poly_chromatic | [Karte 3: (VIDEO) Mending Fences]

[After the feasting and the effects of the curse end, Pinoko returns to her senses and realizes she's said some very hurtful things that Black Jack would have doubtlessly chastised her harshly for. It was against both their moral codes.

So, the video begins with a recording from a slightly raised platform, the cell phone elevated to record Pinoko as she sits on the floor a small distance away, legs tucked under her and hands on her knees. She looks miserable, red-eyed as if she's been crying and has only just managed to stop.]

Pinoko's shorry.

Pinoko loves her home and Japan is full of wonderful things like feshtivals and pretty yukata and the cafe where Pinoko gets her favourite parfaits, sho Pinoko is proud. But there's a great problem with being sho proud: a lot of people are sho proud, they don't want to admit to making mishtakesh.

Worshe, they even lie and cover them up and act like they never happened.

Pinoko's sheen that short of thing happen in hoshpitalsh, there they throw the blame on innochent people when big-shotsh make mishtakes or don't do their jobs properly... even when people die, they don't admit to it. Bad guys kill and onche they're caught, they shtop talking about it in the papers and on TV, trying to forget it ever happened inshtead of finding out why.

[She sniffles, breath hitching in her throat as she starts to cry again.]

All that'sh shmaller than the war, even Pinoko knows that, but it's part of the shame problem. Pinoko doesn't know that much about it— Doc remembers the war, he remembers mothers who forched their shons to enlisht— and Pinoko knows she can't make it shtop hurting for everybody or undo all those wrongs, but she is sho shorry, sho please... please don't be angwy anymore, Mishter.

Forgive Pinoko!

[She places her hands on the floor in front of her, forehead hitting the floor audibly as she falls into a deep bow.

And she stays in that position for a long time, not moving.]

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This is not...likely to get you the response you're looking for, I'm afraid.

[She doesn't pick herself up off the ground, still lying there on the floor.

After another unresponsive moment, she turns over, snorting a little bit and rubbing at the dried tears on her cheek.

It seems like someone dozed off during that bow.

A proper response comes after another minute or two when she wakes up and blinks blearily at the device.]

Edited 2013-02-11 03:24 (UTC)

[She has to play it again, then frowns.]

... why not?

Well. To start, no matter how...brusquely Erik may have spoken, it's impossible that he would blame a child for the events of the Second World War.

I believe he was just hoping to point out the...folly inherent in extreme nationalism. Namely ignoring the costs and atrocities any "great" nation is liable to incur. Historically.

And, well, it clearly inspired you to learn something.

[PAUSE.] I also wouldn't...concern yourself much for Erik's anger. Or take it personally at all, really.

[She frowns, listening intently up until the part where Mr. Xavier calls her a child. Then, her eyes go wide in surprise, before her face tinges red from pent-up anger.]

["Inspired you to learn something." SNAP goes the flimsy dam, there goes any attempt at keeping her temper in check;]

EKSHCUSHE YOU, Pinoko is twenty years old! "Child," my pretty little patootie! Don't shchool me, Mishter, jusht 'cause I don't know much hishtory, doesn't give you the right to patwonize me!

[After that little temper tantrum, she pauses to catch her breath.]

Sho, he's the moody short?

... got it. Thanksh for the ekshplanation, Mishter. [Just work on your delivery some more, she still sounds offended.]

I'm...[There's the definite sound of a cup hitting a hard surface and spilling liquid plus several seconds of paper rustling and Charles going "Oh dear," more than once.]

I'm terribly sorry, I thought...well, nevermind that. Yes. [Clearing his throat.] Yes.

Moody? Ah. Not...you see, many people lost quite a lot as a result of that war. People like Erik...lost a lot in that war.

That's all.

[That's a lot of noise. Pinoko stops looking so sour and just looks confused and mildly concerned.] Are you okay, Mishter? [People usually continue to express disbelief or shrug it off as a kid playing pretend when she brings up her age, so his reaction's very strange to Pinoko.]Pinoko undershtands that, she jusht thought that was why you shaid Pinoko shouldn't think too much about Mishter Erik's anger! [Simple-minded logic.]

That poor man! Pinoko takesh back the "moody" comment, then.

Oh I'm fine, quite fine. Thank you...for asking.

Well. I just hope you shan't take it personally, at all.

[She blinks, then nods.]

Got it, Mishter! [She smiles.] Pinoko won't! Promishe.

Edited 2013-02-13 17:06 (UTC)

This must have been difficult for you.

[Pinoko's sitting up again, still looking saddened.]

Pinoko's sure it was harder on the Mishter, poliche lady!

That's why Pinoko had to shay shorry.

Lin is my name.

War is hard on everyone.

[Oh precious.]

Those things aren't your fault. You don't have to apologize for them.

[She's looking a bit better now!]

Pinoko shtill feels shorry, though.

That just means you have a good heart.

Patriotism is nothing to apologize for.

[Says the kid who will babble about the glory of Russia to anyone who will listen.]

And you have no personal responsibility for any of the things you are sorry for.

A lot of you are shaying that, sho maybe it's true...

[She smiles a little bit.]

It is true. I am also very proud of my country, and it has done terrible things as well, but I am responsible only for admitting that.

I shee!

[This seems to be a much more convincing argument to her.]

And to make sure nothing like that happens again, right?

Yes, and that! We prevent these things from happening again by being aware of what mistakes were made the first time.

I hope you love your country still for the good things it has done.

Are you Pinoko or are you apologising for someone else?

[ He knows which one it is, but he's going to point it out all the same :c ]

Besides, if you can't do anything about it, why apologise?

My name is Pinoko, sho Pinoko is Pinoko!

... because Pinoko shaid things that hurt shomebody thoughtleshly, that's why.

Did that somebody deserve it?

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