twenty-second breath ✧ voice/action

[musubi]

((ooc: backdated to morning))

[Someone is in your kitchen, Sanji.

That same someone is nursing a third cup of coffee and is far more jittery than normal after a certain event from the day before. And by jittery I mean his shaking hands come close to spilling the contents of his mug on more than one occasion.

His voice (still feminine since he's still stuck as a girl) isn't exactly steady, either.]

[filtered from Naoki and Richard]

Has it... e-ever really been this bad before? I-It's like they're hitting us with the whole year at once.

[The fact that he seems to have some abilities now doesn't even make him feel more secure. Maybe he can blame it on these female hormones later...]

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[saidontmatter.livejournal.com]

[Donnie told him about these talking books, but he's been to shy and stubborn to check it out for himself until now. Curiosity finally gets the best of him when he hits Isamu's entry. This girl sounds scared. Maybe as scared as he is, and he feels like he knows her somehow.

Raphie peeks into the little window and watches her through the camera for a while, frowning thoughtfully. He never knew humans could be scared. It's a little fascinating.]

A-are you scared?

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[It's not like he can really lie at this point. Who's this little kid anyway? Some other inhabitant de-aged, no doubt.]

Who's this?

[saidontmatter.livejournal.com]

Why?

[And why do you think he'd give you his name, silly human?]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Because something scared me. I-isn't that usually the reason?

[saidontmatter.livejournal.com]

Yeah...b-b-b...but you're a human

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

I hope you don't think humans don't ever get scared, because that's bullshit. We get scared all the d-damn time. M-mostly from things that aren't human.

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

Oh.

[He thinks a beat.]

You...you scared 'a me?

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Are you a s-super-powered demon that wants to kill me?

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

...No.

[That's just silly.]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Then no, I'm not afraid of you.

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

I'm - I'm not s-scared 'a you either.

[musubifemme.livejournal.com]

Good. That'd be kinda pathetic if you were and all I was doing was standing here fretting.

[saidontmatter.livejournal.com]

[In a bewildered whisper:] Sensei said humans are bad.

[musubifemme.livejournal.com]

[Sensei did, huh? Come to think of it, that voice IS a bit familiar...]

...Raph?

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

Mmm! [Okay, maybe he is pretty scared of you after all. And the more nervous he gets, the more he stutters.] Y-y-you kn-now my n-name too!

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm just magic like that. Don't worry about it.

[He's not exactly up for much explaining.]

[saidontmatter.livejournal.com]

Y-you're magic?

[musubifemme.livejournal.com]

Sure, kid. A lot of people here are.

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

How?

[musubifemme.livejournal.com]

That's just the way they were born.

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

Nuh-uh.

[musubifemme.livejournal.com]

If you don't know much about this place I don't see how you can argue with me.

[saidontmatter.livejournal.com]

Nuh-uh!

[He doesn't believe you!]

[musubifemme.livejournal.com]

Hey, fine. Don't believe me. I've got nothing to prove.