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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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[tealeafs]

[ SHE'S JUST TRYING TO HELP BY WARNING YOU.. the last thing Sio needs is dealing with Souji going crazy and some bloodthirsty figure on top of it, okay.. ]

No, I don't think it's one of us. [ Not by the way he spoke in that dream, not by the way he almost felt as if he had been part of the forest, almost naturally so.. ] I saw him in.. um, I think it was Okita-san's dream since I saw him in there later.. it was during that time when we were in Liminal Space a little while back and we suddenly got stuck in those dreams. I was in this forest and I ran into that figure, and he tried to kill me with his sword because..

[ .. she pauses. She wants to say because she's a demon, but she can't. She's been keeping it a secret from everyone except the captains of the Shinsengumi for so long that it'd feel weird saying it, but more importantly, she doesn't want Sio to think of her differently. To see her as a monster.

But on the other hand, she does want to warn Sio that she might be in trouble too since she's not sure if that weird huge gun power makes her count as entirely human either. ]

.. well, I-I don't know.. but maybe he could sense we're not from this world, so.. please be careful if he shows up.

[moredakka]

[Well, at least it's not Garrett, since the last thing that Sio needs right now is to have to be careful of another Traveller. She's a little embarrassed about suspecting him to begin with, which trickles through in her mental presence. But a mysterious hooded forest guy of dreams is... not really much of a better option.]

What kind of sword was it? [Of course that that's what she asks. But it's actually a relevant question.] Like a katana? Or the kind of swords they've got here?

[It'd be awfully nice if this guy was just a figment of Souji's imagination, is all she's saying.]

Maybe he was just... having a bad dream. [She cannot imagine any possible reason why anyone would want to kill Chizuru. Chizuru. What the hell.]

[tealeafs]

[ She has to think for a moment, but it's really mostly only a moment - the memory of that moment is still very well engraved into her mind, if not just for the sheer terror she felt. ]

The kind of swords they got here. [ They're different enough from katana to be recognizable as different, after all. And it was also how she knew that the hooded figure wasn't anyone she knew from back home.

Still, it was somehow related to the way Souji is here, as an Infiltrator. She doesn't know how or why except for the fact that Souji himself was in the dream later, but.. ]

Maybe. I-- I don't know. [ She just knows that the very thought of that dream makes her skin crawl, and she almost feels reluctant to go to that forest at all. She can force herself for other people's sakes, for Souji, who's important to her, for Sio, her new friend, but it's still a little hard. ]

.. I'm sorry. I'm just saying.. please be careful just in case, okay? It's at least good to be prepared..