[Yosuke is exhausted. First, the thing with Kon and Orihime yesterday - and then his argument with Souji this afternoon... he's tired, he's so done with dealing with all of this, and it's starting to wear him out all over again.
But Kon obviously wasn't convinced, and this is still his responsibility. So here we go again.]
...it's pretty much just exactly what I told you before. He killed two women. And 'cause he's a cop, he was able to cover it up and tried to shift the blame to somebody else. It took us, like, eight months to catch him.
But there is more Kon can find out, or so he thinks.]
Alright.
You mentioned others that are here are from your world. Could you tell me who they are, so I can talk to them too? And maybe give me a phone number so I can get in contact with them.
Nah, not yet. It's really hard to find a time to call him when Ichigo isn't in earshot, that idiot thinks I'm going to drop dead if he leaves me alone for five minutes.
[Well, it's not quite that bad. And it's more that Kon is a terrible person and could ruin Ichigo's reputation. But details.]
I'd rather not let him know yet that I'm looking into this. He got mad enough when I talked to him about it the last time.
[his voice gets quiet when he asks, but he's dead serious.]
One of the girls he killed... Saki. I told you about her. She was my senpai. I cared about her a lot, too.
Not only did he hit on her - he's, like, almost thirty, I'm pretty sure - but after she rejected him, he killed her. He's a gross, scummy, awful person. Okay? Please, just... will you please look out for her?
Ichigo and I are fighting, yeah. But I don't want anything to happen to Orihime-san. And I wouldn't want Ichigo to have to go through what I did.
Well yeah, of course I'm keeping an eye on 'Hime! Even without possible-murder-friends, this place still kills people all the time! Someone's got to keep an eye on her, and it might as well be the guy who's the least likely to die, right?
[At first he doesn't even realize that what he said might hint at the fact that he's not human. Whoops.]
'sides, the more I think about it, the weirder this Adachi guy is. I talked to Ichigo, and he said that he can't actually sense Adachi's soul, or at least not all of it. Since you were investigating him, do you have any idea why it might be like that?
[This information stops Yosuke's mind immediately. For several seconds, he's silent on the other line as he digests it.
...of course. That makes sense. That makes total sense. That's why Ichigo couldn't tell this entire time! He wasn't lying at all. He just... didn't know. He couldn't know, just like the rest of the Investigation Team couldn't have known.
He has to swallow down a lump in his throat before he speaks again. No, focus - this is really important.]
...I... don't know. Like... what could that mean? He's soulless?
[he goes quiet again, thinking. Yosuke was always the ideas guy. Come up with some ideas!]
Did he say anything else about it? Any more details?
[He has to think back a bit, it's been a couple of months since he and Ichigo had this talk.]
He was quick to defend Adachi, but when I started asking him why and stuff, he didn't seem to have an answer. Like, he said stuff about Adachi being his friend and that's why he stood by him, and when I asked him about you being his friend too, and why he chose to believe Adachi and not you, he couldn't answer it.
He got upset when I gave him shit for him complaining about being left in the dark by you and Adachi about things, too. Mister 'Oh I'll be the hero all by myself' didn't like not having all the facts, which might have something to do with all of this.
...Hah. [he laughs softly.] 'I'll be the hero all by myself,' huh. Man...
[That dumbass. But even as Yosuke thinks that, he feels his heart squeeze. He's really missed the guy... and he's been worried sick about him. It's weird to hear about how Ichigo couldn't come up with an answer when faced with the holes in Adachi's story, yet still stuck by his side.
The only explanation is that Yosuke fucked up somewhere along the line where Adachi didn't. It's Yosuke's own fault...]
Mmm, well. I don't know. Maybe his Persona is protecting him? Maybe he's just that good at fooling people...?
[he mulls it over for another moment.] Or... well, this is a long shot, but back in our home world this thing possessed him, and we had to beat it. It could have something to do with that, maybe... but I think Adachi came from before that happened. I can't be sure.
Um, long story short, it's like... a condensed part of yourself? A face you show to the world when you're trying to get through the hard stuff that bothers you. Me and Souji and the others from our world, we can summon them to fight for us. My Persona protects me... and I can tell it what to do, too.
So maybe Adachi is using his own, to block Ichigo's eyes? [it's a shaky theory... wouldn't Adachi have had to learn that Ichigo could tell when people were lying before he'd know that he needed to block it? Or, hell, maybe he did but that's exactly what happened.]
Mmn, no, I don't think he has anything like that going on, unless it's in his soul instead of just in his body. I didn't feel anything like a condensed part of him when I ended up in him-
[C'mon Kon, if you're gonna lie you have to try to sound believable. Instead, this is only serving to raise enormous frantic red flags.
There is another long pause as Yosuke searches for the right words or action to take here. When he speaks again, there is a harsh bitterness in his voice.]
What? No! I'm only doing this for myself! Even if nobody else cares, I want the truth.
[...Maybe telling the truth is a good way to get to the truth.]
Okay, look: what's up with me, it's got nothing to do with Adachi. It's something from my world. And it could cause a lot of trouble if everyone finds out, so don't go blabbing about what I'm about to tell you, alright?
[The problem is, where does he start? And how much should he tell? Does Yosuke need to know the whole history of mod-souls, or just a quick summary? ]
Okay. Well.
The whole thing about body-powers? That's not a lie. I'm a body-hopper, I take over other people's bodies and control them. I don't have a human body of my own, because i'm not human.
This body? It's actually Ichigo's. For him to fight hollows, he has to leave his pysical body and fight as a soul. I take over his body and pretend to be him when he does that, so nobody notices that he's missjng.
So... you're not Ichigo's twin. You're, like... literally Ichigo. Or, your body is... right?
[whoa, that is insane. and actually really cool.]
Dude, why are you lying about that? There's weirder stuff here. Like, I heard a talking bird is working at the clinic now. A disembodied spirit or something is no big deal.
Right before I showed up, that clone-thing happened. Ichigo figured it'd be easier to say that I am his twin than to try to explain the truth. Plus, not everybody in my world is okay with mod-souls, so it protects me from them if they don't know.
So this is Ichigo's body, right? Since it's his, he can kick me out of it. He did that on accident one day, and I got knocked into the next closest body, which was Adachi's.
[That's not the full truth, he's leaving out the bit about being a piece of candy. But it's pretty much the truth. ]
...Jeez. That sounds kinda rough for you. I mean... somebody can just knock you out like that?
[he ponders.]
Wait, I don't get it. Ichigo is already here, with his own body that you're not in. So... uh, does that mean he can still kick you out of the - copied body? Or, no, did the Ichigo of the body you're in kick you out...? And what happens to Adachi while you're in his body?
Well, Ichigo is special anyway. He's got soul-powers, remember? He can knock me out of any body, I think.
[Hm....how to explain what happened to Adachi....]
Well, he kinda just hung around there. I didn't check to see if his soul chain was there, but I'm guessing it was, so he wouldn't have gotten far anyway. As soon as Ichigo shoved me out of Adachi's body, Adachi's soul went right back in.
...er, people who are alive have their souls literally chained to their body, so even if they have an out-of-body experience they can't get far away from it. Only people with special soul-powers, like Ichigo, don't have those chains.
And, well, dead people too. When you die, the chain breaks, and you can't go back in your body.
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After the Kon/Orihime/Yosuke thread
Date: 2014-10-28 02:46 am (UTC)Alright, lay it on me. Tell me everything you know.
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Date: 2014-10-28 01:26 pm (UTC)But Kon obviously wasn't convinced, and this is still his responsibility. So here we go again.]
...it's pretty much just exactly what I told you before. He killed two women. And 'cause he's a cop, he was able to cover it up and tried to shift the blame to somebody else. It took us, like, eight months to catch him.
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Date: 2014-10-30 12:06 am (UTC)But there is more Kon can find out, or so he thinks.]
Alright.
You mentioned others that are here are from your world. Could you tell me who they are, so I can talk to them too? And maybe give me a phone number so I can get in contact with them.
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Date: 2014-10-30 03:05 am (UTC)Yeah. Um... their names are Souji Seta, Kanji Tatsumi and Teddie. Hold on, I'll text you their numbers. [does so.]
... did you ask Adachi about the names yet?
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Date: 2014-10-30 03:12 am (UTC)[Well, it's not quite that bad. And it's more that Kon is a terrible person and could ruin Ichigo's reputation. But details.]
I'd rather not let him know yet that I'm looking into this. He got mad enough when I talked to him about it the last time.
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Date: 2014-10-30 03:23 am (UTC)[his voice gets quiet when he asks, but he's dead serious.]
One of the girls he killed... Saki. I told you about her. She was my senpai. I cared about her a lot, too.
Not only did he hit on her - he's, like, almost thirty, I'm pretty sure - but after she rejected him, he killed her. He's a gross, scummy, awful person. Okay? Please, just... will you please look out for her?
Ichigo and I are fighting, yeah. But I don't want anything to happen to Orihime-san. And I wouldn't want Ichigo to have to go through what I did.
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Date: 2014-11-03 12:59 am (UTC)[At first he doesn't even realize that what he said might hint at the fact that he's not human. Whoops.]
'sides, the more I think about it, the weirder this Adachi guy is. I talked to Ichigo, and he said that he can't actually sense Adachi's soul, or at least not all of it. Since you were investigating him, do you have any idea why it might be like that?
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Date: 2014-11-03 05:05 am (UTC)...of course. That makes sense. That makes total sense. That's why Ichigo couldn't tell this entire time! He wasn't lying at all. He just... didn't know. He couldn't know, just like the rest of the Investigation Team couldn't have known.
He has to swallow down a lump in his throat before he speaks again. No, focus - this is really important.]
...I... don't know. Like... what could that mean? He's soulless?
[he goes quiet again, thinking. Yosuke was always the ideas guy. Come up with some ideas!]
Did he say anything else about it? Any more details?
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Date: 2014-11-03 05:30 am (UTC)[He has to think back a bit, it's been a couple of months since he and Ichigo had this talk.]
He was quick to defend Adachi, but when I started asking him why and stuff, he didn't seem to have an answer. Like, he said stuff about Adachi being his friend and that's why he stood by him, and when I asked him about you being his friend too, and why he chose to believe Adachi and not you, he couldn't answer it.
He got upset when I gave him shit for him complaining about being left in the dark by you and Adachi about things, too. Mister 'Oh I'll be the hero all by myself' didn't like not having all the facts, which might have something to do with all of this.
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Date: 2014-11-03 05:42 am (UTC)[That dumbass. But even as Yosuke thinks that, he feels his heart squeeze. He's really missed the guy... and he's been worried sick about him. It's weird to hear about how Ichigo couldn't come up with an answer when faced with the holes in Adachi's story, yet still stuck by his side.
The only explanation is that Yosuke fucked up somewhere along the line where Adachi didn't. It's Yosuke's own fault...]
Mmm, well. I don't know. Maybe his Persona is protecting him? Maybe he's just that good at fooling people...?
[he mulls it over for another moment.] Or... well, this is a long shot, but back in our home world this thing possessed him, and we had to beat it. It could have something to do with that, maybe... but I think Adachi came from before that happened. I can't be sure.
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Date: 2014-11-03 05:48 am (UTC)How about you back up a bit and explain what a persona is, first of all.
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Date: 2014-11-03 05:57 am (UTC)Um, long story short, it's like... a condensed part of yourself? A face you show to the world when you're trying to get through the hard stuff that bothers you. Me and Souji and the others from our world, we can summon them to fight for us. My Persona protects me... and I can tell it what to do, too.
So maybe Adachi is using his own, to block Ichigo's eyes? [it's a shaky theory... wouldn't Adachi have had to learn that Ichigo could tell when people were lying before he'd know that he needed to block it? Or, hell, maybe he did but that's exactly what happened.]
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Date: 2014-11-03 06:05 am (UTC)[WAIT
FUCK
He should not have said that ]
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Date: 2014-11-03 02:45 pm (UTC)Er... yeah, it would be in his soul, I'm pretty sure. It's something mental, not physical...
[okay, he has to ask.] What are you talking about, "ended up in him"??
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Date: 2014-11-03 02:51 pm (UTC)long
long
pause.]
Well.
Ichigo has soul-powers. So. I have body-powers?
[Setting up that twin dynamic in regards to superpowers aww yeah.]
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Date: 2014-11-03 03:17 pm (UTC)There is another long pause as Yosuke searches for the right words or action to take here. When he speaks again, there is a harsh bitterness in his voice.]
Are you doing this for Adachi?
Did he tell you to talk to me about all this?
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Date: 2014-11-03 04:37 pm (UTC)[...Maybe telling the truth is a good way to get to the truth.]
Okay, look: what's up with me, it's got nothing to do with Adachi. It's something from my world. And it could cause a lot of trouble if everyone finds out, so don't go blabbing about what I'm about to tell you, alright?
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Date: 2014-11-03 04:53 pm (UTC)[Whatever this is, let's hear it, because as it stands Kon is incredibly fishy.]
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Date: 2014-11-03 05:01 pm (UTC)[The problem is, where does he start? And how much should he tell? Does Yosuke need to know the whole history of mod-souls, or just a quick summary? ]
Okay. Well.
The whole thing about body-powers? That's not a lie. I'm a body-hopper, I take over other people's bodies and control them. I don't have a human body of my own, because i'm not human.
This body? It's actually Ichigo's. For him to fight hollows, he has to leave his pysical body and fight as a soul. I take over his body and pretend to be him when he does that, so nobody notices that he's missjng.
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Date: 2014-11-03 05:41 pm (UTC)So... you're not Ichigo's twin. You're, like... literally Ichigo. Or, your body is... right?
[whoa, that is insane. and actually really cool.]
Dude, why are you lying about that? There's weirder stuff here. Like, I heard a talking bird is working at the clinic now. A disembodied spirit or something is no big deal.
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Date: 2014-11-03 06:21 pm (UTC)Well, uh, continue then. You were... in Adachi's body? How does that work? What happened to Ichigo's body while you were doing that?
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Date: 2014-11-03 06:53 pm (UTC)[That's not the full truth, he's leaving out the bit about being a piece of candy. But it's pretty much the truth. ]
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Date: 2014-11-03 07:36 pm (UTC)[he ponders.]
Wait, I don't get it. Ichigo is already here, with his own body that you're not in. So... uh, does that mean he can still kick you out of the - copied body? Or, no, did the Ichigo of the body you're in kick you out...? And what happens to Adachi while you're in his body?
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Date: 2014-11-03 09:11 pm (UTC)[Hm....how to explain what happened to Adachi....]
Well, he kinda just hung around there. I didn't check to see if his soul chain was there, but I'm guessing it was, so he wouldn't have gotten far anyway. As soon as Ichigo shoved me out of Adachi's body, Adachi's soul went right back in.
...er, people who are alive have their souls literally chained to their body, so even if they have an out-of-body experience they can't get far away from it. Only people with special soul-powers, like Ichigo, don't have those chains.
And, well, dead people too. When you die, the chain breaks, and you can't go back in your body.
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