[01. a plum is a plum is a carousel?]

[dudewheresmypig]

Fetch! -here, Saizo~ Good boy! Now, where is Tetsu-kun with that tea...? Hijikata-san is going to be very annoyed if he's late. At least he's gotten better at running without dropping it, hmm? And it's always more interesting with him around

Comments

[plz_2_b_an_hero]

Kyo-wha-huh?

[dudewheresmypig]

Kyoto!

It shouldn't be too far away, I'm sure ♥

[plz_2_b_an_hero]

You're somewhere else entirely, sorry to say. This place pulls people in from all different kinds of worlds and pretty much just keeps them here.

[dudewheresmypig]

..."Different kinds of worlds"? I'm sorry, you're going to have to explain a little more! I don't understand.

[plz_2_b_an_hero]

We're someplace far away from that "Kyoto" place of yours, in other words. I don't know how else to explain it!

[dudewheresmypig]

How very strange.

Do you know who runs this place, then?

[plz_2_b_an_hero]

They call them 'deities', but I haven't seen or met any of them, myself.

It's a pretty normal city, when there aren't curses going around.

[dudewheresmypig]

Curses? Now, you must be joking! Even if they exist, they definitely aren't contagious.

[plz_2_b_an_hero]

I think they just affect whoever they decide to affect, really. Then again, some people also like pulling pranks. I'm kind of dealing with that right now, myself.

I'm Zack Fair, by the way.

[dudewheresmypig]

Pranks can be fun when they're done properly. ♥

I'm Soujirou!

[plz_2_b_an_hero]

...Leaving just enough evidence for them to know who did it, but not enough to accuse you, right?

[dudewheresmypig]

Not at all! You have to make sure they find out, and that you have enough advance warning to flee. That way, it's far more fun~

[plz_2_b_an_hero]

Hey, I don't run from danger.

[dudewheresmypig]

It's not running from danger! It's playing a game.

Some people are just too serious to play unless you give them incentives, you know~

[plz_2_b_an_hero]

Not to the person on the other end of the sword, it isn't!

...Incentives?

[dudewheresmypig]

Revenge is a very good incentive. As long as I can get to a horse in time.

Who do you play pranks on, then, Zack-san?