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cuteobsessed) wrote2011-05-18 05:24 pm
cuteobsessed) wrote2011-05-18 05:24 pm
2nd Joke [Voice]
[Heisuke's reading something and he can be heard mumbling in the background.]
...all a matter of listening properly...meditation....takes a lot of time....
...Time. A lot of time.
[He lets out a loud and somewhat frustrated sigh then turns to the journal.]
Okay, look, there's gotta be an easier way to contact these ghosty spirity things than goin' out into the great wilderness where a giant wolf might eat my face. Right?
Any ideas?
Ugh, where's Hajime when you need that creeper...
...all a matter of listening properly...meditation....takes a lot of time....
...Time. A lot of time.
[He lets out a loud and somewhat frustrated sigh then turns to the journal.]
Okay, look, there's gotta be an easier way to contact these ghosty spirity things than goin' out into the great wilderness where a giant wolf might eat my face. Right?
Any ideas?
Ugh, where's Hajime when you need that creeper...
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Sannan winces.]
Maybe you should try a less volatile one first, Toudou-kun.
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[Uhhhhh, but let's pretend he isn't going for the healing one because that's a can of worms.]
Figure I'd go for one that can't burn me. Like the earth or water one or something.
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--or this healing one. That seems useful.
[...and the least likely to end in serious injury.
He squints at the last line in the section on spirits.]
..."drafted for war"?
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Oh. Yeah, guess that'd be good too.
[HNNNNNGH. Heisuke gets up and plucks the book out of Yamanami's hands.]
You don't gotta worry about that.
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He sighs.]
Right...although, it wouldn't be anything new. [--except he would be next to useless and probably dead in a matter of days.]
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......They wouldn't take you. It wouldn't be right.
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jinxed it, HeisukeSannan starts (He normally wouldn't, but right now, he's more on edge than usual.), staring...but then his eyes drift to the side.]Toudou-kun.
You don't need to worry so much about me.
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That's because Heisuke is a jinx.]Don't... don't need to worry? I got you and Hijikata-san yelling it out like that right in front of the house...! How am I not supposed to worry about you?!
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I didn't say that you couldn't worry about me, just not so much. And this isn't about Hijikata-kun anyway.
If I have to fight, I'll...do it.
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Isn't about-- How--
No! You don't have to fight! You don't have to do anything but...
[And his anger just...deflates. He lowers the book and it dangles loosely from his fingers.]
...Just live here. Just stay with us. That's all that matters. If they try to make you fight, I'll go for you.
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What he wants to say is that he's not that weak.]
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He grabs the book again and throws it down.]
I already did!
[He stops and just stares at the book where it's lying, closed.]
...it doesn't matter. I already did.
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He really is a dead man walking, isn't he?
Both of them.]
...Wh--what?
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...Nothing. Just forget I said anything.
[He leans down to grab his journal and starts for the door.]
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[Even though he doesn't move, there's enough bite in his voice to show that he isn't willing to let things end this way.]
I can't forget something like that.
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.......
What. You going to order me like Shinpatsuan did?
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Do I need to?
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...but even he isn't that cruel.]
Maybe. Isn't like it's something I want to talk about.
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I'm aware of that, but if you're going to say those kinds of things, then you shouldn't leave the details up to my imagination.
[He pauses before adding:]
Who else knows? Besides Nagakura-kun.
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[He shifts from one foot to the other.]
Details don't really matter, do they? Not goin' back there anymore so that's that.
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[He focuses on the wall.]
No, I guess they don't, even though...never mind. [Heisuke wants him to stay here, so he'll try to do that.]
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[He clenches his fists.]
So you remember that too, okay? The details don't matter. We'll figure things out.
[He sounds like them. He knows how this story is going to end. For both of them. He turns a bit and tries to smile for Sannan.]
Anyway, I'm gonna go see if I can give Hajime a run for his creepy ghost talker money.
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Alright. I'll see you for dinner, then.
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[He grins and waves, heading out.]