Voice testing while LJ is down

[oceansoul]

Dear Mundane,

While I must appreciate that you have seen fit to give me room again in your headspace after all this time, I do wonder if you are quite aware of what you are doing. You have three other people up here, and I do not wish to to find yourself overextended.

Though I do appreciate you wishing to bring me to that place for my Haruka. She really needs someone to... watch out for her.

With respect,

Kaiou Michiru

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[oceansoul]

[And you have her undivided suspicion]

Watch yourself Kou-san.

[chasinafteryou]

[He holds up his hands, waving them slightly back and forth.]

I'm just worried for her, that's all. And for Rei-san and Ten'ou-san as well. What sort of place is this Adstringdendum? Is it just the three of them there?

[That boyfriend of hers isn't there?]

[oceansoul]

From what my mundane says, Adstringendum is quite a harsh place, but they all are doing well.

She says people come and go.

[She knows very well what you're asking there...]

[chasinafteryou]

[His Odango, in a harsh place? This is not good.]

Define, 'harsh' in this context, Kaiou-san. My mundane won't tell me.

[oceansoul]

A destroyed city. Scarcity of necessities. As so forth. But according to my mundane, they are surviving.

I can not say I am looking forward to going there myself.

[Except for the fact that it is where Haruka is]

[chasinafteryou]

Not as bad as what Galaxia did, then. Still, bad enough.

I don't blame you. Is she letting you take your violin, at least? If she isn't she's heartless. Odango likes your violin-playing.

[oceansoul]

No, not quite that bad. Still livable, if harsh.

Thank you for your concern on that matter, but it does not appear so. She seems to think I will have 'more important things to worry about' than music.

Shows how little she knows.

[chasinafteryou]

If you're being sent somewhere that desolate, you're going to need your violin more than ever. Mundanes are dense sometimes.

[oceansoul]

It seems you and I are in agreement on this Kou-san.

[chasinafteryou]

You'll have to be as persuasive with her as you are with Ten'ou-san.

[Wait. Pause. Cough.]

Well, almost as persuasive. You can't be expected to leave it behind.

[oceansoul]

[A small, knowing smile] Almost as persuasive.

We shall see. If the place is as bad as she says, I worry about risking it to the elements.

[chasinafteryou]

[Yeeah, he's not gonna touch that again.]

That's why it has a case, Kaiou-san. And I'm assuming there are roofs on at least some of the buildings. There are buildings, aren't there?

[The thought of Odango having to camp is terrifying.]

[oceansoul]

Moisture can creep into the best case, given time. And I hope I do not have to explain the effect that can have.

But yes, there are buildings.

[chasinafteryou]

[He just gives her a look. He's a musician himself, remember?]

It's still better to have it than not. And it's unlikely to suffer much damage, given how careful you are with it. No one's stupid enough to challenge you over it's care.

That's good. Not that everyone isn't capable of 'roughing it', but why do it if you don't have to?

[oceansoul]

Your faith in me is quite... [amusing] heartening. But she seems unwilling to budge on this issue.

Buildings do not necessarily mean one is not roughing it.

[chasinafteryou]

[He remembers that battle with Galaxia, Michiru. No one should mess with them.]

Want my mundane to yell at your mundane?

There's a difference between roughing it in buildings and roughing it in tents. You won't be sleeping on the dirt, and you'll have better shelter from the rain and wind.

[He hopes.]

[oceansoul]

I doubt it would have much affect.

We will see.

[chasinafteryou]

She thinks it might.

[Shrug.]

[oceansoul]

Yes well, my mundane thinks you should join us.

Further proof mundanes do not always know of what they talk about.

[chasinafteryou]

I wouldn't mind. My mundane has some old lady she wants to put there first.
Why she'd rather have an old lady there than someone like me....

[Shakes head.]

Oi! Wait a minute, Kaiou-san. That's not nice.

[oceansoul]

[She has to laugh at that]

And you say I am not being nice?

[chasinafteryou]

[Wounded pride, Seiya has it.]

Well, ask your mundane. She is an old lady! She has kids our age! I'm thinking of this other muse. If it's as bad as you say in this Adstrigonendum, how is an old lady gonna deal with it?

[oceansoul]

No lady ever likes being referred to as old. It's rather impolite.

My mundane is of the opinion the 'old lady' might manage better than you.

[chasinafteryou]

And if your mundane was going to send some old man in your place, you wouldn't feel slighted? Fine, fine, older lady. Is that better, Kaiou-san?

[There are about half a dozen facial expressions here.]

Wait, what?! What do you mean she'd managed better than me? How is that possible?

[oceansoul]

I would think 'mature' the best word to use if you truly felt it necessary to indicate age. And your hypothetical has no bearing on this.

Of course. You would flounder, wondering where all your adoring fangirls had gone.