yuri catchall

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[ kotetsu looks extremely confused. ]

Uh. What...?

[senjinrouha]

[ pravda scurries up onto yuri's shoulder and looks at kotetsu and finley. and then with a little shake, her weasel fur shifts from brown to black, growing longer and more feather-like, until her form is that of a little alpine chough. she coos at them. ]

Your role, I mean.

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[ he doesn't seem to react to the question, keeping his composure. finley looks at pravda and tilts her head. kotetsu also looks at the daemon. ]

... Thought they only had three forms.

Who says I have a role, though?

[senjinrouha]

Save it. It's my job to look for you.

[ really kotetsu? ]

Tiger, flemish giant rabbit, lion, and maine coon. It's not unique to you, there are more of us.

You can either keep it to yourself and I'll pretend I got a blank, or you can come and talk to us and we can help each other out.

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[ he's hesitant. unsure. ]

I don't know how useful my role would be to this. How much do you know? Beyond Finley.

[ she, herself, isn't switching to get secret form. apparently she guards that close. ]

But how did you find out? And why now?

[senjinrouha]

It's my role. The Investigator. I can look into someone each week and find out things about them. Like if they have a role.

I just happened to pick you this week. Mostly because your mood's been so in the damn pits I figured something was up. I just happen to have a broader scope of what that "something" could be.

[ ... ]

And your role?

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...

The mood has nothing to do with my role.

[ hilariously. ]

I'm the Knifebearer. I've been picking our worlds and closing all the windows left open.

[senjinrouha]

It's got something to do with something, and that was enough. [ he tilts his head at him. ] You've been low. I was worried.

[ it's... very small and fragmented but this is a man who doesn't talk shit about his emotions, so to him it feels like a lot. ]

... Seriously? So that note about the dust left behind from worlds left open, you've been closing all that off and stopping it?

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[ he sighs. ]

I've been tired. But it's funny you told mr. I can't rest even if I'm tired. Trust me, I haven't stopped since the beginning.

But yes. It's why I couldn't rest even after the execution I was involved in. I have to find us new worlds every week, injuries be damned. Some worlds are more open than others.

[senjinrouha]

[ he closes his eyes. ]

… How do you hunt for new worlds? What do you have to do to find them?

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[ hm. he's looks a bit unsure. ]

I'm not sure how much I should say. My role is considered a neutral role.

I was encouraged to seek others by a Watcher, but I was also advised by someone to be careful.

[senjinrouha]

There’s no penalty for talking to other roles as far as I know, only people who don’t have roles. I was advised to be careful as well. If too many people know how I do what I do, it can be taken from me. Who told you to be careful?

… Do you meet with alternating sets of Watchers weekly then?

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Someone.

[ he shrugs, vague about that. ]

I didn't want to talk and give anything away to anyone who shouldn't know.

And I do. Whoever is on trial duty.

[senjinrouha]

[ assumes it’s sholmes and punches him in the face ]

… Mm. Yeah, that’s the same then. [ our neutral roles….

he closes his eyes thoughtfully. ]

If you have a role, you know talking among the roles doesn’t put anything at risk. We… do have someone who isn’t a role who knows about us, but the assumption is at some point we’ll have to leave them out to keep ourselves and the Watchers safe.

[ … ]

We all talk over what we’re doing. Help each other decide, and figure out how best to share information to the group at large when we need to. [ … ] I can’t and won’t tell you who they are here. If you want to meet any of them, the option is open. I said I was concerned for you, and that’s the truth, but I wasn’t the only one.

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[ he makes a bit of a face. ]

I think I know who that is.

[ ughhhhhh this is hard. ]

I don't know what I could offer with my role.

[senjinrouha]

Yeah, you get one guess and it doesn’t count. If you’re happy for him to be there, he can be. If you don’t want him to be, we can work with that too.

[ he’d pat him but he looks like he might implode. ]

Doesn’t matter. Co-ordinating has been …. better than I thought it would be. A lot of them have ideas I wouldn’t have thought of. And more importantly, if there’s something we can do to help you out? That’s an option too.

[ … ] Or if you just want to show up and know you can talk freely about stuff without worrying about people prying too far or getting anyone in trouble, without getting too involved or anyone else too involved. That can happen too.

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It's fine if he's there. We're willing to work together where it counts. And I think this counts.

[ he sighs. ]

I won't talk about some of the specifics of what I do, but... maybe. When do you meet next? I'll think about it.

[senjinrouha]

….

[ …. uh. ] On second thought — who do you think I’m talking about?

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... No, no. Who is it you're talking about?

[senjinrouha]

Xie Lian.

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... oh. Huh.

I think that should be fine, for now. But when is the meeting...

[ let's move along]

[senjinrouha]

[ he just looks at him with all the exhaustion of a man who is watching two of his friend/acquaintances go through a messy divorce in public while pretending they were never together and he can't even punch them for the stress hernias he's getting watching them because they'd just pretend like HE'S the mad one. ]





Whenever. But I'd say before curfew tomorrow, in case of... y'know. The worst possible scenarios.

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I'll let you know tomorrow during the day.

[ he needs the night to figure it out. ]

Then we can figure something out.

[senjinrouha]

Sure.

[ he nods. ]

Just... do. If that's what you want. We have no idea what's going to happen on Thursday night, ever.

[ he'll hold out a hand though. shake? ] Even if you don't want to meet them, I can keep you informed of things we know. And give you a hand, if I can.

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[ sure, he'll shake his hand. ]

Yeah. It's always a mystery. But I'll let you know.