roxana for endgame!!!! (aspirational)

[hasteful]

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[disingenuous]

Tell me about your Gous?

[ She hopes desperately they aren't anything like her family. ]

Let's play a game. Any game will do, but how do you feel about penalties for the loser or rewards for the winner?

[hasteful]

Think that's one of the best ways to play a game.

[he hums thoughtfully - ]

What was that game? Two truths and a lie? Best out of three rounds to decide a winner? Then I can tell you about my Gous.

[disingenuous]

All right. You go first.

[hasteful]

Hmm...

Kotegiri is an even better singer and dancer than the rest of us - probably motivated by his own passion.

Ame is a great poet, probably because the name of his sword stems from a poem.

And Kuwa is the unofficial leader of us all, steady and thoughtful in everything he does.

[disingenuous]

Isn't this you telling me about them?

[ she laughs a little. she assumes he's naming the gous, at least. ]

The last one.

[hasteful]

It's quicker this way!

[buzen your snap judgments]

Hmm... You're right though... How'd you know...

[disingenuous]

You're the one who keeps telling people to depend on you and to rely on you. I assume you're like that with your Gous.

[ that's her snap judgment. ]

Do you ever turn around and depend and rely on people the same way?

[hasteful]

Hmm... Sure! I rely on my captain to give me orders, and trust others to look after me when I need it too probably. We tend to work in teams, after all.

[he says probably just because. that situation hasn't come up yet but it's fine]

So you think I can be 'leader' too, Ro-san... Huh...

[the gous assigned buzen leader and he doesn't understand it? some days he does think kuwa or someone else should be leader]

[disingenuous]

Probably.

[ That's telling, but she thinks he probably could be looked after now. Or Thursday night when he dies?

She hums a little. ]

There are different types of leaders and leaderships that work with different types of teams. It's your personality that's probably necessary for your team.

[ If his first mission was the Shimabara Rebellion. ]

[hasteful]

[no (breaks his neck)

buzen will just laugh a little bit at that.]

Well, the Gous are definitely pretty interesting... but I'm still learning. I'm not cut out to be captain just yet.

Guess that's one point for you then - wanna have a turn?

[disingenuous]

[ he is already dead. don't break his neck.

There's a pause as she thinks about what to share. ]

I hate all my brothers.

My father has ten wives.

My mother is the most beautiful of all ten.

[hasteful]

[oh hmmmmmmmm

gut guess - ]

First one?

[disingenuous]

[ She nods. ]

One of my younger brothers is cute.

[hasteful]

Oh - we're even then!

[their game...]

Tell me about him?

[disingenuous]

He's only a year younger than I am, but you can tell he still needs time to mature. He's protective of me whenever someone's rude to me, sometimes in an unfortunate and detrimental way.

[ He starts so many fights he shouldn't. ]

But he usually listens to me whenever I tell him to stop.

[hasteful]

[ . . . . pouts a little.]

No one should be rude to you... [he gets it,]

Ah, but you deal with a lot of politics and stuff, right...? So I guess having a cool head is probably better...

[disingenuous]

[ She laughs a little. ]

I was at a peace summit before coming here. All the most powerful families were there, and he was about to start something with the head of another family.

That would have been a little counterproductive.

[hasteful]

[ . . . . he goes quiet like he feels like it's something he'd do if he got mad enough? but it's a little harder to make buzen mad at least,]

.... I guess being human means having a lot of feelings like that, huh...?

[disingenuous]

[ is he going to become her attack sword? even though he's dead? ]

It can be needlessly complicated, but it's because people make it be.

It's your turn.

[hasteful]

[he said he'd let her be his master

anyway,]

Umm...

I've had this body for a few years now.

During one of my missions, I helped build Edo Castle - one of our most famous structures that lasted through history.

You remind me most of Matsui Gou - Matsu.

[disingenuous]

[ when he says that and itsuki is right there, i cry

I know the last one is true, but Roxana doesn't and she is like she should remind no one of anyone, so: ]

The last one again?

[hasteful]

[buzen loves all his gous equally it doesn't mean anything -

but he grins at that]

Hah! A point for me, Ro-san! I've only had this body for a little over a year... [they just like putting buzen in musicals so i can say this instead of months]

You and Matsu are pretty similar though... well, he's a little more honest. [HE'LL JUST SAY IT]

[disingenuous]

[ memshare would have told him that no one should be reminded of her (derogatory) because she hates herself and that's why. ]

That's younger than I thought. [ not that she fully understands how this summoned sword spirit thing works.

she glances at him for his audacity. he really is out here, saying the things her canon love interest says to her. you're dead now and have a ship already, so i can say this and be free HAHAHA ]

You already know my skills involve fraud.

[hasteful]

[funny story about matsu also hating himself - not that funny but true.]

Haha, well, they tend to put me to work pretty fast no matter how young or old the body is. [so he doesn't really count as that strange.

that said!]

Maybe I do - but that's not the type of dishonest I mean, either.

[frauding your own feelings....]

[disingenuous]

[ She knows what he means because she has enough self-awareness, but that doesn't mean she has to acknowledge it.

With her hand still in his, she tugs to indicate she wants to change direction and go somewhere. ]

That's just how I am. You accept me despite that, don't you?