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[notbunaga]

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kashuu; still not 100% honestly but im way better than i was, thanks!

[notbunaga]

[from here]

I like to have my priorities straight.

[That's what she's calling it.]

In the grand scheme of things, a little thing like this that'll heal in no time isn't worth worrying about.

ah glad to hear! hopefully you can fight off the rest of it soon too!

[sharplydressed]

[PRIORITIES, HUH... Well, considering the people he knows, he's not that surprised by logic like that.]

Just as long as you're not gonna bleed out by the time we get to the next car or something.

[Nonchalant About Traumatic Injury: The Retrospec Story.]

Wanna head out? I was going that way, anyway.

[notbunaga]

Yeah, alright. The blood might attract more rats anyway so staying in one spot might not be a good idea.

[...in case he wasn't worried about that, there u go.

In any case she's back to moving again. No limp, no slowed walk. Seems like it isn't a big deal after all.]

Hey, how long have you lived here?

[sharplydressed]

[HE WASN'T, BUT NOW HE IS?! He glances toward the side, as if he expects rats to come swarming just at the sound of the word blood.]

What kinda gross rats attack people for their blood anyway, geez...

[Monster ones?! As for the question:]

Eh? Mm... Probably like, ten years or something. I've moved a couple of times between here and Japan. Why?

[notbunaga]

I was wondering about these tunnels. So long as I've been here, they haven't been in service.

Has it always been this way?

sakura (m)

[notbunaga]

[from here]

Well, DPS just denotes a damage dealing class. Ranged DPS tend to have higher damage output but are more fragile, like glass cannons.

Close range DPS trade that damage for more bulk so they can draw aggro, but that's usually really what a tank ought to be doing. Although they can be one in the same sometimes if they spec one class as a sub class, and--

[She's gonna keep droning on about this dumb nerd shit if Sakura doesn't stop her.]

[imaginex]

[What's a glass cannon.

What's a tank?

Sakura has put up with Shinji trying to explain these same terms to her so no, unfortunately, changing the subject isn't at the forefront of her mind. She's so busy trying to keep track of everything that she hardly notices when their tunnel opens up into an area with more space, almost like a platform, and on the middle track sits a train car]

-- Oh! Look!

[notbunaga]

--and there's a lot of discussion about whether or not subclassing is always best in some cases, because you're doing someone else's job less efficiently. Of course it depends on the game, but...huh?

[At least that shut her up. She turns her attention to the area in front of her, focusing on that instead.]

...I guess these old tunnels got some use after all. [She isn't sure how long ago that was, though...as far back as she remembers they were always closed down. Although she hasn't been here a very long time compared to people who've lived here their whole lives.] Let's go check it out.

[With no further warning, she hops off the platform onto the ground below, stepping over the closest set of tracks to move closer to the middle car.]

[imaginex]

[She's probably lived here longer than Sakura, still new to this city after a couple of months. She didn't even realize they had a subway system until recently.

All the more reason for her to follow after Aki with the blind assumption that the other girl knows what she's doing.]

Okay!

[Hey, Sakura is here for spooky-looking train cars.]

I wonder what's inside...!

May

[notbunaga]

[from here]

Never would have figured. I guess fighting's a lot more complicated than I thought it was.

[She'll learn.......eventually.]

[me_matey]

Well, I mean, it's both complicated and... not? Like at the end of the day, it's still win or lose and shit like that. But you can't just swing wildly at shit, either.

[notbunaga]

...I guess not. I haven't had any real fighting experience before this retrospec stuff started, so it's all a bit beyond me for the most part. [Getting into tons of fights as a kid doesn't count. Kid fights never count.] I mostly watch a lot of shounen battle anime.

[Which is to say it's the closest she's gotten to real fights.

Fake yelling fights.]

[me_matey]

...

Do you want, like... some actual lessons or something? I can teach people how to box. -Not much else, but hey, she knew that much.-

Ichirou;

[notbunaga]

[from here]

I meant what I said.

Would you prefer some totally normal human get their arm blown off trying this kind of thing?

[Who do you think she is!!]

Re: Ichirou;

[wherethewildthingsare]

No, I would find and scold them too.

[notbunaga]

[Flatly;]

Okay, dad. We'll all look both ways before crossing the street to fight the dome too, I promise.

[wherethewildthingsare]

Be home before 10. Don't take candy from strangers.


Don't touch the thermostat either.

karkat

[notbunaga]

[from here]

I just feel tired is all.

I'm already dead, after all. You don't have to worry.

[Ha ha.]

[alienates]

You're already what.

[ what ]

[notbunaga]

You saw me walk off that slime monster stabbing me, remember? Is it really that much of a surprise?

[Well she landed on debris and got impaled, but details.]

[alienates]

I just assumed you heal quickly or something!

[ SO YES? ]

anya

[notbunaga]

[from here]

I've been trying to keep a lot of things from a lot of people.

[That's about the simplest way to put it.

There are worse things to remember, after all. She knows enough about the sengoku era to know that what Anya just saw is pretty tame compared to some of the things Nobunaga Oda had a hand in.

Even admitting that it's who she was is difficult, partially because of that...partially because it's unbelievable. But seeing the woman on that screen makes it both easier and harder to process all at once.

But watching Anya...specifically, watching those hands fall from her face - those tightened, trembling hands - Aki reaches out with a hand of her own to close it around Anya's fist.]

My former self didn't really shine. [Just like Anya, how they'd discussed before.] She was more like a raging fire...one that burned itself out. But not before her homeland had already suffered for it.

[constellates]

[Automatically, she turns her hand to hold Aki's in her own. She's not scared. She's not supposed to be scared.

Maybe of what she saw on the screen - maybe that's okay (it's not okay, it's silly, get it together, Anya) - but she's not scared of Aki. She can say that more certainly, even as she holds onto Aki's hand like a lost child afraid of separation.]

... I want to understand...

[ - but she wonders if she even can. For all her effort, can her mind really wrap around what Aki's dealing with? She frowns at the floor for a moment before looking back at her.

Aki must have an even harder time processing it.]

Другой... You want to be - different from the other you, yes?

[notbunaga]

...

[She pauses before she answers, which likely says it all.]

Nobunaga...is a lot more useful in these circumstances. This whole retrospec thing.

She's stronger than I am. She knows how to fight. She's a lot braver than I am, too.

These days, I wonder how much of the old me is really worth keeping.

[It wasn't even that long ago she told Anya the opposite. That she wanted nothing to do with her old self.

What a difference a few months make.]

[constellates]

[Her eyes widen and she starts immediately - ]

Все! All of it - Aki is...!

[Aki is still very important. She takes a second to try to find the words, clearly struggling and upset that she doesn't have them readily at her command. But she shakes her head emphatically and holds onto Aki's hand with both of her own now, clutching onto her as if afraid she she'll disappear.]

... If you want to be someone else... Nobunaga... I - I will try to understand.

But Aki is not bad. Who you are now is also good. It is not bad to be you.