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[hakodate]

WHO: Hijikata Toshizou. Possibly also you.
WHAT: Looking for something very important.
WHERE: All around the main camp.
WARNING(S): Shitty haiku, if he ever finds it.



[Today in your main camp, there is a samurai.

On a mission.

No matter where you've chosen to hang out today, you've probably seen him at some point. Rummaging around in whatever boxes or stacks of supplies are out, checking the ground, talking to people just out of your earshot...it seems like he's looking for something.

And judging by the way he occasionally mutters something grumpy and possibly profane under his breath, he doesn't seem to be finding it.

What do?]

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[hakodate]

[...so it's occurred to both of them, then.

But even if not many people would be able to answer that question, Hijikata doesn't even have to stop to think about it.]

Nine.

[unobtrusively]

[ Souji exhaled slowly , hand dropping from his sword.]

...I'd ask you other questions, but some things are better not being brought up in public.

I apologize for my rudeness, Hijikata-san. [ ...He's still not sure he believes the man but for now...]

[hakodate]

[Huh. This one's got much better manners, doesn't he?]

Don't worry about it. It's not the first thing I've had trouble believing when I saw it around here.

[Or even not around here, but that's a can of worms he's not about to open with anyone not already in the know.

He's still got a level of skepticism about all this himself, but. There are better ways to figure this out than the first one that came to mind - that being "how about you demonstrate your sandanzuki." (Not really the kind of thing you ask a man to do when you're the only convenient target at hand, after all.)

He'll just have to keep an eye on this one, next time a fight comes up.]

[unobtrusively]

Then you know more of this place than I do. You're the first person I've spoken with here, which may partially explain my reaction.

[...Other versions of the Shinsengumi is definitely something that he'd never considered. This bears looking into, especially if it means there are other versions of him wandering around. ]

You mentioned a different version of me?

[sadistsword]

[Souji had heard some of the conversation that was going on here and he was.. intrigued to say the very least.

So when his apparent 'other self' asked for a different version of him, Souji pretended to not know anything and that he just conveniently popped out from some corner of the tent.]

Hijikata-san, it seems you are finally making some friends.

[hakodate]

[Speak of the devil and he will come...]

If you want to call it that.

[unobtrusively]

[ Souji turns at the voice, taking in the new arrival before glancing back to Hijikata.]

...I assume this one comes from the same place you did? [ The question is directed at Hijikata, although he at least offered a slight bow to the newcomer.]

[sadistsword]

[Souji bows as well and winks at the other man.]

Yes. I have known him for the longest time, unfortunately.

[hakodate]

[He nods in response to the question, and...

...well, potentially awkward as it is, probably easiest to just get it over with.]

Okita Souji...Okita Souji.

[Introducing people to themselves is weird as hell, man.]

[unobtrusively]

[ He turned to appraise the other again, taking in the marked physical differences before he spoke. ]

I will admit, I was not expecting to meet you quite so soon.

[ Especially since you look NOTHING like me. ]

[sadistsword]

I haven't expected to meet you at all.

[Souji could do the same, but the situation is still too hilarious to him to think over it too seriously. Granted, if this Souji was only somewhat the same as him, than he had to keep a watchful eye on him.]

[hakodate]

[Well, not that Souji - his Souji - is the type to show much surprise at anything, but it does make him wonder -]

Souji. You heard of this happening with anyone else?

[He hadn't, yet, but there were a lot of people around here. It wouldn't be hard to miss something. And while he wasn't really going to bother pondering the deeper implications of this place being distorted not just in terms of time, but also reality - that seemed like a quick enough ticket to making one's head explode...

...well, he had to wonder if there were more of them running around.]