1st Joke [Action -->Voice]

[cuteobsessed]

[Welp, this is not what he expected. His back hurts, he's been left out in the cold, strange world with nothing but an ugly pair of white pants, and...he has things growing out of his back. And a book with his name on it. Oh, and a ugly scar on his chest. So unfair.

Afterlife? You are officially on Notice. You suck. Hardcore. Like a sucky thing.

But at least you have cute wings. Even if they're painful.

Not sure where to go, he wanders around in the forest, tapping the book against his shoulder before carelessly flipping through it - and turning on the video and voice function. The video only shows flashes of the ground and grass or white-clad legs, but the voice picks him up loud and clear.]

---sucks. Where's a guy gotta go to see what's goin' on down below, huh? Ain't someone supposed to come greet me?

Man, I hope I don't get stuck here alone forever. Talkin' to myself is borin'. Reeeeeally boring.

...Whoa, was that a squirrel?

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[cuteobsessed.livejournal.com]

I twist it so it's the truth.

[He looks around where they're walking.]

So where're we goin' anyway?

[2ndunitcaptain]

To the village.

[cuteobsessed.livejournal.com]

So....who's at this village anyway?

[2ndunitcaptain]

Okita-san's there... Ayu-nee is there, too. [ He waits for a reaction to that. Maybe he's already spoken to her. ]

[cuteobsessed.livejournal.com]

.....What.

[Ayumu? Here? But this... But she... Then what if...]

.....She's...here...?

[2ndunitcaptain]

Yeah, she's here.

[cuteobsessed.livejournal.com]

...b-but how.... [She died. I mean, he died, too, but she died so long ago. An eternity ago. Back when things were simpler. When he could still believe that he had friends and family in the Shinsengumi.]

....That.... She....

[2ndunitcaptain]

I know... and she knows, too. But she is here, Heisuke. It's the real deal Ayu-nee. She doesn't know what's been happening. I won't tell her what you did.

[cuteobsessed.livejournal.com]

She... [Knows? She knows... She remembers dying then, like he remembers it? It's kind of painful, actually, to realize that. He remembers dying, but no one else will. Shinpachi is leading him around like nothing's wrong, but to Shinpachi their reconciliation hasn't happened yet.]

...Y-yeah, probably best to keep that to ourselves, huh?

...

[He lowers his eyes as he follows after Shinpachi, slowing down.]

......I'm glad she's here.

[2ndunitcaptain]

Right... she doesn't need any worries about what she left behind her. I haven't talked much about anything past then, for that reason.

[ He looks back at Heisuke and tries to give him a reassuring expression. ]

I'm pretty glad you're all here, myself.

[cuteobsessed.livejournal.com]

[He stops and looks at Shinpachi for a minute, wondering if that's the smile he saw just before everything went wrong, or a different kind.

In the end, he decides it doesn't matter. He smiles back.]

Yeah, what'd you do without me, huh? Get all bored and have no one to call you short? Where's the fun in that?

[All jokes aside though.]

....Thanks, Shinpachi.

[2ndunitcaptain]

[ She shrugs his shoulders dramatically, palms raised. ]

I was near dying from boredom, to be honest!

[ He laughs a little. ]

It's fine, Heisuke...

[cuteobsessed.livejournal.com]

[Running up, he slings one arm around Shinpachi's neck and shoulders, putting him in a friendly headlock.]

Welp! You ain't gonna be bored no more! So start smiling, Shinpatsuan! We got work to do!

[2ndunitcaptain]

[ He struggles but grins wide. ]

Well, I've got a good reason to wear it now, so I guess I'll just have to!

[cuteobsessed.livejournal.com]

Alright! Off to the village! Time to wreck some havoc!

[2ndunitcaptain]

Hehe, if you get in trouble, don't ask me to help~.

[cuteobsessed.livejournal.com]

What?! You'd leave little ol' me to the wolves here?!

[2ndunitcaptain]

Well, shouldn't a wolf be able to handle a wolf?

[cuteobsessed.livejournal.com]

....

You forget, Shinpatsuan, I ain't a wolf anymore...

[2ndunitcaptain]

You were coming back, right? For me, you still are, even if you're strayed from the pack.

[cuteobsessed.livejournal.com]

.... [He hasn't really thought of it. After feeling the sword run through him, he'd pretty much given up any thought of going back. There wasn't a place for him anymore.]

....Y-yeah... If they let me.

[2ndunitcaptain]

I'm probably the only one who knows this much, Heisuke. The others are from times before.

[cuteobsessed.livejournal.com]

....Doesn't change what I did, Shinpatsuan. Even if they don't know. It's...kinda hard to face 'em again, you know?

[2ndunitcaptain]

Isn't it something you could at least do for me?

[cuteobsessed.livejournal.com]

[He sighs slightly, rubbing his bare arm.]

...Yeah. For you, Shinpatsuan. But yanno, if anyone else from our time shows up? They ain't gonna be as understanding as you.