Time Spills By

[Kokonoe Sachi]

♪ Even though time passes ♪ ♪ there are things that never change.  ♪ TAG: Kimiko Mizushiro NOTES: Time to relax~

It wasn't abnormal for Sachi to wander on her own. She looked old enough, and she felt far better off on her own most of the time anyhow- especially during the day, when Kiyoshi was in school. Living with a human was troublesome, but it had entertaining points. It lacked that, however, when she was alone. Sighing with a styrofoam cup of tea carried out of a shop, part of her wondered why she'd bothered to buy it. Sure, it was tasty, and the milk had put a cute design of a cat- but really, what was the point? Drinking didn't really do anything. It wouldn't keep her from dying if she didn't drink anything. And yet somehow, she was easily talked into some tea and a cookie by the waitress- which was evident from a stray crumb at the corner of her cheek. The sigh barely moved it as she stared at the ground before her. It was only a thud that caught her attention, and the sensation of heat against her skin, through her shirt. Staring at her now empty cup, she hadn't noticed the lid came loose until it was too late. A girl was near her, shorter than she was, and it looked plausible that she was the reason Sachi had to stop- bumping into her had made her unsteady, and just as quickly caused the drink to spill.  "You shouldn't stand in the middle of the side walk," She mused with huff. Digging into a pocket, she pulled a plain white handkerchief and held it to the girl. "Did it get on you? You should clean it up before it leaves a burn." This girl's health was more important, or so she'd learned to think. Sachi could feel pain, but it wouldn't kill her even if the wound got infected. This girl however...Her health could be affected, or Sachi could only assume so. "You can keep the handkerchief after."

HAYANA OF CAUTION 2.0

[Kimiko Mizushiro]

Kimiko was on her own as well, while Ryuu was working. She looked a bit more out of place than Sachi, mostly because she was apparently a 10-year-old who was out on her own on a school day. When questioned about this she tended to answer that she "didn't go to a usual school". She said it in a way that made it sound proud, hoping it wouldn't make people think she was some sort of juvenile delinquent or problem child, when she was in fact quite the opposite. She'd done rather well in school, when she really went to one; but once her aging halted and she went to stay with Ryuunosuke, he basically took over as her educator. Though he didn't think there was much she really needed to learn, given that she was never going to look old enough to get a job, Kimiko insisted that he teach her more, because she didn't want to suddenly start growing up again and end up unprepared for the future.

Well, the future had been here for a while now, and she wasn't getting any older. And it didn't look like there was anything she could do about it. So, should she embrace her eternal childhood? Or was there a way to perform some of the functions of an adult even while never truly becoming one? She'd thought about this many times, but still hadn't come up with a good answer. And it was while lost in such thoughts that she bumped into someone, who proceeded to spill her drink. "Yaaa! I...I'm sorry," she said, quickly accepting the handkerchief and cleaning herself off. When she'd finished, and the girl told her to keep the handkerchief, Kimiko looked up with an embarrassed smile. "Thanks... I guess it's a good thing I didn't wear my favorite dress today." That would have been a disaster.

[Kokonoe Sachi]

♪ Even though time passes ♪ ♪ there are things that never change.  ♪ TAG: Kimiko Mizushiro NOTES: Oh the horror~

"That is a relief," Sachi mused- though, honestly, she'd had at least ten hundred 'favorite dresses' since she was a child a thousand years ago. At this point, she'd stopped caring about her own clothes- half of which were tattered and stained. In fact, her current dress included quite a few wrinkles and tears in her skirt- thus, some leggings were quite helpful, even if they were actually slacks of some sort instead. Trying to force a smile, her red eyes gazed curiously to the child, who had quite a good head on her shoulders from Sachi's perspective. "A polite kid. Sorta like Kiyoshi." It was in one way a relief, and in another, torture- just how many had she met like this? "Enjoy your youth. In the future, you won't get off so easy most likely. Not that I'm one to talk..."

HAYANA OF CAUTION 2.0

[Kimiko Mizushiro]

Kimiko looked back up at Sachi. Though the girl's smile was a bit forced, Kimiko just had to smile herself. This young lady may not have been the most well-mannered, but she didn't seem to look down on Kimiko for her apparent youth. Someone else in the same situation might have just thought "dumb kid" and not paid her any attention. There was something about her, and her words, that reminded her somewhat of Ryuu.

"I'll try to enjoy it," she answered, pondering what might have led the stranger to say such things. "I mean... while I have it I don't really have much choice. I can't just make myself grow up..." The conversation really was starting to turn into just what she'd been thinking about. She looked at Sachi a bit more curiously. Maybe... maybe she'd understand?

[Kokonoe Sachi]

♪ Even though time passes ♪ ♪ there are things that never change.  ♪ TAG: Kimiko Mizushiro NOTES: Nothing to see here.

Curiosity had piqued by this point. Was this girl just noting that time can't be forced forward- or was she mentioning something a little bit deeper? Having been eighteen for a millenium, Sachi knew the longing of wanting to grow faster. However, a ten year old often felt that without immortality, didn't they? Though, if this girl was immortal... No, no. It's not possible. It's just me after all. Shaking off the very thought as ridiculous, Sachi opted to force herself forward and out of this rut of a train of thought. It was a pointless one, she'd decided. "Don't grow too quickly. There's plenty of time to be bored by adult things in the future." Well, that was true, wasn't it? Since officially settling down, Sachi had to help with paperwork and housework at home she had never done while living as a street urchin before it. Honestly, she missed the streets somewhat- but it was somehow fulfilling all the same, living in a safer place with a strange young boy who seemed to care for her out of stupidity. As she pondered, however, her stomach seemed to rumble slightly... "And when you're young, you don't get taunted for eating lots of snacks."

HAYANA OF CAUTION 2.0

[Kimiko Mizushiro]

The other girl seemed to be sticking to her advice, Kimiko thought. "I guess there are some parts that would be pretty boring. Even Ryuu gets bored sometimes, and he's..." Kimiko paused briefly as she worded things carefully. "He's about your age, I think." Well, they looked about the same age, so they would presumably have had about the same experience of having been that age, even though Ryuu had it in a different time.

If she was going to look like a kid, Kimiko thought, then maybe the stranger was right, and she should enjoy her youth. There were many things that children could do, that an adult would be looked down upon for doing. Including, as Sachi pointed out, particular food habits. She laughed brightly at the line, a suitably childish laugh indeed. "Hey, so... since you lost your drink maybe we could go in and get something?" she suggested, gesturing to the place Sachi had left. Perhaps something good would come out of this chance encounter.

[Kokonoe Sachi]

♪ Even though time passes ♪ ♪ there are things that never change.  ♪ TAG: Kimiko Mizushiro NOTES: Nothing to see here.

A ten year old girl [or so the girl certainly appeared] was asking her to go out for something. This girl somehow was a lot like the only other human Sachi was comfortable with on the face of the earth at this point, and it both pleased and irked the orange haired lady at the same time. Trying to avoid a twitch in her spinal cord, she managed to adjust her posture to feel more at ease- but was shaking slightly. Sachi was just no good with really interacting with strangers. "T-That'd be fine...Though going out for snacks with a stranger isn't quite...proper, is it? I never even told you my name. Or at least, I certainly don't recall doing so..." Alas, in her old age, Sachi was starting to feel her memory slipping more. Then again, it was easy to forget what war happened when after living through a number of them- but manners were usually easier and stagnant. "Kokonoe Sachi. Is there anywhere you'd like to go in particular?"

HAYANA OF CAUTION 2.0