can we be here to make friends? (kara catchall)

[wisterin]

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w0, saturday

[wisterin]

[ Ookurikara, where the heck are you? Shinobu is looking for him, and she's holding a tray with cups on it.

She greets him with a soft: ]

I'm sorry.

[unfriendliest]

[ find him outside the chondo, enjoying some quality time with bobchan and kazakiri. he looks surprised when she approaches, eyeing the cups warily, but he doesn't move to leave. tsurumaru's sword sits on the ground before him, with his own... he gets to hang out with the chickens one more time. ]

I don't want sympathy.

[wisterin]

It's green tea, if you'd like.

[ She won't be offended, if he doesn't. She looks over the chondo. She thinks it's cute. ]

What do you want?

[unfriendliest]

[ he wants to bring tsuru back so he can strangle the crane himself, but kara doesn't say that. ]

...Green tea is fine.

[ that isn't the question she asked, but it's the only answer shinobu will get. ]

[wisterin]

[ That's fine. This is their first conversation, and it's not like she doesn't know people who don't like to talk. Or don't want to talk. ]

We will find a way to bring him back. I won't linger if you don't want company, but I wanted to listen to you.

[ To check up on him, but she won't say that in so many words when he seems so standoffish. ]

[unfriendliest]

Listen to what?

[ he doesn't sound aggressive, surprisingly - just skeptical. ]

I know we'll bring him back. It's just a matter of finding out how.

[wisterin]

To your thoughts on what was revealed today.

[ She keeps her tone neutral, so as not to seem as if she's pressing. ]

I heard that it was down to one person where you were last? That made it possible to bring the dead back.

[unfriendliest]

If you want answers, just ask already.

[ he's not in a mood to play word games. ]

...That's right. Shess took care of everything, once it ended.

[wisterin]

I did ask. You chose not to answer.

[ She's not playing word games. What she said is what she meant. However he interprets what she says is up to him. ]

[unfriendliest]

[ his brow furrows with irritation. ]

A lot of things happened today.

[wisterin]

[ She smiles. ]

Yes, they did. We needn't talk about it all. What most concerns you, of everything?

[unfriendliest]

[ the answer almost immediate. ]

How to stop this, so we can get him back and leave.

[wisterin]

[ She nods. ]

That's what I want, too. Do you think we can all work together to achieve that?

week 3, tuesday

[wisterin]

[ What's up, Ookurikara. It may be raining and that may go against your fire element, but the weather waits for no one. Whether they're outside or in, his usual unfriendly demeanor does nothing to deter her because she is unfortunately used to many unfriendly people.

She smiles in greeting, and they're near enough now that he gets hit with a little memory. Shinobu's in unimaginable pain from the beginning of the memory, but her anger, hatred, and determination pulls her through until the very end. Her end. ]

[unfriendliest]

[ this works out, because antisocial or not, ookurikara has a reason to find shinobu this week. of course that's thrown off course by this memory, everything she'd felt in those moments stealing his breath away. he watches her in silence after that, wondering if she'll have anything to say. ]

[wisterin]

[ Once the memory fades, a smile forms on her lips. She's trying not to seem too unsettled. ]

I'm sorry you had to see the person I hated most.

[ It's cool that he just had to see such a traumatic experience? No, it's not. ]

[unfriendliest]

[ ...how can she smile, in the face of a memory like that? how can she smile, and hide all of that rage? he doesn't understand, and honestly, kara isn't sure if he'd want to.

so instead of answering her directly, he drops his gaze to her sword. ]

...How do you fight, with a sword like that?

[ is it all poison? ]

[wisterin]

[ she’s slightly surprised that’s what he wants to ask, but she remembers that he’s a sword. she doesn’t mind talking about her life, but she is a little grateful for the tangent. ]

I’m honored by your curiosity. Demons are slain when they are beheaded, but I lack the strength to sever a head. [ She smiles because even though it’s not something she can charge, she still hates that she can’t. ] I can spar with it like most usual swords, but if I want to kill, I aim to pierce.

Demons are weak to wisteria.

[unfriendliest]

Wisteria?

[ it takes a moment, but then it clicks. ]

...Poison. You lace the blade with it. Lili did say you know about poisons.

[wisterin]

[ She nods. ]

I do. I know more about medicine than poisons, but some can say they go hand in hand.

[unfriendliest]

...I don't know much about medicine, but I've heard that some poisons can have medicinal uses. Is that true?

[wisterin]

Yes. In the right amounts or by using it as a component to create another compound, some poisons can counteract some ailments. You have to be very careful about it, but there are some snake venoms that were used that way.

But some medicines, if you take too much of, it can become like poison.

[ They're two sides of a coin. ]

[unfriendliest]

Is that it...

[ hmmm. he considers this for a moment, and seems to come to a decision, turning to meet shinobu's eyes. ]

You said you wanted to be able to work together, right?

[wisterin]

There's more than that, but it'd take more study.

[ Science is complicated, Kara!! Please.

She looks a little surprised. She didn't expect this to come from him. ]

I did.

[unfriendliest]

...Then if you tell me your team, I'll tell you mine. The same goes for the powers they gave us. That will make it easier for us both.