Sudden Death - Monologue 1
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shivalriesSeason: Autumn (Past)
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Location: Suou family garden - evening
(Ten years ago, in the central garden of the Suou family mansion, one month after the funeral of Tsukasa Suou's grandfather)
Tsukasa: ......
Kohaku: —Whatcha up to over here?
Tsukasa: U—Hwaugh— ...Ahem, ahem! (clearing his throat)
Oukawa! Why must you always appear so suddenly?! Do not surprise people like that!
Oh, but I was not surprised, understand? A proper boy would never scream at random, of course! I had predicted your movements and was quite prepared for you to appear just now!
Kohaku: Yeesh, no need to deny it so hard. ...Boys sure do have it rough.
Tsukasa: Yes, we certainly do! As a fellow male of our bloodline, I presume you understand my plight.
Kohaku: Mmm... We're a lil' different where I come from—different from the rest o' the family, and from the rest o' the world, too.
Tsukasa: ......?
Kohaku: But enough about me, yeah? You're the big issue here.
I hear you've been actin' real funny lately. Won't train, won't study, just starin' off into space all day long. Sure your folks ain't worried?
Tsukasa: They're the ones who are acting "funny"! I know I musn't criticize my parents, but still!
Grandfather had such a great presence in our lives. It has been but a month since he's passed, and yet—-
Everyone has begun their lives anew, as if they have forgotten all about him.
Kohaku: Well hey, that's only natural. Can't keep bringin' up any ol' fella who's done kicked the bucket.
Us livin' folk still got lives to lead.
We're no monks, anyways—if ya got time to pray for the dead, ya got time to work for your food.
Well, ain't any kinda talk for brats like us. All we kids need to do is learn and play.
Tsukasa: ...My parents said the same. They said I must focus on what I need to do, instead of getting distracted by idle thoughts.
But I cannot rid myself of this strange feeling, no matter how I try. My doubts have stuck fast to my body like mud, leaving me in a mire.
Kohaku: Quite the poet, aren't ya, little lordlin'?
Tsukasa: That's enough of this "lordling" business.
Are we not friends? I shall permit you to call me "Tsukasa". ♪
Kohaku: When did we get t'be friends?
Tsukasa: I have been taught to treat friends of my age with kindness, and to give alms when they are in need.
Kohaku: Sounds a lil' stuck-up if you ask me... But everybody your age is suddenly a friend, huh? That's a peaceful world ya live in.
Tsukasa: Heh, take pride, Oukawa—for you are my very first friend.
Kohaku: ......
Tsukasa: I mainly receive my education from home tutors, so I have little chance to meet with others of my age, you see.
Kohaku: Huh. So you've been gettin' a special education. I was thinkin' the way you talk don't sound like no little kid.
Tsukasa: Are you not the same, Oukawa? You also speak like a grown-up, do you not?
Kohaku: Hmph. I don't exactly have a way t'make friends my age, either. Always talkin' with adults.
Tsukasa: I see. You and I are very similar.
Kohaku: Maybe our bloodline's just cursed to never have friends. But in exchange, we grow up faster'n anybody else—
Tsukasa: Eheh. That may be so. If it's a curse, there's no sense in fighting it too much.
Truly, it is so rare to have the opportunity to speak frankly with my peers like this—
While I have great love and respect for Tenshouin Onii-sama, and his position is similar to mine, his poor health does not allow us to meet very often.
As for Tori-kun... There is animosity between our families, so I assume I mustn't fraternize with him.
He is my mortal enemy, whom I must one day surpass. We cannot be too close, no matter how we may wish for it.
Kohaku: Bound hand an' foot, aren't ya, Tsukasa-kun?
Tsukasa: Do not refer to me so casually! You are younger and lower in station than me, are you not?
Kohaku: Ya just said I could use your name. The Suou family's ways are so ingrained in ya, ya act on 'em before you can even think. It's like an instinct.
I feel sorry for ya. You're a bird in a cage, too, huh.
Tsukasa: ...? I see no reason to have your pity.
Kohaku: Mm-hmm. What I'm about to do is all for my own self-satisfaction. Just a lil' meddlin' that nobody asked for.
Maybe in another life, somebody'll notice that even us monsters could shed a tear or two... that even when folks saw us as fiends, we still had compassion in us.
Tsukasa: ......?
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< Believability Chapter 13 || Masterlist || Monologue 2 >
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Location: Suou family garden - evening
(Ten years ago, in the central garden of the Suou family mansion, one month after the funeral of Tsukasa Suou's grandfather)
Tsukasa: ......
Kohaku: —Whatcha up to over here?
Tsukasa: U—Hwaugh— ...Ahem, ahem! (clearing his throat)
Oukawa! Why must you always appear so suddenly?! Do not surprise people like that!
Oh, but I was not surprised, understand? A proper boy would never scream at random, of course! I had predicted your movements and was quite prepared for you to appear just now!
Kohaku: Yeesh, no need to deny it so hard. ...Boys sure do have it rough.
Tsukasa: Yes, we certainly do! As a fellow male of our bloodline, I presume you understand my plight.
Kohaku: Mmm... We're a lil' different where I come from—different from the rest o' the family, and from the rest o' the world, too.
Tsukasa: ......?
Kohaku: But enough about me, yeah? You're the big issue here.
I hear you've been actin' real funny lately. Won't train, won't study, just starin' off into space all day long. Sure your folks ain't worried?
Tsukasa: They're the ones who are acting "funny"! I know I musn't criticize my parents, but still!
Grandfather had such a great presence in our lives. It has been but a month since he's passed, and yet—-
Everyone has begun their lives anew, as if they have forgotten all about him.
Kohaku: Well hey, that's only natural. Can't keep bringin' up any ol' fella who's done kicked the bucket.
Us livin' folk still got lives to lead.
We're no monks, anyways—if ya got time to pray for the dead, ya got time to work for your food.
Well, ain't any kinda talk for brats like us. All we kids need to do is learn and play.
Tsukasa: ...My parents said the same. They said I must focus on what I need to do, instead of getting distracted by idle thoughts.
But I cannot rid myself of this strange feeling, no matter how I try. My doubts have stuck fast to my body like mud, leaving me in a mire.
Kohaku: Quite the poet, aren't ya, little lordlin'?
Tsukasa: That's enough of this "lordling" business.
Are we not friends? I shall permit you to call me "Tsukasa". ♪
Kohaku: When did we get t'be friends?
Tsukasa: I have been taught to treat friends of my age with kindness, and to give alms when they are in need.
Kohaku: Sounds a lil' stuck-up if you ask me... But everybody your age is suddenly a friend, huh? That's a peaceful world ya live in.
Tsukasa: Heh, take pride, Oukawa—for you are my very first friend.
Kohaku: ......
Tsukasa: I mainly receive my education from home tutors, so I have little chance to meet with others of my age, you see.
Kohaku: Huh. So you've been gettin' a special education. I was thinkin' the way you talk don't sound like no little kid.
Tsukasa: Are you not the same, Oukawa? You also speak like a grown-up, do you not?
Kohaku: Hmph. I don't exactly have a way t'make friends my age, either. Always talkin' with adults.
Tsukasa: I see. You and I are very similar.
Kohaku: Maybe our bloodline's just cursed to never have friends. But in exchange, we grow up faster'n anybody else—
Tsukasa: Eheh. That may be so. If it's a curse, there's no sense in fighting it too much.
Truly, it is so rare to have the opportunity to speak frankly with my peers like this—
While I have great love and respect for Tenshouin Onii-sama, and his position is similar to mine, his poor health does not allow us to meet very often.
As for Tori-kun... There is animosity between our families, so I assume I mustn't fraternize with him.
He is my mortal enemy, whom I must one day surpass. We cannot be too close, no matter how we may wish for it.
Kohaku: Bound hand an' foot, aren't ya, Tsukasa-kun?
Tsukasa: Do not refer to me so casually! You are younger and lower in station than me, are you not?
Kohaku: Ya just said I could use your name. The Suou family's ways are so ingrained in ya, ya act on 'em before you can even think. It's like an instinct.
I feel sorry for ya. You're a bird in a cage, too, huh.
Tsukasa: ...? I see no reason to have your pity.
Kohaku: Mm-hmm. What I'm about to do is all for my own self-satisfaction. Just a lil' meddlin' that nobody asked for.
Maybe in another life, somebody'll notice that even us monsters could shed a tear or two... that even when folks saw us as fiends, we still had compassion in us.
Tsukasa: ......?
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< Believability Chapter 13 || Masterlist || Monologue 2 >
