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はたけ・カカシ 「HATAKE KAKASHI」 ([personal profile] ura_no_ura) wrote2013-07-10 04:07 pm

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[ Well, it seems he's got the basics down.

This isn't the afterlife, even if Kakashi's not entirely sure if he's actually still alive. And the wings don't do anything other than serve a mostly ornamental purpose. Which, in his book, means that they're completely useless and have about as much function as a second belly-button or a third nipple. Either way, they're itchy and uncomfortable and he had to cut holes in his flak vest so they weren't crushed against his body. A flak vest that was kindly delivered to him by his sensei, along with the rest of his gear. (He's only too relieved that it wasn't Naruto or Sakura or someone else who came across him when he was still in that relative state of undress -- what, without the mask and all.)

So here he is, fully dressed, with his journal-cum-communication device in his hand, flipped on. He supposes he should say hello this way since it would be easier to do this than to hunt down every shinobi of Konoha individually. It probably would also be useful for him to introduce himself to the rest of the network as well.

He's sitting on a tree stump while Minato goes off to do something IDEK ok and has his signature I Am Bored expression on his face. Or rather, lack of expression.

The edges of his wings, silver and tipped in black, flutter slightly. ]

Ah, is this thing on?

[ He brings the camera a little closer then, to make sure it's properly capturing him. Once he's sure, he raises a hand in something of a wave.

This is starting to feel like some sort of speed dating thing, minus the actual person sitting in front of him. Not that he's ever actually done speed dating, but he assumes that's how it'd work. ]

Yo. My name is Hatake Kakashi. I'm a shinobi by trade.

[ What does one say in introductions? Likes, dislikes, dreams, and hobbies? Ah, he supposes he can do that. ]

I'm not the kind of guy who talks about his likes and dislikes... My dreams are...hmm.... [ a beat ] none of your business. And I have many hobbies. None of which I want to tell you.

[ Another beat. ]

Any questions?
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[personal profile] endgames 2013-07-17 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Here we go. More of the line of questioning he'd expect. He was getting worried there.]

Depends on who you're asking. They're a large group, a lot of them no more informed than civilians. Even with the factions we deal with - scientists, and military - opinions are split.
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[personal profile] endgames 2013-07-17 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
["Leave nothing out", he says. Shikamaru's shoulders sag, looking put upon not for having to be the guy to do this - he'd rather everyone be informed.

But this... is going to take a while.]
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[personal profile] endgames 2013-07-17 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
[He stops walking and straightens his posture, turning to face Kakashi fully.]

The Malnosso are an organization that's existed for over a thousand years. It's members, even today, are made up of people like us. People who were drawn away from their worlds into this one. They're not the ones doing it, it's the planet itself.

[No, he doesn't know how. It seems no one does, or if they do they're not sharing. What he does know is that there are those among them that, even after all this time, still want to find a way back to their homes.

They've amassed a massive foundation dedicated to finding the answer to this question. Shikamaru promises to come back to this, but for now places emphasis on the science division of the Malnosso.

Some people inexplicably return back to their worlds as quickly as they arrived, so there has to be a way out. But over time, these departures came few and far between. After a long enough period, most find themselves stuck in this world permanently. According to the scientist's research, then, the answer to getting everyone out relies on studying those who are newly arrived.

Enter the enclosures.]


All new arrivals to this world are somehow filtered into enclosures like this one. By my estimates, at a minimum there are two dozen of these.

There the Malnosso's scientists can study them, via experiments effecting the village. Some are benign, others are not [Here he gives examples: people who've been turned back into their child selves, or characters from fairy tales. Experiment that have made them hallucinate, or forget who they are - implanted false memories, or false lives. An amusement park. Altered personalities.] None I've seen have been of the Orochimaru-type variety, and most wear off given a week or two. They utilize something called Shifting to accomplish this.
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[personal profile] endgames 2013-07-17 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
Think of it like changing the shape of a square so that it fits through a circular hole. Through some of their experiments, they're attempting to see if they can find a way to send us home if they Shift us enough. Supposedly, they're sometimes successful.

[Here he spreads his hands, looking back towards the village.] I don't know what they do to determine all of this, but I can't argue that they're learning nothing. I first came here nearly three years ago, and since then the population has been reduced by at least one hundred bodies.

[Not that he's grateful for what he's suffered through for it, but if he's to take what Bil said for truth, they were even responsible for sending him home four months ago.]
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[personal profile] endgames 2013-07-17 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
[He thinks about it.] There's two women. I don't know their whereabouts.

Molly is a secretary, or was a former one, to the last CEO. She was born in this world, and is about my age. She's got a stutter like when Hinata was a kid, and is afraid of most of us, but I think she's here for safekeeping.

[Haha, his age. He's older than he looks now, but doesn't think to clarify.]

The other woman is Carol. Dark hair, your age. She's a formal schoolteacher, and a liaison. She arrived here at the end of May and said she would be staying, but I haven't seen her since.
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[personal profile] endgames 2013-07-17 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
[He shakes his head.]

There have been infiltration missions of different sorts, but you'd never fully integrate yourself.

[Shikamaru turns his head and pulls down his collar, showing Kakashi the small barcode printed on his neck.]

They're trackers. We all have 'em.
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[personal profile] endgames 2013-07-17 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
It has nothing to do with allowed. Far as I know, more than half the people in the MSF are former residents of enclosures.

[He smooths his collar out, dropping his hand back down.] They "graduated", so to speak. Earned better treatment and opportunities by cooperating. Luceti has earned some of these privileges, but what you're talking about... Infiltration without a safety net? That'd be seen as insubordination, and we'd get caught in the act before the week's up.

[Especially after the last draft, but he'll go into that later. There's more he should explain about the Malnosso before he gets into the Third Party.]
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[personal profile] endgames 2013-07-17 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
They have various bases throughout the world. TERRACE [Tactical, Engagement, Resistance and Response Aero-Command Enclosure, he explains] seems to be the heart of these. It's a fortress built on a floating island in the sky. I'm not sure how far from here. I was sent there on the last draft through direct transport like the others, so there's no judging distance.
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[personal profile] endgames 2013-07-17 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[He waves a hand.]

Controls are on their side, not ours. Even if it did, it doesn't go just to TERRACE. I imagine you'd have to input coordinates, which we don't have.
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[personal profile] endgames 2013-07-17 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
You still got your journal on you?
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[personal profile] endgames 2013-07-17 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wordlessly, Shikamaru holds his hand out for it. Way easier to just show him.]
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[personal profile] endgames 2013-07-18 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
[And Shikamaru flips through it, eventually coming to the locked network. He goes for this entry, specifically, bookmarking it with his thumb.]

There's a network we use for discussing things we don't want the Malnosso to see. Back when I first showed up, information was regularly made available to the public about things like this.

[He checks a few more entries before flipping back to the place he marked and handing it back to Kakashi.] This one's over a year out-of-date, but no one's done one of these again since. It'll still give you plenty to look over until I can put something current together for you.
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[personal profile] endgames 2013-07-18 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Shikamaru nods.]

I will, when it's ready.

[Even if having the Yondaime around is... weird. Not because of serving a Hokage he never knew, no that's fine somehow. It'd just be better if that Hokage didn't have so many stories about his dead teacher, or his dead dad.]

Anything else, before we move on to what you asked me out here for?