shinobu

[preowned]

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week 4, sunday

[preowned]

[ well then! today was more informative than expected.

but it's a little bit after all of that, and tsuru is... walking around campsco with his chicken in his arms. ]

Oh! Shinobu.

[wisterin]

[ Today was more informative and more alarming all at once! That, after the execution is wow!

Tsurumaru with his chicken gets a smile. ]

Hello, Tsurumaru-san. At least we have a little more direction now.

[ Even if they don't know what direction these notes are going to take them. ]

[preowned]

It's definitely more than we could say before. I'm glad we have something to work with now, but also...

[ bobchan pecks at his hand. ]

I would prefer if we had better news.

[wisterin]

We must keep positive. Isn't that the message?

[ If Tsuru doesn't mind the chicken pecking away at his hand, she won't comment on it. He knows that chicken more than she does. ]

At this point, any news is good news, especially if it's shareable.

[preowned]

I'm not sure how we should send it. Should we group up our letters and send the exact ones we receive, with other letters explaining how we got them?

[wisterin]

Not all the notes we received are under the character count, so we'll have to be creative with that, but that's a good option. I don't know if everyone will use their letters for this, but if not, we can cover the important parts of it.

We also need to spread it out, just in case one of our letters can't be delivered.

[ If there is another high body count, who knows what context will end up missing? It's a terrible but real worry. Hate it! ]

[preowned]

[ he nods his head. ]

I know we all have our preferences on who to send them to, but we should make sure that it'll reach people who don't normally interact with each other, so that they can start discussing it as soon as they can.

[wisterin]

We'll have to cover that when we discuss that later this week.

[ She's assuming they're going to have another mail catherd. ]

Who the letters will be sent to, which pink messages will be sent by whom, who will cover saying how we received them—

Do you think anyone would like to use an eye to give an early message?

[ Or a warning. Or a hint. Who knows if any gestures will be interpreted correctly?

looks at every one of cardori's charade threads and looks away ]

[preowned]

I don't mind using mine like that.

[ it's not like tsuru has had time to form deep bonds with anyone here! so he figures it's fine to waste his on plot. ]

week 5....? saturday

[wisterin]

[ I'M NOT EVEN ASKING I'M ASSUMING YOU'LL BE OK WITH IT

It's after Ookurikara is taken inside the isolation cabin, but Tsurumaru said they could talk, so she seeks him out. ]

Tsurumaru-san, would you rather spar?

[preowned]

Are you in a condition to?

[ ... admittedly, tsuru is pretty injured from the weekly effect, but he does not care too much about that.

he's more concerned if it's fine for her. ]

[wisterin]

I am.

[ She was stabbed thee time in the chest for her fatal injury and has multiple wrapped injuries besides but it's pain Lite, so she can withstand it. ]

If you don't mind your injuries, I don't mind mine.

[ There's a pause. ]

My other offer still stands, too.

[preowned]

[ he actually offers her a smile at that. it's not like his usual ones, but at least it's there. ]

Talking, was it? [ he gently taps against the hilt of his sword. ] I'm not actually sure if I have the right to be upset at this point.

[wisterin]

[ She smiles in return; hers is also not like her usual one. What happens tomorrow will also decide what else she should remind him of. ]

Why wouldn't you have the right to be? You care about Ookurikara-san. That gives you as much right as anyone else.

[preowned]

... I've mostly just been disappointing him since we got here.

[ since the village, if he's honest, but he won't be. ]

[wisterin]

[ She doesn't know his circumstances. She doesn't know he also died the first week back in the village, but that doesn't change what she thinks. ]

Whatever you have or haven't done, that doesn't mean you can't care. Having regrets doesn't mean you have to stop. Sometimes, it means the opposite.

[preowned]

I don't think I'll ever stop caring.

[ he... wonders how to say this. ]

I don't usually get too attached to people. I have lived a long time, and unlike some other swords, I don't have strong feelings towards one particular master. I've been passed through too many hands for that.

[ he can't say he has ever really had a place he could call home. ]

But every now and then, someone will pop up, and I think that... yes. This is probably what people mean when they talk about love.

week 6, tuesday

[wisterin]

[ What's up, Tsuru? Wherever he's at in Campsco on this day after so much doxxing, Shinobu will raise a hand. ]

Tsurumaru-san, I'm yeeting something. Please catch!

[ yeet ]

[preowned]

[ hewwo?

but he catches it. ]

Oh, nice yeet.

[wisterin]

They can take as much as they want from me, but they won't take away my ability to yeet.

I hope you use it.

[preowned]

[ he looks at it, and smiles at her. ]

... thank you.

[wisterin]

Make it meaningful. You've been away from them for so long. Even though it feels like it's about to end, sooner is better than later.

[ She wants to repay the kindness he's shown her. ]

[preowned]

[ he supposes it might be better to see them before whatever the... final part of all this is. and it seems like ookurikara is uh. having a Time over there, so maybe tsuru can try to smooth it over even a little.

maybe.

but he bows his head. ]

Thank you, Shinobu.

[wisterin]

Aren't we friends, Tsurumaru-san? I'd like to think we are.

[ Even if there time together hasn't been very long, she feels like they've connected enough, and she wants to be able to do something for him.

Even if she could visit someone, she feels like this could do both sides more good. ]

[preowned]

We are friends, yes.

[ he says that so easily, and will even reach out to place a hand on her shoulder. ]

And I do appreciate your companionship.