And these guys just get away with this crap? Ridiculous. Someone needs to stand up and put those assholes in their place. What are a bunch of nerds in a lab going to do, throw books at them?
[Fair enough. Getting all riled up over We Live In A Society isn't healthy when he's on the mend, is it? Akira draws in a long breath and exhales it just as theatrically, flopping back against the mattress and folding his arms up behind his head.]
Smooth transition. What do you want to know? My cruel and tragic backstory?
Born and raised in a small suburban neighborhood just outside of Tokyo... Normal loving parents, no siblings, a yappy little dog... and then I got arrested for assault.
[HELLO? WHY DOES HIS MAXED OUT CHARM WORK ON NO ONE HERE? You all suck. Akira just sighs.]
Oh, so you think you're a detective now. I know your kind.
[Smelly...]
If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were trying to suss out my secret identity. What do you think I am, some guy who goes around LARPing as a puckish rogue?
[Because you'd be right, Ahito. You'd typecast Akira within seconds of hearing his Big Secret and be right on the money.]
[The inner machinations of Akira's mind truly are an enigma... which is to say, feel free to ignore half the shit he says.]
Well, you made a lot of assumptions based on the shape of my broom. I'd like to hear what exactly you think I am if not a person who just happens to think guns are cool.
Seeing a gun in a place of magic has certain connotations... in my world, at least.
[He can admit that much. He wasn't thinking about how culturally different places could be until, ironically, he spoke with Akira.]
Still, every time I've mentioned the researchers of my world, you get fired up at the thought of them getting away with it. If you were arrested for assault... I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it's because you went after someone who deserved it and got caught.
[Which, frankly, skill issue.]
Is that the reason for the secret identity you mentioned? Learned a lesson on how to actually get away with it the next time?
[That's a fair enough assumption given what bits and pieces of information Ahito has to go off. Deserved it... If he had been carrying a gun at the time of his arrest, Akira is certain he'd never have seen the light of day again.
Akira leans back, rolls the tension out of his shoulders. They can continue this conversation only after he's set the record straight.]
I was arrested because I told off a drunk man harassing a woman. His dumb ass slipped and fell, but because he was a notable politician, his false allegations of assault stuck. Guns are illegal in Japan, if you're curious. Mine's not even real.
That's why it's a story people have been passing down for a long time. It sounds too good to be true, but it's still a feelgood story people can get behind the premise of.
[And he'd love to tell Ahito the story, but he's cut off by an untimely yawn.]
Why don't I tell you the tale some time? In the meantime, I need my beauty sleep.
[maybe he can tell ahito a bedtime story in aftermath thread—]
Thanks for coming to check on me, Ahito. You're a good person.
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[It's not a "I don't believe you" seriously, but a "what the hell is wrong with the adults in your life" seriously.]
They didn't give you any other choice. Bastards. If they were here, I'd kick their asses.
[This is injustice!!]
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...There were more experiments later I definitely didn't agree to. But the two behind those are dead, at least.
[And through no effort of his own, shockingly.]
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[Heavy, heavy sarcasm..............]
And these guys just get away with this crap? Ridiculous. Someone needs to stand up and put those assholes in their place. What are a bunch of nerds in a lab going to do, throw books at them?
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[Ahito's world just sucks ass apparently.]
...But I think I'll leave it at that. You're still recovering, and getting riled up probably isn't helping.
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[Other than details of his world's tech, really.]
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Smooth transition. What do you want to know? My cruel and tragic backstory?
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[Settling down, expectant. Storytime when!!]
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My life's really not that exciting.
[akira when he loves to lie]
Born and raised in a small suburban neighborhood just outside of Tokyo... Normal loving parents, no siblings, a yappy little dog... and then I got arrested for assault.
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[Dramatically cracks knuckles................]
I bet you never thought you'd be wasting your magic on a filthy criminal, did you?
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Akira. Please don't say you thought that sounded cool, because it's clear from the snicker that Ahito thinks it's anything but.]
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The first thing I knew about you was that you have a broom shaped like a gun.
A weapon famously associated with chivalry and abiding by the status quo.
[Maybe it's culturally different where Akira's from, but that's not the case in the swords and sorcery world Ahito hails from, that's for sure.]
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Oh, so you think you're a detective now. I know your kind.
[Smelly...]
If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were trying to suss out my secret identity. What do you think I am, some guy who goes around LARPing as a puckish rogue?
[Because you'd be right, Ahito. You'd typecast Akira within seconds of hearing his Big Secret and be right on the money.]
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[He grins wryly at the thought. That's a new one.]
I'm flattered you think I'm a skilled enough investigator to begin with.
[Considering he found all of a single lead in all the years he'd been trying to chase that organization, and lost it almost immediately.]
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[That's just weird. What's LARPing and puckish even mean, we don't have DND or shakespeare at home.]
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Well, you made a lot of assumptions based on the shape of my broom. I'd like to hear what exactly you think I am if not a person who just happens to think guns are cool.
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[He can admit that much. He wasn't thinking about how culturally different places could be until, ironically, he spoke with Akira.]
Still, every time I've mentioned the researchers of my world, you get fired up at the thought of them getting away with it. If you were arrested for assault... I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it's because you went after someone who deserved it and got caught.
[Which, frankly, skill issue.]
Is that the reason for the secret identity you mentioned? Learned a lesson on how to actually get away with it the next time?
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Akira leans back, rolls the tension out of his shoulders. They can continue this conversation only after he's set the record straight.]
I was arrested because I told off a drunk man harassing a woman. His dumb ass slipped and fell, but because he was a notable politician, his false allegations of assault stuck. Guns are illegal in Japan, if you're curious. Mine's not even real.
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People in power can get away with all kinds of things no matter what the world...
[Not surprising, but still disgusting.]
Still - taking on the title of "filthy criminal" even when you haven't actually committed any? Bold choice.
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That's what I've been branded as, right? Might as well embrace it. There's varying degrees of criminality too. Take Robin Hood, for example.
[Surely Ahito knows who Robin Hood is, and if not, Akira's willing to bet there's some version of the myth in his world too.]
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[That's another nope.]
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[And he'd love to tell Ahito the story, but he's cut off by an untimely yawn.]
Why don't I tell you the tale some time? In the meantime, I need my beauty sleep.
[maybe he can tell ahito a bedtime story in aftermath thread—]
Thanks for coming to check on me, Ahito. You're a good person.
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