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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: 2011-10-28 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.