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Yasuhiro Hagakure ([personal profile] crystalballer) wrote in [community profile] route_10652013-08-22 10:11 pm

Roughing It!

Who: Leon Kuwata ([personal profile] struck_out) and Yasuhiro Hagakure ([personal profile] crystalballer)
Where: from Route 29 to Violet City
When: starting 8/20, how quickly they get to Violet may vary
Summary: Leon and Hagakure's misadventures on the way to Violet City! This'll contain Dangan Ronpa spoilers.
Rating: PG-13 for Leon's foul mouth and discussion of death.
struck_out: (Tsuntsun)

[personal profile] struck_out 2013-08-23 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Honestly, Leon's not in much mood for conversation at least with Hagakure. Any of Hagakure's questions during the ride are answered brusquely and rudely. But with the day winding down and the two of them making a lot of progress (at least that's what Leon thinks; the sea serpent Hagakure had magicked out of nowhere was pretty fast), he's cooled down enough to be, if not friendly, slightly more conversational than before.]

I like blue skies better, but star's are cool too.

[...a fortune? Leon glances at Hagakure's direction suspiciously.]

If you're asking me to get a reading from you, the answer's no. I'm not gonna pay a million yen for a damn reading. What do you think I am, stupid?
struck_out: (Hmmm)

[personal profile] struck_out 2013-08-24 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
[The suspicion doesn't leave Leon's gaze; there had to be a catch somewhere.]

This ain't a trick is it? Like, I'm not gonna confess to anything I didn't do just so you can tell everyone else.
struck_out: (Serious)

[personal profile] struck_out 2013-08-24 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, knowing what he was going to do in the future...that would help him figure out what he's going to do after Violet City right? Then he could skip the deep thinking and get straight into the doing.

No harm in trying, right?

So Leon sits up and faces Hagakure properly.
]

...this better be good.
struck_out: (Unsure)

[personal profile] struck_out 2013-08-24 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Leon gives Hagakure as much info as he can; date's not a problem, 3rd Jan, 19xx, whether it's morning or afternoon, and...what he wants to know about? That's easy enough isn't it?]

...and I guess I wanna know what I need to do here. S'not like I wanna be a Pokemon Trainer but I don't know what else is there to do here.

[No more musicians, that's for sure.]
struck_out: (This is a joke)

1/??

[personal profile] struck_out 2013-08-25 09:35 am (UTC)(link)
[WELL THANKS HAGAKURE THAT MAKES HIM FEEL SO MUCH BETTER.

Ok, calm down Leon, don't panic. Panicking is bad, it's what made you pick bad life decisions before so let's just....try and do the Kirigiri thing, OK? Thinking.
]
struck_out: (Thinking)

2/??

[personal profile] struck_out 2013-08-25 09:40 am (UTC)(link)
[OK, so what does Leon enjoy? Here's a list:

1. Picking up girls.
2. Dating girls.
3. Being cool.
4. Picking up even more girls.
5. Punk Rock?
6. Baseball? NAH. It's not like he actually wants to play baseball. Nope.

So, going through this list...what are the odds that he's developed a fear of girls, being cool and punk rock? He spoke with a few girls on the Pokegear earlier and he didn't feel any fear at all. Being cool is part of who he is and he's definitely, definitely not scared of being cool because which moron is, and while he's definitely lost a bit of passion for being any sort of musician, it's not like he's going to freak out from listening to a bit of Sex Pistols, right?

Therefore, considering all the evidence and information...
]
Edited 2013-08-25 09:41 (UTC)
struck_out: (You nuts?)

3/3

[personal profile] struck_out 2013-08-25 09:43 am (UTC)(link)
What kinda dumb prediction is that!? I think ya need to get some new stars or something because there's no way that's gonna happen!

[He's...pretty confident of that, yeap.]

It's a good thing I don't really believe in all this fortune telling bullshit because man, that sounds like one shit reading anyway.
struck_out: (Tsuntsun)

[personal profile] struck_out 2013-08-27 01:25 pm (UTC)(link)
C'mon Hagakure, y'don't actually believe that all this stuff about reading the future is real, do you?

The future's what'cha make it to be. If you don't step in and take control of it yourself, then you're just gonna end up doing whatever anyone tells you to do. Where's the fun in listening to predictions, huh? That'd be like, taking orders from fate or something.
struck_out: (Tsuntsun)

[personal profile] struck_out 2013-08-28 01:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[In response to Hagakure's warning, Leon merely rolls his eyes and leans back onto the grass, eye fixed on the sky above.]

There's just one big problem with this prediction of yours: I'm not afraid of anything I like! I mean, I spoke to some girls on the network and nothing happened. And how the hell is punk rock supposed to scare me? All I've got to listen to here is this kiddy shit but there's no way that punk rock will ever make me afraid.

Look, all that stuff you told me about planets and stars...I don't give a fuck, not here and not back home, but we're in a Pokemon game. How do you even know that you're reading the right stuff?
struck_out: (Unsure)

[personal profile] struck_out 2013-08-29 12:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Y'don't have to worry. I'm fine, ok? I'm not gonna freak out and bash you with a bat or somethin'.

[Leon settles into a stony silence for a few minutes, but something Hagakure said bothers him, and Leon's always be one to speak his mind. A few cricket chirps later and eventually he poses a question.]

Hey. So, if you're fortune-telling gig doesn't work anymore...what are you gonna do here?
Edited 2013-08-29 12:37 (UTC)
struck_out: (Hmmm)

[personal profile] struck_out 2013-09-02 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hagakure's panic does stir some of Leon's better nature; Hagakure did seem very passionate about his craft, and losing it, well...that'd be pretty awful for him, just because the stars aren't right here.]

Calm down man! It ain't the end of the world. Though maybe you just have to relearn fortune-telling here then. Wonder if there's Pokemon card reading somewhere. Bet you'd be all over that, huh, Hagakure?
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[personal profile] struck_out 2013-09-04 01:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Whatever makes you happy.

[He's still trying to play it cool, because it's not like he and Hagakure are friends, but once his positive feelings are out, their out and rolling.]

...tell me when you get your fortune-telling fixed huh? I didn't get a proper reading, 'cause your skills are broken or something, so you still owe me!
struck_out: (Tsuntsun)

[personal profile] struck_out 2013-09-05 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Leon actually smiles at that, before remembering that he's supposed to be mad at Hagakure. Why is he even enjoying this stupid chat anyway? He and Hagakure didn't really talk much either back at Hope's Peak.

Maybe he wasn't as mad as he thought he was. At least at Hagakure. The initial flash of temper this morning had been on impulse, but now that he's had some time to think about it it had been an over-reaction. Hagakure may have voted to kill him, but Hagakure said he'd been scared right? Just like how he'd been scared himself when he stabbed Maizono.

He hadn't really been thinking then either.

...he was kinda tired. And thinking about all that had happened, and what it means for him and everyone else...that was tiring.

With an exaggerated yawn, he stretches his arms and sits up.
]

I think I'm gonna go sleep. This travelling thing's tiring.

Make sure that snake thing of yours is inside it's ball. I don't want it to start yelling at us at some goddamn early hour in the morning.

Night Hagakure.

[And with that, he's going to retreat to his sleeping bag.]
struck_out: (No way)

[personal profile] struck_out 2013-09-06 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Why wait until tomorrow Hagakure? Fate moves in its mysterious ways, and too often than not leaves us mere mortals tumbling into her traps.

It's sometime around twilight that Hagakure should be awaken with a loud scream and a crash, followed by uneven and heavy footsteps. Leon's flaming red hair is bright enough for Hagakure to find him crouched over the ground not too far from the campsite, fists curled so tight that Hagakure should be able to hear them pop. Leon's facing the ground but even if Hagakure can't see how terrified he is, he should hear the loud and deep gasps and breaths he's taking. Leon's shaking uncontrollably, teeth all a-chatter and he doesn't look like he's going to be stopping anytime soon.
]
struck_out: (Despair)

[personal profile] struck_out 2013-09-07 06:20 am (UTC)(link)
[A few more seconds pass before Leon's able to stop gripping the grass and bring himself back under the control, but the shaking doesn't cease even when he grips his arms in an attempt to stop.

It was only a dream. A terrifying nightmare, but it was still just a dream. So why the hell was his heart beating so fast? His whole body is just screaming at him to run, but his legs have folded and they refuse to move. And what is he even running from?

He can't think. He can't think at all. All he can feel? Is fear, fear coursing through his veins and flooding his entire system. And it's locking him in place.

The dream's over, but it looks like the nightmare hasn't ended.
]
struck_out: (Pissed Off)

[personal profile] struck_out 2013-09-07 08:45 am (UTC)(link)
Hnghhn-!!

[Hagakure's hand makes contact, but a split second later, Leon's already smacked it off his shoulder and shot Hagakure a wild, angry look. But it seems Hagakure's attempt seems to have somewhat...worked? Because despite what looked like a rejection, Leon's suddenly scrambling to his feet and running back towards the camp-site.

The shakes have lessened enough for him to scrabble through his backpack, and eventually he pulls out...a baseball bat.
]
struck_out: (Determined)

[personal profile] struck_out 2013-09-08 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
[The only response Hagakure is getting...is a baseball.

Leon throws one at Hagakure, or rather at Hagakure's feet, before he takes a batter stance. His shakes have diminished into a slight tremble, and he's finally able to control himself enough to speak.
]

Ha...Hagakure. T-throw it at, at m-m-me.

[His hands curl harder around the bat as a drop of sweat trickled down his brow; he feels far from fine, far from wanting to bat, but...he needs to test this. He needs to know if Hagakure's prediction is right.]

Throw the d-damn ball, Hagakure!
struck_out: (Despair)

[personal profile] struck_out 2013-09-08 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
It's almost as if time slows down, and everything is suddenly back to normal. He's not in some campsite out in a fictional world where he's living a second life; he's back on the baseball field in a stadium surrounded by screaming fans. Coach had been worried about sending him out; felt that he needed to give the younger and less experienced players 'a chance'. Yeah right. They blew their chance and nearly all chances of winning the game.

That's when Leon stepped up to the plate. Confident, cock-sure of his ability to bring this game home.

The pitcher's definitely uncomfortable with this change in batters, as he rightly should be. Leon flashed a grin at him; an irritating, shit-eating grin that he knew would rile up his opponent because it just dripped of confidence and arrogance. And the sweet thing was that there was no way he'd have that smirk wiped off his face. Leon Kuwata was born to play baseball; God had, for some reason, given him this legendary talent to not only play, but feel the game with every nerve, reflex and bone in his body.

Leon Kuwata felt confident of victory. And that was all he ever needed to win his games.

He got into position. Tapped the bat on the ground and did an experimental swing before he readied himself. But really, it's all just for show, he could hit any ball even with his eyes closed. Maybe he should try actually doing that today? Just to rub it into the opposing team's face? And it'd give people something to talk about too, how cool Leon Kuwata is that he can hit a homerun even without looking. Yeah, he could try that.

So Leon closed his eyes. And waited. He could hear his coach screaming at him from somewhere but he didn't care. If you wanted him to play the game, then you let him play it his way. He could almost imagine the look of shock on the batter's face, before it switched to a look of hope as the poor sap pulls his arm back and lobbed the ball at him hard and fast.

In baseball, it's all about the timing. And Leon knows this timing like the back of his hand. Even with his eyes closed he can see that ball flying closer and closer to him. It's an easy pitch; the guy should be ashamed that he ever underestimated Japan's Super All-Star player.

But just as he's about to swing, to make that golden hit that would launch his name into further fame and stardom, a voice emerges in the darkness.

"This time, I prepared a special punishment for Leon Kuwata, the Super High-school Level Baseball Player!!"

Immediately, his eyes opened with shock. And he's no longer at the stadium surrounded by dotting friends. Nor is he at the campsite with Hagakure.

No, he's somewhere far worse.

NONONONONONONONONO!!

"Let’s give it our best! It’s punishment time!"


And that's when everything fasts forwards itself, like a video gone on crazy rewind. And Leon, Leon remembers, no, relives, every moment of his last two days alive. His body locks itself; he can't move, can't speak, he's not even sure he's breathing. He's just...paralysed as his life crumbles to the ground again and he's being dragged by chains and tied up to the post and then that machines starting up and Monobears there dressed in a baseball outfit with a bat and grins at him with that same shit-eating grin he wore on his face everytime he wiped the floor with someone, that's when he sinks into nothing but utter and true despair.

The ball Hagakure throws at him whistles by Leon innocently, knocking into a tree and bouncing back onto the ground with a simple thud. The bat slips from his grasp and crashes to the ground as Leon Kuwata crashes out of the game, and out of his life. There's no scream, but there might as well be as his knees buckle and he falls to the ground, shaking all over and fingers dug hard into the earth. It's a terrible, silent scream that's echoed in the ultimate despair that's splashed all across his face. A terrible, terrible scream over a terrible, terrible realisation.

Hagakure was right.
Edited 2013-09-08 02:42 (UTC)
struck_out: (No way)

[personal profile] struck_out 2013-09-08 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Even if he wanted too, he couldn't make a single sound. His whole body is just, just locked.

But somehow, just knowing that Hagakure was there...that helped a bit. It couldn't stop his heart from racing at a million miles an hour, but at least he wasn't alone to deal with this.

It takes around half a minute before Leon's calmed down enough to speak. And when he does, it's with ragged breath and a stutter.
]

W-what the fuck...w-was t-t-that?

[Leon clamped his mouth shut and swallowed hard; maybe he shouldn't talk till he stopped shaking. He sat back down on the ground and clasped his hands around his knees hard, hoping, somehow, that he could stop with the jitters.

What the hell was wrong with him?
]
struck_out: (Tsuntsun)

[personal profile] struck_out 2013-09-08 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Leon wishes he could say he is going to be okay, but to tell the truth? Now that the shakes had subsided and he could think with a clearer mind, he feels even more terrified than before. Whatever that had just happened...it wasn't something explainable. It was as if his body had reacted to the sight of a baseball. Or to be more exact, the sight of a baseball flying at him.

Just like his execution.

The thought chills him to the bone. It looks like he's going to be carrying something heavier than a guilty conscience and an angry outlook towards his former classmates.

Leon Kuwata, the Super High School Level Baseball Player...is afraid of baseball.

With a moan, he buries his head within his knees, despair returning in full force to haunt him. Even away from the school, he's not free from its influence.
]
struck_out: (This is a joke)

[personal profile] struck_out 2013-09-09 12:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[Doesn't have to face it alone.

Hagakure's support is a lifeline at this point. If he'd made this discovery by himself, there's no telling how badly he'd have flipped out. His Chimchar would've stayed in his Pokeball, unable to help his trainer. There would be no one else around either. It'd just be Leon with his nightmares and fears, all by himself in the darkness.

There's no answer from him. But he doesn't move to shake Hagakure off this time. All he wants at this moment, is to not be alone. Because then there'd be no one around but Monokuma's haunting laughter to keep him company.
]