☆7 [action] starting at House 10, ending up all over Luceti

[skaterbrain]

[Since people are out and about, Beat's been skateboarding a lot more, but... Well, he does feel a little bad that he basically skipped town on Shiki's lesson and then had Roy wheelbarrow him out of there. To make up for it today, he's sitting in his room and reading. Or trying to. The journal just might pick him up as he tries his best.]

..."My hat is"...goh-neh? What? Uh...Goon?

...

"Gone. My hat is gone. I want it back."

...The hell?

...Uh. Aight.

"Have you..." ...uh...

...Dammit.

[OOC: Beat is going to be chased around Luceti looking for a place to read in peace. Feel free to have him show up anywhere including in your kitchen for who knows what reason. o/]

Comments

[neverplaysfair]

Win the Game to regain what you lost. It's that simple. You don't need to kick my ass in order to do that.

[skaterbrain]

It ain't for me.

[It's for her. He owes her. He owes her everything.]

Winning ain't gonna bring it all back unless I get to change the rules like you damn Reapers always do!

[neverplaysfair]

[ Beat, he's not a Reaper, he's a Composer. These are distinctly different. ]

... Winning still won't bring back what's already been permanently lost. You can't change those rules.

[skaterbrain]

[Totally the same difference, okay.]

You set the rules, you gotta change 'em! It ain't right what she lost 'cause a' me!

[neverplaysfair]

She can still live a fulfilling life without it. There is never anything so important that all is lost if it vanishes.

[skaterbrain]

....Yeah, there is.

[When he lost Rhyme, he lost everything. Getting her back now is the only thing that matters. Even if it kills him, even if he has to betray his friends, he'll do anything to get her back.]

[neverplaysfair]

There isn't, and to think otherwise is narrow-minded and selfish.

[ Joshua himself was on the edge of losing Shibuya. To him, nothing in the world is more important. But he knows that the world itself, in the end, cares very little about what his own feelings are. ]

[skaterbrain]

Yeah, well, the world can go screw itself! Jus' 'cause it keeps goin' on wit'out, don't mean it right! I don't care if the world keeps goin', I just want my sister back!

[neverplaysfair]

And that is why you would make a terrible Composer.

[ Joshua giggles and leans back against the sink. ]

[skaterbrain]

[GOD HE WANTS TO PUNCH YOU IN THE FACE, JOSHUA. Why can't he do it....uggggggh]

Betta' one than you! Man, Phones'd be betta' than you!

[neverplaysfair]

[ Because Josh only lets people he trusts punch him in the face. ]

... You know, we had an experiment like that once.

[ ... actually, twice. But the second time it was Hanekoma who became a Composer, not Neku. ]

[skaterbrain]

[Wow, rude. Let him punch you, Josh. He needs to get it out of his system.]

Why you gotta be a jerk an'way, huh? Makin' Phones play three times, pullin' us 'round like we nothin' but toys. It ain't right!

[neverplaysfair]

[ Nope, sorry, Josh likes keeping his prettyboy face intact and unbruised. And Beat if anyone would be able to break his nose or jaw or remove a few of his teeth. ]

That's simple. Anything less wouldn't have worked.

[skaterbrain]

[8( omgggggggggggg]

AAAARGH!!!

[Okay, that pissed him off again and he tries to jump Josh.]

[neverplaysfair]

[ /Sigh

/Freeze ]

Must we do this again?

[skaterbrain]

[DAMMIT. Now he's stuck in a weird position. B( ]

Didn't beat Erasure by givin' up, yo!

[neverplaysfair]

[ That's what he gets for attacking in the first place. :| ]

And you didn't beat it by charging head first down the most obvious path, either. What do you think you're even trying to accomplish?

[skaterbrain]

[But it's his only plan. Ever. For anything. orz

And Josh...that is totally how he beat it.... Well, that and Neku keeping him from being stupid and dying.]

I dunno! Why you askin' me to think!?

[neverplaysfair]

[ No, he beat it because Hanekoma swooped in and saved his ass. At least the first time. ]

Because Composers need to think.

[skaterbrain]

[Being frozen like this is uncomfortable. Okay, screw it, he's going to start pushing against the force keeping him still.]

HNNNNNGH!!

[neverplaysfair]

[ Oh Beat, don't do that. You'll waste your energy and if you're persistent enough, you'll give Josh a small headache. ]

Don't like the idea?

[skaterbrain]

[Oh, a headache? B( OH, HOW SAD. Pushing even harder now.]

HRAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

[neverplaysfair]

[ And Joshua scratches at the back of his head near his neck. This whole "limited power" thing is always annoying when he finds evidence of the edges of his limitations. At least back in Shibuya he had a very clear idea where the lines were. ]

Alright. Why are you doing this?

[skaterbrain]

[PUSH PUSH PUSH. Mooseboy is a moose. Also he doesn't understand the question.]

'CAUSE I WANNA PUNCH YOU.

[neverplaysfair]

[ That's okay. Joshua is persistent. ]

Why?