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maskormenace2015-11-13 12:38 pm
unbreaker) wrote in maskormenace2015-11-13 12:38 pm
Entry tags:
- jaime reyes | blue beetle,
- † bruce wayne | batman,
- † euphemia li britannia | n/a,
- † flame princess | n/a,
- † francis urquhart | n/a,
- † frisk | n/a,
- † hisoka the magician | n/a,
- † josuke higashikata | crazy diamond,
- † kanaya maryam-lalonde | psychopomp,
- † lapis lazuli | n/a,
- † max caulfield | n/a,
- † mewtwo | n/a,
- † nagachika hideyoshi | fleetfoot,
- † ray kowalski | n/a,
- † riku | darkeater
009 ★ Video
[School has let out for the day by the time this broadcast goes up. You can tell because Josuke hasn't changed out of his uniform. (Never mind Heropa High doesn't require uniforms. Or the fact that Josuke wears his uniform a lot.) He's seated cross-legged on the carpeted floor of his bedroom which, for those of you who know that it's usually overrun with animals, happens to be curiously quiet today.]
So, uh...
[He raises his right hand and scratches lightly at his chin.]
I guess it's been sort of a while since I had anything to say on the Network? Sorry about that.
[It's really weird thinking he hasn't made a post for a couple of months. Not that he hasn't been around on other peoples', driving them nuts by pushing their buttons. In fact, one of those people is even responsible for Josuke feeling the need to make this post!]
Anyway, I actually got a couple of things I wanna talk about today! First up, Veterans Day just passed...we don't celebrate that back home, but we got Self-Defense Force Day and it's pretty much the same thing. You know, for remembering the people we've lost to wars. I figured since we're fightin' a war and we've had casualties, too—lost people either due to the fighting or the Porter—we deserve a way to remember 'em by. So, uh...I set up a message board for doing just that.
[Briefly, Josuke leans forward to take up his comm and tap out a LINK that soon appears onscreen for everybody to access. The comm's set back down again in front of him, then. Probably on a stack of school textbooks and homework he'll forget to do until five minutes before class Monday.]
If you got people you miss who aren't here no more, check it out. You can say something about 'em, or say what you'd have said if you'd been given a chance to say goodbye.
The other thing is, and it's pretty important, too... [Josuke's eyes narrow, his expression becoming serious.] ...even if Halloween did just pass, there's been more talk of fear lately than I think's healthy for anyone. Especially 'cause there hasn't been as much talk in circulation about how to overcome our fears.
I'm not an expert, but I do know the first step to owning your own fears is not running from 'em. It's not supposed to be easy, so don't get discouraged if at first you feel like it's gonna be impossible. I promise, it's not. Take a look around you and see how many people you got supporting you? A whole imPort community, some of 'em probably from your home. You can do this. And this is how.
[This is it, this is what this post has been building up to.
Josuke's gaze flicks to the side, towards something off screen, and while he tries to keep his expression militant, it's obvious in the arch of his brows and the faint grimace curling his lips that he doesn't want to do this. And why? Well, because he's afraid.
Afraid of the turtle he suddenly scoops up and holds out in view of the camera. Its little feet waggle nonthreatening in thin air and, as its tiny head slowly pokes around from left to right, it's clear that it's trying to make sense of what's going on.]
You just gotta...reach out and grab your fears with both hands. L-like so. And tell 'em, "You don't got me! I got you."
[Because he really looks like he's got this, right? But at least he's trying!]
A-and that's how you do it!
[Now, uh...how does he turn off the broadcast without looking like he's in too much of a hurry to set the turtle back down again? Looks like using his toes will have to suffice!]
So, uh...
[He raises his right hand and scratches lightly at his chin.]
I guess it's been sort of a while since I had anything to say on the Network? Sorry about that.
[It's really weird thinking he hasn't made a post for a couple of months. Not that he hasn't been around on other peoples', driving them nuts by pushing their buttons. In fact, one of those people is even responsible for Josuke feeling the need to make this post!]
Anyway, I actually got a couple of things I wanna talk about today! First up, Veterans Day just passed...we don't celebrate that back home, but we got Self-Defense Force Day and it's pretty much the same thing. You know, for remembering the people we've lost to wars. I figured since we're fightin' a war and we've had casualties, too—lost people either due to the fighting or the Porter—we deserve a way to remember 'em by. So, uh...I set up a message board for doing just that.
[Briefly, Josuke leans forward to take up his comm and tap out a LINK that soon appears onscreen for everybody to access. The comm's set back down again in front of him, then. Probably on a stack of school textbooks and homework he'll forget to do until five minutes before class Monday.]
If you got people you miss who aren't here no more, check it out. You can say something about 'em, or say what you'd have said if you'd been given a chance to say goodbye.
The other thing is, and it's pretty important, too... [Josuke's eyes narrow, his expression becoming serious.] ...even if Halloween did just pass, there's been more talk of fear lately than I think's healthy for anyone. Especially 'cause there hasn't been as much talk in circulation about how to overcome our fears.
I'm not an expert, but I do know the first step to owning your own fears is not running from 'em. It's not supposed to be easy, so don't get discouraged if at first you feel like it's gonna be impossible. I promise, it's not. Take a look around you and see how many people you got supporting you? A whole imPort community, some of 'em probably from your home. You can do this. And this is how.
[This is it, this is what this post has been building up to.
Josuke's gaze flicks to the side, towards something off screen, and while he tries to keep his expression militant, it's obvious in the arch of his brows and the faint grimace curling his lips that he doesn't want to do this. And why? Well, because he's afraid.
Afraid of the turtle he suddenly scoops up and holds out in view of the camera. Its little feet waggle nonthreatening in thin air and, as its tiny head slowly pokes around from left to right, it's clear that it's trying to make sense of what's going on.]
You just gotta...reach out and grab your fears with both hands. L-like so. And tell 'em, "You don't got me! I got you."
[Because he really looks like he's got this, right? But at least he's trying!]
A-and that's how you do it!
[Now, uh...how does he turn off the broadcast without looking like he's in too much of a hurry to set the turtle back down again? Looks like using his toes will have to suffice!]
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[Once he's got his head on straight again, come to terms with the new losses, decided whether or not to ask his great grandfather about a certain problem that's been bothering him, maybe then it'll be easier to talk about his family in more detail.
...because, truth be told, he really loves talking about them most of the time. Getting to meet them? One of the best things about winding up in this world. One of the reasons he's not sorry he's here, too.]
Maybe next week or something you wanna hang out? We can talk more about 'em then if you want, or do whatever.
[Because it'd be kind of nice to get to know Jaime better, especially with Jaime having been his old man's friend, too.]
Re: video
Sure. I'd like that. You play any video games?
[He and Joseph used to go to the arcade together. It seems like as good a place as any to get to know his son too.]
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Yeah, I play all the time!
[It's a wonder he and Jaime haven't happened upon each other at the arcade sooner, to be honest. Josuke's a regular there.]
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Thinkin' of hitting up an arcade?
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[Once Josuke graduates, he'll probably feel the same. Maybe. School's school to this kid, whether it's Japan or here. He'll just be happy to graduate in the end, to have more freedom.]
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