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Taroutachi || 太郎太刀 ([personal profile] toobigtohandle) wrote in [community profile] recolle2017-10-04 09:54 pm

[SEMI-OPEN] Mafia Dream

WHO: Kenta, Iwai, Fai, Majima, and possibly YOU!
WHERE: Kenta's (AU History) Nightmare (head here for Taroutachi memories and nightmares).
WHEN: Throughout October
WHAT: Kenta has nightmares not only of those strange Retrospec memories, but also of his own life
WARNINGS: Yakuza, abduction and attempted assassination of a child



[At first, the scene seems innocuous enough.

A wealthy neighborhood in Japan. The street is empty and quiet, lined with traditional houses, each one bigger than the next. It's mid morning and the place is quiet.

From afar once can hear some voices. A woman and a child. They soon appear into view. The woman is wearing a kimono and holding the child's hand. A little boy with long dark hair tied up in a ponytail and slanted dark eyes. They're talking in excited voices, in Japanese. Behind them, a tall man in a dark suit and wearing sunglasses follows in silence.

All of a sudden, there's a screech of tires as a car barrels down the street and stops abruptly. Someone runs out and pushes the woman away, trying to grab the little boy. The child tries to resist and cries for his mother, but he is obviously too small. Thankfully, the man in the suit jumps forward, immediately trading blows and pulling out a gun and grabbing the boy from his would-be captor and getting him to safety behind him.

Only to see the muzzle of a gun come through the car window, aimed at the child. The man moves so that when the gun is shot, the bullet pierces his shoulder rather than the boy's head that it was aimed at.

The ruckus has finally attracted more people, men in dark suits who come out of the nearest house with guns blazing and start gathering around the woman and child, opening a barrage of fire until the assailants finally jump back in their car and drive away as fast as possible.]


'Aneki! Kenta-bou! Are you alright?'
geckoman: (You can't...)

[personal profile] geckoman 2017-10-05 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Iwai remembers having a dream of his own only to wake up...here. It's...Japan? That ain't possible. He lives in Recolle now because if he lived in Japan then...

It's weirder still that he feels like he might recognize this area. He can't say why that is but it just looks so familiar to him. And that's when he sees the woman and her child. When he sees the child almost killed and the man save him.

What the hell is he watching?

The car speeds past him and he stares with wide eyes. What is going on here? Just...what?]
geckoman: (That's your idea?)

[personal profile] geckoman 2017-10-06 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Why is he so aware that he doesn't belong here? Is this...someone else's dream or...?

The kid actually runs to him and grabs him? He doesn't even know this kid. Looking around he tries to find some person or something that this kid could belong to. Because what?

Wait, Kenta? Ain't that the name of the guy who...]


You're Kenta?
geckoman: (Red)

[personal profile] geckoman 2017-10-06 12:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[How the hell is he wrapped up in this? Where's the real Kenta? The giant? And why do they think he's one of them?

Tch. He doesn't have time for this.

Reaching down, he picks up the kid and holds him close as he follows after the woman. Okay he'll figure this out in a second. And hope this dream doesn't...loop or something.]
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[personal profile] geckoman 2017-10-07 10:10 am (UTC)(link)
[The hell is up with this kid?

Okay then, he'll go down the hall. As he does, he holds the kid close and even gently rubs his back to comfort him. To let him know that he's safe and has him. Because this is a nightmare, right? Something else is bound to happen.

If that's case he's got to keep this kid safe.

Because...logic?]
geckoman: (Guts are key)

[personal profile] geckoman 2017-10-07 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Iwai notices because he's used to dealing with guns. Because Iwai sold them for awhile and he's familiar with how they work. And he knows it's impossible for there to be a dog on this kid's head. But he also knows that means danger so he just opens the first door and ducks inside there instead.

Holding that head close to his chest, he takes a deep breath to cool his nerves. In the world of criminals getting too emotional can get you killed. He knows that.

Then he looks at the kid he's holding and even offers him a smile.]


Hey, you got a favorite story?
sotenbori: (be mine)

[personal profile] sotenbori 2017-10-07 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ majima watches, mostly horrified because he's so powerless. he can't go running into save this woman and child with so many people involved, isn't stupid enough to run out in the middle of a firefight but then it's over, and thank god, these people are okay. ]

Shit, ya guys should go inside.
geckoman: (Comfortable at home)

[personal profile] geckoman 2017-10-08 08:35 am (UTC)(link)
Nah. I won't let 'em.

[He realizes he's wearing a hat and pulls it off his head to put on Kenta's.]

How about you tell me about that princess, huh? I don't really remember that story.

[Sometimes the best way to protect a kid is to offer a distraction. Especially as he pokes his head out in the hallway. Nothing. Closing the door again, he takes advantage of the room layout to go through the other door.]
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[personal profile] flowrite 2017-10-08 12:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[This... is definitely not one of Fai's usual nightmares. He's never seen this neighborhood, never even been to Japan (for all that he likes Japanese men, ahem). He doesn't understand the language and he's not really sure why he's here, although... honestly? This kind of beats his own nightmares. Maybe roaming around a new place for a while will keep him from seeing--

The car and the shooting all happen so fast, Fai is all but useless. He can't summon up a shield in his dreams; it doesn't even occur to him to do so. All he knows is that he's suddenly terrified for the child, but there are a lot of tough looking men around to protect him and his mother, so he should be safe now right?

...wait, Kenta?]
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[personal profile] flowrite 2017-10-09 06:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Fai is still stunned even as the voices around him slowly start to make sense. It's only when the little boy is pushed into his arms that he reacts, reaching to take the little body automatically. The blond may not look like he's made of much, but he's at least strong enough to hold a little boy in his arms. And because this is nightmare logic he does as he's told, hugging the boy to his chest and turning to take him inside the house.]

Kenta... are you okay?

[So this is what Kenta dreams about?]
geckoman: (Gun dad)

[personal profile] geckoman 2017-10-09 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Far away...

Wait? Is that why Kenta is in Recolle? Because his family is protecting him from assassination attempts? Shit, that's a lot to put on anyone let alone a kid. Even now that Kenta is an adult he's still really young.

But okay. Far away, huh?]


You ever seen America, kid?

[Shrugging his jacket off, he wraps it around the kid then immediately keeps moving, body constantly getting in the way of any dots. He won't let them kill this kid.]
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[personal profile] geckoman 2017-10-09 05:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Somewhere you'll be safe and happy.

[Iwai doesn't understand the layout of this place but then suddenly they're outside. On a playground in Recolle. He remembers this place because he was already living here by this point. Looking around in confusion, he tries to figure out what is going on but...it seems okay?

Is this the representation that he got the kid somewhere safe?]
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[personal profile] flowrite 2017-10-10 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
[The dark hallway is a little intimidating, especially after the scene outside. Fai pauses, considering asking Kenta which way they should go, when the red dot appears.

Now, Fai may not be from this kind of lifestyle, may not have much of anything to do with the criminal element short of some of the people he spends time with, but he's seen enough movies to know what that red dot is. Even as some part of him is praying it's just a laser pointer, maybe another kid in the household and if he turns he'll spot them, Fai is holding the little boy in his arms closer and twisting to try to put himself between Kenta and the source of the light. If he tucks Kenta's little head against his shoulder and folds himself around the boy maybe they won't be able to get him--

But where the hell is the light coming from?]
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[personal profile] flowrite 2017-10-11 07:07 am (UTC)(link)
[It's just a dream, Fai reminds himself. This is all in the past. Kenta got out just fine, he's a grown man.

But... well. Not to put too fine a point on it, but he shouldn't be in someone else's nightmare at all. So this is Retrospec at work again, and who knows what could happen at this point? If it's safe? Memory or nightmare or whatever, they just watched a man get shot outside.]


Otou-sama... your father?

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