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thirty-first breath ✧ voice/action

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• The body under the couch is starting to smell.
• Quit whining about the pain, it only makes it worse for everyone else.
• Stop smoking. Or start. Whichever you're not doing.

[Isamu is sitting outside the house, a cigarette in one hand. Every so often he tilts his head to the side, as though hearing a voice that only he can hear. He didn't smoke before now, and he still doesn't really care for it, but he felt a need to start today.

His journal lies open in his lap.]

I don't know what this place wants from me sometimes. No one does, I know.

Guess it's about that time again, huh?

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I beg your pardon?

Nothing.

Voices, is all. The usual.

And what were these voices saying this time?

Nothing worth repeating.

[He rubs at his forehead.]

It's fine. I'm just doing my best to ignore them until this is over.

[Richard's quiet for a moment, thinking... then he gets an idea, because hey, he was saying he felt bad for not repaying Isamu for things earlier, after all.

He scoots over a little closer, reaches up to angle Isamu's shoulders a bit to make this easier, and... this time it's Isamu's turn to get a (unskilled) shoulder rub.]

What are you...? Heh.

[Isamu sinks back a little, not complaining.]

I told you-- I don't like feeling like I haven't done anything to help in return.

[And okay, so it's not the best backrub ever, but he's trying his best.]

And I told you not to - hn - worry about it.

Unfortunately, that's one order I can't obey.

You say that like you obey many to begin with.

Only if they come from you or Asbel.

[Is he joking or being serious? The world may never know.]

Psh. If you listened to more of our advice you'd be better off.

Is that so?

[And he may be putting just a tiny bit of extra pressure into his backrub right now as a sort of teasing gesture.]

Nph.

Damn right it's so.

Edited 2011-12-11 03:20 (UTC)

Then would you be so kind as to dispense me some of your sage wisdom, O Great One?

You're missing the point here, man. I'm not talking about random shit I spit out on a whim.

Surely you have some sort of advice you can offer me.

How about don't run off on your own for a while without telling a friend.

[He gives a soft chuckle.]

When I was a child, I used to run off to one of the castle storerooms to hide when I wanted to be alone. It looks like I haven't grown out of that quite yet, as much as I wanted to think I had.

Hey, I can understand wanting to have some privacy, I really can.

Just let us know first.

Is that a command?

Sure as fuck is.

Will I be punished if I refuse to obey?

Probably.

Just don't get any crazy ideas.

I can assure you, I don't have any.

... however, now that you mentioned it...

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