008 | OVERFLOW

[godsoffortune]

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I'm the last person to judge anyone for being slow!

[erogappa]

[ A local training hall? What's that, like a boxing gym maybe? Ah, but given that Hijikata's kind of an old-fashioned guy, it was probably swords. Old guys love swords... old guys and gangsters. ]

Me? Nothin' so respectable. [ Falling into private security and getting picked up by a bigwig... that's not a bad way to go!

Now let's see. What's he willing to share? ]

I've been on my own since I was a kid. Mostly driftin' around, you know. Find a town, find a hottie to shack up with, maybe find some work lookin' scary for some big guy, or liberating something for him. After a couple months you wear out your welcome and move on, totally free.

The last town I ended up in, the big guy was this priest, right? So I fell in doing jobs for him with a couple other guys. Before I got brought here, we were on a long job, been at it for a couple years, heading across the country to... well. [ He chuckles, drawing off his cigarette. ] Keep the peace was th'end game goal, so let's go with that.

[koukai_kirai]

[Before he came here...]

[Yeah, it's best not to dwell on how things worked out in the end. For him, or for... close to any of them. Better to focus on Gojyo's story, instead.]

A wanderer, huh? Sounds like quite an adventure.

[The careful lack of details makes it sound a little sketchy... but Hell, who's he to judge?]

[erogappa]

[ Even with the details added it would have sounded sketchy, friend... perhaps more so. ]

Adventure<'s one word for it, I guess. [ He combs his hair out of his face, wishing briefly for a tie back. ] You ever notice that most people who are so excited about adventure are th'ones who never leave town? Just back an' forth every day, market and temple and bar and back home. [ He scissors his fingers in the air, little legs scurrying about their daily routine. ] When something adventurous happens, that's when they all start to panic.

[koukai_kirai]

[Hijikata smiles a sardonic little smile at that, before taking another long drag.]

Of course. You don't dream about things you already have -- but adventure will do that to people who aren't used to it or cut out for it.