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Asch the Bloody ([personal profile] dissonates) wrote2012-07-08 10:21 pm

[Voice]

[Silence.

There's too much of it. It burns into his mind, the echo of emptiness in the corner of it, that ache he can't seem to brush aside no matter how he tries to distract himself. He's tried going outside, he's tried burying himself in that braille stuff Xion gave him, he's tried striking up conversations with his housemates (even the animals), but he runs out of things to say far too quickly and in the back of his mind it's always there. The silence, the echo. The fact that something is missing.

Dead.

And then he's had enough.

The journal's camera is partially obscured when the feed flickers on, and what it does show is his face - eyes, a flash of red hair, his bangs down - just enough to make it seem like he's not quite himself. His voice, too, is softened; it's not as open and friendly as Luke would have been when greeting the village, but it lacks the usual anger or pent-up frustrations of the socially-awkward soldier. If anything it sounds... hushed, weary, tinged with a bit of desperation. He needs this. Whether or not he wants to do it is irrelevant.

It hurts. The silence hurts, more than last time when Luke had been sent home, and he honestly hadn't thought it would.]


Tell me about your day. Tell me a story. Talk about anything. Today I'm listening.

[He might not care. He might not be nice about it. He might not even remember it later. But he'll listen.

He just needs to hear something, so he can forget about the nothing in his head for a while.]

((Asch is blind, so all tags must be voice/action or he cannot respond to them!))
distressedude: (Allow me to explain)

[personal profile] distressedude 2012-07-15 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, to be honest I was rather hasty in deciding to meet with him. I was by myself, after all. But I was afraid if I waited too long, he would move again before we could have the chance to talk.

[Oh, his voice grows a bit more serious here. It's not an entirely funny story, after all. Perhaps more so seeing as the person he's telling this to is Asch.]

That is... I wanted to talk to him about what he did in May. And why he did it. Though I think I already knew in the back of my mind why... [Because he's Sync and he doesn't need a reason to do bad things.] ...but even so, I wouldn't have forgiven myself for not taking advantage of an opportunity to try and talk with him out in the open.
redjacketthief: (imitatingtheloungeking2)

[voice]

[personal profile] redjacketthief 2012-07-15 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[He caught the drop in tone, and changed gears.]

...It's just food for thought, really. This cycle's been rough on a lot of people, and it sounded like you're among them. Not saying that you have to do anything...just think about it.
childofthefullmoon: (uncomfortable)

[Voice]

[personal profile] childofthefullmoon 2012-07-15 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[You were the one that brought it up, Asch. Not to mention you kinda just gave yourself away. Not that Estelle is going to realize this right away, though.]

I'm sorry.

I should have introduced myself first. My name is Estelle.

[Yeah, she kinda missed the point there.]
savedtheworld: (admiring)

[Voice]

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-07-15 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
But I'm a teenager now, and I like hanging out with kids. [Avatar: The Last Teen Grandad.] I guess sometimes it feels more like being a babysitter. But... it's nice to be able to take care of them. [And it's the only time I'll have with them.]

ofwesternwinds: (» returning like migratory birds)

[voice]

[personal profile] ofwesternwinds 2012-07-15 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess so. I'm more used to hearing the usual terms myself, but those would work too.

[If it helps, right? Back to the story we go!]

Anyway, um. Where was I? [...] Right, the Giant's Cradle. Many drifters tried many methods, but no one's been able to wake the giant. Why wouldn't he wake up? It's been said around a thousand years back, the giant's heart was split into two halves. One half was a blue, righteous heart known as "Virtue." The other red, and vicious, was known as "Malice."

[Another short pause, before continuing on...]

So, Virtue and Malice. With those halves separated, the heartless giant slept, quietly waiting for the day to come when his broken heart is mended. Many have tried seeking those pieces in hopes of putting his heart back together, but neither a good heart nor a vicious heart alone could wake him...
inheavenslight: (Watching)

[personal profile] inheavenslight 2012-07-15 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Luckily, except for a few, balance has been found in Sancia.
inkdrops: (Just a shy child.)

[Action]

[personal profile] inkdrops 2012-07-16 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Miyabi doesn't stop, not yet. She continues crying and shaking and just clinging. Maybe she couldn't have done anything to help, like Asch says, but that doesn't make the pain any less difficult to take. If anything, that only makes it worse. She doesn't ever want to have to hear from another person about a death of a close friend. It just shows how powerless she is to do anything against the ways of this place. And that's just not fair. It's just not fair at all.]

Then what am I supposed to do?!
redjacketthief: (-glasses- do i have to explain everythin)

[voice]

[personal profile] redjacketthief 2012-07-16 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
I'm just telling you to think about it.

[sheesh.]
savedtheworld: (eager)

[Voice]

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-07-16 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks. I'm Aang, by the way.
gleamed: (Default)

yes, yes you should.

[personal profile] gleamed 2012-07-16 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
[...You know? She never thought about it before.]

Maybe he...was cursed so he couldn't answer that question! Or maybe he was too nervous to tell her he was really a human, who was ashamed to be a bear. [Makes totally sense.]

But you know how story book characters are. They always seem to do the thing you know they aren't supposed to do--but that's what makes it a great story.
whimsicalwinds: (035. fantastic!)

[voice]

[personal profile] whimsicalwinds 2012-07-16 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
Not at all, actually! I happen to remember all of these.
herotypical: [ snarky ] (✝ blow a thousand deutschmarks)

[personal profile] herotypical 2012-07-16 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
Vegetables, then. I'll trust you on that.
childofthefullmoon: (book)

[Voice]

[personal profile] childofthefullmoon 2012-07-16 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
[So much for good first impressions. That's okay though, Estelle isn't that nosey anyway.]

It's nice to meet you, Asch.

Where are you from?

[He didn't seem to like her story all that much, and so... might as well just talk. Even though he didn't seem to like talking much either.]
wildlittlegirl: (walk into the sunrise)

[Action]

[personal profile] wildlittlegirl 2012-07-16 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ And Arietta is here to have the bluntness of a brick. ]

Do you need help?

[ Said with a few more steps forwards. Come on Asch she can lead you by the hand if you need it. ]

[voice]

[personal profile] echotaker 2012-07-16 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
Thrill-seekers'll do anything these days, am I right?
distressedude: (All my misgivings...)

[personal profile] distressedude 2012-07-16 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
That wasn't entirely the reason, though that was a factor in why I was already so upset with him before I even arrived. I tried talking to him, but he's never been a very easy person to talk to, especially now that my patience for him has become rather thin.

From what he told me, it doesn't sound like he had any reason for what he did. Nor did it seem to be something he planned out at all.

[It's hard to say whether that's something they could feel relieved about or not. Had Sync actively been out to have them killed is one thing, but for him to do so only because he could is another thing altogether.]
thenoonewhosees: (laughing with me or at me)

Re: [voice]

[personal profile] thenoonewhosees 2012-07-16 09:14 am (UTC)(link)
[She laughs.] Well, if they're anything like my cat, they'll do what they want whether or not they understand you. Toby's definitely that way. Sometimes he'll come running up all eager for me to pet him, but then he'll flop over just out of my reach. Or run away when I do go to pet him.

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