video ♔ I.D. Anonymous

[akito]

Pin-pon! Time for a Pop Quiz!

...Just kidding! It's only a survey~


[ it sounds like Akito for those familiar with his voice - still light and feminine to a fault - but it sounds much more confident than usual. and while the facial features haven't changed it's still quite hard to tell it's Akito with his hair shifted to look like his father's, and an eye colour to match Kaito's icy blue.

with his posture and overall demeanor one of self-assurance and his voice confident and playful, he seems like an entirely different person. which is exactly what Akito wants - the ultimate anonymity within the limitations of his skills. thus, the current test of how well it works... ]


What is the one thing you would like to change most about yourself? Would you be taller? Better at algebra? More capable of taking charge? A kinder person? Why is it something you want to change?

But to make it more of a challenge, here's rule number one - you can't be negative about yourself! You don't have to dislike yourself for there to be something you want to change. Nobody's perfect, after all!

And now, even more fun... What is the one thing you never want to change about yourself?

I'll go first!

For me, I want to get better at making friends! Why? Because the friendships I have are what changed my life for the better, and I want to be able to make more friends of my own initiative. Maybe even save someone's life with my friendship like they saved me with theirs.

The thing I never want to change is how my heart goes dokun dokun when I see the person I like. Even if nothing happens, I love this feeling too much to ever want it to disappear!


((ooc: today on 'fun with shapeshifting'... a list of the changes! longer, silvery-white hair, blue eyes, he's nixed the eye patch since that makes things too obvious, and is wearing a brand new outfit to finish the change. bone structure and facial shape is all the same, but if you don't know him well it'll be hard to identify him. the background is a random park in Heropa to help with the 'anonymity'. feel free to action if your char would be there!))

Comments

( audio )

[aberth]

I'd want to be stronger.

[ Adam doesn't know what moves him to come here and answer a question like that. Maybe it's the brooding. He's been doing too much of it lately.

Still, Akito said to not be negative and Adam keeps his voice carefully even to prove that he isn't. Not everyone knows about his desperate war with being better. ]

I think I wouldn't change the kind of person I am, though. [ There's that strange and stubborn pride. ] I worked too hard to be it.

( audio )

[akito]

Stronger how?

That's really good! To be a person that you like and wouldn't change... That isn't something everyone can say.

( audio )

[aberth]

In all ways.

[ Physically, yes. Though he isn't exactly weak and sometimes he worries that if he got any better than that his anger would be hard to contain.

The second answer is emotionally. ]

If you want to change something then you should just do it. There's no point waiting around hoping the universe would align the right way. So that's the kind of person I am. I guess that's why I wouldn't change. [ And then, to lessen the severity. ] I just don't have time to hit the gym.

( audio )

[akito]

A hard-working person, then! You don't have to go to the gym to get stronger though. What kind of exercises do you fit into your days?

( audio )

[aberth]

Walking.

[ He doesn't have a car. ] I had a bike but it crapped out on me last week and I haven't fixed it yet. I work at a mechanics part-time so there's plenty of heavy lifting there too.

( audio )

[akito]

Lengthen your strides when you walk and increase your pacing a bit. You'll feel it working your upper legs even more. Whenever you get a chance, do arm curls with whatever you can find at work and that will help too.

How did your bike break?

( audio )

[aberth]

[ He sounds almost amused. ] Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.

The chain snapped. I know it was a piece of shit when I bought it but I kind of hoped it would last long enough for me to get some new parts. [ No such luck. ] I don't mind walking though.

( audio )

[akito]

If you're short on cash you could pick up a replacement at the Heropa junkyard for pretty cheap. Lots of bikes go there for other reasons so the chains are generally in really good condition! You might need to do a quick acid-bath at most to get any gross stuff out of the links.

( audio )

[aberth]

[ He's glad he's on audio because his expression flickers slightly, pained panic at being caught out on his poorness. But of course, Akito doesn't know him nor know that. He's probably just assuming that not everyone is rich.

Especially considering the imPorts here are not Henrietta material. Everyone comes in broke. ]

Yeah? I might try that. Better than answering another ad in the paper. I was definitely had.

( audio )

[akito]

[ Akito has been perpetually short on cash since his arrival, save for the time he had some real disposable income that went almost immediately to adopting his dog... Alas, being poor is something he's gotten accustomed to!

...Plus even if you aren't poor saving cash is always awesome. ]

What happened?

[video]

[hands4healing]

[Winry thinks the voice sounds familiar, but...]

I don't know if there's anything I'd really like to change...?

[video]

[akito]

If so, then you're truly lucky!

[video]

[hands4healing]

I mean, I guess I have a temper...sometimes.

[Yes, she does.]

[video]

[akito]

What sets off your temper the most?

[video]

[hands4healing]

[Winry considers that.]

I guess more than anything, my friends doing stupid things that could get them hurt.

[Ed destroying her automail meant she didn't design it well enough to keep him protected, after all.]

People keeping secrets from me, too.

[video]

[akito]

The important thing to remember is that ultimately it's your friends' choices and you have to respect that freedom. But! You can get mad at them for not taking your feelings into account, because that is also something important.

Secrets are... Sometimes they're a matter of life-and-death. Sometimes people think it's a matter of life-and-death. Or they're scared. In the end, secrets are a defense for something no matter how you look at it. Instead of letting your temper loose right away, try and understand - or just ask - why they kept the secret. Then beat them up if it's a stupid reason?

[video]

[hands4healing]

That's good advice.

[She means that.]

But sometimes it's not a life-or-death situation and finding out the secret later...someone says something at the worst possible time.

[video]

[akito]

No, though it doesn't mean the person still isn't keeping it because they're scared of something. That doesn't excuse it, but it's something that makes it more understandable.

[video]

[hands4healing]

[Ed and Al probably hadn't told her about Scar killing her parents for fear of her own sorrow. Still, had she known prior to when she found out...]

The problem with that is when the secret's let out, it hurts a lot more for not sharing it earlier.

At least in my experience.

[video]

[akito]

When it comes to feelings, I've learned that people aren't very good at looking at things in the long-term.

Video

[dumbfound]

I wish I was smarter...

[ He can't seem to think of any reason why that isn't negative, so he just moves on to the next part. ]

Also I like that I'm tall?

[ He sounds unsure of that, but he's fairly certain he likes his height. ]

video

[akito]

That's an easy thing to improve on! What are your hobbies?

You're not sure?

video

[dumbfound]

Video games mostly.

No? Uhm, I am pretty sure I like being tall.

[ He just never wants to sound too certain about anything in case he's wrong. ]

video

[akito]

Learn more about video games! There are lots of cool things to learn about them. The software used to create the games themselves and the coding that makes everything function in the game a certain way.

If you try learning as much as you can about the things you like to do, you'll start to get smarter and smarter! You don't have to know everything to be smart.

Then sound sure! I know that I like being short! If it's your own feelings about something then you can never be wrong.

video

[dumbfound]

That sounds like a lot of work.

[ A lot more than he wants to do, lazy bum that he is. ]

People like being short?

[ This is a novel concept to him. ]