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[tealeafs]

Um.. I'm sorry for announcing this inbetween everything else, but-- I wanted to make sure I wouldn't do it too late so that it'd be inconvenient for other people..

[ Yes, sorry for interrupting all your talk about PSYCHENet and Trumps and love confessions and god knows what else.. at least she's keeping it in theme, okay. ]

But as some of you already heard, Toshizou and I are going to get married during this Jaunt. [ And despite somewhat natural nervousness of but whAT IF IT'S INCONVENIENT FOR EVERYONE ELSE lingering in her tone, she does sound very happy. It's not hard to tell. Just some nervous happy jitters about it still, really. ] It'll be on the 11th, so.. if you want to come, you can..! But I understand that people are busy with more important things as well, so please don't feel obligated at all..

[ .. look, maybe it's not the best announcement, but it could've been worse. It could've been Toshizou "COME OR DON'T IDGAF SHIT DAMN PISS HELL" Hijikata saying it. Instead it's just lingered with Chizuru's constant need to put her own needs fifteen miles behind everyone else's. ]

I think PSYCHENet is going to officiate it, so it could also maybe be helpful for finding out more about this Jaunt. If people are wondering about that sort of thing instead, I mean.

In either case, thank you for listening..!

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[tealeafs]

[ Mai really is too kind.. thinking so highly of her all the time, even when Chizuru doesn't think of herself as anything special. It's not like she's had many friends in her life before - none at all before she met the Shinsengumi, and even her relationships with them were a little different from your conventional kind of friendship. But even so, Mai feels like the kind of friend you don't just find easily. It's the kind of friend you only get a chance to meet once in a lifetime-- and it's a rare chance anyway, Chizuru knows. They come from different times, and it's only since they both got pulled into the Jaunts business that they met and are able to talk like this, but..

.. she's happy. Mai is too kind to her, but she's really, really happy.

So maybe, if it's Mai, then she can even say the one thing that she's hesitated to say to everyone here. It's a little scary, since maybe even someone as kind as Mai will be turned off by it, but-- she wants to try.

The other girl at least deserves that kind of honesty from her. ]

Um...

.. Mai-san.. there's something I still have to tell you. Now isn't a good time, but.. if it happens, someday, will you listen..?

[upcard]

[She wasn't expecting that sort of response, but it's not something she'll ever hesitate over. If someone wants to talk to her about something, she'll always be there to listen; it's just in her nature. Even if she can't do anything to help...at least she can listen. And maybe that will be enough.

Mai smiles quietly in response, nodding.]

Okay. [It's as simple as that, she thinks. Chizuru won't tell her now, but someday she'll want to, and when that day comes...]

That's fine... um, when you're ready, I'll listen.

[And it just solidifies her determination as well. If Chizuru still needs her here to talk to her about something someday, then...she has a reason to be here. She's not superfluous at all--and that's just fine.]

And... I'll be here, okay? [Always--or as long as she possibly can be.]

[tealeafs]

[ It's the usual warm answer from Mai.

That just makes her more determined to work a little harder on.. well, everything. To prove that being a demon isn't a bad thing necessarily, that she can be among everyone else and one of them even if she is a demon, even if she isn't human like them - so Mai can accept her, too, and she doesn't have to lose the happiness this friendship gives her. ]

Hmm.. I know. Mai-san is amazing like that. [ Did you really expect her to say anything else... ] In return-- if you're ever troubled, please seek me out and I'll try everything I can to help you.

[upcard]

A-amazing--

[She doesn't think so??? Naturally. We've rehashed this many times before...

But at least the rest is enough to distract her from her natural instinct to try to downplay any possible praise. She tries to be fine as often as she can, since everyone else is trying so hard and doing so much more than her, but...even so...]

...Okay. I trust Chizuru-san a lot, so...! [...so if anything is ever bothering her, that should be easy.] I promise I'll talk to you if I ever need anything.

[this is where there would be a pinky-promise scene if they weren't speaking telepathically]