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[She doesn't mind the silence so much, continues staring off at the horizon until her jewelry lightly pings her again, one (1) new message waiting to be read. It's not exactly the message she expects (then again, his never are) but she can't say it's not a question that hasn't been on her mind a great deal in the past few weeks.

The pause on her end matches his, edging it out by ten seconds before she sighs and allows a wisp of brutal honesty through.]

I don't know. I don't know if I trust myself to separate right from wrong anymore.

I'm sure we can, but y'anno.
It's effort, doin' crap.

_{[ That's not his real reasoning for not doing anything about it. Rather, he doesn't know who to talk to about this. They're mysterious– these ALASTAIR people.

A beat. He'll be serious, he guesses: ]}

We can't unless we know more about'em.

_{[ it sounds like Riza sounds.. guilty, maybe? Gintoki was very good at reading people and finding out their emotions, but Riza was by far one of the most guarded ones that he had met here.

It really made him want to find out what made her tick. ]}

ah what is that?
not feeling the heroic spirit anymore?

_{[ She jumped into action back at Chantes. Was the Nalawi mission also upsetting her like it was him? Before she can respond to his question, another message goes out: ]}

you know i need a haircut soon.
there's only one person around here i trust to do that.

I'm far from a hero.

[That retort, at least, comes quick enough. It's the one thing she's certain of in this mess and back home.

But that doesn't tie in at all with his second remark, one that takes a little more time to answer (if only because it's so unexpected.)]

You put up quite a fight last time, if I recall correctly.

[ She huffs quietly.

Effort. Of course. ]

Then we'll have t'find out more about 'em.

_{[ Tsukuyo is right, only because Gintoki has thought of this already. But.. how? They don't even know who is "in charge" so to say. ]}

How nice if you volunteer to find out everything about them and report your findings back to me so I can heroically get to the bottom of this.
_{[ ok maybe he isn't being serious (or is he???)
Please hit him, Tsukki. ]}

Edited (rip obtotm 2016-2016) 2016-06-19 19:54 (UTC)

_{[ I'm far from a hero, she says.
Something Gintoki repeats to himself over and over. There's too much blood on his hands— too many people killed because he wants to protect.
It comes with a price, and that price is a burden that rests on his shoulder the rest of his life.

Those words cause a slight chill to him, so he doesn't say anything about it. Instead, he proceeds forward: ]}

you got the job done at least didn't you?
give yourself some credit.

_{[ if she's cutting his hair, it'll give him a private one on one setting iwth her and he can pry at her—
To make sure she is okay.
To make sure she is safe. ]}

[ This little shit.

She doesn't move from her seat, as she drives a curled fist into his forehead. ]

I ain't volunteerin' for anythin', ya lazy bastard.

Edited 2016-06-19 19:59 (UTC)

[Not exactly a five-star review, but she'll take it. (Maybe that's the next thing she ought to learn about, Yelp.) But for now, her lips purse together momentarily before smoothing back out.

Fine.]

Name a time and place, then.

[And she'll be there.]

_{[ Why. Why such violence. He has never met a more violent woman in his entire life. Thankfully, he's learned to either react dramatically at her outbursts or ignore them entirely. This is one of those ignore them entirely situations. ]}

Guess it wouldn't hurt to start with those talking cats. They seem to know what was up.
I hate cats.
_{[ but gin.. u are a cat. ]}

as soon we get back to oska.
i'll find you.

_{[ a beat. ]}

all of this didn't have to end this way.

[How creepily stalkerish. But, that's not what's important here.]

Maybe not, but we can't go back in time and change what we've done.

[ Because brackets, mostly. Blame your gorilla. ]

Sure ya do.

Does anyone know what's up?

course not.
but maybe we can press forward and change what we're about to do.
what they'll have us do.
_{[ He's not gonna deal with this bullshit every single mission they come across. ]}

Edited 2016-06-22 04:18 (UTC)

Only vague enough details like everyone else. Nothin' helpful.
Why should I work for somebody I don't know crap about?

_{Why should I even work?}

_{[ that part is muttered, but you know. She probably hears it. ]}

[ She huffs. ]

Is anybody forcin' ya? Do they do anythin' if ya just don't bother?

[ She knows you, Gintoki. You still accept the missions because you hope that you'll actually be able to help. Because this is precisely the thing you usually do.

It just seems that ALASTAIR works a little differently. Where Gintoki would topple governments and fight nature and time itself if necessary to try and get his way, ALASTAIR is more concerned with something like a bigger picture. From what little she knows of them.

That isn't at all how Gintoki operates.

She wonders if there's a right or wrong in any of it. ]

Edited (Timelines are confusing) 2016-06-22 06:10 (UTC)

That's very optimistic of you to say.

[Not at all sarcastic, just mere fact. Is this another one of this 'protagonist' traits?]

You're very encouraging to everyone except yourself.

_{[ oops, she hit the nail right on the head! This girl has a habit of doing that, doesn't she?
Riza doesn't see it, but he's physically waving his hand around in the air. ]}

ah, ah? what was that? i don't think so..
c'mon you don't think i take a good look in the mirror now and then at myself?
who is it whose number 1 in the popularity polls? who has been published in over 500 chapters of ongoing manga?

nobody but gin-san.
i encourage myself enough.

Edited 2016-06-23 02:11 (UTC)

some people just need more than i do.

[There he goes again. It may as well be a deflection mechanism by this point, how often he pulls it out every time the discussion turns remotely serious. (Or so she guesses; hard to tell over text.)]

That doesn't mean you don't still need encouragement. Someone needs to pay attention to you, while you're too busy paying attention to everyone else.

_{[ When it comes to attention, Gintoki has a weird relationship with it. He loves it when people love him, and yet, he tries to distance himself from them still. Mostly, he's got a childish heart, so he'll take any attention when he gets it.

Though, somehow, he feels like he doesn't deserve it. ]}

guess it's just how i was raised.
though riza-san....

if you wanna pay attention to me you can.
_{[ don't say stuff like that. ]}

[Ah.]

Doesn't the protagonist get plenty of attention? You don't need extra attention from me.

[She's not exactly the kind of woman anyone ought to be angling for.]

_{[ Who wouldn't want attention from you, Riza? That's what he almost says, but that's a little too smooth, so of course he doesn't even really think about it. It just pops in his head a brief moment. ]}

the protagonist has gotta have a sidekick, you know.
_{[ you're the side kick now??? wow. ]}

_{[ A pause— a pretty good one, actually. He was hoping that maybe the better they did on this missions the sooner he would get to go home.

Home to Edo.
Home to the city and the people he loves so much. ]}

—It's just part of the job.
I don't back out from any jobs, no matter how big or how small.

_{[ even though he was complaining earlier, it's obvious he didn't mean any of that.
She doesn't need to know (though she may have an idea) of how much he misses where he belongs.

In the city he is destined to protect. ]}

[ Of course she has an idea. If you spend any extended amount of time around Gintoki, you can see how much love he has for Edo, for Kabuki-chou, for the people around him. She wonders if there's anywhere he could really feel as home as he does there.

Even from her point of view, he seems out of place in Nalawi, even if he easily makes odd friends wherever he goes. ]

So stop whinin'.

[ Of course she knows it wasn't serious. Doesn't make it not annoying.

Whiny baby. ]

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