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blackmails) wrote2013-08-01 07:16 pm
blackmails) wrote2013-08-01 07:16 pm
CHARACTER NOTES
INTRO + CHAPTER 1:
"Kusanagi was the pleasant kind of guy who always wore a detached smile, behaved with good manners and had a great sense of humor; but, if he got mad, that slender arm of his could lock even a giant in an iron grip like no other."
Good at Shougi, but busy type of person.
“I’ve got the second floor of my bar set up as a guest room. Mikoto’s being a nuisance and living in it right now, but I can kick him out for a while ‘n make it so you two can stay there. And I can drive you to school and back, too.”
"Kusanagi did feel just a bit guilty about it, but that still didn’t stop him from using both that faith and the woman’s worry for Anna in his favor as he persuaded her."
HE PERSUADES THE WOMEN & TOTSUKA WORKS WITH THE KIDDIES
"As if in a daze, Anna only kept looking at him. Kusanagi gave her a sweet, gentle smile like the ones he always used when he tried to seduce a girl. For some unknown reason, that earned him a cold stare from Totsuka."
"Oh, stop that, Mikoto. He’s already missin’ a bunch of screws in that head of his, we don’t want even more to be fallin’ out." (TOTSUKA)
[ "What about you, Kusanagi-san? Is it okay for you to be working in a bar even though you’re underage?" In reponse to Kusanagi’s candid words, Totsuka twisted his mouth and talked back.
The bar “HOMRA" was owned by Kusanagi’s uncle but he was an irresponsible person and only opened shop on a whim, living a dissipated life. Kusanagi, who couldn’t bear to just watch, started kind of helping out in the store, and all of a sudden at the age of eighteen he was something like halfway in charge of the store.
"Eighteen is mostly an adult, even if it’s still underage." ]
[ "There’s been more and more people who come to rely on Kusanagi-san, hasn’t there."
"I wonder why they keep comin’ to me. Even though I can’t do anythin’."
"Even though you say that, Kusanagi-san, you help them without throwing them out, don’t you. You’ve got information, and you’ve got a bunch of acquaintances, and-"
"-And I have Mikoto, yeah." ]
"Totsuka. Smile irresponsibly. That’ll put me most at peace."
CHAPTER 2:
CHARACTER NOTES (NOVELS):
"What do you think, she’s interested in you. Aren’t you popular. Isn’t it nice, bein’ watched by a cute girl." When he said that cacklingly, Suou glared bullets at him.
To Kusanagi, seeing that Suou make such an immature face because of a child was delightful.
Kusanagi had felt that the two of them “connected". (ANNA & MIKOTO)
TOTSUKA = TALENTED
"Totsuka, Fushimi, sit down. I’ll give you first aid." Getting out a kit, Kusanagi had Totsuka and Fushimi sit in chairs.
"Don’t worry about it. There’re other open rooms, so this guy can just sleep there. Like the closet, for example." (MIKOTO. HE'S TALKING TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER)
To Kusanagi, ever since highschool Honami had been someone who, despite being fuzzy and hard to get ahold of, was an existence that never wavered. She could scold Suou, and she was airheaded and missing some screws, but she was profound and strong. That was the kind of person she was.
Inside the counter, Kusanagi poured some whiskey into a glass for himself. As he slowly drank the pretty amber-colored stuff, he lightly leaned on the counter.
[ ‘Installation’. It’s referring to the ceremony where someone receives power from a king and becomes their clansman. In Homura they hardly ever use that term, and just call it a ‘Test’, but in their case they have the person take Suou’s hand with his flames in it, and if they can do that and take the flames into their body they can become a clansman. In most cases, a red clansman would receive the power of flames, high physical abilities… and the ‘Mark’. ]
[ "S’fine. Most of the people you say ‘this is no good’ about end up bein’ no good. Since you can get along normally with someone who’s just kinda hopeless."
"Ehh-… even I have likes and dislikes when it comes to other people."
"I’m sayin’ that if you dislike him, that’s all we need to know."
That probably meant he was trusted. Totsuka smiled in a complicated way. ]
"Oh, that’s creepy. Isn’t not knowin’ how gloominess feels to the point that it’s irritating your specialty?" (TOTSUKA)
[ "Stop that. If you feel down, somehow even I start feelin’ down."
"Why would you? ] (TOTSUKA)
[ "Totsuka, if you’re free tomorrow, take Anna-chan out somewhere and drag Mikoto along."
"Eh?"
Kusanagi leaned out on the counter and whispered something into Totsuka’s ear.]
CHAPTER 3:
Kusanagi couldn’t help but let out a scornful laugh. No many how many times he saw it, he thought it was a weird name. The true identity of this building, which wore the skin of a proper government office, was the blue clan’s- Scepter 4’s headquarters.
"…it sure is tragic, ain’t it. A subject who’s lost their king." Saying that to himself, Kusanagi went through the forth ward’s gate.
[ "…So you’re that guy? The red clan’s adviser, Kusanagi Izumo." Said the main in a heavy, weary-sounding tone. Kusanagi smiled.
"Well, I’m not somethin’ as big and important as an adviser… you’re Scepter 4’s deputy commander, Shiotsu Gen-san, correct?"
In response to Kusanagi’s words, for some reason Shiotsu spat out a ‘ha!’ and smiled scornfully. ]
"It was Kusanagi-san’s idea, though." (Amusement park. Knew they were being attached. Good to shake people off them and Anna!)
"It must’ve been pretty big if it made Kusanagi-san sentimental." (TOTSUKA)
"We can’t understand the world as Mikoto sees it." (WHAT HE BELIEVES)
[ Looking at Totsuka out of the corner of his eye, Kusanagi started walking again.
"I’m glad you’re here."
"…what’s wrong, Kusanagi-san? Are you that seriously sentimental?"
"Shut it." ]
[ The right hand and the left hand that held Suou’s flames. Kusanagi took the right hand, and Totsuka took the left. Kusanagi gained a large power, and while Totsuka took flames into his body he hardly received any power at all. To Suou, Kusanagi would be a sword with reason, and Totsuka would become a chain to hold back Suou who would often be drawn in by his power. It isn’t sure whether that was simply because of the difference in their dispositions, or because Suou’s will and unconsciousness had something to do with it.
The red king, and two clansmen.
That was the very first shape of the red clan. ]
CHAPTER 4:
[ "I’ll crush it."
Those roughly thrown out words had no eagerness, or visible anger. But at the king’s single sentence, everyone’s faces twisted tightly.
"Alright." Kusanagi replied lightly. ]
TACTICIAN OF HOMRA
HE SEES TOTSUKA AS BALANCE TO MIKOTO SO HE DON'T GO CRAY WITH POWER
[ "Well, even if that guy hadn’t said it, I was plannin’ on makin’ you go with him anyway." Totsuka tilted his head at Kusanagi’s words.
"You’re the stopper." Kusanagi said this while spitting out some cigarette smoke and suddenly remembered what Totsuka had said before, while acting unusually down.
"…A while ago, you said you didn’t have any power, right."
"Ah, yeah."
"At that time, I said you weren’t suited for us, but. It’s actually a bit different. We need a ‘powerless one’, probably." Totsuka blinked confusedly.
"We’re a breed of team where power is like our meanin’ for existence. And on top of that, we’ve got a bunch of guys together who let the blood rush to their heads. Someone who, within that, won’t let them drown in their power… who’ll keep everyone together using a method that isn’t forceful, is needed." Kusanagi pulled the ashtray over and dropped the cigarette’s ash into it.
"The one who needs a stopper most is the king." Saying that with a bitter smile, Kusanagi remembered the time he went to Scepter 4 and spoke with Shiotsu. (When your king crumbles, do you think there’s anything you can do?) ]
[ "Ever since before, you’ve really acted so free it’s annoyin’… if you’re not like that at least, that role would be tough."
"Kusanagi-san?" Totsuka tilted his head as he looked at Kusanagi.
"Sometimes, I’m jealous of that mentality of yours that makes me wonder if you’re missin’ some screws."
"What’s with that, you’re not praising me, are you?"
"I’m not praisin’ you or anythin’. Anyway, you’re responsible for Mikoto."]
[ Totsuka didn’t try to stop Kusanagi from grabbing Suou, who was in bad shape. Totsuka also understood Kusanagi’s feelings, so much it was painful.
"Do you wanna die, Mikoto?" At Kusanagi’s expression, one he never usually wore which was a fierce look only a paper’s breadth away from looking like he was about to cry, Suou smiled in a wry, troubled way. ]
["…should I leave you alone?"
"No." Kusanagi also didn’t look in Totsuka’s direction, but he shook his head.
"Be there."
"Okay." ]
CHAPER 5:
[ "Anyway, it ain’t like me and you made that guy into a king. We shouldn’t be so full of ourselves." Kusanagi said it so jokingly, Totsuka also brightly replied mockingly.
"But, you know, they say there’s power in words, don’t they? Maybe the “Slate" noticed that person because I wouldn’t stop calling him a king."
"You’re a moron, aren’t you."
"…yeah, I’m a moron." Said Totsuka while still smiling. ]
"Kusanagi was the pleasant kind of guy who always wore a detached smile, behaved with good manners and had a great sense of humor; but, if he got mad, that slender arm of his could lock even a giant in an iron grip like no other."
Good at Shougi, but busy type of person.
“I’ve got the second floor of my bar set up as a guest room. Mikoto’s being a nuisance and living in it right now, but I can kick him out for a while ‘n make it so you two can stay there. And I can drive you to school and back, too.”
"Kusanagi did feel just a bit guilty about it, but that still didn’t stop him from using both that faith and the woman’s worry for Anna in his favor as he persuaded her."
HE PERSUADES THE WOMEN & TOTSUKA WORKS WITH THE KIDDIES
"As if in a daze, Anna only kept looking at him. Kusanagi gave her a sweet, gentle smile like the ones he always used when he tried to seduce a girl. For some unknown reason, that earned him a cold stare from Totsuka."
"Oh, stop that, Mikoto. He’s already missin’ a bunch of screws in that head of his, we don’t want even more to be fallin’ out." (TOTSUKA)
[ "What about you, Kusanagi-san? Is it okay for you to be working in a bar even though you’re underage?" In reponse to Kusanagi’s candid words, Totsuka twisted his mouth and talked back.
The bar “HOMRA" was owned by Kusanagi’s uncle but he was an irresponsible person and only opened shop on a whim, living a dissipated life. Kusanagi, who couldn’t bear to just watch, started kind of helping out in the store, and all of a sudden at the age of eighteen he was something like halfway in charge of the store.
"Eighteen is mostly an adult, even if it’s still underage." ]
[ "There’s been more and more people who come to rely on Kusanagi-san, hasn’t there."
"I wonder why they keep comin’ to me. Even though I can’t do anythin’."
"Even though you say that, Kusanagi-san, you help them without throwing them out, don’t you. You’ve got information, and you’ve got a bunch of acquaintances, and-"
"-And I have Mikoto, yeah." ]
"Totsuka. Smile irresponsibly. That’ll put me most at peace."
CHAPTER 2:
CHARACTER NOTES (NOVELS):
"What do you think, she’s interested in you. Aren’t you popular. Isn’t it nice, bein’ watched by a cute girl." When he said that cacklingly, Suou glared bullets at him.
To Kusanagi, seeing that Suou make such an immature face because of a child was delightful.
Kusanagi had felt that the two of them “connected". (ANNA & MIKOTO)
TOTSUKA = TALENTED
"Totsuka, Fushimi, sit down. I’ll give you first aid." Getting out a kit, Kusanagi had Totsuka and Fushimi sit in chairs.
"Don’t worry about it. There’re other open rooms, so this guy can just sleep there. Like the closet, for example." (MIKOTO. HE'S TALKING TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER)
To Kusanagi, ever since highschool Honami had been someone who, despite being fuzzy and hard to get ahold of, was an existence that never wavered. She could scold Suou, and she was airheaded and missing some screws, but she was profound and strong. That was the kind of person she was.
Inside the counter, Kusanagi poured some whiskey into a glass for himself. As he slowly drank the pretty amber-colored stuff, he lightly leaned on the counter.
[ ‘Installation’. It’s referring to the ceremony where someone receives power from a king and becomes their clansman. In Homura they hardly ever use that term, and just call it a ‘Test’, but in their case they have the person take Suou’s hand with his flames in it, and if they can do that and take the flames into their body they can become a clansman. In most cases, a red clansman would receive the power of flames, high physical abilities… and the ‘Mark’. ]
[ "S’fine. Most of the people you say ‘this is no good’ about end up bein’ no good. Since you can get along normally with someone who’s just kinda hopeless."
"Ehh-… even I have likes and dislikes when it comes to other people."
"I’m sayin’ that if you dislike him, that’s all we need to know."
That probably meant he was trusted. Totsuka smiled in a complicated way. ]
"Oh, that’s creepy. Isn’t not knowin’ how gloominess feels to the point that it’s irritating your specialty?" (TOTSUKA)
[ "Stop that. If you feel down, somehow even I start feelin’ down."
"Why would you? ] (TOTSUKA)
[ "Totsuka, if you’re free tomorrow, take Anna-chan out somewhere and drag Mikoto along."
"Eh?"
Kusanagi leaned out on the counter and whispered something into Totsuka’s ear.]
CHAPTER 3:
Kusanagi couldn’t help but let out a scornful laugh. No many how many times he saw it, he thought it was a weird name. The true identity of this building, which wore the skin of a proper government office, was the blue clan’s- Scepter 4’s headquarters.
"…it sure is tragic, ain’t it. A subject who’s lost their king." Saying that to himself, Kusanagi went through the forth ward’s gate.
[ "…So you’re that guy? The red clan’s adviser, Kusanagi Izumo." Said the main in a heavy, weary-sounding tone. Kusanagi smiled.
"Well, I’m not somethin’ as big and important as an adviser… you’re Scepter 4’s deputy commander, Shiotsu Gen-san, correct?"
In response to Kusanagi’s words, for some reason Shiotsu spat out a ‘ha!’ and smiled scornfully. ]
"It was Kusanagi-san’s idea, though." (Amusement park. Knew they were being attached. Good to shake people off them and Anna!)
"It must’ve been pretty big if it made Kusanagi-san sentimental." (TOTSUKA)
"We can’t understand the world as Mikoto sees it." (WHAT HE BELIEVES)
[ Looking at Totsuka out of the corner of his eye, Kusanagi started walking again.
"I’m glad you’re here."
"…what’s wrong, Kusanagi-san? Are you that seriously sentimental?"
"Shut it." ]
[ The right hand and the left hand that held Suou’s flames. Kusanagi took the right hand, and Totsuka took the left. Kusanagi gained a large power, and while Totsuka took flames into his body he hardly received any power at all. To Suou, Kusanagi would be a sword with reason, and Totsuka would become a chain to hold back Suou who would often be drawn in by his power. It isn’t sure whether that was simply because of the difference in their dispositions, or because Suou’s will and unconsciousness had something to do with it.
The red king, and two clansmen.
That was the very first shape of the red clan. ]
CHAPTER 4:
[ "I’ll crush it."
Those roughly thrown out words had no eagerness, or visible anger. But at the king’s single sentence, everyone’s faces twisted tightly.
"Alright." Kusanagi replied lightly. ]
TACTICIAN OF HOMRA
HE SEES TOTSUKA AS BALANCE TO MIKOTO SO HE DON'T GO CRAY WITH POWER
[ "Well, even if that guy hadn’t said it, I was plannin’ on makin’ you go with him anyway." Totsuka tilted his head at Kusanagi’s words.
"You’re the stopper." Kusanagi said this while spitting out some cigarette smoke and suddenly remembered what Totsuka had said before, while acting unusually down.
"…A while ago, you said you didn’t have any power, right."
"Ah, yeah."
"At that time, I said you weren’t suited for us, but. It’s actually a bit different. We need a ‘powerless one’, probably." Totsuka blinked confusedly.
"We’re a breed of team where power is like our meanin’ for existence. And on top of that, we’ve got a bunch of guys together who let the blood rush to their heads. Someone who, within that, won’t let them drown in their power… who’ll keep everyone together using a method that isn’t forceful, is needed." Kusanagi pulled the ashtray over and dropped the cigarette’s ash into it.
"The one who needs a stopper most is the king." Saying that with a bitter smile, Kusanagi remembered the time he went to Scepter 4 and spoke with Shiotsu. (When your king crumbles, do you think there’s anything you can do?) ]
[ "Ever since before, you’ve really acted so free it’s annoyin’… if you’re not like that at least, that role would be tough."
"Kusanagi-san?" Totsuka tilted his head as he looked at Kusanagi.
"Sometimes, I’m jealous of that mentality of yours that makes me wonder if you’re missin’ some screws."
"What’s with that, you’re not praising me, are you?"
"I’m not praisin’ you or anythin’. Anyway, you’re responsible for Mikoto."]
[ Totsuka didn’t try to stop Kusanagi from grabbing Suou, who was in bad shape. Totsuka also understood Kusanagi’s feelings, so much it was painful.
"Do you wanna die, Mikoto?" At Kusanagi’s expression, one he never usually wore which was a fierce look only a paper’s breadth away from looking like he was about to cry, Suou smiled in a wry, troubled way. ]
["…should I leave you alone?"
"No." Kusanagi also didn’t look in Totsuka’s direction, but he shook his head.
"Be there."
"Okay." ]
CHAPER 5:
[ "Anyway, it ain’t like me and you made that guy into a king. We shouldn’t be so full of ourselves." Kusanagi said it so jokingly, Totsuka also brightly replied mockingly.
"But, you know, they say there’s power in words, don’t they? Maybe the “Slate" noticed that person because I wouldn’t stop calling him a king."
"You’re a moron, aren’t you."
"…yeah, I’m a moron." Said Totsuka while still smiling. ]