[ He glances down at the communicator hugging his wrist after tapping it to the dog tags hanging from his neck, but elects not to respond to any messages just yet. That would involve utilizing the talk-to-text function, and he can't explain why he doesn't want to do that in front of him. It's uncomfortable. ]
Aren't you the one who said you thought our being dragged here was intentional? [ Dark eyes slide over to his walking partner instead. ] More to the point, it's fortunate that we were the ones chosen. Keeping Karin and Juugo in line would've been more difficult, anyway.
(glancing over to meet the look he's being given. though sasuke's right about Karin and juugo, he's misinterpreted something small.)
I meant our planet. This one's kinda lame, when you think about it, after you visit everywhere once you start to realize that it's all just making you act different from how you usually are.
I wonder if it's drugs they pump into the air... In which case, I'm just gonna go with you to Ira and only go to the islands afterwards.
(time to babble again, walking down the long, shallow steps that descend into the main sector of the atrium, ceilings higher than any he's ever seen.)
[ Ah. In that case he has a point, without even factoring in all the different dimensions that run parallel to their own. He's only seen a few with his own eyes but they're enough, united only by a common afterlife and by the few individuals that traverse them freely. Kaguya, Madara... Suigetsu hadn't even seen the former.
Better to get lost in those memories than in the ones Suigetsu's ramblings bring up. Drugs? He hadn't really considered the possibility, but now it'll remain -- unpleasantly -- on his mind. ]
(sandals sink into the manicured stretch of lawn in the atrium, hands bracketing narrow hips as he turns to face him fully.)
Juuust checking if you were still listening. (sasuke's really the only one who does, even if he chooses to reply sparingly to the topics suigetsu burns through quickly, earning him some of the impressive amount of respect he has (and very much keeps to himself).) This is where I met with Obito, y'know, when we first arrived?
(it was weird. he was trying to talk to him and it felt stinted.)
But there's something on my mind about that guy... I wonder if he's hiding something. Have you heard from him?
[ The name alone causes his eyes to narrow, straightening to full height as he continues to lead the way by habit over towards shallow pools. ]
He found me early on. It wasn't a conversation that resolved anything between us, he merely tried to extend offers of help to me. I don't feel like seeing him, but if he comes across anything useful I'll deal with it. [ Of course. ]
Ugh, I don't wanna talk about it— (how 'bout i do... anyway?) well, okay, he wanted to discuss a truce while we're in the outer space and asked if I was here with you. I totally lied to him and said you weren't, so it's good to know that didn't come back to bite me in the ass... After that, he was smiling really creepily about something and suggesting we go to my room to put on that terrible outfit the crew gave us in orientation.
Hahaha, I think he was just embarrassed that he was the only one wearing it...!
(blathers on, as per usual. over-explaining everything.)
Lastly, he asked me about my goal and if I was doing it to honour somebody, then about the swords and how I'd keep them all in one place which was kinda stupid since there's obviously a scroll for that kinda thing, and then we just went our separate ways after that! I was never gonna go with him, what'd he think was gonna happen?!
[ Quietly, Sasuke catches himself wishing for the same thing.
He wants to be above his past, now, above his emotions, but that past is what formulated his new goals. It's impossible to forget what Obito has done to him, how he hurt their family and then escaped punishment by dying instead; surely it'd be better to be alone as the last member of their clan than to have to share the role with someone like that. ]
He wanted to hear about your goal?
Keep your guard up. With as manipulative as he is, he may attempt to use that information against you. [ He stops then, sudden, angling his body back to face him. ]
Suigetsu. If you get a sense of that happening or feel unsafe around him, I want you to tell me immediately.
(a bit taken aback by the display of— what, worry? if it's ever been on sasuke's mind or tongue before, it's never been so blatant as it is now, leaving him holding his hands in the air like a bit of an idiot.)
Uh. (inarticulate, now's no time to flounder.) Okay, I'll... Let you know.
(unsure what to say, suigetsu stares at him until he feels the need to look away, mouth a thin, crooked line. is it stemming from the argument they had, or is it because he has no one else to rely on? he recognizes that much, in a place surrounded by unknowns and potentially threatening strangers. they're still team taka until sasuke says they're not, after all, the leader gets the final say.)
(even then, he wonders if he'd just drop it obediently. the thought makes him a bit anxious, which makes him compensate with a smile. maybe they need to clarify their relationship a bit better, these days.)
Well, it's not like he can win against you, anyway. Right, Sasuke?
[ Suigetsu's far more readable than Sasuke himself is and he can quite literally watch the progression of thoughts as they march across his face, expression showcasing his surprise, confusion, and uneasy resignation one by one. It's exactly what Sasuke expected. That alone makes him feel less out of place, less like he wants to be on his own. ]
Without limitations, back home, he can't. But here I can't pretend that I believe it'd be an easy match...
My eyes are stronger than his, that much I know for certain. [ And it's not posturing, merely an acknowledgement of the eternal mangekyou he possesses that Obito does not. Sasuke watches him for a moment longer before mercifully moving forward again, not far now from the largest of those open bodies of water that are networked by streams. ] I'd rather avoid having to deal with it, either way... but I'll do what I have to.
It's not humility, it's caution. [ Which is said as if he thinks "humble" is some kind of insult.
He knowingly steps to the side to allow Suigetsu the chance to slip right into that water if he wants to, again checking his communicator in the meantime. ] He'd already lost the rinnegan prior to his death anyway. That would've been the main concern.
I'm not underestimating anybody, I'm just saying. Maybe he'll cause more problems trying to fit in with the crowd than cause us pain, y'know?
...
Unless they all start to hate us shinobi, just 'cause Obito was creepy.
(saying that like him and sasuke aren't considered creepy right alongside him, as he crouches right beside his teammate and jams his hand into the water with a dull splash. it feels good — he hasn't had any contact with it all day, except the meagre amounts sipped on out of the bottles on his belt.
stepping in, peering past the surface with a lean forward.)
What can the rinnegan do anyway? Besides lock everyone into a fancy dreamworld?
If they're cautious around us it may be a pain but it won't be undeserved. [ No, Sasuke remains of the opinion that shinobi have cultivated a reputation and earned it, and he's absolutely self-aware enough to realize that that includes himself and Suigetsu. ]
And I don't know all of it since I haven't had much time to test out my own. Obito informed me of some of the capabilities when I asked, but... Well, I was able to utilize the chakra absorption and Chibaku Tensei, at least, but there's much more.
(of course he is, they're murderers. sometimes it's hard to put that into perspective when so many people are in their world, but talking with victor made him realize that not everyone goes around killing people out of necessity — or fun.
when he's up to his waist, the pond seems to bottom out. no concern of his, however, sinking to his shoulders with a little whew.)
So even you don't know all the things you can normally do. Isn't that kinda weird? Weren't you afraid it was gonna do something crazy all of a sudden? Does staring at things with them all day make your head ache? (dipping lower, chin connecting with the surface of the water,) Maa, I think I like looking at the sharingan better. The rinnegan would make me dizzy...
[ Sasuke takes a last cursory glance out over their greener surroundings before electing to actually take a seat on one of the larger rocks framing the pool, guard far from dropped but at least minutely lowered. He doesn't sense any threats nor does he doubt his reaction time if one should appear. ]
Ask one question at a time.
I'm not afraid, but I'll need more time to work through all of the possibilities. Headaches were occasional when I first awoke the sharingan and then again when I'd use the mangekyou, but my body is designed to handle it. You don't need to think about it so much.
(staring down at the weirdest fish he's ever seen, letting it skirt his body before passing through on its way to the far end of the pond. all the while thinks of the doujutsu, humming.)
I never thought about it before, much. I guess I didn't have any time to. (weird, now they suddenly have too much.) Ahhh, I'm just so happy to be back in the water. I think I might stay here sometimes instead.
[ There was a time when Suigetsu couldn't get out of water fast enough and thinking back to that is still jarring. How long have they been away from Orochimaru? Not even a full year, yet. ]
As usual, you jump from one topic to another... Don't get in the way too much or there'll be complaints I'll have to deal with.
(a tilt of his head, hair fanning over the surface of the water as he slides in up to his chin.)
I have a lot of ground to cover, since the war's over and I can ask you. (flapping a half-formed hand,) Since when have I ever gotten in the way? If there's a complaint, I'll deal with it. It's not my fault they made the showers too small.
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Aren't you the one who said you thought our being dragged here was intentional? [ Dark eyes slide over to his walking partner instead. ] More to the point, it's fortunate that we were the ones chosen. Keeping Karin and Juugo in line would've been more difficult, anyway.
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(glancing over to meet the look he's being given. though sasuke's right about Karin and juugo, he's misinterpreted something small.)
I meant our planet. This one's kinda lame, when you think about it, after you visit everywhere once you start to realize that it's all just making you act different from how you usually are.
I wonder if it's drugs they pump into the air... In which case, I'm just gonna go with you to Ira and only go to the islands afterwards.
(time to babble again, walking down the long, shallow steps that descend into the main sector of the atrium, ceilings higher than any he's ever seen.)
Ne, Sasuke?
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Better to get lost in those memories than in the ones Suigetsu's ramblings bring up. Drugs? He hadn't really considered the possibility, but now it'll remain -- unpleasantly -- on his mind. ]
Hm?
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Juuust checking if you were still listening. (sasuke's really the only one who does, even if he chooses to reply sparingly to the topics suigetsu burns through quickly, earning him some of the impressive amount of respect he has (and very much keeps to himself).) This is where I met with Obito, y'know, when we first arrived?
(it was weird. he was trying to talk to him and it felt stinted.)
But there's something on my mind about that guy... I wonder if he's hiding something. Have you heard from him?
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He found me early on. It wasn't a conversation that resolved anything between us, he merely tried to extend offers of help to me. I don't feel like seeing him, but if he comes across anything useful I'll deal with it. [ Of course. ]
What did he say to you?
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Hahaha, I think he was just embarrassed that he was the only one wearing it...!
(blathers on, as per usual. over-explaining everything.)
Lastly, he asked me about my goal and if I was doing it to honour somebody, then about the swords and how I'd keep them all in one place which was kinda stupid since there's obviously a scroll for that kinda thing, and then we just went our separate ways after that! I was never gonna go with him, what'd he think was gonna happen?!
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I wish he'd just die again.
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He wants to be above his past, now, above his emotions, but that past is what formulated his new goals. It's impossible to forget what Obito has done to him, how he hurt their family and then escaped punishment by dying instead; surely it'd be better to be alone as the last member of their clan than to have to share the role with someone like that. ]
He wanted to hear about your goal?
Keep your guard up. With as manipulative as he is, he may attempt to use that information against you. [ He stops then, sudden, angling his body back to face him. ]
Suigetsu. If you get a sense of that happening or feel unsafe around him, I want you to tell me immediately.
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(a bit taken aback by the display of— what, worry? if it's ever been on sasuke's mind or tongue before, it's never been so blatant as it is now, leaving him holding his hands in the air like a bit of an idiot.)
Uh. (inarticulate, now's no time to flounder.) Okay, I'll... Let you know.
(unsure what to say, suigetsu stares at him until he feels the need to look away, mouth a thin, crooked line. is it stemming from the argument they had, or is it because he has no one else to rely on? he recognizes that much, in a place surrounded by unknowns and potentially threatening strangers. they're still team taka until sasuke says they're not, after all, the leader gets the final say.)
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Well, it's not like he can win against you, anyway. Right, Sasuke?
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Without limitations, back home, he can't. But here I can't pretend that I believe it'd be an easy match...
My eyes are stronger than his, that much I know for certain. [ And it's not posturing, merely an acknowledgement of the eternal mangekyou he possesses that Obito does not. Sasuke watches him for a moment longer before mercifully moving forward again, not far now from the largest of those open bodies of water that are networked by streams. ] I'd rather avoid having to deal with it, either way... but I'll do what I have to.
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(TEASES HIM, BECAUSE HE KNOWS THE EGO'S STILL THERE.
suigetsu's all too excited to get moving towards the water, now with a certain spring in his step that wasn't there before.)
They didn't give me any limitations that I can feel. I wonder if they did anything to Obito...
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He knowingly steps to the side to allow Suigetsu the chance to slip right into that water if he wants to, again checking his communicator in the meantime. ] He'd already lost the rinnegan prior to his death anyway. That would've been the main concern.
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...
Unless they all start to hate us shinobi, just 'cause Obito was creepy.
(saying that like him and sasuke aren't considered creepy right alongside him, as he crouches right beside his teammate and jams his hand into the water with a dull splash. it feels good — he hasn't had any contact with it all day, except the meagre amounts sipped on out of the bottles on his belt.
stepping in, peering past the surface with a lean forward.)
What can the rinnegan do anyway? Besides lock everyone into a fancy dreamworld?
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And I don't know all of it since I haven't had much time to test out my own. Obito informed me of some of the capabilities when I asked, but... Well, I was able to utilize the chakra absorption and Chibaku Tensei, at least, but there's much more.
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(of course he is, they're murderers. sometimes it's hard to put that into perspective when so many people are in their world, but talking with victor made him realize that not everyone goes around killing people out of necessity — or fun.
when he's up to his waist, the pond seems to bottom out. no concern of his, however, sinking to his shoulders with a little whew.)
So even you don't know all the things you can normally do. Isn't that kinda weird? Weren't you afraid it was gonna do something crazy all of a sudden? Does staring at things with them all day make your head ache? (dipping lower, chin connecting with the surface of the water,) Maa, I think I like looking at the sharingan better. The rinnegan would make me dizzy...
(like they totally concern him as well.)
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Ask one question at a time.
I'm not afraid, but I'll need more time to work through all of the possibilities. Headaches were occasional when I first awoke the sharingan and then again when I'd use the mangekyou, but my body is designed to handle it. You don't need to think about it so much.
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I never thought about it before, much. I guess I didn't have any time to. (weird, now they suddenly have too much.) Ahhh, I'm just so happy to be back in the water. I think I might stay here sometimes instead.
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As usual, you jump from one topic to another... Don't get in the way too much or there'll be complaints I'll have to deal with.
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I have a lot of ground to cover, since the war's over and I can ask you. (flapping a half-formed hand,) Since when have I ever gotten in the way? If there's a complaint, I'll deal with it. It's not my fault they made the showers too small.
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... if you do have questions, about the war or anything you missed, you can ask those too.
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You didn't get caught in that dreamworld, right? (terribly mixed opinions on this, mostly negative.) Uh, what were you doing...?