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[ well, that's a first.

it's funny, since that was one of the reasons tsurumaru was never quite able to stick in the same place as mikazuki. while one was fascinated by the past, the other constantly ran towards the present. and while their reasonings may not actually be that different from where they originally stem from...

he turns from reading imanotsurugi's plaque to look at the other man. ]

Did you realize that now?

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I did.

[ . . . and he just hums softly even as he smooths the paperwork back against the clipboard, apparently done with his inspection. he wanders back to tsurumaru in unhurried steps, as though he still has no interest in picking up the pace despite his body being able to keep up with it. he's always been 60 years old at heart.]

Merely thinking... about stories that remain untold - how we can try to capture pieces of history, but there are many more aspects that remain lost without people to recount their lives. Perhaps that is the arrogance and hope of humanity.

[ . . . ]

Ha ha ha, shall we take our leave then, my dear? I believe I have done enough work that the others will find it satisfactory.

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[ ...

stupid ass old sketchy bitch

sadly, tsurumaru does not think those words because he is still an old man, but also he wouldn't even if he weren't. but it's fine. but he'll cast a curious look over at his companion, before giving a slight nod. ]

Let's go. We have a busy day today.

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So we do. Fashion and the sky wait for no one.

[he's probably just kidding - but apparently their itinerary for today was just getting better fitting clothes and then doing moon viewing? so dumb.

he'll gesture for tsurumaru to follow him out then, offering his clipboard and a few easily given notes to a staff member before leaving.

mikazuki works for like 41 minutes out of his day, spends most of it flirting, and still gets paid too much money to do this]

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[ and he will follow after him, even though he will occasionally glance at mikazuki because he wants to know but he isn't going to outright ask at this point. ]

Do you have any idea of where we should go?

[ what stores do the youth go to these days ]

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[it's not like mikazuki's hiding anything!

but he's just going to look at little thoughtful at that]

..... Dolce and.... Banana?

[did he just

mix up two different stores at two wildly different price points]

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Oh! I see!

[ sadly, tsuru just accepts this to be right so this is rather unfortunate. ]

We can go to the mall then?

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Mm, let's. And a visit to the food courtyard as well. They sell breaded dogs on sticks.

[let jiji have a corndog

but as they enter the parking lot again, he walks toward the passenger's seat and i wish he wasn't waiting for tsurumaru to open the door for him but he is]

And I have a secret.

[he announces happily]

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[ i hate this grandpa and i also hate how tsurumauru indulges him by opening the door. he'll stay there until mikazuki is inside so he can close it for him too. ]

Secret? Tell me!

[ a surprise??? ]

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[this is why mikazuki literally never changes his ways - no one makes him. still, he does like to be treated well, and so he doesn't see a reason why he shouldn't play with tsurumaru for just a moment.

so he just smiles when the door is opened for him, but instead of getting in right away, he'll lean in close to tsurumaru and bow his head so he can speak into his ear - ]

... I think that both now and in the vision I saw just moments ago, I am a bit predisposed to trouble.

[so consider this your fair warning, my dear.

but then he'll move to get into the car! nice.]

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[ he touches his ear, and it takes him a few extra seconds to close the door after him and walk over to the driver's side of the car. he is at least patient enough to wait until he's also in the car and in the process of starting it to speak. ]

Did you see something in the museum then?

[ tsurumaru hadn't seen a 'vision', he just suddenly knew about something he didn't before, so he's curious as to what that exactly means. ]

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Mm, I did, I did.

[easily, even as mikazuki makes himself comfortable in his seat, lacing his fingers and setting them in his lap even as one leg crosses over the other.]

They felt like old friends - those that you hope to keep out of harm's way, to protect their hearts when they themselves do not know how to take the steps.

But I wonder what it could all mean?

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[ and they're off. tsuru is not 100% sure which direction the mall is in, but he still just chooses one to go in regardless without asking. it's fine. ]

You do seem the type to have many friends in extraordinary places. [ ... ] But I'm really not sure what this mystery is leading to.

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[



they're going to get lost on their way to the mall]

Ha ha ha, I am not sure either. Though those I saw did look a little familiar to me....

[did i decide that the sanjous are jiji's family in this au? i literally no longer fucking remember]

... and I felt as though there was something that I must do....

I wonder what that could be in this situation?

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It's hard to guess without further context.

[ they are definitely going to get lost, or tsuru will drive by something else he thinks looks neat and will sidetrack them completely. but for now he makes no obvious sign that he has no idea where he is going. ]

But... we can assume that Japanese history is somehow involved, yes? For us both. It was when you were looking at the sword and the naginata?

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[mikazuki has no reason to think that tsurumaru is lost - and even if he did, he would just settle himself as a passenger anyway? it's fine.]

Mm - and your knowledge came from the exhibit relating to the Sengoku era, no? When reviewing Date Masamune's famed swords...?

Whereas I was reviewing Imanotsurugi and Iwatooshi, belonging to a different era.

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How strange!

[ now if only they could figure out what it all meant. ]

I think that it would be one thing if we only saw visions or gained knowledge, but that on top of suddenly becoming younger is...


[ even weirder? he isn't sure how the two correlates with each other. ]

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Do you think physical exertion is in our future? Ha ha ha, we might need to be on our guard.

[to do work that they couldn't do in their old bodies?????]

I'll leave it to you.

[just kidding jiji doesn't want to work at all]

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Eh? Are you trying to get out of doing something, Mikazuki?

[ he knows what the answer is but he has to ask

they pass by a billboard for some remake of a horse movie but it's chocobos now. tsuru just hms softly at it. ]

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Can I be blamed for stepping aside when you have always been far more graceful than I?

[jiji: if i praise him will i get out of doing work?

but as they drive pass the billboard,,]

... perhaps we should go riding sometime soon. There are some stables and paths near the edge of city.

[arE ALL HORSES GONE?????]

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If only I were as graceful as you are with words.

[ tsuru is concerned for many reasons, one being that he has a fuckin farm, so he makes a mental note to ask to be sent some pictures of his home just to double check some things. ]

... mm, riding should be fine. It's been a while since I've been able to.

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Do you think my words sound nice? Then I'll consider myself very lucky.

[continues to try to get out of doing work]

Then let us put that next on our agenda of investigations.

[it just sounds like a date but that's cool]

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[ everything they do to investigate is just dates yea ]

We'll need to track down that building as well... the one connected to the Respite application.

[ retrospec. please at least remember what it's called. ]

It's somewhere in the city, right?

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Likely so. Perhaps we can go searching for it - ah.

[he says, but if tsuru's getting them hella lost, there's no reason to presume why they wouldn't just. drive right past it.]

That one.

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[ the way that tsuru just fucking SLAMS on the brakes, and luckily there is no one behind them or else they would have definitely just caused an accident. ]

Let's go look!

[ he is going to break some traffic laws to park it's fine ]