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

[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. ]