Audience- Yoji Uruha

[holyspirits]

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[kumeyuri]

Something like that. I don't mind danger for myself, but these things don't exist in a vacuum.

[he's used to doing nothing. years of not wholly willing seclusion does that. it was for everyone's good, his own included, so he never resented it, but ultimately, it was also a gilded cage and glorified house arrest with no timeline for when he'd be free. if he wasn't so checked out of his life anyway, it'd have been torturously dull on paper. not allowed to leave, not allowed to have any contact with the outside world.

... and yet there's a lot he'd give to go back to that time, spending every day with the same people, the same familiarity. back when they were all still alive.]

[holyspirits]

[ hm... they ponder on this because it does, actually, make sense. ]

I don't disagree. But the same can't be said about anything. Outside factors have a way of dismantling even the best scenarios. Even if I can see this place feeling like a vacuum anyway.

[kumeyuri]

Yeah. [simply,] Nothing lasts forever, and nothing is guaranteed.

[holyspirits]

If it were... how would you feel about something like that? In a perfect world.

[kumeyuri]

Honestly, I can't even picture it.

[he came out of the war much more well-adjusted than some (samura), but there's probably still some lowkey damage + losing contact with his lodestone, and when you've spent half your life like that you forget what genuine stability ever felt like.]

[holyspirits]

I'd say maybe that's a thing to reflect on while you're here, but it's not for everyone. It might even be harder to try. But... what else do you have but time here?

[kumeyuri]

Aren't I supposed to be reflecting on my sins here?

[holyspirits]

[ i miss the yaoi magnet... :( ]

You don't think you can accomplish both at the same time?

[kumeyuri]

[not the yaoi magnet]

Personally, I prefer to carry out my life through meaningful, external action.

[holyspirits]

Then enlighten me on your first meaningful, external action here. Do you have a plan?

[kumeyuri]

[a sigh]

All right, I get it, I get it! But to be frank, I'm not interested in dreaming about a hypothetical perfect world over the one actually in front of me.

[holyspirits]

And what if what you dreamed could become a reality? Even if it isn't perfect, maybe there are parts you could still figure out how to have back.

[ they are not an optimist, and they know there are things in this world that people won't always get returned, but... small things, even, could make a difference. ]

[kumeyuri]

I already have things in the present to fight for. They're more important to me right now than any dream.

[uruha can't even fathom how the next ten minutes of his life would go if he returned to life, let alone one day more, when any semblance of stability has been completely and utterly scorched and the ashes scattered to the wind.]

[holyspirits]

[ this is very jan of you, jan. ]

... what needs to happen for you to win those fights then?

[kumeyuri]

[CEASE.]

For the enemy to die, for starters.

[unfortunately, things have become complicated about who the "enemy" is.]

[holyspirits]

... they can die, can't they?

[kumeyuri]

Unless they've obtained the secret to immortality, then yeah, they're only human. The problem is that they operate in secrecy.

[holyspirits]

Well that's annoying. [ they just say this, as if it doesn't irritate them that that's the problem. ] And even if you find them, they'll find other ways to continue operating in secret, won't they.

[kumeyuri]

There can't be that many of them, so it's just a matter of hunting them all down. Unfortunately, they're also good at hiring random thugs, so they don't often have to come out in person, and they kind of outnumber us in that regard.

[holyspirits]

What about holding the thugs for interrogation for more information? Can you overpower them enough for that?

[kumeyuri]

I personally haven't been in a position to do that instead of just killing them... although from what I've been told, the attempts to interrogate them that have been made haven't been successful for one reason or another.

[holyspirits]

There has to be another option. You can't just keep killing them if they're going to just keep sending more of them out. Not that I would have an idea what to suggest since you just took the suggestion I had and blew it apart...

[kumeyuri]

Rather than a hired thug, we need to get info straight from one of the core members... which is easier said than done, since they're also the elite.

We might've been making progress on that front, actually, but I... didn't live long enough to confirm.

[holyspirits]

[ progress is progress... ]

"Might've"?

[kumeyuri]

Chihiro—an ally—was engaged in combat with one of said elites, and I have faith that he could win. But we didn't get the chance to regroup.