accidental video post :: same old story, not much to say...

[turn_a_blindeye]

[The lake. Kakashi stands on the edge of the water, looking out over a clear, moonlit, still surface of water. He weighs something in the palm of his hand, looks at it, and then chucks it out over the water. The rock skips a few times before plopping under the surface. He lets the surface still, as if waiting for something

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Private to Kakashi

[heavenly_earth]

[He watches, unwilling to interrupt Kakashi's relative peace and responds later]

...Enjoy, sensei.

Private to Kakashi

[heavenly_earth]

...No, but it seems unlikely for either of us particularly after this long.

Private to Neji

[turn_a_blindeye]

[There's a pause. He clears his throat.]

Maybe. But Edward was here for a very long time...then he started posting less and less... And suddenly. Well, you know.

Private to Kakashi

[heavenly_earth]

Mmm. I wonder if it was intentional or not- that he wasn't head from often steadily anyway.

Itachi-san arrived with us, but left months ago, then Edward who had been here a significant amount of time. It does seem random. ..Are you hoping either or both of us leave soon?

Private to Neji

[turn_a_blindeye]

...Maybe they somehow know... It's not the first time someone's followed this pattern. Gai, Edward, Oliver, Saul...others I can't name right off.

Hoping? Why? You want to get rid of me, Neji?

Private to Kakashi

[heavenly_earth]

I wonder.

[Remembers that last he knew, you were dead in the future, and he scrambles to correct that inquiry]

No, not at all, sensei. It was just a question.

Private to Neji

[turn_a_blindeye]

Of course. In answer to your question, I'm not hoping to leave. If I stick around here long enough, maybe Gai will wander back in for a while. Maybe my team will stay. But if I leave...Obito is gone. As for you...if you go home, at least Lee will be your own age--maybe it could still work out.

Private to Kakashi

[heavenly_earth]

I see.

[There's a small note of hope in his voice as he hears of the possibility]

Perhaps. I suppose we won't know until something happens, however.