June 18th - Text [ANONYMOUS]

[ritsu_kouyou]

HACHI


That is the name of the witch ultimately responsible for turning many of us into monsters recently.



[Filtered to Cloud (not anonymous)]

I have a favor to ask you.

-Tohno

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[ritsu_kouyou]

Yes. I do not ask for such things lightly, Cloud, but Shibusen has been keeping Sion and I in separate rooms in the hospital. Nothing I say convinces them to move us to a shared room.

She needs me there with her at night. Do you think you could throw your weight around and lean on them?

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[de_faulty_hero]

Throw my weight? I can do more than that, you know. I'll come down there and convince them it's better and you can be with her. If you need 'guarding' I'll stand watch outside, but I'll be certain you two are together.

What room are you in?

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[ritsu_kouyou]

[insert room number here.]

I do not mind the Shibusen guards; we deserve them. But thank you. Sion has nightmares.

...have you ever heard of the witch named Hachi?

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[de_faulty_hero]

You two are partners; you deserve to be together if that's what you want. It's what I would want if our situations were reversed.

No, and I haven't been passed information about her either. Do you have any about her?

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[ritsu_kouyou]

Do not make any jokes or comments on this next piece of information: Sion and I are more than partners. We are romantically involved.

Hachi is the name of the witch that orchestrated the recent kidnappings and madness experiment. She called in favors from other witches to have them capture us. Sion definitely felt it was an experiment of some sort, so Hachi may have been in the area to observe, possibly remotely if witches are capable of such things.

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[de_faulty_hero]

Really? You two do suit each other well. No joke.

She must be more powerful if she called in favours. I don't know a lot about witches, but they don't seem to work too well with each other unless there is something worthwhile to get out of it. I'll keep my ear down to see if Shibusen has any information about her specifically.

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[ritsu_kouyou]

I will feed Hachi's soul to Sion when she is ready to become a deathscythe.

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[de_faulty_hero]

I'll do what I can to find out information for that battle then. It's important to know your witch enemy before you go for their soul.

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[ritsu_kouyou]

That is appreciated. She and I still have a long way to go.

I was about to rank when we were captured. Now I don't know when we will be allowed to go on missions again.

[She doesn't know when they'll be ready to go on missions again.]

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[de_faulty_hero]

It will go fast, don't worry. With all this going down, there will be a big mission coming up. There always is.

Once you're released from hospital, sign up if you feel ready. If Shibusen worries, I can go just to keep an eye on things, not to interfere.

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[ritsu_kouyou]

I don't want Sephiroth looking condescendingly over my shoulder.

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[de_faulty_hero]

I can tell him to nip and tuck it.

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[ritsu_kouyou]

That isn't going to stop him from criticizing everything we do.

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[de_faulty_hero]

He only does that because he knows he can get a rise out of you. However, he'll listen to me if I tell him not to.

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[ritsu_kouyou]

One would think he has better things to do than be an asshole. Even I'm not a bitch all of the time.

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[de_faulty_hero]

Only in public. He's quite different in private, but I'm not allowed to tell you that or he'll be angry I ruined his asshole image.

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[ritsu_kouyou]

I doubt you could manage the ruin that.

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[de_faulty_hero]

I bet I could. He's my partner, so I see him differently than others.

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[ritsu_kouyou]

I sincerely doubt seeing him do anything other than fully nurse a baby bird with a broken wing back to health, including feeding it properly, will ever ruin his asshole image. So he's safe from the rest of us.

[Because the image of a baby bird eating pre-chewed food from Seph's open mouth is so absolutely absurd.]

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[de_faulty_hero]

How about fold like a deck of cards to a cat's demands for love, attention and food?

Do you really still hate him for the comment he made?

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[ritsu_kouyou]

Cats are devil creatures capable of manipulating the unsuspecting.

And I don't hate him. If I did, I wouldn't put up with him while associating with you. I just don't like him.

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[de_faulty_hero]

Nah, our cat is good. She lightens Sephiroth up.

Why? From what I've seen, you have just as many stinging words to share with others as he does.

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[ritsu_kouyou]

I don't like cats.

And if people don't like what I say, they are welcome to not like me. I don't care if they do. I don't go out of my way to insult people for the reaction. I have better things to do to entertain myself.

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[de_faulty_hero]

Any particular reason?

I suppose that's fair enough. I like you regardless of your sting.

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[ritsu_kouyou]

I believe I already answered that question.

You also have thicker skin than most.