Kunai the Sixth: [Video/Action for Goldenrod]

[itsjustdust]

[Oddly enough, the gear is set down on the table, his goggles mostly obscuring the rest of the room where his Charmander and newly evolved Servine are off to one side having some sort of staring match. The voice that came over the line was indisputably human though, and thoughtful.]

I've been in this place for nearly a month now. A lot has happened in that month. I've met family, I've met friends, and I've realized that my life wasn't as much of a failure as everyone always liked to tell me it was back home.

My teammate, the one I died for, and yes, I died before I woke up here, very thoroughly and messily I might add, apparently changed his entire life based on a few things I said to try to be more like me. He even uses a phrase I screamed at him once as a motto I've heard. I kind of want to see what he's like without being so bitter, but that clearly won't happen unless he shows up here.

But... Everyone else forgot about me. I'm just that guy that gave my famous teammate his Sharingan, an eye for the unaware, and I'm not even known for my own name. My baby cousin, the one here, hadn't ever heard of me. That's my own fault, in some ways, I died before he was born, but did I really do nothing worth mentioning after my demise?

It was a war, and a lot of people die during wars, I know that, and I know I've made a huge difference in the world just by a final set of actions, but... I'll never see it. I'm not sure it's satisfying.

I'm afraid to ask if anyone but that teammate made it out of the war. What if no one knows? What if no one wants to say?

But I'm drifting off topic here.

What I wanted to say was that I don't think that just pokemon change from level to level. A whole different personality to go with a whole new body, right? How many people feel like that happened to them too?

So yeah, a lot of things happened since I got here, good things, bad things... but who else feels like they were changed in some permanent way just by getting here?

Comments

[itsjustdust]

And I lost most of my abilities. That's what made me think about it, actually, initially.

[usedshooshpap]

MAN, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS COMING OUT OF *MY* FINGERS BUT
CHILL THE FUCK OUT.
YOU'RE OVER THINKING SHIT WAY TOO MUCH.

[itsjustdust]

Yeah... I think you're right on that one. It's not like I did it on purpose though! I just got thinky apparently.

[papshooshing]

JUST STOP WHILE YOU'RE AHEAD, KID.
THINKING TOO MUCH ABOUT THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T DO SHIT ABOUT WILL JUST MAKE YOU MISERABLE.

[itsjustdust]

Someone should have told me that years ago then. I do this a lot, I just usually don't share.

[papshooshing]

SOME PEOPLE JUST LIKE TO WATCH THE WORLD BURN.
OTHERS LIKE TO STAB YOU IN THE GUY AS A MEANS OF SAYING HELLO.
THEN THERE'S THE PEOPLE WHO ENJOY DRINKING IN THE TEARS OF OTHER PEOPLE.

[itsjustdust]

I think I've met all of the above in my life, yeah.

[papshooshing]

I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE ONES THAT DO THE STABBING, REALLY.

[itsjustdust]

They are the best of the group, I'll give you that. I have a couple cousins like that in fact.

[papshooshing]

COUSINS?

[itsjustdust]

Not here, no, but back home yeah. You know, people whose parent or grandparent is the sibling of the parent or grandparent belonging to the person calling them cousin?

[papshooshing]

NOPE.
HUMAN RELATIONS ARE MOSTLY BEYOND MY COMPREHENSION.

[itsjustdust]

Ahh, well lets just say I come from a really big closely related family and leave it at that. And some of those people were vicious even when they were feeling friendly.

[papshooshing]

MY KIND OF "FAMILY."

[itsjustdust]

[He laughed, replying quickly.]

I'll keep that in mind. Face stabbing is the best way to your heart.

[usedshooshpap]

ACTUALLY, HE KIND OF STABBED ME IN THE GUT?
IT'S KIND OF WHERE THE HUMAN SPLEEN WOULD BE.

[itsjustdust]

Well that just sounds painful.

[papshooshing]

IT BLED FOR A GOOD WHILE BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT?

[itsjustdust]

It didn't actually hurt? Okay I'm impressed then.

[papshooshing]

WELL IT HURT, BUT I DIDN'T REALLY GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THAT.
IT WAS MORE LIKE A PRICK AND A STING THAN ANYTHING, RIGHT?
I WAS MORE PISSED OFF THAT IT *HAPPENED* AT ALL AND THAT I ENDED UP HAVING TO DESTROY A PERFECTLY GOOD SHIRT OVER IT.

[itsjustdust]

I understand that one! I mean, you can get bloodstains out, but holes take mending and stuff that a lot of people just don't know how to do.

[usedshooshpap]

LOOK, TROLLS BLEED AN EXEEDINGLY AMOUNT MORE THAN HUMANS DO.
IT'S BECAUSE OF THE BLOOD STAINS, THAT THE SHIRT WAS BETTER OFF ON LOHAB.

[itsjustdust]

Oh! So exact opposite issue. There's a reason I wear dark blue and black is a traditional nin color. It tends to keep the stains off. Lighter colors are usually a kind of bragging, you know, saying 'you can't get blood on me' and stuff.

[papshooshing]

MOST TROLLS WEAR BLACK, DUDE.
BLACKS AND GRAYS. USUALLY THE ONLY REAL COLOR THAT ANYONE WEARS TENDS TO BE THEIR BLOOD COLOR.
THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS, OF COURSE, LIKE WITH THE HIGHER CASTES.
SOLLUX WEARS BOTH RED AND BLUE WHEN HE CAN GET AWAY WITH IT.

[itsjustdust]

Ahhh I get you. I like orange. It's an awesome color really but not really something you can wear a lot.