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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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Uwoooooh]

Chizuru-san....

[.........]

You're so cool...!

["Toshizou and I are prepared for the risks" THAT SOUNDS LIKE A PROTAG IN AN DRAMATIC ROMANTIC MOVIE....]

..

Eh..?

[ This is not the reaction she expected at all. It just comes naturally to her, okay, this is the territory of the otome protagonist stuck in the middle of warfare all the time.. it automatically makes you have to be a little more dramatic. ]

W-why are you saying that, Mai-san? I'm just saying things as they are..! [ Nothing special to her. Her and her man in possible danger, sounds like another day ending with a y. ]

To be able to say something like that...

["Toshizou and I are prepared for the risks"... even now, thinking about it, it thrills her. That's just not the sort of thing modern people say or ever have a reason to say, really... some people aren't used to being surrounded by constant battles, okay...]

What a really amazing thing...!

It's just normal.. [ This is the dramatic otome life Chizuru leads, it's true. ]

I mean-- we've been through a whole lot more than this, so if we've managed to get through that, then I think we can get through this too.. it's only natural. [ Look, after being stalked and near-kidnapped by a crazyass demon so many times, you just aren't as scared of the idea of the Trumps creepering on you. ] It's since Toshizou is so amazing.

Both of you are amazing...

[Stalker crazyass demons are truly a rare experience, it's true.... Mai just smiles a little to herself then, content.]

So I'm sure now that it will be fine too. Because... if it's Chizuru-san and Hijikata-san, who are both so strong... then nothing can possibly go wrong!

[ Mai, how is she supposed to deal with all this praise?! That's just too much at once, okay, Chizuru can't deal.. ]

You have so much faith in us.. [ Which Hijikata totally deserves, don't get her wrong. But her, on the other hand..!! ]

In that case I have to try my best for Mai-san, too. We won't let anything bad happen to you-- or to anyone else.

[ Chizuru will use herself as a meatshield if she has to, doN'T TEST HER ]

[She...blinks at that... well. Honestly, since "BECOMING A MEATSHIELD" is not her first thought when she hears Chizuru say that, she's really not concerned.

She may regret that later.]

Thank you... [She giggles, quietly, the mental echo clear.] I'm... not really afraid anymore.

[Between everything they've been through and now having Chizuru and Hijikata...she's not worried at all.]

Let's both do our best, in this Jaunt and in the future ones as well.

[ ~~She'll have to explain to Hijikata later that she just unknowingly adopted their first daughter already..~~ ]

.. I'm glad.

[ To hear Mai say that, mostly. That she's not really afraid anymore.. it's a great thing. Since Chizuru knows how scary these Jaunts can be, and she imagines it must be even worse for someone who hasn't seen the kind of shit that Chizuru herself has back home.

So if the other girl can be comfortable with all of this, and not scared, and maybe even happy.. well, that's enough to make her happy too. ]

We will, so.. no matter what happens, please don't lose the way you shine so brightly. I'm sure it inspires a whole lot of people.

[~~the lovers family sounds either cute or questionable~~

She's the one who shines brightly...? She's not so sure about that. Isn't Chizuru the one who's always taking care of everyone, and making sure everything is okay? Isn't she the one who makes everyone happy?

But still...]

If... if I can make even a few people happy... or--or inspire them, like you said...! [even if that seems almost too much to hope for--] Then... I'm really happy too.

Because then I'm a little more like Chizuru-san too. [otome senpai...!!]

[ .. wait, a little more like her..? Chizuru blinks a little to herself at that statement. There's nothing about her that's really better than Mai, after all.. there's a few parallels she can see between the two of them, sure, but she definitely thinks Mai is the better one here!

(Someone save them or they're going to be two otome protags in an endless spiral of complimenting each other.) ]

T.. that's nothing to worry about. I mean, you're already a little like me, and then even better.. You're great just the way you are, Mai-san..!

[They can never escape this spiral of thinking way too highly about each other, but being way too humble about themselves... otome protags, stop this nonsense.

But Mai is pleased at least to hear that, even if she doesn't necessarily believe it--that she's better, that is.]

Oh... w-well, thank you...!

But I really do think that you're amazing, Chizuru-san...so I'm really glad that I can be a bit more like you. Truly...!

[ 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..?

[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.]

[ 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.

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]

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