triggerhappytraitor: (Fistbump)
Sakuya Tachibana / Kamen Rider Garren ([personal profile] triggerhappytraitor) wrote in [community profile] oomori_hill2019-05-26 08:17 pm

News Report: Week 1

The evening news report is hard to miss, with the giant TV screens on some of the larger buildings displaying the report so that even those without a TV or phone to watch on can stay informed. Anyone walking, stuck in traffic or taking the train will likely see the broadcast at least once, if not twice as they head home for the day.

"In tonight's top stories, the trend of bad luck in the mining sector continues as there was yet another explosion in the Quarry. Witnesses reported seeing men covered in black and white spandex wearing masks and ran for cover. Multiple explosions shook the area, but there were no reported casualties, and only minor injuries.

Officials are advising motorists to avoid central downtown and to take public transportation when at all possible as an excess amount of cars on the roads caused yet another major traffic jam. This was compounded by a scuffle between police and an unidentified man that witnesses claim was shooting acid from his hands. Other witnesses claim it was not a man, but a monster, but official police report state it was most likely someone in a costume.

In other news, Specialty Reconstruction Services Group reports that the damage caused by what was most likely a gas explosion on a filming studio lot has been mostly repaired. Overnight work will be required to finish the job, however, and residents in the area are advised to wear earplugs and blindfolds to avoid interrupted sleep.

Cafe owners are putting out a plea to local residents to place be careful when passing by their establishments. Multiple reports of plastic patio furniture being destroyed by what some have called overzealous neighborhood watch efforts have lead to some cafes giving up on outdoor serving all together.'



While the news broadcast may seem rather innocuous, there is one decidedly odd feature. In the upper right hand corner, the placard that shows the time and date seems... strange. The date itself is oddly unreadable, despite looking like it should be able to be read easily. In fact, most people seem to be able to read it just fine, but when they say it aloud, it simply can't be heard. Or at least, not by anyone who can't see the text on the screen....

Meanwhile, back at the Quarry, it would seem that the mooks who'd caused the day's explosion have returned, undeterred to finish the next stage in their big plan. What that plan is is anyone's guess, but whatever it is, it's not likely going to be good. In either definition of the word.
kenzaki: (concerned about Hajime)

oh please don’t be XD

[personal profile] kenzaki 2019-05-28 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
Kenzaki grins in relief as he sees Hajime. Good. That’ll make whatever this is easier to deal with. He heads back towards him over the pavement, deftly avoiding the family making its way past.

“Hajime-!”

He reels back, nearly tripping over a dog. Rubs his jaw, and stares at his favourite bug. “I didn’t know you had an obscene caller, and it wasn’t me!”
chalicejoker: (Cross)

8D

[personal profile] chalicejoker 2019-05-29 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Don't play games with me!" There's a scowl. "Ten years, and you can't even figure out how to talk."
kenzaki: (Default)

Re: 8D

[personal profile] kenzaki 2019-05-29 02:57 am (UTC)(link)

Wow, he's pissed.

"Ten years?" Kenzaki asks, utterly lost. He drags a hand back through his hair, no doubt making it stand on end. "Ten years of what? Come on, Hajime, don't be like that! I haven't called you for days!"

chalicejoker: (Grumpy)

you know what, now he's from a few days after the drama cd

[personal profile] chalicejoker 2019-05-30 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
"I know." Yes, the first phone call he'd gotten from Kenzaki in ten years had been just a few days ago. "And you didn't actually talk after all that time." He is so pissed right now, how dare you make him feel an emotion other than wanting to punch a thing, Kenzaki?
Edited 2019-05-30 02:15 (UTC)
kenzaki: (broken helmet)

lmao of course he is

[personal profile] kenzaki 2019-05-30 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
Kenzaki reaches out to grab his shoulder. What the hell is going on? Hajime looks different. Not older, just different. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he says, starting to get both worried and pissed off.

“Is it Joker? Are you having trouble suppressing him? You usually only get this pissy when you’re worried you’ve scared little Amane-chan.”

Probably way too blunt and tactless. Hajime doesn’t exactly like being reminded of scaring Amane, and he’s already hit Kenzaki.
chalicejoker: (About to Fight)

only the finest coincidences

[personal profile] chalicejoker 2019-06-01 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
If only Amane were still little; things would be simpler. He wouldn't have to worry about covering for his complete and total lack of aging. It wouldn't be too long before they'd have that conversation...Hajime's scowl deepens at the thought. "Joker hasn't given me trouble in years, and Amane is in high school."
kenzaki: (Gorider)

like meatloaf through a straw, so are the days of their lives

[personal profile] kenzaki 2019-06-01 01:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Kenzaki snorts at that.

"What the hell are you talking about? She's only about, what, four? Six? Maybe nine. But she's not in high school, Hajime!"

..................wait, what.

He exhales roughly, intense concern starting to creep up his spine. "What year is it?"
chalicejoker: (Uncertain)

[personal profile] chalicejoker 2019-06-01 02:55 pm (UTC)(link)
What the hell is going on here? Something is not adding up, and this just makes Hajime scowl harder. It's a good way to cover growing unease with the situation, especially since Kenzaki's talking like no time has passed. "It's 2015."
kenzaki: (concerned about Hajime)

[personal profile] kenzaki 2019-06-02 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
Kenzaki stares at him.

"It's 2004," he says blankly, eventually. "It's not 2015. What the f- hell is happening?"

Hajime's scowling just like always, well, when he's scowling, which when Kenzaki thinks about it is quite often. But not constantly. Anyway. He looks like he usually does whne he scowls. He doesn't look eleven years older. Which - which makes sense.
chalicejoker: (Uneasy)

[personal profile] chalicejoker 2019-06-02 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
"What." It probably should have been phrased as more of a question, but really, it's all Hajime can manage to get out at this point. "What." It is evocative of how he feels right now, excellent word. Somehow not profane.

There's a long pause. "What were you doing before we ran into each other?"
kenzaki: (confused)

[personal profile] kenzaki 2019-06-02 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
"Coming out here to check out what's going on because of the news," Kenzaki said promptly. "A couple days ago you, uh, lost control of Joker and you..."

Hated yourself for it. Shut yourself down even harder.

"...you weren't happy about it. Uh, I have to pick up milk for Kotarou, too. You?"
chalicejoker: (Contemplative)

[personal profile] chalicejoker 2019-06-02 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Great. Wonderful. That is...well, the mention of Joker is a guaranteed intensification of the scowl. "I was just picking up a few things for the Jacaranda. And nothing has happened with the Battle Fight in years."

...how much should he even say about that, anyway?
kenzaki: (smile)

[personal profile] kenzaki 2019-06-03 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
Kenzaki takes an involuntary step towards him, grabbing Hajime's arm with surprised joy. "We won? Years ago?"

Hajime looks whole. He looks normal.
chalicejoker: (Mopey)

[personal profile] chalicejoker 2019-06-04 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
That question is entirely more loaded than Hajime would like, thanks. "It went...fine." He is not making eye contact or any attempt to pull away, even if he reflexively tenses at the sudden grab.
kenzaki: (smile)

[personal profile] kenzaki 2019-06-16 08:56 am (UTC)(link)
Kenzaki won't quite hug him, but he's so delighted he slings an arm around him and squeezes into him from the side, just for a moment.

"That's good. I've tried not to lose hope, and now I know I don't need to."

Hajime's tense, but Hajime's usually tense, right?
chalicejoker: (Uneasy)

[personal profile] chalicejoker 2019-06-17 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
Wow that's some emotions coming off of that; Hajime genuinely isn't sure how to deal right now, he's frozen, please reboot your Hajime.

Or at least, he kind of shakes himself back into some kind of response there, fine, fine, he's fine. "Yeah. You...you were always good at finding it, even when no one else could."
kenzaki: (Default)

[personal profile] kenzaki 2019-06-17 03:07 am (UTC)(link)

Hajime is very tense.

.........

Kenzaki takes a step back, running a hand through his hair, as cold rakes up his spine. "'You were'? Am I dead, or something? Hajime."

chalicejoker: (Looking Down)

[personal profile] chalicejoker 2019-06-20 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
"No! No. Not...dead." Well. That is awkward. That is very, very awkward. Hajime does not want to go into more detail, about how there's now an un in front of the dead as far as he's concerned now.
kenzaki: (Default)

[personal profile] kenzaki 2019-06-26 03:27 am (UTC)(link)

That's not exactly the answer he wanted to hear. The way Hajime says 'dead' is very precise, like Kenzaki isn't dead, but it's something else bad.

"That's something," he says cautiously. "What, then? Why are you talking about me like I am dead?"

chalicejoker: (Sad)

[personal profile] chalicejoker 2019-06-30 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, no, you're not dead." Hajime looks like he'd rather be anywhere else than having this conversation. Seeing Kenzaki again is not really going the way he might have hoped, given this hideous time confusion thing. "Just...Undead."
kenzaki: (confused)

[personal profile] kenzaki 2019-07-01 11:47 am (UTC)(link)
"I see," he says faintly.

To... to fix everything, he thinks. He did that. To fix everything. And Hajime's alive, and well enough and aware enough to punch someone in the face, so that's....

"That's good, then."
chalicejoker: (Sad)

[personal profile] chalicejoker 2019-07-04 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"...is it, though?" Hajime looks kind of miserable at this point. "I'm...not worth that."