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[seventeenpills]

Hi. This is Hisao Nakai. Sorry I missed your call - please leave a message.

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[seventeenpills]

Perfect!

[He grins and gives her hand a gentle shake.]

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[burntviolet]

Hisao? It's me, Hanako. I wanted to tell you that Nakama would like to see us both for some chess pracising. She told me you have been teaching her some time, and she suggested that we have a match to let her have some understanding of it. Are you free for tomorrow or the day after?

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[seventeenpills]

Hey, Hanako! I can make time whenever you want me to. No problem. I know Nakama is pretty busy though - did she tell you when she'd be free?

[burntviolet]

She said anytime is good. I told her we could gather in Sigyn's welcome Hall, where I've played chess with you and other people before.

Call; Backdated to day 118

[off_tune]

Hisao-san? This is Hibiki. Since I sometimes run into you in the evenings... I won't be back in Sigyn tonight, so don't worry. I'm safe, and everything's fine.

Re: Call; Backdated to day 118

[seventeenpills]

[He picks up the message and replies pretty quickly.]

Hey, where are you? I just met the person in your body - he says he's going to take good care of it. I was just headed back to the house to see if you were there.

Are you OK? Is your new body too hard for you to move around in? I can come and help if you need it?

Re: Call; Backdated to day 118

[off_tune]

Ah... He mentioned that too.

We're at the theater right now. It's a little hard to move, but I haven't fallen or anything. [Yet.] I think we're just going to wait it out so it's easier. It should be fine.

Re: Call; Backdated to day 118

[seventeenpills]

Good - try not to fall or hurt yourself or anything, OK? Being as the body isn't yours, that would be sort of impolite!

[...ok, it was a BAD joke but still.]

Do you want me to bring you food or anything? It might last a day or two and you're probably in a larger body which needs more fuel, right?

Re: Call; Backdated to day 118

[off_tune]

I'm going to try hard not to.

[Sounding really determined!! Eyes does not need extra injuries. There's a small pause before she addresses the second bit, though.]

I didn't even think about that! I wonder what we'll do...

Re: Call; Backdated to day 118

[seventeenpills]

Like I said, I can bring you food if you need me to. Just let me know, OK?

Re: Call; Backdated to day 118

[off_tune]

Okay. We'll have to decide what to do, but if we need help getting food I'll definitely call you!

Day 144 - Text

[samantha_grey]

[She had waited a couple days. She'd touch base with Regina and Ritsu later, one when she didn't feel like she wanted to throttle him for probably apologizing for being weak, the other because it was just... uncomfortable for two half demons to talk. Hisao, however, she needed to apologize to.]

Hisao,

I hope you're doing alright physically. Right now, I'm just glad she was dicking around too much and that Merlin and Regina stopped me before I hurt you two more than that. If you're still in a forgiving mood, you can contact me when and if you wish. If not, I understand.

-Samantha

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[seventeenpills]

[So, it took him a while to reply. Mostly because he wasn't sure how to say what he wanted to say. But eventually, he figured he had everything covered and set about typing.]

Hi Samantha - I hope this finds you well.

I do forgive you. I know it's not your fault. I wanted to say that first before anything else. Whatever was going through her head, I came out alright anyway and I'm not one to hold a grudge.

Having said that, I think if we're going to continue being friends, we might need to work out a way for me to make sure I'm not being fooled. I took your invitation in good faith and she was good enough to make me think it was You asking. Which is, if I'm being honest, kind of scary. I was actually really happy you invited me over - Quite a shock to then be chloroformed and tied to a medievil bacon slicer.

In short, I'm not angry at you or anything. And I don't want to abandon our friendship. But if you have any ideas on how we could make this safer, I'd be all ears.

-Hisao.

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[samantha_grey]

[The next reply came in Audio, not long after the message was sent.]

Well, finally, someone with a bit of sense about this whole cotton picking mess. There's too few. I think people honestly think they can talk to that half of me, plead with her, somehow reason this whole thing away.

Anyway...

I think I'm going to start the first step for protection soon. You don't have to help, but it's looking like this might be on a lunar cycle. If that's the case, I'm going to try to get someone to lock me up an hour before the sunset in question and leave me there, tied to a chair. It won't work forever, but it might buy us a couple months to think of something better.

[She knew herself. She'd find a way out.]

But, for when she gets loose... she knows everything I know, Hisao. So, anything we plan has to be the sort of thing she can't avoid somehow. It's going to have to be you learning something about me she doesn't fake as easily.

Perma text on this end.

[seventeenpills]

I did think I could bargain with her or appeal to her better nature. I would have gladly just taken whatever from her if she'd kept poor Ritsu uninvolved. I don't even have the courage to try and talk to him right now because I know he's going to be a huge giant mess and I'm not exactly feeling up to doing a lot of talking myself.

Hanako suggested I just bring someone with me when I meet you. I actually argued the point with her. Our first real fight, if you can call it that. I guess I owe her an apology too in a way, though I don't have the courage to deliver that either, right now.

One thing we have on our side is that you also know what she knows. She has your knowledge, you have hers - if I'm assuming correctly. I'll be happy to help out however you need me to. If you need someone to lock you in, I can do that. And I can let you go in the morning too. Knowing that it might be a lunar cycle thing is useful too - allow for us to predict, if not behavior, a timeframe for things to happen.

She switches to permatext as well for his comfort

[samantha_grey]

God, give Ritsu a few days. He's going to apologize for this whole thing happening and think it's his fault somewhere. I can't take that right now.

No, you can't bargain with her. I have her memories, but I don't fully understand that side of me's thought process. She's chaotic, psychotic and unpredictable at times. So, it can be ... confusing at best. But don't try to reason or bargain with her. If you're lucky, she'll laugh at you. If you're unlucky, she'll react like she did to Yukari, like a raving, twisted monster, devoid of a shred of kindness.

Hanako has a point. If we're around a new moon, which would be around twenty-six days later, I think you should take her advice. People she's focused on in the past shouldn't be around me unattended in that time period. It's safer.

I think the biggest warning sign is that you should pay attention to where I ask you to meet. You know already that I don't like people in my home. Ever. If I'm intentionally asking you to meet somewhere private, and intentionally trying to make it somewhere nobody else is, that's a warning sign. If you're the one who suggested it, and I'm grudging, that's probably safer. Much as I hate to admit it, I probably wouldn't turn down a private meeting you asked right now. However, I wouldn't be likely to suggest it.

She knows this, and she's tried to sneak around it with someone else. They caught wind at the last second. But, in the end, she still picked a spot out of sight. She knows better than to try and abduct people where everyone can see.

The bigger problem, unfortunately, is my powers. They're growing. If they get as large as I've vaguely heard they might... none of this conversation matters. If she gets loose, she'll capture someone using her puppets when they're vulnerable, and she won't be public about her goals at all. But that situation won't be one you have to worry about in terms of meeting me intentionally. You won't be able to make that mistake through a lapse in judgment. I'm going to talk with Conan and Merlin about ways to prevent that ever happening.

[seventeenpills]

Me either. I really like Ritsu, but I just need a few days to get myself in check before I start trying to help other people get their head around things.

[Frankly? This had been worse than dying. His death, while painfull and horrible in ways he hadn't even imagined had at least been quick and sure. Being tied there, unable to budge, with that damn blade moving and people just standing there for what felt like forever? When he was sitting still sometimes, he could almost feel the rickety damn setup's sway from side to side....]

So, bargaining is out and meeting up in un-crowded areas is out, and if I'm going to invite you anywhere, make sure it's akin to pulling teeth AND we're going somewhere lots of people can potentially stop Her from doing horrible things to me. Check the calendar, see what phase of the moon it is and if it's around the new moon, take someone from Thor with Strength along to chaperone. It's actually more manageable than it looks when you type it out.

Actually, I'm glad we can even talk about it like this. I think that says a lot. I really have no ability to know how to deal with your powers, but at least we're getting a plan together.

[samantha_grey]

I could forgive somewhere that wasn't necessarily public, as long as you could be heard easily enough and get away quickly, but close to time I need you to be careful, a lot of people to be careful. Personally, this is the first time I've even had people trying to talk out the details like this. I have no idea if the plan will actually work, but there's a certain novelty in making the attempt.

As for my powers, I have offered people help practicing resisting against them in the past, if you wanted to try that. I never do it alone, however, just in case.

[seventeenpills]

Well, I'm sure a good portion of people wouldn't want to talk it out either through fear or anger or distrust. I guess people who have been on the recieving end of your other side's attentions especially would want to avoid it altogether.

[But not him, apparently. He was just idealistic and stubborn enough that his reaction was to work through it somehow.]

I could try it at some point - I don't know how much good it will do but it's a possibility. I'd probably bring my friend Satellizer. She's from Thor and pretty tough despite being relatively shy. You two might get along, actually.

[samantha_grey]

Normally? Yeah. Juny never wanted to speak to me again for one, and he was far from the only one. Around here? There's some who won't deal with me anymore, but most of them are stubborn like you for some inexplicable reason.

And if your friend and you are up to it, that works for me. Like I said, I won't do it alone, but two travelers is outside of my abilities to control, and I can't control power uses, so it's safer that way. I'm not sure it'll help either, but familiarizing yourself with the power at least lets you know what it feels like in use.

[seventeenpills]

It actually makes some sense when you think about it. We're hand-picked by the Gods for certain qualities, and bonds and emotions are what's bringing this place back to life. So, dumb people like me who refuse to drop friendships are probably more valuable than the clever ones who are like 'Oh, no, that's OK - I think I'll avoid you from here on in if it's all the same to you'. Right? Makes sense.

[He's typing it with a little tongue in cheek humor, hoping that comes across.]

Give me some time to get back into gear. I'm feeling a little less than inclined to do anything more dangerous than make food and read right now. I'll be back in the swing of things soon enough and we can try setting up a time then at your convenience.

[samantha_grey]

I think they need all kinds, really. However, I get the idea. Just like they need people like me who spawn what I'll politely call mixed reactions, they need the sort who forgive like you.

How about you give me a call once you're doing better, and we can do that? If Hanako's worried, just let her know I'm going to try and be extra careful these days.

[seventeenpills]

Alright - that sounds like a good plan.

Hanako might take a lot of convincing. I already know she's going to be really mad at me. She might not even want to hear what I have to say about it by this point.

[samantha_grey]

Please... be patient with her. She's understandably worried about you, and no matter how well I plan, I'm still dangerous.

[seventeenpills]

Beleive me, if there's something I have no shortage of, it's patience. Especially where Hanako is concerned. I'm more worried about the reverse, if anything. She made me promise not to hide anything from her and so I won't. But I don't think she's going to take this well and if there's one thing I know she can do better than almost anything, it's cut herself off from things that upset her. I just never wanted to be one of those things.