Kiyotaka Ishimaru (石丸 清多夏) (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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route_10652013-09-29 04:27 pm
ardent) wrote in route_10652013-09-29 04:27 pm
They moved forward and my heart died
Who: Mondo Oowada (diamondo); Kiyotaka Ishimaru (ardent)
Where: Ecruteak City
When: Evening of 9/29
Summary: The Dangans are now two down, what with the recent disappearances of Fujisaki and Asahina; out of the two of them in Ecruteak City, one of them knows, the other doesn't. It's time to remedy that, apparently. Possible spoilers for Dangan Ronpa.
Rating: PG-13? I'll change it as is appropriate.
Log:
[It's been two days since Ishimaru had received the text from Naegi; he's spent as much of that time by himself as possible. It isn't that he doesn't want to speak to Mondo about it; it's more that he isn't entirely sure how, and if he's going to be entirely honest, part of him is hoping that through some miracle, it won't be necessary to say anything at all. Somewhere in the back of his mind he'd prepared for this as a possibility, and he's grateful for that bit of mental strength, at the very least; it's kept him more or less together, if a bit withdrawn. But just the same, he's thrown himself into work and studying and sitting by the device whenever he's alone in the hotel, checking and double-checking Fujisaki's number every so often as though to make sure that message (Gear ID Not Found) keeps coming back to him, as though making sure it's not a mistake of some sort, as though maybe if he does it enough, he'll see that he's transposed numbers somehow or he's hitting the wrong ID in the registry or maybe he can just will Fujisaki back into goddamn existence because it makes about as much sense as anything else does.
But in the end, no matter what people say about this world, this isn't a game or a story or one of those anime shows that Yamada loves so much; obviously, none of it works, and two days after he received the news about Fujisaki, Asahina's line goes silent as well.
He hasn't cried over it, which he supposes is a good thing; granted, he hasn't felt much about it at all, which is decidedly less of a good thing, but surely that's got to be better than the possible alternative, and he's not letting it get to him too badly at this point. Tonight he's studying, and waiting in the hotel room for Mondo to return; his Munna is currently camped out on the bed (poor thing doesn't sleep much, all things considered, and he can't say that he blames her), and he's got the Litwick out for company for the time being. He imagines Aiko will return when Mondo does.
He resists the urge to check the device again; it's going to be a long evening.]
diamondo); Kiyotaka Ishimaru (ardent)Where: Ecruteak City
When: Evening of 9/29
Summary: The Dangans are now two down, what with the recent disappearances of Fujisaki and Asahina; out of the two of them in Ecruteak City, one of them knows, the other doesn't. It's time to remedy that, apparently. Possible spoilers for Dangan Ronpa.
Rating: PG-13? I'll change it as is appropriate.
Log:
[It's been two days since Ishimaru had received the text from Naegi; he's spent as much of that time by himself as possible. It isn't that he doesn't want to speak to Mondo about it; it's more that he isn't entirely sure how, and if he's going to be entirely honest, part of him is hoping that through some miracle, it won't be necessary to say anything at all. Somewhere in the back of his mind he'd prepared for this as a possibility, and he's grateful for that bit of mental strength, at the very least; it's kept him more or less together, if a bit withdrawn. But just the same, he's thrown himself into work and studying and sitting by the device whenever he's alone in the hotel, checking and double-checking Fujisaki's number every so often as though to make sure that message (Gear ID Not Found) keeps coming back to him, as though making sure it's not a mistake of some sort, as though maybe if he does it enough, he'll see that he's transposed numbers somehow or he's hitting the wrong ID in the registry or maybe he can just will Fujisaki back into goddamn existence because it makes about as much sense as anything else does.
But in the end, no matter what people say about this world, this isn't a game or a story or one of those anime shows that Yamada loves so much; obviously, none of it works, and two days after he received the news about Fujisaki, Asahina's line goes silent as well.
He hasn't cried over it, which he supposes is a good thing; granted, he hasn't felt much about it at all, which is decidedly less of a good thing, but surely that's got to be better than the possible alternative, and he's not letting it get to him too badly at this point. Tonight he's studying, and waiting in the hotel room for Mondo to return; his Munna is currently camped out on the bed (poor thing doesn't sleep much, all things considered, and he can't say that he blames her), and he's got the Litwick out for company for the time being. He imagines Aiko will return when Mondo does.
He resists the urge to check the device again; it's going to be a long evening.]
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I don't...
[He tenses a bit; he's been trying not to let what Kirigiri said to him a while back get to him, but sometimes that's incredibly difficult, all right...and Kuwata, of all people, didn't exactly help with that either.
Mnngh.]
Don't worry about it, kyoudai. Like I said, I'll work on it.
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[The words are gentle though, and if Ishimaru doesn't want to talk about it, Mondo won't press. That doesn't mean he won't be curious as hell, but that's not the point.]
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Ah...no, no, it's all right! It's not that anything's wrong; it's just something I need to work on, that's all!
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That's okay, we've all got things to work on! So don't worry about it, alright?
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He shifts a bit, looking away; when he speaks again, his words are hesitant and probably a bit arbitrary-looking, but he kind of needs to ask.]
...Kyoudai, do you think I've been improving? As far as socializing goes, I mean.
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Yeah, you really are! You've gotten better about saying what needs to be said without going off on some tangent. You're doing better about being direct, I guess.
[He pauses, thinking about it.]
Why? Did Kirigiri say something else to you?
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[...oh, right.
(...what were you saying about the tangents, Mondo...)]
It's just something I think about sometimes, that's all.
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Well, I do think you're improving. So you don't need to worry about that! Is there anything in particular that's bothering you?
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No, it's all right! If you say there's improvement, then I believe you!
[...
... ... ...
...all right, all right, maybe there's something.]
I guess I'm not really sure what you want when it comes to things like what we were discussing before - I don't know what you expect me to do about things like that!
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[Nope, hang on, completely lost, sorry about that.]
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[The words are a bit hesitant; he kind of hates himself for that.]
I don't always know what you're getting at, kyoudai, that's the issue.
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Yeah? You can always ask me! Sorry, I don't mean to be difficult for you to read or anything.
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[Mnngh. Look. Can we just...drop it...]
It's nothing, all right?
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[He thinks he gets where this is going. Ishimaru feels like he should be able to read people better than he does, right?]
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It's just frustrating, that's all - it'll be all right, though.