雪村千鶴 (Yukimura Chizuru) (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
cannotcrossdress) wrote2012-07-11 03:21 am
cannotcrossdress) wrote2012-07-11 03:21 am
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[Chizuru had fallen asleep to the sound of waves. She had gotten used to the unsteady rocking that the boat subjected them too for the past several days. It wasn't a long journey, from Osaka to Edo, but it was just long enough to get used to the bouyancy of the water before having to subject yourself to re-acquainting yourself with the durability of hardened soil.
When she'd stepped off the boat, she was light-headed, and her eyes were barely capable of staying open. From all the crying, seeing Yamazaki off to his watery grave, her eyes had nearly swollen shut, and she still had yet to sleep a wink since they said their final farewells. Perhaps she had fainted, and that is why she found herself curled up in a ball on a soft patch of grass. She woke with a start, gasping when she'd realized what (she thought) had happened.]
Oh, no! I'm so sorry! I must've just-- [Chizuru rolled onto her hands and knees frantically, spurting out awkward apologies to pretty much anyone within a listening distace, when she realized that...wait. Since when did the arbor have such lush greenery? Edo wasn't nearly as developed as, say, Osaka, but...the ports at the very least would have...
..but wait. Chizuru froze, holding her breath as she listened. There was no sound of the waves breaking against the rocky shores, or the flapping of canvas as the masts yearned for the wind to catch them. Instead, there was only the soft hum of insects and the occassional chirp of a bird, the gentle rusting of feathers.
Feathers...really close. Chizuru sat back and sighed.] ...did I wander off somewhere? [She looked up at the sky, wincing but also in awe at the brightness of the sun.] ...wasn't it Winter...? For it to be so hot...
[There was that rusting sound again. So close, was it the sound of silk robes brushing against itself?!] Who's there?! [Chizuru cried out in a more panicked voice than she would've liked...but it was then that she realized that...] Oh, no...
[She was alone. Alone and lost, yet again.]
When she'd stepped off the boat, she was light-headed, and her eyes were barely capable of staying open. From all the crying, seeing Yamazaki off to his watery grave, her eyes had nearly swollen shut, and she still had yet to sleep a wink since they said their final farewells. Perhaps she had fainted, and that is why she found herself curled up in a ball on a soft patch of grass. She woke with a start, gasping when she'd realized what (she thought) had happened.]
Oh, no! I'm so sorry! I must've just-- [Chizuru rolled onto her hands and knees frantically, spurting out awkward apologies to pretty much anyone within a listening distace, when she realized that...wait. Since when did the arbor have such lush greenery? Edo wasn't nearly as developed as, say, Osaka, but...the ports at the very least would have...
..but wait. Chizuru froze, holding her breath as she listened. There was no sound of the waves breaking against the rocky shores, or the flapping of canvas as the masts yearned for the wind to catch them. Instead, there was only the soft hum of insects and the occassional chirp of a bird, the gentle rusting of feathers.
Feathers...really close. Chizuru sat back and sighed.] ...did I wander off somewhere? [She looked up at the sky, wincing but also in awe at the brightness of the sun.] ...wasn't it Winter...? For it to be so hot...
[There was that rusting sound again. So close, was it the sound of silk robes brushing against itself?!] Who's there?! [Chizuru cried out in a more panicked voice than she would've liked...but it was then that she realized that...] Oh, no...
[She was alone. Alone and lost, yet again.]
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But he frowns at that last statement. ] No, I'm fine. [ i know i just told you i was sick but gosh ] And Heisuke-kun? No. He should be sleeping now.
[ He gazes upwards for a moment to the sun. hmm. ]
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Shouldn't both of you be sleeping?
[Since she quite obviously things you're kinda in the same boat, you know.]
Really, coming out all this way...thank you. [But.] I would have been able to find my way! [Eventually.]
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Hm. No matter. He hates this timeline stuff. ]
You would have? [ Eyebrow raise, and a little grin. ]
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W...why wouldn't I? [Oh come on, Chizuru. You know better than to ask open-ended questions like that to Okita, of all people.]
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[ Tucking his hands into his sleeves, he turns to leave. ] Let's go. I'll show you where we're staying.
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You've already found a place to stay? You and Heisuke-kun?
[...maybe they weren't so needy of Hijikata's over-sight after all...]
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He glances back at her before answering. ] Of course. I wouldn't have lived on the streets if the housing is free, now would I?
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[Hijikata isn't going to like it very much if there isn't work to do.]
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...d...do people try to steal here? What happens?
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They draft us and have us fight their wars. People disappear, too. Sometimes, they've just been kidnapped, but sometimes it's for good. It's hard to tell.
...But besides that, it's not too exciting.
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[Or has it just been arrivals, as far as they're concerned?
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[ Hm, and now that he thinks about it, when would be a good idea to bring up his other self and when he died? ]
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Okita Souji died about, mm... two months ago. And Hijikata Toshizo vanished about a month ago.
Oh, and Toshizo showed up four months ago, but he has no sign of leaving yet.
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...what? That...that makes no sense! Why are you talking about yourself like that?!
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I...I don't understand! Is there another Okita-san somewhere?!
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Yep. We live with him.
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How does that not get confusing?!
[And how have you not killed each other? And how has Heisuke maintained his sanity? SO MANY QUESTIONS!!!]
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It's not. For us, at least.
[ He can't speak for Heisuke though. AHAHHA ]
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[Please say it ain't so. Say it ain't so! Are they both going to be trolling
Hijikataher?!][ action ]
[ Oh Chizuru. They're going to be trolling everybody
but especially hijikata. And if you thought one Souji was a handful... ][ action ]
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