[buzen wasn't walking so much as he was running - and the yell of surprise definitely got him to change directions!! but then when he hears the detail of the exclamation, he laughs lightly]
[The blank look of someone who's never really had anyone shorten her name like that.]
... Um, well! There aren't any big cities like this, and the technology isn't nearly as advanced...
The country I'm from is called the Holy Kingdom of Saillune. The capital city is shaped like a six-pointed star, with the royal palace and a great temple in the middle!
Casual suits me just fine! In my position, I usually don't get to have many friends that I can speak freely around... It's nice to not have to worry about decorum.
[he nods and then will go to bow at the waist, lowering his head to her]
Not all the details - I wonder if I could've helped more, if I....
[ . . . ]
But I'm not that smart, Lia-san. So I get it, if it's hard to see the places where I was trying to help or bring us closer to the answer. But... I promise I was trying.
[trial: maybe they were framing bdsm buzen: pleeeEEAAASE RETHINK THIS]
[he shuts his eyes for a long moment before he rises, and then shakes his head]
Please don't thank me. I don't... That feels wrong to accept when I still - it was still so hard on everyone, and I couldn't find a way to make it easier.
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[If Buzen's walking around the city, he will hear a sudden yell of surprise.
...
The good news, is that it doesn't look like anything terrible is happening. Amelia's nearby, looking wide-eyed at a poster on a wall.]
It says here that we can ride those big boats in the sky!!!
[Blimps. She means the blimps.]
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Oh yeah! I haven't gone yet - wanna go together?
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Do you want to? I'd like that!
[Sure, this is a total stranger, but why not?]
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My comrades and I tend to like high places - and that's the highest we can go, right? It'd be nice for scouting, too.
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[but he supposes there's no way to find out but to go!! there's probably a place to board - he'll start heading in that direction]
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[off they go!! time to die during intro weekend!]
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though even when they board the blimp, buzen is darting around looking at everything, utterly baffled and floored at all the different tech]
Whoa! Look at that - and this! It's like a boat that'll go airborne! Have you ever been on something like this before?!
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No, never!
Ahh... I wish I could travel the world on a vessel like this!
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[he's just amused then, beckoning her over toward one of the windows]
It's - Lia-san? [he already knows an ame-san....] What's the world you come from like?
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[The blank look of someone who's never really had anyone shorten her name like that.]
... Um, well! There aren't any big cities like this, and the technology isn't nearly as advanced...
The country I'm from is called the Holy Kingdom of Saillune. The capital city is shaped like a six-pointed star, with the royal palace and a great temple in the middle!
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[buzen and his nicknames right off the bat like he's known people 2 whole seconds,,]
But haha, that sounds really pretty! I haven't heard of it before, so we must be from different places. Though - ah...
Isn't "Saillune" [he copies the way she said it, intonation and all] your name too...?
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[Well, it sounds like she doesn't dislike it.]
... Oh, yes! I'm a member of the Saillune royal family. A princess.
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[and he grins a little bit at that,]
It's funny you didn't mention it. Do you normally have to hide it? I can keep your secret safe, if you want.
[even tho he wouldn't be surprised if others figure it out,]
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[and yeah it's real easy to figure out when your country is right there in your name.]
But thank you for your consideration! It's very kind of you, um... Mister Buzen, was it?
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[he has good manners but is very used to being treated more familiarly than anything,]
But of course! I've never met a princess before, so I just wanna make sure I'm not being rude.
[despite instantly being on nickname basis? ok,]
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[he just laughs]
Some swords serve nobility families, or things like that - but I'm not among them. So I guess I've still got a lot to learn.
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[Does he mean like "hired swords," as in mercenaries, or...]
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[he places a hand over his heart]
I'm a sword that's lived for hundreds of years - that's been summoned in a human form? Does that make sense...?
[how familiar is amelia with the idea of ikemen gijinkas]
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[Good news: he doesn't have to explain the whole thing.]
I never thought I'd meet two in one day!
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[he seems both relieved and excited about this]
Good, good, I'm sure he explained it way better than I can. He's way smarter than I am.
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I think I understand, thanks to him! But you shouldn't sell yourself short, either!
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Oh - Lia-san, hey.
[they hadn't talked the night before, so he looks a little uncertain how much she wants to talk to him]
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That was all kind of... hard to watch, wasn't it...? But I'm glad the truth came out, in the end...
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... I am too, it feels good to talk about freely.
[ . . . ]
Um, I don't really feel right though - talking to someone but not making it clear I knew since Friday. I think... I owe you all that, at least.
[even though that does make something very frustrated and bothered appear in his expression]
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... Did he tell you? [He being D.] ... All of you?
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Not all the details - I wonder if I could've helped more, if I....
[ . . . ]
But I'm not that smart, Lia-san. So I get it, if it's hard to see the places where I was trying to help or bring us closer to the answer. But... I promise I was trying.
[trial: maybe they were framing bdsm
buzen: pleeeEEAAASE RETHINK THIS]
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[It does take a few seconds to process that.]
I think you did help, in the end... So, thank you.
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Please don't thank me. I don't... That feels wrong to accept when I still - it was still so hard on everyone, and I couldn't find a way to make it easier.
I just want to apologize, and try to do better.
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... I believe that you will. So I forgive you.
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You don't have to, Lia-san. Really. Or at least... not yet.
Let me figure out how to earn it first, if that's okay. [a beat] Ah, I'm really not used to arguing back this much... Being a person is really hard.
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... but you're right, it's best to show it with some kind of act of atonement!
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he's just going to smile at that, it's weaker than usual but no less sincere]
You really care about justice, huh? Then... I hope that I can help live up to that ideal, too.