[Intense... well, Yasusada can't say that he's wrong to draw that comparison. It was a mark of pride, once--perhaps it will be again, if they're truly able to get out of here. If he's able to go back where he belongs, to fulfill his duty, to be a sword again. He wonders if Yin Yu's partner is similar.
Are they still together, back in Yin Yu's home? Yasusada wonders--it's difficult to tell, the way Yin Yu speaks of him. He thinks about it, about asking more questions, but then Yin Yu asks about Kashuu, and he lets himself be distracted instead. No sense in pressing this kind of deflection.]
Kiyomitsu? [Where to start? Even thinking about it brings a smile to his face--he isn't glowing with pride and devotion, the way he appears when he speaks of Okita. No, this is something softer, brought about by warmth and familiarity.] Well, I'm older than he is, but he was Okita-kun's sword before me. When Okita-kun brought me home, he'd already had Kiyomitsu for a while. It was hard, at first... we're both the same type of sword, so Okita-kun couldn't really take both of us around at once. I think he was nervous that I'd replace him all the time. [But Okita had alternated between them enough that it wasn't a problem.
How come he keeps choosing you? When will it be my turn to protect Okita-kun?
...Well. Most of the time.
Yasusada shakes his head, clearing away the painful memories before he has the chance to get lost in them.]
He told me that bad swords got strung up from the tree in the courtyard by their ankles. I believed him for way too long.
[ it's not so strange to think of using more than one sword, although it is quite odd to consider taking on more than one with some sort of spirit attached. yin yu's own jian yue has yet to be replaced from his banishment, and he has no willingness to even consider doing so. so, to hear that there are two of the same type being used at once is... unusual. yin yu listens attentively anyway, tilting his head a bit to regard yasusada, and the way warmth seems to light his face.
partners, indeed.
the last comment makes him laugh, a short, surprised snort that he quickly covers by turning his head. the familiarity of it makes him ache sometimes, the nostalgia such an open wound that it aches. ] That was not very nice of him. [ but, it sounds exactly like the kind of thing jian yu would have said to quan yizhen, and yin yu would've had to separate them from fighting later when yizhen figured out he was being lied to. ]
Only a few human years, I think. I'm not entirely sure. Time moves differently for us.
[More like pixi bending space-time because the real life Shinsengumi rose and fell extremely quickly fuckin rip. You bond faster when everyone dies in their 20s I guess]
[ cannot believe kashuu is a genuine certified (100%) baby. (yes i can.)
yin yu's, for some reason, immediately reminded of lili. saying something nice to her face does tend to get her oddly cranky. he nods along, able to mostly put together the image of a tsundere without the actual context. how nice. ]
And you did end up liking it after all. When things are fixed, then, will the two of you be reunited, again? Along with your master. [ who will be better, because - they're going to fix this, and his master will live on. ]
[Kashuu is so fucking tragic but you'd never know it because he's such a whiny brat.]
...Okita-kun's been dead for a long time, where we're from. Trying to change that... it's against what we're fighting for. [So the castle was his last chance to see Okita happy and healthy, because it'll never happen again, in his world. Any mission he's sent on that might give him a glimpse of that would probably one that consisted of ensuring his death in the future.] But Kiyomitsu should still be at the Citadel. If things go correctly, I'll be going home to him and our master there.
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Are they still together, back in Yin Yu's home? Yasusada wonders--it's difficult to tell, the way Yin Yu speaks of him. He thinks about it, about asking more questions, but then Yin Yu asks about Kashuu, and he lets himself be distracted instead. No sense in pressing this kind of deflection.]
Kiyomitsu? [Where to start? Even thinking about it brings a smile to his face--he isn't glowing with pride and devotion, the way he appears when he speaks of Okita. No, this is something softer, brought about by warmth and familiarity.] Well, I'm older than he is, but he was Okita-kun's sword before me. When Okita-kun brought me home, he'd already had Kiyomitsu for a while. It was hard, at first... we're both the same type of sword, so Okita-kun couldn't really take both of us around at once. I think he was nervous that I'd replace him all the time. [But Okita had alternated between them enough that it wasn't a problem.
How come he keeps choosing you? When will it be my turn to protect Okita-kun?
...Well. Most of the time.
Yasusada shakes his head, clearing away the painful memories before he has the chance to get lost in them.]
He told me that bad swords got strung up from the tree in the courtyard by their ankles. I believed him for way too long.
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partners, indeed.
the last comment makes him laugh, a short, surprised snort that he quickly covers by turning his head. the familiarity of it makes him ache sometimes, the nostalgia such an open wound that it aches. ] That was not very nice of him. [ but, it sounds exactly like the kind of thing jian yu would have said to quan yizhen, and yin yu would've had to separate them from fighting later when yizhen figured out he was being lied to. ]
How long did you two work together?
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[TSUNS ARE SO STUPID.]
Only a few human years, I think. I'm not entirely sure. Time moves differently for us.
[More like pixi bending space-time because the real life Shinsengumi rose and fell extremely quickly fuckin rip. You bond faster when everyone dies in their 20s I guess]
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yin yu's, for some reason, immediately reminded of lili. saying something nice to her face does tend to get her oddly cranky. he nods along, able to mostly put together the image of a tsundere without the actual context. how nice. ]
And you did end up liking it after all. When things are fixed, then, will the two of you be reunited, again? Along with your master. [ who will be better, because - they're going to fix this, and his master will live on. ]
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...Okita-kun's been dead for a long time, where we're from. Trying to change that... it's against what we're fighting for. [So the castle was his last chance to see Okita happy and healthy, because it'll never happen again, in his world. Any mission he's sent on that might give him a glimpse of that would probably one that consisted of ensuring his death in the future.] But Kiyomitsu should still be at the Citadel. If things go correctly, I'll be going home to him and our master there.