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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[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Whoa, hey! [You can't just walk away from Isamu like that! That's his move! He starts following.]

Does it really bother you that much? [There's a bit of laughter in his voice.]

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

[You kidding? Raph walks out of 90% of his interactions. How interesting this will be.

He watches Isamu irritably out the corner of his eye, but keeps walking.]

What, are you deaf? Was I speakin' Spanish?

I hate magic. Ain't nothin' gonna change that.

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

So you also hate anyone that tries to use it by default? That's kinda unfair, isn't it?

[He picks up his pace until he's at the turtle's side.] And a shame, 'cause I kinda like you, and I don't say that to just anyone.

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

Yeah, well, I hate a lot of things. Deal with it.

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

And if I don't want to?

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

That's your problem.

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Guess so. [He's now maneuvered himself so that he's jogging backwards in front of Raph.]

But I can be kinda stubborn.

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

I see that.

You plannin' on following me home? 'Cause I don't take in strays.

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

I have an apartment. Besides, you wouldn't let me. We couldn't even meet there. You'd probably lure me out to a cave, then tie me up and leave me or something.

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

[He snorts a laugh.] Don't give me any ideas.

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm keeping all the good ones to myself, trust me.

So. I'm waiting for you to offer.

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

Offer what?

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Aren't you going to offer to train me? Isn't that how this goes? It would be better, right, if I had something besides magic to rely on?

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

You want lessons. From me.

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

You're the one who was going on about there being other methods for me to defend myself. You don't want to back that up?

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

[He stops in his tracks to think about it for a moment, rubbing the back of his neck with his free hand.]

Well I don't know, man. I think I'd be a pretty awful teacher. I got no patience for stuff like that.

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

I've put up with your nonsense so far, haven't I?

Though I suppose you could always dump me on your brothers.

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

Yeah right. Like they'd take you any quicker than me.

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

But would they be better at it? I mean, if you think they're more talented at this sort of thing...

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

I see what you're tryin' ta pull. I ain't stupid, and that's a dirty trick.

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

[He laughs.] That's good. I'd hope you were smarter than that. And hey. [A shrug.] I don't have much else besides dirty tricks at my disposal right now. You use what you have.

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

You do realize you're askin' for lessons from a ninja, right?

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

Is that so wrong?

You guys are all about being quick and stealthy, right? I figure that's better for me than some other methods.

[meanandgreen.livejournal.com]

Eh, it's a little more than that, but let's not get into the details for now.

[causeblocked.livejournal.com]

So we'll go into it later, sensei?