eclipsedonmyoji | [Ninth Stanza]: [Accidental Audio]

[Daisuke's comm clicks on, and though distant, he can be heard muttering rapidly to himself, apparently in a panic of some kind. What can't be seen is that his powers are going haywire, and things are floating around the room, rising and falling erratically.

There's a loud banging on the door, and he lets out a frightened scream.]

GO AWAY! Go away go away...

Dai! It's me, Ana! Open your door!

[Ana bangs on the door again, Daisuke screams again, and something is thrown against the door, causing the object to shatter loudly.]

NO! DON'T TOUCH ME! D-don't... don't... LEAVE ME ALONE!

What the hell, Daisuke?! Let me in! I'm not going to hurt you!

NO!

[Another scream, louder and shriller this time, and several objects go flying, hitting walls, the door, other objects. Muffled amongst the noises is a threat from Ana that she'll break down the door if he doesn't unlock it. When he screams again, the door cracks and thuds open, Ana entering only to get beaned in the head with a flying lamp and thrown back out in to the hallway, door slamming closed via Daisuke's power.]

Sh-shit! Some one help! Something's wrong with Dai!

No no no... l-leave me alone LEAVE ME ALONE!

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Well, they have been appearing outside of dreams. Seems to be a two pronged attack.

...what'd you see?

Hn...

[curls his legs up and wraps his arms around him]

Something I thought I'd finally forgotten...

That is the rather interesting thing. It does seem that whatever pops up is something expected...like the person knows...

... wonderful. So much for repressing memories.

[glances at worriedly]

I didn't hurt you, did I?

That is a good question, how they're getting that without people noticing.

Nah. I'm very limber and flexible. I can dodge stuff you throw around randomly easily enough.

[... snerk

guttermiiiind]

Well, good. Wouldn't want you to get hurt 'cause of me.

[Precisely what he met to do. And moves to wrap his arms around his waist, resting his chin on his knee.]

Don't worry. I'm a rather hard person to hurt and keep down.

Of course I wouldn't have tried that if I wasn't able to get in contact with a healer to have healed those stitches all the way after I became conscious, but that's fortune for you.

[sighs again]

I'm just sorry I wasn't able to help you sooner during that...

Are you gonna be stupid too? I don't hold anyone to protect my life, but me and Funabashi. But I pay Funabashi to do it.

Oh, don't. [grunts in annoyance and looks away] I'm allowed to care about you...

Caring about me is different than trying to take any blame for my injury. It was my fault. The scars will be a lovely reminder of that. But I don't want people guilt tripping over me.

Wishing I could have been there is not the same as taking blame, either. It's an idle thought. Nothing more.

Hmmm....fine. Just so long as you don't go on a guilt trip. Already got enough of that from Watanuki and Nya-chan.

I won't. I know my limits, Keiji. It'd be nice if you gave me a little more credit than that.

I am a people reader, but that doesn't mean my reading are always one hundred percent accurate, you know.

Hn...

I suppose I'm a bit difficult to read.

That's the way of it. The more I care, harder to tell.

Che. You say that like you're the only one who has a difficult time reading me...

Well, I could do it fine before...

I-...

... really?

Yeah.

I think it's because I'm not good with myself all the time, so when people are close to me, it's harder to tell how they direct their emotions towards me.

Also, less practice.

... you do realize I meant it when I said I'm difficult to read. Of the entire band not even Ana could figure me out that well, and she's... well... right on top of everyone's lives.

The fact that you can-... well, could... I don't know, that's strange to me. I've done a lot to make myself as closed off as possible in that.

*Shrugs.* Like I said, I read people. I have to read some of the most brilliant liars around so I don't get my company screwed over. You are closed off by choice. They're closed off for necessity, choice, and several others reasons.

I can read distant people just fine, really.

You'd probably be the first that could do it so easily, then...

[he pauses, then chuckles tiredly]

I think this is the point where you make some smart assed comment that I wasn't hanging around the right people...