I've this creeping suspicion that things are not as they seem
Characters: Souji Seta and Tohru Adachi
Location: The outskirts of the village.
Time: After this thread.
Brief Summary: Adachi has shown up, so Souji takes it upon himself to welcome him. As you do.
Rating: uhhh. I'm going to go with PG-13 for now.
It's funny, really, how things can turn like this so sharply. Because things have been - well, normal, as they be. Things have been good, even, in this world away from worlds, run by faeries and guardians and for now, an undead banshee queen. In fact, on some level - he's kind of enjoyed it. Because, on some level, being here with Yosuke and Chie is better than being there, home, alighting from a crowded train into a crowded station.
And now he's standing where the path from the temple comes into the village itself (quick to get his bearings, of course), waiting. For him. For Adachi. The man that had lead them, so easily, so damn elegantly, back and forth and through months of fighting before they finally, finally caught up with him.
Last time, it had been the other way around, and it had been Adachi waiting on him. On them. The Seekers of Truth. Judgement.
They'd done it - faced him and then everything that came after.
But Adachi didn't seem to remember that much.
Or maybe he did, but it didn't feel like it, not when he was so aggressive, so vicious - it's chilling, to hear that voice again. But he's armed both with steel - weird as it is to walk around with the sword visible, it's acceptable here, and so it's hanging from a belt - and something stronger. Even if he only has Izanagi - it's enough. Whatever happens, it will be enough. Izanagi's there, a quiet, subtle presence in the back of his mind. Patient. Steady.
Reassuring.
He tucks his communicator away, trusting. Trusting in Chie and Yosuke, trusting that they'll understand - that they'll trust him in this. Because he knows they can handle themselves - of course he does, they've trained together, learned together - but he doesn't know if they can stop themselves from doing something foolish when Adachi shows up. Actually, there's a bit of him wondering if he'll be able to - but he's the level headed one, so that's how he's going to be.
He's the leader, so this is how it has to be.
Location: The outskirts of the village.
Time: After this thread.
Brief Summary: Adachi has shown up, so Souji takes it upon himself to welcome him. As you do.
Rating: uhhh. I'm going to go with PG-13 for now.
It's funny, really, how things can turn like this so sharply. Because things have been - well, normal, as they be. Things have been good, even, in this world away from worlds, run by faeries and guardians and for now, an undead banshee queen. In fact, on some level - he's kind of enjoyed it. Because, on some level, being here with Yosuke and Chie is better than being there, home, alighting from a crowded train into a crowded station.
And now he's standing where the path from the temple comes into the village itself (quick to get his bearings, of course), waiting. For him. For Adachi. The man that had lead them, so easily, so damn elegantly, back and forth and through months of fighting before they finally, finally caught up with him.
Last time, it had been the other way around, and it had been Adachi waiting on him. On them. The Seekers of Truth. Judgement.
They'd done it - faced him and then everything that came after.
But Adachi didn't seem to remember that much.
Or maybe he did, but it didn't feel like it, not when he was so aggressive, so vicious - it's chilling, to hear that voice again. But he's armed both with steel - weird as it is to walk around with the sword visible, it's acceptable here, and so it's hanging from a belt - and something stronger. Even if he only has Izanagi - it's enough. Whatever happens, it will be enough. Izanagi's there, a quiet, subtle presence in the back of his mind. Patient. Steady.
Reassuring.
He tucks his communicator away, trusting. Trusting in Chie and Yosuke, trusting that they'll understand - that they'll trust him in this. Because he knows they can handle themselves - of course he does, they've trained together, learned together - but he doesn't know if they can stop themselves from doing something foolish when Adachi shows up. Actually, there's a bit of him wondering if he'll be able to - but he's the level headed one, so that's how he's going to be.
He's the leader, so this is how it has to be.