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[amakakeru]

How many of you have been introduced to someone by the name of Sakamoto Ryouma?

[ Yes, someone has been dealing with Problems in overhearing his True Name. ]


I'm just curious to know how many of you there are and what you know.

[ Not that he doesn't have his suspicions, of course. What a fantastic introduction to a new world! ]

Comments

[amakakeru]

[ Friends can be a lot. ]

I see. That's more than I was expecting, to be honest. [ Because he knows the way Izō is. ] Do you happen to know if he used that name for anything but the tournament?

[morns]

( luckily, it seems like most people find Izō's Izō-ness amusing rather than anything offensive. and Kate? well, she finds him more familiar than she'd care to admit. )

no. always calling himself manslayer.

( which she isn't going to contradict him on because some people here have some weird ass names. )

[amakakeru]

Ah, well, that sounds like the person I know. Thank you for humoring me long enough to answer my questions.

[morns]

sure.
how do you know him anyway?

[amakakeru]

He's an old friend of mine.

[morns]

( ah. more people finding their dear ones from home. she ignores the pang of jealousy that rises, that always does whenever she realises how many people here aren't the only ones from their worlds. that some of the burden on their shoulders has been eased, in a way.

she can't do anything about that. this place didn't feel like bringing Marc or Ainsworth with her, so she'll just have to save them instead.

(pain in her fucking ass). )

come drinking with us next time.

( instead... well, it never hurts to have more people around. they can talk she and she can get drunk. sounds like a good plan. )

[amakakeru]

I'd like that...If you're sure it's alright, that is.

[ Kate will soon get to know the sound of two Tosa boys with no inside voices. ]

[morns]

( Kate joined the army at 16. men with no indoor voices are a very, very familiar experience. )

course. more interesting that way.

( read: she doesn’t have to bear the burden of making conversation if these two can just talk shit all night. )

[amakakeru]

Oh, I forgot to ask your name! You can call me Rider.

[morns]

( Rider? Chalk one more up to weird names she’s encountered in Avalon. maybe this guy should form a club with Caster.

(if only you knew, Kitkat.) )

Kate.

[amakakeru]

[ She may yet learn if she's around him and Izō after enough drinks. ]

It's nice to meet you, Kate.