otakuro: (Mr. Corner)
Atsuro Kihara ([personal profile] otakuro) wrote in [community profile] destinystrings2013-05-08 11:21 pm

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Who: Atsuro Kihara and Kazuya Minegishi
Where: Land of Awkwardness and Attempted Fratricide
When: Right after the Taurus event
Warnings: None
Summary: At least they had both tried to kill each other mutually so the guilt went both ways.

The morning after the 26th, Atsuro woke up to three separate, unhappy realizations.

First, some nefarious villain had stolen into his room and ripped his curtains; more important - perhaps most importantly - they had undone his careful arrangement of all of his games by alphabetical order and production company. Second, some other nefarious villain - perhaps the same one - had left a prop sword so that he almost impaled himself when he rolled out of bed.

Third, shame. Crippling debilitating shame.

He spends the first two hours cleaning his room (an hour and forty minutes of it checking and double-checking that all of his games, computer paraphernalia, and hacking tools were still present and accounted for), the next two hours deciding he needed another nap after all of that work, and then another two hours hoping lunch would magically appear on his desk so he wouldn't have to actually go outside for a week or so.

He weighs the pros and cons of starving as opposed to ever running into Kazuya again; starving almost seemed like the better option until he remembered that starving would mean he would never get to play Devil Kids: Spirit Hackers 4 which was supposed to come out in less than six months and promised over 600 different monsters to catch.

Hey Kazuya.

Can we meet up?

belfire: (light demon king smile)

[personal profile] belfire 2013-05-12 08:42 am (UTC)(link)
That... actually made a considerable amount of sense, and the more he turned it over in his head, the more he thought that that was probably it. Kazuya straight up thought he made the wrong choice at times, but he dealt with it by laughing at it and pushing it aside to be dwelt over never - unless something like this occurred that forced him to look at it.

Demonic powers, and demons, probably didn't work like that, huh? They didn't stop existing just because he refused to acknowledge their existence, and, perhaps, probably festered into something worse as time went on. Atsuro was right, Kazuya was afraid, but this wasn't a test of courage where he just leapt into the fray fists swinging. He could do that without hesitating. This would be an internal battle against himself and that... was the one thing Kazuya could never do. See avoidance issues.

"That... sounds plausible, even if you said it in the nerdiest way possible," Kazuya's smile was crooked, and he picked a few flakes of dried blood off of his arm. "But, this 'final trial' stuff doesn't sound like it'll be overcome by me going 'okay I accept everything'. It's all subconscious as well, right?"
belfire: (blank)

[personal profile] belfire 2013-05-13 08:49 am (UTC)(link)
That was the million dollar question, huh?

"I want..." Kazuya murmured, his words slow. What did he want? To defeat God? No, that was Naoya's ambition. To save humanity? Kinda? Kazuya didn't really want to crucify himself for them, and to be honest, they just felt like a second priority. It was still a high priority, but his every waking moment and decisions weren't 'How would this affect humanity?'

They barely crossed his mind.

"I... don't know what I want," Kazuya finally said. "It just seemed like the safest, and most logical way to get out of the Lockdown. I just had to do all this beating God up crap afterwards." That he still needed to do.
belfire: (light demon king smile)

[personal profile] belfire 2013-05-13 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"In a palace filled with hot babes," Kazuya replied, his face straight and tone one hundred per cent serious.

Well. Okay. The corner of his mouth was twitching upwards a little. Ninety eight per cent serious.
belfire: (mmmmmmngh)

[personal profile] belfire 2013-05-14 06:46 am (UTC)(link)
"That's a nice thing to say," Kazuya said mildly, stoically enduring the face prodding before ducking his head. "...I'm still upset. I just like to avoid it, y'know? Which probably ties into that whole... final trial thing you were talking about earlier."
belfire: (blank)

[personal profile] belfire 2013-05-15 01:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah... control's good."

Kazuya sat there with a small frown for a long moment, twisting his fingers together on his lap. He had to get over this mental block of his then. That's all. Easy as pie, right? Hahah, right...

"Wouldn't this be easier if there was some kind of therapist that dealt with Demon Kings, oi..."
belfire: (um okay)

[personal profile] belfire 2013-05-16 08:43 am (UTC)(link)
"A demon with the understanding of the heart?"

Kazuya's face scrunched up at the thought. He wasn't sure if a demon would be good - they had a very alien sense of morals, after all - but Kazuya couldn't unload this on a human therapist. They'd probably think he was batshit or a danger to society, or something like that.

"There're a lot of demons. There's probably one, I guess? But what and where is the question."
belfire: (light demon king smile)

[personal profile] belfire 2013-05-17 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Kazuya's expression slowly shifted into slight amusement. "Demon-demon? I didn't realise there was another type of demon out there," he teased, but his gaze dropped down to the COMP in Atsuro's hands. "Do you have someone in mind already?"
belfire: (nervous smile)

[personal profile] belfire 2013-05-18 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
Kazuya looked a bit sceptical. His memory of Orobas was a fabulous pink horse demon that enjoyed leaping through the air like a ballerina. Kazuya supposed that screamed "heart" but... well, what could it hurt, right?

"Okay...may as well give it a shot," Kazuya said. "Nothing to lose if it doesn't work, right?"
belfire: (um okay)

[personal profile] belfire 2013-05-18 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
"That's really exorbitant," Kazuya agreed. "Guess I'll take the flamboyant pink pony, then."
belfire: (look away)

[personal profile] belfire 2013-05-18 10:11 am (UTC)(link)
"Mm."

Kazuya picked off more of the dried blood, his head ducked low as he lifted his shoulders up into a shrug. "Maybe," he said at last, "Can't hurt, anyway. I don't..." he paused, and his cheeks went a bit pink, "I don't wanna flip out again and hurt you, so..."
Edited 2013-05-18 10:11 (UTC)
belfire: (growl)

[personal profile] belfire 2013-05-18 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Kazuya blanched at that suggestion. "No! No, fuck no," he shook his head, his expression hardening in disapproval. "I could still hurt you if I'm flippin' out, or, I might not come to my senses, or... stuff."
belfire: (blank)

[personal profile] belfire 2013-05-19 09:02 am (UTC)(link)
Kazuya felt a bit guilty at snapping, but he didn't even want to think about that kind of thing, let alone joke about it. Which was a first for him, but, there were subjects even he couldn't point and laugh at.

"..." Kazuya sighed, his shoulders slumping in defeat. He smiled wryly, "Like something out of an anime, huh? Where the hero gets possessed by his superpowered evil side, and his friend has to snap him out of it. Heh..."

Okay, maybe he could joke about it a little.

"I rather you didn't, though," he said, quickly sobering, "Not trying to be arrogant, but I think my strength far outstrips yours. If I go all out, you'd..."