eleven crows (朱) action/voice - forward dated to morning

[yourhatred]

[Itachi is at the edge of the forest today, dressed warmly, with a small bag of birdseed in one hand. There aren't many birds around, given the weather, but there are a couple strays. There's also a couple squirrels, of course, who seem just as determined to get at what he's throwing out. The trees keep the animals mostly protected against the light snowfall, while the ninja has a dusting of flakes in his hair.

He speaks to the journal only after a while.]

...Where do the birds go, I wonder? Once the air chills. Can they get beyond the barrier to places we cannot?

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[deathsdoctor]

[Centralized.

The Strawhat crew. Blackbeard. Those two marines that seem to be connected to Mister Strawhat in ways he does not yet comprend. Himself. All with ties going to one person.

He's noticed. Yes, Itachi, he's noticed.

But the village has such striking diversity as well, and that he notices too, and as a doctor considers. When you run studies, Itachi, experiments, do you know the criteria a careful research scientist would consider?

There is something that might account for both diversity and centralization. Do you see it yet?]

Mmm. Very true as well. Why do you think that is?

[The thoughtfulness hangs heavy here, even more so than careful watchfulness.

Law considers the criteria a careful research scientist would have. But given recent events... now he examines the problem through the eyes of a general.]

[yourhatred.livejournal.com]

[How much does he keep to himself and how much does he share? Is there anything he might have formulated at this point that someone, this man even, might have put together before him? There were those who'd already been there for years.

Today, perhaps, he'd be a little more open.]

Maybe they just enjoy collecting catalysts.

[deathsdoctor]

That could be.

[Catalysts and the people who surround them.

So very true...

Law looks with general's eyes and considers...]

Or at least people who have significantly impacted their world's history at chaotic times, for good or ill. There seems to be many here. And there is a war going on outside.

It could be many things. I suppose it boils down to what perspective you wish to view it from. That of research science or a more militaristic angle.

[yourhatred.livejournal.com]

Or perhaps both. Though, the one calling the shots would be the one who decided who was brought here.

[If the two forces worked in tandem, which is sometimes the case with science and the military, but not always.

If they were needed as a fighting force, that called into question why some were chosen for the draft and not others. If they weren't all necessary for fighting, one might think the research department was calling everything, but that couldn't be assumed either.]

Do you often ponder such things with the occasional stranger?

[deathsdoctor]

Often? No...

The subject doesn't usually come up with the occasional stranger.

[yourhatred.livejournal.com]

Hmn. I suppose not.

Perhaps we're both just in talkative moods today.

[deathsdoctor]

We might.

[Shrug] Or we've just found the right stranger to talk to.

[yourhatred.livejournal.com]

That's also possible, yes.

Fortunate.