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estoria2015-08-02 12:44 pm
sunshrouded) wrote in estoria2015-08-02 12:44 pm
[OPEN] did you miss me?
Who: Tenka aka "Dad Extraordinaire" (sunshrouded) & ALL OF Y'ALL TBH
When: Sliiiiightly forward-dated to 2/15, so right after the Nexus Code event!
Where: assorted... Kumounji House & entertainment district mostly!
What: Guess who's back (back again), Tenka's back. Tell a friend. -- also he fulfill his dream of becoming a Sidequest Dispenser.
Rating/Warning: just your usual brand of tenka idiocy, maybe some tears, probably some punching
[a. closed to kumounji house residents ; farts back into existence]
[Tenka doesn't have a calendar in his room.
Why would he?
But what he does have, when he materializes in his futon, wearing the same robe that he went to bed with, is a vague feeling of dread. He went through a weird sequence of dreams, he thinks. Sitting through that powerpoint again and then -- after that there was a weird space where he could walk through entire buildings. Where he started to feel... intangible again. It was remniscent enough of the time that he lost his body that he felt chills.
Yet his preoccupation with himself was short. After all, Shirasu was there.
Shirasu was there and wasn't there all at once -- he was in that space, unresponsive even as Tenka yelled at him and tried to punch him. But there was no returning punch, no weary purple eyes, not even a motion of acknowledgment. He was well and truly there and.... not.
So Tenka is tired as he walks out into the living room then, settling himself at their low table and slumping over it, just as he would've three weeks ago.
His first word upon his return:]
Teeeeaaaaaaaa.
[ . . . . . well?]
[b. semi-open to adoptees & others ; emerges from the void for noogies]
[Most people just knock or ring a doorbell. Maybe knock three times in small bursts if they're feeling antsy. But here's Tenka, banging on the door instead, complete with yelling:]
Heeeeyyyyy!! Is anyone in there?! Hellooooo?
[At least it's a voice you probably haven't heard in a while.
Someone clued him in that he's been gone for 3 weeks. So he's got about 3 weeks of visits to make up for, he thinks.
(Punch him.)]
[c. OPEN ; tell me what you see ]
[If nothing else, you might've seen this guy's face around. Yet he appears to no longer be Missing and is instead sitting on a bench somewhere. He seems to be puzzling over something very, very deeply. Feel free to bug him if you know him when he's still in the middle of his work of art (which consists of nothing more than a few brush strokes).
Because otherwise he's going to sit up suddenly and thrust out the page to you. It's definitely the kanji for 'lake'. But here's time for messing with the language mechanism and/or an impromptu Rorschach test:]
What does this look like to you?
[What a quack.]
[d. OPEN ; quest master tenka, disaster in the making]
Hey, you!!
[Doesn't that sound like a promising start to a conversation....
Alas, escape is futile as Tenka completely messes up the rhythm of the closest person's day as he steps in front of them and offers them the sunniest grin. (Don't trust it.)]
You look like you've got some free time. Think you can help a guy out with something?
[Sidequest: start!]
[e. choose your own adventure, hit me with anything, i can take it! ]
sunshrouded) & ALL OF Y'ALL TBHWhen: Sliiiiightly forward-dated to 2/15, so right after the Nexus Code event!
Where: assorted... Kumounji House & entertainment district mostly!
What: Guess who's back (back again), Tenka's back. Tell a friend. -- also he fulfill his dream of becoming a Sidequest Dispenser.
Rating/Warning: just your usual brand of tenka idiocy, maybe some tears, probably some punching
[a. closed to kumounji house residents ; farts back into existence]
[Tenka doesn't have a calendar in his room.
Why would he?
But what he does have, when he materializes in his futon, wearing the same robe that he went to bed with, is a vague feeling of dread. He went through a weird sequence of dreams, he thinks. Sitting through that powerpoint again and then -- after that there was a weird space where he could walk through entire buildings. Where he started to feel... intangible again. It was remniscent enough of the time that he lost his body that he felt chills.
Yet his preoccupation with himself was short. After all, Shirasu was there.
Shirasu was there and wasn't there all at once -- he was in that space, unresponsive even as Tenka yelled at him and tried to punch him. But there was no returning punch, no weary purple eyes, not even a motion of acknowledgment. He was well and truly there and.... not.
So Tenka is tired as he walks out into the living room then, settling himself at their low table and slumping over it, just as he would've three weeks ago.
His first word upon his return:]
Teeeeaaaaaaaa.
[ . . . . . well?]
[b. semi-open to adoptees & others ; emerges from the void for noogies]
[Most people just knock or ring a doorbell. Maybe knock three times in small bursts if they're feeling antsy. But here's Tenka, banging on the door instead, complete with yelling:]
Heeeeyyyyy!! Is anyone in there?! Hellooooo?
[At least it's a voice you probably haven't heard in a while.
Someone clued him in that he's been gone for 3 weeks. So he's got about 3 weeks of visits to make up for, he thinks.
(Punch him.)]
[c. OPEN ; tell me what you see ]
[If nothing else, you might've seen this guy's face around. Yet he appears to no longer be Missing and is instead sitting on a bench somewhere. He seems to be puzzling over something very, very deeply. Feel free to bug him if you know him when he's still in the middle of his work of art (which consists of nothing more than a few brush strokes).
Because otherwise he's going to sit up suddenly and thrust out the page to you. It's definitely the kanji for 'lake'. But here's time for messing with the language mechanism and/or an impromptu Rorschach test:]
What does this look like to you?
[What a quack.]
[d. OPEN ; quest master tenka, disaster in the making]
Hey, you!!
[Doesn't that sound like a promising start to a conversation....
Alas, escape is futile as Tenka completely messes up the rhythm of the closest person's day as he steps in front of them and offers them the sunniest grin. (Don't trust it.)]
You look like you've got some free time. Think you can help a guy out with something?
[Sidequest: start!]
[e. choose your own adventure, hit me with anything, i can take it! ]
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There are still the bruises from the brawls he got into with Hawke on his face and body, though they're thankfully faded enough that he doesn't think they're particularly visible in the early morning light (and he's lucky Hawke didn't split his lip this time). There are all of the ways he managed to make a fool of himself while searching for Tenka, or trying to take care of the kids and generally failing.
There was that stupid Tour, and then the situation where he lost his hearing again due to that music, and he hasn't slept in days, the dark circles under his eyes hopefully equally difficult to see.]
I'm fine.
[It's the natural, obvious answer, because Tenka has more than enough to deal with right now, and because Sousei hates the fact that he legitimately was that badly off solely because this stupid man, his partner, was gone. He changes the subject.]
You will have to deal with all of the children you've taken under your wing. They didn't take the news well.
[1/2]
Despite popular belief, he really isn't. So when he's looking for signs that will signal him in regards to Sousei's well-being, he's not inclined to miss them. There are blemishes that he doesn't think are just weird shadows in the morning light, especially the dark spots around Sousei's eyes. And it makes his heart sink.
But he does need to take care of his kids. He promised so many of them that he wouldn't go anywhere. Hinata, who has such trouble leaning on other people and Mary who was still so young and fragile sometimes -- they need him and he needs to let them know that he's returned.
But there's also one other person that he promised that he'd stay with.]
[2/2]
Why are you lying, liar? You look like shit.
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Immediately, automatically, Sousei moves to shove Tenka off.]
Ge' off--!
[it hurts...especially with the bruises.]
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Pause as he's shoved a little bit away.
And then throw his arms back around Sousei in what could either be a hug or a headlock.]
You're keeping things from me! Stop it!!
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And it also doesn't help that Sousei hasn't slept properly for days. Tenka throws his arms around him and Sousei...topples, off-balance and vertigo too strong to handle.
Oof.]
Shut up... you're too noisy, as ever... [but it's just a quiet, grumpy mumble. He can't really get mad right now, because Tenka's...
...Tenka's back?]
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Yet Tenka blinks as he settles for the hug instead of the headlock, even as they're awkwardly stretched out on the couch. Whatever. They've dealt with worse.]
.... You're really tired, huh?
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Instead, he just snorts vaguely, eyes half-closed.]
The effects of the past few days would not allow me to sleep. Yes, I am tired.
[and.......the Tenka thing, naturally, he lost a lot of sleep because of that, but he's not going to say that. A sigh.]
Get off of me.
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Sousei just admitted that he was tired.
So he's glancing up, noticing just.... how honestly exhausted he looks and is pretty much then applying the rest of his weight to Sousei.]
No. I'm calling your work. You're not going in today. I've decided.
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That, though...that gets Sousei's eyes to snap open, even as his brow furrows, and honestly, he doesn't care if he goes into work or not--he owes this place no loyalty and does not care what they think of him. He has no investment in making sure that they have a running dojo.
But.
Tenka just got back. He was gone for three weeks. And certainly, it wasn't Tenka's fault, Sousei can acknowledge that much, but he was still gone, even after saying that he would be there. Even after saying that they would take everything on together.
And now, as his first act back, he's going to tell Sousei what to do? No.]
Don't be ridiculous. [As opposed to his usual irritated raised voice when Tenka's being dumb, this is a low, quiet tone, though certainly still incredibly displeased.] You don't get to decide that.
You don't even know what happened over the past few days.
And I am fine.
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Hard.
And then he grumbles in return because even though he can understand that Sousei's tired and even from a glance can tell that he's not fine, it seems that his partner doesn't want to admit it. Why?]
Guess what? I don't know because you're not telling me. Either because you're too tired to or because you're trying to get me to leave and check on the kids, I can't tell, but for right now I'm here.
[To Tenka, it's like he went to bed and had two suddenly really strange, vivid dreams in succession. Some part of him is still wanting to search for Shirasu. He wanted to wake up and talk to Sousei about it--
So why does it feel like something changed?]
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Sousei shifts in irritation at that, but his arms are pinned, and so he can't slap Tenka's hand away....that smarts though, what a dick. And then he huffs vaguely and slumps back to the couch, because he really is too tired to fight Tenka on this, especially when it's just about the event.
That's easy enough.
Vaguely, he gazes past Tenka's head.]
Kousetsu, Soramaru, Chuutarou and Sayo were unable to get warm again. They could only feel cold. Kousetsu burned himself and was unable to feel it and did not think anything was wrong, at first.
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He winces at that, as if he managed to be burned himself. It's different from how he completely lost his body -- apparently this time they managed to be completely devoid of warmth.
Though he pauses now, realizing that once again Sousei left himself out of the equation. So Tenka presses on.]
And you?
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As I said. It wouldn't allow me to sleep for the past few days. There was some strange problem with my hearing.
That's all.
[It really was the most troublesome part about it, so he's not really leaving out that much.]
I was not badly off.
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[???? opposite of deaf????
sousei where are the details]
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Sousei wriggles an arm free so he can drape it over his eyes in exasperation.]
No. It was music. Some strange music that kept getting louder. It wouldn't let me sleep.
[And now he just...keeps going, tone just exasperated, annoyed, and tired.]
I did lose my hearing again, however, on a useless tour of the CERES offices. It is back to normal now, so it doesn't really matter anyway.
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[That's.... the first thing Tenka says to be honest. It does matter. He missed that.
It's really sinking in that there are.... a lot of things that he missed, even though he just feels like he woke up from a really long sleep. Even though they've normally dealt with everything in this weird world together, he left Sousei alone for three weeks.
That's still a really long time.
And he goes to grab one of the couch pillows and tosses it on top of Sousei's shoulder before Tenka rests his head on it.
They're probably going nowhere.]
When did the tours happen?
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I don't need you to placate me.
[He snorts vaguely even as Tenka makes himself comfortable, still too tired and lead-limbed to even bother to try to shove him off. It's certainly not because he's glad to have him back, and the physical contact reassures him. Nothing like that.]
They happened approximately a week or so after you disappeared. While I didn't learn anything of use, other groups did.
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[You're tired.... he's mentally tired..... and also Tenka's the laziest piece of shit, he actually doesn't even know why he's awake this early. (Though admittedly he'd only stay until Sousei fell asleep and then duck out to check on the kids.)
Anyway.
The other option is:]
Or after you tell me why you have a stick up your ass again? I'm not trying to placate you, jerk.
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[grump grump grump!!!!
He snorts vaguely at that, eyes sliding shut, though it's more in an effort to not look at Tenka than actual exhaustion.]
I always have a stick up my ass.
[so there.]
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Though Tenka is grumbling at Sousei a bit now because honestly.]
Nice of you to admit it finally but it's not helping us get anywhere, Sousei.
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And then Sousei just sighs softly and wearily.]
What do you want, Tenka?
[What do you want from him? What are you expecting from him here? Because he doesn't know what he's feeling or what he's thinking; he finally felt like he was getting back on his feet when Tenka reappeared. Now he feels off-balance and adrift again, and he hates it.
And the exhaustion certainly isn't helping his situation.]
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They're not in any order or anything but....
I wanna see Soramaru and Chuutarou -- then the whole rest of them, you know who I'm talking about. I want you to rest so maybe you're not so out of it. I want to open up my own bar since apparently I've wasted three weeks. I want to know where I've been for three weeks. I want CERES to stop being impossible and start giving us some answers. I want to know why I saw Shirasu in my dream last night. And I want tea. Still.
[He turns to pointedly look at Sousei then -- though he tries to hold his gaze for a moment longer as he adds one more to the list:]
I also want my partner to actually act like my partner again. [He pauses and sighs.] I don't know if I completely get it but I think I do. Three weeks, right? I wasn't here for three weeks.... and I'm sorry. You know I wouldn't have gone if I had a choice.
But you don't need to try to do everything on your own again. I'm here.
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Some of those will be easier than others, admittedly; Soramaru and Chuutarou are just in the room not far from them, and the others are still in the city. It won't be hard for Tenka to see them. They have the funds for the bar, and they've discussed that before.
CERES is harder, as is Shirasu--Sousei saw Shirasu in the Nexus Code too, and he's not happy about it, for undoubtedly different reasons. He has to figure that out as well.
And the rest...
It's true, Tenka didn't leave on purpose. Sousei knows this to be fact. But even so, he was gone, he left again, after everything--
(He remembers their talk, after Sousei's mind had been tweaked by this place, and he'd been too clingy, but there had been some truth to the "Please don't leave me again".)]
... I was not certain if you would reappear like Soramaru, and remember nothing.
[And it scared him, to think of being the only one to remember all of the progress they'd finally made, and all of the bridges they'd mended.]
Now it is clear you have not, but even so, I... [A vague frown.] ...need a moment.
[Because really, he's not fine at all.]
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Even if Tenka came back, without his memories he'd still be leaving Sousei behind in a way.
So he shuffles again, restless as always, and moves to flop right on top of Sousei, arms around his neck in a loose hug.]
Okay.
So I'm gonna need you to do me a favor.
Take the day off of work and sleep some more. It'll give me some time to check up on the kids, but I'm probably gonna take the day off work anyway too. Then you can have your moment.
But when your moment's done, I need my partner back because I don't know where I've been for three weeks and that's bound to be uneven ground for me too, okay?
[But.... Sousei's still here. And Tenka's here now.
And as long as both of those things are true, Tenka thinks they're gonna be okay.]
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