Twenty Second Star [Audio]

[heavenfang]

-Tir is of course not aware that while he was running, his communicator turned on while in his pocket. The sounds are muffled, but a good ear can clearly make out the last parts of Tir and Kazuki's conversation...

There is an excrutiatingly long pause. And the last thing heard before the communicator times out is a loud, broken scream. It isn't of sadness, or even of rage. It simply just... is.-

[[ ooc: Kazuki is now deaded, folks. Tir was just outside the clinic when this happened, so anyone there was likely able to hear the scream in person. The conversation, mind you, was in Japanese. ]]

Comments

[princedetective.livejournal.com]

One does not have to rely on a power to understand - or catch - someone like that.

As usual, you're being an idiot, and I'm growing impatient with dealing with it.

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

Can I ask you a question?

[princedetective.livejournal.com]

...Yes.

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

...

How familiar are you with death?

[princedetective.livejournal.com]

I am a detective. I have worked many cases, several of them homicides. My current case back home is one of a - serial killer.

[...] If you are planning to follow my answer with, "I have seen much worse, you cannot imagine, I must do what I must," or some other foolishness, I would rather you not bother.

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

Of course not. Saying something like that would be selfish and cruel. I just wanted to know...

I mean, what do you think it takes to truly convince someone who seeks death to stop?

[princedetective.livejournal.com]

Counseling. Support. Please clarify your question.

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...

Maybe just this once, Soul Eater will actually be able to help... I wish I could explain how, but I think it can. At least, that's what it is telling me.

[princedetective.livejournal.com]

That is not a sufficient answer.

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

I know it isn't... I apologize.

[princedetective.livejournal.com]

...As such, until you are able to explain it rationally, or make clear your meaning, I will continue to deem it and you foolish, and disagree with your idea to have your powers restored. There is no time for your nonsense. Focus on solving this case with practical means.

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

...You're right. I'm such a damn fool, really. But then again, it's fools like me that...

Naoto, no matter what happens...

No, nevermind. No sense in asking for promises now.

[princedetective.livejournal.com]

It's fools like you that fail. You may have power, or luck - but those things are never enough on their own.

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

Exactly...

Power or no, it wouldn't have changed a thing. He still would have died...

[princedetective.livejournal.com]

If you know all this, then why are you persisting in it?

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

Because what if it can make a difference the next time this happens? This Rune of mine was able to end a war... surely it is not useless here!

[princedetective.livejournal.com]

You are aware of the critical differences between a homicide investigation and a war, are you not?

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

I'm aware that this is one of many, in what has been just an ongoing cycle of death and chaos. It has to end somewhere...

[princedetective.livejournal.com]

For the second time, I ask you if your power entails any sort of tracking or discovering abilities.

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

...No, it does not. It only deals in Life and Death.

[princedetective.livejournal.com]

Then it is useless in this situation.

[tenkai-soul.livejournal.com]

...

If you need me, I'll be at the hospital. I've checked in on the others, so I'm going to head there.

[princedetective.livejournal.com]

Do whatever you'd like.