Has someone done that before? [But he shakes his head, still smiling.] I'm just teasing you for specifying "your friends" when that likely means just about anyone here. It's the same as simply meeting everyone, isn't it?
There's definitely a few people I don't know well!
[joking... he softens after a second, though.]
It's been really nice, though. I mean, getting to know everyone while I was back there. I didn't really have a chance to make a lot of friends while I was growing up, so...
[and then he died very early in the school and went back home to make a lot of friends who would all be eventually killed because season three exists. very funny.]
[he gets ready to find a convenient excuse before he remembers souji already got this lore.]
Well - the whole thing about the prophecy... I don't think a lot of people wanted to befriend someone they didn't think would last. [but anyways,] And when you're in line to gain a lot of power, it's hard to know whether people want to get to know you for you, or because they think they can benefit from it. It was kind of a mixture of both of those things.
[This is so funny HIS SCRAMBLE FOR AN EXCUSE AND THEN BEING LIKE oh yeah.]
Oh... [THAT'S DEPRESSING. The first part. The second part is truly first world problems and Souji once again feels a bit out of his league in terms of the discussion point.] I can see why that would make things difficult for you. It's certainly much easier to make friends in places like this, where no one knows your circumstances or your history.
Oh - it wasn't that bad! [He hated it actually and his reputation haunts him literally and metaphorically but it's fine,,] I didn't mean to make it sound so terrible. Really, people were perfectly kind in all ways when they spent time with me without my uniform.
It's simply the way human bias works, you know? [Souji himself is a perfectly amiable person who rarely anyone has trouble getting along with! Okita Souji, on the other hand, is a Murderer.]
I really don't mind it... It's something I was willing to do to help Hijikata-san and Kondo-san realize their dream.
Souji's also internally looking away fastly, but externally he just smiles.]
It would certainly be nice to see them again... Even though it's just been a bit over a half-year, time does seem to go by so slowly sometimes, doesn't it?
That's right - it was a straight trip from where I was before to the camp to here, more or less... Strange how it feels like a great deal of time and yet no time at all, yes?
Yeah... Things go quickly when you've got a lot to deal with, but stress like that makes it feel long, too. If I can ask - how did yours go? Which one were you from?
Ah... No one else here seems to be from the place I was from. It was a castle, and we were brought there to fight a war on behalf of Dragon and Tiger. Some age-old dispute...
[Which was like FRUSTRATING AND INFURIATING IN MANY WAYS but. Comparing them to people like Edgelord Nightman Sasukeson, they seem like saints.]
...We were able to make it out of there with our lives, but in order to do so, we had to kill all but nine people.
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Has someone done that before? [But he shakes his head, still smiling.] I'm just teasing you for specifying "your friends" when that likely means just about anyone here. It's the same as simply meeting everyone, isn't it?
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[joking... he softens after a second, though.]
It's been really nice, though. I mean, getting to know everyone while I was back there. I didn't really have a chance to make a lot of friends while I was growing up, so...
[and then he died very early in the school and went back home to make a lot of friends who would all be eventually killed because season three exists. very funny.]
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Ah? Really? You seem like the sort of person who would make friends with anyone you meet!
[Souji himself didn't have a lot of friends as a kid either, but it was for obvious reasons.]
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[he gets ready to find a convenient excuse before he remembers souji already got this lore.]
Well - the whole thing about the prophecy... I don't think a lot of people wanted to befriend someone they didn't think would last. [but anyways,] And when you're in line to gain a lot of power, it's hard to know whether people want to get to know you for you, or because they think they can benefit from it. It was kind of a mixture of both of those things.
[truly first world problems.........]
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Oh... [THAT'S DEPRESSING. The first part. The second part is truly first world problems and Souji once again feels a bit out of his league in terms of the discussion point.] I can see why that would make things difficult for you. It's certainly much easier to make friends in places like this, where no one knows your circumstances or your history.
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I like it better, too. Like - people getting to know you for you, not for who they think you should be. It's nice, right?
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It is, yes. Normally I had to go in disguise to get that sort of connection... [But he's free now, FREE.]
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Oh - because of the enemies you mentioned?
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[The townspeople also hated them but he simply will not address that.]
I got used to it, but it's much nicer to not have to hide anything.
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[sounds unpleasant!!]
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They were! Rupert-kun, that expression is really too much...
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I really don't mind it... It's something I was willing to do to help Hijikata-san and Kondo-san realize their dream.
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What was their dream?
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Souji's smile softens at that, though.]
To raise the Shinsengumi up, keep it strong, and protect the Shogunate and the people with it.
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[the big question!!]
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[looks aki directly in the eyes and frowns]
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Souji's also internally looking away fastly, but externally he just smiles.]
It would certainly be nice to see them again... Even though it's just been a bit over a half-year, time does seem to go by so slowly sometimes, doesn't it?
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anyways he looks sympathetic]
Right... You said you didn't get any time to go back home before you wound up here, right? I can't imagine.
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That's right - it was a straight trip from where I was before to the camp to here, more or less... Strange how it feels like a great deal of time and yet no time at all, yes?
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[Which was like FRUSTRATING AND INFURIATING IN MANY WAYS but. Comparing them to people like Edgelord Nightman Sasukeson, they seem like saints.]
...We were able to make it out of there with our lives, but in order to do so, we had to kill all but nine people.
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