TEXT&VOICE MESSAGE POST ❧ gargleblasted

[itsnotzura]

❝we can play charades when there is nothing to say❞

❝Testing, one, two, three. Testing, one, two, three. Testing, one, two...

...Elizabeth? Elizabeth! I don't think it's working.❞

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Comments

Re: [ACTION]

[itsnotzura.livejournal.com]

Have a gyoza?

Re: [ACTION]

[pattan]

I wish it was all that simple.

[He does take one though, and he pops it into his mouth thoughtfully.]

Re: [ACTION]

[itsnotzura.livejournal.com]

[hums, sipping his tea]

Re: [ACTION]

[pattan]

I know, I know.

It is that simple, I'm just over-complicating it.

Re: [ACTION]

[itsnotzura.livejournal.com]

[nods, saying shortly]

It is a waste of energy that could be better spent in pursuit of your goals.

Re: [ACTION]

[pattan]

Yeah but...I'm not even sure what that goal is right now.

I do want to reestablish my dojo but...

It feels weird doing it here and not in Edo. Like it's...wrong. Like I should wait.

Re: [ACTION]

[itsnotzura.livejournal.com]

A life spent waiting is a life wasted.

Re: [ACTION]

[pattan]

But...when we get home, I'd have to start from scratch all over again.

Re: [ACTION]

[itsnotzura.livejournal.com]

You will have had good practice. You will have made valuable mistakes.

Re: [ACTION]

[pattan]

...You think I should try here, then?

Re: [ACTION]

[itsnotzura.livejournal.com]

What better way to spend your time?

Re: [ACTION]

[pattan]

Actually...I don't know.

I don't know if it's better or worse but...I've met so many people here...

[He idly swirls his tea. He's never had so many friends before.]

Re: [ACTION]

[itsnotzura.livejournal.com]

Aa? One cannot strive after their goals effectively alone.

Re: [ACTION]

[pattan]

What I mean is...

I've been spending so much time with them...

And...well...

Re: [ACTION]

[itsnotzura.livejournal.com]

[a questioning grunt]

Re: [ACTION]

[pattan]

I enjoy...spending my time making those connections.

There's so many people here as opposed to back home. I've learned so much from them.

I won't forget my dream but...I can't help but...find myself wanting to slow down a bit...

Re: [ACTION]

[itsnotzura.livejournal.com]

[it's a question that he hadn't even slowed down enough to consider, until the Thor]

[he's not sure how to honestly answer -- he's still grappling with it]

...Find where your heart lies, and pursue it there.

Re: [ACTION]

[pattan]

I think...it's a bit unrealistic to just decide something like that right now.

I want to keep going as I have been.

Re: [ACTION]

[itsnotzura.livejournal.com]

[he almost laughs, but it would sound too nostalgic, too like an old man's laugh]

You have time. I did not mean at this very moment, over gyoza. That kind of epiphany would happen over a much more elaborate meal.

Re: [ACTION]

[pattan]

I-I know..!

I'm just...happy. I feel like I'm finding...someplace. Not that I didn't have a place but...

I mean...

Um...

Re: [ACTION]

[itsnotzura.livejournal.com]

[the older male finishes the last gyoza and stands, bringing the plate to the sink]

That is good, aa? Have you finished your tea?

Re: [ACTION]

[pattan]

I have.

[He stands to help wash the plates.]

Re: [ACTION]

[itsnotzura.livejournal.com]

[quiet in the kitchen, again, as Katsura hands Shinpachi a dry dish rag, preferring to do the washing himself]

[he hands the scrubbed plate to the boy as if they have done this many, many times, rather than a scarce handful]

Re: [ACTION]

[pattan]

[And he dutifully dries in silence.]

Re: [ACTION]

[itsnotzura.livejournal.com]

[and when he's finished his task, dries his hands on another dish towel fastidiously]