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

[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.

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.]

[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.

[hedonistic]

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

But you're not drunk.

[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?

[stuns]

Crooks leave clues behind. Fireworks typically don't grow legs and run away. Genius.

[hedonistic]

I mean, explosives are pretty useful to criminal types...

[speaking from experience.]

[stuns]

Yeah, no kidding. But am I looked for criminals or am I looking for fireworks, Kagari, which is it?

[ dumb boy.............. ]

[hedonistic]

[uhh]

....Criminals who have fireworks?

[so u can ... steal or confiscate them or something ???? it made sense in his head at one point]

[stuns]

[ if he could reach through the device and shake kagari aggressively by the collar of his shirt, he would. he really would.

a long-suffering sigh. ]

Sounds like a lousy and noisy as hell scheme.

[hedonistic]

[Well, he can at least do the shaking once he hunts Kagari down, anyway.]

You mean criminals having fireworks or going after criminals with fireworks?

[stuns]

[ he's lazy. ]

Why not both?

Criminals with fireworks to cause trouble and criminals using fireworks to stop someone from going after them.

Let's take it a step further and say criminals with fireworks strapped to their backs.

[hedonistic]

You gotta admit that'd be a badass way to die, though.

[stuns]

There are way better ways to die, don't make me laugh.

[hedonistic]

Hey, I never said it was the best possible way to die. Just one that'd be cool and not unbearably suckish.

[inasmuch as dying itself wouldn't be unbearably suckish, anyway]

[stuns]

Yeah sure, 'cause going out as an over-sized party popper full of guts is so cool.

[ ew ]