008 | OVERFLOW

[godsoffortune]

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[koukai_kirai]

With the dolls?

[He tries to remember what he can about the festival. All his siblings are older, and after their parents' deaths, his surviving sister wasn't really in too much of a place to spend a lot of time playing with dolls...]

So that should be... a month and a half, two months?

[galactically]

Right! I saw boats being filled with those cute dolls.

[Is that even the right name? Admittedly Sheryl's first day at Tamakagahara is foggy save for a few moments, such as meeting some of her future teasing targets for the first time. Her first shinki, her favorite people... time sure flies. She looks utterly pensive.]

Two months so soon. Oh my, it doesn't even feel that way to me.

[koukai_kirai]

That's a bit of time to get used to it, at least.

[He gives a tiny, tired half-smile.]

Though they do seem to keep us busy, so far.

[galactically]

[She smiles right back, a bit muted and possibly brittle.]

Very busy, like they expect us to do aaaaall of their work. At least Miss Amaterasu isn't so bad.

[koukai_kirai]

[Hm. Someone's not pleased -- though he can't say he's thrilled about the menial chores, either.]

I can't say I've had the honor of making her acquaintance just yet.

[galactically]

I talked to her on the BBS once when she made her first announcement about those awful chocolates.

[There's a pause as Sheryl exhales gently, creasing her nose.]

She was trying to figure out who the culprits were.

[koukai_kirai]

The B -- ah. On the computer?

[That's new territory for him, but he's trying to adjust, at least.]

Any luck with that? I heard about the incident, but not in detail.

[galactically]

She told me that she's still looking for them.

[A faint scowl appears on her face. It may have happened a few months ago, but the bad moments are fresh in her head.]

I'm just happy there isn't a repeat of that terrible incident.

[koukai_kirai]

[Hijikata watches her expression, trying to read as much about the incident as he can in it.]

That's good to hear. We'll all need to be on our guard, though, especially if no one's figured out what happened.

[galactically]

[She draws out a heaving sigh, cupping her own cheek with one hand.]

If one incident is over, another one begins, just as bad if not worse! How irritating.

[koukai_kirai]

Hmm. That's just how life is.

[Irritating, and also one capital-I Incident after another.]

[galactically]

Life is such a mysterious thing, isn't it?

[Her tone turns wistful as she glances up at the stars glittering across the sky. She can't deny that the worst things in life exist, but...]

Isn't because of the terrible things that we have to fight to continue living for the best?

[koukai_kirai]

[He looks away from her at that -- not at anything, really, just away. His hand strays to his own stomach, and for a moment, he can almost feel the bullet that he's sure killed him.]

...Maybe so.

Maybe we owe it to the people who can't be here anymore to live life for them.