033. Video

[killswithapen]

[In the park today, a sleeping puppy in his lap, Light looks peaceful, hair lifted by a light breeze. He's out here to get away from everything going on at the house, and the peace and quiet has let him think. The sunshine coming in through the leafy canopy that shades him casts his face in mottled light and shadow, and makes his vermillion shirt

Comments

[video]

[deservesabone]

Well, tryin' to start with a clean slate is a good start.

[video]

[killswithapen]

Thank you, Sam.

[video]

[deservesabone]

Just glad to see you takin' a positive step.

[video]

[killswithapen]

I've strayed so far into darkness, Sam. There's a lot to make up for, and some people who simply won't forgive me no matter what.

video.

[torporheart]

How long before you came back?

[ :Y straight to the bit he cares about most. ]

video.

[killswithapen]

It took me less than two weeks, I think. Near says the maximum so far is four months.

video.

[torporheart]

Does he mean you specifically, or for someone who's died in this place in general?

video.

[killswithapen]

That's right. I think the man in question was the one who's close to Edgeworth, judging by the length of time involved.

[voice]

[gentiana_clusii]

Kinda a pretentious name, isn't it?

Nice words. I guess you have to live up to them now.

[voice]

[killswithapen]

Which one? Yagami?

It should be no trouble; that's the thing with having no other choice.

[voice]

[gentiana_clusii]

'Night,' 'God,' and 'moon'? You tell me. But whatever, you're not the one that chose it.

What makes you think you don't have any other choice?

[voice]

[killswithapen]

I like it better than say... 'The tree on the hill,' or 'Quiet stream.'

Because, strangely enough, people don't put up with killers for very long once they're aware of them.

[video]

[heartdissonance]

Admittedly I liked it when we were Shiraga and Kurookano.

[video]

[killswithapen]

Did you? Shiraga was a beautiful name, I think. I'd have liked to have kept it a little longer.

[video]

[heartdissonance]

A name with 'Shira' in it... I know that part well.

I have always wondered what you could have done with my name. If anything. The ideas behind it interested me.

[video]

[killswithapen]

If the note could have killed you when nothing else seems to be able to, you mean? I wonder too.

[video]

[sequincy]

[well.]

...Have you read about the Native American approach to names? They believe a person's name should change as the person does, a new one adopted as the soul grows and matures, shaped by learning and experience.

The idea has always appealed to me. Names carry baggage. It's difficult to move forward when one becomes a burden. [all of this said calmly, placid]

[video]

[killswithapen]

Do you think your name carries much baggage? Ishida is a samurai clan name, isn't it?

[video]

[sequincy]

Most names do.

Ah, yes. Somewhat. They were a small retainer clan. There are three in the history books, a father and two sons. They backed the wrong candidate for the Shogunate at the end of the Sengoku Jidai; the elder son was the losing general at the Battle of Sekigahara. He was taken to Edo and executed, and his father and brother committed seppuku rather than become prisoners.

[video]

[killswithapen]

Still, with baggage comes nobility. Some remember the worst things, but sometimes there are excellent things that one's family has done. Mine have been police officers and in the army respectively--Yagami. My father and his father. What they achieved, and died doing, lives on in my name.