentor, then WATCH OUT. values hard work and effort equally to pure talent.

◈ ic permissions

PHYSICAL AFFECTION: go for it. unlikely to reciprocate unless under specific conditions.
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: nothing more than comedic shit unless planned directly. i really don't want to do powerlevel talk with strangers.
RELATIONSHIPS: he likes pretty girls, sure. hey grimr, you up?
PSYCHIC & PSIONIC INFORMATION: go for it! he's always thinking about swords and while it seems like he's a very open book with how opinionated he is, he keeps a lot of observations to himself, particularly about what he thinks of people's karma. he's not a narc, but he's very observant.
MAGICAL INFORMATION: (sigh) it's fate. if you know, you know, and if you don't he's a very powerful spirit stuffed into a human shaped container. he's automatically immune to most magecraft that isn't at least three levels higher than basic, and after that he's still pretty resistant. alter-ego muramasa contains two aspects of godhood inside of him that might be picked up on by those sensitive to divine power.
MEDICAL INFORMATION: youth is wasted on the young! low tolerance for alcohol, high tolerance for pain.
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: none icly.

◈ ships

please dont be fuckign rude

YES grimr, caster artoria, musashi miyamoto, archer (it's called ascended yumishi look it up), tam lin lancelot, koyanskaya, troublesome and domineering women in general, homoerotic male rivalries
MAYBE literally any other adult servant, ritsuka
NO rasputin, the illyas (do not ask, it'll be on sight), non-archer emiyas, jaguar man

◈ ooc permissions

NAME: laure
CONTACT: dm this journal!
ACTIVE TIMES/PACE: employed full time & in school full time (read: slow)
BRACKETS/PROSE: brackets.
OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS & TRIGGERS: please cw: for disordered eating and the usual content
BACKTAGGING: sure.
THREADHOPPING: go for it.
FOURTHWALLING: mythology and swords, yes. fate/ canon, no.
NOT INTERESTED IN: POWERLEVEL DISCOURSE PLEASE.

Muramasa is a Servant, a superghost with a whole stock of weird conceptual and narratively reactive skills that can influence the role he takes in the stories he is a part of. One of them is an ability called Karmic Eye.

"An ability that is dormant within one's body. It's a variation of Clairvoyance, and enhances both static and kinetic eyesight. It is a type of insight specialized for combat. He lacked the proper foresight of Clairvoyance... or at least that was supposed to be the limitation...but with Muramasa spending his lifetime peering into destiny in the flames of his forge, his eagle-eyed gaze not only enabled him to capture his prey, but also fate itself."

Got a character who's full fake nice-ing it and is due for some bitchy CR because of their absolutely rancid secret vibes? Or maybe someone seems like an absolute shitheel who has a heart of gold and just can't get anyone to realize? Need a sympathetic ear despite appearances? Here at Peepaw's Sword Emporium, we have a Convenient Narrative Mechanic that can help overcome even the best acting and the worst behavior: the Turbo Karmic Vibe Check.

In short, I'm looking to take a gameplay skill mechanic that is functionally just an anti-invuln skill in F/GO that only gets brought up in one actual story section (and a pile of other scenes that you realize is happening on subsequent rereads), and make it into a fun little CR booster, and maybe just a chance to wax poetic about the nature of fate and humanity or something. All sentient beings have the potential for Buddhahood, after all.

This mechanic is opt-in only! If Muramasa can't get a bead on someone's vibes karma, he'll just assume it's because his LILITH-built manifestation isn't as sturdy as his original one. He's also NOT A NARC about other people's shit; he minds his own business and won't go around blabbing people's secrets unless you want me to. Muramasa is a Chaotic Neutral individual, and will permit a lot of truly rancid vibes and behavior (looking at Douman and Rasputin) for the sake of his job, which right now is working for LILITH, but please bear in mind that he does have limits because he still cares about justice just a liiiittle bit at the end of the day.

If you want more information about Muramasa in general, please see his general permissions post!

A swordsmith from Kuwana of the Ise Province, whose title was Uemon-no-jou during the Bunki Era of Japan. He is considered to be the founder of the swordsmith school famed for forging the sharpest swords of the Warring States period of Japan.