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THEATER I [ 00 00 ]
MY PETITE EQUESTRIAN EXPERIENCE - RATED A
Advertised as a delightful tale of ponies discovering magic and friendship, this is a must-see! For adults that is. The ponies are killed within the first ten minutes, and then the rest of the run time is filled with a celebratory orgy of Roman-esque proportions. There are no mentions of ponies after the initial scene. They are neither seen nor mourned nor heard from. There are only naked, gyrating bodies as far as the eye can see.
If you manage to sit through the horror long enough, you will notice a certain something in between the moaning. Is that your face on one of the protags? Is it a beloved family member or a friend? You will find that spliced between the scenes are cherished and innocent childish memories now being soiled by passionate cries of pleasure. Enjoy the new memory, your poor, sweet summer child. This will only be visible to the viewer himself/herself.
THEATER II [ 0000 ]
LARGE ADVENTURER 7 - RATED B
A touching tale of dealing with loss and more loss. This film is about a giant robot and his pet human that gets eradicated in the Third Robotic Genocide, leaving behind just a human carcass. The giant robot clings to the carcass and cries robotic tears until finally he chucks the carcass into a river full of carcasses and decides to go on a deep quest in search of cheese.
But spliced between this tale of woe, viewers will see images of themselves caught in a romantic memory. A first kiss, perhaps? A first love-making session? A first crush? A desired one will also have their face molded on top of all the carcasses as they flow away. This will only be visible to the viewer himself/herself.
THEATER III [ 0000 ] THE RETALIATORS: ERA OF RADICALON - RATED C
Agent Dick Angry takes it upon himself to assemble a team of miscreant aliens to invade the hell out of "Planet Earth." The aliens include Zorn, an intelligent toaster; Crisis, a blue-skinned beauty that turns purple when she's aroused; Trish, a rogue miniature ficus with a criminal record; and General Cerealia, a handsome, ripped man who beats evil-doers with his laptop and who looks suspiciously like CERES' programmer, Elias.
This adventurous romp will feature the tragic memories of death interweaving with the destruction of the "Planet Earth." Those who attend will see first-hand the memories of their own worlds slowly being demolished before their eyes and all their loved ones screaming in agony. Then it'll loop itself again and again for the last hour of the film. Enjoy! This will only be visible to the viewer himself/herself.
THEATER IV [ 0000 ]
DECEASE HARDER II - RATED D
Jack McJack is a cop who is having none of your shit. In this action film, he will ride around on a velociraptor and go around punching evil-doers and detonating them with land mines. If you want all the violence in the world, this is the film for you. Watch as every second is filled with pointless explosions and every curse word in all the known languages in Cerealia.
Of course, spliced between every action scene will be every embarrassing moment of your life being played out for you and only you. Or is it? Start sweating and looking in every direction as you begin to wonder if everyone else can see that time you tripped and fell on your senpai almost kissing him (sacre bleu D= !)
BONUS - THEATER V [ whyo'clock ]
YARD-DOOR PEOPLE OF QUESTIONABLE MORALS - RATED Z
This is a touching film about tenderness and coming together to overcome obstacles and achieve greatness. The Yard-Door people run into danger when an evil megalord starts polluting the air with negative feelings. The Yard-Door people must band together and save the world through kindness. They will go and help their neighbors get across the street, rake up leaves from their lawns, donate canned food to the poor, and collect toys for children who do not have any.
While this film will draw tears from your eyes, you will see happy memories. The happiest that can be mustered. They will be spliced in with the scenes in the movie, occurring side-by-side with all the smiles and fuzzy feelings leaking off the screens. This will only be visible to the viewer himself/herself.
Also, beware! This film contains the angriest of Theater Cleaning Robots. Dropping anything on the floor will result in a bit of a flogging with a wooden paddle and a robot calling you a dirty slut and claiming that you like it. Yes, BDSM robots will not take your bad behavior. You better bend over and start apologizing for being such a filthy, little theater-goer.
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yuuki kuran } vampire knight
[ her expression has gone progressively during this movie from curious, to feeling a little sad, to... having to think seconds thoughts about this carcass dragging and just as she is about to make her final judgment, she freezes as she sees the visual replaced by another, involving her and—
silent shock keeps her from making a sound even as her heart speeds up in dread that others, too, are seeing this. Do they all have to know about this? These strangers, when she isn't even sure any of her most trusted friends ever knew besides the other involved?
but blinking makes it disappear, and her panic as she breathes and tries to calm herself down at whatever was just there (maybe an illusion?) to staring wide-eyed at the robot continuing it's long journey of dragging carcass of supposedly precious persons. Here and there she thinks she hears or sees other flickers that are of her and of someone else (whether it happened or not, it really seems like some kind of wishful fantasy) only for them to stop abruptly with the sound effect of the body hitting the dirty lake and other bodies like it. ]
...What kind of.... [ she isn't sure now if the feeling in her stomach twisting is from the supposed romantic scenes being viewed (is everyone else seeing it... no one else seems to be laughing or wondering why the screen visual keeps changing to something unrelated) or the one presented in the movie.
While the robot frolicking off desperately in search of a greater love, Yuuki's concerned disbelief only softens when she winces slightly at focus returning to the dead bodies left behind in their grave. A small and shortly lasting hum escapes her throat in despair upon recognizing the face. And she suddenly feels as if this is only a preview of the things to come if she remains. voice quiet and to herself, she continues to stare at the feed, feeling suddenly unsure if she is still witnessing what is still meant to be seen as a film, or an actual hallucination of a reality. It's a hallucination. ]
Okit—
[ but the already weak call dies out, as things seem to wrap and push back into place to let the credits start rolling. ]
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[ the solution to emotional distress for Yuuki is eating. And perhaps she is a machoist for daring to step into another theater and watch a movie after Large Adventurer 7 and any resulting awkward encounters she may have had leaving with anyone who noticed that (apparently??) she acting out of coordination with the audience, but here she is.
She's determined not to feel sorry for herself over her losses and failures, because that is exactly what these individuals that brought everyone here would want, right?
she's stronger than they are and watching another one of their heinous movies in defiance is probably as effectively defiant of CERES as she would like to display towards them.
But, anyway, as for the movie? it's a little over the top even though she honestly tried to put her game face on and be prepared for something outrageous. still, yuuki tries to make the best of this movie because at least the velociraptor and gore and vulgarity make more sense than the robot and his cheese and dead bodies with suddenly all the same faces—
—More coping activities need to be practiced, obviously. Which means she's gotten herself a bigger bag of popcorn and is shoving into her mouth rather intensely, as she watches the sene unfolding. her body tenses a little forward as buildings are exploded and explosion are exploded on to of that and then the velociraptor sure as hell better bite some heads off of the bad guys.
and as the action gets more intense, so does her popcorn shoving (only it slows in speed to make up for the larger handfuls to make sure she doesn't lose any to the ground. It's truly like one observing an avid sports fan a little too invested in the outcome of what is playing on screen.
AND SO MUCH TERROR AND CHAOS (the special effects are way better than anything she's seen) AND NO IS THE VELOCIORAPTOR INJURED?
WILL IT DIE...
'Nooo..." she whispers under her breath to herself in dismay as the dinosaur falls to the ground. This is it, this is where the faithful companion is lost because the script writers are soulless empty people. And just as the enemy is about to strike down on the dinosaur and Jak is seen in a split screen running to try and reach his best friend before its too late but he doesn't seem fast enough and THEN—
—the popcorn stops right short of being put into her mouth, blinking at the rather sudden change of... well, everything, she is looking at. And when she properly identifies (wait, she knows this visual area—)
Yuuki screeches and stands up in shock, losing her popcorn in the processi, her embarrassed words slipping from her mouth in the process. ]
T-that never happened, I swear! How did they even—?!
[ speaking of that large popcorn, you may have just gotten knocked in the head with the bag in flight in all its and its passengers puff glory, missed getting hit with the bag but still rained a popcorn shower of some degree... or both.
What a waste. ]
IV
Okay, no, what's really happening is that Shinpachi lets out a loud sound (he may not be Heisuke, but anyone would be startled by SUDDEN POPCORN ATTACKING YOU, okay) as it hits him before he's quickly looking around for the source. Thankfully he's not as much in U WANNA GO mode as certain other people might have been, considering he does know it could've just been an accident.. but that's exactly what he wants to establish here, okay, if it's on purpose after all then he has to make sure to knock some heads.
Except when he spots the source of the flying popcorn, he blinks a few times and stills-- hey, that's actually a familiar person. One he's seen in this place before, but certainly not recently.. ]
... Yuuki-chan?
[ Then again, if she doesn't recognize him again then this is going to be a very awkward third round. ]
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pretty sure the wedding for your daughter was cancelled in the beginning of this movie Kill Bill wedding crashing style, anyway...!!The noise snaps her out of her momentary panic and yuuki instinctively reaches out to try and save a few final falling popcorns she can get to in time. Which, should probably be done but even without her vampire speed she'd always be quick to rescue her food when it falls into unspeakable dangers!
—fine, so she manages to catch three or so, her delay just a little too much for any miracles.
Yuuki perks at the sound of her name, yes, but moreso because as cautious as it is, she remembers that voice very well (and her fondness towards them even more). Jerking her attention up (...way up, it's a hard life when you are a good few inches shorter than chizuru with these guys, okay...), her expression lighting up.
She's surprised but doesn't seem even willing to question it at this point, too drawn by a familiar person (who remembers her?! Even after—) ]
Shinpachi-nii!!!
[ she hasn't even managed to consider he could have met another version of her in this place already—or that it's not her Shinpachi, just a coincidence he knew her somewhere else.
So, it's why she can't really keep her restraint, she practically trips herself a few times get to where he is in reaching distance, even if in the row in front or behind and will reach to hug him around his midsection regardless of if she has to drape over an in-the-way seat or not, like a child who hasn't seen someone they adore in some time. ]
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Good thing Shinpachi doesn't mind over the top anything. Living over the top is his style, so even though she may be hanging half over a chair and some other people who just want to see the movie are starting to complain, he really doesn't give a shit.
He just smiles - softly, even - since he's so glad to see she's alright. He was worried when she disappeared, who knows what happens to the people who disappear in this place if their worlds are really gone. But this is just Yuuki the way he knew her in Zelien, just as bubbly and happy. ]
Oi, oi, you'll break your back!
[ His smile grows a little wider until it's his usual grin, and he just grabs her in return and.. well, he's basically just lifting her into the air, even if it means having to pry her off him for a second so he's even capable of doing it to begin with. But this is for Yuuki's own good so she doesn't stretch herself into three weeks of muscle aching over a hug..
Besides, it's not like she's that heavy, so he can easily just pull her over until he's princess carrying her. This is totally normal to him, okay, don't mind this, people around them.. ]
There! Much better.
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She shakes her head against midsection at his concern about her back—yuuki doesn't care has too much urgency to stay attached to him in case he might disappear.
When he plucks her off to be picked up, princess style no less, she is surprised, but she is just so relieved and happy to see him she doesn't care. The people are them don't even register into her train of thought still and she reaches out to use both hands to cup Shinpachi's face and be able to give him a good look because just in case... just in case she can totally make sure it's her Shinpachi and not simply one that doesn't remember Zelien, just the she of this place that has apparently already been there (just him knowing her in general is enough for her but...!) ]
...It's definitely you.
[ while she'd gone serious then, her smile is back again but transferring her hands from her face to wrap her arms around his neck, she shifts enough to be able to bury her face on his shoulder as tears start welling up. She's not upset, she's just so relieved and happy, because she lost Zero and Kaito and Shouichi amongst others when she arrived in Zelien, and, although she steeled herself when arriving here to accept it would be the same as she found no one upon arrival, either, to be proved wrong opens up the emotional floodgates. ]
I'm so glad, I thought—
[ admitting it now is just as upsetting but also relieving because it's a fear she had unwarranted and so... ]
...thought I'd never see you again!
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Well, no need to think 'bout it anymore then. It's me, after all.
[ He smiles. He made her cry before, and back then it freaked him out.. but it's mostly since it's a different kind of crying. Back then he hardly realised what he did wrong until it was too late, and now he just knows she's trying to express her relief over it. It's what Yuuki is like - really emotional and prone to showing it right away.
Slowly Shinpachi moves out of the row of seats though while carrying her like that. Not since he minds standing there, but mostly since he sure doesn't want any of the other people here to pipe up and start complaining about it while Yuuki is crying. He'd have to kick them in the face to shut them up since his hands are occupied and it'd just be a huge pain, okay..
It's not until they're off to the side of the hall that he speaks up again. ]
You 'kay? [ Aside from the tears, but that's not what he's aiming at anyway. ] You weren't stuck for too long by yourself, right?
[ Got to make sure his little sis is okay first.. ]
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Having already met Souji, she'd set herself up for just about every and any disappointment, but truthfully if she considers it now Shinpachi having forgotten her would have not been something she could take well in the end. Maybe she would have been able to mostly not show it—but she didn't have the mental excuses that she hd for herself concerning Souji. Souji's fickle, Souji didn't have the fondness for Yuuki that she had for him to begin with, Souji has always been out of her reach to make a lasting impression on (a meaningful one, anyway, past being annoying to him). She could justify she hadn't lost much in his lack of remembering, because the only one of them who felt affected enough by the other to care in the first place was her. Souji in Zelien wouldn't have cared.
And so, she's ... tolerant and accepting of that situation. It's like with Zero. But where Souji is like Zero, Shinpachi is like Yori. And even if Yori had hated her for what she really was (she didn't, though...), it would have been better than her forgetting her.
(Yori was her most precious friend, afterall—)
So, that realization just makes her even more relieved that he didn't forget, but even so she tries very hard not to prolong her crying. If anything, she would rather not draw the attention of other people, although at the same time she would gladly stick her foot in the face of any rude individuals to help big bro out with that sort of mess.
When he asks, though, Yuuki nods, bringing a sleeve of her uniform to rub at her eyes to try and stop herself from crying more. Enough is enough, she tells herself. ]
Mm..! I saw a different movie earlier and came across Okita-san before coming to see this one, so ...
[ she trails off, then, blinking before looking to him. ]
Eh—Shinpachi-nii came to this movie alone?! Why didn't he bring a date! [ ok maybe violent movies weren't for all girls... or guys... ??? She has no idea, but surely...!]
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Who threw that?!
[Seriously, what is it anyway? weird crushable things in a bag from what he can tell. Do you eat it? What do you do with it?? He's so confused right now.]
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Yuuki immediately looks over to the victim, staring at them a moment and noticing some of the popcorn pieces still sticking to his clothes before glancing down towards the floor at the bag and its scattered insides across the theater ground before she glances to her hand where her—
—oh... she lowers her arms, immediately reaching to pick up her oversized drink and shove the straw in her mouth intensely, but even though she's embarrassed to speak up and admit it judging by her furrowed brow and worry, but she is really good at just standing there still awkwardly and obvious that she probably had something to do with it, since everyone else just seems to ignore him and continue with the movie, no one even so much as snickering.
She'll apologize, but the idea of freaking out more to draw further attention is just... I mean, if other people look at them they'll see her and might recognize from those interjected on the screen during the movie. ]
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Oh... of course he's gone and embarrassed himself.
Sighing, he runs his fingers through his hair and moves out of his row and into hers. There were a few open seats near her. He could at least sit and apologize for the ruckus he's made, right?]
Excuse me... did you see who was throwing things?
[He whispers, once seated two seats over from her. She looked close to him in age, though smaller and more dainty than most girls he's met. He wonders if she'll even talk to him or ignore him like the rest who had ignored his outburst prior to this.]
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She had sat back down, straw still in her mouth, but now she glances over at him (with straw yet still in mouth). Ah, he's really cute... now she wants to admit to being the culprit even less. ]
No... I didn't realize—I mean notice...!! [ oh no he's obviously on to her and just being all calm and polite to make her feel the most guilt, and it's working?! She finally seems to cave, letting the straw out of him mouth to look fully at him. ]
S-sorry...!! Really, it might have been me, I lost my popcorn so it was probably definitely me, I didn't mean to, though. I don't even remember throwing it...!
[ her whispered confession is flustered, trying to not sound as if she is crazy but it sounds crazy, she's almost sure, despite her efforts. ]
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[He really can't be mad with such an earnest confession. Not to mention she seemed almost frightened of him and that did not sit well with him.]
I guess it's fine since I got an apology.
[He wanted to say more but someone near by decided he had said enough and shushed him. He shoots them a quick glare before continuing. Like hell he cared about the stupid moving pictures?!]
Are you lost too?
[He looks back at her, tilting his head.]
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when yuuki hears the person shushing him, she leans forward to give them a bit of a face and then glances back to him at him at the question about being lost.
the idea of being 'lost' again is a little depressing, to be honest, and her expression looks a little more than sullen over the facts. ]
Yeah... lost is a good way to put it, I guess.
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iv!
He finally manages to look back at the screen around the time when the enemy moves in for the final blow to the dinosaur, but the screen suddenly changes to something that's... well, clearly not a part of the movie.]
What the hell—
[But the only answer he gets is the outburst of a girl a seat or two behind him and a bag of popcorn to the head. It doesn't hurt, obviously, it's just popcorn, but now there's popcorn all over the place. Ugh.
He turns around to see if he can spot the culprit, and given that the flying popcorn happened at about the same time as that indignant response did, he can kind of assume that it was probably that girl standing up, looking reasonably horrified right now.]
Hey. Was that your popcorn that hit me just now?
[He doesn't look mad, surprisingly, even despite the fact that he now he popcorn in his hair. Normally, he would be, but given the situation, he can be a little more understanding.]
bless you I love toshi-san this made me so happy
Which means, color her surprised when he's asking about popcorn and she looks between her hands for her bag as if the idea of having thrown precious and delicious food such as that could not be possible.
...Orrrrr not, because she is most certainly empty-handed. And while Yuuki could easily hide in a ball of embarrassment and never admit what happened from a distance, being directly asked makes the situation hard to ignore.
Lying, also, has never been something she is good at.
Not to mention she really is truly— ]
—I'm sorry! [ She practically squeaks and one could think she was facing an angry person rather than this severely understanding one with popcorn bits decorating his hair and coat. ] I-I didn't mean to, are you hurt? Did I get you in the eye? [ Or worse— ]
... Or make you drop your own popcorn or snack? I can buy you a new one—imreallysosorrysir!
[ well, no one can say she isn't concerned about what long-term effects could occur from the trauma of being hit with the popcorn bag are... she dies actually seem not only embarrassed but painfully sorry, especially considering the man simply asked a question, no yelling involved, even. ]
asfkjh TY I'M SO GLAD... everyone please love this disgusting mayo samurai
It's fine. I didn't have anything.
[He was pretty suspicious about all of this from the start, so he hadn't come in here intending to enjoy the movie with drinks and snacks. ...he just didn't expect to find himself so moved by the protagonist's resolve and the dinosaur's dedication. The fact that the movie was actually good up until this point was actually the plot twist. (Hijikata has horrible taste in entertainment and condiments.)
But despite the fact that he was enjoying the movie up until now, what he saw was... strange. He wasn't sure if it was something he was meant to see or not, but it probably wasn't supposed to be there, so he stands up from his seat and goes over to where Yuuki is to talk to her without interrupting any of the other movie goers.]
What's all this about?
[Maybe he's not obligated to play cop here, wherever the hell they are. Maybe it's none of his business at all, but if someone was messing with her, he couldn't just leave that be.]
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She blinks before it dawns on her that maybe he actually— ]
Oh no, did you see it, too?
[ she points towards the screen, however, Yuuki is not very talk so even stand up her intention to point out what she is referring to ends up with her smashing her hand into someone's head. Normally, this would be just a thing and the victim would probably be cursing her out but she's so enthusiastic and round up by all this she actually hits the person and knocks them out.
Whoops, over-excited vampire princess and her lack of preparation for these things. ]
Ah.... sorry...! [ it's a hushed whisper even though the guy is out cold... he'll come to eventually ?! ]
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Also, let's pretend I've been tagging this meme correctly, screams...Either way, Hijikata watches as she points to the screen and... proceeds to knock out the person right in front of her...
...
...yeah, that guy's not moving.]
Hey. Did you just kill that guy?
[Yuuki doesn't look strong enough to kill a man just like that, let alone instant KO one, but— BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY??]
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oh gosh don't even worry!!Yuuki squeaks at the question, looking back to Hijikata and then to the guy and THEN— ]
Y-you don't think he's actually dead, do you...?!
[ apparently the idea worries her enough because she's leaning over the back of the chair now to shake the guy by the shoulder because oh god killing people in public has to be one of those bad first impression list toppers!
When yuuki gets some incoherent gurgling noise from the guy, though, even though he's still not conscious, it's good enough and she steps back, puffing her chest a little. ]
See... Totally not dead, Mister! [ so do to arrest her or anything if you happen to do that sort of thing...?! ]
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ii;
but at this point, it's become so hard to faze him that he just tries to put the imagery to the back of his mind, to bury it and let it be. it's not important, and he knows (or at least, he tells himself like always) that it's bullshit designed to fuck with his head. the rest of the movie was... enjoyable enough, he guesses.
he doesn't know much about movies, but there's a 100% chance that the movie playing in theater iv was probably a more entertaining sell for him. not that it matters at this point—what's done is done... and his ears catch something that may end up making this decision a worthwhile one. it's a very curious sound, when a vaguely familiar voice seating two rows ahead utters a sound that suspiciously resembles his name. he remains still for a moment, brows furrowing as he tries to place a face to voice. it's someone he's met here, but since he doesn't recall all that much of yuuki beyond brief meetings? well, it's very curious. she hadn't been speaking loud, but his hearing still managed to grasp it.
doesn't that mean he should do something?
yes, of course it does.
so as the credits roll, he leaves his seat, jumping the row to sit directly behind yuuki. he leans forward, just enough so his mouth his right next to her ear before speaking.]
It's pretty bold to start saying my name out loud in a place like this, you know. Could it be you missed me that much? [he says, assuming her to be a near stranger—so this should just be outright teasing. which is kind of what happens when he doesn't realize that she's going to remember a very different version of their acquaintanceship.]
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For Yuuki, though, she isn't quite so sure if what she saw of Okita was meant to be much of an outing of super secret feelings she's harboring. No, in fact, she folds her arms over her chest, glancing down from the screen. She thinks a lot about her failures, and more than realizing towards the end of their time in Zelien that she was developing a little more than a simple crush, she had really only bothered to worry herself with the fact that maybe (just maybe he didn't resent her so much and was actually beginning to not mind her or even consider her someone worth calling a friend). For her, friends are statuses earned easily; but Okita has been a strange constant.
He is the only one that she has interacted with and developed some level of a relationship with (even if just enough to get him to remember her name, sheesh!!) that has been present in every world she's been taken to.
And in Zelien, unlike Nuadoria, she met the infamous Kondou Isami that she'd often heard the name of in passing. So, really, when she had talked to him in concern for Souji and he'd more or less asked her to see if she could look out for him where he could not, she took it very seriously.
After all, not only was he someone she once knew, but she needed to do everything she could to demonstrate she was worth trusting—a difficult feat when you'd accidentally been the one to see a reflection of his true self (his true feelings, his true sense of his self and what he was and was not)... it wasn't easy. Especially when Okita violently resented the violation of privacy.
She felt so close to being successful there and then Okita and Kondou disappeared. And all she remembers past that is feeling a very intense and hollow sense of inadequacy and failure like she had upon arrival in the city, seeing that Zero and Kaito and all the ones important to her in Nuadoria were not with her. Now that she's here, though, she made a steely attempt not to dwell on such things, to not let these places and their master's have so much control over her.
But, shoving his dead body in her face like this, over and over and countless corpses is hard not to take hard. She already felt this unnatural anger welling up in her the longer she stood there stewing in it. She wasn't going to let them get away with doing this—
So caught up is she in her thoughts and the feeling of her emotions starting to become chaotic, she certainly is unaware of her surroundings. Or, at least, anything not malicious in her surroundings. Okita barely gets the first sentence out before she's reacting, jumping and lunging forward in some manner to get the hell away and make some distance between her and the person over her shoulder. Of course, in the row of seats, it's more like she pretty much hits the back of the seat in front of her hard with a visible squeak, clinging to the chair's back as she tries to keep her back from falling backwards.
Still holding on for dear life, she whips her head around to see the culprit (she was not even able to register the voice it startled her so much and she'd been so deep in thought—) and face flushed, she flusters and responds to him as best she can. ]
O-Okita-san! You're the worst, were you there the whole time?! [ wow, maybe she should deny it wasn't even him she was thinking about (even though it was), but her flight or fight response is so amped up she can't even consider anything such as trying to deflect. She's a terrible enough liar as it is when she's not startled out of her mind. ]
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[okay, so maybe yuuki had a good reason to believe that. after all, his few memories of her probably weren't winning any favor (not that he was trying). he's not the most pleasant person to deal with, and she's always been something on an easy target.
right now kind of proves that, at least, on the surface.
without him knowing what memories she possesses, or how much she really knows about him though, he has nothing else to go on. he doesn't understand just how he's flustering her, or what memories that movie somehow managed to dredge up. all souji really knows right now is that she said is name, and when he responded (however assholeish is was to do so in the manner he did)], she got flustered.
amusingly flustered. it's actually kind of cute, in a way. he doesn't really know or care what that says about him—he always finds chizuru cutest when she flusters too, so many it's just a matter of knowing that he can elicit such a strong reaction from someone by simply responding in the manner he feels like that gets him. not that it matters, no matter how endeared or enthused he may be, it's only a faint amusement that shows in his expression. it's a slight quirk of the brow and an upward tug of the lips; his eyes still have a dangerous look to them—perhaps more unpredictable than deadly, but they have a slightly soft edge. yuuki's no threat to him.
but she's definitely making him very curious. after all, he hadn't realized they were so well-acquainted that she'd react so strongly... or even that she'd have said his name at all to begin with.]
Is it really that strange? This place is open to everyone, after all. Really, I don't think that's what the important part of this is at all. [what's important is "why did i hear my name from your mouth without any prompting?"]
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Managing to finally get her legs to properly support her, Yuuki stands and lets go of the chair, sighing as she attempts to regain her wits. It's definitely strange to her, or the worst luck to be caught saying that out of nowhere, but trying to explain that might only make this more embarrassing for her. She turns fully to face him now, staring up at him and, considering she's shorter than Chizuru, it's definitely ... an obvious staring up look at him properly that she has to do it due to the proximity.
It's not the clothes that really concern her, but when she gets to his face, she tenses, her expression going from a resigned pout that bleeds familiarity with him to surprise, the general feeling of being comfortable gone. ]
Ah? Your hair is like done up like Kondou-san's, when...? [ ... it might have been wishful thinking on her part to question it as if this is something new rather than how it had originally been, but the thought strikes her suddenly, and she brings a hand up over her mouth. it's not that she's dealt never dealt with Souji not remembering things, but they had at least dressed the same and had the same hairstyle. It felt she was still dealing with almost the same person.
The amount of embarrassment is enough that she wonders if she may simply die right then and there.]
S-sorry! Even though you didn't let it show in your voice, you don't even know who I am, do you?
[ this is the worst day...! ]
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[though he never loses the sense of amusement or feigned pleasantness in his tone, there are other things that slip in pretty clearly. his suspicions, his curiosity—there are things happening here that simply don't add up.
he knows who she is, even if only vaguely from a couple of meetings; it's not as if she's a total stranger to him, after all. but he knows for certain that kondou's never come up in a conversation with her, nor has his hair. most people didn't seem to point out the similarities in their hairstyles anyway (even if it's something souji is glad he can do), but yuuki seems surprised at what has been his hair routine for years now.
why?
that's the real question here. and maybe in another time and place, he'd have already drawn his sword and held it to her neck because of a potential threat. but he doesn't sense that here, and he knows better than to act on his suspicions that way in a place like this one. there is a clear dissonance in memories here, which leads to a vague notion somewhere in the back of his mind that somewhere else, in another time and place, they'd met and he is the fool here.
well, it doesn't need to sit much on the back of his mind when she nearly outright addresses it. ]
That's a pretty funny assumption to make, you know? I know who you are. [which isn't a lie. still, there's not much use in beating around the bush.
he'd probably have been more playful, more teasing, more outright frustrating about the whole thing if not for the fact that yuuki said that name. bringing up kondou, especially when this souji hasn't seen him in about a year? it dredges up that thing known as feelings, and it means he wants to get to the bottom of this. what she knows about him and kondou specifically.
...along with where she came from and what she remembers, because there is definitely something different here compared to their last encounters.] It doesn't seem like that means much, though. Not when you clearly know too much that I don't remember telling you. [he may just be a little scarier now than he was before, despite the smile.]
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She doesn't like showing him she's scared of him (because, admittedly, even with all her abilities, there's something about someone like Souji that frightens her... she just doesn't know if it's as simple as his ability to kill, though.
It's not important, though. At least, not anymore. ]
Okita-san never tells me anything, anyway. [ it's mostly mumbled, glancing off to one side, debating if she should just be honest?
Would he believe her? Probably not? If she thinks too hard on it, maybe she wouldn't believe herself, either.
Tight-lipped, Yuuki looks back at him, finally gathering words to respond (and be able to stand there firm without being intimidated). ]
I met Kondou-san in another place somewhat like this. I knew Okita-san, too.
[ that word 'knew'; it doesn't seem to quite accurately describe her status with the other in Zelien, but it seemed ridiculous to is the word 'friends' or anything of the like, so it's going to have to work. Besides, the more this situation sinks in, the less she feels like divulging to him. It would sound so silly and unlike when she met him in Zelien, eager to have him know everything between them in Nuadoria, this here... maybe not so much. ]
...You had shorter hair, though. That's all, I guess.
[ other than feeling let down. She hadn't realized it but she was... relieved as much as startled when he scared her because the first thing she though was Good, he's alive and then I'm not alone this time.
What could she do, though? Nothing. And she's not going to try to force him to remember (or ... Learn?) everything so it's like it was before. ]
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3/4 I lied :c
done for reals
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