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[leggymaru]

That's okay, Shiraishi-san. You played very well. We can play again. Perhaps you will win this time.

[It's fine? He's already gathering up the cards to hand them back to Shiraishi.]

Please keep telling me more about what you do. It sounds interesting. We are from a clan of samurai, but I only know of the Shinsengumi.

[felinguistic]

[ there's a flicker of something behind his eyes - amused, but he accepts the cards and shuffles them up again, before laying out the 5-2-2 pattern again. ]

Maybe I will.

I'd be more interested in the whole "clan of samurai" thing than the job of a profiler. Japan's history is full of them but they're lost to history. How did you police the world -- and time, apparently -- without laws and carrying blades.

[ there's a slight raise of his eyebrow and a nod of his head. go on, you first. ]

[leggymaru]

[Unfortunately, he falls right into this trap. Because... he's a sword. But more important, Shiraishi mentioned something he's passionate about.]

They aren't lost, Shiraishi-san. They're still there--in history. [He takes up his cards and neatly organizes them even if he doesn't have a good god damn clue what most mean.] Protecting history isn't so difficult, not even with swords.

Changing history means changing the path the world will take. It could be dangerous. History shouldn't be changed, even if it's painful.

[After a moment, he sets out his cards, still not having betted much on himself despite the win. Sadly, all he has is three of a kind.]

[felinguistic]

Easy to say that from the present. [ he taps the edge of his own cards, before setting two down to make a straight flush. ] But it's easier not to think, consider, or worry when you're just following someone's orders.

[ After a moment, he just looks pleased. ]

One for me, one for you.

[leggymaru]

[Shiraishi isn't even discussing him, but Hizamaru feels offended anyway. He frowns a bit.] It isn't possible to protect history from the present. You have to travel to the past. [He is a FOOL. It's fine.] Our master's orders all have good intentions to protect the sanctity of history.

[Oh. He peers at the cards.]

See, I told you that you would win, Shiraishi-san. Do we leave it at a tie or play a third time?

[felinguistic]

[ the most sincere fool. ] We've had this conversation. One man's hero is another's villain. Remember?

[ hmm. ]

Are we claiming a tie renders the prizes invalid until one of us wins best two out of three, or do we both get something and play a last one for fun?

[leggymaru]

Master isn't a villain...

[Don't push it, Shiriashi. Hiza is trying his best not to get grouchy.]

What would you like to do Shiraishi-san? I'm okay with either.

[felinguistic]

I'm just saying, different opinions exist. What's good for one person might not be good for another.

[ grump away, hiza. shiraishi isn't fussed. but at least he's not directly calling hiza's master a villain now, nice, nice, nice. ]

In terms of benefits, we'd both get coins and you'd regain anything you lost buying me a gift if we say we've both won.