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[ahappylie]

[Finally feeling better and able to go out, Okita was having quite a good time seeing everyone else's changes. It wasn't until he woke up this morning and tried to roll out of bed that he noticed something was wrong.

Very wrong.

But, perhaps people wouldn't notice.

Thus, Okita goes about his normal routine. As a woman. He's busy trying to cover that up, however, with a little padding around the waist and by keeping to his usual attire. Particularly attentive people, however, might notice he has a slight bust now and his voice is just a little higher than usual.

People can find him anywhere, from House 50 to the town getting supplies to the Welcome Center or even out on patrols.]

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[consultmybooks]

[Giles actually smiles slightly, at this.] Yes, we do. I'm...sort of looking forward to it, really.

Granted, Sunnydale is, um, completely destroyed in the process, but the citizens are evacuated first.

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

[Okita smiles back and the smile turns a little awkward when he hears the last part.]

Oh, well....At least a city can be repaired. If the people are safe, that is what matters, yes?

[consultmybooks]

Precisely. And it's almost certain that, wherever they settle, there will be less vampires and demons. The people in question might even be a bit more watchful about the ones that do continue to trouble them. [Optimism, yes?]

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

[Yay optimism!]

Haha, yes, that is always a good thing. I do hope they learn to be a little more careful.

[consultmybooks]

I hope so. Honestly, after surviving years of enslavement, to see them go back to acting like nothing about Sunnydale was at all unusual was...frustrating, to say the least.

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

People like to pretend there is normalcy even when there is none. It saves their sanity, I think.

[consultmybooks]

But it can cost them their lives.

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

Yes, but that is a choice they make when they choose to ignore their reality.

[consultmybooks]

...I suppose it doesn't really matter, in the end. The world ended anyway.

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

....The world ended?

[consultmybooks]

...by mt time. Well after yours'. [That's...comforting, right?] S-So it's nothing you need to concern yourself with, Okita-san.

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

But it's still your world, Giles-san. Even if I am long dead by then, I will still worry for the fate of our world.

[consultmybooks]

Sorry. We did our best, it's just...I only ever knew what happened after I came here.

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

It's fine. I don't think it could stay destroyed for very long or many more people here would never had existed.

[consultmybooks]

[Blink. Giles looks a little nonplussed, at that]

...what a cheerful way of looking at things.

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

[He laughs, his voice raising a bit in pitch and tone.]

I've always been the cheerful one, remember?

[consultmybooks]

[He laughs, sounding honestly affectionate, for a second.]

Yes, you have. And I really do appreciate that, Okita-san.

I never thought th consider the fact that the world might not stay destroyed.

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

[He laughs, too, and steps forward, poking Giles in the cheek.]

Being so pessimistic isn't good for you, silly.

[consultmybooks]

[Giles takes a step back, out of reach.]

I can't help it. I've never exactly had much to be optimistic about before.

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

[And he makes a face at Giles moving away, all in jest though.]

Doesn't mean you shouldn't be~

[consultmybooks]

[He grimaces theatrically.] I think Kendra and the others would have had me tested for demonic possession.

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

Or maybe they'd think you'd gone crazy.

[That was total deadpan.

And now he's laughing.]

But I don't think it's so bad to be a little crazy every so often.

[consultmybooks]

[Thank you for that, Okita. Giles looks briefly depressed again over the mention of insanity. It's a touchy subject right now. But when he sees that Okita is only teasing, he manages to shake it off and smile tiredly.]

Depends on your definition, I imagine.

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

[He smiles at Giles, a little more warmly than before.]

If anything, most people call me crazy.

[consultmybooks]

[Giles looks a little startled, at that.]

Really? I wouldn't have thought so.