realityshifted | ♘ I hope the day will be a lighter highway

[on one end of a swing set on the Plane, his hands gripping the chains so tight, his knuckles have turned white, sits Kaoru. he's in the suit he arrived in for his match against Remus, the trousers all one piece again like the shards of broken porcelain never cut the expensive material. the tea cup the Twins gave him lies empty on the ground nearby.

besides the lingering sensation of a drugged fog in his mind, he doesn't seem any different. everything is still in place--he still feels like himself--but he wears a worried, frightened expression. he doesn't know how long he's been gone and worse still...he doesn't want to see what his blood looks like now.

his mind goes to Hikaru and he suddenly lets out a mournful little groan, his grip tightening on the chains as he slumps forward, his body wanting to curl in on itself. of all people, he doesn't want Hikaru to know what he did, even if he did it to protect the Hosts and Renge, because...no, he can't stand thinking about that possibility.]

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She doesn't have a name yet - I can't think of a good one for her...

[The chick chirps and tweets, flapping her little wing-stubs happily at Kaoru]

What kind of bird is she? Maybe if you play with her a bit, a perfect name will come to mind?

No idea! I'm sort of hoping that, myself. [He chuckles as the chick squawks and jumps up to his shoulder. But then he really looks at Kaoru]

Hey...are you alright?

[he smiles watching the chick jump about]

Hmm? Oh...I'm just feeling a bit off, that's all. Like if you took a nap for too long and when you wake up, you feel even more tired than you did before. It's sorta like that. I think. [his eyes flicker to the tea cup from the twins]

Well...that and that deathmatch stuff was a bit much.

I was so busy at home, I didn't even know they were happening until I got a letter from the Doctor...

IF you're sure. You look like you need a hug and some dinner, though.

[quietly] Yeah... I didn't either. None of us knew.

I'll be all right. [smiles reassuringly for a moment before a thoughtful expression washes over him] Can I ask you, something?

Sure, what is it?

Have you...known anyone who's died on the Plane?

I don't think so.... why?

[lightly] No reason.

What would you have done if your name was drawn as one of the fighters in one of those matches?

I.....

I don't know...

Would you have fought? Do you think you would have stood by and watched them kill themselves? Or...would you have killed yourself first?

I wouldn't.... I wouldn't kill myself. I'd fight fair and square. If I lost, then so be it.

[is silent for a moment] I see.

[in a slightly more optimistic tone] At least you do know how to fight. [chuckles to himself] I only know what I've picked up from watching movies and playing with Hikaru. [because when it gets right down to it, his and his brother's style could be classified as 'untrained brawler']

[He studies Kaoru for a little while] Why do you ask?

[Then, with a bit of a smile] You learn by watching and doing.

Yeah... I'm just wondering if I made a wrong decision recently.

I guess it's a decision you can't un-make, huh?

[shakes his head] This one's very permanent. But I can't take it back now, you know? Even if I do regret it in any way, that decision is still mine to bear.

[Isaac nods, looking down and away from Kaoru]

I know how that is. A decision like that is the whole reason I left home in the first place.

[blinks in surprise] Really? You can't ever go home?

Soon, I hope. But I went home once when we were in the area....Mum...She'd locked the door. She said her son would come home when his job was done, and not a moment sooner.

Then you'd better get the job done, huh? Are you close?

Yes! We just have to get to the top of Mars Lighthouse!

Woo! [throws his arms up in the air!] And then that's it, huh?

We hope so!

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