Voice/Written/Action - 002

[moezama]

[Voice]

Um, can everyone hear me...?

...

Is everyone okay? I mean, what happened here the last few days. Is that really normal for this place...? [his voice trails off slightly as he pondered on the events.]

...--Oh, sorry! I just...I'm sorry to anyone I spoke to while I had that weird mask on during that week. I didn't mean anything I said.

Ah, anyway...there was something sort of important I needed to talk to everyone about. Firstly, my name is Kazuma and....well, I'm speaking to everyone to clear up a misunderstanding. I mean, as long as you're not busy with something already...[Yea, this is off to great start.] Maybe I should write this out.

[Written]

I've been told there was someone who used to be here that went by the name Hazama. I'm talking about him, because people have mistaken me for him since I arrived.

[A pause]

That is, people tell me I look like and sound like him, but I'm not him. I've never met him or knew of him until I arrived here. [....Was there something else he had to say after this? What did that woman tell him...?] Someone told me about the filters, and that it won't work if they're not here, right? You should try that if you want to check.

That's all I really wanted to say. I did look into what he was doing here and I'll say this now, I can't possibly do anything he could. [Hazama's voiced entry was still ringing in his ear] I don't know why we look the same either, so I can't really answer that. I just wanted to make sure I said something about this to everyone, so [there's a pause, as he taps the page with his pen] so thank you taking the time to read this, and if you still don't feel comfortable around me, I'll understand. Just as long as you know.

[Action]

[...Ok, that should be good enough. He hopes that's good enough, because he's feeling a little ill after making that public announcement. He was never good with these kinds of thing, but it needed to be done. At least he had the option to write it all out instead of talking.

He's going to be in the living room of House 48 for a while, just until his anxiety finally drops and he could go about his business for the day. He had something he said he would do for Miss Litchi, but hasn't gotten around to actually doing it. Probably shouldn't hold off on it anymore, since they really need to get more food for the house. The least he could do after Miss Litchi and Thirteen took him in and nursed him back to health.

So a little later that day, he's going to be seen heading for the grocery store which...was honestly kind of strange walking around town and seeing it was just fine after the moon supposedly crashed into the place. While he's at the store he's going to slowly realize that he probably should have asked for some help. Orz. W-Well, he could always take several trips. Not like he was in a hurry to be anywhere...

More importantly on his mind, what eggs should he get? If there was one place in the grocery store he would spend a long time at, it'll be down the aisle where the eggs. There's just...so many choices, so many different texture to each egg.

You know those people who like to pick and check the eggs in the cartons at the store? That would be Kazuma right now, picking those "perfect" eggs.]

Comments

[Action]

[catus_carnival]

[And guess who else is in House 48. Guess who else is behind the couch, creeping up on Kazuma? Because while he didn't do anything when she was observing him, she's still not trusting him completely. He has to pass the Tao test.]

[Action]

[moezama]

[Annnnd Kazuma doesn't notice a thing. He's too busy staring into the journal to notice a certain Taokaka was creeping towards him.

Gotta make sure this looks okay. Yea. Not too embarrassing, and making sure he explained everything.]

[Action]

[catus_carnival]

[Good. She has to get in nice and close before she does this. She creeps silently, until she's almost at his ear. Then:]

Meow.

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[planetcrusher.livejournal.com]

[You know what's great about today? There isn't candy everywhere, keeping her from precious and delicious consumables. Going back to the "daily" routine -- it's one way to recover from something as traumatic as the moon supposedly crashing against the surface of the village.

But her attention is diverted the moment she notices a flash of green by the aisle with the eggs. The written entry comes to mind. She'd read it. She just hadn't responded, because she prefers face-to-face interaction.

What the heck is he doing?]

How're the eggs?

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[moezama]

Beautiful. [Saying this out loud without even realizing he did. He was admiring a white egg when she approached him, perfectly shaped, hard to the touch, and without any fractures on it's shell. Perfection. And he's sure it'll taste just as good when he boils it--]

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[moezama]

[And then realizes someone was talking to him] Uh, that is--...[ooook that was pretty awkward. Putting egg back in the carton now]

I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were there.

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[planetcrusher.livejournal.com]

[Did he just call the egg "beautiful."]

Well, you were pretty invested in that egg just now. Grocery shopping?

[Action]

[cry-camellia.livejournal.com]

[Tsubaki still has mixed feelings on the whole Kazuma issue, but it's getting harder and harder to justify her hostility now that he's becoming more or less a permanent fixture of House 48. He's even in the living room... right now. And with the look on his face? It's hard not to be concerned.]

That must have been difficult...

[Action]

[moezama]

[He glances up at her for a moment and then back to his journal. Everyone in this house was here around that time...it made him feel slightly uneasy around them, even though they said they believed him.]

It's...better I said something than keep quiet. I don't want to keep having to explain myself. [Which isn't really much when he still didn't quite understand it all himself.]

[Action]

[cry-camellia.livejournal.com]

[She nods.] Of course. It's always better to get something out of the way than to let it drag on indefinitely. But for the people who won't believe you... are you ready to deal with them all at once, if they have something to say about your claims now that everything's out in the open?

[Taking a seat beside him.] You look a little unsure.

[ voice ]

[repudiate]

So what you're saying is.. There was someone here who looked and sounded like you, yet you've never heard of them? Must be pretty unsettling.

[voice]

[moezama]

A bit...it was like discovering a lost twin brother--but, we're not related in anyway.

I...I don't think.

[voice]

[repudiate]

Who knows, maybe the two of you really are related. You know, like some long lost twin brother or something like that. It's not really unheard of nowadays, there are shows about that stuff all over the place.

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[molinet.livejournal.com]

Cap—

[Wait. Wait, wait, wait. He just read this. And he thought the Captain sounded a little weird... apologizing in that way. That and he sounded so... timid.]

—You're not Hazama?

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[moezama]

[O-Oh, this person sounded suspicious. Keep calm, keep calm-you know the truth Kazuma, you can argue your point.]

No, I'm not. [Great start.]

[Voice]

[makeitquick]

Sounds like this Hazama guy was pretty glam if this was a deal 'nuff for you to work up some courage. Sucks.

[Voice]

[moezama]

[There's a short pause as he listens to how she spoke.]

I've already had a few instances where I was nearly attacked because of mistaken identity. That's...why I had to say something. I want to avoid any further conflicts like that again.

[action]

[squaring.livejournal.com]

[Oh, it's the weirdo from that one time at the library!

Oh, now he's being a weirdo in the shops! Seriously, he's been staring at that egg for at least five minutes now... it's weird.]

Eh... shopping, Kazuma-san?

[action]

[moezama]

[Eggs are awesome, don't judge him!]

Yes....[He was still staring at the egg in his hand, but soon snaps out of it and looks warily at who was talking to him]

Um, I mean yes, I am.

[Action]

[moehealer]

[sup Kazuhazarumi

you must really like eggs

well that doesn't matter anyway because like...

there's a Dodrio that, for whatever reason, is outside of its Pokéball and frolicking around the grocery store. specifically, it's staring at you.]

[Action]

[moezama]

[He loves eggs very much, yes. And I'm going to seriously make this canon with all the animals harassing Kazuma in this place.

He doesn't notice anything right away, until he notices three sets of eyes were LOOMING OVER him while he was staring at his egg in hand.]

....Uh. [W-What the hell. This bird has THREE heads! They're...they're not this egg's parent are they? Kinda...shrinking back now in horror.]

[Voice] Sorry this is so late! ;_;

[not_meatbuns]

If you mean the whole incident with the moon, no, that... hasn't ever happened here before. [Earthquakes, yes. Moons falling on their heads? No.] Unfortunately, it seems like you arrived just in time for it.

[His whole explanation of Hazama just tears at her, though. Kazuma is a good soul, she knows. She really hopes this makes life a little easier for him.]

[Voice] Late? What are you talking about? This isn't late at all.

[moezama]

Miss Litchi. [...a sigh] That's just my luck.

I'm sorry about what happened last week. That mask...I don't know what came over me.

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[black-onslaught.livejournal.com]

[Try the filter trick to double-check if this guy was Terumi or not? Admittedly, it was an idea that could probably work. But given that Terumi still went by two different names at one point, what's to say that he can't somehow trick the journals into only registering for this guy's name. Kazuma.

And Ragna knows that he told Hakumen that he'd buy the story that this guy and Terumi are not the same person (at this point), and he knows that Hakumen has no reason to lie about it when Terumi's a common enemy between the two, but... still. Ragna can't find himself trying to believe this guy. His hatred for Terumi -- Hazama, whatever -- is just too strong.

He has to make sure for himself.] You say you've got nothing to do with the guy? Prove it.

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[moezama]

...

[...kjasjghsajk That voice. That voice. That voice he hears almost everynight in that weird dream. This is really not the best time to be hearing things again! N-No, wait....There's actually a source. It's not all in his head, this time it actually belonged to someone!

But...that can't be really...he glances at his journal and stared at the face on the journal's camera for a long time. This man...he felt recognition, but how could that be? The question rises in his mind just as he says it.]

Who...are you? [Yea, he just threw Ragna's question out the window. Sorry.]