004: Astoundment [video/open | action/locked to cherrywood ]

[dnoteworthy]

[it's been a couple days since he received an egg from an anonymous sender, and today... It was time for it to hatch.]

[having planned for it to happen since he had predicted the time of hatching somewhat accurately, Light decided he would put up a video post, as a bit of a topic for discussion, and to attract the attention of others. After all,

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[dead_black_eyes]

Naming your pokemon after a god, Light? That seems like something someone with Kira's immense arrogance would do.

[dnoteworthy]

[Bah, he was kind of expecting this the moment he decided not to filter this away from L, just as he had the last post.]

And what of it? It isn't as if you haven't already established the similarities between Kira and myself.

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[dead_black_eyes]

But have you acknowledged them, Light? Accepted them for what they are? I really don't think you have. Otherwise, we wouldn't still be arguing over this.

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[dnoteworthy]

I have. The similarities are clear, and indisputable. But that doesn't mean that I am Kira.

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[dead_black_eyes]

Then you understand why I suspect you. There aren't any hard feelings.

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[dnoteworthy]

Understanding and agreeing with a suspicion are two entirely different things, but yes, I do understand. [he feels the need to make this clear, but his tone does soften a little.] And neither do I have any for you.

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[dead_black_eyes]

Really? None at all? I imagine I've made your life pretty difficult. Interrupted your schooling, and all that, with my insistence that you are a viable suspect.

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[dnoteworthy]

[Just by that statement itself, it feels as if L's trying to test him again... For what purpose... He's got a few ideas, but he'll just play along for now.]

Interrupting my schooling is unimportant; if I am needed to help with catching Kira, I don't mind only going back to school after he is caught. As far as your insistence is concerned... While it irks me, insisting that I am Kira will only get you so far, so long as I myself know that I am innocent.

So no, none at all.

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[dead_black_eyes]

With that out of the way, then... how have you been?

[It's pretty stiff and unnatural sounding, but hey. It seems to be an attempt.]

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[dnoteworthy]

[it's a little hard to believe that L's actually trying to... make peace with Light here.]

I've been fine. [this much is truthful, at least.] What about you? [just returning the courtesy here]

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[dead_black_eyes]

[If something is hard to believe, it is usually because it is not true.]

As fine as it's possible to be in a place where I'm separated from everything I've ever known.

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[dnoteworthy]

[Light knows this, of course. But if there's that tiny chance that L's intentions here are as they appear, he's not about to crush that miniscule chance to nothing.]

These past three months must have been difficult, then.

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[dead_black_eyes]

What is that saying? That nothing worth accomplishing is easy?

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[dnoteworthy]

That's right. It's a good saying to keep in mind, especially considering our circumstances. And that nothing is easy to the unwilling, I suppose.

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[dead_black_eyes]

I hope it holds true for your sake, at least. You have a Magikarp, and I can't imagine that much else is very comforting to you.

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[dnoteworthy]

Oh, that's alright. I've been making rather good progress with training her up, at the very least. She should be evolving in a week or two, in fact.