vatheon | ⊙ hey, have you seen the blind girl in disguise

Who: Tsubaki Kasugano & you
Location: The plaza and that general area.
Time: Mid-day?
Style: Whatever you like.
Status: Open!

I-I’m sorry—

[Tsubaki is wet, and visibly in a huff as she darts away from the stand. Something in between anger and embarrassment displays plain on her face; and it perhaps has to do with the local she can hear, laughing behind her as she goes, clinging to the towel that she’d been given like it was some lifeline. ‘It’ll work better than that shirt you just grabbed,’ he said—how was she supposed to know? She can barely see where she’s going, after all, which…okay, probably makes this whole running away thing a bad idea, but still.

—Heh!

Incidentally, he’d told her it was okay to keep the shirt as well, which was strange. But she didn’t question it at the time. She simply wanted to get to a quiet place to think for now, about exactly where she is and how she got there. Because this isn’t the Sacred Eye temple, is it?

That detective…Akise Aru. Somehow he’d set her free. There are no longer any mysteries tying her to the cult, forcing her to stay; and she was glad that she could repay him, at least in part. But at the same time, she didn’t think she’d be leaving so soon…

So where exactly did she wind up?

She doesn’t know, but she’ll find out. Even if it means maybe asking one of these many voices she’s hearing right now, the blur of faces around her…

Who are they all?]

(( OOC: so basically tl;dr, Tsubaki's kind of embarassed herself in front of a local and is looking for a quiet place to think. she has really poor eyesight so feel free to have your character run into her at any point during all this! ))

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[Ah, well. That failed to get the reaction she was wanting, but hey.]

...Guess you wouldn't know him, would you?

[Why yes, this is her being irritating and dancing around the subject.]

The kid's name is Akise Aru.

...Akise Aru?

[Heh.

Shows what she knows. Tsubaki's unlikely to forget that name any time soon. ~~Brush up on your parallel timelines~~ Do your homework, Minene.]

Hmpth. Of course I know him. Though I suppose you were a bit preoccupied at the time.

[...A pause, as she thinks back. Really, she'd just seen him, hadn't she?]

...He is here as well, then.

[Wait, what? She knew him?

But how--]

How do you know him? And what do you mean, I was preoccupied?

[She's not going to answer her next statement, because she had just confirmed it before. Then again, he could have met her, maybe.

Right?

For some reason, this was very confusing.]

Tch. Well, I met him, of course. When he came to my temple.

[While you were all tied up. Duh.

She thinks that's rather obvious; and besides, she's the one who should be getting explanations here, not the other way around.]

Admittedly, I was waiting for the First, not him. But it couldn't be helped...

[She can't really complain.

Things turned out pretty well, didn't they...? Until now, that is.]

[...Huh. That was something, at least. She didn't know that Akise had met with her.

Maybe he should ask the kid later.]

Did the First ever come? Because he did.

[Now she's trying to pinpoint what she may or may not remember...obviously not much, since she's dead. But. Yeah.]

Did? [She repeats the word. She can feel her trying to pry into her memory already.] Did...what?

[Because, uh...]

To my knowledge, he certainly did not. And I would have known.

[Her followers, her diary...there's no way she would have missed it.

She'd waited.]

[She shrugs, looking away from Tsubaki.]

Too bad. He did come, whether remember it or not.

[Now if whether she believes her or not, that's not exactly her problem.]

[First being dead, and now this. And the wretched woman seems insistent on both points. Tsubaki doesn't understand it, and it's only serving to frustrate her more.]

This makes no sense. Why would I have memories of something...someone different...?

[She puts her hands on her hips.]

Who knows? Unless you're making this all up.

[And she was completely expecting of Tsubaki throwing the same idea back at her.]

[Predictable.]

Of course. You have no reason to trust me, after all. Nor I you.

[That situation hasn't changed, at least, even if it feels like they're at a standstill now, and it's just as easy for her to believe that it's Minene who is lying.]

I suppose trying to convince each other would be futile...

Guess so. We'd be talking until our faces turned blue and would still have gotten nowhere.

[Because Tsubaki's stubborn, and Minene is extremely stubborn. They wouldn't go anywhere fast.]

But it'll keep going anyway until one of us gives in.

I don't think either of us would.

[Tsubaki knows she wouldn't. Not to someone like her.]

Best to avoid that kind of petty bickering for now, at least until we've gotten our bearings, hm?

At least until you get your bearings. I've gotten the hang of this place already.

[Kind of.]

Oh, clearly.

[Eyeroll. Look at how much she believes you.]

Which is why you look about as lost as I do.

[...Hey now. The Great Minene knows what she's doing at all times okok. So have a frustrated huff before she speaks up again:]

I'm not lost! I know exactly what I'm doing.

[Amused Tsubaki is amused at the huffiness.]

And just what would that be?

[Ugh. You just get under her skin...]

Why would I tell you? It's not like it's any of your business.

[Totally not planting bombs Just In Case, nope.]

[Minene gets under hers, too, so they're pretty much even. Tch. In fact, her answer even bothers her a little, so now she's getting huffy too.]

Fine. [doubts it's important anyway tbh!!] I will find my own answers, then. I do not need the likes of you.

[It's just a mutual WE HATE EACH OTHER deal going on now, huh?]

Good luck with that. [Even though she doesn't sound like she's actually wishing good luck at all.] You'll need it.

Doubtful.

[YEP, pretty much. And here Minene is, showing off how considerate she is.

Tsubaki won't need that luck, to be honest, and she thinks Minene should keep it to herself. But either way, she's walking away now.

She doubts Minene will follow.]

[Bye blind one! Good luck trying to find your way around!

Minene's just going to go off in the other direction when Tsubaki walks off. If she's going to be like that, she doesn't have to help her right?

Not that she wanted to, anyway.]

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