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poly_chromatic2012-06-23 07:11 pm
sixwinged) wrote in poly_chromatic2012-06-23 07:11 pm
twenty ninth run → video;
[ in the background, several explosions go off one after the other. Agito, however, pays them no mind. ]
Who sells explosives? This idiot is going through them faster than I anticipated.
Oi--damn it, Agito, I CAN HEAR Y--
[ boom. ]
[ silence follows the last one for a few moments while Agito tilts his head towards the sound. a flying shark passes overhead just in time to be seen by the camera before it explodes. ]
[ ooc; firebrick red is Kazu. ]
action;
[ a hand reaches out, grabs onto Kazu's collar, and yanks at it, tries to pull him down. ]
What use is it, to sit here and talk about how shit's gone wrong? How is discussing the crow's disappearance going to help?. Or anything else for that matter! It won't! So just shut your fucking mouth, beanpole!
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Bastard, you... [ ugh, worrrds. he glares. ] How the hell do you think it's gonna help? Are we a fucking team or not?
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[ there's a split moment where he seriously considers doing something to that hand. break Kazu's index finger for putting it on him, twist his wrist. but he holds that urge in. ]
It's not going to help. Sitting here with you in my fucking face isn't helping anything. Listening to you bitch isn't helping anything. So let go and get the hell away from me, thin one!
action;
[ what luck for Kazu, because he only straightens, holding on. the words practically tangle on his tongue as he blurts them out. ]
I said I was grateful, all right? But that's not the only damn thing about being a team!
action;
[ his fingers twitch, tighten around the fabric under them. Kazu's got a minute, at best. ]
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[ Agito pulls on Kazu's collar, again. yanks it to the side, tries to get him to fall over without actually-- putting much effort into it, because why should he. there's no reason to stay around at this point, he does have better things to do, and Kazu's grasping at threads now. ]
What have you done, since getting here? Developed a few shitty tricks, wallowed through a few curses, maybe gained a bit of a spine. In one fucking year, you've done nothing noteworthy. Absolutely nothing. What did you want me to do, thin one? Did you want me to come crawling to your side, asking for assistance in something I can handle just fine on my own? Did you want me to bitch at you about his disappearance, his previous disappearance-- ask you for help on every little thing?
I can take care of myself! I can look for him on my own. You're not stupid enough to need my coaching through every fucking little thing, beanpole! Even with a shadow as small as yours, I know you have a brain that functions enough to think by itself.
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he can't answer. he has no answers. it's true and true and true again.
what next? ]
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That's not—damn it, it's not like I'm doubting that!
[ words are further off with every second. because the truth is that everyone has a limit, and hope alone's nowhere near enough material to build a substitute for talent. for brilliance, and instinct and—maybe this is his limit. maybe — ]
I know, all right? Everything you said—I know. I'm just saying—
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Fuck—maybe I do need it. For this.
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[ especially since he's still asking for his help, like he deserves it. there's nothing Kazu's done lately to deserve his help like this. Agito brought him out here, has spent months watching him train relentlessly, spent almost a year coaching him through this shit. there's no reason for him to go out of his way and assist with other things. ]
I don't need you crying on my fucking shoulder. [ the words are growled, his patience long-gone. ] Don't depend on me like some useless piece of shit. I'm not your nanny. You can't stand here like a fucking baby and cry, demanding fucking attention and assistance for every little thing, fuck!
I'm not going to babysit you anymore. [ his fingers release Kazu's collar then, finally. he sounds pathetic, he's acting pathetic, and Agito won't put up with it. easier to beat down, maybe. but still entirely pathetic. he shifts away instead. ]
Che'. When your balls drop, we'll talk.
action;
[ there's a flush in his skin, a fever of anger and embarrassment. he can feel-imagine-fear the bones of his fingers breaking, prediction and suspicion in a flash, but his grip stays coiled around Agito's wrist. he talks fast, because if he's only got a few seconds of leeway, that's still a few seconds more. ]
Just tell me one thing. Tell me you still trust him here the same way you did back home.
action;
[ there's no reason to pretend. everything's different here. Ikki's different. they're no longer in a place where he's impossible to beat, where his head is his own all the time. there's curses, there's near-constant shit going on and Ikki hasn't been as reliable as he used to be back home. no, he doesn't trust him the same anymore. ]
[ his hand pulls down, twists in attempt to get Kazu's hand off of his wrist. ]
Now let go, beanpole!
action;
That's what I meant. It's not like he's changed—
[ so they ought to trust him. so this ought to be instinctive. so this is, in fact, a betrayal—but he can't say the fact out loud. ]
—so what the hell are we supposed to do about it?
action;
[ his hand shoves back, curls into a fist, then pushes right against the place in between Kazu's ribcage. not hard enough to leave damage, but hard enough that it's-- felt. he doesn't know what he's doing with Ikki anymore; giving Kazu an answer he's unsure of- well. ]
Use your own fucking brain, beanpole! [ if Kazu doesn't go to get in his way again, Agito will just walk on off, now. he's said enough. ]
action;
[ he stumbles back, but that doesn't seem to quell the words—there's too many of them, and even as Agito's walking away, Kazu calls them sharply to his back. like a challenge. like something he hopes can't be real, in spite of all the odds. ]
Only real answer's to trust him less, right? Is that what you wanna do?
action;
If he can't be here when he's fucking needed-- if we can't trust on him to have our backs when shit's happening-- then he doesn't deserve it, fuck!
Trust is earned! Not thrown around like candy!
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What shit?
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[ turning back around and-- walking off. ]
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You don't want me following you, you don't want me knowing what you do, the hell am I supposed to pay attention to?
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[ there must be a reason he's still talking, while he's still dealing with Kazu after numerous attempts to just get the fuck away. ]
He's here somewhere, I'm looking, and I'll fucking find him just to shove his head up his ass! So shut up!
action;
[ but the outburst doesn't last. they're only words, and guilt's a tide aching in his skull, clenched in his fists and burning in his throat. he's not chasing, not yet. but he waits all the same, because anything's easier than speaking his own answer out loud. ]
Tell me that's what we oughta do.
action;
Is that what you've been doing up until now, the entire time he's been here? I haven't. Every fucking time he gets fucked over-- he's not Itsuki Minami then. [ this isn't exactly what Kazu's asking, he knows that. denying Ikki his leadership isn't something even Agito feels like doing, though. they've been together too long; everyone's made mistakes here, fucked up shit. but it's Ikki.]
Follow your own goddamned instincts, fuck!
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