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[powerhittou]

[Well. Mr. Endless Dragon Energy certainly is looking a lot more subdued tonight. Maybe even just a little tired with the way he's staring dully at the screen, his hand moving right at the edge of the camera's view and making loud tapping noises.]

Are you kidding me with... -Oh, shit. [He blinks, looking slightly more alert. But just slightly.] That explains it. Thought I hit text. Oookay. Uh, what was I gonna...

[The view shifts as he sets the jpad down and leans out of view, but he keeps talking.]

Hey, so did anyone ever figure out why it was raining rocks that one time? Crazy. Lots of crazy stuff here.

[Aaand he's back! He takes a long, slow sip out of what looks like a shot glass and scrunches his face up a little.]

We could make it crazier. Anyone in this place know how to party? It's the weekend and now I have this big little empty house all to myself and some leftover sake - [He makes a small gesture with the glass.] - and a ton of vegetables and no way to keep on my a-game with b-ball but I got... swords now. which is cool. Nobody to teach me to use them but I got'em.

...Was b-ball baseball or was it basketball...

[The hell was he even taking about? Baby's first unsupervised drinking night is going superbly. He gazes off at nothing in particular for a long moment before remembering that it's recording, and he flashes a sloppy grin.]

Crazy wild party at Bonnnnn-tennnnnnnn Farm. No. Kaaaa-taaa-ko farm now. Ha.

[Give him another second to remember to actually cut the feed. Surely nobody in their right mind is going to show up, right? ...Right? There isn't a crazy party, only sad loneliness and a drunk, moody teenager.]

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[gatescostmoney]

[ From a shadowy corner, Sasuke appears. He's already seen his letter and cherry pit at the cusp of turning into a sapling. Damn you, Katakura! He was trying to find one for you, and you managed to not only beat him too it but returned home without telling him how to do the same! And left him with this child to take care of as an additional insult.

He takes out a bottle of water and nudges Masamune with it. ]

You'll want to drink some water if you haven't already. Hopefully, you're not doing this on an empty stomach.

[powerhittou]

NNGAAAAAAAAAAHHHH DON'T DO THAAAAT!!

[The surprise wears off as soon as Sasuke starts speaking but sometimes you just gotta keep yelling for frustration's sake, you know? At least he quiets down once that's out of his system. He clumsily grabs at the bottle and opens it to... pour some water into his sake glass. Cool.]

I should have figured he'd ask you to babysit me. I can handle myself.

[gatescostmoney]

He didn't tell me anything like that.

[ Again, rude, Kojuro! Sasuke's going to be a petty ninja and carry a (minor) grudge! He'll take vegetables without asking! Even if he already did that at times... he'll continue it! ]

But, hey, if you want to dissolve the Sanada-Date alliance, that's your call. I can just leave you to drink yourself into a stupor and whatever else you plan on doing. You won't ever have to see me again.

[ It's an empty threat. Even if Masamune calls it quits, Sasuke would still be keeping an eye on him from the shadows. He doesn't think this brat could make it on his own. ]

[powerhittou]

And you'd just go home too? Aah, fine by me.

[He drains the water like a shot and slams the cup down on the table, letting his head thud down on it right after. Let him just lay here miserably like a sad emo teen.]

Whatever alliance is going on, I ain't got nothing to do with it anyway. I'm not any nothing with anything where you guys are from. [...Nailed it.]

[gatescostmoney]

If I could go home to where I'm from, do you really think I'd be wasting my time here? I've got a war to take part in.

[ And a master to serve and protect. It'd be something else entirely if Yukimura was also here. But he's not. That said, Sasuke takes a seat and maybe tries to refill that sake cup with more water. One little cup isn't going to help much, snake. ]

Anyways, the alliance for here was Master Right Eye's idea. You can blame him for it if you want. Back home, he'll be nothing but a monkey to kill on the battlefield. That's how it goes when you're on opposite sides.

[ A ninja can't afford to be soft like that. He... he can't. ]

That reminds me... if the alliance is gone and you have nothing to do with anything we've got going on, then I'll be taking those swords.

[ That should get a fun reaction from Masamune. He's not actually going to take them away... ]

[powerhittou]

[That's right, isn't it. Whatever stupid petty rivalry Masamune has going on with the Yukimura he knows over a single school field, it's nothing in the face of what they must have in that other timeline. Which is still stupid and petty though let's be real. People really die for it. Sooner or later one of them probably will, too.

(What if it's Kojuro?)

He slides the little glass of water back and forth across part of the table, watching it with a glazed eye while Sasuke speaks. And then it stops suddenly with the mention of the swords.]

Like hell you are. [He sweeps the glass off the table and moves to shakily bring himself to this feet. Aaah, shit, it's really hitting him now!] Only way you're going to hold those is through your ribs, 'cause the only- m-monkey is- is- ugh-

[No, hold on, he needs to stumble halfway toward the sink and just

be a nasty disgusting sick mess.

Hold his hair back or something, gross. IS THAT THE REACTION YOU WANTED, SASUKE.]

[gatescostmoney]

[ If it makes Masamune feel any better, Sasuke meets his end well before a number of others do because damn it I refuse to headcanon Yukimura dying first even if he doesn't live for much longer after. Not that he knows that for certain, but Sasuke lives knowing his life will be short. He's Yukimura's shadow, his kagemusha, after all.

And no, that is not the reaction he wanted! The angry part, yes, but not the vomiting part! He going to try to impart the danger of using a sword when (And also sparing the Yukimura from that world from having to deal with an inexperienced brat with bladed weaponry when there's no need for it!) Maybe he needs to confiscate the alcohol first. ]

Goddamn it!

[ He was afraid this was going to happen. He summons a shadow clone to get an actual glass for water and a towel while he... deals with this. Sasuke brushes Masamune's hair away from his face and gives his back and little pat. ]

Just let it out. You'll feel better once it's out of your system.

[powerhittou]

[At this level of inebriation he might actually find that kind of sad, honestly. Spoiler: he'd find it sad anyway but it would just be more visible.

But there's so many other things weighing him down right now, like the fact that he's been left all alone when Kojuro promised he'd stay until Masamune left, and Masamune's realization that he's never really been completely alone and independent, and now the tragedy of puking all over the floor and proving himself completely wrong about being able to manage himself. This miiight not be his proudest moment.

He retches a few more times, followed by a loud and miserable groan as he just gives up and leans back against Sasuke. Whatever, his dignity's gone anyway, this can't hurt him any more.]

I didn't even haaaave that muuuch... This is bullshit. Kojuro had way more. Way more...

voice

[strikecommand]

You like basketball?

[That's. That's what he go tout of this.]

[powerhittou]

No! Baseball, dammit!

[strikecommand]

Oh. All right.

[Disappointing...]

B-ball does usually stand for basketball.

[powerhittou]

Well this is my version. I'm reclaiming it. From now on, B-Ball is Baseball 'round here and that's that, you see?

[...Which, honestly, is probably the same crap he'd be spouting if he were sober. Someone put this kid in time-out.]

[strikecommand]

That's not really how it works.

[You're gonna have to fight him for this.]

[powerhittou]

[You think he's not always ready to fight over STUPID SHIT?!]

Oh yeah? I don't see anyone around here who's gonna stop me. Especially since nobody here even knows any better. They ain't never even heard of baseball.

[strikecommand]

Who hasn't heard of baseball?

[powerhittou]

Right?! Day I got here I was all set to find a field and people to practice with and nobody had a clue what I was talking about... Now I've wasted a whole summer getting rusty because I got put on the wrong bus.

Shit! I'm gonna kill that Ieyasu!! AAAAHHH!!

Voice

[coldandyearning]

[Dude. BRUH. It's been a while, what the heck happened?! But, she ain't gonna ask. Definitely not at this time.]

Those swords are different from the type I use, but I think I might be able to teach you. Just...let me know a time and place when you've sobered up, alright?

[powerhittou]

Ohh, Lady Ice Queen. What's with you always showing up when I'm at my lowest? You like a vulnerable bad boy? Haaa... I'd really like to go toe-to-toe with you.

voice

[deathwished]

[Well...heck. This was the nice guy who tried to teach her to farm, and he's not looking so good.

She is bad at comforting people. She could try to change the subject, but that would be like lying, wouldn't it?]

...Did something happen, Mister?

[She's gotta give it a shot, anyway.]

[powerhittou]

[Hmm... He can't identify this voice as easily as he did with Lady Ice Queen's, but that's because he hasn't burned some PETTY GRUDGE AGAINST HER deep into his heart. Sounds familiar though.]

Nah... Everything is aaaall goooood. I'm just having a little me party, since nobody's here to stop me.

[deathwished]

[...Did she not introduce herself? She probably didn't. Whoops.]

All right.

[If he doesn't want to discuss it, then she won't pry. She's not curious enough to, anyway. But he did say something that is curious.]

Did you say it was raining rocks once?

[powerhittou]

Yeah, I think... Thinking about it now it might have been a really weird dream. First it was snowing... stardust, I guess, then raining all these shiny rocks, and then weird animals wandered around town.

[And he just kind of sat drinking tea and watching the chaos out the window. Better than doing other stupid bullshit.]

Then it was all fine the next day. Nothing was broken and nobody was dead. Shit... maybe it was a dream after all...

[deathwished]

I fell onto the bus, somehow, and Zack says that weird magic things happen here a lot.

So it could have happened.

[Ray is very chill about being the shooting star for a while there.]

[powerhittou]

Zack? Zack, huh. Zaaack... Yeah, I know who that is. That leper. Tch.

Well he ain't wrong, anyway. This time. But raining rocks doesn't even begin to cover it.

[deathwished]

-- Don't call him that.

[Her response to the 'leper' comment is almost automatic, almost annoyed. She knows what that is, to some degree - or at least some of the connotations of the word.

Not cool, man. Not cool.]