audience: shess

[cyclists]

Comments

[cyclists]

It may have something to do with the information they have received.

[not that lune can say any more than that

though]

I wonder if my end is coming along with the corruption... Do take care of the young one if I am to depart, will you?

[nonbelligerent]

... Why would you disappear but not Sol?

[cyclists]

Optimism, perhaps.

[though his smile grows sharp]

Or that I will not allow anything to happen to him, as long as I am to take breath.

[could be that too]

[nonbelligerent]

Are you expecting something to kill you?

[cyclists]

I always am. I am a rather old man, after all.

[#justimmortalthings]

Though I cannot name an immediate threat, before I worry you.

[nonbelligerent]

Well, I can understand that.

[...]

That's good to know... though there's still the matter of what Tsurumaru means, in that case.

[cyclists]

... well, the information is rather incomplete.

Perhaps when they are able to accomplish their goals this week, they will be able to decipher more.

[lune will just offer up a smile]

... I assume I do not have to say - but you will refrain from mentioning the possibility of my demise to the young one, correct?

[nonbelligerent]

[he smiles back, grimly.]

You're as cruel as I am, in that regard.

[so that's a yes.]

[cyclists]

I entrust him with a great number of things - and admire him for his own traits and tenacity.

Yet similarly, I do not intend to tell Ookurikara about the possibility if I can help it.

Even so, I shall continue to hope that it does not become relevant.

[but well, lune had hopes before that they'd have ways to end the corruption outside of this - he won't bother to really express that sort of optimism again, this late in the game]

[nonbelligerent]

[...]

You and Ookurikara—and Tsurumaru—are from the same place, I take it.

[cyclists]

Correct.

I cannot say when he was able to discern it -

[that baby is a dumb bitch]

But at the very least, it has made him more amenable to my suggestions.

[nonbelligerent]

... Then I'll hope that he doesn't lose any more allies.

[cyclists]

You and I both. [lune looks over the lily again and smiles] I had nearly sent him one of these on Monday...

He likely would've burnt it beyond recognition.

[so he didn't,,]

So do keep yourself safe.

[nonbelligerent]

... That would've been terrible.

[also why did this come back to shess??]

[cyclists]

The notion behind it is sympathy - though lilies can also possess a number of meanings.

[and a bunch of them would've been fitting?]

Though I cannot say that he would have understood.

[nonbelligerent]

He doesn't seem very interested in flower language.

[cyclists]

Ahaha, perhaps it is his rebellious youth speaking.

[THE AGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM IS JUST A FEW HUNDRED YEARS

AND YET]

Regardless, I believe he is growing more and more responsible the longer I look away from him...

[nonbelligerent]

He'd probably be annoyed to hear you talk about him like that.

[cyclists]

Of course, of course.

He finds me very exhausting.

[but lune thinks it's

so fucking funny]

[nonbelligerent]

He seems to think the same of me, so that's probably why we get along.

[cyclists]

Oh?

[lune raises a brow]

Do you think our camaraderie stems from so simple a thing? Because we are both considered exhausting?

[nonbelligerent]

Well, it's one reason.

[cyclists]

And the others?

[tell him nice things, shess

he wants to be spoiled too]

[1/2]

[nonbelligerent]

[lune why]

[nonbelligerent]

[... but it's the least he can do, so here goes.]

You're composed and thoughtful, you're not caught up in interpersonal drama, and some of your... quirks aside, talking to you puts me at ease.