Barnaby Brooks Jr. (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
tsunderebunny) wrote2013-09-26 03:24 pm
tsunderebunny) wrote2013-09-26 03:24 pm
Episode 2: Hindsight is 20/20 [Audio/Action]
[The first time was forgiveable. Even after the incident in Sternbild over the Christmas of 1978 (which he had never gotten to experience before he was spirited away to the beach on the other side of the enclosure last spring), Barnaby was able to find it within himself to accept the small degree of good that came with the emotionally jarring effects of the invasion from last month. It was a lie, he knew, but for a few days there he felt like he had something normal.
That itself bothered him to no end. He couldn't accept it, but...
He had found a few friends for a change.
The most recent incident, however, was a repeated offense. It wasn't the result of the actions of any tertiary parties, like last month. No, this had to be the Management toying with them again, for whatever the reason that Barnaby didn't care to investigate. The few acquaintances he had made over the months had forgotten about him -- and Luceti -- entirely.
That was the true offense.
But, even through his anger, a part of him wondered if this was how Kotetsu felt on that blisteringly cold day last December (the one he had missed, remember?).
To forget. To be forgotten.
Barnaby would never allow that to happen again.]
[Late in the afternoon Barnaby tossed open the journal that he periodically ignored and, for once, decided to openly speak his mind.]
If everyone is done now, I'm heading out.
[With that he flipped the book shut. No, he won't be responding to any replies for a while.
Instead, he could be found in Good Spirits for the night. He had things he needed to think about and notes to reorganize. Perhaps a drink (or three) might help him settle down a little.
The odds of that were nil.]
That itself bothered him to no end. He couldn't accept it, but...
He had found a few friends for a change.
The most recent incident, however, was a repeated offense. It wasn't the result of the actions of any tertiary parties, like last month. No, this had to be the Management toying with them again, for whatever the reason that Barnaby didn't care to investigate. The few acquaintances he had made over the months had forgotten about him -- and Luceti -- entirely.
That was the true offense.
But, even through his anger, a part of him wondered if this was how Kotetsu felt on that blisteringly cold day last December (the one he had missed, remember?).
To forget. To be forgotten.
Barnaby would never allow that to happen again.]
[Late in the afternoon Barnaby tossed open the journal that he periodically ignored and, for once, decided to openly speak his mind.]
If everyone is done now, I'm heading out.
[With that he flipped the book shut. No, he won't be responding to any replies for a while.
Instead, he could be found in Good Spirits for the night. He had things he needed to think about and notes to reorganize. Perhaps a drink (or three) might help him settle down a little.
The odds of that were nil.]
[Action] No need to apologise! XD We're just gonna have two Grunes in this thread.
Do you like looking at the stars, too?
LMAO
[His tone was distracted as he floated on the peace born of a few drinks. Instead of a leaf in a pond or the city bunny that he was, he felt almost like a duck in a river that kept moving, even if it was just to keep from getting tangled in the grass that grew from the depths below the water's surface. Barnaby fought away the thoughts and feelings that threatened to drag him down like they had a hundred times before.
At least it was quiet outside. And cool.]
>D
[That's a little surprising. After all, she thinks the stars are very beautiful. But maybe Barnaby doesn't.]
Are you out on a little walk right now?
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He leveled his gaze at her again, but used the nearby tree as a way to stabilize himself.]
Hm...Yeah. You could say something like that.
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[...Is he feeling all right? He looks a little wobbly.]
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I'm fine. I'm just going back to my flat.
[Says the man who was looking for anything in his way before he took another step.]
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[Because maybe she's imagining things, but she thinks Barnaby is looking a little...tired.]