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yourhatred) wrote2014-06-17 02:39 am
yourhatred) wrote2014-06-17 02:39 am
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[Itachi has dealt with a lot during his time in Luceti, and he's weathered it all as well as he can. As a ninja, he's been taught to withstand torture, and he had to deal with things that most would never even have to think about.
Sasuke and Naruto had gone home. He's happy for them, really. They're needed elsewhere. But for them to possibly lose all their memories of this place, for Sasuke to be without his mother again and for her to have to know that the son she'd talked to might be gone forever, it's heartbreaking. It's for the best, but his heart aches all the same.
He isn't a materialistic person, either. He could live with nothing but the clothes on his back and be fine. Losing items he's grown attached to is disheartening, but ultimately easy to get over.
Still, as he stands in his yard near the place his greenhouse should be, gently petting the small kitten in his hands that should be a fully grown cat, all but the most oblivious should be able to sense a dark aura of Displeasure about him. He'll stand there for some time, his attention to the cat becoming some small form of meditation.]
[video, later]
[Once he finally returns back inside, he'll spend some time in his living room - with a smoothie of all things, non-alcoholic. The kitten remains in his lap, having given in to the inevitable by now.]
Shifts like this.
It really makes you wonder about the nature of this place.
Sasuke and Naruto had gone home. He's happy for them, really. They're needed elsewhere. But for them to possibly lose all their memories of this place, for Sasuke to be without his mother again and for her to have to know that the son she'd talked to might be gone forever, it's heartbreaking. It's for the best, but his heart aches all the same.
He isn't a materialistic person, either. He could live with nothing but the clothes on his back and be fine. Losing items he's grown attached to is disheartening, but ultimately easy to get over.
Still, as he stands in his yard near the place his greenhouse should be, gently petting the small kitten in his hands that should be a fully grown cat, all but the most oblivious should be able to sense a dark aura of Displeasure about him. He'll stand there for some time, his attention to the cat becoming some small form of meditation.]
[video, later]
[Once he finally returns back inside, he'll spend some time in his living room - with a smoothie of all things, non-alcoholic. The kitten remains in his lap, having given in to the inevitable by now.]
Shifts like this.
It really makes you wonder about the nature of this place.
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[The voice comes from everywhere. No way to trace Law through sound alone.
Not that the pirate wants to be undetected. Not now. Not when he's starting to face what's behind that wall.]
Anger isn't a weakness. Grief isn't a weakness. Suppressing and cutting yourself off from feeling is just as compromising as being lost untethered in that sea.
[And there he is through the trees. Emotion and weakness. He knows the argument. Knows that cutting, berating voice that whispers to Itachi because it whispers to him too. It's a voice that's been by his side for decades.
He's been prey to it. He's believed it. Never questioned it.
(How he had cut into himself for his grief and called it weakness when Itachi disappeared.)
But only seeing it speak to another does he start to see it as it is.]
You aren't being weak, Itachi. By allowing yourself this, you are being strong.
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Itachi understands that strength lies in the ability to control ones emotions, not suppress them completely, but this isn't just acknowledging them. This is practically falling apart in his eyes.
He hasn't cried since he left his brother behind. What's happened here... he doesn't feel that it should be enough to warrant a breakdown. Nothing is, since that moment.]
Strong? This? No.
[Susano'o flares up, the skeleton developing muscle and definition. Wrapping itself in armor.]
I have fallen to this place. I haven't involved myself. Haven't learned enough. I have allowed myself too much.