video; @unchained

[hedonistic]

[There video opens to a beautiful scene of a sunset at the Fishing District, sky painted in magnificent pinks and oranges that reflect against the pristine ice. A few moments later, a young man's voice accompanies it, tinged with the telltale slurring of someone who's rather drunk.]

Hey, question.

[A pause hangs in the air for a minute, almost long enough that one might wonder if he's gotten distracted or forgotten.]

Did you like your life, before the Storm? [. . .] If the Natha gave you a chance to go back, would any of you stay here?

[Kagari doesn't miss Japan. He doesn't feel homesick. He misses his friends, sure, but he's had more in the past nine months than he did in the twenty-one years before it. But he's starting to feel like the only one.]

Comments

[hedonistic]

[Is he gonna asshole-laugh again? He's gonna asshole laugh again.]

Damn, that's some intense rules-lawyering [get it, LAWyering] you got goin' on there, dude.

But you're part of that crew, so the logic kinda falls apart pretty fast.

[hedonistic]

What I'm saying is, you don't have to fight, yeah? So you've got free will and stuff.

[Probably. Philosophy was always Kogami's thing, after all.]

[hedonistic]

are u sure
mayb ill b ded
wud u deny a man his last wish

[stuns]

[ juno is pretty sure he'd have thought the same thing back in old town without even batting an eyelash. everyone likes fireworks. especially when you're drunk out of your mind. ]

Yeah, fireworks sounds like a great idea when you're up to your gills in booze, but I'm trying not to be responsible for you losing a couple fingers or limbs.

[braidedwonder]

Unless you're gonna try and sleep in a snow drift tonight I doubt you're gonna be dead dude.

So dramatic.

[givingback]

Yeah, I woke up, and maybe a day later we were all kicked off the ship, so I have no idea how any of this really works. Thanks for the explanation, though. It was never super clear.

[hedonistic]

Ohhh, you're even fresher meat than I thought, then. Yeah, you can come up to the Station anytime you want, usually.

[hedonistic]

what ifi did
i cud be to weak frm sadnes to get inside

[he's definitely being dramatic]

ARGH DW WHY

[hedonistic]

[Trying to be responsible for Kagari is like trying to be responsible for a hurricane tbh, but ... the effort is secretly appreciated .... very secretly.]

Wellllll, you could always set 'em off.

[He looks so hopeful, like clearly this argument is sound and good.]

[braidedwonder]

Then I guess we're picking a ice cube from the snow or something man.

IDK.

[hedonistic]

cold
8(

[haha, get it. he's punny.]

[braidedwonder]

As ice, man.

[stuns]

[ this argument is the complete opposite of sound and good and juno's voice is flatter than ever. ]

Well Kagari, the thing is, I don't need to go losing anymore parts of me either.

No fireworks.

[givingback]

Huh. Well, that's good to know. Hey, thank you. I should have said this before but thanks for explaining a few things, like this stuff, about the station. I appreciate you letting me kind of crash your message to everyone else.

[ She did talk about the initial topic but he was still nice enough to keep it going when she had other questions. ]

[hedonistic]

Ehhhh, it's whatever.

[He flaps an...arm? It's supposed to be a "don't worry about it" gesture but looks particularly weird from how drunk he happens to be at this point.]

You answered my question, so, y'know, we're good. I could answer more stuff, prob'ly.

[hedonistic]

[He...blinks. Genuinely perplexed by this statement.]

But you're not drunk.

[givingback]

I can't think of anything, but hey, I'll look for you next time I come up with something I'm curious about.

[ She smiles just a little. ]

It was nice to meet you. Bye, for now.

[stuns]

No, but I have a streak of some real bad luck. Better safe than sorry in this case.

[hedonistic]

[There's the quiet sound of a something that's a cross between a huff, a pout, and a sulk.]

Y'know, for a guy who was gonna fight a mirror, I didn't figure you to be a chicken.

[shots...fired?]

[stuns]

Alright.

[ ONE LONG BREATH IN. one short breath out. ]

You know what?

Fine.

Where the hell can a lady get some fireworks around here? And ASAP. I don't have all damn day.

[ THE NERVE OF SOME GODDAMN KIDS!!!! ]

[hedonistic]

How should I know? I thought you were the one who's supposedly an expert in losing parts.

[what happened to this conversation]

[stuns]

Bold of you to assume that it makes me an expert in finding fireworks.

It was your suggestion, you had to have some idea of where to get 'em.

[hedonistic]

I started with asking if you knew where!

[He would point at Juno accusingly, but due to being Drunk he ends up pointing somewhere offscreen.]

Aren't you some kind of detective? You oughta be able to find shit like that when people ask.

[he says, as if he is not also a detective. smh.]

[stuns]

Yeah, I'm a detective, not your damn errand boy. There's a difference between finding a perp and finding some stupid dumb fireworks!

[ wow! ]

[hedonistic]

What if a perp was hiding some stupid dumb fireworks, huh?? How would you find 'em then?