Lt. Carter Blake (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
lieutenantantichrist) wrote2013-05-11 03:44 am
lieutenantantichrist) wrote2013-05-11 03:44 am
[5]Video/Action for Violet City
[The feed comes up on Blake outside the Violet City gym. He's holding the Gear in one hand and tossing something small in the other. Behind him his Snubbull is sitting on his Mareep, both looking proud of themselves. For his part, Blake doesn't look so thrilled.]
Hell of a loaded word, "badge."
[He catches it on the toss and holds it up to the camera.]
Look at that. Does it looks like much use to you?
[He sighs and slips it in his pocket.]
Zap the crap out of a kid's birds and get a medal that lets you fly.
You know what the worst part is? It's not until right now I realized there's anything wrong with that. I'm getting used to it.
[He starts walking aimlessly down the street, Pokemon trotting after him.]
It's baseball season, not that you'd know it here. Can't remember the last time I missed Opening Day. But hell, now it's been more than a month. Just went right by. How's it even May if you're not arresting drunk idiots on Cinco de Mayo? It's not right.
[Blake looks troubled.]
It's too easy to get caught up in this animal fighting crap and forget about the real world.
[His expression shifts toward its more familiar flinty pugnacity.]
Almost everybody here's been here longer than me. Give me some proof you haven't forgotten. Tell me something about home. Anything, I don't know, something you miss.
Hell of a loaded word, "badge."
[He catches it on the toss and holds it up to the camera.]
Look at that. Does it looks like much use to you?
[He sighs and slips it in his pocket.]
Zap the crap out of a kid's birds and get a medal that lets you fly.
You know what the worst part is? It's not until right now I realized there's anything wrong with that. I'm getting used to it.
[He starts walking aimlessly down the street, Pokemon trotting after him.]
It's baseball season, not that you'd know it here. Can't remember the last time I missed Opening Day. But hell, now it's been more than a month. Just went right by. How's it even May if you're not arresting drunk idiots on Cinco de Mayo? It's not right.
[Blake looks troubled.]
It's too easy to get caught up in this animal fighting crap and forget about the real world.
[His expression shifts toward its more familiar flinty pugnacity.]
Almost everybody here's been here longer than me. Give me some proof you haven't forgotten. Tell me something about home. Anything, I don't know, something you miss.
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[Blake cocks his head]
Kids who want to kill people aren't that easy to fix.
[That sounds like some powerful wishful thinking, Goggles.]
[shakes his head] Even child soldiers are still damn teenagers.
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Oh no I didn't say it was all better, but he doesn't want to kill him anymore. They've talked a bit too, so that helps.
[He's made of powerful wishful thinking you have no idea.]
...What's that supposed to mean??
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[Shit, there's going to be a child ninja war, isn't there. There is no way this is ending well.]
Nothing. I don't care what ninja girl you have a thing for.
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[Oh don't think that way, Obito really really means it. Also? Blushing here, and it's your fault.]
I- Okay I can't deny that, but if you met her you'd get it, she's the nicest person I've ever known and she's smart, and pretty, and has a great sense of humor, and she's thoughtful, and-
[If you don't stop him he's not going to shut up about this topic by the way.]
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[Aw hell, now he's turning red]
[Blake holds his hands up at the barrage of words] Hey. Hey!
Christ, forget I asked.
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He's a shinobi, he also loves his brother, it'll be fine. Seriously, it's cool.
....
What's a Christ anyway?
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A shin-what?
From what I heard, that's the brother who murdered his family. Sorry if I don't see a whole lot of brotherly love there.
[For a second he thinks the kid's screwing with him, but he looks genuine. Blake waves his hand.]
It's something you swear with. Old habit.
You've really never heard of that? Fuck, an evangelist would have a field day. But I guess you don't have those either.
...Even child soldier land has its good points, huh.
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Shinobi. Most people know the word ninja better? And... it's complicated. Like, really complicated. But they're brothers, so they'll work it out.
[Child soldier land? Really? Oh come on!]
No? So Christ is a swear. Any particular context or is it just one of those all purpose ones?
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Kid, I've seen brothers who had fights like that. They worked it out with lead pipes.
[Go ahead, give him a better name for it.]
[Ah hell, how does he explain this?]
It's a religious thing, if you believe in that kind of crap. Don't think about it too much. It's just old habit.
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Maybe they'll fight it out, but if they were going to do that they would have done it when they last saw each other, don't you think?
So you use it... to indicate you're mad at religion?
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You never know when somebody's gonna get mad enough to pull the trigger. Can't always see it coming.
No, it's... [Blake's eyes go up, and he frowns] I've never really thought about it. It's just something you say when you're mad.
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[He'll just wave his hands at him.]
Anyway, I HAVE things I use when I'm mad, but not often, that gets you side eyed by the women in your life you know!
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So? Let 'em look.
[Then he gets honest, and rubs his hand through his hair sheepishly.]
Kids, those are the ones you have to watch your mouth around. It's a pain in the ass.
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You might have a point.
[mutters to himself] Wasn't even anybody I knew. Crazy bitch.
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Course I do. I've gotten a concussion from ticking off a kunoichi before alright? Girl Ninja, before you ask.
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So there's girl child soldiers too. Fuckin' step forward for equality, there.
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Ninja medic, how the hell does that work? Hey, this guy's got a hernia, 30cc's of ninja star will clear it right up.
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More like 'oh, my teammate hurt himself, going to make sure he doesn't die from bloodloss and I'll heal him as much as possible so we can continue the mission and I can do it better when we're out of enemy territory.'
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Here's a crazy idea.
How about you don't go on missions into enemy territory to begin with until you're old enough that a fake ID could fool somebody?
Whoever's in charge of all of this is one sick fuck.
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It's okay.
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You're kidding me. That's not even physically possible. You can't kill somebody when you can't even color inside the lines.
[Blake's voice is rising. The more Obito says, the more convinced he is that he comes from some kind of dystopian hellhole. The worst part is the kid himself doesn't see what's wrong with it.]
How long has this war been going on?! Christ, even then they still don't draft anybody under 18.
No, it's not okay! [The tendons are standing out on Blake's thick neck. He doesn't hear the curious noise Steve makes behind him.] What kind of twisted son of a bitch lets little kids die to prove his point?!
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The war started right before I graduated, but things were tense before that so just CALM DOWN AND LISTEN PROPERLY!
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[Carter is turning dark red.]
I'll calm down when you see there's something fucking wrong here!
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