[ anya spends the entire time trying to find kanesan for hori ]

[constellates]

SOMETHING WILL GO HERE

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[constellates]

[meanwhile anya is going to be on the swing set, just seeming to doodle in her notepad briefly before looking up at the sky, and then repeating the process

she’s humming softly under her breath, something sad and slow, before she notices movement out of the corner of her eye and pauses when she sees hori]

.... Horikawa? Okay?

[she isn’t sure what he’s looking at]

[wakizashis]

Hi, Anya.

[ he sounds a little overwhelmed? is this trial reasons or THIS PLACE IS SO BIG AND PRETTY STRANGE sort of reasons? we just don't know ]

What is all of this.....?

[ he's currently spinning the roundabout in curiosity ]

[constellates]

[at least watching him makes her pause, putting her crayon in her lap as she observes him]

It is... Детская площадка? Um... How do you say... Place to play for small children.

Horikawa did not get to see before?

[wakizashis]

A playground?

[ there's certainly a hint of wonder in his voice. all of this just for kids...? ]

We don't have anything like this at the citadel... [ I'm also too tired to figure out if it's Too Modern for him to know historically but waves hand for the time being ] I bet the tantos would love it.

[constellates]

[ . . . well, his wonder is cute so it seems to at least distract anya from being sad]

Tantos are... friends?

[wakizashis]

[ god bless being an old sword in a teen body ]

Mm! They're the littlest of us who run around the citadel back home.

[ he holds his hand up to indicate 'tiny'. this, of course, is monoyoshi and kotogiri erasure but we shan't tell them hori called them pocket sized ]

[constellates]

Little swords...

[what a thing to imagine...]

Густонаселенный? Very many of you at citadel?

[wakizashis]

Tantos are a blade for protection. [ and eyeballs the size between his hands. ] I suppose one would consider them hm... daggers?

[ ...sure. anyways; ] But there certainly is a good amount of us and the numbers grow by the months. [ where tf are myu numbers even at after the gou invasion ] It's certainly becoming hard to keep track of everyone...!

[constellates]

[ . . . ah, that sounds very busy. she lets her heart rest over her chest before closing her eyes]

To have very many friends... Утешение. It sounds nice and warm.

[wakizashis]

[ his expression certainly goes fond thinking of the chaotic citadel when everyone is home at the same time ]

It's wonderful to have everyone there. There's always something exciting happening. [ ...exciting perhaps isn't the word for it but it works ]

[constellates]

[ . . . she sighs faintly]

Возвращение. I hope... you get to go home soon, to that exciting place.

[wakizashis]

Mm. Me too.

[ as interesting as the people here have been he wants to go home ]

Is Anya's home exciting too?

[constellates]

[ . . . . ]

It is very warm.

[she closes her eyes thinking about it, letting her shoulders drop]

Full of girls with cute smiles... Удивительный. Everyone shines very bright.

[wakizashis]

It sounds wonderful.

[ and like the complete opposite of the citadel. girls?? everywhere?? WILD. ]

You must miss them very much as well...

[constellates]

[she lets her gaze fall down to the ground, in the sand beneath the swing, and she starts to move back and forth idly]

... I do. Friends... Mama... Papa... Producer...

[ . . . she goes quiet after that]

Miss... very much.

[wakizashis]

I'm sure we'll find a way home.

[ perhaps not soon given the absolute disasters everyone is with but Eventually.

.......... he'll just. keep that part to himself though. instead, he goes down to a knee, smiling up reassuringly at her. ]

Between everyone here, I'm certain we'll find a way! There must be answers somewhere in this house.

[constellates]

[ . . . his certainty helps - and she looks a little surprised when he moves in front of her like that. it makes her want to school her expression into something a little less sad, a little less melancholy

and so she gives him a small smile, and faint tilt of her head as she holds her uninjured hand out to him]

... Promise?

[wakizashis]

[ well this he at least knows how to do. he gives her his pinky, smiling brightly ]

Mm! I promise! I'll do my very best to help us find a way.

[ and hopefully not end up very dead himself ]

[constellates]

[with her one good pinky left, she offers a smile back, weak but genuine as she interlaces their pinkies together]

... Me too. Promise.

So it will be true.

[wakizashis]

[ maybe with less needles in their eyes but YES ABSOLUTELY. hori tightens his finger around hers, shaking on the matter ]

It's a deal then!

[ and then both of them mcfuckin die ]