[week 0]

[hairbrain]

[ sooooo, there's only one bed in their room. that's awkward. ]

I think... there's been some mistake.

[ she's blushing as she says it!!! ] The room--- it's supposed to be for two people!

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[okitactless]

[Good thing Rapunzel is here to recognize the awkwardness here, because Yasusada sure doesn't...]

Hm? We're both in here, right?

[hairbrain]

[ rest in pepperoni. ]

But there's --- there's only one bed.

And we can't both sleep on it. It's one bed for one person!

[okitactless]

Oh! That's alright, I don't need to sleep.

[Except that that's probably not true anymore?? But he doesn't know that so he just smiles, waving a hand.]

Don't worry! I'll protect you while you sleep. [If only Yasusada was kakkoii enough to make that sound impressive, instead of sounding like a fluffy guard pomeranian]

[hairbrain]

You don't need to sleep? Like, at all? [ look she gets the being connected to the sword thing, but even her disney experiences can only rationalize so much. ]

Oh, Yasusada, you don't have to do that....

[okitactless]

Well, sometimes I get tired after long battles, but that's it, really. I don't mind! [And sure, sleeping is pretty nice, but if they're going to have to be watching for assassins then he'd rather not risk the vulnerability anyway.]

[hairbrain]

So, what? You're just gonna stand here all night? [ frowns..... ]

Okay, what if we take turns? Like, watches? And we can both use the bed. Worst comes to worst, I can probably use my hair to sleep on....

[okitactless]

Oh, no! I'm going to do maintenance. [Holding up his blade!!] I can't feel it, but I still need to take good care of it.

[SINCE, YOU KNOW. IF IT BREAKS, HE DIES.]

Don't worry, I enjoy it. It's like taking a long bath! [no it isn't]

[hairbrain]

I don't know, Yasusada--- I'd feel a lot better knowing I could protect you, too. Even if you don't necessarily need to sleep, I still think you should.

[okitactless]

But what will you do if someone attacks at night?

[hairbrain]

Defend us! Of course.

[okitactless]

[...

okay

so like

It isn't the idea of a ~*~girl~*~ protecting him that he has an issue with--quite frankly, gender is a trivial human construct to him and he couldn't care less--BUT SAID GIRL ONLY HAS A FRYING PAN and Yasusada is kind of biased towards. Y'know. Things that can cut and stab.]

...Let's at least find you a real weapon, then? I can teach you how to use it. [And he'll even not suck at teaching!! Incredible!!!]

[hairbrain]

[ she smiles a little slyly. ]

I do know how to swordfight, you know.... but I wouldn't mind taking some pointers from a real sword master.

[ in more ways than one, hyuk hyuk. ] Don't underestimate my frying pan, though!

[okitactless]

You should talk to Okita-kun too.

[Did you know he loves Okita Souji has he mentioned how great Okita Souji is BY THE WAY HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT OUR LORD AND SAVIOR OKITA SOUJI]

I guess anything can be effective if you hit hard enough... [AND YET he still sounds... disdainful... listen he's an elitist]

[hairbrain]

Oh, I have! He's very nice. And his friend, Saizo.

[ she means the pig.... rapunzel has adopted him and vice versa. ]

Why don't we have a duel sometime? We'll see who's better!

[okitactless]

[With the way his face lights up at her approval, you'd think Christmas came early, good lord. BUT HE CAN'T HELP IT he's never been very good at tempering his adoration and that's certainly not going to get better now.]

If I can find a bokken, then sure!

[Of course, he doesn't yet realize that they're going to get them in the form of HEADLESS SPEARS but hey, at least he's smart enough not to let her spar him with live steel...]

[hairbrain]

I didn't realize the two of you were friends! But I guess I should have expected it, you're both very sweet.

[ wow. ]

Then, you're on!

[okitactless]

[AUDIBLE RECORD SCRATCH]

Friends?

[!!!!!!!]

You-- you think we're friends?

[he's basically this rn]

[hairbrain]

.... You are... right?

[ it crosses her mind that okita might be the master he was talking about.... but she assumes his master is super magical or something. ]

[okitactless]

[TAIL WAGGING INTENSIFIES]

Okita-kun is my master!!! [AUDIBLE EXCLAMATION POINTS!!! Though, he does make a point of toning it down enough to add--] My first master, I mean, from a long time ago. Not the one who gave me this body. But my partner and I both belonged to him!!

[hairbrain]

[ why is he so cute wtf. ]

Wow, really? And you reunited with him here? Does he --- I mean, can he give you a physical body too?

[okitactless]

[Yasusada laughs, waving a hand.]

No, no. My future master is a saniwa, Okita-kun is human. [WELL... some of his enemies might disagree with that, but it's factually true, at least.] I haven't spent very much time around humans... most of it was when I was with Okita-kun, as a spirit.

[hairbrain]

A... saniwa? [ yeah rapunzel has no idea. ] I don't really get a lot of what it means to be a sword spirit, but... I'm glad you get to see him again. He's very kind.