Open to Investigators

[shiroganeheir]

I cannot be the only person who is worried about PSYCHE-net, can I? I have no problems with androids or robots, however there is just something unsettling about this that I cannot put my finger on. We need to keep a close watch on this so-called beta situation.

Also, is anyone else suspicious about this... entity? I am beginning to wonder if we are encountering another one of our infamous Trumps. The Lovers comes to mind. Any thoughts?

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[tealeafs]

.. yes.

[ And despite her usual slight nervousness about things, unsure if she's allowed to make certain decisions or not.. well, she's a whole lot more firm about this. That's the tone Chizuru always has when she won't change her mind. ]

As long as we're together, I have no reason to be afraid of anything, after all. [ It feels better than saying the otome game variation of "WHAT'S THE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN" since that often feels like just asking for said worst to happen when it comes to Traveller business. ]

[hakodate]

[Edo women, man.]

I know better than to think you're gonna change your mind.

But if you do, no matter how last minute it is, that's fine, too. Just tell me.

[He knows perfectly well she isn't going to.]

[tealeafs]

[ She won't. Because if this means she can actually make it matter to their group and their cause.. well, she's glad to be useful too even when she's doing something that's more meant for her own happiness like the wedding. ]

.. you too, alright? [ Although she might not take arguments like it being for her sake. Warning in advance. ]

[hakodate]

Right.

But I think you know I'm more of a stubborn asshole than that.

[Really, the only thing stopping him from saying we rather than I is the fact that Chizuru is most emphatically not an asshole.]

[tealeafs]

[ Wow, she doesn't think Hijikata is an asshole either, okay..!! He's just a little.. unpolished around the edges and all that. But Chizuru thinks it has a certain charm, at least, while he's not making her cry with it and all. ]

Just don't be rude to it during the wedding.

[hakodate]

Hey, give me at least a little credit.

[He's not gonna be rude to whoever's marrying them, after all.]

[tealeafs]

[ There's a small giggle - even mentally. ]

I'm sorry, I know you wouldn't do that.. it was just a joke. [ Besides, he's mostly rude towards people who deserve it.

.. only mostly, though. ]

It's just.. somehow, I feel relieved. Like anything will be alright as long as we're together.. it's a nice feeling.

[hakodate]

We've been through worse already. This...this is the easy part.

[So what if people think the computer might be a Trump, or Souji fucks up the cake, or there's too much of the wrong thing to drink - she's right. If they're together, it's fine. It'll work out.]

[tealeafs]

Hm. It can't be any harder than that, huh..?

[ They've been walking down a very, very long road together, after all. Maybe she didn't join him on it until later on, but even so.. she knows it's been even longer and more tiring for him.

At least it might mean it'll be a little lighter from here. ]

[hakodate]

It can't if I've got you here.

[Really here, and not here but they still don't know what they think of each other, or here but only until he gets cold feet and tries to force her to leave.

Here and not leaving him.

He likes the sound of that so much better.]

[tealeafs]

[ Chizuru knows she's helped him a lot. It's still hard to believe, but it's not like he hasn't said it before - my reason to live is you. But every single time he voices it, it still brings the exact same reaction as the first time. Her heartbeat quickening a little bit, a warm feeling coming over her. ]

You won't let anyone come inbetween it?

[ Judging by the fact she's saying it so lightly, warmly, bordering on a joke.. it's more likely she means "someone joke-objecting at the wedding" than "being cruelly seperated during a Jaunt without their memories all over again". Let's not think about the latter for now. ]

[hakodate]

Anyone who tries is gonna wish they hadn't.

[what do you mean you can't punch people who object at your wedding in the face.]

[tealeafs]

[ please don't order half the shinsengumi to commit seppuku on the spot if they try.. ]

I'll be counting on you then, no matter what happens. [ But she's mostly saying it since she didn't think he'd be that extreme about it when it comes down to it.. unless it'd be an actual danger, like Kazama suddenly popping up and sauntering in at just the wrong moment. ]