It's a lot more comfortable than it used to be. [Even if he still flails around sometimes] Oh, did he tell you? I learned a special step from Kotegiri Gou.
[i do get it buzen will just CLAP A WHOLE LOT!!!!]
Yeah!! I can just imagine him doing the same thing! You're a fast learner, Yasu-san! Thank you for doing his lessons with him. I'm sure it made him really happy.
I think you're right. I keep thinking about home, too. [...] It's strange, the way time feels here. Like it's... faster.
[It's moreso that he's more acutely aware of the individual days passing by than he usually is, but he hasn't really grasped that concept yet. (That, or he's purposely ignoring it.)
[ . . . hmmm. buzen tilts his head at that, and he'll just let his hands rest on the hilt of his sword in response. a little to center himself, a little to feel closer to the person who gave him this body to begin with]
It's a little weird being so far away from Kiyomitsu. [He says that like they aren't just going to crash together all the time anyway] But it's not bad. The others are pretty nice too.
[Which--almost scares him more, honestly. The uncertainty is harder than knowing for sure whether or not they've been cut off completely.]
If he can find us, then I know he'll send reinforcements soon. I don't mind waiting. [He can hold out, if need be. The Shinsengumi are good at that.] But if this was an abandoned world, like the one you talked about before--we should be able to leave on our own, right? And it shouldn't have broken our connections to our swords.
People keep talking like this is a completely different place, so I don't know...
[If that puts them beyond the saniwa's reach or not.]
[ . . . hm. buzen will just think about that a bit more, but he'll also just rest a hand on yams' shoulder? he seems stressed and like he needs something a little grounding before he vibrates out of existence.]
To be honest, I don't know either.
[head EMPTY]
But do you think that means we should do something besides waiting? I'm ready to find a way home if you are, but it's getting a little difficult to find a place to start.
[Please do take off your shoes Buzen the two of them are thE ONLY ONES PLEASE EVERYONE ELSE IN MARINES IS A HEATHEN
Anyway he just makes a face at "nestle together" like an idiot, but of course he nods!!]
Sure, it's right over here.
[Leading the way, past the creepy clown painting... Buzen's welcome to poke around the rest of the apartment, but sure enough, there's the ocean, out below the balcony.]
[It helps, to an extent--it doesn't have quite the comforting weight that Nagasone's hand does, or the gruff sympathy of Kanesada's, but it's reassuring all the same, and he settles a little.
He shakes his head.]
I can't think of anything either. [He just doesn't do well if left to stew with his own fears. He doesn't think it needs to be said that he'll tell them both immediately if he does learn something useful, so instead he just shakes his head a little, as if to clear it.] For now, I guess we can just keep looking for the people here, right?
regardless! when yams settles, buzen will just squeeze his shoulder once, reassuringly, before letting his hand drop]
Mm, I think so. Let's work on gathering information first, since we haven't been briefed by Aruji. We'll have to find the cause of the disruption of all this, cleanse it, and then see about how to harness the power that brought us here to then get us home.
[he's not sure if this'll work! but! it's the general framework of their missions and he can't see how it'd steer them wrong]
We know as well as anyone else that things can't stay stagnant for long, right?
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