1 - [Voice Post]

[kinslayer]

[The PCD clicks on and a quiet, calm voice begins speaking. It's masculine and confident.]

Hello. I am newly arrived here. I have the gist of the situation--Apparently this place pulls people from different times and worlds to... Here.

Here appears to include killer bunnies.

Information pertaining to anything would be beneficial--lodgings however, are the most pertinent item of interest. As well as what other things one should expect from this place.

[A voice too distant to be heard says something and Itachi responds, equally muffled. A moment later the PCD clicks off.]

Comments

[Private to Al // Hackable]

[kin-slayer.livejournal.com]

That is the problem, Alphonse-kun. You don't want to believe me. We define our reality by what we choose to accept as true, but is it really?

[Itachi's voice and expression are detached and distant, slightly irritated.]

Whatever scenario you've decided on in your own mind is obviously more appealing to you than my words. If that comforts you I will let it be.

It means little to me if you accept my reasons or even understand them, or if you choose to believe in your own version of events. My history with my brother is not going to change no matter what reasons you decide to attribute to my actions.

If you wish to sympathize with your fictional idea of me, I will not stop you.

[raohthekenoh.livejournal.com]

Simply because I abandoned my ambition does not mean that I have lost my pride and will as a man. I will not simply reject another person because others do not like him, that is no way to live life. I make my own decisions of who to associate with. As long as I believe in the person... I should care not what anyone else thinks.

I have no right to point fingers at those with pasts as bloody as mine, and can understand anyone who has done something... who has sacrificed so that others might benefit. Soldiers live lives of unbearable sacrifice, and are forced to then carry on bearing that ungodly weight on their shoulders.

[stalwart-flame.livejournal.com]

I've kind of gotten the impession that that's the case for pretty much everyone.

[Private to Itachi // Hackable]

[al_truism]

Say whatever you want. I still don't believe you're telling me the truth. Too many things don't add up, it's not just that I want to believe in the good things, even if that's a part of it.

That bothers you, doesn't it?

[feline-sonata.livejournal.com]

Um.

Killer bunnies?

[kin-slayer.livejournal.com]

According to Yachiru-chan... Yes.

Apparently if you bite them back that tames them.

[feline-sonata.livejournal.com]

...oh. How can bunnies kill? Are they really big?

[Private to Al // Hackable]

[kin-slayer.livejournal.com]

[Silence, for a while, another slightly annoyed exhale as Itachi gives the screen a narrow-eyed stare.]

You are stubborn.

Why should your delusions bother me, Alphonse-kun?

[kin-slayer.livejournal.com]

I believe they have sharp teeth and speed. I don't know their size as I've yet to meet one.

[kin-slayer.livejournal.com]

That is a strong-willed sentiment, Raoh-san. I can admire your conviction.

However you may have the wrong impression of me. I am not one who sacrifices for others--my ambitions are for my own purpose. What I have chosen in my life I have chosen with full knowledge and consideration of the consequences.

[feline-sonata.livejournal.com]

Ah. I...I guess Al was right. A rock wouldn't have done much good.

[raohthekenoh.livejournal.com]

hah... Until you rule the entire world it is as if you are a tool of someone else. I clawed so frantically not just for others, but for myself. If both choices end in bloodshed, then what choice is there to be made? I was truly born into an age where there would be a great deal of death... and the world would choke on the blood of the masses, leaving the rest of us to eke an existence out of nothing.

The men around me... as hungry as I, even crueler... The Kenoh, the mantle I took to conquer everything around me... we who are strong enough to change the world... we are the ones who seal our hearts and our tears for a hope for something better to come from the future. If your life has been anything like me... the pain weighs on your heart and is nearly unbearable.

My younger brothers, better men than me, but the firey blood of my desires also had a place. The choices we make... did you make them for reasons that are just? even if you suffer now, did you do them to forge something better? Perhaps I am mistaken when I see a kindred soul in you, but I do not think so.

[kin-slayer.livejournal.com]

Al? Alphonse-kun? Yes, he seems to know what he's talking about here.

A rock can be deadly in the right hands--but for an amateur, probably not sufficient against killer rabbits.

[feline-sonata.livejournal.com]

[a little, embarrassed noise]

Yeah, you're probably right.

[he takes a slow breath]

'M Oliver, by the way. New here, too.

[kin-slayer.livejournal.com]

I can understand you reasoning for your actions. I certainly will not condemn you--when faced with a world torn by war there are no innocents, and mercy and humanity are liabilities. The ideals of "civilization" crumble when faced with that much blood and cruelty and senselessness.

You will not like my answer Raoh-san.

I seek power. For the sake of myself and no others. I have seen the darkness humanity is capable of--only strength means anything, in the end. I do not take pleasure in bloodshed, but I do not hesitate to eliminate those in my way.

I wish to break past my own limitations. There is a man I will surpass, and when I do, I will kill him. Assuming it is possible to return to my world, at any rate.

[kin-slayer.livejournal.com]

Apparently the safe-zone is relatively risk-free, but if you are not a fighter you may wish to befriend one, in any case.

I am Itachi, Oliver-kun.

[feline-sonata.livejournal.com]

O...okay. I just know how to make music, I en't...I en't no help, place like this.


'Kun'? You're from Nippon, en't you? Or...some place like it in your world, I suppose.

Nice ter meetcha, Itachi...Itachi...er. I should use a title or whatever you call it, maybe, but...I dun really know what to use.

[kin-slayer.livejournal.com]

Music has its place in the world. But like any civilian you should remain in designated safe areas or with strong company.

Nippon? I'm from the Fire Country, but I believe such suffixes are common in all the countries in my world.

Itachi is fine.

[feline-sonata.livejournal.com]

Righto, then. I...I wouldn't want to go looking for trouble, anyway.

Oh. In my world, only people from a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean use them. My brother reads a bunch of comics from over there.

Okay. Itachi. Heh.

[kin-slayer.livejournal.com]

Probably wise.

I see. Comics? Are they particularly known for their entertainment?

... Heh?

[feline-sonata.livejournal.com]

Yeah, wise. En't ever been called that before.

Comics...no. My brother's just an idiot who prefers things with pictures to books of worth. Some of them are pretty good, though. I'd say they're known for technology more, like, er, the whole gaming console thing Wyatt and Katie act like hatters over and such.

I...er...well. It wasn't really...I just...er. Trying to...ease tension?

[kin-slayer.livejournal.com]

Hm.

Gaming console? I'm not sure I'm familiar with the concept.

I see. Do I make you uncomfortable?

[feline-sonata.livejournal.com]

Like Playstation. Or the Wii. Machines that run programed games that require various skill sets, depending on the game, to beat each level and progress to the next, until the game is finally won. A good way to waste twenty or thirty or sixty or eighty hours of your life, if you're into that. Like Wyatt is. Nippon also does cars, some entertainment, a lot of things like the Walkman, which lets you take music around, speakers, DVD players, that kind of thing.

[A very awkward pause] N...no...

[kin-slayer.livejournal.com]

[Long pause.]

I'm afraid most of that sounds entirely unfamiliar. However I believe I get the idea, thank you.

Hmm. I see.

[feline-sonata.livejournal.com]

[shuffles a little, clearly uneasy as he speaks]

It's complicated. Wyatt'd explain better, I'm sure. I...er.

It's just...! You seem like you don't need no one to stick close to, right? And I do. And...I read in the back of one of Wyatt's comics that it's important to use the little titles because otherwise it's rude, unless given permission, and...I'm rambling, en't I? Sound gobsmacked. I...er.

((OOC: Al-mun is yelling at me. >>; But Ollie's just...a little intimidated. *coughs*))