I've been thinking ( Read more... )

[Kurogane is sitting in the room that he was given by Yuui, and there's an irritable look plastered across it.]

I need something to do away from this house.

[He's cramped up and needs to get rid of all this negative energy. A good fight, maybe, or some training. Or even a job.]

( Short fluffy stuff! )

-the hell?

[Video on. The video is drawn away from Kurogane's face, but it's very obvious who it is, if you've met him before. There's a rather puzzled look on his face. Then he looks away, the device falling away and showing the scenery. After a while, the video moves again, showing his face a second time.]

Damn it, where is everyone?!

[He ( Read more... )

( This fire/is outta control )

<< Dream contains references to child-suicide. Viewer discretion is advised! >>

( The sky was beautiful that day. It was perfectly clear, cold and bright, the pale sky done in a delicate blue that snapped of ice in the wind and deceptively sunny winter days. )

[Kurogane had gone to sleep last night with bumps and bruises; Father was increasing the intensity of his training, and it always took a few days for his muscles to adjust to the strain. He'd hardly felt the pain through his excitement, though--today, Father had promised, Kurogane would be able to use a live blade in sparring ( Read more... )

[There's a bit of fumbling, the screen panning suddenly as the little blond boy turns it over and again, a look of innocent confusion on his cherubic face before he finally straightnes it back out again.

And then he reaches up and scratches his cheek a bit, cuts a glance off to the side--] Are you sure? I just talk to this--

[laughter, light and ( Read more... )

( And your world will crumble and fall time and again... )

[A stomach-turning lurch, like the world has been briefly knocked off its axis, and Kurogane falls to the ground in a tangle of steel and bloodied limbs. He springs to his feet immediately, sword held at the ready in one hand. Crimson eyes gauge his surroundings, narrowing in suspicion ( Read more... )