Appointment Post

[moezama]

If you have anything minor or some loose ends that needs to be taken care of with Kazuma, please use this entry to thread them out.

Just mark the thread accordingly like so--[Action, August 7th] and you can use this like a voicemail service thing. You can also reply to this OOCly if you need me for anything. Just mark that it is.

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[Action, July 8th]

[failazure]

[Who is she kidding? She will build herself to be as strong as she can, but when the right thing is pushed it all comes crashing down. Noel tries, dammit, but she has reached such a point of frustration that she can hardly take things anymore, let alone Hazama's taunting.]

Shut up! [If this were less serious, it could easily be compared to schoolyard bullying...] Just go away and leave me alone already!

[Action, July 8th]

[moezama]

... [Agh, you are getting to his conscious man :|. Why couldn't he find her suffering right now just as enjoyable like before?...Or maybe he just never really found it as entertaining when things got extreme. Or maybe it's because of those memories of her always wanting to help him and now he's treating her like shit is eating at him.]

Hey...I'm sorry, all right? I just wanted to see how you were doing. [...Dammit, he's actually apologizing? He just did didn't he? Terumi wouldn't like this, he really wouldn't and that makes Kazuma nervous, even if Terumi wasn't here to tell him how stupid he was.]

[Action, July 8th]

[failazure]

[...]

You... what? [No, really. What did you just say?]

[Action, July 8th]

[moezama]

I said I just wanted to see how you were doing. [What apology?]

[Action, July 8th]

[failazure]

That's not what you said. [Stare.] You... You apologized.

[Action, July 8th]

[moezama]

[He looks off to one side.] Yea, I did. What of it?

[Action, July 8th]

[failazure]

[No comprende.] ...why?

[Action, July 8th]

[moezama]

What do you mean why? [This is...making him a little uneasy. A part of his brain was telling him to shut the hell up and go back to mocking her, but another says this is wrong. The latter was winning without Terumi scolding him and it was...really putting Kazuma in a weird position where he was actually in full control.]

...Maybe I just haven't quite forgotten everything you did for me the last time I was here.

[Action, July 8th]

[failazure]

[Oh, great. And you know what that does? It makes her uneasy.

Is it a trick? It has to be a trick! All this time, even supposedly without Terumi, he's been nothing but ruthless in his tormenting of her. Had he finally reached a breaking point? ...did that even make any sense?

Kazuma? Captain Hazama? She doesn't know. She doesn't understand.]

What... I did? But I... I didn't... [Do anything.]

[Action, July 8th]

[moezama]

Oh, I don't know about that...you were rather persistent about helping me, even when I ignored all of your constant pestering. [Just like Trinity...]

I still don't quite understand why you bothered to help me. Your efforts here don't exactly change history.

[Action, July 8th]

[failazure]

I... [Come on, Noel. Get back into the game.] I know that! Of course I know that! People come and go here all the time, and it's... sad. [Tsubaki... Makoto...]

But just sitting around and constantly reminding yourself of that won't do you any good. If there's something I can do to protect someone, I'll make sure I try everything I can!

[...] So... So that's why I wanted to help you.

[Action, July 8th]

[moezama]

Heh. I was right to call you hopeless. You can't really help someone who wants fate to run its course. I never would have said it to you then but...[He raises his hand, summoning the familiar snake-like chain of Ouroburos as it coils around him.]

I welcome everything that Terumi has given to me.

[Action, July 8th]

[failazure]

[Guard is up. It may be Kazuma, but deep down, she knows it's not Kazuma Kazuma. No. This is entirely different. This is something she has no idea on how to handle, and maybe... maybe that's what makes it so terrifying.]

Why, Kazuma? All Terumi wanted to do was to use you! This... None of this had to happen!

[Action, July 8th]

[moezama]

[He laughs] Why? Because he gave me a purpose! It doesn't matter to me how he chooses to use me. I finally have a reason to live because of him.

I don't ever want to return to being that lost and miserable child. I gladly accept this future, with all the good and the bad that comes with it.

[Action, July 8th]

[failazure]

[...] Even at the cost of others? Of Miss Litchi? Of Tsubaki?

[Action, July 8th]

[moezama]

...If Terumi says it is so, then it shall be my will as well. [It sounds like a yes, but Kazuma did seem a bit hesitant and vague about answering the question] It's not like I know any of you back home as well as I do here. Hell, I don't exactly exist to any of you, so why even pop the question?

[The chain rattles and since disappears into thin air.] And honestly, it doesn't really matter since Terumi isn't here to tell me what to do anyway. So don't get so worked up over it until he is.

[Action, July 8th]

[failazure]

You still have those memories--not there, but here! Miss Litchi and Tsubaki and everyone else... are you really going to forget all that they've done for you? Is that how you're going to treat them after all that!? Of course it matters!

[Action, July 8th]

[moezama]

...

If it has to come down to that, yes.

[Action, July 8th]

[failazure]

[Yes? Really? When she thought there was something potentially different?]

You... You're terrible! How could you!?

[Action, July 8th]

[moezama]

...

Because I don't want Terumi knowing of our previous relations. Think of the additional damage that would cause. It's the least I can do for all of you...a little thank you, I suppose.

[Action, July 8th]

[failazure]

[Sorry, Kazuma. The thank you won't cut it for Noel, who in turn continues yelling at the poor(?) guy.]

If you're that worried about it now, then why continue following him here!? He's not here to control you now, Kazuma! Things can change--- You can change!

[Action, July 8th]

[moezama]

[....well she has a point. He is physically separated from Terumi right now, but...did he really want to turn against the man who gave him all of this? It honestly never crossed his mind until Noel started telling him he didn't have to.]

It's not that simple. You wouldn't really understand how it is. But no, he's not here, therefore there's nothing to really worry about until that time ever comes.

[Action, July 8th]

[failazure]

[Wouldn't understand? Who does he think he's talking to!?

...well, maybe the circumstances are a tad different, but still! She understands! Kind of!]

Then if you aren't worried... you don't have to think the same way he does, right? You don't have to be tied down by him here!

[Action, July 8th]

[moezama]

No, I don't. But a lot of time back home has passed since I was last here. [He moves closer to Noel]

I can't exactly say I'm the same as before.

[Action, July 8th]

[failazure]

[...

What is she doing? The words make her question whether or not she's truly an idiot. In the end, Kazuma was Kazuma, and Kazuma was now Captain Hazama.

Years have passed. Things have changed. What use was there to draw him back after decades of this?

Stupid. Really, what was she trying to accomplish here? Don't come any closer, Hazama-- She's stepping away from you.]

Then there really is no use, is there?