We are coming in waves, apparently.

[akai_banken]

[have an 18 year old Tetsu, running down the street at full speed with a tray with two cups of hot tea on it. brb, delivering Hijikata's order.]

OI, OI, OI! Get out of the way!! Get out of the way! Hot water, coming right thr-- [jam brakes! and looks around]

Eh? [blinks]

Where am I?

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[floweryashura]

[Have a sixteen-year-old page in Shinsengumi uniform.]

Where are you running to? You should be more careful -- you could hurt someone that way.

[akai_banken]

Oh, don't worry. I'm practiced at this.

[since when do they have this guy around... nah, can't remember.]

Do you know where Hijikata-san is now?

[floweryashura]

[dubious look]

Who are you and why are you looking for him? And why do you want to look for him?

[akai_banken]

I'm his page. His tea is going to get cold if I don't find him soon. Then he's going to nag nonstop about being served cold tea again.

[floweryashura]

The demon vice commander's page? That must be horrible!

[akai_banken]

I know, right?! He's always complaining about this, nagging me about that. If he weren't so tall, I'd think he's a woman in disguise!

[floweryashura]

[Horrifying thought.]

A woman . . .? The vice commander? You've gotta be kidding! [rolls eyes] He's a shameless womanizer, besides everything else.

[looks suspiciously at Tetsu as the implications of his comment start to sink in]

[akai_banken]

Y-yeah... that will be scary.

[floweryashura]

A-and it's not like a woman could hide in the Shinsengumi, right? We're all men here!

[akai_banken]

But captain class and above get their own rooms...

[floweryashura]

There are no women in the Shinsengumi! Don't be stupid!