We are coming in waves, apparently.

[akai_banken]

[have an 18 year old Tetsu, running down the street at full speed with a tray with two cups of hot tea on it. brb, delivering Hijikata's order.]

OI, OI, OI! Get out of the way!! Get out of the way! Hot water, coming right thr-- [jam brakes! and looks around]

Eh? [blinks]

Where am I?

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[kuroi_noraneko]

{Here, have a kitten watching you from the sidelines, smiling and snickering to himself.]

[akai_banken]

[double takes!]

Suzu?! Is that you?

[kuroi_noraneko]

Tetsu. You've gotten taller.

[akai_banken]

Yeah, finally. I'm taller than you now.

[floweryashura]

[Have a sixteen-year-old page in Shinsengumi uniform.]

Where are you running to? You should be more careful -- you could hurt someone that way.

[akai_banken]

Oh, don't worry. I'm practiced at this.

[since when do they have this guy around... nah, can't remember.]

Do you know where Hijikata-san is now?

[floweryashura]

[dubious look]

Who are you and why are you looking for him? And why do you want to look for him?

[akai_banken]

I'm his page. His tea is going to get cold if I don't find him soon. Then he's going to nag nonstop about being served cold tea again.

[ayu_nee]

[Looking a bit surprised]

...Tetsunosuke-kun?

[akai_banken]

[looks like he had just seen a ghost, because well, he kinda did.]

... Susumu, this is not amusing....

[ayu_nee]

[She shakes her head a little. She's gotten used to that reaction, at least.]

It's me, Tetsunosuke-kun.

[akai_banken]

...Ayu-nee... Am I dreaming?

[notachick]

...you're going to spill it running like that, Tetsu-kun.

[akai_banken]

Ah! Okita-san!!

[nah, he won't spill. Practice makes perfect, after all. If he spilled a little... well, who cares if Hijikata-san gets half a cup of tea instead of a full cup?]

Do you know where Hijikata-san is? He's not in his room.

give him a second to notice this isn't the Tetsu he remembers

[notachick]

Not in his room? Then~ Well, he may be in the dojo or out for the day, but the last I saw...

[notachick]

[knowsnosorrow]

Well, you're sure in a hurry, aren't you?

[akai_banken]

Ah! Yeah, kind of. Do you know where I am?

[knowsnosorrow]

[ thinking

thinking

thinking ]

-- not at all. I have no idea how I got here either.

[akai_banken]

Urgh. Hijikata-san is going to whine again if the tea gets cold.