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damned_institute2013-03-09 10:26 pm
behind_my_smile) wrote in damned_institute2013-03-09 10:26 pm
Night 69: M51-60
Fai had finished his dinner in relative silence. He had been thinking about the events of the day and the fact that he had yet another long night ahead of him. He had determined that he should do some exploring but as the doctor's voice came over the loud speaker, something had caught his attention. The third floor..he wondered if that was the place that Kurogane had been trying to take him when he had first arrived. Things had been a little strange then and they never seemed to end up where they were supposed to.
Standing up, Fai set his dinner plates aside and headed out into the hall. He looked around for a moment, finding that things were fairly quiet still. It seemed he was a little early in heading out. He wondered who he might run into while out tonight. He hadn't met a lot of people on this world yet, but the few he had were certainly interesting.
Starting down the hallway, Fai briefly wondered if he should stop by Kurogane's room before continuing. The other had said he would check up on him. That thought made Fai pause. He had promised to wait for Kurogane to check up on him before venturing out each night, but certainly the ninja wouldn't care if Fai met him half way or even made it to the room before Kurogane left.
With a smile on his face, Fai continued down the hall. He put his hands behind his head as he took his time. No sense in rushing since he did have all the time in the world to get there. And with no destination really in mind, Fai wouldn't have to worry about being late.
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Standing up, Fai set his dinner plates aside and headed out into the hall. He looked around for a moment, finding that things were fairly quiet still. It seemed he was a little early in heading out. He wondered who he might run into while out tonight. He hadn't met a lot of people on this world yet, but the few he had were certainly interesting.
Starting down the hallway, Fai briefly wondered if he should stop by Kurogane's room before continuing. The other had said he would check up on him. That thought made Fai pause. He had promised to wait for Kurogane to check up on him before venturing out each night, but certainly the ninja wouldn't care if Fai met him half way or even made it to the room before Kurogane left.
With a smile on his face, Fai continued down the hall. He put his hands behind his head as he took his time. No sense in rushing since he did have all the time in the world to get there. And with no destination really in mind, Fai wouldn't have to worry about being late.
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"--Kurogane-san?"
Tsubaki poked her head around the corner, peering down the hallway to find the source of that familiar, gruff tone. She'd recognize that voice anywhere.
"It's me..." she added by way of greeting, gaze slowly travelling from Kurogane to the man behind him. Kurogane looked almost the same as he had before, but Fai... She hadn't seen him since the staff had announced his departure from Landel's; it hadn't been until Kurogane had warned her he'd returned that she'd even known he was back.
Back, but different.
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He hadn't expected to see her show up, despite having known she would want to check on him at some point. They hadn't been able to speak throughout the day, and she was likely still worried over how he was doing. Checking the bulletin hadn't been high on his priority list that day. He'd only gotten to it once, and late in the day.
"Tsubaki," he said by way of his own greeting before glancing back.
Another bulletin board conversation had let her know about Fai having shown up, but Kurogane hadn't explained beyond saying that the man was different. Fai meanwhile didn't know her at all, or shouldn't have. "This is Tsubaki. She's a ninja like me," he told the magician first, then added, "She knew you from before."
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His smile returned, though it was the masking one that he always wore when unsure of how to respond to something. He raised his hand in greeting. "Nice to meet you..again. I'm glad Kuro-pon has made fellow ninja friends."
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She'd heard the rumors before, of people leaving and returning with no memory of their previous stay, or leaving and returning a noticeably different person than the person they'd been before, but it was difficult for her to wrap her head around the idea that she was looking at a future or a past version of the man she'd known. A different version of Fai. He did look different, but...
There was no flicker of recognition when he looked at her, and that essentially told her everything she needed to know, regretfully so. Somewhere along the way, she had become a stranger. That knowledge was sad in its own way, but those were feelings Tsubaki pushed aside in order to move closer and bow in greeting, a smile on her face.
That Fai didn't remember all they'd been through didn't change the fact that those things had happened.
"Ah, yes... I'm Nakatsukasa Tsubaki. Nice to meet you," she said. "I'm glad you're well, too."
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Between Fai's faked smile and Tsubaki's uncertainty of how to react, Kurogane couldn't see any other option for him to take. He didn't like these kinds of things, and in these hallways, explanations of the complicated were best avoided. Getting a simple answer of "yes" or "no" would at least get them moving.
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But Kurogane's only brought attention to just why she'd wanted to find him in the first place. She nodded automatically.
"Yes! I wanted to see how you were after... you know, taking the flower."
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