沖田総司 ♠ okita "murder hurricane" souji (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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synopsychic2014-09-03 06:00 pm
creatic) wrote in synopsychic2014-09-03 06:00 pm
open to all investigators. (3rd day of Maiden)
[ okay so he's pretty well known to just drive you people up a wall in telepathic conversation but in rare instances he can be serious.
And one thing the veterans, at least, know? He never starts open conversations unless he's serious and with something worth hearing. And he only says things worth hearing when he finds it dangerous. ]
Right, so, I think we might suddenly have a really big problem. Like, really big.
[ yeah he means it literally concerning it physically as much as simply metaphorically. ]
Has anyone heard of anyone around the ships talking about something called "the Grasper"?
And one thing the veterans, at least, know? He never starts open conversations unless he's serious and with something worth hearing. And he only says things worth hearing when he finds it dangerous. ]
Right, so, I think we might suddenly have a really big problem. Like, really big.
[ yeah he means it literally concerning it physically as much as simply metaphorically. ]
Has anyone heard of anyone around the ships talking about something called "the Grasper"?
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But she answers his question, because he asked it and it's automatic for her--]
Um, like a big squid or octopus. Usually it's so big that you can only see its tentacles, but I think it has a mouth and can eat people...
[PROBABLY.
...and then a moment later it sinks in that she's talking about a kraken.]
B-but...that's just in movies. This can't be real, right?
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He thinks about this a few seconds in silence, even after she asks for some reassurance that this is obviously not real life but guess what mai... This is your new real life. ]
...this is your second jaunt, isn't it. [ Of course the trumps would go from college student life to sea monsters and pirates with no transition for the new travelers. Of course... But, she doesn't have to answer him if she doesn't want because with or without one he'll speak up a moment after. ] If a thought can be made of it, it's just as real as you and me.
Can it be killed?
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But that gets a very quiet response, a timid thought if ever there was one, and it's probably lost in the rest of the thing anyway.]
Yes... [Yes, it is her second jaunt. Yes, the first one was school life, and she was an infiltrator anyway. But.. this still seems so crazy. Still, she's used to gods and fairies and wishes existing, so it's not a large jump for krakens to exist too.
But the difference is that krakens frighten her. And she doesn't like this at all. Can it be killed is a question Mai also thought she would never be asked.]
E-eh? I, um. That's...
[did they ever kill krakens in the movies...]
...I don't know... but they can be driven away. Usually...in the movies, if they're hurt enough, they leave. [right???] Do you...do you really think you'll have to fight it? ["you" because there is no way in hell this tiny demure japanese young woman is getting involved in that mess, thanks]
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yeah, Souji might have spent most of that jaunt doing things like... throwing water balloons at Saitou, probably.
he's mostly listening, taking in what she has to say, although her question makes him laugh. ]
Are you worried about me? [ he can't resist the call of teasing for that long, especially when the threat is now currently immediate. ]
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Of course I am...! I don't want you to get hurt... and that's so dangerous...
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Is it pretty dangerous. But there's nothing I can't defeat. I'll definitely win.
[ no shut up souji???? ]
Even so, you'll take care of me if something bad happens, right?
[ on second thought, maybe he should just keep going to with the ego boasting, after all... ]
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FRIEND NO...]
E-eh?
[And then there's...that........]
I... I mean I will if you need me to, but... please don't let anything bad happen to you...! [She's so earnest] You should stay safe...your life is important too.
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but wow, that's familiar, isn't it, and he pauses, realizing that... ]
Well, I don't know if it's important, but it's definitely unfair. [ his secret tiny one-sided crush he needs to get over here because she's going to basically be his sister when she gets married to Hijikata and things don't need to be forever awkward...right... ]
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[She's utterly oblivious to what's going through his head, of course. She doesn't know any of this samurai dramu!!! It's like a soap opera up in here...
But nonetheless--]
I don't entirely understand but...whatever's unfair, I don't think it means you're not important. So please be careful.
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[ he pauses. ]
But, only because you remind me of someone. Which means, we have to meet sometime afterward so I can get rid of that way of thinking with you. Got it?
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okay no she doesn't take it that way at all. Instead--]
Eh...? Oh, um, I understand. [besides, that means he'll have to be careful, right...?] I'm Mai...hopefully I'll meet you soon.
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[ no don't listen to him mai pls. ]
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except that she's distracted by something, and if this wasn't a mental conversation, she might have been able to keep it to herself, but she's not very good at directing her thoughts, so it's loud and clear.]
Shinsengumi...? Like Saitou-san...?
[....... WAIT.]
U-um, I mean... it's an honor to meet you!
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But she just blinks at that, before bowing her head. Who are you bowing your head to, Mai? He can't see you. It's probably because she realizes that that she sounds so flustered.]
R-right...! I understand. Then... I hope to see you soon, Okita-san.
[And she'll hold to that whenever they can stop having sea battles long enough for her to meet up with him.]