(Friends only, filtered from Anubis, hackable)
Things have changed since Anubis Kujuurou arrived here. I'm not sure I like it. Well, no, dislike is inaccurate. I have to admit it's a change for the better, but I still find it unsettling.
A feeling of completion seems to have settled over all the armor-bearers, myself included, as if the final piece has finally fallen into place. This can only be due to Kujuurou's arrival, that much makes sense. The disturbing part is that...I think I finally understand the bond that the Troopers share with one another. It was never like this in the Youjakai, and I can only guess that Arago was interfering with it in order to prevent us from joining forces against him. Of course, the idiot never realized that the fact that the Troopers had that bond and we didn't was probably the major reason why we always lost.
It's more than the armor, though. I can feel it on a personal level as well, and that's the part that disturbs me most. My first thought upon hearing of his arrival was something to the effect of "Oh great, not him." I was prepared to hate him. I expected to hate him. But...I don't. He asked me to help him with his homework, and I accepted. He wanted to move in with Naotoki and I, and I was going to let him! And when he inevitably reaches me on his list of people to spar with...well, it's a foregone conclusion that I'll accept. The problem is this: as far as I knew, it isn't like him to put so much effort into seeking our companionship. I had always considered him something of a lone wolf, but since he's been here he's been acting far more like a pack animal.
Nor is it like me to be so...nice to him.
Or perhaps it is. Perhaps we are only just now seeing the reality of each other, and what we thought we knew and had built our interactions on in the Youjakai was, as much as I hate to say it...an illusion.
I do not like being reminded of the fact that, for most of my life, my will and mind were not my own.
A feeling of completion seems to have settled over all the armor-bearers, myself included, as if the final piece has finally fallen into place. This can only be due to Kujuurou's arrival, that much makes sense. The disturbing part is that...I think I finally understand the bond that the Troopers share with one another. It was never like this in the Youjakai, and I can only guess that Arago was interfering with it in order to prevent us from joining forces against him. Of course, the idiot never realized that the fact that the Troopers had that bond and we didn't was probably the major reason why we always lost.
It's more than the armor, though. I can feel it on a personal level as well, and that's the part that disturbs me most. My first thought upon hearing of his arrival was something to the effect of "Oh great, not him." I was prepared to hate him. I expected to hate him. But...I don't. He asked me to help him with his homework, and I accepted. He wanted to move in with Naotoki and I, and I was going to let him! And when he inevitably reaches me on his list of people to spar with...well, it's a foregone conclusion that I'll accept. The problem is this: as far as I knew, it isn't like him to put so much effort into seeking our companionship. I had always considered him something of a lone wolf, but since he's been here he's been acting far more like a pack animal.
Nor is it like me to be so...nice to him.
Or perhaps it is. Perhaps we are only just now seeing the reality of each other, and what we thought we knew and had built our interactions on in the Youjakai was, as much as I hate to say it...an illusion.
I do not like being reminded of the fact that, for most of my life, my will and mind were not my own.