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[ahappylie]

[From mid-morning to noon, Okita is at the fountain in town, watching all the crazy people wandering around and launching little sailboats across the water. Occasionally his pig will pop his head up, crush one of the boats, and drag it under the water again. Looks like someone is playing pretend at being a sea monster. Come say hello?]

Hahaha. I'm going to run out of boats at this rate, Saizou.

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[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

Oh. [Hey, beef was outlawed until just a few years before he was born okay. 8( ]

Mm....Is it like rabbit? Or chicken?

[markofthewise]

... better. Way better. In fact, I may just have to make some for you.

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

Oh. Okay.

[And all smiles because hey! Free food! Not that...all food here isn't free, but there's a difference when it comes from someone else.]

[markofthewise]

Another time then. I'll uh, leave you to your 'bacon' friend.

[And he waves as he starts on his way.]

[godbent]

Well there was tat Equinox thing I had Mikage work out, but mostly I'm consolidating for something more impressive.

[screwthegods]

Is it? I'll have to remember that you wish for my continued suffering in the future.

[Homura says it lightly, knowing Okita doesn't actually hope for such a thing. More likely he's commenting on the potential amusement of the situations possible; there has been a notable share of awkwardness in the past, no doubt.]

And yet that didn't keep you from trying more than once already. Just how many times will it be before the end, I wonder?

You can be quite stubborn, when you want.

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

It's more amusing than suffering, Homura-san.

[Saizou still wants attention and Okita rolls over, hanging over the edge of the fountain so he can poke the pig in the nose.]

Oh, I think I'm done. It really didn't taste good at all.

But what are you up to? Just out to see what everyone is doing?

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

More impressive than that festival?

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

[Souji waves and yup, going back to playing.]

[godbent]

Way more.

[Nod.]

[justicereigns]

[Wry grin. Heh Figures. Pigs love watermelon, don't they? And Smoker quietly leads the way. Look at him be so talkative... walking... smoking... saying... nothing.]

Guess that worked. [Three whole words. He must be bored today to say so much.]

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

Then I look forward to it. I suspect you'll make an announcement, yes?

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

[........you are a master of conversation there, Smoker.

Okita bounces along after him, all smiles.]

Do you often make boats out of watermelon? Oh! You like kids, don't you? I hear you train many of them in the jitte. That's so interesting~ I train a few of the teenagers here in swordsmanship.

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[consultmybooks]

I can think of worse ways to spend experiments.

Especially this one.

I certainly don't known of any stories involving pigs and boats.

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[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

Oh, we aren't affected. He just wanted to go for a swim.

[A destructive swim. Saizou rises up and starts chewing on one of the paper boats, dragging it out further into the fountain.]

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[consultmybooks]

And, yet again, you're both quite fortunate for it.

[He indicates the next boat to be sent out.] May I?

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[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

Lucky indeed~

[Okita holds up the next boat with a smile.]

Certainly.

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[consultmybooks]

[Giles takes it and, after a second's hesitation, carefully settles it in the water to sail off to its doom.]

[godbent]

Of course. Not until this whole story-time experiment is over, but there'll be one, you watch.

[justicereigns]

[IT IS TOTALLY GETTING WORSE NOW. Because Smoker is just tsun blushing all over the place.]

Yeah... I like kids. And I wouldn't say often. I used to do it in Loguetown. I'm a marine so I like ships. [Oohhh progress, they've moved up to sentences.]

What style of fencing?

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

Hm~ A marine? [Takes him a minute.] Ah! The soldiers on the sea~ We're just starting to branch out onto the ocean in my country so we don't have much of a navy yet.

[Not that Souji minds.] I teach Tennen Rishin style kenjutsu here. And back home, too, but that's boring. I preferred playing with children actually. Sooo much more fun.

[justicereigns]

How big is your country?

[Wry grin.] I guess that's how I am with jitte practice too.

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

Mm, it's four large islands put together so I suppose it's rather big.

[He takes a double step to catch up with Smoker and smiles up at him.]

You prefer to play games rather than practice?

[justicereigns]

That is pretty big. You have four islands, but not a navy??

Heh... well kind. I prefer kidding around with kids with the jitte than a formal practice anyway.

[ahappylie.livejournal.com]

We were closed to the world until a few years ago. [And people left them alone until recently, too.] But it must be nice, being able to play around like that. Hijikata-san always gets angry when I do it.