Kino "needs help reacting to something" (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
onlyatraveler) wrote2014-08-30 01:25 am
onlyatraveler) wrote2014-08-30 01:25 am
Inbox for CDC
kino@cdc.org
(1) UNREAD MESSAGES
kino@cdc.org
(1) UNREAD MESSAGES
[he wouldn't die. probably.]
[Kino must just be jealous.]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
It really glows!! That's cool!!! It's like it knows it's super important! [yes, that ... well, whatever. dream big, Hinata.] What's it look like?
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
You don't know???
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
It's a man that works in the mafia! He's got a scary face and a tattoo and talks like he wants to use you for sword practice!
Oh and he's deaf I guess
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Is it that Nic?
[Kino must just be jealous.]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
It really glows!! That's cool!!! It's like it knows it's super important! [yes, that ... well, whatever. dream big, Hinata.] What's it look like?
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
You don't know???
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
It's a man that works in the mafia! He's got a scary face and a tattoo and talks like he wants to use you for sword practice!
Oh and he's deaf I guess
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Is it that Nic?
Edited (gotta spam more) 2014-10-19 16:34 (UTC)
[Yeah... knowing HInata, he'd probably just bounce back from whatever befell him. Forcibly, if necessary. (That wasn't healthy...)
Kino isn't particularly sure on what they promised to and not to discuss with others pertaining the rock, but what harm could it do just telling Hinata??]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
It's a sizable rock with inscriptions on the faces. It might be important that not many know about it, though, so please keep this to yourself.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
I... think that's him. He is deaf, and I suppose his face might seem scary, but I haven't seen a tattoo or heard him talk.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
I still don't believe I understand what this "mafia" is, though. [Not everyone understands all these things from your world, Hinata!]
Kino isn't particularly sure on what they promised to and not to discuss with others pertaining the rock, but what harm could it do just telling Hinata??]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
It's a sizable rock with inscriptions on the faces. It might be important that not many know about it, though, so please keep this to yourself.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
I... think that's him. He is deaf, and I suppose his face might seem scary, but I haven't seen a tattoo or heard him talk.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
I still don't believe I understand what this "mafia" is, though. [Not everyone understands all these things from your world, Hinata!]
Edited (typo....) 2014-10-20 16:44 (UTC)
[Kino you are a great friend and let no one tell you otherwise. Hinata doesn't even know he cares about the coded glowing rock yet - and in the meantime, ah! potentially trusted with something important that didn't involve violence? how cool!]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Got it! My lips are sealed! But I have to say, that sounds interesting for a rock.
[less interesting, more surprising (and more Hinata forgetting not all humans were from his Earth, despite Kino's talking motorrad),]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
How do you not know what a mafia is?? They're criminals that beat business owners up for money while selling drugs to school kids
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
The police would do something about it, but half of them are in the mafia's pocket, or so my dad says
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
You've really never heard of the mafia until now?????
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Got it! My lips are sealed! But I have to say, that sounds interesting for a rock.
[less interesting, more surprising (and more Hinata forgetting not all humans were from his Earth, despite Kino's talking motorrad),]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
How do you not know what a mafia is?? They're criminals that beat business owners up for money while selling drugs to school kids
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
The police would do something about it, but half of them are in the mafia's pocket, or so my dad says
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
You've really never heard of the mafia until now?????
[You're too kind, Hinata, especially since Kino doesn't really completely understand this whole "friend" business yet. But yeah, the rock wasn't violent—yet. Just wait until the statue started ticking down like a time bomb again...]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
I guess. The glowing is the only interesting thing about it. Some of us are trying to figure out what the symbols mean, but I'm not good at things like that.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
So I'm just watching it to make sure it's safe.
[Guarding stuff is a lot easier than trying to solve a puzzle, in Kino's mind. But no, Kino doesn't really understand the word "mafia," but the concept sounds... (very) vaguely understandable after Hinata explains it. You know, if you take everything he says without a volleyball-sized grain of salt.]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
He doesn't seem like a guy who would sell drugs to school children.
[But you never know... Kino steals a glance at Nic before looking back between the road and the blackglass.]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
No. There might be people like that in some country in my world, but I haven't visited it yet. Maybe one day I will find it, and I will be sure to not upset them.
[Or upset Nic, though Kino doesn't think they will ask about if his hobbies include beating up store-owners, supplying drugs to kids, or paying off police.]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
I guess. The glowing is the only interesting thing about it. Some of us are trying to figure out what the symbols mean, but I'm not good at things like that.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
So I'm just watching it to make sure it's safe.
[Guarding stuff is a lot easier than trying to solve a puzzle, in Kino's mind. But no, Kino doesn't really understand the word "mafia," but the concept sounds... (very) vaguely understandable after Hinata explains it. You know, if you take everything he says without a volleyball-sized grain of salt.]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
He doesn't seem like a guy who would sell drugs to school children.
[But you never know... Kino steals a glance at Nic before looking back between the road and the blackglass.]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
No. There might be people like that in some country in my world, but I haven't visited it yet. Maybe one day I will find it, and I will be sure to not upset them.
[Or upset Nic, though Kino doesn't think they will ask about if his hobbies include beating up store-owners, supplying drugs to kids, or paying off police.]
FROM: roxas@cdc.org
I think... if I stay with the CDC I might be able to help everyone else.
FROM: roxas@cdc.org
The Nobodies like me.
FROM: roxas@cdc.org
They don't know that they can have their hearts back...
I think... if I stay with the CDC I might be able to help everyone else.
FROM: roxas@cdc.org
The Nobodies like me.
FROM: roxas@cdc.org
They don't know that they can have their hearts back...
[Kino's running to catch up with Kingdom Hearts terminology. Roxas had mentioned not having a heart before, so they have to assume that's what "Nobody" means. Using the CDC to help one's friends is a noble pursuit, Kino thinks.]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Yes, the CDC does promise a lot of things for those that serve their contracts.
[It was too bad for Kino that the only thing they could think to ask for was to go home.]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Perhaps you could use the CDC to help those friends of yours back home.
[They might not know it had been Roxas, but it would happen nonetheless.]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Yes, the CDC does promise a lot of things for those that serve their contracts.
[It was too bad for Kino that the only thing they could think to ask for was to go home.]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Perhaps you could use the CDC to help those friends of yours back home.
[They might not know it had been Roxas, but it would happen nonetheless.]
[not that Hinata has room to talk, but you worry him sometimes, Kino. how could she miss such a blatant thing--?! (oh well, that was why she had him!)]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
You said he hasn't spoken to you yet!!! Isn't that creepy already????
[or maybe you should work on your own constitution, Hinata.]
[ah, but the sigh his next text must be typed in is practically visible.]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
But that's the best you can do...
[another pause.]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Either that or ask him to teach you how to sword-fight, that'd be pretty ballin
Actually yeah, you should do that
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
You said he hasn't spoken to you yet!!! Isn't that creepy already????
[or maybe you should work on your own constitution, Hinata.]
[ah, but the sigh his next text must be typed in is practically visible.]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
But that's the best you can do...
[another pause.]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Either that or ask him to teach you how to sword-fight, that'd be pretty ballin
Actually yeah, you should do that
FROM: kino@cdc.org
He hadn't spoken to me when you first mentioned him. He's texting me now.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
He seems nice enough.
[Right now he was just coming to terms with the fact that Hermes was sentient. It seems to be a little less easy to understand when you can't hear him talk.
But yeah, Kino has no idea what "ballin'" might mean (does this have to do with volleyball??), but they can use context to figure out what Hinata means.]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Maybe I should. I can fight with a knife, but I never learned how to use a sword.
I did fight someone who was very good at fighting with the sword, once. He was a dangerous adversary.
[And when Kino says "very good at fighting with the sword," they mean he had literally either deflected or cut in half all of Kino's bullets. The traveler had bested him in the end, though.]
He hadn't spoken to me when you first mentioned him. He's texting me now.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
He seems nice enough.
[Right now he was just coming to terms with the fact that Hermes was sentient. It seems to be a little less easy to understand when you can't hear him talk.
But yeah, Kino has no idea what "ballin'" might mean (does this have to do with volleyball??), but they can use context to figure out what Hinata means.]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Maybe I should. I can fight with a knife, but I never learned how to use a sword.
I did fight someone who was very good at fighting with the sword, once. He was a dangerous adversary.
[And when Kino says "very good at fighting with the sword," they mean he had literally either deflected or cut in half all of Kino's bullets. The traveler had bested him in the end, though.]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Be careful!!!
[this would be a time for poor Nic with Hinata's level of wariness directed at him, but that line about making him pay later ....... well .... anyway.]
[much, much more interestingly: this new news. rather, this new story. ("adversary" was, remarkably, one of the four-syllable plus words Hinata recognized on sight). the level of interest he felt might be illustrated very shortly.]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Yeah?? What happened????
Be careful!!!
[this would be a time for poor Nic with Hinata's level of wariness directed at him, but that line about making him pay later ....... well .... anyway.]
[much, much more interestingly: this new news. rather, this new story. ("adversary" was, remarkably, one of the four-syllable plus words Hinata recognized on sight). the level of interest he felt might be illustrated very shortly.]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Yeah?? What happened????
FROM: kino@cdc.org
I'll be fine.
[Shh, it's okay, Hinata, Nic doesn't know about this conversation. You'll be alright.
If Hinata's interest or investment in something could be judged by how many punctuation marks he used, Kino assumes that he's interested in this story. Unfortunately, Kino does not believe themself to be the most gifted at telling stories (they prefer to listen), and it's even more difficult when texting. They'll try, though.]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
I defeated him. It was not easy, though. He could move faster than the eye could see at one time.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
I managed to catch the bottom of the grip with my revolver and knock his sword out of his hands.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Had I not done that, though, he most likely would have killed me.
[Not that Shizu had wanted to. Both of them had begged the other to step down from that last fight in the coliseum, but Kino had perceived his situation and knew that the path he was on would lead him to nothing but ruin. So Kino had stepped in and taken the mantle of that ruin from him, placing it upon themself.
All in all, he had been a respectable person, and Kino hopes that his travels bring him and his dog, Riku, happiness.]
I'll be fine.
[Shh, it's okay, Hinata, Nic doesn't know about this conversation. You'll be alright.
If Hinata's interest or investment in something could be judged by how many punctuation marks he used, Kino assumes that he's interested in this story. Unfortunately, Kino does not believe themself to be the most gifted at telling stories (they prefer to listen), and it's even more difficult when texting. They'll try, though.]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
I defeated him. It was not easy, though. He could move faster than the eye could see at one time.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
I managed to catch the bottom of the grip with my revolver and knock his sword out of his hands.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Had I not done that, though, he most likely would have killed me.
[Not that Shizu had wanted to. Both of them had begged the other to step down from that last fight in the coliseum, but Kino had perceived his situation and knew that the path he was on would lead him to nothing but ruin. So Kino had stepped in and taken the mantle of that ruin from him, placing it upon themself.
All in all, he had been a respectable person, and Kino hopes that his travels bring him and his dog, Riku, happiness.]
FROM: roxas@cdc.org
They... really need it.
FROM: roxas@cdc.org
The only way they think things can be fixed is to either disappear or steal it...
They... really need it.
FROM: roxas@cdc.org
The only way they think things can be fixed is to either disappear or steal it...
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Helping them in this way might be a good thing to do, then, so they would not have to do either of those things.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
If working for the CDC could get you and your friends your hearts back, what would you do after they sent you back?
[A short-term goal for the CDC would be useful to focus one's mind, but it wouldn't help to be lost should he actually return home (if they ever did return any of them home...).]
Helping them in this way might be a good thing to do, then, so they would not have to do either of those things.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
If working for the CDC could get you and your friends your hearts back, what would you do after they sent you back?
[A short-term goal for the CDC would be useful to focus one's mind, but it wouldn't help to be lost should he actually return home (if they ever did return any of them home...).]
[there may indeed have been a direct correlation between punctuation marks and enthusiasm. despite any of Kino's misgivings about her storytelling ability, her story must have more than made up for it, because his excitement seemed only to grow.]
[(with unknown respect to Shizu and his dog,)]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Bottom of the grip with your REVOLVER??!! That's intense!!! Really really intense!!
And you say you don't even know swordsmanship...!!
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
He really would've killed you?? Geez
[when would he start taking these things with more gravity...? not any time soon, probably.]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
So you pinned him down and took his sword and what happened after that?????
[(with unknown respect to Shizu and his dog,)]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
Bottom of the grip with your REVOLVER??!! That's intense!!! Really really intense!!
And you say you don't even know swordsmanship...!!
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
He really would've killed you?? Geez
[when would he start taking these things with more gravity...? not any time soon, probably.]
FROM: hinata.shouyou@cdc.org
So you pinned him down and took his sword and what happened after that?????
Edited 2014-10-23 20:42 (UTC)
FROM: roxas@cdc.org
Maybe... go live in Twilight Town, for real.
FROM: roxas@cdc.org
I went there a couple of times, on missions. I really liked it.
FROM: roxas@cdc.org
I think my friends liked it there too.
FROM: roxas@cdc.org
But after so much has happened, I don't know how I'd just... live somewhere.
FROM: roxas@cdc.org
I'm used to traveling to different worlds, I wouldn't want to stop.
[ He will spare Kino the explanation of the virtual Twilight Town rn........ ]
Maybe... go live in Twilight Town, for real.
FROM: roxas@cdc.org
I went there a couple of times, on missions. I really liked it.
FROM: roxas@cdc.org
I think my friends liked it there too.
FROM: roxas@cdc.org
But after so much has happened, I don't know how I'd just... live somewhere.
FROM: roxas@cdc.org
I'm used to traveling to different worlds, I wouldn't want to stop.
[ He will spare Kino the explanation of the virtual Twilight Town rn........ ]
please watch thru the coliseum episodes before i have to tag this again i dont want to spoil
onlyatraveler
2014-10-25 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[So many punctuation marks.]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
It was. Or, rather, the crowd really thought it was.
[Did Kino not mention they were fighting in a coliseum? Whoops.]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
I don't. I was just faster, and a bit luckier.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
He would have. He didn't want to, but he believed it was his only option.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Nothing, really. I knocked his sword away, and he knew if he tried to go retrieve it, I could shoot him as he did so.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
He was fast, however. Faster than anyone I've ever fought. He could've dodged a bullet if I shot at him point-blank.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
I ended up shooting, but it wasn't at him, though.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
It was. Or, rather, the crowd really thought it was.
[Did Kino not mention they were fighting in a coliseum? Whoops.]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
I don't. I was just faster, and a bit luckier.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
He would have. He didn't want to, but he believed it was his only option.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Nothing, really. I knocked his sword away, and he knew if he tried to go retrieve it, I could shoot him as he did so.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
He was fast, however. Faster than anyone I've ever fought. He could've dodged a bullet if I shot at him point-blank.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
I ended up shooting, but it wasn't at him, though.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Continue to travel, then.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
There can be safety and stability from staying in one place, but I personally can't enjoy it. Not when the unknown has so much to offer.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
If you like this Twilight Town enough, you can always go back to visit when you want.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
That's the beauty of travel, I find.
[The freedom, that is. Kino could wax poetic and borderline philosophical for hours.]
Continue to travel, then.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
There can be safety and stability from staying in one place, but I personally can't enjoy it. Not when the unknown has so much to offer.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
If you like this Twilight Town enough, you can always go back to visit when you want.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
That's the beauty of travel, I find.
[The freedom, that is. Kino could wax poetic and borderline philosophical for hours.]
FROM: roxas@cdc.org
Are there places you go back to?
Are there places you go back to?
FROM: kino@cdc.org
There are certainly places I wouldn't mind going back to see... but no.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
There is simply too much to see and experience. I worry that if I get caught up in going backwards, I'll miss out.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Maybe one day, when I'm sure that I've seen all there is to see... maybe I will go back.
There are certainly places I wouldn't mind going back to see... but no.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
There is simply too much to see and experience. I worry that if I get caught up in going backwards, I'll miss out.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Maybe one day, when I'm sure that I've seen all there is to see... maybe I will go back.
FROM: roxas@cdc.org
There are a lot of amazing worlds.
FROM: roxas@cdc.org
But it'd be nice to feel at home, sometimes.
There are a lot of amazing worlds.
FROM: roxas@cdc.org
But it'd be nice to feel at home, sometimes.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
If I had the opportunity to travel to different worlds—without having to destroy them, that is—I believe I would do it as opposed to staying in one place.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
That's the consequence of traveling, but I prefer the excitement of not knowing what tomorrow might bring.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Others do not feel the same way, but that's fine.
If I had the opportunity to travel to different worlds—without having to destroy them, that is—I believe I would do it as opposed to staying in one place.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
That's the consequence of traveling, but I prefer the excitement of not knowing what tomorrow might bring.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Others do not feel the same way, but that's fine.
FROM: roxas@cdc.org
You have to be pretty brave for that.
[ He knows, personally. He's thrown away everything he thought he knew twice now, all for a boy who saved worlds. Now here Roxas is, destroying them. It still doesn't sit comfortably in his thoughts. ]
You have to be pretty brave for that.
[ He knows, personally. He's thrown away everything he thought he knew twice now, all for a boy who saved worlds. Now here Roxas is, destroying them. It still doesn't sit comfortably in his thoughts. ]
Edited (html plz) 2014-10-26 02:15 (UTC)
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Some might say so. Others feel the opposite.
[Like Kino was running from something. That wasn't true, to be honest. Not really. It was more the fact that Kino did not have a place they would consider "home" to go back to.]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
It's what I wanted to do, though. I don't like the fact that I can't travel the way I used to here.
Some might say so. Others feel the opposite.
[Like Kino was running from something. That wasn't true, to be honest. Not really. It was more the fact that Kino did not have a place they would consider "home" to go back to.]
FROM: kino@cdc.org
It's what I wanted to do, though. I don't like the fact that I can't travel the way I used to here.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
I've completed the mission.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Shepard might have something to say about it, as well.
[If Kino has enough impetus to be wry, they must be in a good mood. Aeryn will probably have to deal with a very cross Shepard, however.]
I've completed the mission.
FROM: kino@cdc.org
Shepard might have something to say about it, as well.
[If Kino has enough impetus to be wry, they must be in a good mood. Aeryn will probably have to deal with a very cross Shepard, however.]
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