text; un: tengennohana

[ryototsukai]

i'm already 1m yen in debt?!

i just started in debt to Tenko-hime?!

i mean i did spend a ton of money on food and drinks and lovely women and cute boys and stuff but

somehow i thought it would all work out?

how am i supposed to handle this?!?!

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[lonelinessloop]

[ There's a lot in there to unpack. She takes a moment before she answers. ]

That sounds a little like how it is when I'm dancing, especially if there's an audience.

Who's the 'Other You' if it's okay for me to ask?

[ryototsukai]

well

the other Musashi. from proper human history. the one most people probably know, at least. the one that's a guy.

[lonelinessloop]

Oh. So you're... him? But not?

[ryototsukai]

that's about the sum of it. i'm "another" Musashi. not the "proper" one, either, but part of a branch of possibility that withered off the great tree of existence.

or. something like that, anyways. in all honesty, it barely makes sense, but just know that you're not crazy if the Musashi you've read about in history books is a guy. that's what Musashi is supposed to be.

but even if that's true, i am Miyamoto Musashi.

[lonelinessloop]

I don't think either of us are crazy. And I don't think there's any 'supposed to' that matters. Or 'proper'.

If you're Miyamoto Musashi, then that's who you are and that's what's important.

[ryototsukai]

[ ... ]

i guess it's still nice to hear that, even from a relative stranger.

[lonelinessloop]

I bet I'll feel the same way once I get to know you.

[ryototsukai]

here's hoping, because you've just made a friend!

[lonelinessloop]

Oh! Well, so have you!

You're my first friend here, actually!

[ryototsukai]

first of many, i'll bet!

[ She couldn't be more more certain. ]

[lonelinessloop]

I hope so. Everything's easier with friends. And there's so many interesting people here.