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twenty-fourth breath ✧ voice/action

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Sso.

So.

Firs'... a salute, no - toast, to th'fine men an' women curren'ly serving in the draft. Hats off, motherfuckers.

[Isamu has been holed up since the draft started. Clearly, he hasn't been doing anything productive.]

Should've... should've fuckin' volunteered, maybe.

...Had a second point. Forgot what it was.

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[Raph falls silent. Maybe if he lets the kid babble, he'll start making sense eventually.]

I'm such an idiot...

Already treadin' on thin ice, an'... I took a hammer to it.

[He nudges Isamu gently with his shoulder.]

You the only one here, bro?

'Course I'm the only one here. That's really how it should fucking be, isn't it?

[Firmly:] No, it ain't. That's why I'm here.

[Isamu let's out something like a chocked sob.]

Hey. [Shit.] Quit that.

[But he puts his arm around his friend. Fuck you, Isamu. You're breaking his heart and he doesn't even know what you're so upset about.]

You're tougher than that, right?

Hell no. Jus' look at me.

[Tough? Hardly.]

Eh, you're right. You're a fuckin' mess. But that don't mean you're no wuss either. You just gotta toughen up a little.

Heh... Yeah. 'Cause toughening up'll fix all this shit...

I didn't say that.

[He thumps Isamu's shoulder, then takes his arm back.]

So what do you want me to do, huh? I don't know what's goin' on, and I ain't good at this stuff anyways.

Never asked you to do anything.

There's nothing you can do.

You don't have to ask. This's me offerin'.

Maybe you should jus' take me out back an' shoot me, then.

Don't tempt me, asshole. And don't be talkin' like that.

I'll talk however I fucking want! S'what I'm best at, after all.

[Raph reaches back to smack Isamu upside the head. It isn't hard, hopefully just enough to snap him out of it. He doesn't care if the kid's drunk. He's not gonna put up with that shit.]

Shut the fuck up.

[Isamu makes a pained sound and has to catch himself before he falls forward.]

[Raph grabs him roughly by the shoulder before he can fall, then tries to turn him around to face him.]

You listen to me, got it? You ain't gonna get nowhere talkin' like that. And you ain't gonna get nowhere doin' this to yourself. Now you are my friend, all right? And I don't just throw that word around. So you start mannin' up, or I'm gonna do it for you.

[He pauses for a moment, thinking of what to say next for a change.]

So as your friend, I'm gonna help you whether you like it or not. If you don't like it? Tough. That's just how it works.

Edited 2011-02-28 22:07 (UTC)

[Isamu stares woozily at Raph as he goes on his tirade.

God, he's right. He's such a loser.

His eyes get watery about partway through, and he's biting his bottom lip soon after.

Fuck. Toughen up and all that...]

[Raph tries to hold his gaze, his own eyes fierce, impassioned, protective. You better be listening, Isamu. He's not dicking around, and he's not going to give in to that teary-eyed bullshit.]

All right?

Y-yeah...

Yeah. Fuck... I'm sorry...

[Raph just nods, then lets him go.]

So where is everybody anyways? Off in the war?

Richard... Richard is. God... he's too sick to be fighting, but... Sanji's there.

I dunno where Naoki is.

Sick? [He doesn't know the guy, but that just makes him damn angry.] That's bullshit. Seriously?

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