#ough i haven't written anything for him since like. pre-sumeru i think

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@seventhdecrees

ugh.

to be bluntly honest, kunikuzushi had not wanted to return to inazuma at this time--and certainly not to narukami island, and especially not to inazuma city of all places. if he had to come back home, let it be a true homecoming; the abandoned caves and peaks of tatarasuna are where he belongs, not the peace of the capital. but alas, buer had specifically wanted to visit the city--some kind of diplomatic outreach or something, looking to strengthen the bonds between the lands of dendro and electro, as he understood it--he still doesn't understand why she didn't send someone else in her stead, what kind of archon makes these trips personally?--and, as her ward, he was expected to come along.

the city is stifling. there is no place here where he can't see tenshukaku looming overhead.

every impulse is telling him to flee, but that would be admitting weakness that would get him in trouble with buer, and he really doesn't have it in him to have another archon mad at him right now.

for now, he's settled at a pond on the west side of the city. it's somewhat secluded, which eases his nerves a bit, though it's closer to tenshukaku than he'd like. he's idly entertaining a stray cat with a long piece of grass as a toy when he catches sight of something distinctly violet moving into the area out of the corner of his eye.

he is torn between hiding and staying right where he is out of fear spite, and that hesitation is why he is still in plain view when the almighty narukami ogosho (ugh) enters the vicinity.

here's hoping she doesn't recognize him.

here's hoping she does.