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[open] Life is but a fleeting dream, an illusion
WHO: Aki and you!
WHERE: Apprassage, outside of her apartment building.
WHEN: 21/06, early enough in the daytime.
WHAT:
WARNINGS: There will be a memory regain down the line in a planned thread with Sakura (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
gudaguda) that will deal with suicide, but I will warn for it in the header of the tag too once it happens.
Also this is a hell of a long read under the cut...be prepared.
[Honestly, if she didn't know better she'd have assumed this was all planned against her.
The weather isn't too bad today. The sky is still missing, but she's greeted by warmth when she wakes up and a fairly pleasant breeze through her window. Souji's sleeping soundly at the foot of her bed...and most importantly, she doesn't have work today, so she's slept in to the point it's almost the afternoon.
Usually her birthday was just another day, not one she'd bother doing something like taking a day off for, but this year things were different. Retrospec may be a nuisance, but she can't deny it's put her in contact with more people than she'd ever have been with before. It's gotten her closer to some people and, in one case, even pushed her into a relationship beyond just friendship. She was smiling a lot more lately. Things really weren't bad.
Of course, speaking of friends, most of them are likely working, or busy, so she won't have to deal with visitors for a little while. It's the perfect opportunity to lounge around her place for a little while and just goof off. She grabs herself some breakfast, takes a spot on her couch and fires up her console. A few hours of games before socialising sounds like the best way to spend her alone time.
But after some time, there's an unexpected knock at the door. It seemed a little too early for visitors yet, but school was out for the summer, wasn't it? It could be Yuuko...well, no matter. She stands up from the couch and walks to her door to answer; it's a familiar face who barges his way in and closes the door behind him, but it isn't a welcome one.]
...you're...
Yeah, I'm glad to see you remember me! And this!
[He flashes his hand, bandaged still, a mark on his pride to be driven off by someone he shouldn't be fought off by, let alone intimidated as he was. Her eyes search the room for her sword, but it's not within reach. As it stands she's completely cornered.
But she can tell there's still an imbalance here. He might be the bigger and stronger one of the two, but he hasn't laid a hand yet or tried to even strike her. In fact, he's keeping his distance from the look of things.]
You're too soft, girl. You were an idiot to let me go...because I'm not gonna let you survive after what you did to me.
[She can't even remember why she let him go; she'd actually been all set to kill him when it happened, but whatever convinced her otherwise is completely gone from her head. But that hardly matters now anyway. He walks over and grabs her by the arm, dragging Aki to her bathroom and all but throwing her to the floor inside. The door closes soon after, and from the outside he blocks the door so she can't get out. After that, it's hard for her to tell what he's doing out there, honestly. There's the heavy sound of his footsteps, sure, then he leaves...
...she hears Souji barking first, and it isn't long before smoke starts creeping in through the cracks in the door. The fear sets in at that point and she realises she has to get out of here, no matter what. If there's one thing she's thankful for in her crappy apartment, it's that the doors aren't too well made; she picks up a metal stool she keeps in her bathroom and, after a few attempts, manages to break through the door. But the fire's more evident now, and against every instance she's heard you should just get out and not worry about your stuff, she still navigates her way through everything to pick up her sword, her wallet, and to make sure Souji gets out. She makes her way out and down the building noticing other people on her floor have already abandoned the place (nice of them to check on her, really) and once she's outside at last, the relief in her chest almost makes her a little light headed. ...or is that the smoke? She can't even tell.
But the emergency services are prompt. After it's all over, there's talk of the fact it's nothing short of a miracle that only one apartment was badly damaged, while the apartments either side of that one didn't suffer nearly as much. But as glad as she is noone is hurt, it's really of no us to her, knowing that one apartment was her apartment.
If anyone's come by to check on the situation, she's sat off to the side having already been checked on by the paramedics, a blanket draped over her shoulders and a glass of water in her hands. From the look of things she's hardly touched it though, just staring into it wistfully...she moved her three years ago and built her life she had now from the ground up, starting with absolutely nothing. Having it all taken away in what feels like an instant...she hasn't really processed that yet.]
...it's all gone.
[Her dog is at her side, apparently playing with a human skull cast in gold, but dogs are simple creatures like that.]
WHERE: Apprassage, outside of her apartment building.
WHEN: 21/06, early enough in the daytime.
WHAT:
It turns out you can't just humiliate gangsters without them coming back for revenge. The first year she decides to take the day off for her birthday, her apartment is the target of an arson attack, which just so happens to coincide with the date of the honnoji incident for a particularly important memory regain. What a coincidence!
WARNINGS: There will be a memory regain down the line in a planned thread with Sakura (
gudaguda) that will deal with suicide, but I will warn for it in the header of the tag too once it happens.Also this is a hell of a long read under the cut...be prepared.
[Honestly, if she didn't know better she'd have assumed this was all planned against her.
The weather isn't too bad today. The sky is still missing, but she's greeted by warmth when she wakes up and a fairly pleasant breeze through her window. Souji's sleeping soundly at the foot of her bed...and most importantly, she doesn't have work today, so she's slept in to the point it's almost the afternoon.
Usually her birthday was just another day, not one she'd bother doing something like taking a day off for, but this year things were different. Retrospec may be a nuisance, but she can't deny it's put her in contact with more people than she'd ever have been with before. It's gotten her closer to some people and, in one case, even pushed her into a relationship beyond just friendship. She was smiling a lot more lately. Things really weren't bad.
Of course, speaking of friends, most of them are likely working, or busy, so she won't have to deal with visitors for a little while. It's the perfect opportunity to lounge around her place for a little while and just goof off. She grabs herself some breakfast, takes a spot on her couch and fires up her console. A few hours of games before socialising sounds like the best way to spend her alone time.
But after some time, there's an unexpected knock at the door. It seemed a little too early for visitors yet, but school was out for the summer, wasn't it? It could be Yuuko...well, no matter. She stands up from the couch and walks to her door to answer; it's a familiar face who barges his way in and closes the door behind him, but it isn't a welcome one.]
...you're...
Yeah, I'm glad to see you remember me! And this!
[He flashes his hand, bandaged still, a mark on his pride to be driven off by someone he shouldn't be fought off by, let alone intimidated as he was. Her eyes search the room for her sword, but it's not within reach. As it stands she's completely cornered.
But she can tell there's still an imbalance here. He might be the bigger and stronger one of the two, but he hasn't laid a hand yet or tried to even strike her. In fact, he's keeping his distance from the look of things.]
You're too soft, girl. You were an idiot to let me go...because I'm not gonna let you survive after what you did to me.
[She can't even remember why she let him go; she'd actually been all set to kill him when it happened, but whatever convinced her otherwise is completely gone from her head. But that hardly matters now anyway. He walks over and grabs her by the arm, dragging Aki to her bathroom and all but throwing her to the floor inside. The door closes soon after, and from the outside he blocks the door so she can't get out. After that, it's hard for her to tell what he's doing out there, honestly. There's the heavy sound of his footsteps, sure, then he leaves...
...she hears Souji barking first, and it isn't long before smoke starts creeping in through the cracks in the door. The fear sets in at that point and she realises she has to get out of here, no matter what. If there's one thing she's thankful for in her crappy apartment, it's that the doors aren't too well made; she picks up a metal stool she keeps in her bathroom and, after a few attempts, manages to break through the door. But the fire's more evident now, and against every instance she's heard you should just get out and not worry about your stuff, she still navigates her way through everything to pick up her sword, her wallet, and to make sure Souji gets out. She makes her way out and down the building noticing other people on her floor have already abandoned the place (nice of them to check on her, really) and once she's outside at last, the relief in her chest almost makes her a little light headed. ...or is that the smoke? She can't even tell.
But the emergency services are prompt. After it's all over, there's talk of the fact it's nothing short of a miracle that only one apartment was badly damaged, while the apartments either side of that one didn't suffer nearly as much. But as glad as she is noone is hurt, it's really of no us to her, knowing that one apartment was her apartment.
If anyone's come by to check on the situation, she's sat off to the side having already been checked on by the paramedics, a blanket draped over her shoulders and a glass of water in her hands. From the look of things she's hardly touched it though, just staring into it wistfully...she moved her three years ago and built her life she had now from the ground up, starting with absolutely nothing. Having it all taken away in what feels like an instant...she hasn't really processed that yet.]
...it's all gone.
[Her dog is at her side, apparently playing with a human skull cast in gold, but dogs are simple creatures like that.]
