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phonetasmal2018-05-07 06:36 pm
foolishjustice) wrote in phonetasmal2018-05-07 06:36 pm
Calling the Old Man Out
[Goro has barely been seen since getting back from the Fissure, only leaving his room briefly to eat a couple times a day, coffee in hand and looking half asleep. Now, though, he seems to finally be properly awake...at approximately 8PM.]
Good...erm, evening, I suppose. I’m sorry I’ve been so absent lately, that Fissure must have taken more out of me than I thought.
But, now that I’m recovered, there’s something important I need to tell everyone. The last batch of new arrivals included a man named Masayoshi Shido. He’s my father, and a truly despicable man, who has had numerous people killed for his own convenience or benefit. He even had my mother killed to cover up the scandal of my birth.
[Here he holds up a phone, showing a picture of Shido...with what looks like avocado and cheese smeared on his face and a shrimp up his nose, wearing the most tiredly Done expression as he reaches for the offending crustacean.]
I injured him in the forest in retaliation for the things he’s done to me, one of my boyfriends, and countless others, but don’t mistake him for someone who deserves your pity. He’s physically not much of a threat, but he is a skilled schemer and manipulator, and-
[ Which is the moment that the video will shake, and a very brief flash of a familiar face (spoiler: Akira’s) can be seen. Off-screen, he’s gently pressing a kiss to Goro’s cheek, whispering that he loves him. Don’t mind the view of a ceiling for a moment, guys - it’s a nice ceiling, at least?
… He’ll properly make it up to Goro, later, if he can? For now, though, he gently brushes the fingers of one hand through his boyfriend’s hair. Akira’s face can properly be seen, after he takes a quiet breath. He looks… well, how most would remember? Only with a bit more of a tiredness to it, maybe.
Though, that’s not taking away from how serious he looks as he speaks. ]
... and, while Goro is right about all of that, there is one more detail I feel should be taken into account. Shido isn’t a good person, but he’s well-aware of that now. He’s done unforgivable things, but his eyes were opened to all of it after his ass was kicked.
[ JUST SAYING… ]
Anyway, nobody has to worry about him. Besides, he knows if he tried anything, he’d have to answer to all of us from his world, and then some.
[ JUST SAYING... ]
[This is the point where Goro takes his tablet back, looking a bit huffy.]
It’s true, he isn’t likely to be a threat now. But he absolutely doesn’t deserve anyone’s kindness or sympathy.
Good...erm, evening, I suppose. I’m sorry I’ve been so absent lately, that Fissure must have taken more out of me than I thought.
But, now that I’m recovered, there’s something important I need to tell everyone. The last batch of new arrivals included a man named Masayoshi Shido. He’s my father, and a truly despicable man, who has had numerous people killed for his own convenience or benefit. He even had my mother killed to cover up the scandal of my birth.
[Here he holds up a phone, showing a picture of Shido...with what looks like avocado and cheese smeared on his face and a shrimp up his nose, wearing the most tiredly Done expression as he reaches for the offending crustacean.]
I injured him in the forest in retaliation for the things he’s done to me, one of my boyfriends, and countless others, but don’t mistake him for someone who deserves your pity. He’s physically not much of a threat, but he is a skilled schemer and manipulator, and-
[ Which is the moment that the video will shake, and a very brief flash of a familiar face (spoiler: Akira’s) can be seen. Off-screen, he’s gently pressing a kiss to Goro’s cheek, whispering that he loves him. Don’t mind the view of a ceiling for a moment, guys - it’s a nice ceiling, at least?
… He’ll properly make it up to Goro, later, if he can? For now, though, he gently brushes the fingers of one hand through his boyfriend’s hair. Akira’s face can properly be seen, after he takes a quiet breath. He looks… well, how most would remember? Only with a bit more of a tiredness to it, maybe.
Though, that’s not taking away from how serious he looks as he speaks. ]
... and, while Goro is right about all of that, there is one more detail I feel should be taken into account. Shido isn’t a good person, but he’s well-aware of that now. He’s done unforgivable things, but his eyes were opened to all of it after his ass was kicked.
[ JUST SAYING… ]
Anyway, nobody has to worry about him. Besides, he knows if he tried anything, he’d have to answer to all of us from his world, and then some.
[ JUST SAYING... ]
[This is the point where Goro takes his tablet back, looking a bit huffy.]
It’s true, he isn’t likely to be a threat now. But he absolutely doesn’t deserve anyone’s kindness or sympathy.
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But that is not enough.
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Then grovel. Spend the rest of your days begging me to acknowledge your significance.
don't mind him just cutting in -
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But you are still a person.
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Goro Akechi, I am not fit to be your father. I have hurt you beyond belief... in ways I know and will never know. Were I not so negligent, maybe your life would have been kinder, and filled with less pain. Your mother, beautiful and brilliant and strong as she was... may very well still be here today.
I have robbed you of your life, of much of your happiness, and of your future.
[A wavering breath.]
Please forgive me.
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.....It's a start.
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Because that is what you deserve.
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The reason I know so much about his crimes is that I was involved in perpetrating them. He used me as his own personal assassin and terrorist. So, really, what I deserve is to be sentenced for mass murder.
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[He covers his face, letting out an unsteady chuckle.]
My life was never in question. I knew from your first demand that I wasn't getting out of things with my life. The only question was if I died then and there, or survived to take you down before your flunkies retaliated.
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You were without parental figures for most of your life to teach you the value of your own life. To teach you the value of many things. To make your childhood a happy one.
You are not responsible for how things turned out. The failure is mine.
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[More broken laughter.]
Gold plated shit is still shit, you just have to look past the outer layer to see it. And that was only a matter of time...so really, the only value I had was my ability to ruin you!
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What of the people here, who actually know who you are? Is that what they think of you?
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[He's not even really exaggerating. If not for them, he can't be sure he would have taken the job of Composer.]
They're the reason I'm not hiding behind that mask as much, anymore. Because you're right, it is stupid to give such a damn about people I don't even know. But before Akira, nobody gave a damn about me! And even him...hahaha...what's it matter if someone cares when you're supposed to kill him, anyway? And living a life where you're nothing to everybody is torturous. Even if the public's adoration was shallow, it was something! It was the closest I came back then to feeling like I was somehow important, after everyone who should have cared abandoned me!
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And yet now you're clearly cared for. Are you going to keep letting your past define you?
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