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thenearshore2016-08-14 05:51 pm
scatterproudly) wrote in thenearshore2016-08-14 05:51 pm
[ OPEN ]
Who: Kenren and YOU
What: Wine, freedom and... not fertility, fortunately. // Being a loser who hides in trees.
When: April 8th - 14th
Where: Outside Liber's temple // Outside Menrva's temple
Warnings: Casual drinking, will update if anything else comes up!
April 8th - 15th, Outside Liber's Temple
[ Kenren likes people-watching and unfortunately, since his temple is at the top of a hill and not exactly accessible, it's hard for him to do that from the comfort of his own home. As a result, it's not strange to find him sitting at the bottom of the stairs that lead up to his temple with a jar of sake that he uses to refill a cup every now and then. Sometimes he does nothing but sit and observe the occasional passerby, sometimes he's reading a book or fiddling with his phone... whatever the case, if you happen to make eye-contact with him he'll happily (shamelessly) wave at you. Feel free to approach your friendly neighborhood loser for introductions or, conversely, come judge him for his questionable habits. ]
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April 13th, Outside Menrva's Temple
[ Kenren had noticed something peculiar going on with his emotions. At first he thought it was just his own messed-upness over the fact that he was alive once more and a god once more and trapped in Corrupt Heaven once more. But no... these emotions were too sudden, too random to make any kind of sense at all. And just like they came, they would also go pretty quickly, leaving him pretty confused.
Until, around the 11th, they started being a little less easy to ignore and making Kenren start to theorize if this all had to do with the shinki he'd named during the school attack. It didn't click at first because his own soulless shinki never gave him any "trouble", but this was how these relationships were supposed to function, right? Humans had emotions and their gods were supposed to feel them...
He'd said he would stay as far as possible from their maybe-reincarnations, just to play things safe, but this morning things had started getting pretty unbearable (even for his own standards). He still had no idea what kind of relationship he was supposed to have with Sanzo, especially considering all the complications involved, but what he did know was that he wasn't the kind of person who could calmly ignore somebody else's intense emotional turmoil.
And so, he did what any self-respecting former general would do: he headed out to Menrva's temple, found the bushiest and sturdiest-looking tree in the vicinity and climbed it to settle somewhat comfortably in one of the branches. Ambush? No, this was nothing of the sort. It was simply taking necessary measures to avoid being seen by the other residents of the temple while still being able to keep an eye on their movements in order to approach Sanzo at the best possible time.
Hopefully no one will be around to hear his stomach growling loudly after an hour or so has passed, it would absolutely be a shame for his flawless cover to be blown like that. ]
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[CLOSED TO SANZO]
April 14th, Outside Menrva's Temple
[ Anyone in their right mind would think that if your super stealthy strategy to wait for Sanzo to emerge from the temple had failed once it might be smarter to come up with a different one, but Kenren doesn't know enough about his shinki to think of a better plan. And so, for the second day in a row, he climbs up the tree outside the temple and begins the wait (one could even think he finds this sort of thing fun).
At least today he was smart enough to bring a couple of snacks. ]
What: Wine, freedom and... not fertility, fortunately. // Being a loser who hides in trees.
When: April 8th - 14th
Where: Outside Liber's temple // Outside Menrva's temple
Warnings: Casual drinking, will update if anything else comes up!
April 8th - 15th, Outside Liber's Temple
[ Kenren likes people-watching and unfortunately, since his temple is at the top of a hill and not exactly accessible, it's hard for him to do that from the comfort of his own home. As a result, it's not strange to find him sitting at the bottom of the stairs that lead up to his temple with a jar of sake that he uses to refill a cup every now and then. Sometimes he does nothing but sit and observe the occasional passerby, sometimes he's reading a book or fiddling with his phone... whatever the case, if you happen to make eye-contact with him he'll happily (shamelessly) wave at you. Feel free to approach your friendly neighborhood loser for introductions or, conversely, come judge him for his questionable habits. ]
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April 13th, Outside Menrva's Temple
[ Kenren had noticed something peculiar going on with his emotions. At first he thought it was just his own messed-upness over the fact that he was alive once more and a god once more and trapped in Corrupt Heaven once more. But no... these emotions were too sudden, too random to make any kind of sense at all. And just like they came, they would also go pretty quickly, leaving him pretty confused.
Until, around the 11th, they started being a little less easy to ignore and making Kenren start to theorize if this all had to do with the shinki he'd named during the school attack. It didn't click at first because his own soulless shinki never gave him any "trouble", but this was how these relationships were supposed to function, right? Humans had emotions and their gods were supposed to feel them...
He'd said he would stay as far as possible from their maybe-reincarnations, just to play things safe, but this morning things had started getting pretty unbearable (even for his own standards). He still had no idea what kind of relationship he was supposed to have with Sanzo, especially considering all the complications involved, but what he did know was that he wasn't the kind of person who could calmly ignore somebody else's intense emotional turmoil.
And so, he did what any self-respecting former general would do: he headed out to Menrva's temple, found the bushiest and sturdiest-looking tree in the vicinity and climbed it to settle somewhat comfortably in one of the branches. Ambush? No, this was nothing of the sort. It was simply taking necessary measures to avoid being seen by the other residents of the temple while still being able to keep an eye on their movements in order to approach Sanzo at the best possible time.
Hopefully no one will be around to hear his stomach growling loudly after an hour or so has passed, it would absolutely be a shame for his flawless cover to be blown like that. ]
---
[CLOSED TO SANZO]
April 14th, Outside Menrva's Temple
[ Anyone in their right mind would think that if your super stealthy strategy to wait for Sanzo to emerge from the temple had failed once it might be smarter to come up with a different one, but Kenren doesn't know enough about his shinki to think of a better plan. And so, for the second day in a row, he climbs up the tree outside the temple and begins the wait (one could even think he finds this sort of thing fun).
At least today he was smart enough to bring a couple of snacks. ]
April 14, in a tree
Except Sanzo's a paranoid fucker with a sense for when he's being watched. He's also had a feud with an archer while he's at it, though he sure as hell can tell the difference in intent. He wasn't dealing with that shit yesterday, but today is something else.
With a single-minded, surprisingly level focus, he lets himself be seen in the library window once while picking out his target before practically vanishing. For all that he doesn't have any of the neat tricks that gods and false gods seem to be given, he's downright uncanny about getting places unseen when he wants to be.
It's better not to question how he settles on one of the lower branches of the tree before he makes himself known. Someone in a monk's robes shouldn't be able to pull that off, but Sanzo's resolved not to question things like that. ] Looking for something?
[ It's practically polite. No gun in hand or anything. ]
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W-What the fuck, when did you get here?!
[ And then, once his brain has started to process the identity of the intruder, he adds: ]
Genjo Sanzo?
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Really, Kenren deserved this. ]
Not long. [ He might as well admit it with a shrug. Shifting on his perch, he leans against the trunk of the tree and fishes out his cigarettes. ] Look down next time.
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I was looking down, just not particularly at that branch. [ He doesn't even bother to sit up properly again, it's easier to look down at Sanzo like this... if... not the most cool-loking pose. ]
I'd like to talk.
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You watch everyone from a hunting blind before you talk to them?
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Nah, only when I get the feeling the other person might want to avoid me.
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[ Which is to say, he's not going to admit he'd avoided him yesterday. ]
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Sho... [ He speaks with the cigarette still between his lips. ] Ish dat th' only reashon you... [ Eventually, he manages to get just the right angle and lights up his cigarette. ] ... climbed uph ghere?
[ He takes a drag and, with his hand free again, exhales. ] Seems like a lot of effort when you could've just texted me to fuck off.
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[ But he didn't. He thought that much sent a clear message. ] I'm here instead.
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Say what you're going to say.
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If you need someone to talk to, I'm up for that too.
[ He suspected Sanzo wouldn't want to take him up on any of those offers, but it didn't hurt to try. ]
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[ The word escapes him before he even fully processes what Kenren said, a jolt of startled confusion never quite reaching his face beyond a slight widening of his eyes. He'd been anticipating something very different. ]
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[ His tone is casual, perhaps offensively so, but Kenren doesn't want to make things worse. He's here to see if he can help, not to make Sanzo feel bad for feeling feelings. ]
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First that asshole Konzen, and now you. [ There's no particular aggression in his voice despite the less than flattering description. ] I thought gods were above this.
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Or was it Konzen that had upset Sanzo in the first place...? ]
You seem to have a lot of misconceptions about gods. Anyway, me asking about this has nothing to do with my status, in this place or before. It's just basic human decency.
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[ It strikes him oddly, leaving him uncomfortable enough to stop and avert his gaze. Looking at some different, distant point, he doesn't question why he feels so knee-jerk defiant and mistrustful about gods. ]
But I wouldn't know the first thing about real gods either, would I?
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[ Sanzo isn't looking at him, but he shrugs anyway and rolls his eyes. ]
I wouldn't know what you wouldn't know. Does it matter? I feel like we're only getting derailed here.
[ He knows that Sanzo was a priest when he was alive, but to Kenren it really doesn't make a difference either way. He has no idea what's been going on with him, but the last thing he wants to do right now is add on to whatever it is he's dealing with. ]
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Not at all. The real problem is this shinki magic bullshit, but there's no solution for that.
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Actually, there is. That's part of why I wanted to talk to you. If having this connection is part of what's messing you up, then I'll release you.
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[ He shrugs a shoulder. ]
It doesn't matter if it's one brand or four. I'm not going to be satisfied until I've shot the bastard behind this.
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By that you mean whoever the hell is having us pretend to be gods and keeping souls stuck here?
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[ He doesn't manage to throttle the outrage that comes along with the words, for all that his voice remains level. ]
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Well, if that's what has you so messed up... well, I can't blame you, but I'm also kinda useless in terms of "making it better". [ There's no making it better. That would require them all not to be here in the first place.
And... to be fair, Kenren doesn't think he's useless in this regard, but he's not about to invite Konzen's future self (who seems to be dealing with enough existential issues all on his own) to join him on yet another potentially suicide mission against Heaven. ]