[The video function turns on to display a very disgruntled and tense-looking Juudai. He's shouldering his red-and-gray bag and is looking very intensely into the camera.]It's one thing to be taken to a different dimension -- been there, done that, multiple times over. I don't even care where I am anymore, since it's never mattered to me before. I
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J-Judai!? Is that you!?
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Johan!!
[His face brightens with a smile.]
Jeez, it's been a while! When did you get here?!
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But that's not important right now. Are you okay?
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Yeah, I'm all in one piece... physically, anyway. [He looks and sounds a little wry saying this.]
Spiritually, though... I'm not really sure. I... aibou and Yubel are gone, and so are the rest of my spirits. I just can't hear them, if they're even there at all, and I've literally never felt so, well... deaf in my entire life.
[Pause.]
...Please tell me you still have the Gem Beasts around.
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... Yeah, I know what you mean. [and he'd be lying if he said part of him wasn't just a little happy that Yubel is gone for the moment, andddd he'd be lying if he said another part didn't feel bad for thinking that, but the first part wins out so oh well - and this is all showing by his face darkening a little, for just a moment, by the mention of her name, but then it's gone.]
[and then he just smiles sadly.] I do, but only as cards. I haven't heard any of them since I got here.
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[He wilts quite a bit at that. If even Johan lost his family...]
This is so, so stupid. How could something like this even...?!
[His PokeGear starts shaking as he deathgrips it, his eyebrows move dead set in anger, and he grinds his teeth with a rage he doesn't even bother to try and hide.]
Whoever the hell is responsible for all this is dead when I get my hands on them. For doing this to me... to you...
[He's PROBABLY exaggerating that out of pure frustration, but it's hard to tell right now. Growlithe glances up worriedly at him with a worried rumbling sound forming in his throat.]
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[shaking his head at that, and sighing.]
It's not so easy to say that. I mean, this world might be like the other ones, but there doesn't seem to be as much... malice behind it. Why would they have allowed us to be with these Pok-- [well, since it's Judai, he can speak his mind at least.] these Duel Monsters and be so close to them? And to all the other people in the same situation as us? It's...
[but then he sighs again] ... Not that I don't agree with the sentiment. I really do miss everyone, even if they're right here with me.
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[He opens his mouth to reply, then promptly shuts it again before saying anything rash. It's true that this place seems generally much happier than the world full of darkness and turmoil under the radar of the average person that he left behind, though...]
Well, how many others are there who have come from other dimensions?
I just... I can't forgive that this has happened. You screw around with my friends, or my spirits, and you screw around with me. There's gotta be a way to fix it...!
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I know. Trust me, I do. For the time being though, everyone who's shown up like we have seems to be moving forward. Maybe you should do the same? There might be something at the end of all of this that has the answer we're looking for.
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...I'll find her. I didn't make a promise to her to have my words forcefully ripped from me. I'm not waiting for this situation to sort itself out, either. It's just not happening.
But, dammit... it was only supposed to be me who had to deal with this shit, not you too...
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You aren't alone, Juudai. Even without your spirits, or... her. Get some rest, though, okay? It's pretty late. We can talk any time.
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...Yeah. You're right, I guess. Maybe I'll walk a little more to clear my head, though... I feel like I wouldn't be able to sleep if I tried right now.
[He smiles, quite wearily.]
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If that's the case, I don't have a choice, do I? I have to be able to see my family again no matter what, and if that's how you feel about it, I'm with you all the way.
Take it easy.
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