( open ) march catch all

[cranekin]

WHO: Tsurumaru and you
WHAT: Museum lore, civilian shenanigans, and collecting sword friends
WHERE: Misc.
WHEN: March
WARNINGS: N/A for now

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[cranekin]

Is it? (When you've lived as long as he has, a few months is as short as a few days to most.) I suppose time has flown...

(And he hadn't noticed,)

Is there something you're in a hurry to return home to, Winter?

[icyspicy]

[ Ah. Winter’s world is no stranger to the long-lived – Winter’s boss and adoptive mother figure being one such person – and with that little statement he’s picking up a similar vibe here. He files that away for later. ]

Why, yes. I’m quite eager to get home to my home.

[cranekin]

...

(It's a simple and obvious answer that makes Tsurumaru go quiet for just a second. Of course. It's natural for most people to have attachments to their homes. Most people expect to stay or return eventually.)

Of course.

(Just, "of course.")

I've been told that even if we're here, it's like we never left back home.

[icyspicy]

I’m not so sure how much I trust that, truth be told.

[ Though he has little choice in the matter. Thinking about it too hard will only make him worry. ]

Not that we have much choice but to take them at their word, hm?

[cranekin]

(He listens and smiles. It's like the more he hears, the more he realizes maybe he's been handling this all a certain way. Maybe

just maybe

there's something a little

wrong with him?

Hm.)

Is this your first time being taken?

(Taken. Not kidnapped. And like this is something that happens normally?)

[icyspicy]

[ That word choice is sure telling him some things. Everyone reacts to situations differently, of course, and not everyone is fond of the place they came from. But to think that this might be a welcome alternative is…

It’s sure something. ]

Against my will? Certainly. I did visit a hotel that was somewhat similar, a place where many people from many different worlds converge, but that was by choice.

You?

[cranekin]

You could say I'm quite desirable.

(Twice stolen and passed along too many times to count, this is just another instance for him. )

This is the first time being taken to a new world, though... or rather, a different version of the one I know.

(Beause this one is still Japan but not the same Japan he knows.)

It's just another place.

[icyspicy]

[ The way Winter just assumes that means this man is a frequent victim of kidnapping?? Because what else is that supposed to mean??? ]

You are… remarkably calm about all this, I must say.

[cranekin]

It's good to keep a cool head.

(Definitely. That explains his attitude to all of this but maybe in time, Winter will learn it takes a lot to ruffle Tsurumaru's feathers. No matter the situation, he can always be counted on to be cool and collected.)

[icyspicy]

I like to think I’m pretty unflappable, but you definitely take it to a whole new level.

[ There’s definitely some Issues there, he thinks, if only because no one is that chill all the time. Still, a level head is a level head and it’s nice to have one on the team. ]

[cranekin]

Thank you.

(Just thanks. He knows.)

I like to be surprised, though. I wonder when the next exciting thing will happen.

[icyspicy]

From what I’ve heard? It could be any moment. I guess we’d best say on our toes, hm?

[cranekin]

Mhm, despite being longer here than some, I haven't been here for very long at all.

(It's like a blink to him.)

But I don't think we would be summoned en masse for a one off thing. Whether something comes to us or they find some other way to put us to work remains to be seen.

[icyspicy]

This world seems like it needs all the help it can get. I'm not usually one for charity work, though like most things here, I have little say in the matter.

But no, I don't imagine our being here would solve all their problems after just one battle and a bit of clean-up.