019 | voice

[onemoredeath]

[ it opens with the sound of walking, the creak of a door opening followed by hard soled shoes on an old wooden floor. there's a creak of a lid opening, and then the scrape of a chair across the floor. There's a pause without sound and then there is a song. After it's done, Takegami plays a couple simple scales and then sighs. ]

That was an interesting interlude. Do try better next time, mm? I think I lasted a good two minutes laying in that alley. Mind, I am still pissed about my jacket. Do you know hard it is to find a good leather coat in this place? Blood does not come out of leather, never mind the holes. People and their guns. How messy.

[ yeah, he does not care about dying. in fact, he finds it a little funny. ]

What did I miss while I was spending time among the dearly departed?

Comments

[a_million_blossoms]

Most humans are.

[onemoredeath]

I have found that most humans are too attached to their daydreams to realize how we are all walking towards death.

[a_million_blossoms]

You seem to be remarkably prescient for a human yourself. More self-aware than most of them are.

[onemoredeath]

One of the things I do dislike about most people is how easily they lie to themselves. I decided that I would not be like that.

[a_million_blossoms]

You're full of surprises.

[onemoredeath]

I am? Interesting.

[a_million_blossoms]

For a human, yes.

I should be used to it ['It' being humans who are more than they seem.] but it is still relatively ... uncommon in my world.

[onemoredeath]

Hmm, I think it is uncommon in a lot of worlds.

[a_million_blossoms]

As far as I know, yes.

Do you have plans regarding the person who did this to you?

[onemoredeath]

Nothing has come to mind as of yet.

[a_million_blossoms]

But you are thinking about it.

[onemoredeath]

I wouldn't be human if I was not thinking about it.

[a_million_blossoms]

That is actually a rather mundane reaction.

[And you've proven yourself to be anything but mundane, so he was expecting... something else.]

[onemoredeath]

Ah, I see. Would it sound less mundane if I were to say that the thinking is response to me not wanting to be bested by anyone instead of common revenge?

[a_million_blossoms]

Not exactly, no. Most of the actions of humans beings are driven by a need to prove to themselves that they are better than their fellows, from my observations. Humanity strives on competition.

[onemoredeath]

Some of humanity does. Some does not. It may depend on what part of them you are observing.

[a_million_blossoms]

Most of them are not even aware of it, unfortunately.

[onemoredeath]

That is their bad luck.