unbroken_chain: (victory)
Super-Awesome Adventure Friend! ([personal profile] unbroken_chain) wrote in [community profile] destinystrings2013-08-25 07:41 am

Time Of Truthiness!

Who: Everyone!
Where: All over the city!
Summary: The Time of Truthiness is upon Hinoto-Ri!
Warnings: Basically everything.

It begins. A strange aura spreads out over Hinoto-Ri, stealing into the hearts, minds, and mouths of every denizen of the city, changing them - embiggening their souls with the power of TRUTHINESS.

For one week, Hinoto-Ri becomes a city where no lies can exist. Who is responsible for this? Will their dedication to ABSOLUTE TRUTHINESS bring them victory...or defeat?

DUN DUN DUUUUUN

Tune in to the Destiny Strings Broadcast Special: Time of Truthiness to find out!


ooc: okay folks, go ahead and mingle!
bondsofsuffering: ([Strain] but there's no way)

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2013-09-10 09:09 am (UTC)(link)
[As much as he enjoys toying with Otonashi, now really isn't the time. The moment the red-head calls out to him, he plans to cut the conversation off as quickly as possible.

He manages, somehow, to summon up a smile, but it's more distracted than usual. His grins almost always had some degree of falsity to them, but this one in particular is definitely an effort.
]

...Just got some test results back. It looks like everything's fine. [Physically speaking, anyway. It's ironic, how being at the peak of health can be such a horrible omen.]
trainwrecking: (concern; gosh this babyface i can't.)

[personal profile] trainwrecking 2013-09-10 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahh. [But it sounds questioning, unconvinced.

Otonashi respects privacy. He really, truly does. But when the person he is speaking with has been known to be a danger to himself, the redhead encounters a moral struggle.

Respect patient privacy, or push it due to a dangerous history?
]

... If that's true, why do you look so strained?
Edited (WORDS) 2013-09-10 23:22 (UTC)
bondsofsuffering: ([Down] the world penetrates us)

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[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2013-09-11 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
[He has a lie ready on his lips, just as always. Otonashi should know better than anyone else here that Hizumi doesn't exactly embrace his life with open arms - with some of the abuse he's put his body through, naturally it would be surprising for his health results to come back so spotless.

But what actually comes out is:
]

Because I'm not dying.
bondsofsuffering: ([Fear] This grueling challenge)

2/2

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2013-09-11 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
[--And just like that, he freezes. Any semblance of the facade is broken immediately in his shock.

That wasn't what he'd meant to say at all. Why would those words of all things come out of his mouth-?
]
trainwrecking: (even when it's hard I will be strong)

[personal profile] trainwrecking 2013-09-11 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Hizumi's response only serves to cement confidence in his decision. Indeed, he should pursue this.]

Most patients would be relieved to know that. Why--

[He hesitates, but steps forward, his tone firm but not aggressive.]

Why does the idea of that make you look ill?
bondsofsuffering: ([Dark] the face of an answer)

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2013-09-11 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a definite pause as he calculates his response. Had his words been a Freudian slip?

Keeping in mind where they are, it's not very likely.
]

I wanted to die, remember? Why is this surprising?

[There. That came out as intended.]
trainwrecking: (but that's wrong.)

/rolls around sadly writing this tag...

[personal profile] trainwrecking 2013-09-11 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
... So that's it. Nothing changed.

[It injures him a little, but not enough to show. Faltering here would be a mistake.]

Do you really think death is something to wish for? What were you hoping for, to find out you were sick? Terminal!?

[And what about the people who would have to watch you rot in some hospital bed, he thinks, but manages to keep it back. For now.]
bondsofsuffering: ([Look] we've found something)

/rolls with

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2013-09-11 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
Did you think it had?

[Why would it? Sure, he'd honestly had some fun here, but in the end, that was all it was. It was more like one last bout, making use of his healthy body before his gradual demise.

Or at least, that's what it was supposed to be.
]

What if I was? [Not just hoping, but knowing. Knowing that by all rights, he should be growing frail by now.]
trainwrecking: (Ready..!)

[personal profile] trainwrecking 2013-09-11 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
You're not exactly an easy person to follow... I don't know what I'm supposed to think!

[Hizumi's honesty is absolutely alien and unwelcome, but not due to disinterest or because Otonashi doesn't want to hear it. Quite the opposite.]

You keep all of this to yourself..! You were just going to tell me that everything was fine again, weren't you?
bondsofsuffering: ([Look] we've found something)

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2013-09-11 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
That's right.

[Tch. He'd meant to deny it. He really needs to end this right here and now.]

It's none of your business. I'll be going now.

[And with that, he'll attempt to sidestep Otonashi and make for the door.]
trainwrecking: ([...] You weren't supposed to find out!)

I can't deal with this...

[personal profile] trainwrecking 2013-09-11 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
No.

[The impulsive truth still catches him off-guard, but this is the first real glimpse into Hizumi's psyche that he's managed.

So he follows that sidestep, shaking his head.
]

You've made it my business. I'll get to the point: why do you want this so badly? Don't do this. Don't pretend like it's fine, or keep it all to yourself. I don't care what your reasons are.
bondsofsuffering: ([Yell] looking so unsure)

/quietly buries face in hands

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2013-09-11 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
[For once, Hizumi looks well and truly frustrated with Otonashi.]

No, you're just insisting on making it your business. If you'd just back off, you wouldn't need to get involved.

Don't talk like you know me. You don't know a thing.

[He'll even shove his way past Otonashi if he has to. He is not about to have this conversation.]
trainwrecking: (➝ yell; DON'T DIVIDE BY ZERO)

[personal profile] trainwrecking 2013-09-11 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
Like you've never tried to do the same!

[He knows he's treading into dangerous territory, and even if he's shoved, he'll try to hold to his position. Unfortunately, that isn't the easiest when you've only just donated blood.

If he gets hit or shoved down, so be it. He'll cross the violence bridge when he comes to it.
]

Maybe I could understand if you'd say something. Anything. Nobody deserves to be that isolated...
bondsofsuffering: ([Yell] to believe?)

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2013-09-11 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
Only because you reminded me of-- myself.

[There's just the tiniest pause when he realizes just what he's saying, but he can't quite stop it. Damn it, this isn't how it's supposed to go. Why does he keep saying these things?

Gritting his teeth, he'll try to shoulder past Otonashi. It seems the safest route is just avoiding conversation altogether, and frankly, he'd be fine with that about now.
]
Edited (Ah yes this sounds a bit better.) 2013-09-11 07:22 (UTC)
trainwrecking: (Being new is suffering)

[personal profile] trainwrecking 2013-09-12 11:51 pm (UTC)(link)
-- Ah... [So that's how it is. Strip away the exterior, and at the core they might be achingly similar.

Visible conflict creeps onto his face.
]

I think I might have-- felt the same thing when I met you.

[Except Hizumi actively pursued an end-- no, not pursued. Pursues. Otonashi had only ever wished to suffer and die in place of someone else, or questioned the worth of his own life. This went deeper.

That hesitation gives Hizumi the opportunity to nudge by, though not without a hitch.
]

Oi! Are you ever going to stop running away from this?!
bondsofsuffering: ([Dark] to live again?)

[personal profile] bondsofsuffering 2013-09-13 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
[There's no verbal reply, but his actions speak enough.

Keeping his head down and his mouth firmly shut, he quickly makes his escape, leaving the hospital and making towards the apartments.

'Running away?' Not really. If anything, he's running toward his fate. If he could, he'd happily sprint for his own death before anything worse could occur.

Can he really be blamed if he just wants to get it over with?
]