Asakura Yoh (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
mikanphones) wrote2012-12-10 10:26 pm
mikanphones) wrote2012-12-10 10:26 pm
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005th Oversoul ♨ Voice / Action
[Action]
[The sunrise finds Yoh leaving his house, after him a note is left behind for Madoka, together with an already prepared breakfast for her to enjoy. Today, he won't be returning home until late. The sky is clear but the cold air bites the skin through clothes with ease and the snow layer that covers the ground becomes deeper and deeper as he makes his way to the forest. The day feels pretty similar to that winter day in which he had met Anna for the first time, though when they met it had started to snow slightly. Back then Yoh had been very lonely, back then during those few days, all he had was Matamune. Now Matamune is no longer around and Yoh has many friends around him, good friends who at times feel as if they can see through him more than he would like them to, much like the cat spirit had done. Yet he still missed Matamune. He still wasn't strong enough to bring him back.]
Though I shouldn't worry about bringing him back when I can't even probably see Amidamaru yet.
[The sad smile he had transforms into a pout as he mumbles to himself. He really hates this place, it's so... Empty. It's hard to believe that there really are people who belong to this world, what happens with them when they die? Do they keep resurrecting over an over? A world without death... That's just sickening. It makes his blood boil together with everything else that is just wrong here. Sure, there are huge forests and the nature in this place is mostly uncorrupted, but he doubts Horohoro would enjoy this much either. No matter how many plants there are around, all of them feel just dead with no spirit in them, without a soul.
Eventually, he stops in a clearing, snow reaching to past his ankles as he takes off his shoes and coat, followed by his sweater and shirt. He stands in the snow and the cold, wearing just his pants as he begins a training routine. Simple exercises aimed to stretch muscles and warm up his body even under the cold, he moves slowly, closing his eyes and letting his body act on memory as he concentrates. After a couple of hours the cold stops biting his skin, the snow doesn't feel cold and wet, trapping his feet with each step he takes, time matters not to him and the winter breeze does nothing but whisper secrets in his mind. He's one with the nature around him, as void of soul as it is, it still is alive. He becomes indifferent to the elements, his mind and soul reaching for a higher state as he keeps training.]
ATCHOOOOO!!!
[Or maybe not. Okay, forget it, he's not one with the nature except for the fact that he's turning into an ice cube. Yoh hugs his own body in a vain attempt to keep some warm on it.]
F-Forget it, t-ther-e's n-no po-point in t-training if I-I d-die due a p-pneumonia!
[He can almost hear it, Amidamaru's voice encouraging him and making a fuss over him. If Anna was around... She wouldn't let him stop. But she's not around and he's still not convinced that there's even a point for this kind of training. He still doesn't know the causes of why he can't see Amidamaru as always, he still doesn't know if it's not a problem with him but something worse that may be taking a toll on the spirit. And he's freezing. He really has no mood to keep doing this for any more when he could be at his house, hidden under dozens of blankets and sipping a hot beverage.
The middle-morning finds Yoh returning to the house, stopping around the village to get some groceries he knows they are needing as well as something for lunch upon getting new ideas for it. Forget that note about being gone for the whole day.]
[Voice]
[In the afternoon, once he has warmed up his body, Yoh decides to play with his journal a bit. He doesn't use it often for himself, but today he feels in the mood for it.]
You know, lately I've noticed several people asking about the Filial Spirits in this place. To be honest I'm not an expert [Only regarding Luceti's spirits, that is.] but I talk with them basically everyday and practice with them. So... If anyone wants some help with that, maybe I can do it.
Ah, as a free piece of advice... If you're talking with Eferin, make sure you aren't somewhere where you can start a fire unintentionally, even if you're not going to train per say. You never are too safe, believe me.
[There's a pause in the recording before a soft sigh is heard, it's barely audible and it's hard to discern if it's a sad one or a tired one. When Yoh speaks, though, his tone is all but tired or sad.]
Say, what does winter mean to you? Has anything special or important to you happened during one of those cold days? Like meeting someone important, or... Losing someone important. Or maybe you just achieved something you had wanted for a long time. Or just had a small special moment that you remember fondly. I know there's Christmas around the corner, but, come on! I'm sure there's more than that in winter for everyone, right?
[The sunrise finds Yoh leaving his house, after him a note is left behind for Madoka, together with an already prepared breakfast for her to enjoy. Today, he won't be returning home until late. The sky is clear but the cold air bites the skin through clothes with ease and the snow layer that covers the ground becomes deeper and deeper as he makes his way to the forest. The day feels pretty similar to that winter day in which he had met Anna for the first time, though when they met it had started to snow slightly. Back then Yoh had been very lonely, back then during those few days, all he had was Matamune. Now Matamune is no longer around and Yoh has many friends around him, good friends who at times feel as if they can see through him more than he would like them to, much like the cat spirit had done. Yet he still missed Matamune. He still wasn't strong enough to bring him back.]
Though I shouldn't worry about bringing him back when I can't even probably see Amidamaru yet.
[The sad smile he had transforms into a pout as he mumbles to himself. He really hates this place, it's so... Empty. It's hard to believe that there really are people who belong to this world, what happens with them when they die? Do they keep resurrecting over an over? A world without death... That's just sickening. It makes his blood boil together with everything else that is just wrong here. Sure, there are huge forests and the nature in this place is mostly uncorrupted, but he doubts Horohoro would enjoy this much either. No matter how many plants there are around, all of them feel just dead with no spirit in them, without a soul.
Eventually, he stops in a clearing, snow reaching to past his ankles as he takes off his shoes and coat, followed by his sweater and shirt. He stands in the snow and the cold, wearing just his pants as he begins a training routine. Simple exercises aimed to stretch muscles and warm up his body even under the cold, he moves slowly, closing his eyes and letting his body act on memory as he concentrates. After a couple of hours the cold stops biting his skin, the snow doesn't feel cold and wet, trapping his feet with each step he takes, time matters not to him and the winter breeze does nothing but whisper secrets in his mind. He's one with the nature around him, as void of soul as it is, it still is alive. He becomes indifferent to the elements, his mind and soul reaching for a higher state as he keeps training.]
ATCHOOOOO!!!
[Or maybe not. Okay, forget it, he's not one with the nature except for the fact that he's turning into an ice cube. Yoh hugs his own body in a vain attempt to keep some warm on it.]
F-Forget it, t-ther-e's n-no po-point in t-training if I-I d-die due a p-pneumonia!
[He can almost hear it, Amidamaru's voice encouraging him and making a fuss over him. If Anna was around... She wouldn't let him stop. But she's not around and he's still not convinced that there's even a point for this kind of training. He still doesn't know the causes of why he can't see Amidamaru as always, he still doesn't know if it's not a problem with him but something worse that may be taking a toll on the spirit. And he's freezing. He really has no mood to keep doing this for any more when he could be at his house, hidden under dozens of blankets and sipping a hot beverage.
The middle-morning finds Yoh returning to the house, stopping around the village to get some groceries he knows they are needing as well as something for lunch upon getting new ideas for it. Forget that note about being gone for the whole day.]
[Voice]
[In the afternoon, once he has warmed up his body, Yoh decides to play with his journal a bit. He doesn't use it often for himself, but today he feels in the mood for it.]
You know, lately I've noticed several people asking about the Filial Spirits in this place. To be honest I'm not an expert [Only regarding Luceti's spirits, that is.] but I talk with them basically everyday and practice with them. So... If anyone wants some help with that, maybe I can do it.
Ah, as a free piece of advice... If you're talking with Eferin, make sure you aren't somewhere where you can start a fire unintentionally, even if you're not going to train per say. You never are too safe, believe me.
[There's a pause in the recording before a soft sigh is heard, it's barely audible and it's hard to discern if it's a sad one or a tired one. When Yoh speaks, though, his tone is all but tired or sad.]
Say, what does winter mean to you? Has anything special or important to you happened during one of those cold days? Like meeting someone important, or... Losing someone important. Or maybe you just achieved something you had wanted for a long time. Or just had a small special moment that you remember fondly. I know there's Christmas around the corner, but, come on! I'm sure there's more than that in winter for everyone, right?
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I'll be right back, Yoh-san.. until then, please lie down there, okay? [ She turns around, pattering off to the kitchen. ]
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[For today at least. As she patters off to the kitchen he does as he has been told, laying down on the couch. He sneezes again and waves a hand at Amidamaru's direction.]
It's just the contrast between being out there and coming here, really don't worry. Madoka will help me and take good care of me, she's a good kid.
[He chuckles lightly as he senses Amidamaru's answer.]
Well, she and Tamao are definitively different people... But it's true they are similar enough to make this house feel more like a home. If only they would realize how strong they really are and stopped being scared and worried. But you're right, that's what makes them even more special. And there's definitively nothing wrong in taking things at their own pace, they have it in them, one day they will break their shells themselves.
Hahahaha... See? I told you something good could come even from those experiments.
[Yoh really has no qualms with talking to Amidamaru openly inside the house, and he doesn't care of Madoka hears him talking about her or not. Actually, maybe he would prefer if she heard him, Yoh can be sneaky like that.]
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So even when she walks back into the room, balancing the bowl of soup, she still looks pretty focused about all of it until she finally hands it over to him and can let out the breath she's been holding in. ]
.. Phew, there you go. I hope it'll help..
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It will help, no doubt. I already feel a bit better just by holding it.
[He starts to sip it, calmly and blowing a bit to not burn himself.]
It's delicious, thank you Madoka. I'm glad that you're here, if it wasn't for you I would have ended with a cold most probably.
[He doesn't seem too worried about the idea of having gotten sick, but then again why should he when it's unlikely to happen?]
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That would've been bad, right? You shouldn't go out for too long when the weather is like this, you'll definitely get sick, and.. I-.. I wouldn't like that.
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[More laughing, though it stops when she talks about being out for too long with such a weather. That's... Not exactly the reason why he's at the edge of getting sick.]
Ah... Actually being out for long hasn't been the problem, if it was just that I could deal with it. But I thought about trying a new way of training and meditating, to commute better with nature in a way. So I took off basically all my clothes except for my pants and underwear and tried to meditate.
But I'm definitively not suited for that.
[A sheepish and nervous laugher again.]
I'm sorry for worrying you, Madoka. I won't do something like that again so it's okay.
[At least he sounds honest there.]
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Yoh, why.. did you seriously strip halfway in this kind of weather.. outside.. despite how honest he sounds, it's obvious that was a bad idea, right?! Why didn't he realise that.. ;A; ]
Y.. yes, please don't do that again.. Didn't you realise that you'd get sick from doing something like that?
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[A sip and a heartbeat.]
Yeah, Len probably would be able to do it too.
[Another pause.]
And Faust... He already pushed himself so far in his training, after all... Maybe Ryuu too, he's pretty strong willed...
[Pause and a depressed sigh.]
I'm starting to feel bad with myself. No wonder Anna is always so angry with me or that she knew I wouldn't be able to fulfill my promise to her.
[It won't last though but still...]
Listen Madoka, never make a promise to someone who can knock out your teeth with one punch. It'll hurt a lot if you have to break it.
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W-what do you mean?! Is someone going to hurt you for no reason?
Yoh is being frustrating again, sorry Madoka ;u;
[She does, even if he still doesn't want to be hurt. But deep down he has to admit that even if it's painful he still loves that part of her. Well, all of her. It wouldn't be Anna if there wasn't pain involved, and he knows he can be a pain himself what with preferring to take things easy.
Yoh laughs sheepishly as he takes another sip.]
Sorry, I got myself carried away with my thoughts and memories. Ah, but you really should watch out what you promise and to whom. It's good advice, isn't it?
it's okay, she'll always put up with him!
[ Sorry, Yoh, but Madoka is stubborn about this! Even if it's in her usual way that she can't still appear fully confident about it, but she's trying.. ]
But.. aside from that.. hmm, you're right. It's good advice.