Nakahama

Suh-Hyun laughed softly, "Stars weren't meant for the ground anyway." She squeezed the shark plushie a little tighter. "I hope aren't expecting me to climb up a table and jump off during the show."

As the night wore on, Akito would hear Suh-Hyun's breathing slow and feel more weight. Exhaustion ...

Suh-Hyun blushed at that, "Seems this one managed to steal a heart. And the Shinjo is the villainess this time. So I am afraid there is no escape." She made a pair of finger guns, imitating their first meeting.

Moving to join Akito, Suh-Hyun slide in beside him. She took up Same-san and scooted ...

Arriving in uniform, Suh-Hyun removed her aviator's and made her way to the meeting area. She was a bit surprised to see that others had arrived first and checked her watch with a frown. Seems time had gotten away from her. Regardless she was here now and continued onward until she had linked up ...

Suh-Hyun paused at the door, she hadn't actually been here before and was a little nervous about just barging in. With a sigh she reaches up and right as her knuckle strikes the door in a knock, her eyes are drawn down the hall toward the elevator. The elevator that had just dinged and opened to ...

"I suppose I will," Suh-Hyun smiled and hugged the shark plush. She was tired, it struck her as strange how emotions could do that to a person. In a cockpit fighting inertia and her body high on adrenaline, Suh-Hyun understood what was making her exhausted. But sitting here she felt tired in an ...

Suh-Hyun took in a surprised breath when he kissed her forehead, it brought a small smile to her lips. "My own clan would frown on my kidnapping a Crab. It's no fun if they make me bring you back."

Slowly she rose and picked up Same-san, carrying him over to the main room she dropped down in front ...

Taraka nodded.

"You did, Kuni-san. But, uh, as much as we appreciate you taking the time to explain the finer points of your practice...shouldn't you be out searching for Bayushi-san? I'm sure his condition grows worse the longer you spend dallying with us.," she suggeted.


"I am...confused ...

"Yeah, that one," Sumie said, to go along with the story. It just happened to be true without being intentional, considering that she didn't look into what happened at the warehouse but rather was just stalking the Bayushi for the opportunity to drag him away. Unfortunately, there had to be a ...

Ichitaiyo would lift a glass with a smidgen of sake left.

"To Utaku Minso." She toasted and took those last few drops.

"We all leave that kind of voids, I guess."


"To Utaku Minso," Suh-Hyun murmured, "A life ended too soon and lives left worse for it."

The Shinjo looked at the crowd, "This ...

A new emotion hit Suh-Hyun, something about the way he had made that statement. She was stunned for a second as her mind worked, "...perhaps contact should be made with a nakodo. A means to bring Crab and Unicorn a little closer." She mused. "I...think I would like that."

She shook her head, trying ...

The other Unicorn would arrive soon after. She was...unsteady to be sure, but her sense of professionalism meant Suh-Hyun was powering through this. "My apologies for my lateness." She dipped into a bow, her movements still a bit stiff.

Her eyes moved to the drones, "I see you have started ...

Suh-Hyun nodded, and reached up with her free hand to wipe the corners of her eyes, "Yes...yes I wan...no I did and I will."

She let out a breath, "Anywhere you want to go. Everywhere you want to go. I'll fill your sketchbook with memories, you'll need ten sketchbooks. I promise." Her hand squeezed ...

Suh-Hyun for her part was also wearing formal attire, minus the fur trimmed coat and hat. While her appearance was spotless and her posture implacable, the weariness in her eyes was evident to anyone. She glanced to Itsuka as she stepped up beside her.

The Shinjo looked over the Miya, realizing ...

" Doctor Badass," she would tell the Shinjo, highlighting her very professional credentials sternly. "That's right, one and the same. But, have you considered who secures the security specialist? There must be someone who does that, like maybe some sort of watch-people? Or the government?!? Nah, I ...

"You don't have to flatter me so Akito-san," Suh-Hyun smiled slightly, though her eyes were distant. She placed a hand on his and squeezed gently, "Tonight is our last night. I wish I could spend it with more joy." She focused her eyes on him, "But it's only a parting. We'll meet again under happier ...

"Honestly.. not much to say. They were great people, who decided to love against all, and gave me all the tools I needed to grow. I miss them, of course, but I don't feel pain, and I guess they succeeded in making me be indepedent."

Ichitaiyo then turned to the Unicorn. "Any particular squadron ...

Taraka nodded.

"This is the day to remember such. Kaiu Shingetsu comes to mind, for example. He was a good man, he caught a ride with us on a supply run to Naraku. Got to know him pretty well on the trip. He was a thoughtful man, quite well read, enjoyed traditional games like go and shogi over ...

"My parents, I guess." Ichitaiyo confessed, turning her gaze ahead and huffing. "They gave up a chance at saving themselves to ensure I would live. So.. I guess I owe them double in a way."


Even in her own emotional turmoil, Suh-Hyun still had the pangs of empathy, "Do you want to talk about it ...

"He's dead." Suh-Hyun said, "I...killed him. My last kill." It wasn't a pleasant memory but the drinks had loosened it up. Her hands tightened on the tea cup. "Killed him. Watched him die screaming in the void. The computer misidentified him as a projectile. And there he was, not a monster but a man ...

Suh-Hyun took a sip from the tea, it's quality was less a concern to her than it being something to drink that wasn't going to make her state worse. "A sketch..."

She turned the cup in her hands, "I remember Shinjo Seo-Hee's grim demeanor and love of dark humor. She had this sort of dry wit that ...