Akira "chaotic extra" Kurusu [Jᴏᴋᴇʀ] (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
purrtagonist) wrote2017-12-10 10:43 pm
purrtagonist) wrote2017-12-10 10:43 pm
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[Day 2, daytime: Dazai, Ichigo]
[well that was an adventure]
[presumably while Dazai sleeps off his delirium, Akira and Ichigo hang around his room to keep an eye on him. I mean, Akira's certainly not going anywhere anytime soon when Dazai is in such bad shape, so. . .]
. . . I'm a little impressed you knew what to do.
[THAT'S DIRECTED AT ICHIGO]
[presumably while Dazai sleeps off his delirium, Akira and Ichigo hang around his room to keep an eye on him. I mean, Akira's certainly not going anywhere anytime soon when Dazai is in such bad shape, so. . .]
. . . I'm a little impressed you knew what to do.
[THAT'S DIRECTED AT ICHIGO]
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I understand. About...what you mean with him.
[He closes his eyes for a moment, letting out a harsh sigh.]
I know someone like that, too. He's done things no one should, ruined lives and killed people, but...
[He just can't forget that loneliness, that sense of isolation due to what he was, and the power he wielded.
That could have been the path Ichigo himself walked down on, after all.
Did Akira feel that way about Akechi, too?]
....Thank you. For telling us, I mean.
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If you're takin' responsibility, go clean up the library.
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Not that kind of responsibility.
[PLEASE HE ISN'T A MAID]
I'm one of three people now who know what he's capable of.
And I want to make sure he doesn't hurt anyone here. I don't think he will-- [for SO many reasons] -- but I'm still keeping an eye on him.
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[YEP.
Yep
Ichigo nods at that, understanding completely.]
I can help, if you want - although I don't think he'd really appreciate me checking up on him now.
[THERE WAS THAT SCREAMING MATCH THEY HAD....
But anyway, what's done is done. For a moment, Ichigo looks serious, and then-]
Since you already told us about your situation back home, I can tell you mine.
[It's only fair, after all. Akira shouldn't be the only one divulging secrets, here.]
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let dazai die???
protagonists please.]
--title explains mine.
[LOLOLOL ULTIMATE MAFIOSO DETECTIVE.]
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[Akira's gaze snaps towards Ichigo in surprise, because. well. of course he didn't really expect that? it wasn't a part of their deal. he doesn't have anything to actually say in response though, so. . . he nods]
[. . .]
[and also glances at Dazai like. uh huh. the title explains all. really. he disbelieves]
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But, once Akira nods, Ichigo takes a breath and tries to figure out how best to say this. Should he start that he's been able to see ghosts all of his life, and go from there? Should he talk about when he first met Rukia? Or should he start at the end of it all, when Yhwach was finally defeated?
....
Fuck it, let's keep this simple.]
I'm a Shinigami.
[They're all japanese, he shouldn't have to explain what that means.]
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and then immediately makes a sick noise because o-oof too fast. way too fast.
but also a deATH GOD YOU SAY????????]
Seriously?!
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[already sitting upright, but suddenly leans forward in his chair, eyes wide]
You-- are? How the. . .
[please don't like, ALSO be dead, Ichigo??]
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Gotta commit to this shit, then]
I'm a shinigami, but I'm also human.
[He digs out his Shinigami Badge, to show the two of them.]
I can't do anything except see ghosts when I'm in my body, so I use this to be able to leave it.
[And basically be LEGALLY BRAINDEAD for however long he's out.]
Explaining how I became one is a long story, but I'm willing to tell it if you're interested.
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all the hype just kind of fades away into a blank stare because
even if abilities worked
his would surely cancel it out, right?]
A special ability, huh...
[mumble mumble]
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I'll listen.
[that's directed at Ichigo]
To whatever it is you want to say.
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For me to really explain, I'll have to tell you how my world works.
When people die, their chain of fate is broken. It's what keeps your soul anchored to your body.
[He touches his own chest, unconsciously, as he keeps talking.]
They roam around in the living world after that, and if they stay there too long, their chain begins to devour itself, until it's gone - and all that remains is a hole in them.
[Actually...gonna rub his chest a little, because holy shit does he ever remember how that felt. It hurt. A lot.]
Because of that, they become Hollows - monsters that eat other people's souls in the hopes that they can fill that emptiness inside of them.
[He pauses, and then-]
I have one. He's part of the source of my powers, my Zanpakuto.
[That chest rubbing makes more sense now, probably - and 'soul cutter?' Welp.]
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tilts head back to look at the ceiling before flopping back down to the bed.]
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[Akira brings a hand up to his own face, fingers brushing against his cheek, underneath the frames of his glass lightly. his gaze grows distant, like he's thinking about something. . . and then he shakes his head]
If you have a Hollow, does that mean you died?
[just!! to make sure!!]
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Ichigo shakes his head.]
No. I had him since I was born.
[Oh boy, that's getting into a bunch of shit, but here goes!!]
My mom was attacked by a special hollow when she was defending my old man - one someone had created from a bunch of other souls, so it was basically empty inside. She thought she defeated it, but it actually infected her, trying to use her like a host for itself.
[This is all second hand from his dad, but-]
My dad - a shinigami from a noble family - gave up his powers to seal it inside of her, and got a body to be able to live in the living world. I just inherited it.
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just gonna pat around under his pillow to find his book again, listening but also like. pfffffff.]
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[Akira listens in silence, some small part of him relaxing when Ichigo confirms that he hadn't died back home. good. there were already too many people here who had]
So you're kind of a special case. [. . .] Can you control it? Your Hollow?
[he swears there's a reason he's asking. because hollows sound like shadows, and shadows can be controlled, tamed, and turned into weapons]
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Ichigo nods at the question, leaning back in his chair a little.]
Yeah. I actually had some issues with him a while back, but we figured everything out, and I accepted him.
[And himself, and learned where he came from -
Yeah, basically in Ichigo's case, his hollow is exactly like a persona. Sort of.]
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flicks through the pages idly, seemingly boredly intent on something.]
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I see. . .
But you don't have access to the abilities he gives you here, huh.
[nobody does. magic is on lockdown]
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Ichigo nods at Akira.]
No, I don't. I'm pretty sure no one does here - I've talked to a bunch of people so far, and they say theirs isn't working either. I'm just assuming I'm locked in my body, because -
[He clonks his badge against his chest.
Nothing happens, and he gives a shrug.]
...I haven't seen any ghosts around here either, but they could have moved on, or no one's died in this area.
[Which is...slightly frightening, considering Ichigo's a ghost magnet, but...
He finally turns his attention to Dazai, after a bit of not paying attention.]
...What about you, Dazai? Do you have anything you can't access here?
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and then he. starts to read. effecting an older, sterner voice for the first person and a... well, it can only really be described as "naive" kind of earnest voice for the second.]
“Have you asked Tsushima about the ability he has?”
“No, not yet.”
Speaking of which, I’ve heard that he’s an ability user, but I’ve never had the chance to ask what it is.--that's because Kunikida-kun was busy knocking me out when I got too energetic for him.
“Tsushima’s ability… is the ability to nullify abilities with a touch.”
I am doubting my own ears. --[SNERKS]
Nullifying. At a glance, it seems like a simple ability that doesn’t hold brilliance, but even among ability users, depending on how it’s used, it is an extraordinary ability that holds the possibility of shutting down other abilities.
[and claps the book shut. because. how the fuck would he know if his ability is working or not? he negates shit.]
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Dazai-san. . . do you think that's the reason they brought you here in the first place?
[to NEGATE SHIT? or something]
[also that was a weird way to answer that question but whatever, you're fine dude]
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...Would it even work on him? Do powers from different worlds work on each other???]
...It could be. I just thought they'd put something in the walls that could block our powers - there's a material like that back home, anyway.
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