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[ so he doesn't have to worry about shoma being too much like akito in certain ways. he nods. ]
Good. We all need something to keep us going.
Good. We all need something to keep us going.
Eels. We saw it in the hydroponics area. There's a room for preparing all the bland food they provide for us out there, and it's all just eels.
Yeah. [ a pause. ] Maybw it isn't surprising that it's easier here than it was back home. But there's more than just me involved in a place like this. Maybe that's why.
That....seriously? [ he's not even entirely opposed to the idea since eating eels is a real thing but what the fuck. ] Did you ask senior care what that's all about?
[ yeah like he's had eel before but not like that. dislike that. ]
No, I was a little more concerned with the plant monster that was trying to kill us at the time.
No, I was a little more concerned with the plant monster that was trying to kill us at the time.
[ is it really just shoma, though... kazuki has to wonder. ]
Guess so. There's no avoiding it here when it's all people we know... friends.
Guess so. There's no avoiding it here when it's all people we know... friends.
[ i'm glad my phone changed crew to care. that's fine. anyway. ]
What plant monster now?
What plant monster now?
[ he could ask whatever he's wondering, really. at this point kazuki has rights. i also see my phone betrayed me in this tag too jfc. ]
Yeah, exactly. [ another pause...but then he figures he may as well state the obvious. ] That, and I have to make sure Mizuki gets back no matter what.
Yeah, exactly. [ another pause...but then he figures he may as well state the obvious. ] That, and I have to make sure Mizuki gets back no matter what.
[ hums ]
She seems pretty strong on her own. [ ... ] But it's good that you guys have each others' backs.
[ maybe not great, having someone you're close to here with you. but maybe it would make this whole thing feel a little less lonely. ]
She seems pretty strong on her own. [ ... ] But it's good that you guys have each others' backs.
[ maybe not great, having someone you're close to here with you. but maybe it would make this whole thing feel a little less lonely. ]
Ah.
[ just "ah" ]
We went through a bunch of time loops in there, and there was this thing following us that got closer each time. It was this plant monster - branches for limbs, covered in cherry blossoms. It tried to impale us both on the last loop.
It's always plants in this place.
[ just "ah" ]
We went through a bunch of time loops in there, and there was this thing following us that got closer each time. It was this plant monster - branches for limbs, covered in cherry blossoms. It tried to impale us both on the last loop.
It's always plants in this place.
She is, but she's also an idiot sometimes. [ pointblank. ] She's...obviously really strong and really smart and can take care of herself just fine, but she's kind of the worst at remembering she doesn't have to do everything herself just because she's able to. Half the time I'm pretty sure she doesn't even notice what I'm trying to do here.
[ which isn't unusual. mizuki leads, shoma follows sometimes, until she realizes everything he's been doing in the background behind her back to ensure they'll be fine. ]
It's been a good and a bad thing for both of us to be here. And as long as I can get both of us out along with everybody else, then...it can be more of a good one.
[ which isn't unusual. mizuki leads, shoma follows sometimes, until she realizes everything he's been doing in the background behind her back to ensure they'll be fine. ]
It's been a good and a bad thing for both of us to be here. And as long as I can get both of us out along with everybody else, then...it can be more of a good one.
What. [ WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS SHIP :yell: he looks extremely baffled suddenly. ] I see...it really is always plants in this place.
[ wild...he seems to think it's fine since obviously everybody got out unharmed, but jesus. ]
How'd you guys even get out of there if it was a bunch of loops? What was causing them?
[ wild...he seems to think it's fine since obviously everybody got out unharmed, but jesus. ]
How'd you guys even get out of there if it was a bunch of loops? What was causing them?
Hah. Sounds like someone else I know.
[ and it's always driven him crazy, how some people do that. as if they can always stand alone and manage just fine. as if they don't need to ask for help like other people. as if they aren't just as human as anyone else.
or maybe he's just projecting. whatever. ]
As long as you remember that you don't have to do it all on your own, too.
[ and it's always driven him crazy, how some people do that. as if they can always stand alone and manage just fine. as if they don't need to ask for help like other people. as if they aren't just as human as anyone else.
or maybe he's just projecting. whatever. ]
As long as you remember that you don't have to do it all on your own, too.
No idea. We just... didn't go in, the last time. I feel like if we did, we may not have come back out at all.
[ which he's alarmingly chill about right now but that's. fine. he is alive now. ]
[ which he's alarmingly chill about right now but that's. fine. he is alive now. ]
[ shakes hands with kazuki in things that are unsaid but also felt deeply about other people. there's a half-smile. ]
I've been...trying to be better about it, but I've kind of been on my own a lot for the last six years. Old habits, you know?
I've been...trying to be better about it, but I've kind of been on my own a lot for the last six years. Old habits, you know?
[ hey ty can our characters stop being the same fucking people for two seconds ]
Screw old habits. You're not on your own anymore.
Screw old habits. You're not on your own anymore.
You know, kinda glad you chose not to? Believe it or not I do like having you guys around. [ like yeah, sure, people die weekly, but why do we need more death? ]
Yeah, I kind of like being alive? And it was way too much like Verdure.
[ signs are pointing to no.
anyway that startles a laugh out of him. ]
Yeah. Yeah, I'm getting that. [ but TIME, kazuki. these things take time. ] All the more reason it's stuff I want to take back home. Kinda came full circle there.
anyway that startles a laugh out of him. ]
Yeah. Yeah, I'm getting that. [ but TIME, kazuki. these things take time. ] All the more reason it's stuff I want to take back home. Kinda came full circle there.
That plant planet you guys went to, right? [ ... ] Seriously, how do you keep getting involved in plants?
We'll find a way to. Somehow.
[ "we" because he stands by what he said. it's not just shoma's job to figure it out, or anyone else's. ]
[ "we" because he stands by what he said. it's not just shoma's job to figure it out, or anyone else's. ]
I would love to know so we could stop getting involved with them. I'm sick of it and I'm never going to another garden again.
Somehow. [ but he pauses to cough wetly into his sleeve, clearing out more rust before there's just a deadeyed expression. ]
...might have to wait for this to pass, but it's not impossible.
...might have to wait for this to pass, but it's not impossible.
[ help. ]
Yeah, uh. I definitely don't blame you. This is getting kind of ridiculous.
Yeah, uh. I definitely don't blame you. This is getting kind of ridiculous.
God, it's annoying, isn't it? [ scowls at his gloved hands. ] I can't play like this, either. It'd ruin the strings.
[ his guitar is significantly less important than finding a way home but still. ]
[ his guitar is significantly less important than finding a way home but still. ]
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