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route_10652013-08-21 06:18 pm
ardent) wrote in route_10652013-08-21 06:18 pm
Everything we've loved has turned to stone
Who: "Alice White"/Parker (nostabbing); Kiyotaka Ishimaru (ardent); Mondo Oowada (diamondo)
Where: Route 36, en route to Goldenrod City
When: The evening of 8/21
Summary: What with so many new arrivals from Hope's Peak Academy, telling Alice what actually happened in the school is becoming a necessity, not an option. Contains spoilers for Dangan Ronpa.
Rating: Starting it at PG-13 due to swearing and discussion of dead teenagers; will adjust if necessary!
Log:
[They'd discussed it after they'd landed for the night.
The idea of going to pick up Celes was an uncomfortable one all around, but one that Ishimaru deemed completely necessary for his own well-being; he still wasn't sure how he should feel toward her in general, but for now he was doing a decent job of pushing through it. However, he couldn't trust her to not say something in front of Alice; even if it wasn't anything completely damning, she might say enough to make Alice ask questions that neither of them were prepared for. Just the same, he would have been willing to ask Celes to just remain quiet and actually pretend to be a decent person for two days and spend the next 48 hours running on sheer optimism alone if it weren't for Hagakure and Kuwata showing up.
Kuwata was angry beyond belief, something Ishimaru had inadvertantly not helped with (and in all honesty, he's still not sure what he did; he'll likely spend some time thinking on it, because that was...bad and he knows it, he's just not sure how to fix it and Kuwata is being stubborn as hell about answering his phone) but just the same couldn't fully blame him for; Hagakure meant well but tended to run his mouth without thinking about the consequences. The chances of someone saying something around Alice was suddenly much higher, then, if for no better reason than there were so many of them - she could overhear them talking or stumble into a sensitive topic conversationally (as she had with Naegi some time ago, apparently) - and in the end Ishimaru had pulled Oowada over and they'd decided that something needed to be said.
Of course, being the masters of conversational planning and general foresight that they are, they've only hashed out the most basic of guidelines by the time they go find her; there are some things that are Definitely Off-Limits, but the rest...they'll see how it goes. Ishimaru is less keyed-up than he was yesterday; it's hard to tell whether that's because he's genuinely calmed down or he's managed to overstimulate himself to the point of not feeling anything anymore - he seems to have spent the last damn he had to give on that fight with Kuwata and so he's been pretty comfortably numb for the better part of the day, which is a little confusing but not something he's going to question too much.]
Alice-san? We'd like to talk to you about something, if you have a moment - it's important.
nostabbing); Kiyotaka Ishimaru (ardent); Mondo Oowada (diamondo)Where: Route 36, en route to Goldenrod City
When: The evening of 8/21
Summary: What with so many new arrivals from Hope's Peak Academy, telling Alice what actually happened in the school is becoming a necessity, not an option. Contains spoilers for Dangan Ronpa.
Rating: Starting it at PG-13 due to swearing and discussion of dead teenagers; will adjust if necessary!
Log:
[They'd discussed it after they'd landed for the night.
The idea of going to pick up Celes was an uncomfortable one all around, but one that Ishimaru deemed completely necessary for his own well-being; he still wasn't sure how he should feel toward her in general, but for now he was doing a decent job of pushing through it. However, he couldn't trust her to not say something in front of Alice; even if it wasn't anything completely damning, she might say enough to make Alice ask questions that neither of them were prepared for. Just the same, he would have been willing to ask Celes to just remain quiet and actually pretend to be a decent person for two days and spend the next 48 hours running on sheer optimism alone if it weren't for Hagakure and Kuwata showing up.
Kuwata was angry beyond belief, something Ishimaru had inadvertantly not helped with (and in all honesty, he's still not sure what he did; he'll likely spend some time thinking on it, because that was...bad and he knows it, he's just not sure how to fix it and Kuwata is being stubborn as hell about answering his phone) but just the same couldn't fully blame him for; Hagakure meant well but tended to run his mouth without thinking about the consequences. The chances of someone saying something around Alice was suddenly much higher, then, if for no better reason than there were so many of them - she could overhear them talking or stumble into a sensitive topic conversationally (as she had with Naegi some time ago, apparently) - and in the end Ishimaru had pulled Oowada over and they'd decided that something needed to be said.
Of course, being the masters of conversational planning and general foresight that they are, they've only hashed out the most basic of guidelines by the time they go find her; there are some things that are Definitely Off-Limits, but the rest...they'll see how it goes. Ishimaru is less keyed-up than he was yesterday; it's hard to tell whether that's because he's genuinely calmed down or he's managed to overstimulate himself to the point of not feeling anything anymore - he seems to have spent the last damn he had to give on that fight with Kuwata and so he's been pretty comfortably numb for the better part of the day, which is a little confusing but not something he's going to question too much.]
Alice-san? We'd like to talk to you about something, if you have a moment - it's important.
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After a bit, though, he visibly starts to relax; god, it's been a long couple of days.]
I believe you, kyoudai.
[His words are a bit muffled there, but still.]
I...sorry. For. For yelling at you before.
[...]
...and insulting you.
[......]
...often.
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Hey, c'mon, it's alright! Though I'd appreciate it if you'd quit insulting me!
[Judging from his tone, he's still joking.]
It'll be alright, kyoudai. Everything'll be fine here.
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For morale, man.
Parker's stayed silent throughout this exchange, just kind of watching, and while they were preoccupied she'd shifted back over the fire to retrieve her stick and shuffle around the kindling, just as she'd been doing before.]
So what's a kyoudai, anyway?
[...YES, THESE ARE HER PRIORITIES.]
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What's a...?
[It takes him a while for the question to really register; for a minute there he's confused because he knows that you aren't like Dorumon, who had no concept of what a sibling even is.
And then the "Oh" sets in and we're good!]
Ah - it's a way of expressing that he's my brother, that's all!
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Oh.
[Hmmm.]
Is there a girl version? Like...gyou...dai?
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Ishimaru just laughs at that a bit, though.]
Shimai. The word you want is shimai.
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That's cool.
[She pokes at the fire one more time.]
And you guys are good now, right?
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Yeah. We're good now. I'm sorry about all that.
[Both about losing his temper and everything they told Alice. It's a lot to deal with.]
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[...he's just kind of awkwardly draped on Mondo and there's been a lot of hair-ruffling and dudebros and she-mying
he's pretty sure we're cool now]
And you, are you all right?
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This is the girl who occasionally sniffs people as part of her greeting, after all.]
Maybe we can take you guys back to my world.
[It's quiet enough that it's entirely possible she didn't mean to say that out loud, but did. What follows it, though, is louder, and obviously meant for the two of them.]
Can you just tell me one thing? It's about the girl we're going to get.
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Alice's question pulls him out of his thoughts, however, before he can decide whether that would be a good idea or not; he tips his head a bit.]
What about her?
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[And you also said she's a bitch, which is primarily what's driving this question, because Parker can see how this could go either way.]
Did someone kill her for the game? Or was it the other way around and she got caught?
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She killed someone.
[That's all he says; no elaboration or anything.]
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No wonder Ishimaru is upset, though. Ishimaru loves his classmates and cares about them so much. Of course he wouldn't take killing people lightly.]
Okay.
[She nods, a little more convincingly now.]
Yeah, okay.
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[The words are sudden, and even though he's looking kind of pale his voice is firm; he's gone back to sitting on his heels, his hands clenching the fabric of his pants tightly.]
Even after what she's done...I don't want any harm to come to her here.
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Yeah. She's one of ours and we've gotta look out for each other.
[He does believe that and obviously he'd never hurt Celes, but he doesn't understand how Ishimaru can say something like that and mean it.]
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[...Sort of. She kind of does, but she kind of doesn't — but what she does get is that this is what Ishimaru and Mondo both want, and this is their business, so if that's what they think is best, then that's what she's okay with too.]