Yadrolla System Mingle

[lacyprincess]

Who: EVERYBODY
Broadcast: Yeah, sure, I guess
Action: The Fleet and the Yadrolla System
When: 4/29 - 6/8

[Hey, hey, look, we have a new system! Let's go compete in stuff and root for sportsball teams! System info is here!

GO WAVES!]

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[canofmanji]

[That gains a bit more of his interest.] Really? And that is after I ran into the three of you near the river?

[Seeing as that's the last time he remembers seeing Makie.]

[therewerefifty]

Yes. At the ports of Nakaminato. It was the middle of winter.

...both Rin and yourself are intact.

[It's a nicety, offering this up to him. But she remembers his intercession at the dock, an embarrassment and a rescue that needed to be repaid. Perhaps this helps.]

[canofmanji]

Both of us. [He repeats it. Feeling a little better about this whole space thing now. He doesn't doubt even for a moment the truthfulness of Makie's words.]

Haven't been to Nakaminato yet. So you must be ahead. I'm glad the kid is alright. [He wasn't worried about himself. He'd win and be healed or he'd die and not be immortal anymore. Sort of a win-win as long as Rin is alright in the end.

Then he grins.] And I get my arm back? Heh. I must give that bastard a good beating in the end. [Good. Something to look forward to.]

[therewerefifty]

This Shira wasn't one of ours, I assume. [Because, well, yes, Itto-Ryu were dropping like flies to Manji, but she's never met him. Something puts her in mind of Magatsu, though... did he mention the name?]

Is he Shogunate?

[canofmanji]

[He takes a moment to consider that answer.] I think Shira would fall under: complicated. He was Mugai-Ryu when I first met him, but I'm not so sure if he still is. He's a bit like me in that way. Does what he wants.

At least none of his team seem to care much for him these days.

[therewerefifty]

Should I infer that doing what he wants in this case is not exactly palatable?

[canofmanji]

Repulsive wouldn't even begin to describe Shira and the things he does. That man is a sick pervert through and through.

[therewerefifty]

I see. Thank you for the explanation.

[Translation: she'll probably skewer him at some point if he ever shows.]

[canofmanji]

[Manji is perfectly fine with this.]

So, we meet up again. [There's a brief pause as he weights up how much he really wants to know.] How well does that go? [His tone may suggest that he's assuming probably not too well for himself.]

[therewerefifty]

[Well, you kissed her. And she died. One didn't necessarily lead to the other, but--]

You can rest assured that our next meeting is not as enemies. It was also brief. [Really, he went one way, she went another, they murdered a lot. As you do.]

[canofmanji]

Heh. [He chuckles with honest amusement.] I probably shouldn't be surprised. Rin really is pretty bad at this whole revenge thing, isn't she?

[You know, besides the fact that because of her revenge a bunch of your friends -- or at least acquaintances -- have been killed. Good times.]

[therewerefifty]

Rin is a girl with a good heart. Revenge is difficult for all such people.

[They don't even class as acquaintances, dude. She doesn't care how many of them you've murdered, at least in Rin's name. Rin has right.]

[canofmanji]

Yeah. She is.

Any suggestion on how to get her to give up on it? [Calling her an idiot child hasn't been working for some reason.] Although I suppose at this point she couldn't stop even if she really wanted to. [Not that she ever would.]

[therewerefifty]

[She's quiet for a long moment. Because... that second meeting. Everyone that could support Kagehisa is dead. He's on his own, and though she knows he's strong enough to continue on without her, it has to hurt. Kagimura Habaki is still alive. Manji is probably enough to deal with the tank of a man she'd elected to avoid. She dealt with the rest. Who does that leave?

Kagimura, Manji, Rin, Kagehisa.

Three against a grieving man. But he's strong.

......]

I feel it's too late to try changing her mind. The last we saw of each other would be the culmination of your journey, I expect.

[It doesn't matter, not really. Should he return home, he won't remember this conversation.]

[canofmanji]

Really? [He doesn't seem too surprised. Things had seemed to be coming to a head even from when Manji was from. He had felt that coming.] I hope she can live with the person she'll be at the end.

[Opps. And then he remembers who exactly he's talking to. He quickly tries to add to the end of that.] Ah! You know-- If she survives.

Who knows? Maybe that last meeting of ours won't actually be the end. It's not like those two haven't met before and walked away alive. How many times has it been now? Three? Four?

[therewerefifty]

[News to her. But then Anotsu had developed an odd sort of protectiveness towards Rin, which was intriguing. Not that it'd stop him from killing her if Rin attacked him outright, but...]

Perhaps. But if she does not kill him at the docks, she may lose her chance entirely.

[canofmanji]

Well, if she can live with herself by letting him go again then it's no skin off my nose. [He has no problem with Anotsu except for the fact that Rin has a problem with him.

He also understands that the last couple times the two of them met and walked away alive Manji wasn't there. That the fact that Rin had him there this time would likely change things a lot.]

I suppose only time will tell when we return home. [Because of course Makie would want to go home, right? 8D]

[therewerefifty]

[That piece of information... she's not quite willing to part with yet. But still, her expression is anything but eager about the concept.]

Mmm. I suppose.

[canofmanji]

No point worrying about it while we're stuck here I suppose.

Anyway, I was going to go find something to drink. [A brief pause. How does he polite thingy?] You thirsty or something?

[therewerefifty]

[Normally she'd knock him back. But she was already in this section of town making for a place she'd been told sold a sake equivalent, and while she's not the sort to ask company, nor is she the kind to refuse it under such circumstances.

She responds by moving past him, wrapping her shawl a little closer.] This way.

[canofmanji]

[He's actually a bit surprised that she took up his offer. He follows behind for a moment before speeding up to catch up to her.]

Heh, seems a bit familiar, doesn't it? You asking me to follow you somewhere?

[therewerefifty]

[Only because she was going there anyway, and it's the height of rudeness to say find a different bar. Though his comment makes her wish she'd been rude to begin with.]

I have no ulterior motives.

[No sex or murder at the end of this trip, sorry to disappoint.]

[canofmanji]

Don't worry. I didn't think there was. [This time.]