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"This is Kakyoin Noriaki. Please leave a message, I'll contact you as soon as I can."

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From:

silvercrusader

Yeah. Me either.

[He thought of Dio-- small and terrified, telling Polnareff that he was scared of them. Talking about his passion for astronomy, his desire to consume any and all knowledge he could get his hands on.]

He told me he likes astronomy. And learning-- just learning for the sake of knowledge. Some of that I can connect to the Dio we know, but some of it-- it's odd. And it makes me wonder what happened to him, from twelve to-- however old he was when he enslaved us.

[He used that verb deliberately.]

Edited Date: 2016-05-13 11:12 pm (UTC)

From:

lapidarius

...I really just don't know, Polnareff. Maybe I should have asked Jonathan, while he was still here.

[Kakyoin took a deep breath and sighed, shaking his head.] Whatever happened between then and 1988--and I'm really not sure I want to know--I'm sure this place must have thrown a wrench in it somewhere. I just can't reconcile this kid with the monster that did all that to us.

[He took a drink of the coffee in front of him, mostly as an excuse to collect his thoughts for a second.]

I don't give second chances easily, if ever. And I'm never going to forgive any of what he did in general or to me specifically. But I just....this kid didn't do anything yet. I can't just condemn someone like that no matter who he could grow up to be.

From:

silvercrusader

Yeah.

[He sighed and fell back in his chair. He agreed, yeah, but that didn't mean the idea sat easy with him.

Perhaps it would resolve as he spent more time with Dio. Perhaps not.]

It's like one of those shitty what-if situations people give you, you know? What would you do if you met Hitler right now, that kind of crap.

[He scowls-- and then adds:]

You're never going to get back to sleep if you drink coffee, you know.

[It's the world's worst attempt at a subject change, but it's something.]

From:

lapidarius

...I didn't really want to get back to sleep tonight, anyway.

[He just shrugged it off, collar of a borrowed shirt falling enough to show the edges of scars that used to be lacerations left by broken metal.]

I'll be fine.

From:

silvercrusader

[His eyes went to those scars, and despite himself Polnareff reached to his own shoulder, fingers brushing against his skin in mirrored sympathy. He could guess where such scars came from-- though god only knew if it was right. And maybe he ought to bring them up-- get himself caught up on Kakyoin's shit, that would be the thing a good friend did, right? But on the other hand, they were already so bogged down with emotional shit-- and Kakyoin might not appreciate being gawked at.

So: a happy compromise. He would let the other know he'd seen those scars, but in such a way that he wouldn't feel weird about it. Like so:]

You know, you're a little short to be walking around in Jojo's things.

[He grinned.]

I mean, I can get away with it, me and him are practically the same size, but you--!

From:

lapidarius

...

[Subtlety on Polnareff's part was a rare and mildly astounding thing as far as Kakyoin was concerned. Ordinarily he might have even called attention to and openly teased him for it, but once he realized what the gesture and subject change meant...well, he was grateful enough to let it pass without comment.]

It's comfortable. Who cares if it fits or not, I'm not exactly going around the city wearing it. [He pulled the collar back into place as he spoke, rolling his eyes.] And are you calling me short?

From:

silvercrusader

Well, yeah. You can tell by the way I said short and then implied it was about you. Hard to follow, I know, but my Japanese isn't good enough yet to say it to you that way.

[And hey, if they weren't going to talk about those scars-- which, fine, that's all right-- then that just meant he could go back to being a shit.]

Anyway, this is just the first step. I've had girlfriends do this-- they start by just sleeping in it, and soon all of a sudden half your sweatshirts and t-shirts are at their place because they've stolen them. It's only a matter of time.

From:

lapidarius

Anata no kami wa anata yori segatakaidesu.

We live in the same house and the same room on top of that, it isn't as though they'd be difficult for him to find.

From:

silvercrusader

[THAT'S SO RUDE, but fortunately, Polnareff doesn't know enough Japanese to know that was a critique.]

Oye! Teach me to say something.

[--he's not a dog, Polnareff, don't just order him into it.]

In Japanese, I mean. I don't know a lick of it and I ought to, hanging out with you two.

From:

lapidarius

You could ask, you know.

[polly.]

From:

silvercrusader

What, like you're really busy with anything else?

[Missing the point--!!]

Please will you teach me something clever to say in Japanese, so that I can one-up your boyfriend?

From:

lapidarius

[polnareff, think about who you're asking.......]

[Kakyoin frowned in thought, pressing a hand to one shoulder and shifting like he was trying to stretch it out; he reminded himself that Polnareff did just avoid asking a blunt and awkward question and he was grateful.]

[On the other hand he was tired, slightly aching, and messing with Polnareff was a surefire way to make him feel better.]

Ore wa ore no beddo o aishi, ore wa mushiro anata ni nemurudarou.

From:

silvercrusader

If that's something that's going to backfire on me, I'll put a slug in your bed.

[Fair warning! But okay-- okay, so that was a lot of syllables all at once. Add to the fact Japanese pronunciation and articulation is a lot different than French, and it takes him a few seconds.]

Okay, so-- say it again? Ora-- no, ore wa ore, that's an easy start. Hang on--

[He stands, grabbing a pen and a message pad-- because this is interesting, okay, he's never gotten to try this before.]

Okay, give it to me again, let me write it down.

From:

lapidarius

It's fine. [Totally fine.] Here, I'll write it out-- [Ignoring the fact that his collar was dropping over his shoulder again (this was much more important), Kakyoin leaned over and took the pen, writing exactly what he'd said so it was clearly readable.]

[That'd teach Jotaro to tell him stupid pickup lines he had to ask Giorno to translate. Probably. Either way it'd be funny as hell.]

From:

silvercrusader

[Between Kakyoin's neat lines and Polnareff's messy notes scrawled beneath, eventually he has himself a fairly decent phonetic guide. Teamwork!]

Okay, so-- what am I saying, exactly?

From:

lapidarius

It's a compliment. [NOT A LIE...?] I'm pretty sure you'd use ore like Jotaro does, so it's phrased like the kind of compliment you'd give.

[.....also not a lie]

From:

silvercrusader

Yeah, but what kind of compliment?

[Because he's not entirely naive, okay, he knows who he's talking to.]

And what does-- oh! Is that the whole honorifics thing, is that what you mean?

[You think he'd know more about Japanese after fifty days with them.]

From:

lapidarius

The kind that shows how important someone is to you.

[stop this child.]

And not exactly. Japanese has a lot of different ways for someone to refer to themselves; the way Jotaro usually talks is about as informal as you'd expect from him, so he uses phrasing like ore ga sabaku and doesn't really bother with honorifics as far as I know. Depending on who I'm talking to, I prefer speaking a little more politely than he does. If it's just a casual conversation I'd use boku--it's still a casual way to refer to oneself, but a little less rough-sounding.

From:

silvercrusader

[So it's probably not outright filthy, right? That's more Polnareff's style than Kakyoin's. Maybe it's the opposite, maybe it's something disgustingly sweet. Either way, Jotaro's going to get it.

Or, hey, maybe not. Maybe he'll use it on someone else-- Suzie, maybe, or Holly. And then when the inevitable screeching began (either from the ladies or Jotaro himself), he could blame Kakyoin. Oh, how could I have known, he told me it showed how important someone was to you!

Yeah. Anyway, this is much more interesting.]

How many ways are there?

From:

lapidarius

Uh... [Kakyoin adjusted his glasses, thinking.] A lot; they depend on context, intent, sometimes dialect, things like that. There's more than ten ways to say 'I' specifically, and a lot of words and phrases for second and third person pronouns.

From:

silvercrusader

That's so complicated . . .

[Fuck that.]

All French has is moi or je, that's more than enough. And I mean, you can tack on polite shit if you really want.

From:

lapidarius

It's a complex language whether written or spoken, I'm afraid. It's not as if I invented it solely to inconvenience you, so don't look like it's my fault.

From:

silvercrusader

Well, you're nearest, it's way easier.

[As opposed to, what, the founder of Japanese? Anyway:]

Wanna learn some French?

From:

lapidarius

...Okay. Sure.

From:

silvercrusader

[He double checks his face, making sure he's actually serious and not just entertaining him. Either is okay, but he doesn't want to invest in something if Kakyoin isn't actually interested.]

Je m'appelle Noriaki, that's the first you gotta know. Nobody's going to take you serious in France if you can't say your name.

[Dirty phrases will come later (and they will, he has every intention of teaching those in a second). But first some basics, because he loves French, he really does.]

Edited Date: 2016-05-14 11:31 pm (UTC)