countermeasures | chroma | catchall for buzen gou

[here they are in the void!! she's clearly been by the library at some point today because she has a nice hot tea from the library's vending machine, but she's got legs and can have left the building with it so they don't necessarily have to be there.]

...I'm doing better. Although... I don't seem to be able to use the powers tied to my complementary colors anymore.

[hm. weird.

she would normally not just casually hold hands but it's touch week so she adjusts her hold on her cup so she's got it singlehanded and reaches for her hand with her newly freed up one.]

How are you?

[hello?????? buzen will frown at that even as he wanders closer to her, taking her hand easily and giving it a soft little squeeze]

What...? Why so suddenly? [his brow furrows] Did you have any dreams or wake up with any weird marks?

How I am doesn't really matter so much anymore - I'm worried about you.

No, nothing like that...

[she frowns]

My complementary colors were Amber and Crystalline. But... now I can't use either power. They've probably changed, but if I'm being honest, I was accustomed to those two and I want them back.

[

she's sulking because she can't use crystalline to cheat and use every power]

Ah.. I've heard of people's complementary powers changing... That's so strange. Mine have stayed the same the whole time.

[he tilts his head]

If you ever need to use Amber, let me know and I can try to summon something for you?

I'd thought mine were going to. They'd been the same for the last two weeks.

[buuuuut... sometimes you get waxified while watching a horrifying execution and that makes you feel a certain way. it's fine.]

Thank you, Buzen. I appreciate that, and I'll keep it in mind.

[IS IT FINE!!!

but he nods]

Sure. [he'll give her hand a squeeze] Ah, I was worried. I'm glad you're not experiencing anything else, at least.

[at least until she gets slimed later]

[yea it's fine don't worry about it

she squeezes his hand back]

I'm not experiencing anything like that. So, I'd like it if you'd tell me how you're feeling now.

Hmm...

[thoughtfully - ] I'm excited about the dojo. We can keep going with the self-defense lessons a bit more seriously now, if you'd like.

But I'm also feeling a little suspicious. It's just one more thing that makes me enjoy this place, which I'm pretty sure we shouldn't be doing too much of.

I'd like that a lot.

[she wants to be able to defend herself!! ...she is also going to try to get as many people as possible to teach her self-defense so that she can have a better idea of what moves to expect from them in case they pull a kazuma-and-ryunosuke on her.]

...but you're right. I was excited to see the greenhouse, because being able to grow my own plants again reminds me of home, but... I don't want to get too comfortable here, or too complacent. I want to stay aware.

[buzen nods at that, gently amused]

Right? Sometimes I'm of two minds about it... because I want people to feel something other than fear for as long as we're here.

But it's hard for me to forget that it feels like this place has waged war on us, too.

Let's look at it this way, then.

If it's going to wage war on us, we'll wage war on it right back. In fact, we'll use the things it gives us to try and make us complacent against it. Isn't that what we're doing with the dojo? We wanted it, so it gave it to us, but now we're using it to be ready to defend ourselves if it throws something dangerous at us again.

[ . . .

he's surprised into a little laugh, his expression somewhere between amused and fond]

You sound like a general. Very well, General Su, let us get started on our wartime preparations right away. I'll be at your command.

...well, I was with the army before I came here. Maybe it rubbed off on me.

[she smiles]

I'll be relying on you, Buzen!

Well, army procedures is probably the easiest way to talk to us swords - even though we've developed a few hobbies outside of war by now.

[kashuu and his accessories... but buzen does think, at base, it is easiest to talk to them if you come off like a commander]

I won't let you down, General Doctor Su!

[she will keep that in mind. when in doubt: order the swords around.]

See to it that you don't!

[...she says, smiling. she doesn't think he'll let her down at all.]

[he winks at her, full of confidence]

If you believe in me, there's no way I'll lose!

[LMAAOOOOOOO

anyway,]

Did I interrupt you from your reading? Did you want to look at some of the new areas together?

[ :ratshake: ]

I'll be counting on you to achieve victory every time.

[except he wON'T. DANA!!!!]

I'd like to take a look around, yes. Don't worry, you haven't interrupted anything.

[she can read later! SHE ONLY HAS A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME WITH BUZEN. god, imagine if i'd had her be like yeah actually let me finish this book first and she finished it thursday night.]

[lmaaoooooooo,,

then he'll hold a hand out to her! touch week! buzen's memory lives on in touch week!!!]

Then shall we? Or - oh, wait, should I offer you my arm like I do with Ro-san...?

[he's not sure what courtly ladies prefer]

[what a gentleman]

Whatever you're most comfortable with is fine, Buzen.

Then let's go like this.

[just holding his hand out normally]

I like having your hand in mine.

[he doesn't mean anything by this... he just means he's a sword and inherently likes to hold and be held..... please don't roast]

[he's a slut for handholding....... (affectionate)

jiuqing smiles and takes his hand, then.]

That's fine with me. [it will be less fine next week but he won't make it to next week, so he'll never have to know that.] Where would you like to go first?

[he is!

buzen will just smile then, interlacing their fingers automatically (that's the effect) before gently pulling her in the direction of the new areas]

How about the dojo? I can show you around, and - to be honest, it feels the most like home to me. So I'd like to share it with you.

I'd like that a lot.

[she follows along as she's pulled! to the dojo they goooo]

[to the dojo they go!! this will be a place untouched by murder, for sure. either way buzen smiles as they head in, already excited upon arrival]

Does any of this look familiar to you, Doctor Su? I don't know much about noble courts or anything...

[the way i saw your username in my inbox and assumed you were gagtagging the execution at first]

The architecture looks a little familiar, in some ways, but... it's somewhat different from the type of building I'm used to.

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