rp scenario generator: "sano is hired to spy on sen"

[deontological]

Sen is hardly oblivious to her surroundings.

She can't afford to be - wherever she goes, she must be aware of what is going on. Her work demands it, after all; how can she expect her agents to pay attention if she can't do the same? So of course she notices when one of the Shinsengumi's captains is off his usual patrol route and away from his division.

It doesn't surprise her that someone has been sent to watch her movements. What does surprise her is that the man tailing her is not Yamazaki Susumu, but Harada Sanosuke.

Well... she may as well have fun with this, she supposes. She glances back over her shoulder and meets his eyes with a sly smile. Catch her if you can, Sano...! Because she's just casually going to step into a throng of people and attempt to lose herself in the crowds.

But she won't try too hard. She's rather curious as to what exactly prompted him to be out today.

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[maruniichimonji]

C'mon, Sen, give the poor dog a bone.

"Shopping?" If he sounds a little surprised, it's because he is. He's trying to come up with a plausible explanation for why he's wandering around a few paces behind a woman that's clearly not doing anything suspicious while looking incredibly suspicious himself... and it's not working. Dammit, Hijikata, couldn't Yamazaki have done this instead of him? Shopping really isn't what he'd planned to do today.

"And your bodyguard is going to be mysteriously absent and leave you to carry everything on your own?" Hah! Finally! There's an obviously suspicious thing that could lead to actual information that isn't food or shopping.

[deontological]

"As it so happens, her presence was requested at a banquet tonight, so she has no choice but to spend the day preparing for it." Sen brings up a hand to hide her mouth and giggles. "Your friend Nagakura-san is far from the only person who finds her to be quite fetching, after all."

Suspicious? Maybe. Either that or Kimigiku just has to work, which Sen doesn't mind because having her there means she'll know immediately if anything of importance happens at said banquet. If it leaves her to do her shopping alone, so be it; it just means that she'll be more free to buy less-than-healthy snacks if she so desires.

"Are you worried about me having to carry everything? If it will make you feel better about it, you may accompany me. I wouldn't mind the assistance of such a charming young man." If he's going to be following her anyway she might as well profit off it somehow, is what she's saying.

[maruniichimonji]

...or not. Well, at least he tried to find some sort of out in all of this -sure, he didn't try very hard, but the effort was made. "Ah, I'd forgotten about that. My apologies." He really doesn't know if catching Shinpachi's eye is a good thing or not, to be honest, so the apology encompasses everything from his goof to his friend's attentions.

Still, he raises an eyebrow at the compliment, but ultimately decides to accept. If nothing else, it'll satisfy Hijikata's orders while allowing him to decide whether or not he thinks she can be trusted -screw Hijikata's thoughts, if Sano thinks she can't, then he sure as hell won't care what Hijikata has to say on the matter. "I suppose I could, since it would appear we're both headed in a similar direction. Besides, I'd wanted to pick something up for Chizuru and a woman's input could be useful." Play it cool and ignore the fact that he knows that she knows he was following her.

[deontological]

"Oh, she doesn't mind," Sen says with a light giggle. "She's quite used to it. He was better behaved than some."

By "some" she means "those assholes from Choshu" and also other demons. Other demons are by far the worst customers; one of these days she's going to have to instruct Kimigiku to raise a big enough stink that Kazama will be banned from the Sumiya...

Sano has brought up a topic that she finds to be vastly preferable to talking about her bodyguard and his husband's wandering eye, though, and she claps her hands together excitedly. There's a bit of a sparkle in her eye - picking up a present for Chizuru is a good use of Sano's time as far as she's concerned. Who cares if he's simultaneously spying on her?

"Chizuru-chan is very lucky to have someone like you thinking of her. I'd be glad to help you pick out a gift!"