[VIDEO/ACTION] Imperfect Wings Won't Get You Into S*ul S*ciety

[gin_san]

[ You’re flying!

Or more specifically, the video (also known as the journal) is flying! There is a spot of cloud, and there’s another slice of tree, and a whole lot of snow, and then with a rather unimpressive thump, the entire thing comes to a stop with a small puff of snow covering one corner of the screen, which appears to be sideways and hanging from a branch of a tree, under which two people stand -- a tall, silver haired man with silvery white wings, and a short, red-haired girl with bright red wings.

It appears that he was mid-shout when the journal opened, as he has a finger pointed up in the direction of the journal and is gesticulating furiously. ]

-- YOU WANT IT SO MUCH, WHY DON’T YOU GO UP THERE AND GET IT, HAH?!?!

[ Clearly, this is the main character of the show, because he’s 1.) shirtless, 2.) quite loud, and also 3.) has the Protagonist Image, being shirtless and buff and all. (And yes, of course he is the protagonist, because he is Gintoki, and that makes him the star of Gintama, and you are currently watching part of season 7, which has not yet begun to air on TV Tokyo because Gintama has been on hiatus. It is not in fact canceled, as you might believe.) ]

Gin-chaaaaan!

[ The girl huffs angrily, looking from the journal, to the “protagonist", gritting her teeth angrily. That journal was hers, and she knew it. Surely, an angel wouldn’t do something like this. An angel wouldn’t put her through the daily torment that Gintoki does. So she makes her decision in an instant.

He doesn’t deserve to be an angel.

She reaches out quickly, aiming to rip one of those stupid wings off of his back. She only manages a handful of feathers, but still, her point is probably made. ]

Fly up there and get it now aru, you bastard!

[ And of course, because this is Gintama, or more specifically, a Gintama roleplay, instead of just a small trickle of blood and a scream or something along those lines, there’s an explosion of blood and Gintoki goes pale and suddenly staggers as he clutches at his poor wing (is he actually serious? he’s not actually serious, is he, this is just for dramatic effect isn’t it) and actually collapses onto the ground.

He may or may not be slightly twitching.

It’s all very dramatic.]

Gin-chan?

[ For a moment, she nearly ignores him and trudges off through the snow without him. But that twitching… It’s a little disconcerting. She crouches next to him and pats his face roughly. ]

Oi, there’s parfaits over in that snow bank. I wasn’t going to tell you aru, but if you get up you can have one.

[ At first there’s no response, and then Gintoki slowly manages to move his head to look up at Kagura the way a man close to DEATH might. ]

I can’t do it. You ripped out my re*atsu when you ripped out my feathers. Without a full set of wings, I can’t enter S*ul S*ciety.

[ Her eyes widen at that. Is it true? Will he really get left behind while she ascends? ]

I’m sorry, Gin-chan! Please wait, I will carry you to the hospital aru!

[ BUT FIRST, she’ll step away, and crouch down to dig a little hole in the snow, where she buries those feathers. She doesn’t want any B*nkai wielding S*ul S*ciety sh*n*gam* after her.

And when they are sufficiently hidden, she won’t go to immediately pick him up. She instead hops up to knock that journal out of the tree. She tucks it down the front of her shirt, then she’ll hoist the man on to her back, and start running through the trees. She actually has no idea where she’s going, so she’ll probably circle back around at some point.]

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[chinagirl]

[ She'll just gloss over the fact that she didn't even notice him or the elevators there, and launch herself at him. She's going to try to get on his back, SHE'S GETTING CARRIED. ]

[gin_san]

[ Steps out of the way just as the elevator doors open, and lets Kagura slam right through to the back wall of the elevator. Sadaharu goes barreling in right after, and Gintoki leans into the elevator and hits floor "5" since that seems like a good number. Then presses "door close". Have a good trip up, Kagura. ]

[chinagirl]

[ When he finally catches the elevator up to join her, he'll just find a very empty looking fifth floor, as Kagura and Sadaharu are nowhere to be seen. He'll also find though, that every door on the floor is actually locked.

If he listens closely though, there's cheerful laughter, the jingling of a very large number of keys, and a couple of barks coming from behind the door of room 25. ]

1/2

[gin_san]

[ Gintoki stops in front of door 25 and tries the lock. He's not gonna bother knocking, cuz clearly Kagura's not gonna open the door and will try to make him do something pitiful like ask her to let him in.

So obviously, Gintoki's going to be an asshole about it. ]

[gin_san]

[ Loudly. ]

Ah, the door is locked. I guess Gin-san'll just have to go find somewhere else to live.

[ And then through the door. ]

Don't forget to brush your teeth and wipe after you use the toilet, kusogaki! Gin-san's leaving now!!

[chinagirl]

Bye Gin-chan!

[ AH, the sound of flipping pages... Pages in Shinpachi Journal. The same journal she swiped from Gintoki, when she missed him and flew into the elevator. ]

Send me a letter to tell me where you end up aru. I will post it to that Ninja boy you like.

[gin_san]

[ No response.

Other than the sound of Gintoki's receding footsteps. ]

[chinagirl]

[ Shit. That wasn't supposed to happen! He was supposed to yell at her, and demand to be let in, then maybe kick down the door. There's only a few seconds of delay, after hearing him walk away, before the door bursts open.

She should really know better by now. But it's too late, she's really panicking. ]

Gin-chan!!

[ Not seeing him anywhere, she rushes down the hall, her hands filled with all of the fifth floor keys, as well as the journal. She hurries to the elevator and mashes the button, tears welling up in her eyes. ]

[gin_san]

[ SCORE.

Just as Kagura rushes the other way to the elevator, Gintoki comes out from his hiding place near the stairs and runs into the open door of the apartment, then slams it shut. ]

HAH!

[ And then he wedges a chair under the door handle so Kagura can't use keys to get in. ]

[chinagirl]

Gin... Chan?

[ She's so relieved! For about all of two seconds. Until he rushes past her.

She wipes her eyes, turning BACK to that apartment. Her mood does a total reversal again, and now she's fuming once more. She marches right back to the door, and after fumbling for a moment, finds the right key to slip into the lock.

AND PUSHES THE DOOR TO FIND IT IS JAMMED. ]

GIN-CHAN!!!

LET

[ She pushes harder against the door. ]

ME

[ Maybe even harder. Busting the knob off the door. ]

IN!!!

[ She bulldozes her way in, even without the doorknob, cracking that poor chair in half. And now there's a crazy looking, little girl shaped oni in the doorway, looking for blood. ]

[gin_san]

[ See, normally there might be some sort of ridiculous, comical thing that happens here, as is expected of Gintama gags, complete with a flailing Gin-san and maybe a Sadaharu who bites on his master's head. But, since this is a different setting, Gintoki isn't looking at Kagura, but is instead dramatically standing in front of an open door, quietly looking in on what looks like a bedroom. And there's another bedroom right next to it, in fact.

He'd flicked the light switches inside both rooms. ]

Oi, Kagura. Come here and look at this.

[ He's never lived anywhere this nice in his life, so Gintoki's a little too surprised to do some dumb shit like usual.

There's even Western-style beds, and nightstands with little lamps on them. And the bedspreads look nice and new, not old and tattered and worn like the futons in the Yorozuya. ]

[chinagirl]

[ She huffs loudly, not wanting to listen to him at first. But since he doesn't have that antagonistic tone anymore, her curiosity will get the better of her, and she'll follow him.

And, then she'll look up at him with an uncertain expression, once she sees the bedroom. ]

Gin-chan, do you think this is someone's house, aru? They left the keys inside, but...

[gin_san]

Well, the stupid instructions manual said that housing is free and we can just sort of live anywhere we want.

[ But just in case, Gintoki goes into one of the bedrooms and opens up the dresser. All the drawers are empty. He then goes over to the closet and tries that, too. Also empty. ]

I don't think anyone's living here yet, so I guess we can stay here.

[chinagirl]

[ And she hops right onto the bed, where she begins to jump up and down. They are going to have to get down and apologize to the fourth floor at some point. ]

[gin_san]

Oi, oi, don't jump so hard, you're gonna break the bed!

[ Though really, he's kinda pleased because they get their own rooms and everything, and this is a really huge upgrade from what they're used to. Gintoki goes back out into the main apartment to explore the rest of the place.

IT'S HUGE. ]

[chinagirl]

[ After a couple more jumps, she'll slide off the bed and follow him. ]

Gin-chan, we really get to live here? And we can have western style beds? Ah, is it because you have to play mayo games aru? Is this the payment?

1/2

[gin_san]

[ GEHHH DON'T REMIND HIM.

Gintoki violently shudders, tries not to gag. ]

[gin_san]

I'll kill anyone before they try to get their mayo on me.

[ Unless it's Ketsuno Ana. Then she can mayo him all she wants. ]

[chinagirl]

But, Gin-chan, I have always wanted to sleep in a western style bed since I was a baby! Maybe just a little mayo is okay, so we do not have to go back to our old house aru.

[gin_san]

We can sleep in the Western beds without any mayo involved.

[ Yeah, those words are literally ground out between his teeth. ]

[chinagirl]

So which room will be Gin-chan's? I want the one with the bounciest bed. Then the last one can be Shinpachi's.

[gin_san]

I don't care, just pick one.

[ Gintoki gives a dismissive wave of his hand. Really, he's just grateful that they have a roof over their heads and a nice place to sleep. Which room he ends up taking doesn't really matter in the long run. ]

[chinagirl]

Okay! This one is Shinpachi's!

[ She'll head over to one of the doorways, and produce Gintoki's journal, which is now wearing a pair of reading glasses she picked up at the clothing store. And she'll toss the journal into the room. ]

Ah, Gin-chan...?

[ Once she steps back into the living room, she looks around slowly. ]

I know what is missing now aru.

[gin_san]

If you're gonna say we need a bigger fridge, I already have plans to get a new one tomorrow.

[ Yeah, Gintoki already noticed how small the fridge is -- definitely not big enough to hold all of his puddings. His free puddings. Which he can get from the grocery store every day without paying a single dime. He fully intends on filling it all up with pudding and become Lord of the Pudding. ]

[chinagirl]

[ She shakes her head, pointing to the front of the living room. ]

Where is the television aru?