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MAKOTO NAEGI < 苗木誠 > ([personal profile] superordinary) wrote2014-05-29 11:08 am

???th rebuttal; fourth wall

[ It's another one of those times, isn't it? Naegi is a little apprehensive when he wakes up in Ecruteak City, fully expecting having to deal with those Monobear Eevees or being chased by a Beartic again. Instead, all he gets is his gut telling him to climb the Tin Tower. He's not sure why that is suddenly such a good idea, but he figures that he might as well do it - if nothing else, maybe sitting at the top and admiring the view is the key to a quiet and unremarkable fourth wall weekend.

And after the last two times, all Naegi wants is an unremarkable event that does not involve bears.

What awaits him at the top is everything but unremarkable, however - the rainbow bird isn't quite as big he expected, but its mere presence is enough to make Naegi tremble. Ho-oh's wings are bright and colourful and almost seem like they could encompass the entire world if outspread. It stares down at him with striking red eyes in a way that almost makes him feel compelled to bow down to it. Then it suddenly takes off into the wind, a rainbow trailing behind it as it leaves Naegi standing there dumbfounded.

He's not sure how he managed to act so fast, but a few seconds later he's grabbed his camera from inside his bag, his finger on the button and click. He'll check if the picture came out decent later (and send it to Nanami as promised), but for now he's just going to. Stand right there on the roof and look like he just had some sort of religious experience.

Feel free to approach him; he likely won't mind and otherwise he's going to be content spending his time admiring the view. ]
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[personal profile] paisible 2014-05-29 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Woooow!

[ And here's one sight-seer who was glancing up at the Ho-oh, taking out her Pokédex as she scans the thing. Okay, it's a Ho-oh. It's really pretty, actually, even though she doesn't get any information about it. Though she's really sorry that she shouted a little too loudly, Naegi... ]

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[personal profile] ardent 2014-05-29 08:18 pm (UTC)(link)
...Naegi-kun.

[Ishimaru's voice is actually reasonably quiet for once, as he goes; far less shouty, far closer to something resembling a normal conversational level. He thinks he knows what happened just now; after all, he experienced it himself a while back.]

There was a Pokémon here just now, wasn't there...? Did you see it?
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[personal profile] ardent 2014-05-29 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, it is, isn't it? I'm glad you got to see it - I knew you would, one day!

[...well, there's the volume again.]
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[personal profile] akafuckyou 2014-05-29 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Fresh out of prison and ready to start a new life with a new identity; the man called Akafuku Jutarou has spent the duration of his sentence planning, repeatedly and meticulously, the steps that he will take from the moment he is free. Planning is his area of expertise. With enough careful thought and preparation, his plan cannot fail. And he will not fail; he's certainly had enough time to think it through, after all.

He will leave prison. He will resume "average" life for a period to provide the illusion of reform. He will surreptitiously work to tie up the remaining loose ends of Akafuku Jutarou's existence. And when everything is in order, he will purge Akafuku Jutarou from society and take on the role of someone else, someone with no criminal record and no reason to remark upon him; someone invisible in the eyes of the law and his surrounding man, who can resume his former activities and go about his work with a fresh and unblemished record.

That is the man who has found himself at the base of the tower in what appears to be some unremarkable region of Kyoto; there is music in the air (probably from a street vendor of some sort) and a flurry of activity all around.

The man who used to be Akafuku Jutarou will enter this tower and climb it to its height, and see what there is to see.

All according to plan.]
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[personal profile] ardent 2014-05-29 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe! Of course, it's also possible that if you've reached a point where Ho-oh shows itself to you, you already know how to find it for yourself.
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[personal profile] ardent 2014-05-29 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I'm glad to hear it, Naegi-kun! We have a lot of reasons to be, I think.
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[personal profile] paisible 2014-05-29 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't worry about it!

[ Serena beams brightly as she clenches her hands into tight balled fists, looking rather excited. ]

It was. My Pokédex says that it's called Ho-Oh, but nothing else... but that's probably because I didn't catch it.

[ SERENA PLEASE. ]
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[personal profile] akafuckyou 2014-05-29 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[When he reaches the top of the tower (a trek that takes him a fair amount of time), the man who will cease to be Akafuku Jutarou stops to take a look around before proceeding further onto the roof. Things are largely nondescript up here; a smattering of people, all of whom are largely unremarkable. Some are tall, some are short. Some are dressed appropriately for the weather; at least one feels it necessary to wear a hoodie for some inexplicable reason.

Content with his surroundings, the man strides forward.

A few seconds later, the man inelegantly trips over the loose strap of a bag that some irresponsible fuckhead carelessly left hanging when he set it down beside him to look out over the railing, sending that man crashing to the ground in a way that was not at all planned for.]
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[personal profile] ardent 2014-05-29 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[That will just get you a bit of an odd look.]

Well, of course - why wouldn't I be?
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[personal profile] akafuckyou 2014-05-29 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[And that is when it stops mattering who this man is at the moment, because Akafuku Jutarou's life just went straight to hell and it is all thanks to the sight of one face that he will never forget —

...THIS FUCKING KID.]


You!
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[personal profile] ardent 2014-05-30 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
...Ah, that.

[It takes him a moment to reply beyond that; it's not an easy topic.]

It still gives me difficulties sometimes, but I'm trying to work through it.
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[personal profile] ardent 2014-05-30 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
[He ducks his head a little at that, as though he's not sure he should be responding at all, but he...tries to recover himself, anyway, though the result is just incredibly shouty.]

I'm not going to force you to listen to that - it's really all right, nothing I can't handle!
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[personal profile] ardent 2014-05-30 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
[He fidgets a little, his left hand twitching a bit at his side.]

Ah...w-well, don't let it trouble you either way, it's fine! It's really just pointless complaining, anyway.

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