2nd Joke [Voice]

[cuteobsessed]

[Heisuke's reading something and he can be heard mumbling in the background.]

...all a matter of listening properly...meditation....takes a lot of time....

...Time. A lot of time.

[He lets out a loud and somewhat frustrated sigh then turns to the journal.Okay, look, there's gotta be an easier way to contact these ghosty spirity things than goin

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[saintlyvice]

[Sannan is feeling thoroughly exhausted -- who wouldn't after that sort of conversation? But he still stops by Heisuke's room as he passes by, curiosity piqued by the mention of "ghosty spirity things", and pads in, readjusting his glasses.]

Oh--Toudou-kun, what are you trying to do?

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[cuteobsessed]

[OH GOD, SLAMMING THE BOOK SHUT.]

N-N-N-Nothing! Damn! Where'd you come from?!

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[saintlyvice]

[...what? Nothing is making sense today; he resists the urge to snap back out of pure irritation.]

I came in through the door. [--he says wryly. And then with a sigh:]

Toudou-kun, I know you well enough to know that every time you say you're doing "nothing", something's up...

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[cuteobsessed]

[Yeesh, this is going to be awkward. Heisuke rubs the back of his neck and looks at the book out of the corner of his eye.]

Just tryin' to learn more about this place. Ain't really got a choice about it, so might as well, right?

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[saintlyvice]

That's true...[Sannan's eyes follow Heisuke's to the book.]

So what's this about "ghosty spirity things"? I didn't know you were interested in emulating Saitou-kun.

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[cuteobsessed]

Seems like he'd be handy right 'bout now, huh?

[Heisuke laughs a bit and settles back on his hands, staring up at the ceiling.]

I dunno. Just got nothing else to do. Someone's gotta be the weirdo.

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[saintlyvice]

[Not having his book on him at the moment, Sannan walks over and picks up Heisuke's instead, eyebrows furrowed as he reads through the page on spirits.]

Uh...which one of these were you planning on contacting?

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[cuteobsessed]

I dunno. Someone said the fire one's kinda cool. 'Cept he might set your head on fire.

There's a lot. Figured I could try 'em all and see which one gives me Hajime's power to be super-creepster.

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[saintlyvice]

That sounds...[And all of a sudden, the idea of Heisuke running around screaming with his head on fire does not seem so far-fetched at all.

Sannan winces.]

Maybe you should try a less volatile one first, Toudou-kun.

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[cuteobsessed]

Thaaaaa's what I was thinkin' too. Get punched enough, don't need ta' get set on fire, too.

[Uhhhhh, but let's pretend he isn't going for the healing one because that's a can of worms.]

Figure I'd go for one that can't burn me. Like the earth or water one or something.

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[saintlyvice]

[More. Awful. Thoughts. Why is it that he can only imagine trouble?]

--or this healing one. That seems useful.

[...and the least likely to end in serious injury.

He squints at the last line in the section on spirits.]

..."drafted for war"?

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[cuteobsessed]

[Because Heisuke is your subordinate. That's why.]

Oh. Yeah, guess that'd be good too.

[HNNNNNGH. Heisuke gets up and plucks the book out of Yamanami's hands.]

You don't gotta worry about that.

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[saintlyvice]

[Oh, right. Duh.

He sighs.]

Right...although, it wouldn't be anything new. [--except he would be next to useless and probably dead in a matter of days.]

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[cuteobsessed]

I said you don't gotta worry about it! [He's snapping slightly, fingers clutched around the book enough to make it creak.]

......They wouldn't take you. It wouldn't be right.

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[saintlyvice]

[jinxed it, Heisuke Sannan starts (He normally wouldn't, but right now, he's more on edge than usual.), staring...but then his eyes drift to the side.]

Toudou-kun.

You don't need to worry so much about me.

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[cuteobsessed]

[That's because Heisuke is a jinx.]

Don't... don't need to worry? I got you and Hijikata-san yelling it out like that right in front of the house...! How am I not supposed to worry about you?!