also a note I will be on and off for a week or so. I got sucked into the new Pokemon game.
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“ I no longer fit into the heaven’s grand design .. though my adoration for the Goddess still stands. I feel I know too much to be accepted regardless. There’s only one obvious path I must take....
... I’m starting a new order. A cult if you will-- ”
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“ ... He cares a lot about you. ”
Usually said with a hint of malice, it was withheld this time instead with a held in sigh. Shoulders relax and his expression no longer had that carefully practiced smile. He’d turn a little more humble perhaps for the better. Expression always felt alien to him until movement and feelings started to click. Nor did he want to keep such bravado around someone he was fond of.
He’d even lean to the side, bumping shoulders with him; seeking comfort.
“ We had a long talk. ” It was terrifying. “ I’m sorry I’ve kept you waiting. I had a lot to think about, but I shouldn’t keep you out because of it. ”
“ ... ”
“ Joshua... ” He looked out at the city lights in thought. “ .. When did you realize you and the heavens didn’t connect...? ”
A bird flutters in front of Joshua; small talons pulling gently at his hair to get his attention. The bright phoenix feather in it's beak fell into his hands. No doubt it was a message from Haz to come by ( and well, maybe being a little bit of a show off ). The bird only have Joshua a final passing glance before fluttering away.
After hearing from Hanekoma, he’d been anticipating an official invitation to meet Hazuki. The feather delivery is a clever gesture of summoning, and it acts as a homing beacon to his exact location. 104, as stated. He sidles up to him, hands in his pockets, plume tucked behind his ear, and a disarming smile on his face.
" I hope my Producer wasn't an imposition... If he was, I apologize. Had it been solely work related, he would have gone by protocol. He means well... " He's protective of me. He plucks the quill from where it'd been nestled to twirl it as he spoke: " So... you wanted to talk to me? "
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“ Hm. There’s a lot of Noise out today in Shinjuku. Rancid vibes. Something about ‘doomposting’ and something about a ‘tweeter’ going down? ”
“ Sounds the opposite of a problem to me. ”
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Alex Dimitrov, from “Living in Time” [ID in ALT]
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" Perhaps .. but I need to speak to him regardless. ” Fix his thoughts and get back to being a fair romance. “ I shouldn’t be selfish with my feelings even if I don’t understand them all. Maybe I can see why Joshua likes partnerships so much. ”
“ I always did go to him for advice... ” He wanted to hear other experiences beyond Hanekomas. Angels were only one part of the heavens after all. The scope was much bigger. “ And there was something he’s been asking for awhile. I think I can trust him with it now. ”
That’ll he’ll keep private. Even if the seraph was going to be a constant part of their relationship unfortunately it was something for his partner only.
Haz with his new emotions spent had returned to subtle expression; a distant looking stare and passive frown.
“ Tell him to meet me at the 104 when he has the chance .., please. ”
Thank you.
hazukami.
“ Don’t think so lowly of me. ” Confusion to quick anger and hands having to clench tight to his pants to keep them to himself. “ I’d never make Joshua choose between here and the Higher Plane nor would I ever force him to. That was never on the table. Do you not know the things I’ve turned a blind eye too? ”
Because Joshua had so much independence and individuality. It didn’t fit in the Higher Plane’s decisive concept. Does he not think of the times he’s kept silent over their ploys? All the times he could’ve reported something and have either of them punished? He cares deeply for Joshua; his own core and canon was on the line for him.
“ I know what they’d do if they ever found out… ”
… Api was right. What they’d do to him.
If his individuality was important to someone then maybe it mattered. That’s what being down here was teaching him slowly by the way he starts to enjoy connection and creativity, something that never reached him in the heavens.
“ … Do I have to choose between the Heavens and here? ”
Was a question he hoped he didn’t have to ask at least for a little while longer.
❝ i never said i think lowly of you. i want you to think about what you just said. ❞ because there was no other way to interpret it, the threat those words had. there was no ‘safe’ option in those words. only a path that would end in tragedy. because as much as hazuki was saying he’d never make him choose, he was basically walking him to the front gates and making joshua walk back by himself.
❝ i know you have been willfully ignorant to what happens in shibuya. that you have intentionally kept things from bein’ said. why else do you think they are so keen t’ keep conditioning you. they are washin’ you out so you’ll eventually be so transparent, you’ll spill everythin’. you aren’ just puttin’ him as risk, everytime they do it, you lose a bit more of yerself. that ain’ fair to him and it sure as shit ain’ fair to you. ❞ he leans forward resting his elbows on his knees to give him a hard look. he could tell the strain this conversation was having and that it was making hazuki actually have to think about things.
this situation was never going to have a simple conclusion. there were no simple answers to this.
❝ you know what they’ll do to him. you know how that would destroy him. you know because you know what its like too. we both do. and i’ve worked my ass off to make sure that it would never happen to him. i broke laws in the universe to make sure i could disconnect shibuya from the higher plane’s network an’ so he could never be touched by them. he doesn’t realize it but his code is no longer connected and thats because i’m protecting him- ❞ as he speaks, his tone changes from japanese to something thicker, more natural. enochian was always his native tongue. it was so much easier for him to say what he needs to say in enochian. he knew hazuki would understand that as well.
❝ 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝘩𝑖𝑚, 𝑘𝑖𝑛. 𝐵𝑦 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑐𝘩𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝘩𝑖𝑚… 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓. 𝐹𝑖𝑔𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡. 𝑇𝑜 𝑚𝑒, 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑤𝘩𝑖𝑐𝘩 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝘩𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒, 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜. 𝑇𝘩𝑒 𝐻𝑖𝑔𝘩𝑒𝑟 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒, 𝑜𝑟 𝑌𝑜𝑠𝘩𝑖𝑦𝑎, 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓… 𝑒𝑖𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑦, 𝑦𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒’𝑠 𝑠𝘩𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠’ 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘. ❞ he meets the phoenix in the eye, his own a blazing hearth of golden fire that his glamour couldn’t contain.
❝ 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛’𝑡 𝑚𝑒. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑒, 𝑠𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝘩𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡. 𝐼 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑. 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐𝘩𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑌𝑜𝑠𝘩𝑖𝑦𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤𝘩𝑜 𝐼 𝑎𝑚. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑔𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝘩𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝘩𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒. ❞
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And maybe for the first time he flinched. He was too close. The grand entryroom suddenly felt really small. This was a lot. This was too much. He had just struggled with the concept of individuality and now he has to weigh abandoning his canon for it and Joshua. Even if he chose to keep going between the two They were either going to take Joshua by force or take him instead and make adjustments permanent.
What about Shinjuku too? Would it be better without the Higher Plane’s influence? Could he elevate the city without it? Maybe even beyond expectation if he could learn from it further ...
But what if he failed again? What if he failed Joshua too? He’d truly have no where to go or anyone to turn to...
If this experience has taught him anything it was fear and how real and lonely it is.
“ ... I think I know what I have to do then. ” He closes his eyes, relaxes his body of the weight of his thoughts. “ I dont want to keep you much longer or else they’re going to notice I’m off grid. ...Won’t you tell Joshua I’ll be seeing him real soon then? In private. ...It’ll be important. ”
hazukami.
“ Don’t think so lowly of me. ” Confusion to quick anger and hands having to clench tight to his pants to keep them to himself. “ I’d never make Joshua choose between here and the Higher Plane nor would I ever force him to. That was never on the table. Do you not know the things I’ve turned a blind eye too? ”
Because Joshua had so much independence and individuality. It didn’t fit in the Higher Plane’s decisive concept. Does he not think of the times he’s kept silent over their ploys? All the times he could’ve reported something and have either of them punished? He cares deeply for Joshua; his own core and canon was on the line for him.
“ I know what they’d do if they ever found out… ”
… Api was right. What they’d do to him.
If his individuality was important to someone then maybe it mattered. That’s what being down here was teaching him slowly by the way he starts to enjoy connection and creativity, something that never reached him in the heavens.
“ … Do I have to choose between the Heavens and here? ”
Was a question he hoped he didn’t have to ask at least for a little while longer.
❝ i never said i think lowly of you. i want you to think about what you just said. ❞ because there was no other way to interpret it, the threat those words had. there was no ‘safe’ option in those words. only a path that would end in tragedy. because as much as hazuki was saying he’d never make him choose, he was basically walking him to the front gates and making joshua walk back by himself.
❝ i know you have been willfully ignorant to what happens in shibuya. that you have intentionally kept things from bein’ said. why else do you think they are so keen t’ keep conditioning you. they are washin’ you out so you’ll eventually be so transparent, you’ll spill everythin’. you aren’ just puttin’ him as risk, everytime they do it, you lose a bit more of yerself. that ain’ fair to him and it sure as shit ain’ fair to you. ❞ he leans forward resting his elbows on his knees to give him a hard look. he could tell the strain this conversation was having and that it was making hazuki actually have to think about things.
this situation was never going to have a simple conclusion. there were no simple answers to this.
❝ you know what they’ll do to him. you know how that would destroy him. you know because you know what its like too. we both do. and i’ve worked my ass off to make sure that it would never happen to him. i broke laws in the universe to make sure i could disconnect shibuya from the higher plane’s network an’ so he could never be touched by them. he doesn’t realize it but his code is no longer connected and thats because i’m protecting him- ❞ as he speaks, his tone changes from japanese to something thicker, more natural. enochian was always his native tongue. it was so much easier for him to say what he needs to say in enochian. he knew hazuki would understand that as well.
❝ 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝘩𝑖𝑚, 𝑘𝑖𝑛. 𝐵𝑦 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑐𝘩𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝘩𝑖𝑚… 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑎𝑚𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓. 𝐹𝑖𝑔𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡. 𝑇𝑜 𝑚𝑒, 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑤𝘩𝑖𝑐𝘩 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝘩𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒, 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜. 𝑇𝘩𝑒 𝐻𝑖𝑔𝘩𝑒𝑟 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒, 𝑜𝑟 𝑌𝑜𝑠𝘩𝑖𝑦𝑎, 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓… 𝑒𝑖𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑦, 𝑦𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒’𝑠 𝑠𝘩𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠’ 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘. ❞ he meets the phoenix in the eye, his own a blazing hearth of golden fire that his glamour couldn’t contain.
❝ 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛’𝑡 𝑚𝑒. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑒, 𝑠𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝘩𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡. 𝐼 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑. 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐𝘩𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑌𝑜𝑠𝘩𝑖𝑦𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤𝘩𝑜 𝐼 𝑎𝑚. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑖𝑔𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝘩𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝘩𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝘩𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒. ❞
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" Don’t think so lowly of me. ” Confusion to quick anger and hands having to clench tight to his pants to keep them to himself. “ I’d never make Joshua choose between here and the Higher Plane nor would I ever force him to. That was never on the table. Do you not know the things I’ve turned a blind eye too? ”
Because Joshua had so much independence and individuality. It didn’t fit in the Higher Plane’s decisive concept. Does he not think of the times he’s kept silent over their ploys? All the times he could’ve reported something and have either of them punished? He cares deeply for Joshua; his own core and canon was on the line for him.
“ I know what they’d do if they ever found out... ”
... Api was right. What they’d do to him.
If his individuality was important to someone then maybe it mattered. That’s what being down here was teaching him slowly by the way he starts to enjoy connection and creativity, something that never reached him in the heavens.
“ ... Do I have to choose between the Heavens and here? ”
Was a question he hoped he didn’t have to ask at least for a little while longer.
hazukami.
“ Problem ones – I’m not problematic. ” ‘ Im not you. ’ He was pious, eyes always looking up and diligently working in Her grand design. He couldn’t picture himself like Api with his slanted words and lucrative stunts against the heavens. .. But what they did have in common was Joshua.
Did they think Joshua his new Idol? Did they worry he’d make him stray? Hazuki couldn’t keep his eyes on Hanekoma for too long.
“ It’s a misunderstanding. Maybe they see my efforts to deeply connect as a threat. ” Love? That was an alien concept. This was his reality and proof of concept. What was he without grand purpose? He’s not human, he didn’t have the means to make his own way. The curiosity to the human world around him was just that…maybe. “ I can be loyal to both. ”
.. They won’t let him, will they?
“ I’ll work harder. Maybe they won’t see Joshua as a distraction. ” And maybe keep them from doing that to him again or worse.
❝ uh-huh…. an’ thats why they feel the need to strip you of yer individuality? they find you so trust worthy that they factory reset you? ❞ okay so it was a bit sarcastic but he needed to make a point on what he was saying. if they were so heavily having hazuki go through calibration then there was obviously something wrong. the almighty saw something that they didn’t like and wanted to strip it away from him.
apichisi had plenty of experience with that prior to his life as hanekoma. hanekoma had a need to at least make the composer aware of the situation. he could take the insinuations. they were leagues apart but…. there were small tells that hazuki was acting on their own as well. the heavens loathed it. it’s why the hivemind was integrated so deeply into their created and manitory for the ascended. hazuki didn’t have a choice, same as him in the beginning…. but things change.
❝ oh, so if it’s a misunderstanding, your attempts to get close to shibuya’s composer are infiltration an’ you have means to betray him and have him be controlled the same as you are? won’t he be pleased to know you have means to convert him. ❞ the elder angel returns to his coffee for the moment to let hazuki think on those words. ❝ because what you just insinuated says that you have no love for my composer at all. what you favor about him would be stripped away the moment he was brought up stairs. do you think they’d let him keep whom he is? they already see him as the problem child. they will discipline him and strip everything away. the person you feel deeply for will not exist anymore, and he’d just be a doll they can puppet. is that what you want for him? is that what you want for yourself? ❞
the idea of it…. it made him furious. he could feel judgements flames building in him and he had to shift his position to keep from lashing out.
❝ you can lie to yourself all you want hazuki. they’ll jus’ wipe it away again so i guess you have nothing t’ worry about since yer so keen t’ do for th’ Almighty and hurt the one person in this city who actually wants nothing more than to see you happy. ❞
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" Problem ones -- I’m not problematic. ” ‘ Im not you. ’ He was pious, eyes always looking up and diligently working in Her grand design. He couldn’t picture himself like Api with his slanted words and lucrative stunts against the heavens. .. But what they did have in common was Joshua.
Did they think Joshua his new Idol? Did they worry he’d make him stray? Hazuki couldn’t keep his eyes on Hanekoma for too long.
“ It’s a misunderstanding. Maybe they see my efforts to deeply connect as a threat. ” Love? That was an alien concept. This was his reality and proof of concept. What was he without grand purpose? He’s not human, he didn���t have the means to make his own way. The curiosity to the human world around him was just that...maybe. “ I can be loyal to both. ”
.. They won’t let him, will they?
“ I’ll work harder. Maybe they won’t see Joshua as a distraction. ” And maybe keep them from doing that to him again or worse.
hazukami.
“ … What did you do? ” The usually solid frown of his dropped. It was … really quiet. Unsettling. He can hear the humdrum of the Shinjuku like a beat but that wasn’t the noise he was talking about. It was the hum in him that suddenly died out; venerated and always present until now. He edged a little in his seat, hands tighter as he looked uneasy at the corners of the long room. “ Wait I dont think I like this- ”
It felt a little .. lost? Was it?
.. Ah. Well the question brought him back. … He didn’t like that either.
“ No. It wasn’t punishment. It was retraining and adjustments. I was distracted and didn’t meet some expectations… ” It was like being on autopilot; the conscious thoughts and feelings repressed to allow him to work without it in the way. That is until they had a spat in his cafe at that point shortly after. His feelings all came back at once probably from the stress. “ It’s protocol. You know that. ”
❝ jammed their signal. temporarily. ❞ he flashed the ring to him that had a clear etching of enochian around the band. he had been wearing this ring for awhile, eversince his true body had been reclaimed. things he could do now that he was properly realigned that he couldn’t do with the former vessel was in his grasp and he was more of himself than he’d ever been. he had information that the higher plane would have never have allowed downstairs if they’d known he was at risk of retaining his form.
❝ give yerself a moment t’ adjust. t’ bees not bein’ there are always jarrin’. jus’ breathe though it. ❞ he swirls his drink slowly giving hazuki the time to get through the unsettling silence in his head. he didn’t blame him for being uncomfortable by it, it was always scary the first time it happened…. but this was for both of their safety given the subject matter.
❝ aye. i’m familiar. ❞ very familiar. intimately. once upon a time, he’d regularly gone through it to the point he was told what to say and where to face. he…. didn’t like thinking about those times.
❝ It is punishment, an’ reinforcement.. they only put the problem ones through it. Th’ favorites don’t go through it because they’ve all drank the koolaid, but you an’ i? they know we are th’ ones t’ be scared of…. because we look between the lines and question th’ doctrine. we see him. ❞ joshua. the whole reasons they were here was because of joshua. he knew hazuki was here because of him. took notice of him.
❝ they want you loyal as a hound…. an’ th’ moment you hesitate at an order you question, they’ll put you down. they did that t’ me….. they know you’ll do the same, so thats why they are tryin’ t’ smother you. it ain’ love. ❞
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“ I love my rat. We are related in how nobody likes us-- ”
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“ ... What did you do? ” The usually solid frown of his dropped. It was ... really quiet. Unsettling. He can hear the humdrum of the Shinjuku like a beat but that wasn’t the noise he was talking about. It was the hum in him that suddenly died out; venerated and always present until now. He edged a little in his seat, hands tighter as he looked uneasy at the corners of the long room. “ Wait I dont think I like this- ”
It felt a little .. lost? Was it?
.. Ah. Well the question brought him back. ... He didn’t like that either.
“ No. It wasn’t punishment. It was retraining and adjustments. I was distracted and didn’t meet some expectations... ” It was like being on autopilot; the conscious thoughts and feelings repressed to allow him to work without it in the way. That is until they had a spat in his cafe at that point shortly after. His feelings all came back at once probably from the stress. “ It’s protocol. You know that. ”
hazukami.
“ Leave Shinjuku out of your tongue. … They’ve worked really hard on it. ” The Reapers he means. He won’t have their work spoiled on his behalf. “ But I’ll grant you my presence. ” Begrudgingly. What was it that Joshua said some time ago? His Producer means no harm ‘less he’s testing someone on his behalf. Fine. Fine. He was in no mood to drag this on, his head is already heavy.
He snaps two fingers for the brightness of the all white entryroom to dim. Hanekoma already made himself comfortable on the gilded gold chairs. He took the other across from the angel to sit with hands still tucked tight into the pockets of his coat.
“ I’m present. What eulogy do you bring from your Lord, my Idol? ” For him … he’ll settle the bristling feathers and the great pride of the phoenix.
once the composer joins him, the elder fallen seraph gets comfortable in his chair for the time being; studying the younger for a long minute. ❝ we’ll get there. first things first…. ❞ he holds up his hand, playing with the gold ring on his right hand and a silencing ward snapped into place around them, offering them a temporary repose from the higher planes prying eyes. joshua would still be able to keep tabs on him. this ward was made with the higher plane in mind.
❝ they won’t be able to hear or see you until i lower this. they won’t be able t’ track it either. you are safe with me, so, consider it a gift to have yer own thoughts for a few minutes an’ not be monitored. i need us t’ really talk, little brother. ❞ he sips his coffee with his left hand; right fingers spinning the ring on his finger.
❝ the higher plane punished you, didn’t they? last time you went up there. they did somethin’ an’ that shook you up. ❞ he could read that on the other angel. he recognized it in himself with that was a present issue. he saw it in his peers when he was still apart of the hivemind.
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“ I hear you, but I also understand where he wants to come from. ” Despite him being an asshole. He agrees. “ May I remind you Matthew 5:38-48? We are better by turning the other cheek and pride is cardinal sin. ”
“ And ... just as a favor to me I need this to be easy. Please. ”
✥ @hazukami asked: ✥
✥ " pull back, friend. this is ... an eccentric topic that I can handle. " ✥
♝~✺~♝
"I... Understood. Though I think it would behoove us to later have a conversation over how much I should be expected to allow them to walk all over me. Because I was under the impression that I was not meant to do that. At all."
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okay but I wanted to share this twitter post:
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" Leave Shinjuku out of your tongue. ... They’ve worked really hard on it. ” The Reapers he means. He won’t have their work spoiled on his behalf. “ But I’ll grant you my presence. ” Begrudgingly. What was it that Joshua said some time ago? His Producer means no harm ‘less he’s testing someone on his behalf. Fine. Fine. He was in no mood to drag this on, his head is already heavy.
He snaps two fingers for the brightness of the all white entryroom to dim. Hanekoma already made himself comfortable on the gilded gold chairs. He took the other across from the angel to sit with hands still tucked tight into the pockets of his coat.
“ I’m present. What eulogy do you bring from your Lord, my Idol? ” For him ... he’ll settle the bristling feathers and the great pride of the phoenix.
@hazukami / Bounced.
❝ i don’t need to knock when it’s my lords will for me to deliver word he doesn’t have heart to say to you directly. ❞ because he wasn’t going to show his hand either. hazuki had things thing on, that was clear enough but that also wasn’t any of concern. what was his concern is his composer and his composers happiness- of which, this daft dominion was not taking into account now until it was brought up to one of his many eyes.
❝ you can think deeply of someone and still take th’ wrong paths. and judgin’ by th’ looks of things from where he is, yer real fuckin’ lost. ❞ he takes another sip of his coffee, watching the other curiously. he was distracted. if he tuned up a bit, they’d have been on the same frequency and it would have been imposing for shinjuku. he didn’t come here to start a fight, but he sure would end it if one broke out.
he sips up from the door frame and enters the room properly, swirling the coffee in his mug before going to get himself a comfortable seat. they were going to have this conversation and if shinjuku’s composer didn’t have it now, then it’d be a clear sign to the shibuya’s composer.
❝ i’m doin’ you a service by even talkin’ to you. if i wasn’t here, you’d lose him all together, so humor me if you ‘think deeply’ of him because i can promise you, he’s let go of people for less. ❞ he motions for the younger angel to sit across from him, minding his coffee. ❝ i don’t like bein’ in yer shithole of a city, so believe me, the sooner i can go th’ better. i’m here to help you, so take th’ bruise to yer pride an talk to me, or i can report back an leave that as yer answer. ❞
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" Wha--
At least give me one more. ”
hazukami:
@simiasung you– you have to fling it while holding it from here–
…
sticks you
sticks him back across the face with five different ones.
she’s got one on each finger.
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@simiasung you-- you have to fling it while holding it from here--
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sticks you
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