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Okita Souji, captain of the first unit of the Shinsengumi of Kyoto, and assistant to Vice-Commander Hijikata Toshizou. I was born in Edo, though.
[...]
And I'm twenty-two. Funny how I never figured that out.
There are a lot of people who are important to me here, but there are a lot of people important to me at home, too. And promises I made - to my friends, to my superiors, to myself - that I can't break. So I'm going to go back, and I'm going to bring Digit with me. I hope he and Saizo don't fight. But I'll be back, I'll come to visit everyone. And if you want to come to Kyoto, there'll be rooms, and I'll show you around the city. I know where all the best sweets shops are, too ♥
[...]
And I'm twenty-two. Funny how I never figured that out.
There are a lot of people who are important to me here, but there are a lot of people important to me at home, too. And promises I made - to my friends, to my superiors, to myself - that I can't break. So I'm going to go back, and I'm going to bring Digit with me. I hope he and Saizo don't fight. But I'll be back, I'll come to visit everyone. And if you want to come to Kyoto, there'll be rooms, and I'll show you around the city. I know where all the best sweets shops are, too ♥
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Date: 2011-10-26 03:38 am (UTC)From:[Yamazaki had only just woken, sprawled out in the middle of the floor of his room with the dog licking his face, from a sleep he hadn't intended to have. And he'd woken as himself. Fully himself, with all of his memories prior to Edensphere restored. A look at his journal made it clear that the same thing was happening to others--Okita included. And Okita, like many others, was going home... but before that happened, they needed to talk.
Because, unless there were severe gaps in Yamazaki's recollections (and he was sure there weren't)... he might be going home to a younger Okita who hadn't yet come to Edensphere. This could be his last chance, for some time, to speak with Okita as he knew the man here.
He paused only to feed the dog and straighten his sleep-rumpled clothing, then made his way to the candy store.]
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Date: 2011-10-26 03:44 am (UTC)From:QL
Date: 2011-10-26 04:28 am (UTC)From:We've both recovered our memories, it seems. And... I suspect that you remember things that, from my perspective, haven't yet happened. [He paused, looking Okita in the eyes.] We're from different points in time, aren't we?
[It explained why some of Okita's memories that they'd discussed had seemed so odd. It explained why Yamazaki had no recollection of the man being ill. He hadn't been ill... at least not enough for it to have been apparent.]
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Date: 2011-10-26 04:56 am (UTC)From:Mmm... Yeah, I guess so. You don't remember leaving, to train as a doctor, right?
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Date: 2011-10-26 07:55 am (UTC)From:...Leaving? [Surely he wasn't going to desert the Shinsengumi in the future... that couldn't be what Okita meant. It couldn't.]
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Date: 2011-10-26 08:13 am (UTC)From:Not leaving-leaving! But you went to study with Matsumoto-sensei - Kondou-san said it was fine.
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Date: 2011-10-27 03:42 am (UTC)From:I didn't actually mean for us to discuss my future. I probably know far more than I should. [Okita's memories concerning Vice Commander Yamanami came specifically to mind. But knowing about it... Yamazaki couldn't help but wonder if, returning to a time before it had happened, he could prevent it. And if he could change other things for the better. He paused.]
...I don't know how going home will work--whether we can return together or whether we'll each return to the respective points in time we were taken from. If it's the former... [He bowed his head to Okita.] ...I request that we return to my time, if possible.
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Date: 2011-10-27 04:29 am (UTC)From:Would that... work? Or would there be two mes?
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Date: 2011-10-28 02:36 am (UTC)From:However... I know that I can't go to your time. I, at least, need to return to where I left off. [He looked back at Okita.] Having learned what I've learned about the future from you, there are some things I would like to attempt to change.
[Speaking of which...] ...You're not sick yet, in my time. [Not as far as Yamazaki knew, in any case.] I wonder... if I were to take this place's medicine back with me, if you could be prevented from ever becoming sick, or at least treated before it becomes serious.
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Date: 2011-10-28 02:40 am (UTC)From:For you... what year is it?
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Date: 2011-10-28 02:55 am (UTC)From:It's the first year of Genji, shortly after the events at Ikedaya. The Gion festival has just concluded.
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Date: 2011-10-28 03:05 am (UTC)From:...I was still sick, then. Just that nobody knew. Though I think Hijikata-san suspected.
It's been about three years since that, for me.
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Date: 2011-10-29 05:17 am (UTC)From:Three years, though... that was longer than Yamazaki had expected, seeing as Okita hardly seemed to have aged at all. But a lot could potentially be changed, in three years. A lot could be improved, and a lot could be averted. He found that bit of information rather encouraging. And Okita couldn't have been very sick yet, if he'd carried on for that length of time. Yamazaki regarded him stoically.]
Whether it would work or not, I can't say. But I'd like to try, if you'll permit it. [And he'd prefer to have Okita's permission. Even after so many months of the two of them interacting as equals here, thinking of Okita as a superior officer again felt natural to Yamazaki. It felt right.]
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Date: 2011-10-29 05:45 am (UTC)From:I don't mind. I can tell you how the medicines are supposed to be taken, and what the side effects are.
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Date: 2011-10-30 10:34 pm (UTC)From:As for actually getting Okita to take the medicines, if the man wasn't able to go back to that time with him... perhaps Yamazaki could talk to the Vice Commander about that, if he already suspected. Or perhaps he could work something out with Ichimura to slip it into his tea. Or... distract Ichimura. That might be the easiest.
He'd figure it out. He was a shinobi, after all--he was trained in various ways to secretly poison people, and the same tactics could probably be applied to secretly medicating them.]
...When are you planning on leaving?
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Date: 2011-10-30 11:23 pm (UTC)From:[He pauses thoughtfully]
...Do you think it would be alright to bring Digit home, too?
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Date: 2011-10-31 04:21 am (UTC)From:At Okita's question he hesitated, then glanced away momentarily.] ...I'm taking Taichou.
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Date: 2011-10-31 09:46 am (UTC)From:I'll take Digit too, then. We can tell Hijikata-san we found them as strays. I know he won't argue with me. And I'll keep them from fighting with Saizo.
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Date: 2011-11-01 03:06 am (UTC)From:[...And if he and Okita ended up separated by three years again, well, he'd just have to tell the Vice Commander that a dog followed him home and wouldn't leave. Which would in fact be entirely true.]
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Date: 2011-11-01 05:07 am (UTC)From:I guess I could~ He'd probably kind of angry, though.
[...Not that... that thought particularly fazed him]
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Date: 2011-11-03 02:51 am (UTC)From:...Please let me know when you're ready to leave, then.
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Date: 2011-11-03 04:31 am (UTC)From:I will. And I'll get everything ready to give to you, too.