twenty-third breath ✧ voice/action

[musubi]

[Isamu is in the kitchen, searching the refrigerator while his journal lies open on the counter.]

Hey, Sanji. We're probably gonna be busy tonight, right? So you'll need me to come in?

[There's the hiss-pop sound of a soda can being opened.]

Unless of course there's some girl out there who really wants to be asked out by me, but I'm not holding my breath.

((Claimed by Richard. Any other comments should follow his.))

Comments

[Voice]

[drawnbythesword]

[...Abuh? We have no idea what you're referring to, Isamu. Let our expression indicate as such!]

[Voice] /sneaks back in

[forsurvival.livejournal.com]

[Lambda speaks again. He doesn't sound amused.]

I assure you, I have no intention of turning anyone into a monster.

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah? What about what you were doing with Richard?

[Voice]

[forsurvival.livejournal.com]

You should not speak of matters you know nothing about.

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Hey, I've been attacked by a monstrous form of your former host twice.

[Voice]

[forsurvival.livejournal.com]

I was not involved in either incident.

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Sure, whatever.

[Voice]

[drawnbythesword]

[And now Asbel's back, and he doesn't sound too pleased, now. You wouldn't either if your mouth got randomly hijacked by Lambda.

...He could at least ask first. ):]

...Well... It's not going to be a permanent situation. But Lambda's body is broken right now...

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Broken? What do you mean?

[Voice]

[drawnbythesword]

Well... You know that Lambda's body is mechanical, right?

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Huh? No, I don't think I was ever told that part.

[Voice]

[drawnbythesword]

... [Dammit Richard don't you tell people anything?]

Well, it is... And when the Malnosso returned him from his kidnapping, it was, well... Not working.

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Not sure I get what you mean.

[Voice]

[drawnbythesword]

It's just a vessel for him... But when they returned him, he couldn't even use it anymore. It was full of water, and the insides are probably fried.

And, without a body... Lambda was going to die.

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

And you liked this thing enough not to let it?

[Voice]

[drawnbythesword]

I couldn't let Lambda die... Not when there was something I could do to help him. ...Richard would have done the same if it came down to it. [Because he did once.]

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

And what has he done for you?

[Voice]

[drawnbythesword]

It's not a matter of what he can do for me... I don't care what Lambda can do for me!

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Yeah... Shoulda figured you were one of those types.

[Voice]

[drawnbythesword]

I'd do anything to help one of my friends, that's all there is to it... Whether they're a friend from Efinea or from Luceti... I can't just stand by when there's something I can do to help them.

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

So you really consider this thing your friend?

[Voice]

[drawnbythesword]

He isn't a thing. Just because he's not a human like you or me doesn't make him any different from us...

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Technically it does, actually. But whatever. I'm not gonna tell you what to like or not like.

[Voice]

[drawnbythesword]

[That doesn't make any sense to Asbel. So what if Lambda isn't human? That doesn't make him any less of a person. He thinks and feels and reacts, and walks and talks... He does everything any other person would do... But more importantly, it's what else Isamu's past few statements suggest...]

...So... You wouldn't do anything to help Naoki, Isamu?

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

...That's completely different!