[Yukio blinks--and, for a second, there doesn't seem to be any other visible reaction.]
[But maybe it's rattled nerves, or a subconscious need to wrestle this conversation back into some semblance of his control; control that had been quite blithely snatched away the moment the Hollow got too close. Either way, some sort of odd effect is seeping in; and if he'd thought Shiro had said something amusing before...well, this outdoes it in every possible way.
[Enough so for a smile to finally shift into place on his features--albeit an absolutely mirthless one.]
'You'll never be alone', he says! Hah!
[--shut in a big room full of toys for Not Being Good Enough, receiving the very tool he needed to dull the emptiness by a stroke of pure luck, making up entire streams of rehearsed dialogue just so he could have a reason to talk to somebody that would talk back without looking down on him always looking down on him and this guy has the nerve to tell him how to not be alone--]
Hmph. This point is irrelevant. I solved that problem a long time ago.
[A pause, the not-smile fading abruptly. He glances away to consider a stretch of D_M whitespace off to the right, poise sinking back into some form of nonchalance.]
[That hits a nerve, visibly.] --Tch. Not the videogames you're thinking about! You wouldn't be able to begin knowing the difference. But of course you wouldn't--you don't know anything--
[Ignorant. His console and the things it creates isn't 'stuff'--that word is an insult to the sheer complexity of it all, every little piece and pixel singing with a soul of its very own--but nobody but a Fullbringer would understand that, blind and deaf to the little sparks of presence that surround them at every turn, lurking in every item they call 'inanimate' and 'unconscious'--]
[It takes a moment's effort for Yukio to stop himself from continuing that trend of thought; he cuts off the words before he ends up speaking them, setting his teeth. Too much, and the enemy will think you weak.]
[Instead, he scoffs right back at that fanged smile, not exactly caring that it might not be the best idea considering the company...]
No, he won't, because I won't let him. If he--even really is there, like you say. I am the one with a say about whether he may exist or not, aren't I? It's my soul that you say he supposedly resides in--I can do with him what I want.
Right right. Your "Fullbring"... it's channeled through your videogame. Keh! Still, must suck to be the God of a lonely world.
[Those little objects might have the sparks of souls... but they're not conscious. Shiro will never believe it. There's only residual consciousness from the real souls around them... echoes, collected in vessels.
Anyone who puts faith in the power of objects doesn't have any power of their own.]
Not exactly. You didn't choose your soul. It's what you were born with. You have some control, to be sure... but first you have to acknowledge he exists, and beat him at his own game. Hah! It's what Ichigo did ta me.
It's only lonely if I make it so. And that'd be a stupid thing to do.
[That's where they'll always differ, probably. It might be a ridiculous notion to him, but those little sparks are all that Yukio has ever known, even long before the faintest idea of a whole other 'spiritual' world ever crossed his mind. To him, they're just as alive as 'real' souls are--sometimes almost moreso, when it comes to comparison with actual people. It's pretty likely that he's probably wrong, in that opinion--but objects have been far more reliable and relatable than most human beings that he's ever met.]
[And without the power of objects, he simply wouldn't be where he is right now.]
LMAO SHIRO YOU GLORIOUS TROLL YOUfilesavesJanuary 4 2012, 01:05:25 UTC
Of course they wouldn't be real. They're not supposed to be.
And besides, I've never designed friends. Why would I want to do that?
[No, not friends. Just. Props. Very realistic props. Some children use toys or their imagination to expedite playtime by themselves--Yukio used both 8|]
[doesn't make that "lonely bastard" thing any less true, though @.@]
[Very easy. They don't ask about your feelings, or the validity of your motives, or scold you when you do things that you shouldn't even when you deserve it. So much less of a hassle to deal with.]
Maybe he's never gonna be ready. Bit late on the uptake already, isn't he?
HE'S SUCH AN ASSHOLE I DON'T EVENholeheartJanuary 4 2012, 01:15:40 UTC
Because friends are kinda nice ta have? Tch. Even I know that!
[Even if he just learned it recently. Friends are nice! People that don't care if you make a mess when you eat, and keep you from doing stupid shit that might otherwise get you hurt... having his own body has taught him much.
LONELY LONELY LONELY. Even canon!Hollow has Zangetsu.
SO much less of a hassle... but without the FUN. The challenge. What good is life if it's easy?]
How old are you? Twelve? That's not long at all to wait. Maybe he's patient. Waiting for the exact moment... of your weakness.
WELL ASSHOLERY SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY THING THAT GETS TO THIS KID'S /HEAD/, SO. TTLY FINE LSDFSKDfilesavesJanuary 4 2012, 02:06:32 UTC
Aah? You say this as if you have friends!
[FOREVERALONE.JPEG]
[Oi, life's hard enough without having to mess with pesky human interaction too 8| THERE ARE FAR MORE PRODUCTIVE CHALLENGES TO ENGAGE IN KTHNX]
[Yukio neglects to answer the question on age, simply because he doesn't feel like it and the Mun really has no idea herself but always guesstimated about 12 anyway SO. Instead, he waves a hand dismissively.]
Then he'll just have to wait forever, I guess, because such a moment is never going to happen. [UWAAAH YUKIO SO CONFIDENT AND SO UNREALISTIC PFFF]
It'S ALL GOODholeheartJanuary 4 2012, 04:05:24 UTC
I do. [Duh, Yukio. Otherwise how would he be talking about this? DURRRR. But guaranteed this is the only Hollow Ichigo who will give you friendship speeches.
Humans aren't THAT hard to figure out! Shiro thinks they're kind of fun! Aside from being a food source.]
Ha!! Your confidence is misplaced. You won't be able to be on alert forever. That's just not how it works! You'd go crazy. And... ya gotta sleep sometime.
YESSS. And...also, randomly, DO YOU MIND IF I...ADD YOU ON PLURK LSFSDFG /BOTHERS YOU FOREVERfilesavesJanuary 4 2012, 09:52:31 UTC
[Can you blame him for being surprised? 8|] Really? I wouldn't have guessed at all! How the hell does anybody even put up with you?
[Yukio's just weird like that, alas. He's still working on the whole real people =/= props thing, which is a fact he tends to forget easily. But give him time. He's getting there. Baby steps. Just ask Jackie.]
Why would I need to be on alert? Nothing's ever happened before to warrant this sort of concern; I don't see how it's supposed to be any different now. You only found something, didn't you?
[Even as the question leaves his mouth, of course, the other possibility crops up in his head--the possibility that you didn't just shout in a cave, that you did something else, like actually prodding whatever might have been in there and why had he never thought about that until just now--?]
YES GO RIGHT AHEAD. I'm HoleInMySoul :333 Sorry this tag took so long I was out all day!holeheartJanuary 5 2012, 04:58:56 UTC
[Shiro huffs and folds his arms, looking affronted!!] Keh!! You think the way I treat you is the way I treat everyone? You really are a stupid kid!!
[You'll get there, one day!! JUST KEEP AT IT!!]
[he shrugs nonchalantly] Maybe I woke it up! Keehehhee. You never know! It's no good to turn your back on a hungry animal, after all, no matter how small and weak it is.
NP, bb!! And AAAH THANK YOU. I'm shadeofblue! YOU'LL NEVER GET RID OF ME NOW >:DfilesavesJanuary 5 2012, 13:14:13 UTC
It's not stupid, it's called 'first impressions'. Which are very important when it comes to meeting someone you have not met before--do you not know this? [And we all know how THAT particular first impression went over...... >__>] Besides, you're a Hollow. "Friendship" is not something that anybody would associate with your kind.
[UGH UGH BUT IT'S SO HARD AND WEIRD AND CONFUSING 8(]
[also, FFFFFF THAT GRIN--]
[The scowl returns. Figures you'd confirm that suspicion now...]
[But no, he won't show you how just acutely that bothers him. Nope. Not at all.]
You're wrong. [points] And even if you're right, I don't care.
The next time you try to touch me again, you're gonna regret it.
WHAT IF I DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF YOU............holeheartJanuary 5 2012, 20:27:34 UTC
Oh yeah. Humans have that saying, don't they? Well I think it's stupid! So there! [he just chuckles and shakes his head] You don't know me at all, then! Yer such an asshole, kid!
[WELL DEAL WITH IT, YUKIO.
B] ALL THE SMILES.
More of that nonchalant grinning. Of course he couldn't just LOOK and not touch. He's like that bratty kid in a museum; it's interesting BECAUSE it's off-limits!]
So stubborn. You remind me of Ichigo that way. And ohh? Am I? I think I remember that the last time we came to blows, I won. Pretty handily.
...O-OH. WELL. ...Not As Planned o///o CARRY ON THEN, I SUPPOSE...!filesavesJanuary 6 2012, 01:44:53 UTC
Aaw, well pardon me. I didn't think I'd end up hurting your feelings!
[THE SARCASM, IT BURNS]
[Although it tapers off fairly quickly with that next line there.]
...Don't go comparing me to Kurosaki, thanks. [AND THEN--a slight pause that's distinct all the same, because. It's perfectly true that you won epically that last time--and he'd had his Fullbring upgraded during that time, to boot. :\ But admitting that you're right? HE DOESN'T WANNA DO IIIIIT.....] --Yeah. Doesn't matter.
[But maybe it's rattled nerves, or a subconscious need to wrestle this conversation back into some semblance of his control; control that had been quite blithely snatched away the moment the Hollow got too close. Either way, some sort of odd effect is seeping in; and if he'd thought Shiro had said something amusing before...well, this outdoes it in every possible way.
[Enough so for a smile to finally shift into place on his features--albeit an absolutely mirthless one.]
'You'll never be alone', he says! Hah!
[--shut in a big room full of toys for Not Being Good Enough, receiving the very tool he needed to dull the emptiness by a stroke of pure luck, making up entire streams of rehearsed dialogue just so he could have a reason to talk to somebody that would talk back without looking down on him always looking down on him and this guy has the nerve to tell him how to not be alone--]
Hmph. This point is irrelevant. I solved that problem a long time ago.
[A pause, the not-smile fading abruptly. He glances away to consider a stretch of D_M whitespace off to the right, poise sinking back into some form of nonchalance.]
He can stay small and weak, for all I care.
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Oh~? You know, videogames aren't the same as a person. Or a presence. You can bury yourself in stuff all you want, but it will never be the same.
[now for a smile of his own. A dark one, showing fangs]
He'll get stronger. That's what we do.
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[Ignorant. His console and the things it creates isn't 'stuff'--that word is an insult to the sheer complexity of it all, every little piece and pixel singing with a soul of its very own--but nobody but a Fullbringer would understand that, blind and deaf to the little sparks of presence that surround them at every turn, lurking in every item they call 'inanimate' and 'unconscious'--]
[It takes a moment's effort for Yukio to stop himself from continuing that trend of thought; he cuts off the words before he ends up speaking them, setting his teeth. Too much, and the enemy will think you weak.]
[Instead, he scoffs right back at that fanged smile, not exactly caring that it might not be the best idea considering the company...]
No, he won't, because I won't let him. If he--even really is there, like you say. I am the one with a say about whether he may exist or not, aren't I? It's my soul that you say he supposedly resides in--I can do with him what I want.
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[Those little objects might have the sparks of souls... but they're not conscious. Shiro will never believe it. There's only residual consciousness from the real souls around them... echoes, collected in vessels.
Anyone who puts faith in the power of objects doesn't have any power of their own.]
Not exactly. You didn't choose your soul. It's what you were born with. You have some control, to be sure... but first you have to acknowledge he exists, and beat him at his own game. Hah! It's what Ichigo did ta me.
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[That's where they'll always differ, probably. It might be a ridiculous notion to him, but those little sparks are all that Yukio has ever known, even long before the faintest idea of a whole other 'spiritual' world ever crossed his mind. To him, they're just as alive as 'real' souls are--sometimes almost moreso, when it comes to comparison with actual people. It's pretty likely that he's probably wrong, in that opinion--but objects have been far more reliable and relatable than most human beings that he's ever met.]
[And without the power of objects, he simply wouldn't be where he is right now.]
Oh? And what if I don't acknowledge him, then?
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[Pushing every single button and LOVING it. Who makes their own friends? Sad, lonely bastards. That's who.
Naturally, Yukio finds more solace in objects. They don't challenge him, or argue, or have opinions. They're easy, simple to understand. ]
He'll get your attention, by any means necessary. When he's ready, of course.
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And besides, I've never designed friends. Why would I want to do that?
[No, not friends. Just. Props. Very realistic props. Some children use toys or their imagination to expedite playtime by themselves--Yukio used both 8|]
[doesn't make that "lonely bastard" thing any less true, though @.@]
[Very easy. They don't ask about your feelings, or the validity of your motives, or scold you when you do things that you shouldn't even when you deserve it. So much less of a hassle to deal with.]
Maybe he's never gonna be ready. Bit late on the uptake already, isn't he?
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[Even if he just learned it recently. Friends are nice! People that don't care if you make a mess when you eat, and keep you from doing stupid shit that might otherwise get you hurt... having his own body has taught him much.
LONELY LONELY LONELY. Even canon!Hollow has Zangetsu.
SO much less of a hassle... but without the FUN. The challenge. What good is life if it's easy?]
How old are you? Twelve? That's not long at all to wait. Maybe he's patient. Waiting for the exact moment... of your weakness.
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[FOREVERALONE.JPEG]
[Oi, life's hard enough without having to mess with pesky human interaction too 8| THERE ARE FAR MORE PRODUCTIVE CHALLENGES TO ENGAGE IN KTHNX]
[Yukio neglects to answer the question on age, simply because he doesn't feel like it and the Mun really has no idea herself but always guesstimated about 12 anyway SO. Instead, he waves a hand dismissively.]
Then he'll just have to wait forever, I guess, because such a moment is never going to happen. [UWAAAH YUKIO SO CONFIDENT AND SO UNREALISTIC PFFF]
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Humans aren't THAT hard to figure out! Shiro thinks they're kind of fun! Aside from being a food source.]
Ha!! Your confidence is misplaced. You won't be able to be on alert forever. That's just not how it works! You'd go crazy. And... ya gotta sleep sometime.
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[Yukio's just weird like that, alas. He's still working on the whole real people =/= props thing, which is a fact he tends to forget easily. But give him time. He's getting there. Baby steps. Just ask Jackie.]
Why would I need to be on alert? Nothing's ever happened before to warrant this sort of concern; I don't see how it's supposed to be any different now. You only found something, didn't you?
[Even as the question leaves his mouth, of course, the other possibility crops up in his head--the possibility that you didn't just shout in a cave, that you did something else, like actually prodding whatever might have been in there and why had he never thought about that until just now--?]
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[You'll get there, one day!! JUST KEEP AT IT!!]
[he shrugs nonchalantly] Maybe I woke it up! Keehehhee. You never know! It's no good to turn your back on a hungry animal, after all, no matter how small and weak it is.
[gringringrin :3]
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[UGH UGH BUT IT'S SO HARD AND WEIRD AND CONFUSING 8(]
[also, FFFFFF THAT GRIN--]
[The scowl returns. Figures you'd confirm that suspicion now...]
[But no, he won't show you how just acutely that bothers him. Nope. Not at all.]
You're wrong. [points] And even if you're right, I don't care.
The next time you try to touch me again, you're gonna regret it.
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[WELL DEAL WITH IT, YUKIO.
B] ALL THE SMILES.
More of that nonchalant grinning. Of course he couldn't just LOOK and not touch. He's like that bratty kid in a museum; it's interesting BECAUSE it's off-limits!]
So stubborn. You remind me of Ichigo that way. And ohh? Am I? I think I remember that the last time we came to blows, I won. Pretty handily.
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[THE SARCASM, IT BURNS]
[Although it tapers off fairly quickly with that next line there.]
...Don't go comparing me to Kurosaki, thanks. [AND THEN--a slight pause that's distinct all the same, because. It's perfectly true that you won epically that last time--and he'd had his Fullbring upgraded during that time, to boot. :\ But admitting that you're right? HE DOESN'T WANNA DO IIIIIT.....] --Yeah. Doesn't matter.
You'd still better not do it again.
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[snickering. Seriously, who cares what you think, you antisocial freak?]
You want to make a bet?
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