[YES HE IS STOP no it's just... weird. It's too weird!! Why is it Nikkari of all people!!! WHO WAS AYMERIC EVEN DRESSED AS he still doesn't know. Yams was not in Kishou Hongi.
He notices that movement, though, and he smiles a little, though it's not happy so much as sympathetic. It's the same sort of gesture he made constantly, at first--one that he still makes, sometimes.]
I didn't... realize this place could do that. [Draw from their memories like that, or... whatever it was that happened, here.]
[Yasusada's gaze shutters at the word shattered, an undeniable pulse of pain clear in his emotions--but, for better or for worse, this isn't surprising. He gazes at the miniature Nikkari, sighing quietly.]
...I'm sure he's safe at home. [He has to believe that.]
Yasusada doesn't know what "starcourge" means, but he does know what corruption means--and he looks up, then, alarm clear in his face and his emotions.]
[...It's hard to explain, is what it is. Yasusada's always been open about sharing the history of the Shinsengumi, but for things like this--the small, personal moments, the ones he's always kept close to his heart, it's harder to put into words that anyone else can understand.]
It was important, to Kondou-san and Okita-kun. So it became important to Hijikata-san too. The dog star... it watched over us.
[He shakes his head, trying for a smile, even though it doesn't reach his eyes. His gaze is distant--and he looks, as he rarely does, all of his 550 years.]
It's alright. I've been on this mission before. [...] What happened after?
We fought. He killed Meteion twice. And I think I kept him from altering anything? I might have killed him, but he killed me. We woke up in a tent a bit later before coming through the archway.
[ so much happened. this seems to be much easier for prompto even if he pauses because... that spike of fear.]
Let me back up a bit. We started backstage. That's where we found these clothes. There was one of those beauty mirrors with the lights and pictures hanging on it. I didn't know a single person, but they all felt familiar? I also found his sword there.
We then had to sing on stage. The fans were pretty nuts? Yelling all kinds of things... pretty sure some of them were rabid. They wanted my socks?
We couldn't think of a song so we sang from Space Jam. Then we had to put on a play about a lord being in love with a servant. We had to add another role for Meteion.
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Honestly? Not really sure. Really tired, sad... I think I got a feeling about what it's like to be like you.
[ His hand reaches for something at his side, but there isn't anything there ]
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He notices that movement, though, and he smiles a little, though it's not happy so much as sympathetic. It's the same sort of gesture he made constantly, at first--one that he still makes, sometimes.]
I didn't... realize this place could do that. [Draw from their memories like that, or... whatever it was that happened, here.]
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He digs into his pockets to pull out the keychain version of Nikkari. ]
I... it feels kind of empty without him. He. He got shattered. He told me that he killed his fair share. So this kind of thing can happen, too.
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...I'm sure he's safe at home. [He has to believe that.]
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[ There's a pause before he reaches to put an arm around Yams. ]
He's a great sword and I was honored to wield him. He kept me going...
[ Just reminding him of the duty at the end and what they needed to do ]
We were at the Goryokaku Fortress. It was Hijikata's end.
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He'll allow it, but that description has him stilling entirely, gaze locked on the small Nikkari.
Softly--]
Hakodate.
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Aymeric was corrupted by his sword. He went all...Starcourge looking and wanted to change history.
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Yasusada doesn't know what "starcourge" means, but he does know what corruption means--and he looks up, then, alarm clear in his face and his emotions.]
Eh? Wait--what sword did he...?
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Then he... [...Well. He thinks he knows how this likely went. The pain returns, in his emotions and his voice.] ...did he try to save Hijikata-san?
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Sirius.
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[...It's hard to explain, is what it is. Yasusada's always been open about sharing the history of the Shinsengumi, but for things like this--the small, personal moments, the ones he's always kept close to his heart, it's harder to put into words that anyone else can understand.]
It was important, to Kondou-san and Okita-kun. So it became important to Hijikata-san too. The dog star... it watched over us.
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It's alright. I've been on this mission before. [...] What happened after?
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Before all of that, we performed on a stage.
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Eh--a stage? [Normally he'd just be confused and curious, but this gets a spike of fear from him.]
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Let me back up a bit. We started backstage. That's where we found these clothes. There was one of those beauty mirrors with the lights and pictures hanging on it. I didn't know a single person, but they all felt familiar? I also found his sword there.
We then had to sing on stage. The fans were pretty nuts? Yelling all kinds of things... pretty sure some of them were rabid. They wanted my socks?
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Your... socks?
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[ just the one boob ]
We couldn't think of a song so we sang from Space Jam. Then we had to put on a play about a lord being in love with a servant. We had to add another role for Meteion.
[ Not going to the problematic route ]
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You put on a play after you sang? For the same fans?
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