fifth breath ✧ voice / action

[musubi]

[Isamu steps out of his apartment this afternoon with a lollipop in his mouth and immediately checks to see if anyone else is in the area before sliding a wrapped package containing a small number of the same treats under the door to Naoki's (with some difficulty). There, see? You couldn't say he didn't care about his friends.

He pulls out his notebook as he's headed out the door from community building 7. It's time he checked up on a certain someone. Sadly, he'd forgotten to get Raphael's name...]

Oi. So I'm looking for a giant talking turtle guy.

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[i_speak_softly]

[That phrase, "giant talking turtle guy", rises through the general chatter of the journals, and flicks this turtle guy's consciousness.]

A particular giant talking turtle? Or will any one do?

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Uh... [Not the same voice. ...He should have expected something like this.]

There's more than one of you?

[i_speak_softly]

The current count of giant turtles in Luceti is three. Who can I take a message for?

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[Well three is easier to deal with than fifty.]

The one with the red bandanna and arachnophobia? I wanted to check up on a dare.

[i_speak_softly]

[... Well, that narrows it down. Also makes him curious.] Who should I say is calling?

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

His pet's namesake. [A grin.] That is, if he's even keeping the thing like he said he would.

[i_speak_softly]

[Very pleasantly:] One moment, please.

[Somewhat less pleasantly:] Raph! Raph, did you sneak a pet into the house?

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

[From somewhere in the other room:] What the hell're you talkin' about?

[i_speak_softly]

Someone seems to think you adopted a pet and named it after him! You're not hiding an animal in there, are you?

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

No!

Wait...

[He guesses he should at least be in the same room to yell at you properly.] You mean the spider?

[i_speak_softly]

[He lowers his volume accordingly when Raph appears in the doorway.] No, not a spider. Some kind of pet.

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

There is no pet, Don.

((Sorry Isamu, they'll quit bickering eventually. If you want to jump in again and end it, go for it |D ))

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[No, no. Isamu is enjoying this. He's currently leaning up against the building shaking with mirth and with a hand over his mouth to keep from laughing out loud.]

[Voice]

[denyingreasons.livejournal.com]

[Aw, he really does care. A little while later, Naoki's voice comes through, sounding pleased.]

Hey, did you get these for me, Isamu?

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Get you what? [Innocent.]

Musta been a rogue pixie or something.

[Voice]

[denyingreasons.livejournal.com]

Rogue pixie, riiight. [Crunching noises as he eats one of the lollipops.] They're good, anyway.

[And curiously, noting that voice post:] What're you up to?

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Some purple-haired guy named after a type of dog was making them. Don't worry. I'd drop dead before you if it turns out they're toxic.

[He laughs a bit.] Just checking up on something.

[Voice]

[denyingreasons.livejournal.com]

Something, huh? [That may be the 'are you getting into trouble' tone of voice.]

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[You mean the tone of voice that Isamu makes a point to ignore?]

Yeah. Something. Just dared a guy, is all.

[Voice]

[denyingreasons.livejournal.com]

[Yeah, that one.]

Huh. [His tone turns amused.] Been putting that journal to use after all, huh?

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[He sighs.] You got me there. Not a whole lot else to do around here, you know?

I've been trying that whole channeling spirits thing, and it hasn't been working out so well. Maybe I don't have the patience for it. Best I've been able to do is continuously shock myself on metal surfaces, and I don't think that counts.

[Voice]

[denyingreasons.livejournal.com]

[Naoki makes a quiet noise of thought.]

It takes a while to get some of the spirits to like you enough to teach you. Hell, I'm pretty sure half of them still think I'm an idiot.

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[Holds himself back from saying 'That's because you are an idiot, Naoki.' But only just.]

I tried sitting around in all sorts of places, but the only time I got any response at all was when I was sitting out in an open field, and I'm pretty sure that had more to do with this girl I ran into than me.

[Voice]

[denyingreasons.livejournal.com]

Open field? That was probably Tsinku, then. He's kind of...hard to get along with at first. Takes a bit of time to earn their trust and all that. I spent a lot of time just talking aloud, hoping they were listening before I finally got a response.

[Voice]

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

So you just sat around talking to yourself, basically?