First Erhu Song | Video | December 7th, Afternoon

[flowering_tea]

[An image of a petite young woman appears on the screen. Her dark hair is tied into loops atop her head and she wears a pink and red outfit reminiscent of ancient China. Oddly, her clothes and hair look damp, as if she had recently taken an unplanned swim. She frowns a bit, uncertain about the magic mirror, this morbid city, and the whole situation

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Voice.

[palaverous]

Then do not fight.

It is that simple. One need only wait until it is over before we are returned to our world. There is no reason to get overtly upset about this, either. Things cannot be changed and so there is no reason to care too much about it. While there are things in your world that need to be done, in one-hundred years time, I doubt that those things will still matter. When one thinks in those terms, one can find other things to occupy their mind with.

[Video]

[flowering_tea]

[Shuurei was looking for something to dry her damp hair when the voice came from the communicator. She wasn’t used to technology so hearing a disembodied voice was a bit startling and she hasn’t quite figured out how to change the setting to voice yet.]

[She shakes her head.] That simply isn’t my way of thinking. In governing, planning for the future is important even if it’s beyond one’s lifetime. And the assignment I was working on was extremely important.

[Voice]

[palaverous]

It is beyond one's lifetime. The future is a vague sort of term, and no one can truly plan for it. Regardless of politicians that state otherwise. Can you tell me what will happen in your world in a year's time? A month's?

[A soft laugh as he makes a dismissive gesture, even if she can't see it.]

I think that you are better worrying about things that are worth worrying about rather than worrying about things that cannot be changed or helped at the moment. It is but a waste of effort.

[Video]

[flowering_tea]

Although I can’t predict exactly what will happen, it is still possible for officials to do things which will help the country’s general state and better it for the future. Researching heartier grains and crops which can better withstand natural disasters, advancing medical knowledge, those are the types of things that will help improve the country regardless.

[Video]

[r_a_m_1982]

[What a petite and strange looking user. Ram likes the hair.]

[Have a man wearing a strange blue and white shinny suit.]

I arrived here this morning and I didn't see them, you could ask the WATCH, they might know if they are here for sure.

What's a peacock?

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[flowering_tea]

[Shuurei blinked in surprise when the man in the strange suit appeared on the screen. The bluish glow reminded her of Grand Advisor Sa’s ghost but this man looked more solid. This world certainly seemed to be full of unusual things.]

[She smiles slightly.] That’s a good suggestion. I’ll have to ask later if no one knows.

And a peacock is a bird with showy tail feathers. [She supposed they might not have existed in this man's world.]

[Video]

[r_a_m_1982]

[Ram smiles back, friendly.] I wish you luck, I've been looking for some friends too, but they aren't here.

Ah...and what's a bird? And feathers?

[Video]

[flowering_tea]

[Shuurei blinks at the bird question but supposes animal life might have been different in this man’s world.]

A bird is an animal with wings. And feathers… [She thinks for a moment how to explain if the man had never seen a bird before.] They’re soft things that cover birds. Do birds not exist where you come from? [She looks a bit curious. It's hard to imagine a world without even chickens.]

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[hesgotsoul]

You don't have to have if you don't want to.

[Video]

[flowering_tea]

[Ah, it’s one of the guides from the tour.]

[She nods.] Yes, that has been mentioned. I was more trying to understand why BREW chose me when my skills are elsewhere.

[Video]

[hesgotsoul]

Maybe it thinks that the skills you do have will help us out.

[Video]

[flowering_tea]

[Shuurei tries to think of a reasonable explanation why BREW would have pulled her here.] Well, military strategy was one of the many subjects I had to study for the Imperial Exams but I’ve only read about it.

Investigations, paperwork, and bookkeeping are the type of things I actually have experience doing. Would that actually help somehow?

[ video ] CROSS-SHAPED SCAR AND RED HAIR?

[maashiro]

[he was initially pinged by the words "cross-shaped scar" and "red hair", though once he started listening it was clear it wasn't him to whom she was referring. Still.]

This one is sorry, Shuurei-dono. There's no voluntary way back, as we know, though you do not have to fight if you do not wish. You may be lucky, though, and perhaps your friends are either here or will arrive soon to join you.

[Video]

[flowering_tea]

[Shuurei realized she had probably caught the man’s attention due to the mention of the cross-shaped scar. He seems rather polite.]

Oh, I didn’t expect there would be someone else with a similar scar here! Lord...? [trails off, not sure of his name] My friend’s scar was on the same cheek but smaller and right under his eye.

[She nods.] That seems to be what everyone is saying so far. I’m not sure if I should wish for my friends to be here with the war but I am worried about them because of what happened before I woke up here.

[Video]

[maashiro]

No, no, this one is no lord. Merely a rurouni by the name of Himura Kenshin.

[he quiets to listen, nodding along]

That I understand. This one has friends as well whom I would rather not be involved in a war, but as it is all I can do is hope they stay out of danger. What sort of thing was happening when you came here?

[Video] It's hard to figure out how to have her address people without Japanese honorifics. @_@

[flowering_tea]

Pleased to meet you, Kenshin. [Shuurei was usually somewhat more formal considering she worked in the Imperial Court but if he didn’t want to be addressed so formally, she would try to follow his wishes. The language here seemed to lack the nuances of her native language when it came to forms of polite address.]

What is a rurouni? [She had never heard the term before.]

We had an… [She gets a somewhat pained expression remembering what that crazy peacock did.] um… an incident with our boat.

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[princessbriars]

[ this girl and aurora share a lot of the same feelings! not wanting to fight, wanting to return home right away, even both technically "government officials" if you tilt your head and squint. she turns on her video and tries to smile a little. ]

I'm afraid there's really no way back immediately. Many of us would like to go home as well...

[Video]

[flowering_tea]

[Shuurei smiles back. This blonde girl seems gentle and looks as if she might also have been pulled here despite not knowing how to fight.]

Yes, unfortunately, that seems to be what everyone is saying. Have you been here long?

[Video]

[princessbriars]

It's not so bad, I suppose. Though I would love to go back home.

I've been here since about October. So a couple of months now.

[Video]

[flowering_tea]

Two months?! [She quickly apologizes for her dismayed tone since it wasn’t the girl’s fault.] I’m sorry. I was in the middle of an important matter when I was pulled here and it was urgent.

[Maybe, if the others aren’t here, they’ll continue the mission without me. I would feel a lot better if I could go back though!]