[A couple of weeks later Hijikata is back in France's inbox.]
Hello France. With the Vulpus Astra celebration in Amegahara coming up I'm afraid I'll be too busy for our outing (I'll be on duty and need to prepare for it). Let's just play this by ear, if that's alright for you. I'll let you know when I'm free at the end of the month after the festivities.
[He anticipates the worst, given what apparently happened at last year's festival, so he wouldn't be able to enjoy an outing right now even if didn't need to strategise countermeasures against potential cultist attacks.]
[(OOC: Work swallowed me up for a while, but I caught up with France's event post, and if it works for you I'd love to throw Hijikata into it so they can finally meet regardless! That'd actually be a great opportunity to make them have a drink.)]
Backdated to Mid-July
Hello France. With the Vulpus Astra celebration in Amegahara coming up I'm afraid I'll be too busy for our outing (I'll be on duty and need to prepare for it). Let's just play this by ear, if that's alright for you. I'll let you know when I'm free at the end of the month after the festivities.
[He anticipates the worst, given what apparently happened at last year's festival, so he wouldn't be able to enjoy an outing right now even if didn't need to strategise countermeasures against potential cultist attacks.]
[(OOC: Work swallowed me up for a while, but I caught up with France's event post, and if it works for you I'd love to throw Hijikata into it so they can finally meet regardless! That'd actually be a great opportunity to make them have a drink.)]