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[monkeyblue]

Date: July 23rd
Posted by: Fushimi

[The video opens up on Fushimi standing by a pile of hay stacked in a vaguely humanoid manner and some throwing knives stuck in it. Fushimi pulls them out and shows the camera that all four of them are pretty normal. He moves back, still visible in the camera, and prepares to throw throw two of them.

They catch fire and the hay-target starts to burn.]

That's normal.

[Fushimi grabs a nearby bucket of water to douse the flames before throwing the next two.

These gain a strange bluish aura that seems to make them sharper or at least more durable. The hay-target is obliterated.

He turns to the camera]

That only happened a few days ago. Someone want to explain it?

[Or: Fushimi freaked out when he saw Munakata's Sword during the event and accidentally called on the blue aura. So that's a thing!]

Comments

[ Private ]

[monkeyblue]

At least I have weapons.

[ Private ]

[thevanguard]

Look, the weapons I seem best with I can't hide in my pants and sleeves.

[ ...Take that how you will. ]

[ Private ]

[monkeyblue]

I don't want to hear about your imaginary sex life, Yata.

[ Private ]

[thevanguard]

[ There is just incoherent and garbled sputtering from the other end of the line.

....followed by a yelp and a thud.

Yes, that was him falling off his bed from over-flailing. ]

[ Private ]

[monkeyblue]

[And because it's video, Fushimi sees this.

Yata can also see Fushimi crack up. It's subdued and for anyone else it'd just be chuckling, but for Fushimi it's side-splitting laughter.]

[ Private ]

[thevanguard]

[ The camera's now pointed somewhat haphazardly at the ceiling as Yata groans and stays flopped over on the floor. Although there's a hint of amusement in his tone, because he's pretty sure that's the first tie he's heard the other guy laugh. ]

Shut up, Saru.

[ Private ]

[monkeyblue]

[He hates that, he hates the sound of it, he hates everything about "Saru" and "Saruhiko" and he doesn't even know why.

But he's not going to let Yata know he got a rise out of him, so...]

Make me, Mi~sa~ki~

[ Private ]

[thevanguard]

Oi! [ Yata's protest is immediate and heated, the sound of that rankling something in him that he can't even put his finger on. And doesn't really bother. It's still aggravating enough to have him scowling at his phone again with an abrupt suddenness. ]

Don't call me that.

[ ....Probably the worst possible thing he could tell Fushimi, honestly. ]

[ Private ]

[monkeyblue]

[Shrug!]

You started it, Misaki.

[ Private ]

[thevanguard]

What? Started what? I did not!

[ Private ]

[monkeyblue]

You called me Saru.

[ Private ]

[thevanguard]

I've been calling you Saru.

[ Okay, so maybe that was because you got that little twitch under your eye every time he did... ]

[ Private ]

[monkeyblue]

Have not.

[ Private ]

[thevanguard]

You haven't been paying much attention, have you?

[ Private ]

[monkeyblue]

More attention that you, likely.

[ Private ]

[thevanguard]

Apparently.

Soooo... [ The word is drawn out for a moment as he hedges and decides if he wants to broach the topic he'd been thinking of contacting Saru with for a few days now. ] How's your new god? Do you like him?

[ Private ]

[monkeyblue]

[Fushimi blinks.]

He's not abusive or an asshole, if that's what you're asking. Not yet, at least.

[thevanguard]

[ Now Yata blinks in return for a moment, because that's.... not exactly a glowing recommendation, even if it's still somewhat a relief. ]

Not yet? Do you think he's likely to be?

[monkeyblue]

Anyone could be. I don't think he will, but I don't know for sure.

[thevanguard]

Man. You're really all about the worst-case scenarios, aren't you?

[monkeyblue]

Better to be surprised than disappointed.

[thevanguard]

Man, I think that's a new level of pessimism.