Kaworu Nagisa | 渚 カヲル | ᴛʜᴇ ғɪғᴛʜ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
peripheries) wrote2021-10-04 01:18 pm
peripheries) wrote2021-10-04 01:18 pm
IC Contact
"Ah, you've reached Nagisa but I'm away from the communication device. I'll have to return your call at a later time".
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Video | 1stStrike
Three fifteen at the flagpole.
I've got some questions I want to ask you.
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Ask them here then.
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When someone challenges you, you rise the fuck up and face it.
How else are you going to prove you’re man enough for my student?
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[Though, he says it and then realizes, he can say it but it doesn't mean that Johnny will comprehend it. In fact, it seems as though he willingly does not comprehend it.
So he groans, forces himself up, and out the door.
Paul is lucky he's so cute and charming.]
What flagpole?
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Manliness is way of life.
A state of being.
You hit the peak of manliness and you're on par with godliness.
[Oh look. He's getting up. Johnny relaxes his shoulders but it doesn't show on his face.]
Outside the school.
Be there or be square.
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[Does he want to? Probably not. Why are so many human males preoccupied with such things? Some days he thinks he understands humans and then he'll realize how little he does.
Still, he shows up sometime later, yawning pointedly and dressed in Paul's Cobra Kai shirt. This is either a peace offering or a challenge.]
So. What is it that you want?
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Johnny for his part is actually waiting patiently for Kaworu to arrive. He eyes the shirt and he might have taken it as a challenge if the punk wasn't already so close to Paul. Johnny didn't like it but he was willing to respect his students choices.
...But now was the time to find out why exactly.]
You're going to tell me just what Paul sees in a scrawny little shit like you.
I get the other nerd. Even if I wasn't expecting it. He can kick some ass.
But what is it about you?
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[He clarifies, defensively. Kaworu can see how to Johnny and people like him, he probably looks like he's just tagging along after two boys who already had something in common. Paul and Midoriya fit together when they're in the fighting ring, well matched in skill and spirit. He stands on the sidelines, an extra piece that doesn't fit into that world.
He'd never think of Midoriya or Paul like that but it's somehow easy to place himself in that role. He rubs an arm, looking more uncomfortable than annoyed.]
Isn't that something you should ask him?
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[Johnny knows the order of events well enough that he doesn't think Kaworu is an after thought in this situation. It's probably the closest bit of emotional maturity he has in the situation.
But he does approve of Deku over Kaworu for absolutely base reasons. He knew if Paul needed something he could count on Midoriya to pull him through a situation. Kaworu for the most part just seemed to bitch and moan at adversity.]
I could but I'm not going to. Instead I'm asking you.
If you're going to stand beside him I want to know that you have his back in any given situation. And that you always have his best interests at heart.
Because if I find out that you ever leave him hanging. I'm going to kick your scrawny little ass so hard that you'll squid yourself, turn back into a human and ink your pants despite that.
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[It's not exactly true. Paul told him exactly why he was fond of Kaworu on the night of the party, curled on the couch together, limbs tangled, lost in a haze of spice and desire. But that's an intimate moment and one he doesn't care to share with Johnny. He likes the memory preserved as is, without any commentary.
So instead, he just glares, a flash of defiance lighting up those inhuman red eyes.]
I'd never leave him hanging. I promised I'd watch over and protect him no matter what. And I'm going to do that. Even if it means getting hurt or suffering or even losing my own life.
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[Look. He wasn't exactly expecting a straight forward answer. He wanted to see what the kid would do if he was challenged and honestly Johnny had been expecting him to just bitch and moan.
But then he catches that glare and the look in Kaworu's eyes and he thinks that maybe. Just maybe the kid might actually have some fight in him.]
Oh yeah, You promised him that? Well guess what, punk? Talk is cheap.
[And just like that he's going to move in and attempt to shove Kaworu.]
Prove it to me, right now.
Show me that you can stand up and fight when he needs you to.
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[Kaworu leaps away, instinctively more fearful of a grown human reaching out to grab him than any monster. Beasts are predictable, vicious in mostly simple ways. Humans calculate, they plan, they determine uses for others.
The movement is inhuman, he floats into the air as if propelled by an invisible wind, hovers for a second and then drops back down, a distance away. He feels unusually... angry when confronted like this, to have his feelings and commitments questioned.]
Yeah? And where were you on the beach? Did you protect him back then?
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[On the bright side. While Johnny's behavior could be considered unpredictable and violent. There was rarely any sort of hidden plan baked into them, he was straight-forward to the extreme.
He's less surprised when Kaworu starts to float into the air than he would have been a few months ago. He was getting more used to the odd abilities people had here. He picks up his pace, not quite moving to a run but looking to close the distance between them quickly.
His nostrils flare as Kaworu brings up the Leviathan and his hands clench into fists this time.]
I was there with him. I was there training him to be better prepared to fight that son of a bitch. I failed him but I owned to up that shit. I gave my life to avenge him. I fucked up there too.
[If he gets close enough he's going to attempt to sock Kaworu right in the face.]
Everything I do, I do with his best interests at heart.
What are you doing?
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[Kaworu doesn't know why he's escalating this. It's more like he can't help himself. Perhaps, he's more similar to Johnny than he likes to admit, in that he struggles to get his point across anyway that simply trying to force it.
If Johnny gets in close enough, he'll find himself impacting a barrier instead of Kaworu. It seems to be made of pure light despite being solid to the touch, sending flashing geometric ripples when hit by blows. Still, Kaworu steps away a little.
He knows Johnny cares for Paul. It was foolish to act otherwise.]
I'm looking after him. I promised, after the beach, that I'd protect him. And... I'm trying to make him happy! Isn't that what humans want? Happiness?
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[He doesn't expect Kaworu to understand. He was a little twink, not a man. And apparently he wasn't human either but that didn't much matter to Johnny. He was here to prove a point and at least so far Kaworu was getting a middling grade. He had to admit the kid was showing at least a little more spunk than he was was expecting.
He closes the distance and his fist attempts to connect with Kaworu but instead it's met by the barrier protecting him. It doesn't so much feel like he's punching a brick wall but it's awkward as his arm hadn't extended fully.]
The shi-
[There's frustration and determination in his eyes and he presses forward. Now aiming for the barrier instead of Kaworu himself. He'll keep on punching even if his knuckles start to bleed.]
Yeah- But this place. Life in general is going to pull out all the stops to make you both miserable. You have to be willing to fight it at every turn. Use your fucking teeth if you have to.
So let's see it, kid. Let's see you fight.
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And what? Are you going to beat down a God of this place with your fists? Is that the sort of fighting you think works here?
[Okay. But fine. He's actually getting annoyed. And while he generally expresses disinterest in fighting, he and Paul have been doing training of their own.
The barrier drops and as Johnny approaches, Kaworu vanishes; his Darkblood powers warping the space around him so he moves, as though through an unseen door, behind Johnny. Then he kicks himself into the air and activates his AT Field once more, this time using it to exert force down beneath him towards Johnny instead of defensively.
It's not enough to kill him or even hurt him (yet), but it's enough to indicate there's significant power that Kaworu hasn't even begun to utilize yet.]
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And you're no fucking god!
[Kaworu's sudden disappearance does catch Johnny off guard. But he hears the leap from behind him and he turns just in time to catch what Kaworu is doing. He can't stop it- But he can at least make an attempt. He raises both his hands up and at least catches the barrier as it pushes down on him.
It doesn't hurt. Not yet at least. But he has no idea what he's actually up against. Johnny's blood will begin to boil and while he doesn't have any particular powers to help him out of this. His pale blood will start to charge the emotion in the area, making himself and those caught up in it more aggressive.
He looks up at Kaworu and doesn't seem bothered by his predicament.]
About fucking time you started fighting back! Now come on, kid! Come at me like you mean it.
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[The emotion in the area infects him like a disease. He's never felt this sort of rage, like he's being disrespected and he has to make this fool understand. That he needs to fight and spill blood to prove that point.
It's strange, he's vaguely aware of being hijacked by an emotion that doesn't belong to him, yet he can't shake it. Instead, he lets himself be dragged down. So he pushes harder with his AT Field, the ground beneath him starting to shift and crack, the pressure whipping the limbs of trees like an ominous wind.
Because they're in an open space, Johnny can simply back away to escape the crushing force. But it's clear that it could splatter him across the grass if Kaworu desired.]
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[There is a part of Johnny that does want to push through this, despite the fact that he's quite aware would probably get his ass kicked or die if he did. He wasn't the type to back down from a fight and he had pushed for this one.
But there is another part of him that realizes he's just got the answer he was looking for. Kaworu had to be pushed to get there but he had a killer instinct in there that could defend his student if needed.
More just to show that he can he makes one final assault on the pressure of Kaworu's AT field before he does actually back off. He's still ready to fight if Kaworu pushes on the attack from here but it's a step Johnny doesn't usually take.]
Guess you aren't as much of a pussy as I thought.
You passed the test, kid.
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[He should be relieved. This is over. It's done. He doesn't have to smash this idiot that Paul cares for into a bloody smear on the ground. Instead he just feels frustrated. Another test in a life full of tests that he didn't consent to. And this time it was just to be able to care for someone that means so much to him.]
I didn't ask to be tested! What gave you the right!
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Because I’m his sensei.
It’s my job to make sure he’s got all the support he needs to succeed.
[And he’ll raise a hand and point a finger right at Kaworu.]
And life isn’t going to ask you if you’re ready to face a challenge. It’s going to come at you swinging and you have to be ready to face it.
Just like you showed me right here.
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[He's breathing hard. His hands are balled into fists, body taut like a wire liable to snap at any moment. Why is this man like this? Why does Paul like him? Questions Kaworu always asks himself and knows he'll never get an answer for.]
I've faced things before.
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[Johnny's actually managing to calm down more himself, but he also sees how tense Kaworu is right now and keeps himself ready incase another little tussle were to break out between them. Not that he thought he could win considering what Kaworu had proven capable of doing but because he wouldn't back down from a challenge.]
But that's all I'm asking you to do. And I'll do the same thing, deal?
[And just to prove he's good to his word. He'll spit on his palm and extend a hand for Kaworu to shake.]