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redhotmama) wrote2012-09-17 04:41 am
redhotmama) wrote2012-09-17 04:41 am
[001] Accidental Audio
[There is a book laying on a near by table that Kushina doesn't see as she rushes toward the window. The first rustle of wind doesn't even jostle the pages, however when she flings the window open, the book flies open with it. There's a moments pause as Kushina takes in the contents of outside, the chill in the air, the foreign feel. The first thing she deems to greet Luceti with is:]
WHERE IS MINATO!? This isn't..!
[But then her angry heart-felt cry stops, the words dying mid-sentence as a wave of emotion tears into her. Whatever anger she felt quickly faded in lieu of grief. A loud bang against the window's frame and the rattle of glass.]
Naruto... Minato...
[It's quiet and sounds as though Kushina is on the verge of tears, if not already crying.]
This isn't the afterlife, I know it. It doesn't feel right. It's too real. I shouldn't be able to feel pain, y'know!
[Kushina slumps to the floor, the sound reverberating softly in the near-empty room. What was she supposed to do here? What was this place, even? It wasn't where she was supposed to be. Nowhere had ever felt more wrong in her life.]
WHERE IS MINATO!? This isn't..!
[But then her angry heart-felt cry stops, the words dying mid-sentence as a wave of emotion tears into her. Whatever anger she felt quickly faded in lieu of grief. A loud bang against the window's frame and the rattle of glass.]
Naruto... Minato...
[It's quiet and sounds as though Kushina is on the verge of tears, if not already crying.]
This isn't the afterlife, I know it. It doesn't feel right. It's too real. I shouldn't be able to feel pain, y'know!
[Kushina slumps to the floor, the sound reverberating softly in the near-empty room. What was she supposed to do here? What was this place, even? It wasn't where she was supposed to be. Nowhere had ever felt more wrong in her life.]
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... Kushina?
[Stare. He can't even immediately make a crack about seeing her; it's been too long, and she's a part of the past he tried too hard to ignore.]
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Kushina wipes the evidence of any tears away before she stands again, and finds the journal open and Jiraiya's picture.
What the--?]
Jiraiya? I always knew you would be published, but I didn't think you would go this far!
[Oh look, even now she has a sense of humor.]
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Ah, these books are special, apparently. This whole place is 'special,' if you ask me. But it's a good way to see old familiar faces.
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Well, I know it's not the afterlife. I doubt you'd die so easily, old man. So you can't be greeting me from the other side.
[Though they're harsh words, she's only teasing him. Jiraiya played a pretty important role in her and Minato's life, so he's more of a friend and father figure than someone she'd be purposefully rude to. And it's not her style anyway.]
How long have you been here, and what do you mean by these books being special? I've never seen anything like this.
[cue Kushina picking it up to examine. what a shaky scene~]
1/2
2/2
[He shrugs a little.]
Well, you can see some of what it's doing. Apparently they keep everyone all connected in this place. Pretty neat, if you ask me. If only my publisher could have worked out something like this...
[Not getting into how long it's been since he saw her, no sentimentality over one of his favorite people, one of his actual close friends... this is Jiraiya. Keep it casual, keep it cool. Like he just saw her yesterday.]
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Publisher... you finally did it?
[And now Kushina's going to flip the book back up to see Jiraiya's picture again, peering closely to the book as if trying to study it. She noticed his age difference immediately, but didn't dwell on it. Now that it was staring her in the face - literally and figuratively - she couldn't help it.]
Congratulations! What did you finally decide to write about anyway? I never got to ask you.
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[He is actually pretty proud of that. See, he can write! At the 'never got to ask,' his expression wavers faintly, but he holds back. Ah, death, the big elephant in the room in this place.]
It's adventure and romance, a little something for everyone!
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Kushina laughs, though.]
If you write any here, let me read? You know Minato and I both always liked your writing.
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Of course! Nothing can make me stop writing! Although... heh, it's a little different from Gutsy Ninja, I have to admit.
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[Nope. She doesn't look surprised. What would surprise her is hearing Kakashi is his biggest fan, since she never would have pegged him as being such a pervert. From Jiraiya, it's expected.]
Ignore the nosebleed in the icon, just wanted the face XD
Well not very much, anyway.
[There is totally more to his books than hot sex. Totally. Naruto can vouch for him!
... That would be the number one most wrong thing to say, though.]
okay I totally lost it seeing that XD can't not laugh at Jiraiya
Have her giggling, though. She was only teasing, but wow man. So transparent.]
I wouldn't expect any less of you.
oh, laugh at him all you like, he deserves it!
Hey, it's sold like wildfire. I've been making a mint! 'Number one bestselling series across the continent...!'
<3
[She actually looks sorta taken aback. What, with remembering how he'd been after his first book flopped. It was such a good story, she remembered being shocked by it. About as much as she was to hear he was a best seller now.]
That's great, Jiraiya!
[All excitement gone, Kushina turns her glare on him in that stern motherly way.]
You've been keeping them away from Naruto, right?
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[Ah, this is where they should be - laughing and joking, as though nothing has happened.]
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So what were you hiding from me earlier anyway?
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... Hiding from you?
[Blink, blink. He's more thinking about Naruto than what he'd avoided mentioning.]
Nothing, nothing! Why would I be hiding anything?