[week 33, day 2 | accidental voice]
[Sasuke opens his eyes. The rain has stopped. He had thought the hollow patter of drops on the rocks-on his skin, in the scattered puddles of blood-would be the last sounds he ever heard. And yet, tragically, his eyes are open and he finds himself staring at nothing. Blurs. He blinks rapidly. Leaves. Sky. Blue.
Other senses awaken. Birdsong and the ( Read more... )
[ It's funny, the number of people who arrive in Kannagara thinking they're dead. Like the gods seem to keep pulling in people who regularly get into situations where it's logical to think, upon waking up in almost-paradise, that one might be dead.
Actually, come to think of it, it's really not funny at all. ]
Or - you're probably not dead. You're not in the afterlife, anyway, if that's what you really meant.
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[ How could anyone call an adorable tiny pink girl "useless?" D: ]
Maybe he's having a really rough time.
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Yachiru hadn't thought about that, but. ]
That's still a lousy reason to be mean to people, ne.
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[ And to be honest, this guy sounds like he needs help more than he needs to be cheered up right now. Later could be a different story, but... ]
Maybe we just need to give this guy some time.
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[ Hollow. He hates this feeling of knowing nothing, this constant state of disadvantage. But it's only skin deep. It can't penetrate his deeper numbness. And he does grow tired of the parade of new voices and faces. ]
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You know, if you walk about a half hour in any direction, you're bound to run into a village. You could probably get some food if you meet up with another off-worlder or help one of the villagers out. There's also a lot of wild game if you can hunt.
[ Because this guy's voice sounds so dead, so hollow, that Juudai would really like to believe it's just hunger or exhaustion. ]
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[ Why bother? It seems he's inventing a whole world now, one in which he could probably live, explore (and the word destroy passes through his mind, as if on cue). But what would be the point? ]
Delusions.
[ Mumbled to himself. ]
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[ He sounds like he's slipping further away. Is this guy hurt or sick? If he thought he might be dead, then - ]
Do you need help? Hey, guy, are you okay?
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[ When he was a boy, all alone, his entire family--his world--slaughtered and dying around him...where was 'help' then? ]
Not anymore.
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I know a place in Mizusato where you can stay. If you can't move, I can come help you. Are you wounded?
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[ Toneless and dismissive.
Does no one here have any common sense? Random people, random offers of help. If they are normally this trustworthy...they are all fools.
Assuming they are real at all...]
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You sure?
Any blood? Bruises, infections...? Bad bug bites...?
[ He'll keep this up forever if he has to. ]
Oh, how rude of me. The name's Juudai. You?
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Much like someone else he used to know, persistence of this type only ever results in a headache for himself unless immediately nipped in the bud. So to speak. ]
Uchiha Sasuke.
[ His voice rises and falls, swelling with Uchiha pride, and then receding in memory of events most recently passed. ]
Tch, the rest is none of your concern.
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[ Yes, Juudai is being an obnoxious jackass on purpose. Mostly because he knows sometimes that's the only way to get someone to pay attention to you, especially if that someone would much rather lay down and die. He's been that someone before. It's not a good place to be. ]
Of course, I guess if I saw you on the video and you weren't totally dying, I'd know you didn't need any help...
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