Heaven's BBS - Video

[kokuyoyo]

From: Chikusa Kakimoto
Date: September 1

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[Mistakes were made.]

[As the video sparks into life, the focus is on Chikusa. Instead of the background being somewhere outside, or in some room in a temple, it's just... void. Endless void, in case that wasn't clear enough. If not for the fact that Chikusa's hair is still moving, indicative of movement in this weird zero gravity, it'd be easy to think that the background is fake somehow.]

[Instead of the usual blank expression, his lips are drawn thin in annoyance.]

...There's an intruder on the grounds of Epona's castle. He stuck me in a portal....

Someone tell Roy, the god for Epona, or Cho Hakkai, to tell Ken that I'll be back soon...

[Probably.]

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[reformedsinner]

He did what? --

[Hakkai pauses, and, controlling that alarmed tone into something more level, continues.]

Do you have a plan for getting back out?

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[kokuyoyo]

No.

[He's a chemistry person, not a time-space person, Hakkai. This is a problem he knows he has, considering the way his mouth is drawn all the tighter.]

But you have to tell Ken anyway.

[reformedsinner]

... I could try teleporting towards you.

[There is a chance -- and he doesn't know how large that chance is -- that he'll do something horrible and potentially fatal to himself by trying.

He'd managed to survive his first few inept teleportation attempts, though. If it ends very badly, he can probably remain conscious long enough to get out, and go from there.]

Who did this, exactly?

[kokuyoyo]

Do you think it would work...?

[Chikusa isn't a god; he has no idea how teleportation really works. He knows basics, like how it doesn't require movement really, but his circumstances are a bit strange right now. Hakkai isn't a person he'd prefer to see maimed by teleportation gone wrong.]

[At the question, his mouth twitches a little at the corner.]

....Do you know Add?

[reformedsinner]

I have no idea if it would work, but I don't think I'd hurt myself too badly trying even if it did not.

[If he can get into the void, he can probably also get out. Chikusa seems to be breathing normally, and not freezing to death, so it's not physically hazardous.]

I do. Were you arguing?

[Add is easy to argue with, and Hakkai's weary tone is the tone of a man who's had a few confrontations with Add himself.]

[lostinshadows]

...Who did you piss off this time?

[Honestly, Chikusa.

Lavi looks vaguely amused by Chikusa's situation, however.]

[kokuyoyo]

[Wow, rude?? He is a totally innocent party in this? Chikusa frowns, still floating.]

...He was the one that intruded... I just asked him what he was doing there, and he escalated things all on his own...

[There might have been a thing about poison, sure, but Chikusa refuses to take blame for someone being stupid.]

[lostinshadows]

You must've done something to warrant it.

[You're not a completely innocent party.]

[kokuyoyo]

[Listen, can he get 25% innocent at least.]

...I might have pointed out that he did something stupid, but that doesn't warrant this.

[futhark]

Are you saying you've already figured a way to get yourself out of there?

[kokuyoyo]

No.

[futhark]

[ Woops ]

So how can you be so sure you'll be back soon?

[kokuyoyo]

Because I have to be.

[Reaching up, he adjusts his glasses even though they were in no danger of sliding down.]

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[kagenonadeshiko]

[BBS comments from Ayumu are rare. Video responses are unheard of. But here she is nonetheless, in full housewife regalia complete with kerchief and apron, her lips pressed into a grim line. She appears to be sitting at the kitchen table, drumming her fingers on it in agitated, villain-esque fashion.]

What did you do and who did you do it to?

[Big sister's not stupid and knows you did something, Chikusa.]

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[kokuyoyo]

[WOW, WHY IS EVERYONE BLAMING HIM. Chikusa actually starts to furrow his brows slightly- actual emotion, amazing.]

All I did was ask him what he was doing on one of my god's temple lands... He's the one who immediately wanted a fight. And I didn't even do that...

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[kagenonadeshiko]

[All right. She'll give him the benefit of the doubt. At least, it doesn't seem like her frown is completely directed at him now.]

Did you see or hear anything before you wound up... there?

[The last is a little uncertain. She can't make out anything distinguishable at all in the background. And well, the free floating is a giveaway it's somewhere strange.]

Anything that might indicate who did this to you?

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[kokuyoyo]

...His name is Add... We've never gotten along when we've run into each other before, but... I didn't think it was anything that he'd hunt me down over. [There's a sort of jerk from his shoulders.] I don't think he was even looking for me... But he didn't tell me anything else, either.

Anyway... He has these machines. They control gravity... and time-space things. He shoved me into... the void, I guess. A pocket dimension? I don't really know this sort of thing...

[museumship]

Hey, hey-- see if there's any hair gel in there. That style looks good on ya!

[ Said with a laugh.

She's so helpful. ]

[kokuyoyo]

[iOWA NO]

I wear hats all the time....

[museumship]

Well maybe it's a sign that you should ditch the old beanie.

[ Waving a hand. ] Out of curiosity, when the last time you washed it?

[kokuyoyo]

[Reaching up, he adjusts his glasses.]

I change it.... every day.

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[lovemguns]

What the hell--who?

[ Damn all these magic users and Roy's complete lack of the same. ]

Don't worry, I'll tell Ken an' I'll take care'a him. You know how t' get out or how long ya might be stuck?

[ In the end, he is pragmatic. He's bristling and angry with whoever did this, but he's also always been a practical person. He needs to ask the practical questions. ]

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[kokuyoyo]

....Hakkai is going to get me...

[Probably. Chikusa focuses a lot more on Roy now, however, frowning slightly.]

Are you at the temple?

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[lovemguns]

Alright, that’s good.

[ That’s a relief. And he nods. ]

Yeah, I am.

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[kokuyoyo]

Make sure he's not there.

[Ken could run into him whenever, and Chikusa doesn't want to think about what could happen if he's not around to keep his partner in check.]

[He can't know that Add has already left as of the thread</> or the mark he left behind, but he'd probably give the order request anyway.]