#💎 Conductor Treasure (Takuto Tatsunagi)

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“Humanity's in jeopardy. This fight is far from over.”

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Takuto Lore!

Origins & Powers

Takuto’s origins are from Cray, specifically from Messiah. He was born to serve as an envoy between Earth and Cray, and has been looking over both planets for a very, very long time. The same is true for his elder brother Nome, even though Takuto took the lead on such responsibilities while his brother watched over the worlds merely as an observer. As such and despite his child-like appearance, he is quite an ancient soul with a ton of knowledge and power. He’s seen Earth and Cray at their best and worst, and while neither world is perfect, his love for them cannot be understated.

Being a guardian of both worlds provides Takuto with several powers, from being able to teleport between Cray and Earth, speak with Units, enter the imagination space at will, memory manipulation, and call upon chosen humans to become his agents (AKA Kourin, Rekka, and Suiko). Though, arguably his most important power is to bestow the power that connects humans and units from Cray, Psyqualia, to chosen humans he deems worthy. He has granted this power to Aichi Sendou, Ren Suzugamori, and Christopher Lo in the past, but has not granted it to any other human. 

This means he did NOT give Leon his Psyqualia/Wind, for the connection his people and Cray have is something that had been fostered without his intervention. It’s why it functions differently but similarity to the powers Takuto granted the others, and why he has knowledge of the Soryu people in general. 

Blonde Ezel, leader of the Gold Paladin Clan, is one of his most trusted allies on Cray and both have a long history and connection to each other. This connection allows Ezel and Takuto to reside within the other’s body at will (Essentially they were the first diffride), and when Ezel is within Takuto, he has the green mark on his forehead. One might call him Takuto’ avatar, in the same way Ahmes (Blaster Blade) is to Aichi Sendou.

The Tatsunagi Family

The Tatsunagi Family, similiar to the Soryu Tribe, is a family that has had a long standing connection and history with Cray. When Vanguard become a card game, they most certainly were apart of it’s inception through funding. Takuto resides as the family head and owner of the company due to the importance such a position has for his mission, something the other members of the Tatsunagi family respect and understand.

Rekka, Kourin, and Suiko were brought in from their original families (Could be branches of the Tatsunagi’s like in the V series or random. Depends on who I’m writing with’s interpretation) to be apart of the Tatsunagi’s as Takuto’s agents. They thus act as his eyes, ears, and supports under the guise of being Vanguard Idols. It was because of them that he was able to bring Aichi Sendou and Ren Suzugamori together in order to help decide the conflict between the Royal and Shadow Paladins.

At the beginning, Takuto did see the three of them as simply tools to be used. Despite having watched over Cray and Earth for so long, he did not really...ever get to connect with anyone outside of his elder brother (who even then wasn’t the most social either). He’s very good at putting up fronts and speaking like a human, but his understanding of what it means to be a human didn’t really come into effect until he grew closer with the three girls and started to live more casually on Earth.

He feels deep regret for having done what he’s done to them, which is why he after learning what a real family is like (Considering he and his own brother don’t really act like family and Nome is very estranged from Takuto doing his own thing), he does all he can for them. It’s why he enrolls them in the best schools where he thought they would be able to succeed, have their own lives, and be happy. He sorta acts like a parent to them in some respects, but in truth is taught things by them as well. 

They are his family, plain and simple. They mean the world to Takuto, and his greatest regret is not cherishing the little moments he had with them before the Reverse incident..

Takuto’s Status Post Link Joker (AKA THE MOVIE LORE)

Takuto did die when Link Joker was defeated by Aichi Sendou. His physical body was destroyed in the gate, and his spirit and that of the Void was sent to the world beyond. It was not his death specifically that caused Kourin’s memories to vanish, however. It was specifically the temporary demise of Link Joker, since it had stolen most of Takuto’s powers at the time. He didn’t have them when his spirit went to take the Void with him. (which is why in my mind, Kourin got her memories back when Aichi’s Link Joker seed that came from Reversed Takuto’s body was acting up. That’s just my HC anyway on that one)

He is given a new physical body with his powers back temporarily by Messiah to help with finding someone to awaken the deity, hence the holding of the Messiah Scramble and him calling upon Kourin, Suiko, and Rekka to once again help him. It made him happy to be reunited with them all again, even if he knew it was to be for a short time.

After Messiah's awakening and the threat of Planet Brant is no more, his body vanished and he returned to the world beyond. This time, he takes Rekka, Suiko, and Kourin’s memories again of working him away, reluctantly of course (This is my way to explain Suiko, Kourin, and Rekka are with Takuto again, but never seen again after the movie).

With his final departure, he leaves the job of watching over Cray and Earth to Nome, thus why we see Nome having taken over his brother’s position in G. 

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❝  stop  bossing  me  around.  ❞  [@ Takuto bc they totally need to interact somehow lolol, maybe reverse?

“What was that..?” The envoy of the void speaks, their teeth gritting in irritation. Up until now, Toshiki Kai had been doing exactly as they had ordered. He traveled to spread the gifts of the Reverse across the many humans of this wretched and pathetic planet, having no hesitation even when faced with former friends. He was the perfect warrior, the perfect Vanguard for the Void’s takeover of both this world and Planet Cray. 

And yet...he has recently shown signs of disobedience, and it didn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out the cause. This sass they has been shown whenever they have given out an order all started the second Aichi Sendou fell at the hands of the Reverse Vanguard, who instead of being turned into a powerful soldier for their ever-growing army instead was now a helpless shell of himself locked up in one of the many rooms of the Tatsunagi Building. From their understanding, Toshiki Kai wanted to crush Aichi Sendou, to crush the boy who had overtaken him in power completely. And while Sendou’s spirit had certainly been crushed, the...protectiveness Toshiki Kai had been displaying, very much like a dragon would with a precious treasure, was…puzzling. 

Turns out that maybe humans are more complex than they first thought. Though, that does not change the current situation. Toshiki Kai had sold his soul to Link Joker in exchange for power, and it was high time they remind him of that very fact. Maybe that will get him to change his tune.

“I think your time away from me has caused you to...forget how things work around here, but don’t worry, I’ll be more than happy to remind you of your place, my champion.” 

A light laugh escapes their lips as their body glows in the signature blood red glow of the Link Joker clan, five floating rings then appearing from the tips of fingers that soon fly off in direction of the reversed human. The rings, another signature of the clan, would wrap themselves around the human’s wrists, ankles, and neck, all the while pinning him to the nearby wall inside the private study. Like this, he couldn’t ignore what the envoy is about to say. 

“You may have crossed over to the Reverse of your own free will, but...it does not change the fact that by doing so you sold your soul to Link Joker. You belong to me, just as every single Reversed fighter on this planet does. You all are to carry out the Void’s will, whether you are a common solider or the Vanguard leading the charge. ”

The alien being then approaches the human, raising their hand to point towards the Link Joker deck that was in Toshiki Kai’s pocket. Their power levitates the box out of Kai’s possession, leaving it to float before the two of them. Perhaps a visual will be more salient to him of what he could stand to lose if he keeps up his attitude. 

“But if you really want to go and keep on rebelling against me, like with how you didn’t make Sendou into a Reversed Fighter like I asked, then by all means go ahead! I’ll just be taking this back, then. And all the power that goes with it...” 

The rings around the other’s skin would start to tighten, their power starting to drain the power of the Reverse out of Toshiki Kai’s body and back into the Link Joker deck that was hovering between the two. It would be a slow process, one that they would cease once the other would give back in. There was no way their champion would give up this power, not after what he did to obtain it. It had become an addiction, something the human could no longer live without, which was just what they needed to keep him in line.

“What a shame...I really was looking forward to watching you crush Ren Suzugamori. Oh, well...I guess I’ll just find some other fighter to do the job instead. Maybe Aichi Sendou will serve me well as the replacement for you. He’s perfect for the role considering how he replaced you in the eyes of everyone who once admired and looked up to you as one of the strongest fighters in the world...”

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When you add muses for the sake of loreeeeee

Takuto Tatsunagi from Cardfight Vanguard!! has been added as a tertiary muse! Will be canon divergent (more so I’ll be clarifying his canon lore in it’s own post at some point because the canon lore is a bit inconsistent/confusing, so just gonna put my own flair to how I interpret it)! V series or If verses can be made upon request as well!