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[mayoboro]

toushirou hijikata
#1470 holly heights
( wife ) • ( shitty son ) • ( daughter )
thanks a lot, saffron

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text, thursday morning of the 1470 house log

[inviable]

Hey. Is it going better for you or worse?

[He's almost afraid to ask. If they drove Carol out like that, they must be running the poor guy ragged.]

[mayoboro]

[...he had almost forgotten joel was a person he had talked to a few days prior about the house situation]

Well, we've had chicken nuggets since Tuesday. I don't know how to classify that as.

[inviable]

Need any help?

[normally, not one to go out of his way for a passing acquaintance, bbbut... Carol is his friend and he's become invested in whether or not Badou continues to live. whatever, he gets bored.]

[mayoboro]

[MEANWHILE, hijikata's reserved because he doesn't know how well acquainted joel is with badou and carol. can he trust this guy?? he needs a Sign of Goodness (though this is a good one if he weren't so cautious)]

Some of the children aren't very good with strangers. Apparently traumatic pasts, and all that.

[inviable]

I've heard
One of them knows me
I could just bring something and leave if you want
You drink?

[mayoboro]

I'm an officer of the Law.
Of course I drink.

[pinged]

[inviable]

[heh, amused]

Any preferences?

[mayoboro]

Sake.

But I'll go for beer too.

[inviable]

[what the heck is sake?]

I'll bring beer
Later, since it's kinda early

Carol sounded really on the edge

[mayoboro]

Was this before or after she left for her week off parenting responsibilities?

[inviable]

She was alright when I visited her, but
Boy, did she ever need a break

[mayoboro]

...what exactly happened?

[inviable]

Couldn't tell you
I think she just wanted to forget about it
We just watched a movie

[mayoboro]

Well, she can take off whenever she wants.
These family labels are not compulsory and no one will hold her accountable for skipping out on them. She's strong, but - between you and me - I believe she forgets that walking away from something doesn't mean one is weak.

Anyway beer is good.

[inviable]

Agreed
With each part

[Joel's starting to feel more comfortable about his offer, about getting to know this almost-stranger a little better.]

Beer it is
I've never had sake
I think

[mayoboro]

It's Japanese.
The taste is more subtle, I'll share some with you next time, as payment for this.

[inviable]

[Joel exhales on hearing the name of a country he can recognize; he keeps a quiet tally to himself of the people who are from planet Earth. Despite timeline and cultural differences, he can wrap his mind around it easier than some rambling on about a fire village where everyone breathes fire out of their mouths like that was normal, or something.]

Appreciate it
What part of Japan are you from? and what time?

[Hijikata's pre-outbreak, that much is obvious. Hopefully far back enough that he'll never know it.]

[mayoboro]

[may no one mention the aliens, then]

Edo, 1800's.
You ever read or heard about the police group known as the Shinsengumi during the Meiji Era? Not to blow my own horn, but I'm the vice-captain.

[inviable]

[Whoa, alright there, way far back. Joel ain't the educated type, not by a long shot, but Edo... that's old Tokyo, if he's not mistaken. Freaky. Was he a ninja or a samurai or something?

Most of it flies over his head.]

Afraid I don't know much about it
I'm from 2034 and the other side of the planet
But you sound like you did alright for yourself

[mayoboro]

I feel distinctly old.

Don't know much about your time and place either, but suppose a Q and A over beer could fix any lingering curiosity.