kyoko where are your pants

[hasteful]

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weekend zero saturday

[hasteful]

[somewhere out there anywhere -

buzen is upside down! it's handstand time. why. idk ask, but when kyoko walks by he perks up and actually flips himself rightside up]

Kyoko-san! Right?! Wait - did you really get to bring a car?!

[factoring]

[ She's zero percent phased by this behavior. ]

Hello there, Buzen. Yes, they send me here with my car. Are you interested in it?

[hasteful]

I am!!

[so easily, and eagerly,]

It's probably super fast, right?! Ah, cars are so cool!

[factoring]

It can be. I try to obey the speed limits.

Have you driven one before?

[hasteful]

Nope! We normally don't get to spend too much time in places that have 'em - but I always think they look super sleek. I've got a talent for driving things though, so I think I could pick it up pretty okay.

W0: Sunday

[factoring]

[That execution... Happened!

Somehow both very slowly and very quickly so Kyoko is just out on the streets doing a walk about.]

[hasteful]

[buzen is jogging around - and he'll just wave when he sees kyoko]

Kyoko-san, yo. You okay?

[factoring]

Hello, Buzen.

[She'll walk alongside him.]

I'm not one who lost a team member this week.

[hasteful]

Neither am I.

[rather simply - but...]

Does that mean I can't ask how you are?

week 1 monday

[hasteful]

[the museum is an interesting place. buzen waves hello to every single artifact that he sees, polite as though seeing an old friend. though as he wanders further in, he'll catch sight of something that makes him stop -

and then instantly teleport over, as though he couldn't wait another second before he makes contact]

Kuwa— Kotegiri?!

[two swords sit in cases - one of them the same length as buzen's sword at his hip, the other a bit shorter. the longer is labeled as Kuwana Gou (Uchigatana) and the other is labeled Kotegiri Gou (Wakizashi)]

[factoring]

[She's just walked in and was watching him wave to his... friends? That seems to be the correct view of what's going on here.

Meanwhile, she just slowly approaches the cases that Buzen teleported over to.]

Are these your siblings?

[They have part of the same name.]

[hasteful]

[he shakes his head - ] No - we Gous aren't that kind of family. Even though we were all forged by Gou no Yoshihiro...

[and he really has such a complicated look on his face, looking at the ones in the glass]

This might be a strange question but... do you hear anything, Kyoko-san? Like... I dunno. Whistling? Singing? Voices that aren't ours?

[factoring]

[She watches his expression, steady and careful. It's not an expression she's used to seeing on him, so she takes the time to catalogue it away.

Her eyes close as she listens closely. To her, there's nothing more than the noise of a normal museum. Nothing that sounds like voices.]

I'm afraid I don't.

week 1 post-exec

[hasteful]

[wild week!

buzen will just be jogging - though he still kinda looks worse for wear, oops - and then pause when he sees kyoko]

Oh - hey, Kyoko-san. Uhh, I can get out of here if you don't want to talk?

[sometimes you know that your team is kinda

fucked up!]

[factoring]

[An extremely wild week for BDSM team.

She's just walking around the locations aimlessly. Sometimes it's better tthan sitting in your office, what can she say?]

No, you don't have to go anywhere. Do you want to talk?

[hasteful]

[he looks unsure, more openly so now]

I don't mind.

... but I don't want anyone to talk to me without being aware that I knew since Friday. I don't think it'd be fair for me to try to hide that.

[factoring]

[She's really not the judgemental type. So she gives a nod of acknowledgement.]

It's reasonable to try and cover for your own teammates when the stakes are this high.

w2: Monday

[factoring]

[It's Kyoko! She's walking up to the pet store to look at what they've got there.

The emotion here is general calm. Nothing particular is stressing her out at the moment.]

Look at all these snakes.

[hasteful]

[buzen's vibe is Curious! he's generally pleased - and when he hears her voice, it also brightens further into a happy warmth]

Do you like snakes, Kyoko-san?

[factoring]

[ Overtop of her calm, steady hum is a slight static fuzz of contentment. ]

Yes. I like all kinds of animals.

What about you?

[hasteful]

[oh cute... buzen's feelings are fond]

I like 'em too! Especially the fast ones - they kinda make me wanna chase them around, you know?

W7: Monday

[factoring]

[oops a memory.

Kyoko doesn't really seem to mind sharing this anymore. That's what I'm for.]

[hasteful]

[ . . . ? ]

Um - sorry Kyoko-san, if I wasn't supposed to see that. We don't have to talk about if you don't want to...

[even though his own feeling is one of confusion. concern.

even if i know what it's like to feel like you exist for something specific]

[factoring]

I don't mind talking about it. It's come up often enough on the other side, after all.

[ A sword and a knight. ]

[hasteful]

[nods....]

... that's who you really are?

Do you ever feel weird having to hide it?