flayn - catchall

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He's lucky he isn't here. He'd hate getting dirty.

[Looks at the announcements... yeah... happy

Anyway]

Officers Academy? What's that?

[fishingforcompliments]

Would he..?

[That tracks with what she saw in the memory, at least.]

...oh. It is hosted at the monastery, which is neutral ground - students are taught the art of warfare, various types of combat, and to command troops. Many of them go on to become knights or important military leaders in their home countries.

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Yes. He doesn't think he's beautiful, for some weird reason. So he's always worrying about his hair and his nails and all of that stuff.

["That stuff".]

Eh, are you training to be a Commander?

[fishingforcompliments]

...what? How could he think that? I saw him in your memory - he was beautiful...

[kashuu please!]

I do not know that I shall ever be one, but many of the students who attend the academy do end up eventually becoming just that.

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Right? It doesn't make sense.

[He is!! See, Flayn is smart. Even if she's wrong about swords.

--Speaking of:]

How can you become a Commander if you want to use a sword to cut firewood?

[fishingforcompliments]

[urk.]

Well - better firewood than people, no...? A sword that is used to cut firewood is directly responsible for helping to keep someone safe and warm.

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But that's not what we're for! And it can hurt us! [Flayn!!]

[fishingforcompliments]

...it can?

[OH NO... HOW MANY SWORDS HAS SHE HURT... she looks genuinely distressed by this]

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Of course, we're not made for something like that! You need an axe for chopping wood, an axe.

[She does look distressed, though, oh no... he raises his hands, waving them.]

I mean, some swords are sturdier than others, so they'd probably be okay, but it can't possibly feel good.

[fishingforcompliments]

...but it looked effortless when he did it before...

[...]

He must have a very trusty blade.

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Do you know what kind of sword he has?

[fishingforcompliments]

[she shakes her head]

I apologize, but... no. I am not terribly familiar with types of blades.

[okitactless]

Well, just be sure to tell him to be careful.

[If she can go home. He's not staying optimistic so much as he's purposefully ignoring reality.]

And for that matter, stop using us as kitchen knives!

[fishingforcompliments]

--yes, I have learned my lesson about that! Having heard it directly from a sword that you would rather not be used in the kitchen, I will... refrain from asking Felix to do such things in the future.

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Okay. Thank you, Flayn-kun. [Somewhere, Lan Wangji's sword is chopping up watermelons.] ...Then, will you tell me more? About your home?

[fishingforcompliments]

Certainly, but... what would you like to know?

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Do you have a partner? Or other comrades?

[fishingforcompliments]

Oh... yes! I have many wonderful classmates.

[her expression warms as she thinks back on them.]

With them, I feel safe even in the midst of battle.

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[Oh, she looks happy. Yasusada smiles, genuinely glad for her.]

That's good. It's important to have people you can trust. [He dearly misses his team, but he's glad that there are some familiar faces here.] Do you have people like that here?

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I do.

[her expression stays just as warm. oh dear.]

...do you? People from the same of these... "games" that you came from, perhaps? Or people you have grown close to here?

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Here?

[He could talk about the Shinsengumi and their swords all day long, but if they're talking about camp specifically, that's a much shorter list. He tilts his head, tapping his chin.]

Hmm... well, Okita-kun isn't here [haha] but of course there's Sanji-kun. [Not that that's a secret--he's not very subtle about his loyalties.] Stephanie-kun too, I suppose... we didn't talk much in the castle, but she's very close to Evan-kun. [Evan, whom they lost so quickly. He'd like to think that they would've spent a little more time together even without that, but he supposes they'll never know.]

Whoo-jii is very kind too, though. And Yu-kun. [Yin Yu, he means, though the speed with which he'd taken to fussing is kind of weird, he thinks.] And the other swords, of course.

[fishingforcompliments]

...I did not realize you were so close to Yu...

[she thinks he means yu narukami, not yin yu... oops]

...but I am glad you have found people you can rely on here, who are kind to you.

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[Can you believe no one's questioned this until now

He tilts his head a little.]

Were?

[fishingforcompliments]

[She is. So confused.]

He was killed the week before last...

[okitactless]

Eh?

[...


OH]

No--not Narukami-san. Yu-kun, Yin Yu!