trainwrecking: (longhair; Maybe I can make her happy)
音無 結弦 || ᴏᴛᴏɴᴀsʜɪ, ʏᴜᴢᴜʀᴜ ([personal profile] trainwrecking) wrote in [community profile] destinystrings2013-12-28 09:37 pm

Where can I go from here?

Who: Yuzuru Otonashi and OPEN.
Where: On on of the lit-up main roads on a snowy day: backdated to the 26th!
Summary: Otonashi is trying to honor a lost loved one's memory, collect himself after the Shadow event, and move forward.
Warnings: (P...ossible talk of character death? I guess that's always a disclaimer with these losers.)

[He wouldn't shed tears, he told himself. That isn't what she would have wanted for him, but the small snack cake in his hand? His late sister would have loved that. She probably would have urged him to try some.

Weary after donating blood just an hour before, it's in his best interest to oblige. The taste is forgettable -- or maybe he just isn't paying it any mind.

Sitting beside him on the bench is a rather large chocolate cake, (a gift with no owner now, regrettably) along with a couple of other small boxes and something wrapped in a damp envelope. His intent had once been to give these items out, but after his first rejected gift, his plans had changed somewhat. The redhead found himself sitting here instead, taking in the sight of people walking in the dimly lit roads. The warm, white lights had yet to be taken down, cheerfully glimmering on the falling snow. Children of all ages took part in an increasingly aggressive snowball fight in the park nearby, their laughter and yelling crystal clear even from here.

He had been so afraid of his memories and of the truth -- any truth -- that he can't help but desire to fold into himself to think. Nothing but snow and unclaimed gifts accompany him. Maybe he should get going; he needs to pawn off this dumb cake.

Will you bum cake off him? (Seriously he won't eat this thing..!) Tell him to move so you can park your butt on that bench instead? Throw a snowball (rude!)?
]

((I will be finishing up Shadow stuff and tagging into more people's event stuff still! But I wanted something easy + an excuse for him to have gifts to give, if... he can get over his first spectacularly failed gift attempt.))
eyewillprotect: (My silly father...)

[personal profile] eyewillprotect 2014-01-14 03:23 pm (UTC)(link)
A little. It's... rather cold out tonight, isn't it?
eyewillprotect: (Hmm?)

[personal profile] eyewillprotect 2014-01-15 03:25 pm (UTC)(link)
You didn't want to stay out here longer?

[When you get right down to it, the snow is pretty, even if it's cold.]
eyewillprotect: (Sorry for my father...)

[personal profile] eyewillprotect 2014-01-16 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm fine for now. I wasn't sure when I would find you, so I made sure to bundle up.
eyewillprotect: (Ojou.)

[personal profile] eyewillprotect 2014-01-17 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
No, it's fine. I just... thought it might be better to look around a little, first.

[She also wasn't entirely certain he would have answered if she had, but she doesn't voice that particular thought.]

I'm glad I did, though. Otherwise I might not have gotten to see as much of the city. It really is beautiful with all of this snow, isn't it?
eyewillprotect: (Hmm?)

[personal profile] eyewillprotect 2014-01-17 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm? What is it?
eyewillprotect: (Hmm?)

[personal profile] eyewillprotect 2014-01-17 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I've been taking lessons since I was very young...

Why do you ask?
eyewillprotect: (My silly father...)

[personal profile] eyewillprotect 2014-01-18 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
It's mainly tradition in my family. During times of war, the women needed to be able to protect the home while the men were gone, so naginata was the weapon of choice.

But... I don't think either of my parents expected me to actually need it.