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]

Comments

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. ]

[uncalled]

You don't even know my Obaa-chan! [she probably smacked him a lot for being an overly hyperactive child]

But I mean, what's the point in learning from ancestors in 'great battles'? [using air quotes for that one!] If they're dead, that probably means they lost. Can't be that great. I'm just saying.

[SAKON LOGIC]

[paycheck]

Does that mean you don't want to talk to her again?

[ sheesh, sakon. respect the dead. ]

... Are you serious? [ he kind of wants to hit sakon now. ] People learn from failures as well as victories. If their failure resulted in their death they've probably had time to realize what went wrong. Plus, what about the people who died honorably? Or the ones who lived through their battles and died peacefully? You wouldn't want to talk to any of them either?

[ where is a newspaper when you have to whack someone with it? ]

[uncalled]

Well, not here at least. That'd be the worst status report ever. 'Sorry obaa-chan, I've been captured and now people are probably going to experiment on me soon. In fact it's probably not a good sign that I can communicate with you at all because that might mean that I'm dead!'

[he hasn't thought any of this through at all though, he's really just making it up as he goes

which is pretty obvious when he considers Sasuke's words.... and ponders them....]

But all their battles aren't that relevant anymore, you know? Like maybe I'd want to spar with them or something but I'm not cut out for the strategy talk anyway! Not that I need to be, since Hanbei-sama's a genius tactician anyway.

[aka he has almost no interest in intelligent conversation whatsoever]

[paycheck]

Well, you're going to come back anyway so it won't be too long a conversation.

[ ninja logic, whoop whoop.

also, what the-- god damnit, sakon. he just sighs and drags a hand over his face. ]

Any warrior who ever wants to improve would know not to think like that. You should never be satisfied by what you have already and always seek to improve or you're no good to your lord. Would you want to fail Ishida-dono because you thought you were already fine as you are? Then, you come across something -- especially in a place like this -- that can outwit you? You can't rely on Ishida-dono or Hanbei-sama who isn't even here to think for you, Shima-kun. You have to be your own strategist.

[ why is he even putting in the effort to say this much, it's not like sakon's gonna listen, ugh. he just CAN'T BELIEVE THIS GUY IS A RETAINER. NO WONDER MITSUNARI'S SUCH A FAILURE. ]