Isamu Nitta ([personal profile] musubi) wrote2010-06-01 08:00 pm
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ninth breath ✧ voice/images

[There's the sound of someone fumbling with their journal before it hits the floor with a loud thud. It falls open, and one might get a view of Isamu's leg hanging off the edge of the bed before he mutters a curse and retrieves it with a shaking hand.

He doesn't seem to realize it's picking anything up as he sets it down across from him. The teen himself is sitting upright in his bed, eyes occasionally darting to either side. He's still dressed in his gi from training this morning, and he's turning his ring around in one hand - the one with the demon design. He seems particularly jumpy.]


Nothing to worry about...

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[identity profile] causeblocked.livejournal.com 2010-06-02 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Quickly.] Heard something like what?

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[identity profile] causeblocked.livejournal.com 2010-06-02 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
A voice? What sort of voice? [He's prying, and he shouldn't, but he needs to know if it's the same...]

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[identity profile] denyingreasons.livejournal.com 2010-06-02 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Naoki looks at him for a moment.] A voice from someone back home. Like they were here--but they're not...why?

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[identity profile] causeblocked.livejournal.com 2010-06-02 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Home, like... after the conception?

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[identity profile] denyingreasons.livejournal.com 2010-06-02 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[A pause--and then he nods, before giving him a hard look. You didn't answer his question, Isamu.]

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[identity profile] causeblocked.livejournal.com 2010-06-02 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Isamu crosses his arms over his chest and takes several deep breaths. Then he glances back in the direction of the bathroom.] When I opened that door earlier, I thought... It looked like I was about to step into one of the Amala pathways.

[He turns the spoon in his ice cream.] And I keep seeing... flashes of red along the walls every now and then. Almost like... [He trails off, shaking his head.]

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[identity profile] denyingreasons.livejournal.com 2010-06-02 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[Naoki's eyes narrow, a thick swell of concern surfacing, and he sweeps his gaze slowly around the room, as though to try and see what he does.] If both you and me are hearing and seeing things, then it wouldn't be coincidence. And, it's that time...

[A bitter smile curls over his face.] Guess they thought to give us an experiment along with everything else.

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[identity profile] causeblocked.livejournal.com 2010-06-02 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
You think that's what this is? [He isn't sure if that makes him feel better or not, though it's admittedly nice to know he isn't the only one dealing with it.]

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[identity profile] denyingreasons.livejournal.com 2010-06-02 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I think so, yeah. This seems more along the style of their experiments--messing with our heads.

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[identity profile] causeblocked.livejournal.com 2010-06-03 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
[He takes another deep breath, seeming somewhat more calmed.] Well if that's all... I'll just have to ignore it.

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[identity profile] denyingreasons.livejournal.com 2010-06-03 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Naoki musters up a little half-smile.] At least until this thing is all over.

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[identity profile] causeblocked.livejournal.com 2010-06-03 08:03 am (UTC)(link)
Right. [He's stirred his ice cream into a pasty mush now, but he takes a large spoonful anyway.]

...How's the Rocky Road?

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[identity profile] denyingreasons.livejournal.com 2010-06-03 08:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Naoki blinks, having forgot about it, glancing down at the partially melted ice cream. He squints a little after he eats a spoonful.]

Really sweet. But not bad.
Edited 2010-06-03 08:07 (UTC)

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[identity profile] causeblocked.livejournal.com 2010-06-03 08:09 am (UTC)(link)
Heh. Yeah. Don't know if I'll get it again.

If you get tired of it, you're free to grab another flavor.

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[identity profile] denyingreasons.livejournal.com 2010-06-03 08:18 am (UTC)(link)
Okay--thanks.

[He eats, tilting his head a little on occasion. Isamu's bringing up what he's seeing has made an old curiosity surface--] Isamu, did you know about the Labyrinth of Amala?

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[identity profile] causeblocked.livejournal.com 2010-06-03 09:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Isamu looks a little confused.] Are you talking about the network itself, or something specific?

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[identity profile] denyingreasons.livejournal.com 2010-06-03 10:17 am (UTC)(link)
[That elicits a smile--it's practically answer enough.] I'm not sure, honestly. They brought me there through the terminals. They asked me to bring the candelabrum from the Fiends there; and the woman in black told me a lot about the Vortex World in return. [A thoughtful pause.] It was divided into different sections--I got through four.

I'd just wondered if you'd been aware of it.

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[identity profile] causeblocked.livejournal.com 2010-06-03 08:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[He stares at him, then shakes his head slowly.] There was... one terminal. I couldn't gain access to it no matter how much I tried. That must have been it.

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[identity profile] denyingreasons.livejournal.com 2010-06-03 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, that's...probably for the best.

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[identity profile] denyingreasons.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 08:30 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. [He glances over.] The demons were really strong there. I only went as far as I did because I didn't know, at first, what I was really there for.

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[identity profile] causeblocked.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[Isamu wouldn't have been too worried about the strength of the demons, but he's not going to say that.] What were you there for?

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[identity profile] denyingreasons.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 09:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Those candelabra...it turned out I was gathering them so they could make me into a demon. A real demon, to fight on their side.

I was gullible. [Naoki lifts and lowers one shoulder, expression distant.]

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[identity profile] causeblocked.livejournal.com 2010-06-04 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
The demons' side? I didn't know they had their own side. I mean... there was obviously another power present that I couldn't get a bead on.

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