[week 17; day 6 → 7] • video, dream

[resigns]

[ The video flickers at first, as though it's still expelling the effort in waves to try and recognize the user that's currently holding the Hitomi. All that's seen is the brief flash of a bracelet before the feed cuts out and switches, the display much more clear this time; a dream. ]

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[Video]

[ura_no_ura]

[ Well now. Isn't this just interesting. How very convenient of you to help him fill in the blanks, though really Kakashi's more amused by the tiny singing bird than anything else. ]

Cute bird.

[Video]

[resigns]

[ And while Hibari can't be damned to turn the thing back on and reply, Hibird will be more than happy to eat up compliments as to how fantastic of a bird he is. So he'll peck the video button and give a rather cheerful sounding Chirp! in response. ]

[Video] AHAHAHAHAHA OH MY GOD

[ura_no_ura]

[ Now Kakashi certainly was not expecting that. He stares at the bird for a moment, and then his eye arcs into a smile. ]

Hello there, Bird-chan. I take it your owner isn't very friendly, hmm?

[ Of course not, judging by what he saw in that dream. ]

[Video] Hibird enjoys the attention he gets on the network |D

[resigns]

[ And there's another Chirp! at the question, clearly meaning Hibird agrees with this statement.

Which Hibari will have none of. Which means he'll be snatching the Hitomi up from in front of the bird and fixing Kakashi with a rather disinterested glare. ]

What do you want?

[Reaction] 1/2

[top_magician]

[ If anyone asked, he'd probably admit it was masochistic of him to pick up his Hitomi. But he was curious, wanted to know. People come and go all the time, different versions from different parallel worlds. But. Yamamoto and Gokudera. They had been to Kannagara before. And they had come back to it. So really, it was wishful thinking, stupid and pointless wishful thinking, that had Fran pick up his Hitomi.

What he finds though, he's not sure how to feel. Part of him says to just put it back down, don't even say anything at all. It's not worth it, it's just a waste of time. Pretend like he didn't see anything, like nothing ever happened. If he's sought out, then he can deal with it then. Until that time though, if it even happens, it really shouldn't be his problem. Master and Chrome-san and Sawada would take care of it. Probably the others too. He doesn't need to do anything himself. ]

[Video]

[top_magician]

[ ...But at the same time, hadn't he even told Matt he would jump off the cliff if given the same chance? At the time before, he thought it was impossible. But now... Here he is, on that same edge as before. Only this time, Fran can't help but feel that the ground is so much more unstable than it was then. He's not as sure of himself anymore, knows what will happen if he takes the freefall like he did last time. It's stupid, he had said that to the other man as well.

Fran doesn't like thinking things. He believes in luck, probably more than anyone else. Which is why he flicks the video on his Hitomi to respond. ]

Welcome back, Hibari-san.

[ Just as deadpanned and emotionless as ever, nothing's really changed. ]

[reaction] • 1/2

[resigns]

[ He's hardly surprised to see the face appear on the screen. Because even in his absence, he remembers. Recalls the things that Fran would do, had done, and the shard of predictability Fran had is something that Hibari can count on, to a point. Which meant it was only a matter of time before something was said.

Hibari lingers over the video, over voice, then text. Debates on ignoring it all together until a later time when he wasn't so damn angry over being stuck there again. But if he didn't answer now, he probably never will. He knows this. And, in the end, he simply settles himself onto the branch of a tree not far from the clearing, leaning back in it while Hibird flies off. Perhaps to greet Chrome, give a warning. ]

[video] • 2/2

[resigns]

[ After a few more minutes pass, he finally presses the button for the video, head cocked to the side. ]

How long has it been. [ Because time flows quite differently here, doesn't it? ]

[video] AHAHA I HAVE AN ICON FOR THIS

[fakeorgans]

[ Have a picture of Chrome standing with Hibird on her shoulder.

(It Chirps! happily. Guess who flew over?) ]

Hibari-san.

[ Her expression is carefully guarded, even after witnessing everything in those dreams. Memories. Some pleasant. Some terrible. All intense. All strongly remembered. ]

... your bird.

[video] EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE AN ICON FOR IT.

[resigns]

[ Oh. So that's where he flew off to. Hibari can't say he's surprised because he isn't. Not in the least. It's almost expected that Hibird would find the person most likely to need the warning of his return.

Traitorous little bird.

Even so, Hibari turns the video on, disinterested, glancing at Hibird first before back to Chrome. He's reminded almost immediately of why he detests this place so much; an invasion of personal privacy and giving insight in his life to those who do not need it.

There's a pause in which he debates on just turning the feed off until Hibird returns, but- ]

What of it?

[video] lmao Mukuro also needs a Hibird icon at this rate...

[fakeorgans]

[ (She needs the most warning because Hibari is going to beat up Mukuro again? Gosh.) ]

... I thought I should return him.

[ Surprising, to see Hibari again? Not entirely so. Chrome had thought he might return. She... she missed the man, though. Improbably.

(And she will not say so aloud, for numerous reasons, not the least of which being that Hibari does not accept sentimentality, and speaking with him is always an exercise in choosing one's words.)

They have unfinished business, though. Don't they?

She heard, eventually, about what Hibari did just prior to disappearing.

And she knows he knows what happened to her, too. ]

I will.

[video] I'm sure there's fanart of it. |D

[resigns]

[ It's a brief commitment. One he doesn't care to acknowledge for its simplicity. Why bother, really. Instead he stays silent on his end of the Hitomi and keeps his eyes focused elsewhere. What is there to say to her?

I tried to free him?

Things are too complicated?

Who would release someone that single-handedly destroyed an entire mafia family and wants to take the world apart.

Hibari's not sure why he's doing it -- won't answer anyone that has asked. For none of them have been the right person. He answers to no one but himself, unless he chooses differently, which he so rarely does.

He does a playback from the end of his dream; what he had been doing only a few days prior to returning. He narrows his eyes in irritation, from both the fact that information was shared and, also, that he's even making an attempt to remove that man from prison.

It's a reminder that, if they could stop attempting to kill each other constantly, along with Chrome, the three of them could conquer everything and leave nothing but destruction in their

[video]

[resigns]

[ Sawada. He spares a glance down at the Hitomi as he walks, briskly, towards one of the villages. Although with the video pointed skyward, it's rather hard to tell where exactly he's headed.

But really; is it even hard to guess where Hibari would go first? ]

I don't care.

[ And- He doesn't, really. He's more focused, at the moment, on returning home. Or at least satisfying the building rage at being stuck in this damn cage again. ]

[video]

[resigns]

[ He almost reacts; almost. The twitch of his eyes tells wonders when it comes to Hibari and his lack of reaction to almost everything. Because other than rage or mild amusement, what is there that he ever displays with any type of frequency? ]

That's Vongola's problem.

[ Because, technically, it is. And Hibari, ever faithful, counts himself part of the Foundation first. Despite mentions of the Vongola previously. Because it's useful, at times, to be a member of the mafia, isn't it?

But only when it's convenient or necessary.

Although he has always been rather curious about the power levels of Byakuran, ever since his past self had been brought to the future to rectify the mistakes that so many people in the Vongola had made. ]

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[soreloserchan]

[For the second time this week, Byakuran finds himself snickering quietly at a Vongola guardian (because no matter how much Hibari denies it, he is a guardian). The dreams here reveal much more than their dreamers wish to divulge and all of this here; Byakuran finds it hilarious. Hysterical even. He'd seen snippets of what he assumed to be an affair - a fling perhaps? - with not only Chrome, but Mukuro too.

Ah, and Fran.

Well.

Byakuran wipes tears away from his eyes and digests what he's seen. So Hibari has been here before; he'd gathered as much through Chrome's dream. It's still interesting to see things from Hibari's perspective, however. He contemplates leaving this as it is; it could cause him annoying future consequences if he pushes Hibari the wrong way.]

[Voice]

[soreloserchan]

[.. Byakuran can't resist temptation, however. He opens up voice feed and the first thing Hibari will hear is a few bars of a familiar song as Byakuran hums.

It doesn't last long before Byakuran snickers.]

[Voice]

[resigns]

[ It starts as a dull ache in his chest, as soon as he hears that song, but it spreads like fire when he realizes who it is singing it. Disgracing it, more like, and the laughter that follows makes his anger burn as brightly as what his Cloud flames would do, had Byakuran been in front of him that very moment.

But he isn't, so Hibari has to tolerate it -- momentarily -- until he can actually find the man and tear him apart.

It's not a matter of winning or losing, or revenge for fights that happened too long ago. It's not to assert his power or his strength or show what he is capable of now.

Actually, it's rather simple. It's revenge. For a Namimori that he lost; the destruction of territory that had been his own. For the injuries and damaged pride. It's for many things that all need avenging, and hasn't Hibari always been the perfect person for this?

The anger spreads through him, can feel it in every muscle, every tendon, every bone. His joints lock and bones grind because he's prepared and all he's heard is laughter and a

[Voice -- Video]

[soreloserchan]

[He had expected the anger that Hibari Kyoya is infamous for. Prepared himself for it, even. That bored tone; drawling, dry as though talking to an irritating child - Byakuran finds it equally as amusing. Because he knows nothing infuriates Hibari more than the desecration of Namimori and Byakuran had all but murdered it's middle school's school anthem