The fine line of trust. [Closed]

[smiling_samurai]

Characters: Heihachi Hayashida & Toshizou Hijikata
Content: Heihachi has a present for Hijikata...one he doesn't trust to keep in his own posession.
Setting: Hijikata's Room, 4423.
Time: Backdated to the day Heihachi returned to the ship. Sorry Ket, I meant to do this earlier. orz
Warnings: The BLINDING GLITTER of Hijikata's room after Souji's

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[smiling_samurai]

Forcing his shoulders back and shaking off the brief dip in his mood, Heihachi spent a moment in thought. "Not likely, I think. Whatever it was Jushirou was doing here, I don't think it really had anything to do with us. I think it was another enemy he was looking for."

He hesitated for a moment, uncertain of voicing his own assumptions, but pressed on. "But their Captain seems very driven, and he's the kind of person who doesn't care if he causes a bit of collateral damage if it's in the name of the greater good. If he thought his enemy was hiding on this ship, he'd probably destroy us all just to be sure, and if we get in the way of his mission he wouldn't hesitate."

Alex Rowe's actions against the giant spider in Melior and his treatment of the Montague's survivors all pointed to this, even though Heihachi couldn't say he knew the man very well in person. His callousness and single-mindedness weren’t necessarily terrible traits in a Captain, but considering the power of his ship it was an unlucky person who made an enemy out of him. Heihachi just hoped the 4423 never fell into that category.

[smokydemon]

Hijikata tucked the new bits of information away. He had been very angry with Jushirou when he left, but with Heihachi vouching for him...Well, if they crossed paths again, Hijikata was far less likely now to attack him without giving him a chance to explain.

He'd heard of the incident in Melior, so Heihachi's assessment of Rowe didn't come as very much of a surprise. "I see," he replied. It would obviously be in everyone's best interests if they didn't catch the Silvana's interest in any negative way... The ship was legendarily strong, and anyway he didn't see that there was any reason they needed to fight, so it would be a useless endeavor on both sides.

Still, in the event of a miscommunication, he now had something to fall back on.

Cy fails at tagging this week. ;A;

[smiling_samurai]

"The Silvana was still in Garrettstown when I left," Heihachi added. "I'm not really sure where they're headed next, but hopefully it'll be back to Ivona. Then we won't have to worry about running into them."

Although not everyone on board knew exactly which ship Jushirou had really been working for, there were some who did and hadn't taken too kindly to the betrayal. If the two ships happened to find themselves in the same port by chance, Heihachi didn't want to think too hard on what kind of retribution might follow, and where his own loyalties might lie in that situation. He was pretty tired of dwelling on it.

"Thankyou for taking the box for me," he told Hijikata, bowing again. "It wasn't a weight I wanted to carry. I'll leave you to your, uh...studying?"

A hint of a smile made his lips twitch. Really, if Hijikata could focus on anything other than the blinding sparkles in the room, he must have some truly impressive concentration.