uruha catchall

[florescences]

mr. 30 something teen looking samurai boy

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[florescences]

Hehe, it's okay, Uruha. Mei didn't completely understand everything either.

What's important is that we're meant to be guides to visitors who meet us.

[kumeyuri]

And... what exactly do you guide them to? Or around?

[florescences]

The Elysian Realm holds the memories of the Thirteen Flame-Chasers. It's to learn their story.

[ elysia wanted her friends' story to be known, at least to someone. that's how people are kept alive—in their memories. ]

[kumeyuri]

[...]

The Thirteen Flame-Chasers... Two of them being you and that Kevin guy?

[florescences]

Mm-hmm. He's the first. I'm the second. I chose the rankings.

[kumeyuri]

Are the rankings your level of authority, or...?

[florescences]

I spent a lot of time thinking of the order, for how it would look like from the outside in. Every organization needs some structure, but in terms of authority or power within the group, it didn't matter as much.

[kumeyuri]

[i hate you, by the way.]

Then... what exactly are they for?

[florescences]

[ stop i love you.... i could have written something worse in the book but decided to be nice :pleading_face: ]

For the leadership to see... for the outside world looking at humanity's last defense. But in the rare case we would need someone to make a decision, those ranks would hold.

At least, none of them objected when I announced the rankings.

[kumeyuri]

[hm don't like worse]

... Well, then it sounds like you thought them through well.

[florescences]

I spent a whole afternoon on it! Kevin hardly gave me any input when I asked.

[ there's a pout in her voice, but it's purely performative. ]

I just didn't want to lose who was left.

[kumeyuri]

And the rankings helped with that...?

[florescences]

I wanted to give us a place to be acknowledged. A reason.

[ ... ]

You know how you have your six special swords by your Rokuhira, and the six who are contracted to them are special because he chose you?

Well, we're the Thirteen Flame-Chasers because after an event, there were only thirteen of us who were specially modified left.

[kumeyuri]

[...]

As the survivors?

[florescences]

[ she nods. ]

Bingo.

[kumeyuri]

[...

he's not quite sure what to say to that, although he is clearly sad for elysia.]

[florescences]

[ thinks about how you tagged this after the sunday i derailed

she holds her arms open to him and smiles. ]

[kumeyuri]

[



awkwardly gives her a hug. also yeah you did that to me.]

[florescences]

[ YOU WENT SO FAST i didn't even think it'd get through the censor

she is less awkward and just envelops him. ]

It might have been the last time I was truly angry.

[ her words are quiet, as if she's imparting a secret to him. ]

[kumeyuri]

[never underestimate my ability to race to kill someone like me slamming a murder proposal for you in blues and deciding i'd figure out the icness of this later]

... That's the kind of thing worth getting angry over.

[florescences]

[ i know SEE I TOLD YOU I WAS TRYING FOR YOU (elysia wouldn't have chosen anyone else) I DID MY BEST FOR YOU ]

Uh-huh. Thanks, Yoji. You know I care about you, right?

[kumeyuri]

[:sob:

...]

I do, yes.

[florescences]

Hehe, good. I'd be so sad if when we have to leave each other, you didn't know that. It would mean I've been doing a very poor job of being myself.

[kumeyuri]

... I'd say that being yourself is the one thing you've definitely excelled at here.

[florescences]

I'm so happy to hear you say that.

[ it does give her a level of comfort. ]

Elysia can only ever be Elysia, and if I weren't....

[ well. ]