derepressed: (please don't eat me mister wolf)

[personal profile] derepressed 2014-09-14 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Eh..?!

[Truthfully, Chizuru isn't at all sure what to expect from this job. Fumbling with the device they'd given her had caused her to pick it by accident, but she can't help but be consumed by an overwhelming guilt whenever she thinks of quitting before she's even given it a try; that's why she's here now.

...though she's sort of regretting it because wow that sure is someone grabbing her by the wrist before she's able to do so much as blink.

She stumbles a little, but manages to keep from toppling over as he drags her out into the hall. It isn't until Shuu lets go of her wrist that she actually manages to get a good look at him, and when she does, it doesn't clear up any of her confusion. He doesn't look even a little bit familiar to her and though he does sort of give off the same air as Kazama, Amagiri, and Shiranui, she... hasn't quite put it together yet that he's a demon. Her expression is a little blank as he speaks, and then it sinks in.]


You've met Kaoru-san..? [...wait, what does he mean, "actually a girl"...] She's my twin sister, um... are you a friend of hers?

[Kondou introduced Kaoru as her "sister" in Zelien and no one ever told her otherwise this can't go badly at all.]
derepressed: (i know something you don't knowwww)

[personal profile] derepressed 2014-09-14 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[She's pretty sure Kaoru is a girl! They're twins, of course she would know!! ...Chizuru is going to feel really awful when she figures out that Shuu was right all along...

And wow, doubting her already. Maybe she is that good of a liar. Maybe she's been playing the entire Shinsengumi all along! You all thought she was that sweet demon raised by humans but no, she is the most demonic of them all. ...except that really isn't the case and so she's completely sincere when she smiles and folds her hands over her heart.]


A friend of Kaoru-san's... I'm very glad to meet you. Um - thank you for being her friend. She's... very interesting, but I can't help but worry, sometimes.

[Kaoru just doesn't seem like he has many friends at all.]

...there are a lot of humans here. But, they're not all bad! [Oh look, more sincerity.] In fact, many of them are remarkably kind and dependable! But, if you and I could become friends too, I would like that very much. I don't know many demons...

[Or rather, she doesn't know many demons who aren't actively trying to kidnap her. A moment passes, and then her eyes go wide before she bows hastily.]

I'm sorry! I didn't introduce myself. My name is Yukimura Chizuru. Um, it looks like we'll be working together..!
derepressed: (okita-san and saitou-san are making out?)

[personal profile] derepressed 2014-09-15 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Naive people are easier to manipulate, it's true... Shuu, at least, doesn't have to worry about Chizuru trying to manipulate him.

...they are also easier to fluster! And flustered she most certainly is, when he speaks up; it takes her a moment to really process what he's said, and when she does, her cheeks flush red and she shakes her head, bringing up her hands in a pacifying gesture.]


Cute-? No, that's not..! Um. ...they're not going to harass me, I think... the person I spoke to about this job, they said it was... a place where lonely people called to have someone to talk to? They wouldn't do something mean, if they really want to talk...

[nOT QUITE WHAT HE MEANT, CHIZURU.]

Um... as for Kaoru-san's name... [How much of this does she want to divulge to a stranger, she wonders... If it was just her, she wouldn't care, but Kaoru is affected by this, too. Then again, Shuu is apparently one of his friends... She'll just be a little bit vague.] We were separated when we were very young. The family that took her in... they were the Nagumo. [And apparently they were rude as shit but she's not getting into that.] That's why our names are different...
derepressed: (time for seppuku)

[personal profile] derepressed 2014-09-19 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Unfortunately, he is absolutely asking the worst person to tell him about the Yukimura ancestors. Chizuru very clearly doesn't know how to answer him; she doesn't want to say "I'm sorry, I don't know," because that's not a very helpful answer at all. But the truth is she doesn't know the names of any of her ancestors; she only knows the name of the man who isn't even her real father.

...what are her parents' names? Her expression flickers a little and she looks down. What sort of a daughter of the Yukimura clan is she, if she cam't even remember something as simple as her parents' names? Surely she must have heard them at some point, even if it was just when they were very little. Surely someone must have called them by name while she was there.

So why can't she remember? What use is having Shotsuren to remember them by, if all it reminds her of is that they exist? It's at her waist as it usually is and she rests a hand on it, because it's familiar and comforting, and -

Oh. Her whole face lights up, and she is earnest as she raises her head and looks at Shuu.]


I don't know any of their names... but! [She pulls Shotsuren, sheath and all, from her waist and holds it out for Shuu to take a closer look at.] The man who raised me... he said this was passed on through generations in my family. If you lived a very long time ago, maybe you would recognize it...?

[It's a long shot, but it's the closest thing she's got to an answer.

...that sure does look like one of Suzuka Gozen's swords, huh. Did Shuu ever find out that Shotsuren and Daitsuren were passed on to the Yukimuras? ...not that believing her to be one of Yasehime's descendants is much better, dear god.]