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I look forward to it.

[please don't just randomly encourage this. but mikazuki will regardless go to find a nice area with even ground and make a gesture to it - he's expecting tsuru to put a blanket down i'm sorry]

Ah, this looks like a fine spot.

[preowned]

[ tsuru looks at him. looks at the spot. looks at jiji again.



he'll put it down. ]

Sit, sit, old man. Before your knees fall out from under you.

[unsaid]

[fufu

he seems pleased with this development, but also like he expects it? sometimes you are just used to being taken care of, and you also happen to have a favorite caretaker. also it's probably funny how he looks so young and his joints no longer creak and ache, but he's very gentle and slow indeed about depositing himself on the blanket in a graceful manner.

stupid.]

It was a very near accident. Perhaps this rejuvenation did not extend as much as I had thought.

[THIS IS A LIE HE FEELS FINE]

[preowned]

Oh... perhaps we should get a wheelchair?

[ he

he definitely sounds like he simply wants to fool around with a wheelchair in ways you shouldn't be using one. ]

[unsaid]

[




well,]

I can put in a request?

[he's such a fucking enabler]

[preowned]

[ oh, his face just lights up at that, which is bad. it's obvious he is thinking of all the ways you could be chaotic with a wheelchair when you also have working knees. ]

Yes. It will be very important.

[ no ]

[unsaid]

[that just makes mikazuki laugh even as he does reach for a snackie. hope he chokes!]

Of course. I would very well call it necessary for our investigation.

[something something testing out mobility of bodies something

it really isn't but he'll go with it]

[preowned]

Exactly. There are many things we will have to investigate...

[ he pauses, his expression turning serious. ]

Tandem bicycles.

[unsaid]

We would cover quite a bit more ground that way without sacrificing being close to nature.

[don't make it sound poetic when you won't pedal, bitch

but he will go and get sake for them both, pouring a cup for tsuru and offering it to him]

Shall we drink to our good fortune?

[preowned]

[ tsuru would literally be doing all of the work it's horrible

but he'll take it happily. ]

And may it last for as long as it is convenient to us?

[ ... because he is still unsure of how long he would want this to last, but he does selfishly hope it's not gone by tomorrow.

it'll be nice to have even a little more time, when you were previously on your metaphorical last legs. ]

[unsaid]

Mm, and then some.

[imagine not capitalizing on all good fortune that could possibly come your way?

but mikazuki will let his glass clink against tsuru's then, letting their little toast elicit a soft (toumyu) chime]

Even if all things are meant to end, perhaps there are still some things you would like to last as long as possible.

[preowned]

[ hm...

he'll bring his glass to his lips to take a sip. ]

What are some things you'd want to last, Mikazuki?

[unsaid]

[ . . . what a curious question.

given that he has (had?) devoted so much of his life to the keeping of museums and the items collected, he thinks that he has a special expertise in both the permanent and the utterly temporary. some objects last, kept through the ages and preserved for their antiquity, but the kingdoms and people they once belonged to come and go.

is there anything that mikazuki would care to keep?

he hums thoughtfully, taking a sip of his own sake until he can find the words to capture the sentiment he wishes to articulate.]

This, perhaps.

[if not this exact moment, then this thread between them.]

To know, reliably, it always comes back to you and I.

[preowned]

[ strange.

there was once a time where they were practically attached at the hip, but life and duty made them go separate ways. but even with that, they still managed to always find their way back to each other. so many of their friends and family have passed over the years, but in the end, the two of them are still here.

he thinks about how he had thought that this might be his last trip to the city because of age. ]

This may be the first time anyone has said anything about me is reliable, Mikazuki.

[unsaid]

Oh? How curious.

[tsurumaru is rather prone to whimsy, mikazuki knows that too. he'll run for the sake of running, and set up surprises just to see the reactions that he can get. of course he's chaotic.

but mikazuki thinks he has been on the receiving end of tsurumaru's care too often to say that he's only chaotic.]

I have always found your stability to be rather plain to see.

[preowned]

Another first time for everything.

[ he takes another sip, before setting his drink down carefully so it won't spill over.

he knows there are probably some old friends who would have agreed-- but even with tsurumaru's other closest friends, he preferred to keep a certain air around him that appeared more carefree than not. but... ]

You must be observant.

[unsaid]

Do you think so?

[mikazuki tilts his head at that, still amused even as he takes another sip of his sake]

I suppose I do like to keep my eye on what I find beautiful.

[preowned]

[ a pause.

and there's a moment where tsurumaru leans in, although it's hard to say where exactly his aim is-- but a few seconds after he moves, there's the distant sound of what might be a firework erupting. if they're looking, they could see distant lights in the sky that fade away.

looks like someone at a different part of the city lit up fireworks.

tsuru blinks. ]

Oh! Wasn't expecting that.

[unsaid]

[hm!

the curve of mikazuki's smile ticks upward at that - though it's hard to say exactly what prompted it. instead he just tilts his head curiously at the spectacle of fireworks]

What a nice surprise.

I wonder if there is something to celebrate today.

[preowned]

It could also just be some people fooling around. People can come up with any reason to be festive.

[ children playing with fireworks they shouldn't be, maybe a shop out there testing some out-- who's to say. ]

It's a nice view though!

[unsaid]

Ha ha ha. So it is. We are very fortunate to receive a lovely view for moon watching and a fireworks show both.

[it makes mikazuki thinks about the temporary nature of things - for tomorrow the moon will look different, and the fireworks are so quick to disappear no matter how they light up the sky.

it is so easy to find things that are never meant to last.]

We will have to treasure it.

[preowned]

Oh! This is when people take... the selfie...

[ give him a second to dig out his phone




and several other seconds as he blindly clicks buttons ]

[unsaid]

[well

mikazuki isn't going to help he's just going to keep sipping his sake




and he's going to refill tsuru's to the brim as well]

[preowned]

[ it's fine

but he'll let out a delighted sound when he turns the camera on, shifting so he can sit a little closer to mikazuki. ]

Imagine if we had something like this when we were younger.

[unsaid]

[mikazuki shifts similarly, sitting next to tsurumaru and leaning in a bit closer]

Would you have documented your every prank?