ardent: (I'm sorry that you never made it)
Kiyotaka Ishimaru (石丸 清多夏) ([personal profile] ardent) wrote2013-11-05 07:43 pm

009. Anonymous Text/Action for Goldenrod City

[ANONYMOUS TEXT]

[The anon text on the network tonight is simple and to-the-point, hitting at about eleven at night; it seems that somebody isn't sleeping easily.]

Is there a way to stop hating someone?

If not, is there at least a way to stop being so angry about it all the time?





[ACTION]

[While he's not straying too far from the house he and his classmates have more or less taken over (with the assistance of a ridiculous amount of Eevees), Ishimaru can be found wandering around outside tonight; he's staying close to the breeding center and the like, but he's definitely seeming more restless than usual, his actions aimless. He's been having difficulty sleeping for almost a week now; it probably shows in his mannerisms and his speech - everything has been seeming less enthusiastic than usual - but he's been trying to keep up appearances, if nothing else.

At least he's not alone for the time being; he's got Eeveemaru with him - one of the members of the great furball legion from the house, all decked out in what looks like a little replica of Ishimaru's coat and armband (because if Togami thinks he's getting any aspect of this back - Eevee or outfit - he's got another thought coming to him, apparently). The thing is just kind of chilling on his shoulders for now, seeming a bit bewildered at being outside at a reasonably late hour but not too bothered otherwise; once in a while it bats at something not visible to anyone but there nonetheless - seems he's got Aiko with him as well, though the Misdreavus isn't visible for now.

It's late, and he's tired, but at least the night is nice, if a bit overcast. Maybe it'll rain soon, who knows. He just doesn't feel like being inside.]
dressofheaven: (Bored now)

[personal profile] dressofheaven 2013-11-06 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
Well first you have to stop trying to be superhuman. Everyone hates. Everyone gets angry. Why should you be any different? What makes you so special that you should be immune to that? Just because it hasn't happened before now doesn't mean anything, except that no one's ever done anything to you before this that made you this mad.
dressofheaven: (... Why the heck did you do that?)

[personal profile] dressofheaven 2013-11-06 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
Which is exactly why you need to let yourself go. If you've never been worked into a proper rage before, if you've always held yourself to that discipline even when you're alone... well, there's probably a lot of things locked up in you that want to get out.
dressofheaven: (Now let me see...)

[personal profile] dressofheaven 2013-11-06 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
Of course you haven't. It's not something most people like to think about, and usually people don't have something smack them in the face with it, so it doesn't come to mind for them until it's built up so far that the anger and hatred is going to several different targets, and in the worst-case scenarios they just wind up lashing out at whichever one is closest. You at least haven't done that, so you have a chance to let loose without necessarily hurting anyone.

[She refrains from adding "assuming that matters to you" because she's pretty darn sure it does from what he's said so far.]
dressofheaven: (Bored now)

[personal profile] dressofheaven 2013-11-06 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
Which will help you focus, at least. Though like I said, there might be other things from your past that this will dredge up that you aren't even aware of yet, and those will add to your anger. That might be part of why you're finding it so hard to deal with.

Or maybe not. I don't know anything about your past, after all.

What do you mean about "not ending well for anyone", by the way?
dressofheaven: (Well that's no good)

[personal profile] dressofheaven 2013-11-06 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
Despair, hmmm? I'm familiar with that. Death, too. Those can be hard things to deal with.

Actually, it was anger and hate that let me overcome my despair a long time ago.
dressofheaven: (Bored now)

[personal profile] dressofheaven 2013-11-06 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
Something was taken from me. Well, that doesn't really cover it. Everything I loved was taken from me. Everyone. And I was left only with people around me who saw me as a tool. Who I ended up obeying simply because I had nothing else.

I was alone for years. I had nothing. But I remembered something. That there was someone to blame for what I'd lost. That there was someone who deserved to suffer for it.

It was all I had left. So I poured myself into my anger and my hatred for that person. And you want to know something interesting?
dressofheaven: (This is my evil face)

[personal profile] dressofheaven 2013-11-06 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
I liked it. The hatred, the rage... it was like a fire in me, burning away the despair and the pain. It couldn't get rid of it completely, but it gave me strength, it cleared my mind. It let me feel alive again.

People can say it's wrong to act out of fury or to hate each other as much as they like... but when I had nothing else, that's what saved me. I've gained other things back since then, but I'll never forget what sustained me through that time in my life.
dressofheaven: (It's cute... squish it Berserker)

[personal profile] dressofheaven 2013-11-06 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
Then let me tell you something that might help with that... it's true that those emotions can take you over, can make you do things you'd never even considered before, if you let them. But at the same time, there's a reason we feel them. Just like everything else, they're there to help us live. If you bind them down, you're killing a piece of yourself off. Maybe that's necessary, sometimes... but I don't think it should be the first resort.
dressofheaven: (Not planning anything)

[personal profile] dressofheaven 2013-11-06 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
That's sweet of you, but if you have the sympathy to spare, you should try to give some more of it to the people you're close to. I have lots of friends here and I'm doing much better, but I'm sure at least one person you know could really use your support.
dressofheaven: (It's cute... squish it Berserker)

[personal profile] dressofheaven 2013-11-06 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
Good. Then just don't forget to worry about yourself. They'll be upset if something happens to you, after all.
dressofheaven: (Not planning anything)

[personal profile] dressofheaven 2013-11-06 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Good. Well, I think I've told you all I can. So good-bye for now! Maybe we'll talk again later.