IC ✦ Voicemail

[uncalled]

[Let's keep it short and simple-]

Hey, hey! Guess I'm doing important stuff but if you think your stuff is important too, tell me what it is and we can flip a coin.

See ya!

[beep!]

[ooc: action tags also welcome! seriously just ram into him or he's apartment 7.1]

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[uncalled]

Nobunaga! The Demon King! Dramatic cape and evil Western weapons and general aura of absolute terror?

[duhhhhh]

voice forever; sorry for the late!

[uncalled]

[The call actually makes him feel awful. He knows he'd failed in saving a lot of people and true that it was worse to see his friends die in front of him, there wasn't much helping the fact that Nadia had also suffered on behalf of his weakness-

So instead of the boisterous guy on the battlefield, he's actually quieter when he answers. Contemplative.]

Hey there...

... I'm fine. Really. You can call me Sakon, and... [A sigh.] I'm really sorry, Nadia-san.

[aeolian]

... Never heard of him, but that definitely sounds demonic!

[ said the demon. ]

it's cool!

[tooshallpass]

[She tries to smile reassuringly, but that's probably the most useless thing you can do on a voice call ever.] Oh... Please don't apologize. There's nothing you or anyone else could have done... It just -- I'm still here, so I suppose no harm done?

[Wow, it is taking every ounce of strength to keep it together right now.]

[uncalled]

No harm--

[He repeats after her, flabbergasted and indignant for a moment because there's no way that any of that was okay.]

Definitely harm done! I mean.... even if you don't want me to feel bad about it, it's hard to help, you know? I just... I wish I could've done more...

[tooshallpass]

I just... [She doesn't want anyone to worry, especially someone she doesn't know all that well.] I know, I'm sorry. But I'm alive, so there's no -- no need to worry...

[uncalled]

But... But dying probably sucks! Or at least that's what I've heard.

So I'm not saying that you're doing it on purpose or anything but... no need to put up a big front.

You don't need to spare the feelings of someone who couldn't help you.

[tooshallpass]

[That strikes her as funny and she laughs.] 'Sucks' would be an understatement...

[She takes a deep breath. Alright. Honesty is cool, she guesses.] ...I just didn't want to start crying on the, ahm, telephone. That's all. I've been doing it enough since, well... coming back, I suppose.

[uncalled]

[And that gets him to wince.]

Yeah, no, I figure. I'm really sorry about that still...

[honestly he doesn't know how to deal with upset people so he's grasping for straws here-]

Would it be better to cry.... off the phone, maybe? Are you alone?

[tooshallpass]

I -- yes, I'm alone. [At least she assumes; she hasn't heard her roommates in a while, but she hasn't really been listening, wrapped up in her blanket fort of solitude.]

It's fine, though. I don't mind the quiet. It's actually... It's nice right now.

[uncalled]

You sure....?

I mean, I kinda want to apologize to you in person too.

action; also you didn't see that

[paycheck]

[ SAKON!!! it does not matter where you are or what you're doing (hopefully you're not using the bathroom) but in a split second, there will be a swirl of shadow and then hello, have a ninja falling into step with you. ]

Shima-kun! Funny running into you like this. So crazy.

[ yeah what a crazy coincidence. w/e he has an agenda and sakon is the one who has the answer for him. ]

action forever; see what

[uncalled]

[luckily he is not in the bathroom but he was probably in the middle of wandering around and the last time shadows swirled around him, he got abducted so he's actually on his defense and-]

Not this time, horse ghost!!

[ . . . oh. wait.]

Ninja... ghost?

[and now he's just tilting his head because this is not how he expected this to go]

Uh. [play it cool, sakon] What's up, Sarutobi-san?

not a thing

[paycheck]

[ sasuke's just going to give sakon a very, very, very flat look as he stops in place and just stares at him.

and keeps staring.

and keeps staring.

aaaaaaand keeps staring.

actually, he doesn't even respond to sakon's question just stares at him with that very very very flat look.

FINALLY HE SPEAKS. ]

Horse ghost.

[ what. ]

[uncalled]

[wow he feels the judgment

which just makes him squirm a little on the inside but

on the outside he's trying to maintain his poker face and]

... Its name was Equus.

[paycheck]

[ he's just going to continue to stare at him blankly because wow sakon, wow. ]

Well, at least it introduced itself.

[ this is a conversation that is happening. ]

[uncalled]

[this is a conversation that is happening and it's going to get worse because now sakon looks confused]

Wait.

... I don't speak horse, Sarutobi-san.

[paycheck]

[ oh. ]

I never would've guessed.

[ BECAUSE YOU LOOK LIKE A HORSE ]

[uncalled]

I have many talents but talking to animals isn't one of them.

[and he looks a little bummed out]

Not even animal ghosts... even though that sounds really lonely.

[paycheck]

Why would you want to talk to animal ghosts?

[ i mean, have your horse ghost and everything but ]

Why would you want to talk to any ghosts? Lonely or not!

[uncalled]

I never said I wanted to! Ghosts are probably really vengeful and tricky! Besides, what would we even talk about?

They're kinda... y'know, dead. Not much to relate on there.

[paycheck]

You wouldn't want to know about great battles from your ancestors so you can learn from them? Or talk to your Obaa-chan again, one last time? They can't all be vengeful and tricky. Some might even have their uses!

[ look at the bigger picture, you butt!!

which means, uh, sasuke's legitimately thinking about ghosts now, whoops. ]

not here; WHY DO I KEEP MESSING UP

[paycheck]

[ the same thing as here but the difference is that you get:

- can of spam (x2)

instead of more corn. he thinks you're pretty dumb so maybe you need some mystery meat on your bones. sasuke still refuses to eat that one. no sign whatsoever that a ninja has been here either, whoops. ]

editing because i'm awful with names and got mixed up, covers face

[walkietalkie]

[ guess who caved and decided she cares if he's still alive after all? ]

Sakon?

[uncalled]

[well he didn't expect this call-]

That's me! Heya Clem, what's up?