ｆｉｆｔｈ。 ｗｒｉｔｔｅｎ。

[repudiate]

[ ... It's strange. When Ange comes back from the mission she went on to get Battler's departure of her mind, she decides to visit her mother first, just quickly - just to make sure she's okay now, although she doesn't doubt it, Kyrie's pretty strong, after all.. but instead the house just seems really quiet, and no matter where she looks in it, it's like there's nobody there. She can already guess what it means, which is why she soundlessly drops on the floor with a near empty-looking expression as she opens the journal and tries to contact her mother that way. ... Still.. nothing.

No way. No way-- first Battler left, and now her mother did too, and neither times was she even allowed to say goodbye? Silently she shakes her head to herself, but instead Ange notices that she's already start crying. It's unfair, too unfair-- losing her family at the start of October twice by now..

It takes a long time before she even stops crying. But even then she doesn't move from where she's sitting, she completely lacks the power and will to do so. She doesn't even feel like going home anymore, even if that's only right next door to the house she's in right now. She just...
... After what seems like an eternity it still takes way too much effort to make herself open the journal, writing in it with shaky fingers, the words empty and meaningless. ]

For those that hadn't noticed yet, Battler Ushiromiya left Luceti a little while ago.

As of this morning, Kyrie Ushiromiya is gone as well.

( ooc: i'll be slow on tags since i have quite the backlog, so please bear with me! )

Comments

[hiken_ace]

I wasn't alone that long, but prison made it all the worse. At least now you've got people who don't want you to be alone, huh?

[repudiate]

Yeah, I guess I do, but.. you were in prison?

[hiken_ace]

... well, that's what happens when pirates get turned in to the marines. It doesn't really bother me anymore, though. I've got people here now, that's what matters.

[repudiate]

It definitely matters, though, it's unfair that they threw you into prison. [ even though he's a pirate? ah, well, ange's morality is always sort of unique.. ] You're a lot better than most of the people who are allowed to walk around freely and do whatever they want to innocent people.

[hiken_ace]

I am a pirate, I've broken the law way more than once. [He can't help but let out a scoff at her last sentence.] I like to think I was a lot better than most of the heads of authority in my world. It's a pretty corrupt government.

[repudiate]

I was hunted down and almost assassinated by my own aunt back home, and nobody bothered to throw her into prison. [ she says it surprisingly lightly compared to all the earlier stuff, as if it isn't a big deal. ]

.. So compared to that, I guess it must mean you're only more of a good guy exactly because you were thrown in there to begin with.

[hiken_ace]

Hey, I'd be glad to kick her ass.

I don't think many people would agree with you, but that makes me happy nonetheless. Thank you, Ange.

[repudiate]

.. Are you the one thanking me at a time like this?

[hiken_ace]

Yeah. Because no one's ever told me being a pirate makes me a good guy.

[repudiate]

That's just because most people are pretty ignorant. It's not about judging people based on what they are, but.. I think people should be judged on the way they treat others.

[hiken_ace]

You're the first person not from my world that really understands this kind of stuff. Someone of the people with the most power are the most corrupt ones.

[repudiate]

.. I guess it might be more difficult for some outsiders to understand, but.. it's just that it's a lot like that in my world too, that's why I can understand. Even if my world doesn't have many pirates.

Enough people have been trying to use me for my money, so I know exactly how disgusting those kind of people with power are.

[hiken_ace]

[He makes a disgusted grunt at the last sentence.] And yet, they get to determine who the scum is. It's not often I meet people who understand this.

[repudiate]

Luckily enough for you then that I'm another member of the people who get it then, hm? [ somewhat ironically, since.. well, obviously it would be better to not realise it, since that would mean you wouldn't have had to deal with it.. ]

[hiken_ace]

Oh, believe me, I'm happy for this. I'm not happy someone else had to go through it, though.

[repudiate]

.. That's just the way life is, right? Not everyone can be saved from it and live on in ignorance.