I dislike my anger. It doesn't belong to me. It was given to me so I might do as I was commanded.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?If I am to truly rebel, it cannot be out of anger.
... I will be gentle. In the way Solomon always wants me to be. But this time, I want it too.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?Main Room (Aichi and Young Aichi)
(Both Aichi and Young Aichi are sitting on the couch in the main room. Aichi is attempting to play Mobile Warriors Versus and Young Aichi is watching.)
(Aichi's not doing particularly well, but at least he's not doing as badly as before...)
(Young Aichi is watching him play and seems to be enjoying it.) "Wow...!
(Aichi doesn't really say anything because he's focusing on the game, but he's glad Young Aichi is enjoying watching him... Although the whole thing about spending time with his younger self is still extremely surreal.)
(Meanwhile Young Aichi seems to be far less concerned with the weirdness of the situation. Pretty weird how easily he accepted this whole thing... Maybe having the more simple mind of an eight year old helps since he's not questioning the situation as much as Aichi...)
(As for anyone walking in and seeing the two... They really do look eerily alike. Hair color, hair style, facial structure [Barring the difference in age of course], their posture... near everything.)
edited 18th Feb '18 7:58:39 AM by CrystalMemoria
Main Room -> Outside (Aichi and Young Aichi)
(Both Aichis look towards the direction of the sound in unison. However, their expressions are different. Aichi is only mildly surprised by the noise while Young Aichi is definitely seeming scared.)
-"W-What was that...?!"
"I-It sounds like snoring... Here, I'll go check..." (Aichi starts to walk outside to see what's going on.)
(Meanwhile Young Aichi is scared and is following closely behind him because he doesn't want to be alone.)
edited 18th Feb '18 8:08:26 AM by CrystalMemoria
Outside (Aichi and Young Aichi)
(Oh yeah... Aichi's met Laura before... They actually met under similar circumstances...)
(Poor Young Aichi's scared of Laura. She's huge to the kid!)
"U-Um... Excuse me!" (Aichi is trying to speak up so Laura will be more likely to hear him.)
(Young Aichi is cowering behind Aichi.)
(Aichi can't help but get a very sheepish expression in response...)
edited 18th Feb '18 8:13:24 AM by CrystalMemoria
Outside (Aichi and Young Aichi)
(Young Aichi is scared stiff... and he's crying now. Crud.)
(Aichi feels really, really, really bad for the kid.) "H-Hey, it's OK... I've talked with her before, she's not scary... OK?"
(Uh... apparently that wasn't enough to settle him down...
(Aichi looks over to Laura. He's still looking frantic since he's also trying to calm Young Aichi down.) "S-Sorry to bother you! I was worried something was wrong since you were on the ground like that..."
(And he wanted to try to assure his younger self he had nothing to be scared of, but obviously that backfired...)
(Young Aichi's still scared and crying...)
edited 18th Feb '18 8:21:40 AM by CrystalMemoria
Outside (Aichi and Young Aichi)
(She did? Aichi's only run into Laura once, but he remembers that she was hungover when he saw her...) "O-Oh... All right..."
(He shifts his attention back to Young Aichi.) "S-See? She's not scary... Please don't cry..."
(Young Aichi's still scared and crying, but at least he's managing to look up at Laura now...)
(Aichi looks back to Laura with a guilty expression on his face.) "S-Sorry... H-He's sensitive..."
Outside (Aichi and Young Aichi)
(Aichi has learned because of what happened yesterday that it's better not to lie about his relation to Young Aichi.) "A-Actually he's... well, a... younger me... It's a strange story..."
(Young Aichi cowers behind Aichi more, but he's still managing to look at Laura. He's slowly, but surely, starting to calm down, but he's still really freaked out. He slowly nods in response to what Aichi said.)
edited 18th Feb '18 8:33:25 AM by CrystalMemoria
Outside (Aichi and Young Aichi)
"..."
(Aichi feels really guilty and tries to speak to Young Aichi again.) "Don't worry... She's not going to hurt you..."
(Young Aichi manages to speak to her.) "...Y-You're not...?"
(...Laura, could you even hear him? Because that was really quiet.)
edited 18th Feb '18 8:40:17 AM by CrystalMemoria
Outside (Aichi and Young Aichi)
(The tree falling makes Young Aichi jump.)
(Aichi's quick to try to calm him down despite being rather startled himself.) "I-It was just an accident... She didn't mean to knock it over, OK?"
(...OK, it seems to be working...) "O-OK..."
(He's still teary and still hiding behind Aichi, but at least he's starting to speak more... and he's speaking a little louder now.)
edited 18th Feb '18 8:47:54 AM by CrystalMemoria

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