Fates Supports/Saizo Asugi(PC)
C Support
Asugi: All right, I think this batch is about ready to pour into the molds. Heh. This might be the best candy I've ever made. Wait until the villagers have some...
Saizo: Hmph.
Asugi: Hm? Oh, it's you.
Saizo: I thought you might be the perpetrator of that sickly sweet smell.
Asugi: Dad! Why are you always so down on my hobbies?
Saizo: It's beyond me how you can stomach so much candy. What it must do to your stomach...your teeth...your brain...
Asugi: Hey, you told me when you asked me to come with you that I could live as I please. So that's exactly what I'm doing.
Saizo: But why make these giant batches of candy when you're the only one eating it?
Asugi: Oh, I'm hardly the only one. The kids in the village love my candy... and the girls, too.
Saizo: What?! I don't believe what I'm hearing... This whole candy-making hobby is just a pretext to pick up women?
Asugi: Huh...? What the hell, Dad?!
Saizo: You spineless worm! I didn't come here to upbraid you about your hobby... But may the gods help you if you do anything to tarnish this army's dignity!
Asugi: If that's how it's gonna be... maybe the problem's not with me, but with your weird ideas about dignity.
Saizo: ...What did you just say?
Asugi: Forget it.
Saizo: I'm leaving before you embarrass yourself further.
Asugi: Fine with me. This candy's not gonna make itself.
(Saizo leaves)
Asugi: Ugh...
B Support
Saizo: Asugi...I owe you an apology.
Asugi: You? Apologizing? This feels...weird...
Saizo: When you said you intended to share your candy with the women of the village... I instantly assumed it was a ploy to win their hearts. That was wrong of me.
Asugi: Oh, did someone clue you in?
Saizo: Yes. I'm told that this is, in fact, a ploy for gathering intelligence.
Asugi: Heheh. They don't call it "sweet talking" for nothing. You'd be surprised what you learn.
Saizo: But why didn't you say anything? This all could have been cleared up with a few words from you.
Asugi: Because if EVERYONE knows, then the technique becomes useless. Besides, you weren't too far off the mark. I'm not just here to win. I'm also here to make friends. Getting to know the people I'm supposed to protect helps keep my mind on the goal.
Saizo: I see... It's certainly different from my approach. Your way would never have occurred to me.
Asugi: What, is that "beyond you" too?
Saizo: No. I meant only to say... you have different skills, but you find a way to put them to use as a ninja. There is nothing in that for me to criticize. We have our differences, it's true. For a father and son, we have little in common. But I'm starting to think there might be nothing wrong with that.
Asugi: Dad...
Saizo: You're sure of yourself, which is what counts. Far be it from me to upend that. You should go your own way in life.
Asugi: This is your weird way of giving your approval, right?
Saizo: I wouldn't go that far. Let's not say I approve, but rather that I...condone. And that I'll listen when you try to tell me something.
Asugi: Heh. That's a good start. Thanks, Dad.
Saizo: Hmph...
A Support
Asugi: Dad, you're doing the creepy stare thing. Cut it out.
Saizo: I was thinking about that name of yours...
Asugi: Which one? Asugi, or Saizo?
Saizo: I meant Asugi. When did you start calling yourself that?
Asugi: I forget exactly, but it was sometime during my stay in the Deeprealm. After I found out what my name meant and the training it would impose on me... I just wanted to be rid of the whole thing.
Saizo: ...I see.
Asugi: "Asugi" is a word in one of the languages they speak out there. It means "gray." Perfect for a wishy-washy kid like me, huh? I picked it half as a joke, but I'm attached to it now.
Saizo: Even so, it makes me uneasy. It's too different from your birth name.
Asugi: But you're using it anyway. You're telling me it's OK to walk my own path. I really like that. Feels like, for the first time, you're approving of a decision I made. It's almost as satisfying as the time I had my first lollipop...
Saizo: ...I'll take that in the spirit it was meant.
Asugi: Anyway, I've been thinking, and I'm going to be the sixth Saizo after all.
Saizo: What?! What's gotten into you? I thought you hated the pressures associated with that name.
Asugi: Yeah, well...I changed my mind. Sure, I'm not like you. But you were willing to meet me halfway. I'm Asugi to you now, not just another in the line of Saizos. So I thought I'd be a jerk not to do the same for you. Besides, I can't let the Saizo name die with you after this long.
Saizo: You needn't worry about that. Five generations is plenty.
Asugi: Haha, I never thought I'd hear that from you of all people. I thought you were way too stubborn to stick up for your son that much.
Saizo: Say what you will.
Asugi: It's OK, Dad. When I take up the Saizo name, it won't be out of obligation. I'll do it because I want to. If I understand right, it's a Hoshidan word that means "color bringer." And I like the idea that a wishy-washy, gray guy like me could be that someday. Gotta set my sights high, right?
Saizo: That's a rather poetic interpretation. You may be reading too much into it. My missions are rather dark and dreary.
Asugi: What's wrong with showing some imagination? Is that off limits, too?
Saizo: This idle talk serves us nothing. But I'll keep your ambitions in mind. You've made a wise decision today, Asugi.
Asugi: ...Sure.
Saizo: A color bringer, hmm? I wouldn't have characterized my father that way either. But this world is ever changing, and our line must change with it. Perhaps the war will be over by the time you become the sixth Saizo. Then your missions might have a wider palette than the blacks and reds of mine.
Asugi: That'd be nice. Though as the next Saizo, I'm prepared for whatever I'm called on to do. I need to honor the name, you know? Make my predecessors proud. If there comes a time when you decide I'm worthy of the Saizo name... then go ahead and call me that. Just like you're calling me Asugi now.
Saizo: As you wish. It is my hope that the day comes before I grow too old. That said, I don't intend to relinquish the name to you anytime soon. You threw the name away once. It won't be as easy as that to reclaim.
Asugi: Heh! If it was easy, it wouldn't be worth doing, now would it?
Saizo: ...Heh.
