Oh, gods... What the Hell are those doing there?!

[Groans]

...At least the damned pirate's not around to see this. I'd never live it down.

[Guess who's back in town, carrying an armful of colorful eggs?]

Have I been gone so long they decided to redecorate?

[He spots the camera and gives it a little grin and wave]

So, I guess I got in a little too deep for once. I miss anything good?

I...

[long pause]...I'm sorry, okay?

[ooc: This may be the first time in years he's apologized without heavy snark. He really feels like a total bitch right now.]

[Annoyed] If you ask me, it's about damned time they rounded those Japanese bastards on up! It's nothing bad, not compared to what their people are doing unprovoked... They've got to deal with the consequences, and they've proven themselves unworthy of trust!

[Private to Self | Hackable]

...Father... You haven't written in so long, and all the papers have been saying our town has...

If I don't hear from him soon, I'm going back home, and I don't care what it takes or how dangerous it is! I can't just sit here, safe across the ocean, and let all this...! [A frustrated sob, accompanied by the slam of a fist on a table]

[ooc: Disclaimer--the mun does not support these views! Ling Tong's just...uh, really pissed off about his homeland being devastated by Japan, and he tends to put his foot in his mouth when he's pissed. *hides*]

So, I've been kind of bored lately. Been starting to think talking to me is the way to get out of here or something, because most of the people who do seem to disappear...

Anyway, I thought I'd take a walk and see if there was anything useful in the woods, but everything I've found so far has just been... weird. [He holds up a beer hat, a bottle of Flintstones vitamins, and a nose hair trimmer] Does anyone even know what these things are?

Oh, and Will, I've still got that comb. If you don't come get it soon, I'm going to start using it myself.

So, I've still got somebody's comb, if you feel like taking it off my hands.

Maybe they really are skipping this week...I still kind of don't trust it, but it's been a few days.

The curse doesn't seem to have done too much to me, though there are a few of those strange, red and white spheres with me. Nothing in them, though... How are those animals supposed to get in there, anyway?

Sorry if I've been a bit quiet--No matter how long they keep me here, I can't seem to get used to talking with these machines. About the most complicated thing we have at home are catapults, you know?

[Private to Self | Lol, hackable]

All right, you know it's bad when I actually wish I could see that loudmouthed, useless jerk. How long has it been?

Everybody says I'm probably not gone at all or whatever, but now and then I still worry. I hope Lord Sun Quan is all right even if I'm not around...

So I don't think I'm really ready to go settling down or anything like that. But Raine, Virginia, you two seem like a lot of fun. If you ever want to spend time together again...I know it won't be the same or anything, but you two are all right with me.

I hope Giorno's okay, wherever he is. So many people have been going...Heh, and I'm still here, worrying about my lord getting into trouble without me to watch his back back home. Isn't that just how things go?

...Yeah, it could be a lot worse than this. The picket fence is kind of nice.

Raine, Virginia, I'm off to work!

....Oh, gods. What...?Why...?

WHY AM I A WOMAN?!

...It's that time again, huh?

Fine. Geez, you'd think people would stop stirring this kind of thing up...

...Huh. Well, I don' reckon there be a much better way ta hunt f'r a pirate than ta be one meself...I'll play this game a little while.

...Yarrrr.

It might be a little weird, but I don't actually mind the lost memory. I mean, I'm still alive, so what's it matter?

Still no luck on finding a way home. I'm starting to feel like I'll never get there...what a downer of a thought, huh? Well, no point getting upset about it, I guess.

Oh, hey, Master Okita! Does your offer to teach me more about these computers still stand?

[Locked to GioGio, Mista, Michaelangelo, Okita Souji (PMK), Mireille | Hackable]

Does it feel to anyone else like a fight? I don't like it.

What. The. HELL?!

GAN NING?!

Of...of all the people in the whole damned army--Hell, in China--these weird "internet" people want to see me with HIM?!

He's...he's an arrogant, stupid, useless jerk! I'd as soon die as make friends with him, much less...ugh.

I hate this curse.

So...who wants to race?

Well, that wasn't as bad for me as it seems like it was for some other people. Guess I should feel lucky or something...

[Private to Self | Very Hackable]

I feel stupid doing this, but...

( To everyone back home in Wu... )

[/Private]

[A young man, masked, sits in a dank windowsill, looking out over the city. His clothes, tight-fitting and elaborate with armor on the shoulders and arms, reveal him to be in good physical condition, lean and strong. He doesn't face the camera.]

Honor. Justice. Principles.

They sound pretty, don't they?

But you know...they're the reason. The reason we never really win this. The reason they come back again and again, endangering citizens on a whim--because our side is too good, too kind, too forgiving, too pure...

They don't play by the rules. If they did...He wouldn't be...

...What's the point in wasting time time doing things right if it means they don't really get done at all?

[In the blink of an eye, he's gone.]

[ooc: Super speed, and flaming burst nunchaku.]

....I...am drunk.

How the Hell did that happen?

...Well, hey. Saves wine, I guess, right?

...So, apparently the owls made me into some kind of unmotivated, whiny, pretentious bastard last week. I can't say I'm too thrilled about that, but whatever...


Still. Can we forget whatever stupid things I said during that time? There seem to have been a lot of them.

It's like no one cares, isn't it? The suffering, the hurt...we keep on trying, but we can't escape...

I'm so tired of this. Aren't you?

But I guess I'm not really talking to anyone. No one listens...no one gets it...

So apparently Go Fish doesn't have anything to do with Go OR fishing. It's pretty fun, though. Thanks for teaching me...

I've been kind of getting out more, but I'm still not too used to this place. Heh, maybe I just can't wrap my mind around the idea of a world where waking up with a tail every morning is normal. Give it time, I guess...But...I really don't want to be here that long. Lord Sun Quan and everyone need me around, if nothing bad's happened to them already...

Ha, listen to me go on. Really, I think I'm getting pretty well adjusted! And the bright colors are better than last weeks little redecoration, right?

...Over, huh? Let's...[hiss of pain] try not to do that again anytime soon, all right? This place is crazy enough without needing wars. [Slight groan as he reaches for the send button]

It's funny...This is the first fight in a long time that's left me the time to re-examine my priorities. Or maybe it's just the first time in a while I've needed to. It's not like what happens in Sieben makes a huge difference to Lord Sun Quan or the safety of China one way or another, so the reasons I've always had to fight don't exactly apply here.

Still, I've been thinking about it. And I won't let some guy go around spreading chaos, especially if he hasn't got any reason...The people here deserve better, and if I'll fight to give them better.

Right, so that's decided. I guess no one's found any nunchaku yet? I keep looking, but...

I guess it's too much to ask for the fighting to be over, even here. Seems like a waste of a new world...

This isn't really what I'd like to be doing, but I offer myself and my services to the defenders. I don't know too much of the people here, but I'm not going to sit around and let them get hurt. My Lord wouldn't have wanted me to, anyway. So...

Has anyone seen a pair on nunchaku around? I can make do with another weapon if I have to, but I'd rather not.

...WHAT?

Well, guess I'll just add that to the list. Kidnapped by owls, can't get back, don't know what's happening to my friends, and they stole my clothes and gave me this weird, uncomfortable, gaudy thing.

I hate this place.