towerofanimus | Every day's great at your... Animus?

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Every day's great at your... Animus?

Characters: Yosuke Hanamura and YOU! Yes, YOU!
Setting: Room 2-14 and Floor 14
Format: Action is vastly preferred, but I'll prose if you want. Just be warned - prose tags take me a lot longer.
Summary: Yosuke arrives! Derping ensues.
Warnings: Swearing!

Room 2-14

[Yosuke's never been quick to wake up - unless it's someone waking him up in the middle of class. Laying in bed an extra few minutes is normal. What's not normal is the bed, the room, or anything about this place. And then panic ensues! What we end up with is one Yosuke trying his best to keep calm as he takes in these strange surroundings in a slight panic]

What the hell?! Who's idea of a joke is this!

Floor 14

[Yosuke - now dressed in his usual threads, headphones around his neck, has found his way to the entertainment room. He doesn't feel particularly jolly though, and rather than enjoy the entertainment he's sprawled on a couch, looking up and contemplating the last few hours of his life]

[Approach?]

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[ Yosuke, she blew up the first terminal she saw. Of course, chickens do not belong on keyboards and beeping was bound to ensue, so she kind of put an arrow in it.

Let us hope you are REALLY good at teaching people. ]

That may not be a bad idea. I'd be willing to help.

[ Link kind of screams "hi I go into dungeons all the time", anyway, so going into the unknown was nothing new. ]

[As long as she doesn't blow up his MP3 player, he can be patient. Probably]

Really? Alright, then you'll be the first person I find if I start seriously planning something. [~~okay second or Naoto will lineface forever~~]

[He pauses for a moment as something occurs to him]

Jeez, listen to me. I almost sound like some kind of leader. I guess Souji rubbed off on me more than I thought.

[ ~~I make no promises~~ Oh she'll try not to, Brosuke. Don't worry.

Link is used to the lone wolf thing, to be honest, so it's odd to be doing stuff with anyone else, but there is one thing she DOES know... ]

Anyone can lead if they have the courage. It's not a gift everyone possesses, however.

[Anyone, huh? Is it something he really has the courage for? Yosuke can't help but second guess himself - he's the advisor type, right?]

[Stupid brain...]

What about you, Link? You ever had to wear the leader hat before?

... Me?

[ ... Ah. She's a bit modest, so she doesn't think she needs to state the whole "chosen" Hero of the Goddesses thing unless he asks directly. ]

Not very often, though I don't mind doing it. The task I was given was laid out in front of me, so there was not much direction needed. It wasn't meant for those who would rely on others, though I do have help at times, it mostly falls on my duty.

[ No one stays with her, aside from her horse and her fairy partner. The Sages work from afar, and Sheik... well. She'd never seen him stay anywhere at length. ]

... But you seem to be used to working in a group.

[Yosuke is conflicted. On the one hand, he's impressed - facing down most of anything alone, nevermind shenanigans that would require him to be heavily armed - is impressive. It really speaks to the strength Link has, both physically and mentally]

[But on the other hand... what's wrong with relying on others? Didn't they get so much accomplished as a group? Hell, they saved the damn world! Sure, no one knew about it, but it doesn't make it less awesome! So what if they needed to lean on each other sometimes?]

[He's not sure how to feel, and it shows in his demeanor - suddenly he's not quite looking at Link, or really at anything]

Yeah, back home I was part of a group.

[ Link doesn't think there's anything wrong with working with others, to be honest. It's just that... she is not allowed to have help, and there IS no help for her to have. What little help she gets is from a distance and fleeting, or a small fairy, or a horse. This was entirely her burden to shoulder. She feels awkward, now, herself, looking down. ]

... It must be nice, to have company.

[ There... might be just a tinge of sadness in her voice. ]

What are the ones you work with like?

[ Hurriedly, she tacks on something: ] ... I-if it's all right for me to ask.

[He's not sure why, but suddenly he feels like he's been a gigantic ass to Link. His awkwardness is suddenly of a different sort, as he tries to be more accommodating of his new pointy-eared friend]

Of- of course it's alright! Sorry, I uh... I guess I just got homesick for a minute.

[And here comes the list! Strap in Link, it's a doozy. But as he starts to go through it, his expression quickly softens and before long he's smiling brightly]

Souji's our leader, and the nicest guy you'll ever meet. He always seems to know just what to say and do, so I don't exactly mind following his orders. Then there's me, and after that Chie and Yukiko. Chie's got a hot head and a short temper, but she's the strongest person I know - you do not want to be on the wrong end of her kicks. Yukiko's usually quiet, but if you get her laughing she won't stop for at least five minutes.

Oh, right, I can't forget the bear. Teddie... well, he's interesting. He's still learning a lot, but I swear that bear flirts with anything even remotely female. Rise... well, she's energetic, sweet and outgoing - pretty much everything you'd expect from an idol. Kanji's tough and incredibly scary, but he's really not bad - he just doesn't want people ragging on him for what he likes. And as for what he likes, at the top of the list is one Naoto Shirogane, the detective price. Just being in the same room as Naoto makes me feel dumber in comparison.

[ It's okay, bro. Her best friend is a fairy that basically never stops talking animatedly, so she'll listen to the whole thing! ~~Good thing important points are always highlighted in red text!~~ ]

Your friends sound wonderful. I believe I'm acquainted with the last of them.

[ ... Heh. How she wishes Navi were here. Part of her is a bit envious, the friends she'd had... they didn't know her anymore. She couldn't be around them, because of this timeline. ]

It's good to hear you value your friendship with them. Division and mistrust breed ill, after all.

Value them? That's one way of putting it. I'd trust any one of them with my life.

[He sighs before turning his attention back to the present, giving Link a playful punch to the shoulder]

Though you seem like a pretty good guy yourself. Not that there was any doubt - if you're alright with Naoto, you're alright with me.

[ ahsdflhg punch! Haha, okay, she was not expecting that one, but have an amused smile. So this is what socializing is. It's kind of weird, to be honest. Usually people expect things out of her, without even asking.

.. Well, Yosuke seems pretty cool, at least. So she doesn't really mind being a little friendly, at least. Even if she's quiet by nature. ]

... You seem to know your way around weapons. If you don't mind me asking, what sort of thing is it you and your friends do?

[And there it is, the million dollar question. And there is absolutely nothing that's going to be easy to explain to Link. Time for super generalized answers!]

Ninety percent of the time we're just regular students going to school. The other ten percent, we fight monsters in another world and save people who become trapped there.

Oh, then we're alike in that regard.

[ Pausing. Hang on... for all the things she could pause on to think of, she accepts the "we save people from TVs" bit. But... ]

What are "students" and "school", though?

[ ... Yeah. That. Did I mention she grew up in a forest and was raised by a giant Tree with a mustache? ]

[The fact that Link fights monsters? Not terribly surprising, all things considered. You don't walk around that armed unless it's for a fight or cosplay, and... well, cosplayers sure as hell don't act like that]

[... but how the hell is he supposed to explain school?]

O...kay...

[He scratches the back of his head]

A school is a place people go to learn from teachers. History, math, reading - all the basic stuff. And a student is someone who goes to school to learn, not to teach.

[ She looks thoughtful for a moment, before chuckling, because it sounds so ridiculous to her. ]

... Your world sounds very strange, Yosuke. And your people have no fairies or guardian...?

[ SO weird. ]

[Strange? That's the funniest thing he's heard all day, and he can't help but smile]

[... but then he hesitates for just a second]

By fairies, you mean...

[ Yeah okay she's kind of seriously raising a brow now. You sound so silly to her, Yosuke. ]

Surely you know? Partners and guardians... they're very important--at least, they were where I grew up.

[ Lol what growing up you're technically ten, but details. ]

They're quite small, generally all one sees is their colorful glow and their wings... all of them have different colors to them, too.

[ A pause. ] ... I hope you don't mean to ask me if they exist?

[There's a look of relief on his face that Link means THAT kind of fairy... and that look quickly shifts to a blank stare]

[Fairies and swords and bows... what the hell kind of world does Link come from? But Yosuke doesn't want to be a total ass, so he tries to compose himself and respond as best he can]

I, uh... well, I've heard of fairies! Just, where I come from, they're kinda sorta, um... well, legends?

Not considered real?

[ A VERY different one. ONE INVOLVING PRINCESSES AND EVIL KINGS AND MONSTERS. And dragons. And stuff. All that mythological crap. ]

... Not real? That IS strange. A fairy coming from the forest to choose someone is a rite of passage in my home. Usually, a Kokiri and their fairy are inseparable.

[ Haha, Navi came to her late, it's true. And at the Deku Tree's discretion... which could be thought of as her not getting one on her own, but she's not bothered. Navi was her best friend and an invaluable ally. Though she DID wish she was here... ]

I can say with one hundred percent certainty that a fairy has never come from a forest to be my guardian or partner.

[And now, to change the subject from fairies!]

So you're a- a Kokiri? I've actually never seen anyone with ears like yours before. They're sort of cool.

[And remind him of elves but he'll leave out that part]

... Oh. Um. ... Thank you.

[ She can't really think of a good compliment back. What is being social and not being awkward? ]

Yes, I suppose I am, but not by birth, more by... adoption. If I was a true one, I wouldn't age.

[ Eternal children and all that. ]

[~~oh we haven't gone anywhere near awkward yet~~]

[So then he's NOT a Kokiri? ... not that Yosuke even knows what it means to be a Kokiri, but this is just getting more and more confusing]

Okay, hold on. So the Kokiri are immortal, but you're not a Kokiri, you just live with them. And it's normal for every immortal Kokiri to have a fairy best friend, who's also their guardian?

[ ... Oh, haha. Poor Yosuke. Link feels kind of bad for confusing him. ]

I apologize, explaining things is more said fairy's usual task... not mine. I... honestly do not do well with this kind of thing.

[ "He" is quiet for a moment, considering. Speaking is... not what Link is used to, obviously. ]

If it helps... I didn't know this myself until very recently. I'd always been... different, from the others, living there. No fairy had come to me before, and it had been a very long time, which is unusual.

Edited 2011-12-12 06:00 (UTC)

[Crap crap crap!]

[Cue Yosuke feeling like an ass again. Of course he'd bring up the you-don't-belong memory. He didn't mean to remind Link of that, honest! The teenager flusters again, trying to find some way to recover]

Well... different or not, you seem like a good guy! I bet those Kokiri people were lucky to have you there. Plus, you still got a fairy! So there's that!

[ Flustered right back! IT'S OKAY REALLY-- ]

A-ah, I didn't mean to cause you discomfort...

[ asdfjhs' trying to fix this sob. ]

It's simply that you asked, and the answer is... complicated. I had been chosen to fulfill things outside of my home, so it should have come as no surprise to me that I was not one of them. I was left in their care, and I am grateful for it.

[ Link's a little sheepish, here. Modesty? Yeah, there is definitely a lot of it. ]

Your friend told me that he works for the greater good. Justice. You do as well, by saving others, correct? ... Well, my duties are similar as a Hero chosen by the Goddesses who created our world... it's something only I could do, so I usually don't have company.

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