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Nagumo clan estate.
Tosa, Japan, June of Bunkyū 1.

["I come as a messenger of the Princess of Yase. My mistress wishes for me to see the face of the child under your care with my own eyes."

Technically, it isn't a lie. She does wish to see the ward of the Nagumo clan, and she is acting as a messenger - on her own behalf, perhaps, but on the behalf of the Princess of Yase nonetheless.

Sen is well aware that after so many attempts have gone horribly awry - her messengers being turned away or being entertained within the house but never actually being allowed to see Kaoru for themselves - that this isn't going to be easy. She is prepared to be stubborn with the men who have received her, and so she does. It's a fact that the servants have orders to placate her and send her on her way, but that is something she won't allow.

She had arrived the day before, just after noon. Now it is noon again, and she still isn't gone. Currently she is kneeling on a cushion in the room for receiving visitors, and she thinks that perhaps she has finally succeeded - a servant is dispatched to go and fetch Kaoru. She would prefer a private conversation, but that same servant will most likely be instructed to monitor them as they speak.

That's fine. Now that she's here, she's sure she can figure out a way. Things have been quiet enough lately that she has a little more freedom to act on her own (and she is acting on her own - for once, Kimigiku has no idea where she's gone, though she's left instructions with a child in the village to tell her that she saw the princess going to Tosa if she hasn't returned within two weeks), and she is sure she's up to the task of bringing Yukimura Kaoru home.

She looks up when she hears the sound of a sliding door, and smiles.]

Ah... are you Kaoru-san?

[She swears to god if they've brought some random girl to try and trick her, the Nagumo clan will become very well acquainted with just how much damage Yase can do when she's been offended.]

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[They're so panicked, but in a few hours the stray cat is probably going to wander into the kitchen mewling for milk, and it'll have one of the papers with it and they'll feel dumb as hell for overreacting...

For now, though, the entire household is a rather tense place to be. The guards lose basically all of their bravado when the family member towing Kaoru along appears on the scene and reprimands them; Sen, on the other hand, already has her attention on him from the time he comes into view. The more she learns of this family, the better.

...watching him gives her the advantage of seeing his muscles tense just milliseconds before he moves, and she jumps back as he strikes out with the kick. She can tell from the strike that he is strong. He's fast, too; she avoids the worst of it, but he still lands a glancing blow, and she puts one hand over her stomach as she glares up at him from the tatami mats.

She's inside the room now, though. That will make closing the door incredibly easy.]

Your treatment of guests is abhorrent. [After the comment about not humoring guests, she doesn't expect a response, but she also doesn't intend to let that go unaddressed.] I sincerely hope you don't expect to get anything from me during my stay here, because after that, I certainly won't give it.

[Ah, it looks like the concern was really for naught in the end, then... Kaoru can almost taste the acridness of jealousy for a second, but tries to shake it, because it's a good thing Sen managed to dodge. He has to remind himself of it, an a year or so ago he may have been horrified by that, but it's simply the way he lives now - trying to avoid being consumed by those ill feelings.

The man, on the other hand, makes no move to take the bait she's laid out and simply goes to shut the door after she's in. She'll still be able to hear him say Don't let this woman out of your sight to the servants left behind, and then the sound of two sets of footsteps fading as Kaoru is led back off again. He'd have liked to say something first - and she may have caught sight of his concerned glance before the door was shut again - but he's wise enough to not bring attention to himself like that.

For now, it appears as though she'll be left alone to her meal.]

[She'd have liked to have said something to Kaoru, too, but she knows better than to call out to him now of all times. She has already angered her guards and a member of the family - not to mention, Kaoru's distraction has coincided with something else that will undoubtedly bring them even more anger... any association Kaoru might have with her, at this point, could anger the Nagumo and bring suffering down on him.

That's not what she wants all.

She closes her eyes in a brief prayer for his safety before creeping her way over to the futon under which she had hidden the food he'd taken such pains to bring her. She eats the fish first, because it may not keep well with time, but only nibbles at the rice and the vegetables - the leftovers she wraps back up and stows to eat later. He had brought her this with considerable difficulty, and she has no way of knowing when she might be given food again.

For now, until she can figure out some way to make use of her situation, she has to conserve her resources - and her energy. Though it risks squishing the remaining food that is hidden under the futon, she spreads it out and lies down. She doesn't sleep (to do so would be to let her guard down a little too much for her liking in this place), but she does rest, until such a time that something occurs that garners her attention.]

[It'll be several hours until anything of note happens, with the guards outside talking amongst themselves about largely inconsequential things, apparently cowed out of grandstanding by being made to look like fools in front of one of their employers. No one else seems to join them for any length of time, and eventually the voices will die down as they take turns sleeping.

The noise that will likely end her rest doesn't come from the hallway, at any rate, but rather from the same outside corner that Kaoru had first appeared at. This time, there isn't an accompanying call for her just yet. Perhaps it's because he's exercising a little extra caution. It's early dawn by now, at least, and sound always carries farther in the crisp morning air.]

[The guards' conversations are dead boring, but Sen pays attention to them on the off-chance they'll be of use someday. (Spoilers: They won't.) Still, she is keeping an alert ear all through the night and as the sun rises, so when the sound from the corner comes, she hears it. She's surprised, but she hears it.

After all of that before... has Kaoru come to visit her again? It's such a risk.

Quietly and carefully, she rises from the futon and pads her way over to that corner. She hopes that it's Kaoru, but in a place like this... well, she wouldn't put it past this clan to try tapping on the wall to get her to reveal something. If she replies with "Kaoru, is that you?" they'll know that he's been here once already. When she speaks, it is a little more cautiously - ]

Is someone there...?

[Her voice is, perhaps, softer than it had been before; with the guards sleeping in shifts, there is no conversation of their own to mask her voice. Being careful is even more imperative.]

[There's a little bit of relief in Kaoru's voice when he speaks up, equally quiet. Even speaking at his lowest volume he still feels like his voice echoes far too loudly, but there isn't much he can do about that, and he wants to check on Sen.

The fact that she's up and speaking at all is a pretty good sign. Honestly, he wasn't sure what to expect when he was marched away from her room that night. The clan on a whole can be a little difficult to predict, swinging wildly from one extreme to another without much warning. Part of him had feared the worst by way of mistreatment, and he had been kept up most of the night with that concern. It's a good thing then, he thinks, that his soft volume and the thick wood between them will likely mask any traces of exhaustion in his tone.]

I hope that I haven't woken you... I meant to come earlier, but this is the soonest that I could leave.

[He doesn't exactly have guards around his room, but he does get unexpected visitors at times, which can make sneaking around a little hard.]

Were you able to get the bag?

You didn't wake me... please don't worry yourself over such a thing.

[She doesn't really trust the Nagumo clan at all, so she doesn't plan on sleeping through the night anyway. Keeping still and, perhaps, dozing for an hour or so at a time will be good enough until she get out of here and returns to Yase. Then she'll sleep for a week. And if all goes well, maybe she can have Kaoru free of this place and he might be able to rest easily, too...]

Mm. It was just where you said it would be. [She smiles, and though her voice is still quiet, it will still be possible to practically hear the smile.] I'm very grateful for your assistance, Kaoru-san. Without your help, I daresay I would be going hungry.

[Even if her guards brought her food, she really isn't sure she trusts them enough to eat it. But she's sure that whatever Kaoru brings her won't be tampered with.]

...that man before. He was not too rough with you when he brought you back to your room, was he?

Ah... I'm glad that I was able to help a little, in that case.

[Considering he had already been pretty sure that they wouldn't be bringing her any food. She's got it even worse than he does, as he sees it since they don't have to worry about him trying to escape. Because of that, he can roam about with more freedom.

But that's one success and one worry down, and Kaoru will just have to figure out how to deliver the rest of the meals from now on since he doesn't want to risk cry wolf syndrome... Not that it would be bad if that did happen and no one believed him when an actual spy from Yase showed up.

That said, at the question, Kaoru almost shakes his head first on reflex before remembering that demons tragically don't have x-ray vision.]

Oh— no, he wasn't. None of them are very interested in me right now... [Which is both a very good thing when their focus isn't desired at all, and a somewhat worrisome thing when the meager scraps he gets from them is all that he really has by way of attention. He tries not to let the thought of it panic him too greatly, which means not thinking about it much at all.]

I was only taken back to my room, but I was worried for you... [So he didn't sleep well anyway WHAT A NERD.] I wanted to check on you right away.

It was a big help, not just a little help.

[Sen wishes he would give himself a little more credit. She's only known him a short time, but it really does seem to her as though he has some rather severe self-esteem problems, and she's sure they would not be quite this bad if not for the Nagumo family. The clan certainly seems to have a way of exacerbating such things - all the more reason for her to do her utmost to get him out of here.

The Yukimura family was faithful to her ancestors for years; Daitsuren and Shotsuren, which once belonged to Suzuka Gozen, are proof of that. She may not have been able to prevent the humans from attacking, but she wants to at least do what she can for the survivors of that clan.]

I'm glad they haven't hurt you... I was worried.

[So they're a pair of idiots worrying about each other and not sleeping. Which would be cute, if it didn't leave them both tired and less likely to be able to function well if something - like the Nagumo family getting pissy and trying to take it out on them - were to happen.]

I do appreciate your coming to check on me... it is very kind of you.

[Kaoru predictably doesn't make any remark in response to her reassurance, because he's quite sure that it's just her politeness as a political figure - and an overall nice person, as it seems. He's still a little baffled by that, in all honesty.

But for the worry, YEAH THEY SURE ARE A PAIR OF IDIOTS... Like good work team, for real. There's a little flutter in his chest at that. He's experiencing so many things in the past day or so that he never thought he'd experience again, which is a little overwhelming but also very pleasant. A little scary too, maybe, just for how foreign it now is.]

I'm sorry to have worried you... I don't think that I'll have trouble while you're here though, so please don't fret for my sake.

[That's energy better spent elsewhere.]

...but you may have trouble after I go?

[That's a problem. To leave when leaving would mean that this family could treat Kaoru even more harshly - she can't say there is anything good about this situation other than the fact that the pressure on him is somewhat lessened, but it could become even more stifling in comparison once it comes back. That isn't what Sen wants.

She must return to Yase, though; she can't stay here forever.

(She doesn't particularly want to - Kaoru is the only person here for whom she has even the slightest bit of respect. Every member of the Nagumo clan lost it about the time she was tossed into this room.)

What to do, then? Her brows knit together as she contemplates the logistics of a rescue-mission-turned-kidnapping. It would be much more feasible if Kimigiku were to bring a few people with her, but how can she send word to her to do so...?]

It wouldn't be any more than usual.

[Or that's the reassurance Kaoru will give, at least. He's already been responsible for so much that he really hates the idea of loading her plate up even further with concerns that she really shouldn't be focusing on. In reality, he is worried that he'll suffer from the backlash of their lost hostage, but...

It's worth it, isn't it?

He has to tell himself that it is. Negativity is a downward-leaning spiral and if he allows himself one step in that direction, he's afraid that he might not be able to catch himself again.]

...I still haven't been able to think up any way to help you out of here. [On a different note, since Kaoru doesn't want to linger on the last topic.]

[That isn't reassuring in the slightest. It's probably fortunate that he can't see her expression, because it flickers from saddened to absolutely enraged. It's doubly fortunate for the higher-ranking members of the Nagumo family that Sen is both locked up and not as skilled with the blade as she could be. If she were confident in her ability to do so, she would put an end to them right here and the Nagumo bloodbath would happen many years sooner.

Since she isn't, she'll leave them to Kaoru for now.]

Come to Yase with me. [It's... not exactly a way for him to help her out of the room she's locked up in, but it's somewhat more important to her than working out the specifics of her own escape. She knows for a fact that she'll be free of here eventually; her priority right now is securing Kaoru's freedom.] When Kimigiku comes to get me, I'll order her to escort the both of us back.

[Circumstances may not work out such that it's possible, but the intention to take him out of this place is definitely there. There isn't anything in her voice to suggest that this is anything less than genuine.]

[Kaoru, young as he still is, hasn't fully given up on the idea of one day being whisked away from the compound and into safety. It's getting harder and harder to keep that hope alive, true enough, but it's still there - and hearing that is enough to light that little spark.]

To Yase?

[He repeats it, and his tone is almost incredulous. It's not really that he views Sen as an untrustworthy person, though he certainly has his reservations about trusting too easily even at his age. Rather, despite the fact that he's yet to let go of the notion of escape, it has become such a distant possibility that he's struggling to register it as real and right in front of him.]

...But I don't have anyone else to stay with outside of this place. [Including Kodo for reasons we just don't know?! GOD, KODO.

He's definitely assuming she's making a short-term offer, though. Maybe a place to stay for a night or two while he works out arrangements elsewhere, but there is no elsewhere for him.]

You would be welcome to stay as my guest for a long as you liked.

[Geeze, Kaoru. Do you really think she'd invite you along just to kick you out of the village after a day or two? ...on second thought, that's probably exactly what the Nagumo clan would do, so it's no small wonder. Still, it stings a little to hear that.]

That aside... A relation of yours is residing in Kyoto. We could send word.

[Kodo, whatever his reasons were for not taking both twins, couldn't say "no" if Sen ordered him to take Kaoru in, too. If she had her way, they would have been kept together from the start.]

...he is hiding among the humans as a doctor. And he is raising—

[...is it a risk, to say what comes next? She's already started speaking; she can hardly take it back.]

He is raising your sister.

[LOOK... yes, basically. Kaoru's just going by what he expects, and because of the Nagumo, he sure doesn't expect a whole lot. He doesn't exactly realize how insulting it is to apply those sort of standards to people who aren't abusive shitheads, but that's probably no surprise, either...

That said, he doesn't even reply to her reassurance that she won't be a shithead that'll ditch him on the side of the road, because a much more important topic comes up. She'll be able to hear the flats of his palms hit the side of the building almost as soon as "your sister" is said, and his voice is probably a little too loud but he's so swept up in this new knowledge that he can't really contain it.]

My sister? You've found her—? You know where she is?! Oh— Chizuru... Chizuru, Chizuru, Chizuru—! [THERE IT IS, the little seed of insanity that will one day blossom into a beautiful sociopathic garden...]

Please! Please, take me to her!

[IS THAT PERHAPS a grumble from the audience... It sure sounds like one of the guards is starting to stir.]

I do—

[She almost says, "Of course I do" - for an information network like Yase's, tracking down a doctor operating in Edo while still using the name "Yukimura" is child's play. Much easier than, say, confirming the identity of the child being raised by the Nagumo family, because they're all secretive shitheads. She had ascertained Chizuru's whereabouts long before she had discovered that Kaoru was still alive.

Truth be told, from the reports that the girl believed herself to be human and was apparently suffering from some kind of amnesia affecting her childhood memories, Sen had believed for a time that Kaoru was dead. Of course she would have blocked it out of her mother, father, and twin had all been killed in front of her.

She can't say much more, though, because she hears that grumbling - there is a gasp and a rustle of fabric as she twists to look at the door, and then her voice, low and urgent -]

Please, return to your room. One of my guards is stirring..! If they catch you...

[Well, it would be bad, to say the least.]

But—

[Kaoru's gaze darts over in the direction of the outward-facing hall. If he doesn't leave now, he risks getting both himself and Sen in trouble, which he doesn't want...

Still, he needs the reassurance that this isn't just a false lead. He's not sure his heart could take that kind of let down; not now, after he's struggled so hard and for so long, unable to find any sort of information about Chizuru's whereabouts no matter who he asked or what he looked into. He's terrified now of the possibility that they might move, slip away again while he's still stuck in this place, and that their building will be empty by the time he can reach them.

The noise from outside her room is getting a little louder, but Kaoru's hands are still pressed to the outer wall.]

Promise me - please promise me! Please take me to her—!

[He has to go. He has to go, now, before the guards put two and two together and search outside and find him. What will they do to him, if they suspect him of conspiring with her? For a moment, she curses her own ineptitude. She should have known bringing up his sister was a bad idea - if not a bad idea in general, then a bad idea at this exact moment, when they have so little time.

Still, her assurance comes easily and it's genuine. Though she's desperate to have him get safely back to his room, she does mean it when she swears to him, her own hands pressed against her side of the wall.]

I promise you! I'll do everything within my power to reunite the two of you.

[It may not be an easy promise to keep, but if she can, she absolutely wants to keep it. It's for the better that the Nagumo clan doesn't know of Chizuru's whereabouts, because she doesn't doubt that they would use "reuniting the twins" as a pretext to take her and subject her to the same foul treatment Kaoru has been living with for so many years, but she finds it dreadfully unfair that Kaoru has had no word of the one person who seems, from his reaction, to mean the most to him.]

Now go!

[Her command is insistent, and perhaps spoken a little too loudly. She hears movement just outside her door and draws away from the wall, turning instead to kneel at the low table and glare at the door as it slides open, her lips pressed together into a thin line.

"I heard a voice. She must have been talking to someone. Go and look!"

All Sen can do is pray that by the time the footsteps she hears leaving the hall just outside her room make it to the outside, Kaoru is somewhere safe.]

[Kaoru doesn't want to go - really doesn't want to go, because this topic, Chizuru, is so important to him. Even her reassurances don't help a huge deal in the end, but he won't ever actually be reassured until he can see Chizuru with his own eyes and reach out to touch her for himself. She exists as a phantom until then, and even more than the abuse he suffers through, her stark absence pains him. He wouldn't ever wish for her to be here (though that, too, is starting to twist under the huge pressure of just wanting to be by her side again), but it's an impossible technicality that he'd gladly overlook.

But he can hear her move away, and hear movement from the hall, so he's up and running as fast as he can. He raises a hand while he goes, wiping at his eyes, sliding into the hidden area that he uses to go between his own room and the other side of the courtyard right as he can hear the shoji screen fly open where Sen is.

She'll be able to hear the sound of the guards looking around on the outside, presumably getting down on hands and knees to check beneath the porch. There are a few concerning stirs - a is that a footprint? and an I think this area is warm! - but nothing that seems to indicate Kaoru is still around to be caught.

As for the guard in the door, he levels Sen an angry look. No grand-standing this time, at least; he seems to have learned his lesson.]

Who were you talking to, huh?

[It is almost a Herculean effort not to panic when she hears the guards shuffling around outside and comparing this footprint to that slightly-warmed area, but she keeps her expression as poker-faced as she possibly can and is relieved when no shouts of "It was the brat!" reach her ears. They can fuss around outside all they want as long as they don't find him, for all she cares.

It's a good sign, too, that she doesn't hear anyone issuing orders to check Kaoru's room. It will give him more time to get back and make it appear as if he has been soundly sleeping all along.

...which isn't something she can do with this guard; he had been too close to opening the door for her to retreat under the futon covers. She looks up at him with narrowed eyes for a long moment or two, unspeaking, and then tosses her head and looks away from him. She isn't engaging in her earlier verbal taunts, either; instead, she's just... deciding that his question isn't even worth an answer, apparently. A different method of taunting.

Outside, the guards continue their poking around, and she's sure she even hears one crawling around under the floorboards. She is so glad she has long since retrieved the bag of food Kaoru went to such pains to put together for her, because if they had seen it dangling down there they would have figure out very quickly that someone was helping her, and she doubts any of them would immediately believe that she could have won over a servant so quickly.

What does concern her is when one of them growls out, loudly enough for her to hear, "What if the brat was the one sneaking around out here?" No orders come to go check his room just yet, and Sen's expression remains the same as it was before in case the guard who had opened her screen is looking for a reaction, but she hopes and prays that Kaoru has already made it back and that he has enough time to get under the covers and banish the pre-dawn chill from his skin and his hair. If they do check on him, if they feel that chill, they'll know he was outside...]

[WELL SHE PROBABLY WON'T HEED HIS RUDE SHIT WAYS and his calls of hey, don't ignore me! along with some choice expletives, but he is not a member of the family and therefore doesn't encroach on her space. Not even the servants want to risk potentially bringing down the wrath of this clan on themselves, and roughing up a hostage might be enough to do just that...

So Sen herself is in the clear for now, at least, though that may well change as soon as one of the family members has woken up. Considering the commotion that's going on, that may be sooner rather than later, unfortunately.

But it does seem like the guard at her door is looking for a reaction, since he's not exactly covert about it. She's definitely better at keeping her cards close to her chest than he is, that's for damn sure... But that frustrates him, and as morons are wont to do when they're frustrated, he calls out to make a nonsensical demand in a fit of anger.

Go check!

At which point she'll be able to hear the sound of many feet trampling off into the distance and also one OW— and a thump from under the floorboards as one stray nerd bashes his head against it in his attempt to scramble back out.

If Sen strains her hearing, she won't be able to detect any sort of loud outburst that might indicate Kaoru's been found out. The guard watches her carefully even so, until another set of footsteps comes up the hall. It's the same man who had taken Kaoru back to his room the night before, and he peers disdainfully toward Sen before looking back at the guard that has bowed his head. A simple what happened here? is met with a rough explanation, but it appears that both of their respective attentions are away from Sen for the time being.]

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[She absolutely does not heed his rude shit ways, because she is also a rude shit when circumstances call for it, and in her opinion these circumstances definitely do. Sen flat-out ignores him because he simply is not worth the effort it would take to turn her head toward him and insult him.

So there isn't a reaction for him to see at all, not even when he gets pissy and demands that his fellow guards go and check. She is anxious, but with the way she's seated at the table and the way her hands are folded in her lap, the table will block his field of vision so he can't see when her hands dig into the fabric of her kimono as the footsteps carry away and that one poor dingus guard hits his head. She allows a faint quirk of the lips at that, but she doesn't laugh because she's worried it would come out too nervous-sounding, even if she is amused by that man's folly.

Sen continues to ignore him even as he explains what is going on to the family member, and for good measure, she ignores the family member, too. He may be a Nagumo, but she's the Princess of Yase and as far as she's concerned, she outranks every member of this family.

Meanwhile, the guards going to check up on Kaoru's room aren't at all quiet as they approach. If he is in there, he'll have plenty of warning before they finally do grasp the screen by one side and force it open with a loud, "Wake up, you brat!" that isn't quite loud enough to carry back to Sen's quarters.]

[Random Knuckleheaded Mook 1 sure does try his best...

THAT SAID, Kaoru sure did have enough time to slip into his futon and has even managed to settle down into what's basically par for the course for his sleeping position. His heart is still hammering a mile a minute in his ribcage and he can't seem to get a hold of his breathing as well as he'd like, but there isn't much he can do for that before he hears the rush of footsteps and the door sliding open. He's already sitting up by the time they're demanding his wakefulness, but that likely won't seem too strange to them, considering it's pretty well known through the house that Kaoru is one of the lightest sleepers on the compound.]

What—? Has there been another intruder?!

[Probably a little too alert-sounding for someone who was just rudely jostled awake, but they don't seem to take notice of it. One strides over to yank the covers of his futons back, though he's met with an indignant-sounding shriek from Kaoru. Nothing will be found there, though; he was smart enough to wear socks outside and has neatly discarded them in a corner of his room that isn't often searched.

Despite his indignation and the fact that he still seems quite ruffled and displeased, he doesn't have quite the same noble air and pride that Sen does, so he simply sits silent and waits for the search to be completed.

Back with Sen, the family member looks like he may try for a second to speak with her, but he's smart enough to know that they won't get any information out of her without resorting to measures he'd rather not lean on just yet. Instead, he turns his attention back to the guard.

There was a cat wandering around in the front courtyard late last night.

If Sen's listening, their conversation will drift off toward speculation that it's the cat that caused all of that hassle before, and that not a single trace of an actual intruder had been found.]

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[He tries so hard but doesn't get very far... Fight on and do your best, Random Knuckleheaded Mook 1.

A random not-so-knuckleheaded mook, while the knuckleheaded one is presumably picking himself up from tripping over a twig or something, spares Kaoru a glance when he asks what happened. His breathing does sound a little off - but luckily for him, the servant attributes that to being startled. And if he's startled, that means he didn't expect anyone to be checking on him -

If he were guilty of talking with their prisoner, he would have expected it and he wouldn't have been startled. That's his conclusion, which he comes to before even beginning his search of Kaoru's things. He is thorough nonetheless, but still manages to miss the dirtied socks in the corner. Instead, he's rifling through Kaoru's drawers to see if any of the clothing within has been disturbed.

Either he's dumb or it hasn't. Either way, once he completes his search, he sneers back at Kaoru because he's annoyed that they've come all the way out here to look for nothing. "Go back to sleep."

With that, he leaves, taking the other servants with him; they go back to their prisoner's quarters to report that there is nothing amiss in Kaoru's room, even mentioning that "the brat" was asleep before they barged in.

Sen listens, but continues to pretend that she is tuning them out, as they discuss the events of the night prior; finally, though, she has enough of it, and she rises to her feet to walk to the door. Her expression is bland as she clears her throat to get their attention.]

If you really must discuss the feline disturbance, could you do it elsewhere? I would like to continue resting.

[And unless she's stopped, she takes the shoji screen and slides it shut without even waiting for permission, because she's a shithead.]

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*OH MY GOD PRETEND I SAID EDO BEFORE i was so tired last night...

I DIDNT EVEN NOTICE........ good lord

we are bastions of historical and geographical accuracy

stares out into the distance...

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