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Yamato Hotsuin ([personal profile] drakenguard) wrote in [community profile] destinystrings2013-03-20 09:55 am

[OPEN] Dog Wrestling

Who: Yamato and YOU
Where: Capricorn Ward - early evening
Format: Begins in prose, but I'll follow
Summary: Playing Training with Cerberus by fighting it with one's bare hands. Who's up for Demon Tangoing?
Warnings: Sharp claws and sharp teeth.

It had been a very long time since Yamato had last done this - probably not since he was in his earlier teens. Life had been too busy, his duties had taken precedence, and the Chief of JP's couldn't really risk being seen playing with his demonic familiar, after all. One had to maintain a certain image, even for the lower subordinates.

Now, however, he had no need to maintain image or even care about it. Yamato had reached rock bottom as far as his 'reputation' was concerned, and there was a bizarre sort of liberating feeling about it. He didn't have to care anymore, and after reuniting with his old time demonic familiar, Cerberus... well, if Yamato wanted to let off steam and relax by partaking in old plays, then he will!

Although, he made sure to do it in a somewhat deserted place - like the park in Hinoto-Ri. The sun was beginning to dip in the horizon, turning the sky into an indigo colour, and Yamato thought he was just out of sight from the main path. Hopefully anyway. His coat and phone was neatly set to the side, Cerberus - who nearly up to his shoulder in height - stretched and-

Well, they played. Playfighting was the best way to learn how to strengthen one's body through use of spiritual energy. The human body was weak, but it could be reinforced if one knew how to use their spiritual power in that way. Resist Physical - it was a natural ability of Yamato's by now. So there was no issue in wrestling his large, demonic familiar to the ground and initiating a round of playfighting. He trusted Cerberus not to use its claws or fangs too much.

Of course, if you're just walking through the park, as an average passerby, it would look like a man was in the middle of fighting for his life with a giant beast...
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[personal profile] vacare 2013-04-07 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Eiji shifts backward, still a little uncomfortable. "Well... That's fair. But my honest opinion is that you should really speak to someone else about, ah, helping others." He tries to look firm about this. "Maybe an ambassador, or someone who runs a charity. They'd have more answers, wouldn't they?"
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[personal profile] vacare 2013-04-08 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Eiji blinks. He... really did say ambassador, didn't he? Not that he really minded the slip of the tongue, but he thought he'd buried that idea away a long time ago. "Ah... right."

... Ok, now that the possibility that this guy needs help has come to light, though, Eiji just can't get the nagging feeling to help out of his head. "Uh... don't you have anyone else to ask?"
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[personal profile] vacare 2013-04-14 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
Complicated? Complicated how? Doesn't this person have...? Eiji finds himself resisting the idea of the stranger having friends, but that was silly and petty. Surely he does.

Well, that's a little easier to answer, at least. Eiji is still a little hesitant, but he doesn't mind sharing stories about where he's been.

"Um, well... when I left, I had been staying in Japan, in an area in Tokyo... Well, it's a lot like Hinoto-ri, actually. Things were normal there, though. No mysterious apocalypses or anything. W-Well, there were some monster attacks, but that's what my powers are for. Other than that, things are pretty uneventful, and the world wasn't destroyed, so we could go anywhere we wanted. That's what I used to do, actually! I traveled around the world." Eiji knows he's being rather vague, but he can't help it. "Society" is a pretty big concept by his own definition, changing slightly depending on the many kinds of societies and cultures he's encountered.
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[personal profile] vacare 2013-04-16 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
... Was he? Eiji considered this very carefully, stretching this moment perhaps a beat too long. As much as he tried to shut his eyes and ears to the world, there was something about saving it that had gripped him from the bottom of his heart, refusing to let him go. He hated that grip as much as he... No. He hated it. He did (Or he didn't because it was gone now. It didn't exist. It wasn't there.) That was that.

... Aaah, the question! He never ended up answering it. He shakes himself from his thoughts.

"Well... There were a lot of different things in my world, both good and bad. And... There's not a lot I can do to change that. I can do about..." He spreads out his arms, indicating his armspan. "This much. And if I can take care of everything within that, then... That's all I can do, right?"

A generic answer, borderline complacency. He knew he technically didn't answer the question, and hoped the young man would draw his own conclusions.
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[personal profile] vacare 2013-04-20 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's dangerous, though." Immediately after the words left his mouth, he kicks himself mentally. Damn it, what did we just say about revealing your hand to people you don't like?

He tries to look surprised about what he just said (he is, but the feeling is rooted in self-awareness, not self-consciousness). "Ah... That is. Well, we're all human here, right? We all have very small perspectives. If we go past ourselves to try to change things for others too radically, too quickly... Isn't there a chance that things might get worse?"