may missions

[adsum]

Who: Alice Yabusame, B.B. Hood, Childe, Dito, Himeko Inaba, Kiyotaka Ishimaru, Nene Yashiro, Noah Ebalon, Rantarou Amami, Rio Ranger, Shin Tsukimi, Sou Hiyori
What: mission time
When: May 20, 2000
Where: various
Warnings: tba.

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[sisters]

( well, can't argue with that. with a glance to ishimaru, then inaba, amami will lean over in his seat, gently taking the wrist of the boy so that he can check for a pulse. if they continue to doze, amami will brush his fingers against his forehead next to check for his temperature, but he's mindful not to disturb the other too much. )

[adsum]

[ His vitals and temperature seem to be normal! He does stir a little, bringing a hand up to brush Amami's away, but it seems safe to leave him until they reach their destination. It doesn't seem that it'll take long. ]

[sisters]

( the sleepy hand swats his away with ease, and amami breathes a little sigh of relief. it doesn't seem to be anything too serious, so he'll give it a moment before clearing it up for the others too. )

Looks like he's just tired. Hopefully he'll perk up a little more once we get there.

( rest can do wonders for you at a time like this — and speaking of getting there, amami kind of leans to peek out the window again. )

[moraloutrage]

[Ishimaru nods softly. He seems relieved to hear that and content to leave the boy to his nap.]

Very good. Thank you for checking, Amami-kun. I guess we shall see what happens when we reach our destination. [He shifts in his seat, ready to wait patiently through the rest of the ride.]

[dereban]

... yeah, that's definitely good, at least.

[ Although she might be a bit concerned about where their destination even is. But it's time to just wait patiently, she supposes. ]

[adsum]

[ The group's patience is rewarded. The scenery goes on for a time, and the further away they move from the village the more the scenery will change, and then the world subtly shifts. It's the same feeling one might get when passing through a sheet of water, a cold splash that marks the boundary between one piece of reality and another. There's the sight of the forest, the end of a pathway, and then it blurs and changes entirely.

It's almost like being in a dream for how seamless the transition is, that dreamlike way in which the dreamer moves from one scene to another without even realizing it, and they're now on a beaten path in the forest. It's a clear and crisp day, the sun shining down through the trees, the sound of birds chirping. The counselor walks along with the boy on his back, who seems to have finally stirred, his arms loosely wrapped around his neck. The group trails behind him, and they may catch themselves mid step upon developing awareness once more.

It seems that he's been speaking to them all this time - ]

-others there too, so you won't be alone... You can stay as long as you'd like, whether it's a year or three, or even longer.

[ It's a kinder voice than they're used to. The counselor is never particularly cruel, but nor does he tend to be kind - he listens and watches without ever truly interfering, doing little more than tapping the glass here and there to see what will come of it. ]

[sisters]

( the transition does no more to set amami's nerves at ease than the imposition of those softer feelings earlier. as it happens though, he does feel like he's getting the idea of what this place beyond the mirror might represent. while the contrarian part of him half-wants to speak up — "what about leaving?" — or maybe it's just a bad habit from his counseling sessions. rationally though, he understands that it's probably not so productive to do so. he has his own assumptions here, and the fact of the matter is that the past is the past; he doesn't think that interrupting now will do anything but ruin the moment, and potentially the understanding that they have to gain of the path that led the school to where it is now.

instead, he'll turn his gaze to the others beside him, nodding his head over towards the two ahead of them with his voice low. )

Memories? Something like this happened before, I think...

( if his handy dandy notebook was to be believed. )

Can't say for sure, but it was the gardener's memories that time.

[moraloutrage]

[Ishimaru does hie best to try to take in his surroundings as he comes back to awareness. The scenery is lovely at least, but he tries not to let sight-seeing distract him from his thoughts. He has to figure out what this is all about.

He listens as Amami speaks, remembering what he's heard of the past missions. And he speaks with a similarly low voice as he mulls over the possibilities.]

Is that so...? [He hums thoughtfully.] So this could be the past of- of the counselor? [Ishimaru turns over what words he's heard of his in his head.] With those time durations he mentions, it almost sounds as if he's talking about the school... aside from the part where he makes it sound so easy to leave.

[dereban]

That's what I was thinking, too. Hopefully our being here didn't meddle with it, though.

[ She's not here to change the past. In fact, the idea of being here in the first place is a bit unsettling in her eyes. ]

But it sounds like it. Maybe it was initially easy, though. Depending on how long ago this was.

[sisters]

Should be fine as long as we don't try to do anything.

( it'd be pretty impressive to change the past, sure, but he's pretty sure it leads to some kind of... y'know, those like, time paradoxes. if they changed something here and now, the circumstances that led them here in the first place wouldn't have come to be and all that. besides... )

It's probably less like we're actually in the past, and more like we're seeing it through his perspective. You know how time sort of skipped between the carriage and here, yeah? Kinda like the way you only tend to remember the important bits.

[moraloutrage]

I... I think I understand what you mean.

[Ishimaru nod slowly at Amami's explanation.]

So it's as if we are within his memory... rather than the past itself. I did have a strange experience like that the other month, when others entered my memory... [He frowns as he thinks back to that time, trying not to dwell on the memories in question.]

In that case, we do not have to worry about disrupting the past. ...But I shall be careful about my actions anyway, just in case!

[dereban]

Mmhm.

[ It's a silent agreement, to say the least. ]

But if it's like that, there should be no concerns, but... I don't want to make too many assumptions or risks.