uruha catchall

[florescences]

mr. 30 something teen looking samurai boy

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[florescences]

Oh, he sounds like someone I'd love to meet. Someone you can rely on when it matters most.

[kumeyuri]

[tries to imagine samura and elysia meeting. makes a face. anyway.]

... Well, he's got his quirks and frustrating points too. [torn between displaying the expected courtesy of a disciple towards his master versus the fact that samura is. unabashedly something.] But if he's on your side, then... yeah, there's no one more reliable.

[florescences]

[ wow? doesn't he think they'd be good friends? (doesn't know if they'd be good friends)

she smiles. ]

Your teacher should be on your side even if he's testing you. You can be frank about him with me. I won't tell anyone what you say.

[kumeyuri]

[...

he just shakes his head, slowly.]

Everything I said was genuine. And it's not like Samura-san has ever pretended to have social grace.

[florescences]

That sounds like he's honest in his own way?

[kumeyuri]

Let's put it this way: Samura-san is blind, so one of the first things he does upon meeting a stranger is to grab and feel their face to get an idea of what they look like.

[things uruha has learned not to bat an eye at when he sees it happen.]

[florescences]

Blind and one of the greatest swordsmen? He must be even more amazing.

[ she tilts her head. ]

I don't think it's wrong of him to want to know how someone looks like in his mind's eye, but I imagine it's off-putting if he's not the type to ask.

[kumeyuri]

Yeah, he fights primarily using echolocation, which he can only do because of how skilled his technique is. Even now, my skills are nothing compared to my master's.

[he can admit that easily.

dryly,]

He's not.

[florescences]

[ this is monday, so she just

reaches out to touch his face. ]

[kumeyuri]

[?????????????????? WHAT IS HAPPENING]

What are you doing?

[florescences]

Trying to feel how your face looks?

[ she removes her hand. ]

I should have closed my eyes first.

[kumeyuri]

[TAKES A STEP BACK]

Yeah, it doesn't exactly help you with your eyes open!

[florescences]

[ she laughs. ]

I'm teasing, I'm teasing~

[kumeyuri]

We really don't need a second Samura-san...

[florescences]

You don't have to worry about that. I'll always be Elysia.

[kumeyuri]

Somehow only mildly reassuring.

[florescences]

Awww, you're going to make me sad. It should be completely reassuring.

[kumeyuri]

Nope.

[florescences]

[ she pouts. ]

[kumeyuri]

Making that face at me isn't helping.

[florescences]

Does that mean your teacher also pouts?

[kumeyuri]

[makes a face]

No. For starters, he's a grown man. [this is coming from a grown man not above sulking.] I think everyone would be freaked out if he did.

[florescences]

[ she laughs. ]

Grown men pout more than anyone else. [ she doesn't say it like it's a bad thing, only a true thing. ] But it would be funny, wouldn't it?

[kumeyuri]

I don't even want to picture it.