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Goro Akechi [TWEWY AU] ([personal profile] paysforall) wrote in [community profile] personavelvetroomdr2023-09-14 06:06 pm

whisper that the past is gone eternally

It's the Shibuya Crossing. The big, famous one, with all the crowds and the traffic and the 109 building overlooking it all.

And that's the thing.

The 109 building.

Paying no mind to the sea of empty cognitions around him, a Goro Akechi stands in the center of the crosswalk, staring up at the number-faced building with a frown. If you were looking for any Goro Akechi in particular, however, this one almost transparently isn't him. Twenty-one years of age and dressed like the masculine line of a Victorian goth brand was thrown over his head like a bucket of cold water, this Akechi stares at one of the most familiar landmarks of Tokyo like it's a river in a desert and he hasn't quite decided if he wants to take a drink.

He's back.

(Or, at the very least, he's no longer where he was. Her Shibuya was a 109 as well. And there was that strange room...)

"If the Shibuya Game has gone down the shitter again," he says, seemingly addressing nobody, or possibly the phone he's pulled from his pocket to glare at, "I am going to go after the Composer myself."

He lifts his phone. (It's the same phone he's always had. The only thing that hasn't changed, for anyone with a keen enough eye for detail. There's a new vinyl sticker on the back, a stylized skull in red at an angle, but it's the same phone as ever.) Snaps a picture. No change in the photo. Closes that, opens a different app, snaps again. His frown intensifies.

(It is, by now, a good thing that the cognitions are just filler that will continue to idle in whatever routine they're running, because otherwise he would surely have been hit by a car, right? But the crowd continues to wander around him, heedlessly.)

Finally, he lowers his phone, sends the photo to someone on his contacts, and apparently gives up, shoving it back into his pocket. The cognitions resume the flow of normal traffic, clearing the crossing so that cars can pass through, as he goes over to Hachiko to lean up against the side of the statue.

"I didn't miss the not having any idea what's going on," he tells the dog, firmly firmly and with a hint of melancholy. "Oh, if only a real person would show up with the answers right about now. Why, I'd even consider buying them a coffee for the trouble."

Despite nominally being addressed to the bronze canine, the way he lifts the volume of his voice makes it clear that it's addressed to you, onlooker, whoever you are.

[[OOC: I don't actually care what format you use i just always write introspective-y starters in prose. tldr twewy au post-canon post-death akechi]
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[personal profile] pancakeboy 2023-09-15 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
[One of the things Akechi liked to do, when he had time, was sit on the benches in Station Square and watch the world go by. First, because he was firmly outside it, and later because he could pass for part of it; and then because he was outside it again, and almost never had time.

Mementos is down there, below the train carriage. Mementos, his home, which it turns out likely has a false god lurking at the bottom. A false god who set Akechi up. Just perfect.

So when a version of him that he's not yet seen arrives, Akechi is conveniently lurking nearby. And when this older, overdressed—ah, but who is he to talk about being overdressed, really?—version of him starts to lecture the dog, Akechi is there.

He drops back on his bench.]
Make it coffee and lunch and you have a deal. Hello. [He adds that last, crinkling his eyes in his fakest smile.]
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[personal profile] pancakeboy 2023-09-15 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
[And the Detective Prince (second) (possibly retired) thinks about this, steepling his gloved hands. Absolutely bizarre space villain vibes are what he's getting, and he thought the last month had more than cross-certified him in weird shit.

Speaking of space villains, though, he doesn't really feel like Big Bang Burger.]
Ah, that depends. Some of the places I know are here, but many aren't. There was a decent sushi place opposite the 109 building, definitely a 9/10, but in this reality it's chosen to sell candyfloss in bags.

But perhaps you enjoy candyfloss? [It's almost syrupy; he's testing this weird version of him. Just a little. Just a bit.]
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a sad fate :(

[personal profile] pancakeboy 2023-09-15 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
Conveyor belt only, unless you want to walk to Takazakaya. [His pet department store in Ginza. His smile brightens till it could raise the dead, and then... he drops it, in favour of something sharper and smaller.]

Money at least won't be a concern, a lot like the distances. You are new. Well, I say new. [Old, he means. Old as balls. Which... actually means he got old; his smile loses a bit of its edge.]

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[personal profile] fogbornphantom 2023-09-15 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
One of us...

[Says a very ominous, if familiar voice. It's a younger Akechi, about eighteen, in a Shujin uniform with a black turtleneck and familiar black gloves. He cracks an eerie smirk and then stops, snickering.]

In all seriousness, you've just helped nudge us into eclipsing the number of Akiras, Rens, whatever you call him. Perhaps to you, his name is something outlandishly silly, like "Pizza Pasta," which would make absolutely zero sense, but the multiverse certainly is vast.
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[personal profile] fogbornphantom 2023-09-15 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
You know, considering that literal mascot bears can grow human bodies inside of them, that really doesn't surprise me. Nevermind the fact that the goddess Izanami masqueraded as a gas station attendant to kickstart a 'game' that would determine the future of humanity.

[The words roll off his tongue as if it's no big deal. Perhaps this new Akechi won't be as fazed as some others.

This is a good way to test the waters, if anything.]
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[personal profile] fogbornphantom 2023-09-15 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Games as in plural? And a smaller scale, at that... So I assume you aren't referring to the "game" run by the false Igor, otherwise known as Yaldabaoth, who used Joker and another version of ourselves as pawns.

[After all, the false god's plan did concern the entire world, not just Tokyo, but-

Ah.

...Heh. That actually earns a little laugh.]


As for Teddie, I can only assume there would be a malformed fetus inside, or something equally horrifying. Perhaps even more horrifying than the fact that his human form was annoyingly attractive.

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[personal profile] willowandoak 2023-09-18 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ What in every goddamn world is the new Akechi wearing—

No, actually, the real question is, if Goro Akechi looks that good in old-fashioned Western clothes, why the hell isn't he in them all the time? Ren will buy them for Akechi himself when he gets home, if that's what it takes.

He smiles when he's addressed. ]
I'd rather just exchange answers with each other, but I'm not picky. We can do coffee if you want.

[ At first glance, he's a somewhat shabby-looking Ren (or Akira?) with big black boots, stud earrings, no glasses, and a friendly grin where other Akiras and Rens might be much less expressive. At least his hands are shoved in his pockets in much the same way that Akechi might be familiar with. ]
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[personal profile] willowandoak 2023-09-18 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ But Ren is used to ruffling the feathers of his own Akechi. And when he's not doing that, he's used to those smiles—not the rare, fond, secret ones that make his stomach turn over with something like fear, but the more normal smiles he gets when he gives Akechi something cool or agrees to hang out. He misses those smiles. Or at least he thinks he does. It's all so fucking complicated now.

Aside from a brief, startled blink, none of that shows on his face. His grin slants sideways, mischievous. ]


I don't know. My first question is, how do I get my own Akechi into those clothes? Tell me that and I'll tell you whatever you want over any coffee in Tokyo or Tatsumi Port Island. Or Inaba, I guess. But their coffee kind of sucks.

[ He won't actually tell Akechi anything he wants, but he'll tell him some stuff. He'll tell him more if Akechi answers his questions in return, most of which aren't as frivolous as he's pretending they are.

He really does like the clothes, though. ]
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[personal profile] willowandoak 2023-09-18 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ren nods thoughtfully, leaning against the low concrete wall that curves close to the statue. ] So, peer pressure him into thinking the old-fashioned goth stuff suits his image. That's doable.

[ It'd be tough, but if Ren presented it as a way to give Akechi more of a presence... He doesn't really need more of a presence, but that's not the point. Ren also doesn't have time to embark on an extended campaign to wheedle Akechi into a new wardrobe, and that is more relevant. It's funny to think about, though.

He tilts his head. ]
Are you an exception? With the way you said that. Or do the clothes help your image?

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[personal profile] youngestdawn 2023-09-20 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
Aki-chan jumps (which, for him, is a slight twitch) when he hears a voice in the crowd beckoning him. He turns around, and a tall, dark stranger with a Rock-Akechi-san voice is petting Hachiko-san. Not sure what else to do, he walks up to the well-dressed stranger.

[ A small, five-year-old version of Kurusu Akira (or Amamiya Ren, if you prefer), is currently approaching Akechi. His wide eyes stare forward unblinkingly and his face is blank and expressionless so he's a bit creepy looking, but he's clutching a dinosaur-themed notebook in his hands and has an oversized Featherman sweatshirt on -- he seems harmless enough! ]
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[personal profile] youngestdawn 2023-09-20 07:22 am (UTC)(link)
Bowing a greeting just a little timidly, Aki-chan opens his notebook to the first page, decorated with washi tape and a colorful border. In his five-year-old handwriting, it reads:

"Hi! My name is Kurusu Akira. I'm five years old. I have selective mutism, which means I can't talk sometimes. I know some sign language. Thank you for your understanding."

Then, he flips to another page.

"I can tell you about this place, if you'd like. I don't know too much, though..."
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[personal profile] youngestdawn 2023-09-20 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Akira-kun nods, a little excited that someone else knows someone who couldn’t speak, even if he feels like it might be bringing up bad memories. He won’t ask. Akira-kun already likes this Akechi-san.You’re old, Akechi-sensei! Older than anyone else here, aside from Nose-sama. I think. There are many Akechis here. I like using my book. Do you know sign language?

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[personal profile] rosemaudite 2023-09-20 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
Some time later - after he's settled in, and after Haru has met her counterpart - she comes looking for him.

She's not sure Noir noticed it (perhaps she hasn't had as much reason to get to know her own mind well), but she sure as hell did, and she doesn't appreciate strangers dropping things into her head like that. Even if that stranger is a Goro. So: Time to find out what the hell that was all about.
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[personal profile] rosemaudite 2023-09-20 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
She did know that. This one is too old, and too psychic.

"I'd appreciate it if you didn't do that again, outside of a true emergency."
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As she takes the offered seat, Haru can't help but snort. "What gave it away?"

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