chippedsoul: (feather pens scribble down)
Kazuma Asogi ([personal profile] chippedsoul) wrote2021-08-18 05:32 pm

The Journal [Inbox]

Use this for any IC one-on-one contact and finishing any loose ends at [community profile] songerein
judicialassistant: (proud)

[personal profile] judicialassistant 2022-02-04 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ Noooooo, now she feels self-conscious?! For a moment she wonders if he's poking fun at her, but quickly realizes that isn't the case. Even so, the embarrassment is slower to fade. Having served its purpose, she shuts her journal and tucks it away again. ]

I don't know what, in that moment, made him feel like I deserved it, but it is an honor.

[ You wouldn't normally think that, with a name, but Susato really got that sense when the older man told her. ]

It feels... good. To be trusted. No matter how much I've seen though, I always find myself eager to know more. [ That goes for both of them... ]
judicialassistant: (me?)

[personal profile] judicialassistant 2022-02-05 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ Putting him on the spot is not her intention, though she's aware enough that she senses the slight change in his demeanor. She doesn't... know how to answer, exactly. She's never been shy before about admitting her own incompetence and shortcomings, but the stakes feel bigger in Reverein, with magic and impossible things that she still doesn't understand. Maybe it's a matter of feeling small, knowing the world is so much bigger than the ocean she crossed, and the country that lay on the other side. ]

He is a soldier with impossible strength. [ It still boggles the mind, the kinds of things they must have done to him to achieve this. ] Father is an amazing professor, and a doctor. And you... you are an incredible swordsman with unwavering Japanese spirit.

If 76 feels less alone with all of us here, then I am glad for it. But I suppose I just wonder what place I could possibly have, standing next to you all.
judicialassistant: (eyes closed 2)

[personal profile] judicialassistant 2022-02-05 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Susato goes quiet as he speaks, glancing to the side at his encouragement. It is all too easy for her to think he's just saying that to make her feel better, but she keeps that thought to herself.

Her time in Reverein has been one of self-discovery and experimentation, for her. She's done things she's never done before: learned to make a fire out in the woods, ate dinner somewhere not and a dinner table. Cooked somewhat professionally, for customers. Practiced martial arts with a longstaff. Which is to say nothing about her apparent affinity for the power of fire itself. ]


I always thought my path as your judicial assistant was set, that I'd never have to worry about being anything else. It was only after I found myself here, facing the impossible, that I started to feel like it was maybe not enough.

[ She pauses. ]

I took the next step though, once. Stood in the courtroom... did I ever tell you that?
judicialassistant: (eyes closed - happy)

[personal profile] judicialassistant 2022-02-07 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ .......Miserable! Thanks!

But she'll concede to his teasing this time without getting all huffy like before, despite the temptation. Even if they managed to form a council... well, she couldn't see them starting up a law firm here. ]


Terrifying. [ Though she's pretty sure she does remember telling him! At his grave. Oh, well. ] I had to pretend to be a boy... but you gave me strength, thankfully.

Well, both of you.

[ Him, Naruhodo... and, y'know, dear ol' dad. ]
judicialassistant: (distracted)

[personal profile] judicialassistant 2022-02-08 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
... [ She goes quiet for a moment. Even though she wasn't here, and there was no way for her to overhear, she still found it difficult to swallow that not one person would stand in her defense. ] Do you remember my friend, Rei Membami?

[ She'll pause, giving him a moment to consider, but she'll continue and confirm his suspicions after a moment. ]

She found herself on the dock, accused of murder, but father and I couldn't find an attorney to agree to take her case. They were all too concerned, given the political climate at the time. [ Blah blah blah treaty blah blah. ] ...So father and I came up with the idea.

[ ......... ]

Apparently I am quite gallant and dashing in a boys' uniform.
judicialassistant: (Default)

[personal profile] judicialassistant 2022-02-08 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ NO...... is what she would say, and is probably what he wants, but she knows when she is being teased, okay. She elbows him lightly with a grin. ]

In your dreams, perhaps.

[ It happened once. Twice--though the first time with Lord van Zieks barely counts. ]
judicialassistant: (listening)

[personal profile] judicialassistant 2022-02-09 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's hard not to think about it when there have been nights she can hear him, terrified to the point of weeping. Strong, proud Kazuma. But he's already made his thoughts clear on that long ago, hadn't he, so all she can do is quietly congratulate herself for making him laugh.

She smiles proudly herself, feeling slightly less useless today after all his encouragement, though in the end, she'd wager nothing about her had changed. ]


Thank you. I should get back to work before the dragons get restless, but I will still make you that tea, if you'd like to come with me to the kitchen.
judicialassistant: (fangirls)

[personal profile] judicialassistant 2022-02-09 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She stands up as well, taking his hand as she glances over at the bottle charm she'd made full of a rainbow of origami cranes. ]

You're welcome. It suits you, even better than I imagined.

[ Maybe it's just the rainbow, though. Almost as if an afterthought, she adds, as they walk-- ]

Speaking of the dragons--do you think we could name them?
judicialassistant: (gasp)

[personal profile] judicialassistant 2022-02-10 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ If the necklace fits ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

You WHAT? Susato nearly stops right in the middle of the garden as they make their way through, though she just barely manages to trail behind him in her surprise. ]


A watch dragon? [ Of course she'll imagine an eastern dragon from Japanese legend. ] Was she very large? Did you name her?

[ Was she even a girl? ]
judicialassistant: (eyes closed - happy)

[personal profile] judicialassistant 2022-02-11 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ We Don't Talk About Hyde^tm. But she does kind of wonder what that means though... because how is it complicated? Either he named her, or he did not.

She lets out a bit of a breath to reel herself in, not intending to react so animatedly. ]


She sounds beautiful. [ Can't help but seem wistful, or a bit disappointed that they aren't likely to meet. ] Maybe we can train the spice and garnish dragons to watch over your home, too.

[ Strength... in numbers...? They would definitely need names then. ]
judicialassistant: (giggle)

[personal profile] judicialassistant 2022-02-12 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ Listen, they may not be trained for combat, but she believes.

That statement also gives her hope that meeting Fang may not be as far out of the realm of possibility as she thinks. It worked with Blossom, after all--why not a dragon, too? She wonders if she and Blue would have been friends.

And on that note, she opens the door to the kitchen, feeling a wave of heat pour out. ]


Well, then they've come to the right place, haven't they?
judicialassistant: (book 2)

[personal profile] judicialassistant 2022-02-13 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
I've been using the fish that Blue has been leaving at the house to make stew.

[ By now, Susato probably has a notebook of notes full of recipes and tips she's consulted 76 about. Either way, she greets the dragons with affectionate pats on the head. ]

But let me brew you that tea I promised, before we get too busy. [ She pauses, looking him over. ] Are you certain you want to stay and work?

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