🎧 homophonic | pcs | yukichi (fukuzawa)

[silicone]

There's no need to fear the past. The past is just a memory.

(in retrospect i regret my choice of filter name)

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[allmenare]

[Insecurities...he has difficulties talking about it, but he totally understands. He won't press Eiden about it, but he'll be there to offer support regardless.

An offered hand, though. That gets him to look at touch embarrassed as he takes it. he's not one for most physical contact outside of comforting someone when needed, so this is surprisingly new to him.

His hands are calloused, strong. He does a lot of work with his hands and it shows.]

Of course.

[Up the stairs and into the museum they go!]

[silicone]

[ oh... eiden definitely kind of shifts his hand a little to get comfortable and feels these calluses. his own hand is a little softer by contrast, calluses at his fingertips instead.

once he's settled, he begins to just start a nice circuit around the place. museums always lead to meandering. ]

This place isn't so bad. Kind of peaceful actually.

[ this first room is maybe some kind of collection of ceremonial japanese teaware. i rng'd a local museum for this bc i'm running out of ideas. ]

[allmenare]

Museums aren't usually a popular destination, so there will be smaller crowds here.

[ooo look at all that ceremonial teaware. Unfortunately Fukuzawa knows how to do a tea ceremony.]

Have you ever done one of these before?

[silicone]

[ "unfortunately" i'm laughing ]

I've only ever read about them, never had the chance to do one before. It looks beautiful up close like this.

[allmenare]

They're beautiful in person too. But there's a lot of formality involved, your movements have to be perfect during it.

[silicone]

Amazing, so you need a lot of coordination and a steady hand to really master it.

Are you trying to tell me that you're a pro at it, Fukuzawa...?

[allmenare]

Not a pro, necessarily. But I do have experience. I was taught many traditional things as a child.

[silicone]

That's really impressive. Diligent even as a kid!

[allmenare]

...yes, but...

[It's true but now he's kind of embarrassed by it. TIME TO MOVE ON

RNG says the next room has bronze era stuff. Time to learn about Roman history IG]

[silicone]

[ bye ig! eiden just blinks quickly and moves with him. that was kind of cute and he's making sure to do it again.

in any case now that they're here, he's also enthralled. there's lots of cool stuff in this exhibit for eiden to peel away from fukuzawa here or there to peek at. of course, he's never gone long, he's not even far, always kind of hovering within fingertip's reach. ]

... This museum really has everything. The skill required to make these is insane.

[allmenare]

It's a collection of mankind's achievement. So much can be done when people work together.

[Says the guy who's scared of strangers and avoids large groups when possible.]

[silicone]

[ sir ]

It's true. I wouldn't be able to do half of what I have to do in Klein without my clan members. Same probably even goes for you with your work, right?

[allmenare]

[He nods.]

The more people we have in the Agency, the more cases we can solve, and we can also send people to specific cases based on their own abilities and strengths.

[silicone]

Your agency sounds like a really amazing place... I'm impressed.

You must meet so many different people all the time. [ mr. afraid of strangers. ] But... I'm guessing maybe you let everyone else be the social butterflies.

[allmenare]

Kunikida in particular has taken a strong liking to that role.

[Y E P let the social butterflies talk.]

[silicone]

[ snorting. ]

I see, you let him do all the talking, huh?

[allmenare]

He seems to enjoy it.

[silicone]

Don't tell me you enjoy the paperwork, too...

[allmenare]

Sometimes it's nice to sit in a quiet room and do menial tasks.

[He doesn't like it but it's a calming activity.]

[silicone]

[ a pause as he genuinely thinks about this and then returns to him, hovering at his side. ]

So what do you actually like to do?

[allmenare]

[He frowns]

I run a business, there isn't much time for hobbies.

[silicone]

There must be something that keeps you sane outside of work... right? There isn't much time, but that still leaves some time, right?

[allmenare]

...calligraphy, I suppose. Maybe reading a book here or there.

[He is not going to say that he spends a significant portion of his free time trying to pet cats that run away from him.]

[silicone]

Calligraphy... that's cool. I wonder if they've got some pieces here...

[allmenare]

They might, we should see.

[Probably not far from the tea room tbh]