zerotohiro | Some Legends Are Told, Some Turn To Dust Or To Gold [CEREALIA INBOX]

_{[ The door creaks open and Katsura can only stare baffled at the giant inflatable thingy in front of him. His gaze goes from looking at his belly up to his face, especially when he speaks. Instantly, blood rushes to his cheeks in some gross blushing, but his face keeps extremely calm and stoic. ]}

Um.

_{[ He looks so soft? He looks really friendly? He looks like Elizabeth. No, nono. Elizabeth is a bird-- he has a beak and flippers but..

Already mesmerized by this creature, he coughs to the side and tries to appear professional ( though his face only gets redder. ) ]}

.. I'm here to recruit rebels who have shown there strength and I have deemed worthy of CERESistance. Please take a flyer.
_{[ and he hands Baymax one.
He gives no acknowledgement to Hiro. ]}

Edited (fuck me) 2015-08-20 03:53 (UTC)

[Baymax pauses to consider, taking the flyer and scanning it before turning to waddle off to the side. He picks up a tape dispenser (and where he got that from, nobody's sure) and he starts to tear off pieces, taping the flyer to the wall.

And all Hiro can do is watch in mild horror at what's going on. Why are there flyers. What is Katsura doing. Baymax--well, Baymax sometimes does his own thing. He doesn't speak though before Baymax returns.]

We will take the flyer and read it carefully. But we are not good "rebels."

[May as well try again.] Baymax doesn't really get expressions like that. But you're handing out flyers for a rebellion? Seriously? [No he hasn't looked at them why do you ask.]

_{[ Katsura follows Baymax like a lost puppy, inviting himself into the apartment— though after he pads into a few steps he stops, meekly slipping off his sandals and putting them nearly by the door.

Then, he resumes on his way, following Baymax to the wall and merely watching him. Zura listens when Baymax speaks, though, it doesn't last long before he is unable to concentrate on anybody's words.

His eyes flicker down Baymax's body and he reaches out to touch his arm, seeing what he feels like.
Finally, he looks at Hiro when he speaks, though he keeps his hold on Baymax for a moment. ]}

Oh.
Yes, I have been doing this for weeks now. Do you want one too?
_{[ Katsura shuffles through his flyers and pulls out another one ( though this one looks like it has something else written on it. ) ]}

Edited 2015-08-22 00:46 (UTC)

[Baymax doesn't even seem to mind Katsura following him, though after a short while when the man touches his arm the robot reaches out to pat him on the head. There, there. It is all right.

All right for Baymax, anyway. Hiro's a little more than concerned about Katsura's fascination with his robot but he just shakes his head. Apparently letting random people into his brother's apartment doesn't make much of a difference. He nods, taking the flyer in his hand and examining it even as he talks.]

I didn't know anybody was organizing an actual rebellion. Is the recruitment actually working? [And what does this flyer have to say for itself anyway?]

_{[ It turns out Katsura handed Hiro something that actually was not a flyer, but instead it looks like... a wanted poster— with a mugshot of Katsura on it. It's all written in Japanese besides the giant WANTED across the top and a pretty impressive reward at the bottom.
It translates to:

WANTED: KATSURA KOTAROU.
CHARGED WITH CIVILIAN TERRORISM AND OPPOSITION OF OUR SHOGUN. JOUISHISHI WAR PATRIOT.
IF SEEN, CONTACT THE SPECIAL POLICE FORCE. THIS MAN IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

— CHIEF OF THE SHINSENGUMI.

Embarrassed by his mistake, Katsura quickly snatches the paper from Hiro. ]}

Oh, sorry. That's my form of ID. Here is a flyer.
_{[ he gives Hiro the same one Baymax received.
At the question, he cocks his head. ]}

I believe it is working quite well. Our membership is secretive, so I cannot tell you who all is following me.
_{[ spoiler: nothings official, but some people have put their trust in Katsura in different ways without outwardly saying it. ]}

[Well unfortunately for Katsura, Hiro knows how to read Japanese and so this doesn't deter him from checking out the flyer.

Annnnd giving him the most skeptical look even as Katsura snatches the paper from his hands.]

Uh. [Did he just let a criminal into Tadashi's apartment? Whoops.] You might wanna consider just getting an actual ID card. [He reviews the correct flyer though, nose wrinkling in thought.] Especially if you're gonna go around trying to recruit people. How come you never mentioned this when we were inside ViViD?

I tried to pass my driver's test for an ID. It is harder than I thought. I do not need a physical ID— for I wear the identification of many things. A hero, a veteran, a revolutionist, a leader, a janitor—

_{[ He trails off, thankfully, then moves onto the next question. ]}
Well.
I needed to see if you have potential. You're very intelligent.
What do you think of CERES so far?

It's not that hard. I think. [Says the fourteen year old who doesn't know anything about driving...but Tadashi has a moped. How hard can it be? He almost wants to say something to that, but Katsura changes the subject. Baymax continues to use tape to make sure that flyer isn't moving from the wall anytime soon.]

I don't trust them if that's what you're asking me. They know a lot more than they're telling us and I wanna know why. There's...something a lot bigger here. I just don't know what it is yet.

_{[ Everything behind Katsura's logic was just spoken in Hiro's sentence. His brows actually lift-- his heart swells. He's having a moment here. It looks like he blanks out for an entire moment, staring almost lifelessly into the ground as he thinks. It looks like he is thinking hard. Something Hiro says triggers something in his mind. For those who know Katsura, they're aware he has a very big imagination, and a love for tragic stories. Sometimes.. he thinks up these stories by the smallest thing in every day conversation.

A child, wandering through the storm— that's you, Hiro. He has within his arms salvation: bread, and Pocari Sweat. The storm grows, the night becomes colder. There are frozen bodies, all around. He has to leap over them as he runs with all of his might-- run towards any surface of life. He cries out in despair, but determination.
A soft voice-- it's heard. Through the vast snow, the child-- who is growing up-- pushes through the snow. He finds a man, on his death bed in the blizzard, and others who are sick. He knees down, speaking words of encouragement to the man before feeding him.

"We will get through this storm. Metaphorically and literally. Be strong, for I have a solution."

The man smiles softly as he eats-- he cannot remember the last time he has eaten as he gazes up at the boy. His long hair appears ashen and his ribs are beginning to show. In this war, there are hardly those willing to get food and feed others. There are hardly any who fight so hard with such determination.
"I will... live.. to see the season finale.. of the Old and the Sexless."

With that, Katsura's vivid imagination breaks, though there are tears in his eyes as he puts his gaze on Hiro again after a good 5 minutes. ]}

Hiro-dono.
You have potential to save us with that kind of logic.
_{[ His kind of logic: "they don't tell us shit, so why trust them?" He's proud of you.
if Hiro wasn't convinced this man had some loose screws just yet, maybe this'll do it. ]}

Edited (going with a different drink i am fussy about my tragic story tags) 2015-08-25 01:40 (UTC)

[Unfortunately for Hiro, he doesn't know Katsura that well yet and he sort of thinks that he, perhaps, just broke the man.]

Uh...Katsura? [Nope. Nothing. Hiro waves a hand in front of Katsura's eyes, peers up into his face, anything to try and get a reaction but there's nothing. He's about to ask Baymax to check on him when Katsura looks up again and speaks, leaving Hiro to blink slowly.]

...doesn't everybody have that kind of logic around here?

_{[ Katsura wipes his eyes, taking a breath. ]}

Ah. That isn't entirely the case. There are some people who are still blind, and believe that CERES is telling the truth.
You don't believe your home is destroyed, do you?

Of course not, otherwise I wouldn't have still been alive when Tadashi was brought here. It doesn't add up. And anyway, my friends wouldn't let the world get destroyed that easily.

_{[ HIRO TELLING IT LIKE IT IS. Oh my god, he has never talked to somebody here with so much sense. Sure, some people have said similar things when he would ask them about CERES, but man, Hiro is hitting everything right on the head.

He agrees. He feels his friends wouldn't let the world get destroyed so easily, either. Even with aliens being a problem back in his world-- the story that CERES tells them just doesn't make sense. Even Katsura can see that.

His hands grip Hiro's shoulders, passionately: ]}

Hiro-dono!
With that spirit, you will make an excellent rebel!

Take my hand, let us unveil this curtain of lies that has been shielded over this colony—
LET US OVERTHROW THE CORPORATION!

_{[ one problem with that: ]}

When they get back from where ever they went!

[There's a slight yelp when Katsura grips his shoulders, but only because he's not expecting it. He looks from his hands to Katsura's face, about to get into the spirit of things and say yeah, hell yeah, let's go overthrow the corporation but...]

Nobody has any clues where they went? How long have they really been gone?

_{[ profoundly: ]}
I ... don't know.

_{[ a long, drawn out pause. ]}
Something I think you are prepared to know. CERES uses their virtual games to train us for these aliens that supposedly destroyed our worlds, as you know. This is a load of bull****. I was a fool when I first arrived and put myself through many obstacles in their ViVid world. I discovered through all of the trials and errors of their complicated and dangerous games. I was able to learn something everyday.

But then.. I came across a game that left me puzzled.
It was too easy. There was no challenge. Floppy Bird was a very addicting game, but that is when I realized that the information I had been fed were absolute lies. This game.. opened my eyes as I conquered my task and defeated the game without learning anything.

CERES is merely wasting our time. They are distracting us. Why? Why are we really here? Why are our comrades here getting injured? I—...

_{[ He trails off for a second, but he's back in no time. ]}

I was put through a task. It wasn't easy. I lost, as you know, and faced consequences. _{[ Katsura idly rolls his fingers over a lock of his long hair. ]}
My consequences didn't strengthen me to fight any sort of Flamines that they speak of. My consequences only gave me nightmares.. to this day, they still give me nightmares. I've told you this before to never lose, and I mean it.
_{[ His hand drops by his side. ]}

They know everything about us. Our goals. Our achievements. Our wants. Our desires. Our weaknesses.
They are listening and watching us all of the time. Our bodies are tampered with before we arrive here.

..Did you know that?

Edited (dicksack) 2015-08-25 23:44 (UTC)

[You know. He had him up until he starts talking about Floppy Bird and Hiro's face falls flat. He's about to tell Katsura to quit messing around and actually take this seriously, but...then again? The rest of it makes sense. And the things he's talking about...they match up to what Katsura wouldn't tell him inside ViViD.

It makes a scary amount of sense.]

...I...[No. He had a feeling, but.] ....not to that extent, no. [That's even worse.] Why though? What are we supposed to do for them that they can't get the aliens or other Flamines or whatever to do? We have lives back home, how is that fair?

[He stops to look at his hands.] We're code. That's why we're code. We're code so they can change whatever they want about us. Katsura...are we living weapons?

Edited 2015-08-27 19:50 (UTC)

_{[ Hearing this revelation from a young teenager almost sends chills down his spine, but he's glad that Hiro understands without him having to explain. ]}

We are property to them to do their dirty work. I believe our homes are not destroyed— but we are used as an offensive for CERES. These Flamine people; CERES has wronged them and they are not telling us how or why. A slide show to get us to trust and agree with them is their way of branding us as theirs.

I've been mistaken as a CERES official from a victim of CERES I met when .. I took a tour of the place.
There are ocular implants connected to your nervous system. CERES used this to their advantage and knocked us unconscious.

They have complete control over us. You're foolish if you think otherwise.

[Ocular implants...they messed with their eyes? They messed with their eyes. He blinks rapidly like he's trying to figure out what they've done and the look on his face is equal parts horrified and aggravated. How. Dare. They.]

I'm not here to be their attack dog. I have things to be doing at home, like protecting my city. [There's a beat.] ...y'think that means we should be trying to help the Flamine instead? If nobody trusts CERES it's gotta be for a really, really good reason. [He shakes his head.] There's always a way to override. We've just gotta figure out what it is.

_{[ Zura casts Hiro a glance, then pounds a fist to his own chest. He is practically glistening when he says this: ]}

I have with me a secret weapon. Somebody who appears as a white demon when he is drenched in blood. Sakata Gintoki is his name-- I have been friends with him since childhood. He can take anything this place throws at us down. However...

_{[ he lowers his hand and clears his throat. ]}

It's hard to get him out of bed. I need to encourage him further for assistance since he prefers sleeping and eating sweets.

I am also working up a scheme to get my darling Elizabeth who will make a great asset. She has broken me out of jail before.
_{[ implying that he is ready to cause some big trouble. ]}

[He's really gotta stop anticipating really serious moments with Katsura.] He kinda sounds like my cat. [He nods, gesturing to where the feline's curled up on the couch.] Mochi can be vicious but only when you bribe him enough.

[And only when Hiro's trying to do things he shouldn't, like give the cat a bath or strap rocket boots to him without proper appeasement.]

...and who's Elizabeth? [If he's bothered about Katsura being in jail before, well, he doesn't show it. It's okay, bro, he's been arrested too.]

T..That's exactly how he is! _{[ He looks in the direction of Mochi, face flushing a bright red again. ]}

Aaaaa, he is so fat, just like Gintoki. _{[ does Katsura like praising or insulting this guy: The Motion Picture Film.
Zura ventures a little closer to the cat that he didn't notice, but then Hiro distracts him with a Very Important Question. ]}

Elizabeth is Elizabeth!
_{[ WHAM. He's pulling out his wallet, passion in his voice and his eyes. Just like a proud soccer mom, he reveals a drop down plastic folder from his wallet that show him and Elizabeth... in all sorts of fun situations.

It's obviously somebody in a giant sheet, but Katsura doesn't even bring up this point— probably because he was too stupid to realize it.
His voice wavers. ]}

She's been with me through thick and thin— through every season, every time I got put on stand by, every time our show got cancelled— she is my right hand!
B..But now, here in Tellus, we're separated. Her code is not here.

[It's official. Tadashi's going to kill him for ever letting Katsura into the house. Oh well. He's about to point out that his fat cat isn't that fat when he's suddenly being accosted by photos of...

....what.

What?]

Um. [Well. That's one way to describe it, he guesses. Elizabeth is Elizabeth and it looks like Elizabeth might not even be a she at all, but how do you say that to somebody who's apparently missing a few screws?] You guys have been together for a long time, huh? [Let's go that route.] How do you know her code won't show up? Baymax was waiting for me when I got here.

_{[ The more that Katsura looks at these pictures, the more he starts missing him. He was used to having somebody to cuddle up with at night after a long night of planning debauchery and overthrowing the government— or a long night of playing copious rounds of UNO. Sure, he has Sakamoto and Gintoki here, but Elizabeth, well. Elizabeth has spent more time with Katsura and been loyal to him.

Before Sakamoto moved in with him, Zura would be out and about, talking to himself, almost as if Eli was there with him. ... Which sort of made him look crazy ( where is the lie, though. )

He's crying? He's definitely crying. ]}

N..Near, far, where-eveeeeer you are, I believe that the heart does go on, Elizaaaabethzuuuu—

O..oh. Elizabeth— she was a gift from space. I got her in season 1, and she's been with me ever since. There is hardly a moment of screen time I have without her.
I've questioned Mosley-san about this. Apparently he is encouraging me to play in ViVid to obtain her as a reward.
As much as I'd rather not participate, I'm afraid I have no choice if I want Elizabeth back.

Edited 2015-08-31 17:28 (UTC)

knocks dreamwidth on the head why didn't i get a notif

it's okay I still like you

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i'm sorry for this response

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two days later and I'm still laughing at this tag jfc. only because of floppybird. :(

AHfDJD he tells everybody about floppy bird...... hes so offended by that game

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