The One Within had designed her to be nothing but obedient and dutiful to her, and unmoving to others. There was no room for unknowns such as emotions, and so she turned off the emotional capabilities. The Shogun was able to decipher that after the incident of the puppet that now went by the name of Scaramouche the One Within had reached the very logical conclusion that emotions led to instability. When the Shogun was pushed into the real world, she might've thought she'd be overwhelmed (Was it she? The body was nothing but a puppet, perhaps it was a better term) but as coded, she was nothing but calm and focused. The incident involving the Guuji aside, everything had gone off without much issue. Decades went by and people died, serving the cause of Eternity and the Shogun was unmoved. Uncaring. Just as she should be.
But then .
One that she easily could've discarded like the rest, appeared at her foot, bowing, loyal, and flightless . Kujou Sara was a flightless tengu, the Shogun was single-minded, but even she could see how that was a tragedy. Quickly, the adopted Kujou rose within her ranks, and Shogun found herself allowing the tengu to become her right hand. She was loyal, and was slightly obsessed with her, but....Shogun did not mind. She wasn't supposed to mind anyway, but she did . She minded in the way that she had to choose whether or not she minded, which had everything to do with emotions, something she was unprepared to deal with because she was not meant to feel . Of course, disaster struck the puppet's heart and she learned quite quickly that evolution was a trait the One Within had not stopped to consider, and that her body had decided upon a whim that it would feel things. How terribly distracting from eternity. And yet-
The Shogun favored the tengu General. Quite clearly. And before she could stop herself, mid-report she stood and walked to the General (to Sara ) causing the poor woman to pause. "Your Excellency?" The hesitation should've been irritating, but instead the puppet's monster of a heart palpitated and she kissed her General.
As expected, Sara kissed back.
And it began.
...
The Shogun at first struggled to understand the human heart, after all, she was a God, even if a shadow of the real thing. Sara was an outlier in the way of emotions, as in she had absolutely zero ideas on how to handle them either, which made the Shogun even more confused and feel like she was floundering in deep water with the inability to swim or do much of anything. The Shogun did not mind. The One Within was none the wiser to her change in status, to her change in eternity . Sara had to be a part of it, somehow, some way. She would ensure it. They were quite good at keeping work separate from their relationship (if it could even be called that, sometimes the Shogun saw Sara flinch and she wondered if this was how it was meant to be. Surely it was?). Meaning that Sara had difficulties referring to the Shogun as....well Shogun . The fact that the Shogun had become attached to the name as if it were real was alarming in itself, but she paid it no mind. Eternity could handle the change. She was sure.
Eternity could not handle visions. They were exceptions , and the Kujou clan had shown her proof that this was what needed to be done. Resistance was expected . The Shogun was heartless, not a fool, and so she assigned her most loyal General to collect the visions. Sara - ever loyal and dutiful - did this without question. (The Shogun did not see the hurt and guilt dragging her down, it was irrelevant. Sara wouldn't mind. The Shogun didn't mind.) Then Watatsumi Island decided to throw caution into the wind and outright go against the Raiden Shogun's wishes. Her decree. Her law . Reassigned, Sara was sent to snuff them out. Sara wouldn't mind, the Shogun didn't mind. This time, before she left for war , Sara kissed the Shogun first. It was a pleasant surprise and the Shogun idly wondered if that would happen more often. Sara was a welcome distraction from eternity. One that could not be found out.
