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[moredakka]

[In theory, Sio was trying to just think this at Hijikata, but she's kind of bad at the focus thing when she's actually freaking out a bit. So. Hi everyone.]


H-Hijikata-sama... I'm in Greengard with Souji-san. Your Souji-san. A-and think we've got a problem...

Something's really really wrong with him. He's acting super weird, um, I mean, more weird than before, and scary, I mean, different-scary... we're here with Fang-san and we're in this spooky forest and I don't know why he wanted us to come here but I think there's zombie unicorns and that's kind of freaking me out.

I know he's an Infiltrator now b-but... do we... do anything?

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[hakodate]

Souji's always been unstable.

But this doesn't sound like his usual kind of unstable.

[moredakka]

But...

[She has to ask it. She has to. It's a practical question.]

If... if he gets killed...

[hakodate]

Worrying about the what ifs isn't going to help.

[By which he might actually mean that he doesn't want to have a conversation about Souji dying.]

[moredakka]

[Too bad dude, Sio isn't good with implied meanings.]

Hijikata-sama, I... [Go on just spit it out.] I have to protect the people who won't come back, first of all!

[hakodate]

If you're resolved to do that, then what are you asking me for?

[moredakka]

B-because you're - you can order me not to! That's, that what being in command means!

[Please god would he be in command already. Would he take this responsibility off of her.]

[hakodate]

[HE IS SO SICK OF BEING IN COMMAND AND AT LEAST BEING STUCK ON ALL THESE JAUNTS WAS A VACATION FROM THAT??? 8( ]

Being in command also means knowing when you don't have the understanding of a situation to make an absolute call on it.

And that's why I'm coming down there. So just sit tight.

[moredakka]

[It's a good thing he can't see it, because out in the real world, Sio is screwing her eyes shut and closing her fists tightly. All that filters through is the shadow of the resolve that everything is going to go to hell.]

Yes, sir! I'll - I'll make us make a stop - somehow.

[Time to sit her ass down on the ground and refuse to be moved by anything short of a bulldozer.

Or, you know, an arrow to the face.]