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Post by Dasha Laska on Nov 16, 2017 16:00:59 GMT -8
It had been a couple days since her official hospital discharge, but Dasha had made up her mind on a lot of different things. It had been five years since she’d taken an actual vacation (and subsequently five years since she’d started at Interpol), and she was about to cash in on all that time. Her notice had been written up, stamped, and was under her arm as she came in the door. Under another arm was an empty box. She walked to her cubicle first and started filling it with everything she would need from work. A couple people looked up, but when they asked what was going on, she’d give a shake of head. Everything was fine.
When that was done, she started over to Kaimana’s office to put the notice in his office mailbox out in front of his door. She’d been in the process of setting it down when that very same door opened, and for as much as she wanted to slam it down and walk away, she found her gaze flicking sideways and her hand moving of its own accord, holding out the necessary files instead.
Takeki Kaimana
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Now I'm wearin' a smile that I don't believe in. Inside I feel like screamin'. |
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Nov 16, 2017 16:21:53 GMT -8
Kai had the blinds in his office drawn, and the lights off aside from a corner lamp. He was still dealing with follow-up work from the Genesect case, and trying to decide if it was worth it to repair the damaged drive, but that had been pushed aside for now. He just... augh. There was too much stress right now and he just... needed a few minutes or maybe an hour in the dark. He had a pretty strict rule about not smoking in the office he wasn't going to break, but there might have been a small bottle of rum in one of the upper desk drawers he was slowly nursing while looking over some of the recent reports. Things that didn't really need follow-up, just read and filed away. It should have waited until more pressing matters were dealt with but... fuck it, this was technically productive.
His attention was drawn by the sound of the mailbox outside his door, and he looked up to notice the silhouette of the person operating it. He couldn't tell for sure, but with that hair it looked like Dasha, and if not he would have the excuse he was just checking the mailbox. So he hurried to the door and.. tried not to look too relieved he'd been right.
His mouth opened, but the papers were shoved at him. "Mm?" He looked down long enough to see the words 'leave of absence.' "Ah. Not a problem." Arceus knew she probably needed it after everything recently.
Her quiet avoidance even in handing them over, though, exacerbated one of the concerns he'd had since that day. "...I won't keep you long, but would you mind.. stepping in for a minute? There's something I'd like to deal with before you leave."
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Post by Dasha Laska on Nov 16, 2017 16:52:49 GMT -8
As the papers were taken, Dasha’s hand dropped. She would have turned on her heels and started walking away had Kaimana not spoken after. Instead, she shifted a little standing there. She didn’t want to talk to him, didn’t want to be around him. She … didn’t want to be around the office at all right now. She just wanted to get in and get out and… “Fine,” Or that worked too, she guessed.
Stepping into the office, Dasha wouldn’t sit down immediately— both because she didn’t want to get comfortable and also didn’t want to hurt getting back up again, or so she told herself. Leaning against one of the backs of the chairs instead, she simply frowned a bit.
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Nov 16, 2017 19:42:42 GMT -8
As she stepped in, he closed the door behind them, and... she wasn't sitting. That just.. made this feel all the more stiff and awkward, didn't it. Kaimana briefly ran a hand through his hair, letting it linger a moment on the back of his head. What... He sighed. He knew he wanted to try to deal with this but what did he even say?
"I'm..." The image of her in the hospital bed talking to her father, how small she looked and sounded next to him nevermind that Kai looked small next to a guy that size, flashed through his mind again. That image clashed so hard with the full rest of his impression of her, but it... If she could be that vulnerable, maybe he should... ugh.
"Are you mad at me?" ... Well that was about the dumbest thing he could have blurted to start this but okay.
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Post by Dasha Laska on Nov 16, 2017 20:02:11 GMT -8
Dasha didn’t say anything until Kaimana did. At his words, her eyebrows kit. Lips pressed together, and for a few seconds, it looked like she might not answer him at all. Was she mad? Duh? “Did you call me in here just to discuss my perception of you?” she asked back, her straightforward yet serrated. Blue eyes flickered away drawing in the furniture and smaller items in the office before recentering on Kaimana again. “I am,” she cut right to the chase. “Mad at you, mad at that case, probably even Interpol itself right now.” She grit her teeth biting back some of her harsher statements.
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Nov 16, 2017 20:25:12 GMT -8
"Ah--" Well, when she put it that way he felt almost infantile. ...Damn, either she was inconceivably pissed or she had some serious talent for cutting quickly to the bone. ...Possibly both, honestly. Just... shit.
"...I'm sorry?" This would be by far the softest she'd heard his voice since they met. No air of authority or even conviction, just.. kind of weak and tired. "If I'd known what we were up against, I wouldn't have split the team as I did, or would have taken more agents. I'm.."
He sighed, rubbing a temple. "As upset as I still am about you risking your life, you wouldn't have been in that situation if I'd planned the raid better. I.... shouldn't have yelled at you." He.. only half believed the last part but... eh.
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Post by Dasha Laska on Nov 16, 2017 20:49:40 GMT -8
A sharp exhale escape from Dasha. “Damn right you shouldn’t have,” she snapped. “I was already in a situation where I couldn’t defend myself and you took advantage of that.” Her hands had balled to fists for a second. “Talking to me as if you understand anything about my life and can make any kind of judgment on me.”
She huffed, hard, trying to calm down but finding it impossible to. “I am Eran.” Her voice snapped out but would grow progressively smaller thereafter. “Interpol already took me out of my country, out of my home and insist it’s going to be safer elsewhere. In a few months of working I get caught up in two Konto-related situations and then have to deal with this mess…” Color had flooded her features for a moment. “I would rather be fighting on the front lines… I’d rather be—” She didn’t even know what she wanted to say.
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Nov 16, 2017 21:09:46 GMT -8
"Oh." Kai had let her go until she faltered, and for a while after that single 'oh' was his only verbal response. He needed... a lot more time than he was going to get to compose his thoughts, to avoid making this so much worse with the wrong step. He knew time wouldn't wait but...
He sighed, walked around and half-flopped into his chair, and pulled his rum from the drawer to take a swig before setting it on the table. Not like her opinion of him was gonna get any worse right now, right? "Kanto's never been in... quite that kind of state, but during the Kanto War, invasion was a very real worry. I don't know what you're going through, but I know what it's like to love your country and wanting to give everything to protect it."
He.. rubbed his face again. "I also... know what it's like to watch too many friends die or get dismembered to defend it." He bit the inside of his mouth. "Last time I saw an explosion like that... I was the one trying to stop it, and I'm lucky my foot was all it cost me. So I..." He sighed. "Wasn't trying to take advantage of anything," he finished weakly.
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Post by Dasha Laska on Nov 16, 2017 21:29:06 GMT -8
Her hands trembled a little. At some point she’d grabbed the back of the chair both to steady herself and to grip something. Her head turned as he walked around and dropped into his chair. She shifted some, gripping the back of her own chair with both hands. Her teeth grit as he took a swig but… as he started speaking, slowly the trembling started to subside.
The explanation had Dasha blinking hard. She swore she wouldn’t ruin her makeup but— Last time I saw an explosion like that.. I was the one trying to stop it, and I’m lucky my foot was all it cost me… Her eyes dropped, focusing on the small interwoven fabric of the chair she was gripping. I wasn’t trying to take advantage of anything… A small, much weaker sigh escaped from her at that.
“I joined Interpol so my country wouldn’t have to suffer…” she spoke quieter. “But it just keeps bleeding…” One hand had turned to a fist, her finger nails digging into her palm. “And if I can’t do anything or it while I’m here I … I have to do something here…” Something.. anything.. She’d punch or stab Niso Konto again if it meant she could do something…
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Nov 16, 2017 21:48:19 GMT -8
"You can't do anything for anyone if you're dead." The response wasn't snappy, wasn't an accusation. It was just a very calm, simple statement.
He let it hang in the air for a few moments before he let out a slow breath. "I understand that feeling, though. Hell, I drink half to forget the shit I've seen and half to distract myself from the feeling I should still be seeing it." It... probably wasn't as clean-cut as all that. Numerous other factors did play a part but those weren't as prominent or relevant right now and he was trying to make a point.
"They got the shrapnel out clean enough, and I've fought through plenty of other wounds. Once the atrophy stopped enough to fit me for a permanent prosthetic I was raring to go and ready to fight them to let me back on the battlefield if I had to." He sighed and spun a bit in his chair to look up at a framed picture of two small kids on one of the filing cabinets. "The kids had other ideas, so... Interpol was my compromise. It was safer than the front lines and still let me Do. Something..." Rather than look nostalgic or doting, he was frowning deeply, brows a bit furrowed.
"My business card says Interpol in Veria, but in my head I'm still a soldier of Kanto. ... You.. and Devlin too from what I've gotten.. You're pretty well the same with your own homes, aren't you?"
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Post by Dasha Laska on Nov 16, 2017 22:00:51 GMT -8
Dasha sighed. She knew that. She knew that but… Maybe she could sit down for maybe a second or two. Slowly shifting around she winced on lowering herself into the chair. That.. still hurt and was probably going to hurt for a long time but… Mmm not comfortable, but whatever.
Her eyes did raise to the picture as he spun around. Right after, however, her gaze flickered away, finding something else to focus on in the office. At least… at least he understood. At least he understood. Her eyes welled again, and Dasha blinked hard. “Yes,” was the briefest of answers. “My…” she paused, her hands tightening on her knees. “Whole life was there…. Is there…. The mountains and the cities and everything that I call home is there…” She took in a shaky breath, but all things considering she was steadier. “Veria has never felt like home and—“ Her lips pressed together momentarily. “Even if my family is here, I don’t know if it ever will.”
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Nov 16, 2017 22:38:20 GMT -8
Yeah... Yeah, he could feel that. He'd only been in Veria about a month, month and a half, whatever it was now. But whenever he was deployed, and even the years he'd spent living in Alola among family, Kanto was always home. "I wish there was anything I could do."
He said that, and immediately after gears started turning. "Or..." No, that was... No. "I'm..." His teeth grit, and his thumb and finger pressed against and rubbed his eyes. No, no... "I fucking hate this job," he found himself blurting. ...Fuck.
"..That's not what I meant." Well it was but not.. not in the ways it probably came off. "I hate.. every damn decision I made having to decide if I'm commander or comrade today. I know my job isn't to make friends, but I don't want lackeys, I want..." He huffed a heavy sigh, turning back toward his desk to rest his elbows on it and his face in his hands. Spying his bottle again, he sat back, grabbed it, and downed a bit more.
Once he put it down, he went on, "What I'm trying to say is the part of me that wants what's best for this team wants you safe and... kind of selfishly wants to keep you here. From what I've seen so far I sort of.. wish most of them were a bit more like you in ways, and fuck don't tell anyone I said that." He'd.. been nursing that bottle for a while and might have been a little looser-lipped than was advisable right now. "But.."
He clenched his jaw a bit. He'd said too much to back out but he also really needed to shut up. "But.."
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Post by Dasha Laska on Nov 17, 2017 7:30:59 GMT -8
Dasha … did not expect Kaimana’s response. She didn’t particularly know what she expected of him, but him arguing that he hated his position was…not it. A small breath escaped from her, and a hand reached up to the side of her head, pressing an index finger to her temple. She.. uh… didn’t want to hear his complaining as much as she’d just complained to him. His drinking really didn’t help anything either.
And yet… Kind of selfishly wants to keep you here was enough to have her gaze flash back to him with extreme clarity. His praise might have earned a haughty response on any other day but…. but…. What’s… he saying… She shifted some, almost to the edge of her chair. “You’d send me home?” She… probably shouldn’t have sounded as hopeful as she did. She already knew that even if it was true, convincing her family— convincing Alex that she was ok to go back was going to be tricky if not entirely impossible and yet…
The thought of Eran’s wilderness … and the sense of freedom it had… the warmth and life in that area and everything else was too much for a brief moment.
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Post by Takeki Kaimana on Nov 17, 2017 8:26:22 GMT -8
He winced. "I don't know if I can," he was quick to clarify. "I want you to stay and I want you safe but..." Both hands ran down his face slower, accompanying a slight groan. "The parts of me that relate and want people to feel happy and fulfilled in life" and wanted her to like him in general "want to..." The following few words came out as a sigh before trailing back into normal speech. "See if I can talk to the other higher-ups, ask them to reconsider." He didn't have the power to make that decision on his own. Certainly not when she was deemed a potential liability due to being a rather specific target back there, knowledge he'd rather not dwell on. But he could... try?
"...After you heal. If I bring it up with you in this shape they'll laugh me out of office." Hopefully that'd.. heh... also be incentive for her not to go getting new injuries in the meantime, he could hope...
"...Incidentally, in the official report, you were just hit by shrapnel. The explosion was too sudden for us to react."
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Post by Dasha Laska on Nov 17, 2017 8:47:20 GMT -8
I don’t know if I can. Oh, right. Dasha sighed. She should have known better than to raise her hopes. Even if Kaimana promised to talk to them, some part of her doubted she’d be allowed to. Ugh… But… if nothing else, he was trying. The insistence that he’d only do this after she healed had her sighing but nodding. She needed to be strong if she was going back.
What came after, however, had her eyes lowering some. She knew very well he didn’t have to write it like that but he had anyway. Some part of her, no matter how irritated, was vaguely thankful for it, she guessed. “Thanks…” came a sighed mumble. “I hope the boys can do more while I’m out…” Find whoever kept making these damn things and finish this mess for good. That creature… had been a Pokemon at the end of the day, an artificial one, but a Pokemon none the less. And someone had decided to kill it to conceal evidence. Sigh.
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