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And all my epiphanies

who: Reaper - Open to all + private prompts.
what: The Butterfly Effect player plot with various characters.
when: FORWARD DATED Between June 10th-20th
where: Various locations around Riverview Quarantine.
warnings: Mentions of Reaper's once-dead face, MAYBE? Otherwise nothing, for once.

Side: OPEN

[Even if he's not toting the same skull-faced mask he had been up until recently--it doesn't mean that his manner has changed all that much. At least, not on first glance of the man. He seems to have a heavy brow and a serious case of resting bitch face. It doesn't help that his face is scarred in multiple places, and he looks like he belongs on a football field or in a boxing ring, and not walking around Riverview Quarantine like an aimless nomad.

It seems too late by the time you make eyecontact with the man, as he seems to lock his gaze onto yours with the intent to speak.]

Hey. Can you help me out.

[Surprisingly, his voice isn't nearly half as gruff as you might remember(or expect, if you haven't heard him over the network before) as he brandishes a piece of paper at you. On it, there's a roughly hen-scratched list of items.]

I'm looking for a few things. You'd think that I'd have gone looking for them in the two months I've been here, but I guess I've been a lazy asshole. Don't know the shops around here too well. Mind pointing me in the right direction?

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I do feel like that most days. [Going crazy, that is.] There are times when I grow so restless that I escape and they have to come find me and chase me back. It's too depressing to be stuck in a place like this, you know?

[He has important things to do... but hm.] But when it's impossible for me to even move my body like that, then all I can do is sit and watch videos. If I watch performances and other idols on TV, then I can study their movements and pick up on specific skills. It's an actual skill that I've developed to be able to watch something over and over until I can do it perfectly myself with limited physical practice.

'course I know. You're not the first kid I've kept company in a hospital bed to keep them from going nuts, so don't worry about it. Ain't my first rodeo.

[Explains why he's taking everything here in stride doesn't it.]

Being able to learn skills off watching others isn't one to take lightly either. Even if you're using it for something like preforming. [Everyone's got their cup of tea--if he planned on judging Eichi's weird lifestyle, he'd have done it while he was dead.]

Makes me wonder if you've ever passed out on stage before, though. [Subtle.]

...Never in front of an audience, but there are many performances where I end up in the hospital afterwards. A true idol waits for the curtains to fall, you know?

[If that answers that. He's quiet for a few more seconds, staring down at his food and then looking curiously over to 'Reaper'.]

May I ask who else you've dealt with in the hospital? A friend of yours?

...Sounds like a rough time. And I'm willing to guess a few incidents aren't going to make you step back, are they.

[He can't help but to smirk at the other--At least if there's something he can understand, it's the passion to do something despite what might happen. He worked with similar morals for literal years.]

Genji Shimada.

He's here, in the quarantine, if you've ever meet him. Cyborg Ninja guy.

I pulled him out of Japan before he died from his wounds.

With this one thing, I've given meaning to this life of mine. If I were to step back, I'd only wither away like a flower without water or sunlight. This dream of mine is a short one, but it's still a dream I'd like to reach.

[So, no, he's not going to stop going hardcore idol. He's having trouble with his appetite, so even if he's eaten a good few bites of his Chinese food, he has to set his chopsticks down.]

So you were the one who helped Genji-san? That's just like you, Reyes-san. It's amusing to picture the two of you getting along.

When you've got ideals like those, anyone trying to stop you would be a real fucking asshole.

[Reyes' version of 'follow your dreams', I guess.]

Yeah, that was me. And the rest of Blackwatch, my sect. Even if the Japanese government made Overwatch freeze our movements for a while after that shit, it was worth it. Even if Genji hated becoming half machine.

[He thinks this is more than Reaper has ever told him. He realizes that, and normally he'd point it out, but right now... he wonders if pointing it out would stop it from coming. He's curious.]

Blackwatch and Overwatch? I don't recognize these names. What type of groups are they? Military? Regardless, Genji-san seems to have adapted quite well to his body.

[While he might not actively HIDE what he's now telling Eichi, he might be far less inclined to explain things so easily, it's true.]

Overwatch is the organization I work for. It's a multi-national military operation that works on making the world a better place, for people and omnics alike. I'm one of the founders.

Blackwatch is my sect. It's for quieter, more 'under the radar' operations. Black-Ops, spying, shit like that. Admit it wasn't pretty work, but someone's got to do the thankless jobs.

[And thankless it was--he didn't have the big fucking statue outside, after all.]

He has adapted. Amazes even me. Last time I saw him, he was angry about everything. You couldn't get close to the kid without him trying to bite your head off.

Right. After all, the world isn't any place like you find in fairy tales. The only "heroes" are those caked in blood and standing above numerous bodies. To call it "justice" without seeing both sides would be unfair to every real person involved. But in order to keep what we believe in safe, doing things like that is necessary.

[He's thinking too much about idols in all of this, but also he does very much grasp the real world and war.]

What a strange way to imagine Genji-san, though. He danced with me when I couldn't support myself any longer, and spoke calmly and politely. He and his brother remind me of home, so it's nostalgic to be around them.

I'm sure I've said it before, but it bears repeating: You're one fucked up kid.

[Despite the intensity of the WORDING behind this sentence--he's actually almost grinning, a low chuckle escaping him as a thumb comes up to scratch between his eyes in his bemusement.

He wasn't wrong--the shining star of the 'Heroes of Overwatch' is what the world saw, and what it WANTED to see. But it was Blackwatch that was getting actual work done. Work that Overwatch couldn't even stand to admit to.]

But you're not wrong. That's exactly the way the world is.

From what I know about Genji before Blackwatch took him in, he was a freedom-loving kid who was just as much a brat as any. So I'm not surprised to hear he likes things like dancing and I know for a fact he was once addicted to video games. [Just like a kid should be.]

Guess years can change a man more than once in their lifetime. I'm glad to hear he's gotten over the anger over his cyborg body he held onto. Thought he was going to hold onto rage like that his whole life. Honestly, it's sad to watch someone with so much potential waste away like that.

I can understand that feeling well. Even if I'm stuck behind these sanitary white walls, chained down by needles and fluids, watching someone laze away as the world passes them by while they have such talent and potential is a terrible thing. It makes me want to reach out and take their bodies and talent for myself.

[Haha, he's so serious. But he's smiling faintly.] Well, but the talent and potential that I see in my classmates is different from yourself and your fellow soldiers, I know. But if I were born in any time where I'd be forced to fight, I'd never last a day.

[So, this is where he has to be.] ...Anyway, I'm glad to hear that he's overcome whatever anger he might have held. He's truly inspiring in his words, so he must have grown quite a bit.

You sure got a way with metaphors and imagery, kiddo. One might mistake you for being crazy if you dropped that kind of body-snatching bit on them.

[But he's taling to Gabriel Reyes--a man who became Reaper. It seems that even before he died, a twisted sense of humor wasn't something that developed after the fact.]

But that's exactly why soldiers exist. Even if you were born in a time of war, there are always people who'll rise up to bloody their hands to protect those who can't protect themselves. I'd not worry too much about it--you continue working on your song and dance.

[Whatever that mess was. A hand raises up and he removes his hat, dragging fingers over the short, somewhat curly hair on top of his head.]

Yeah, well... I'll have to have a chat with this new and improved Genji at some point. Don't figure he's too keen on speaking with me right now. Not after the bit I tore off his brother. [Verbally, but.]

You fought with Hanzo-san?

[That's what he can gather from that, at least. Somehow, some way... But he still smiles at Reaper, especially at those words "you continue working on your song and dance." He's assuring him protection, isn't he? In that way of his.

Later, Eichi will think back on this fondly, but right now all he can think is that it's exceptionally convenient.]

Maybe you can speak to him. If there's anything I can do to help, then let me know, of course.

I wouldn't have really called it a 'fight', given how one-sided it was.

I pretty much tore a piece out of him for shit he did years ago 'cause I had the chance.

[He'll admit now that it was pretty shitty of him, given literally a decade has gone by since it happened, but... seeing the older ninja had kicked something in him that was enough to talk the older ninja into a bout of PTSD that kept the ninja awake for a few days.

Not that he's going to share that bit of information as he raises a hand up to touch the back of his head.]

Nice of you to offer, kid, but the last thing I need is for someone to tell him I've got regrets or something. He'd probably ignore you, or think you were trying to insult him, honestly.

...He told me briefly about some past mistakes of his, as well. It seems he does feel incredibly guilty.

[Not that that changes anything, of course. He just felt like pointing that out, humming at Gabe's words.] Genji-san never came across to me as a close-minded person. Since we're from the same country, we have some connections that are difficult to explain.

However, I do think it would be out of place to simply approach him out of nowhere. If it's between the two of you, then it should be left as such. I intend to respect that.

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