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[lucetimods]

Who: Everyone who wants to be here!
What: Total Recall 2014
When: The first week of the event, roughly April 9th-16th, give or take a few days depending on your character's timeline.
Where: All over Luceti, presumably
Summary: Chaos! Madness! Unreasonable happenings! You know the drill. Alternatively: characters wake up and sigh because god, not this again.
Rating: Varied. Anything frisky goes to appointments as per usual, chums.


Due to the size and variation of this event, it's probably best to have several logs for it to avoid one getting overcrowded and broken. Feel free to have your characters post their own entries, of course, if you'd prefer- you're more than welcome! This is for people who like to consolidate. Another log ought to be posted around the 16th for round 2.

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First week

[yourhatred]

Day one

[The moment it happens, Itachi is awake. Everything is wildly off. His Sharingan would spin red just from the shock normally, but it simply isn't there.

There's something else - loud, stifling. He's gasping for air and covering his ears, but he doesn't sit up. Doesn't turn blind eyes to his partner yet. Surely Law will be hearing it too. Everyone in the village had to be hearing it. They'd have to get up, figure out where it's coming from. Except it's making it hard to think.

Just a few moments. He'll calm himself. Push past this. Just a few moments...]

The rest of the week

[Itachi won't be straying far from his house except if he goes to pick up groceries. He might be found outside of it, though, sitting on the steps or just a little ways down the path, meditating. It's better when he does it outside. He's power swapped with Law, and his husband will have to help him out a little with the basics.

If you do run into him at the store, he may seem a little more weary than usual but is otherwise hiding any changes to the best of his ability.]

[deathsdoctor]

... mmmm, partner? [No, Law's not hearing anything. Haki's something every living being possesses, but for the majority of people it never awakens. And as it's awakened in Itachi, so has it returned to dormancy in Law.

And then he gasps himself, sitting straight up. He can't feel his ability. There's nothing within him - he's no longer the vessel for the power of the Ope Ope no mi. Shocked, he instinctively tries to stretch out with his Haki - nothing.

Experiment. This must be an experiment.]

... Itachi?

[Focus first on him. Calm him down and find out what's wrong. Deal with his power loss later. It's fine. He's been through this before.

No... he hasn't]

[yourhatred]

[A voice. Through everything else. Familiar.

Slowly, Itachi lowers his hands from his ears. They aren't helping anything anyway. He doesn't turn still - it's too dark for him to see anything with his poor eyesight anyway - and doesn't sit up. He just lays there, trying to focus on that voice.]

Ah... Trafal...gar.

[The longer name, because he has to think harder about saying it. Breathe in. Breathe out. Calm down. The man beside him is a good focal point.]

It's loud.

[What else is there to say?]

[deathsdoctor]

What's loud?

[Quietly. More than a little confused.

What's loud?

Itachi never calls him by his given name. It worries him more and he strains to see in the dark. And as he does... the most peculiar sensation starts up in his eyes. Like a prickle, not painful, like something's trying to shift through the strain, and his vision starts to swim.

The darkness hides the red creeping in from the edge of his irises.]

... I don't hear anything...

[yourhatred]

Everything... No.

[No, not everything specifically. Focus. He closes his eyes. Breathes.]

Everyone.

[Law doesn't hear it, but he hears Itachi. It's not out loud. It's a sense.

Focus. Control is important.]

Something is wrong.

[...Obviously.]

[deathsdoctor]

[Obviously.

But, no, it gives him a vague suspicion. Law's lost...]

Like voices?

[That prickle is rapidly turning into a tug. A pull that's wrenching at his irises, trying to spin them around. It still isn't painful, but it's becoming uncomfortable.

He squeezes his eyes shut. Perhaps it will stop if he doesn't keep trying to strain his vision through the dark.]

[yourhatred]

Like... A-Aa. That's it.

[He sits up now, slowly and little more awkwardly than would be normal for him. The noise isn't the only thing that's throwing him off. His usual ability to reach out lightly through his chakra and sense some things better, a skill that helped greatly with his increasing blindness, isn't as easy to tap into.

The chakra is still there, he can feel it, but he can't spare the concentration it takes right now to focus on that too. Keeping track of this conversation with Law is hard enough.]

[deathsdoctor]

Haki?

[Law can still feel the chakra in him too, and his own natural gifts that don't rely on either Haki or a Devil Fruit. The chakra won't do much for him - he lacks the knowledge how to use it well, aside from opening a scroll or walking up a tree. He has no jutsu. He will just have to rely on his own sword and combat prowess to carry him through if anything unwelcome happens when they are so vulnerable.

The increasing uneasiness needs an outlet, though. It's with a sudden sharp snap that the tension against the pull gives, and he feels something spin into being behind closed eyelids. Tenses. Tries to ignore it in favour of concentrating on his husband.]

... maybe you're awakening Haki?

[It's a guess. He really can't know for certain unless he could use his own to check.]

[yourhatred]

[While Law's guess makes sense here, it doesn't make sense to Itachi overall. His brows furrow as he frowns.]

That doesn't exist in my world. It wouldn't make sense for me to awaken it.

[How he might pick up the ability just from being here, or just from spending so much time in a close vicinity to the pirate, he can't say. It has to be something else, or at least caused by something else.]

[deathsdoctor]

This is this world. It doesn't play by the same rules.

[The filial wings. Pregnancy. People learning skills from other worlds all the time. Law isn't the only one learning chakra from another world.

And Law has always said Haki is an ability possessed by all living things. Just mostly dormant in all. The potential remains.]

... and my Haki and Devil Fruit left me when this started up in you.

[yourhatred]

Left you...?

[There. That's something that might shed a little bit of light on this. Focus on that. The Malnosso aren't above such simple games. Exchanging one set of abilities for another is definitely something he can see them doing - have likely done before.

He reaches a hand out, grips the front of Law's shirt in order to try and pull him closer. He squints hard with the one eye he has any sight in at all. His focus switches from Law's voice to his... sound, but he lacks the skill for it.]

[deathsdoctor]

Gone. We were due an experiment.

Itachi. Something's happening to my...

[He cuts off as his shirt's tugged and he's pulled closer. Eyes snap open and Law immediately hisses. What?! What is this? What is he seeing?

His eyes are cutting through the dark and beside the room and Itachi, he's seeing something else in varying colours and concentrations. It's chakra, and while Law is reeling in shock, all that tugging's brought him very close to Itachi indeed. The ninja might not see the tomoe, but the bloody, glowing red of his eyes? Probably is visible enough.

They slam shut again. His hands move to cover them.]

... eyes...

[yourhatred]

... I see.

[The red is visible enough, yes. And he doesn't need them in focus to be able to tell what's up with them. He releases Law's shirt, rubbing at his own forehead.]

That's alright. As long as it's... between us.

[The secrets of the Sharingan were not something to be shared lightly, but he trusts the pirate with them beyond a doubt. As long as no one else--]

Sasuke.


[If his brother had been switched with someone as well... Who would the Malnosso choose? Who does he live near? He makes an abrupt attempt at standing which results in a just as quick return to his backside. He's too disoriented still.

Does he have Law's devil fruit skills also? Could he teleport himself there?]

[deathsdoctor]

Between us. [It goes both ways. Exactly how his Devil Fruit and Haki functions has been a closely guarded secret of the pirate. He knows Itachi won't reveal the workings of whatever he's been given.] Yes... that's for the best. Do you know if you have my fruit too---?

[Law lowers his hands in just to see Itachi end up on his back. Sasuke. Oh seas. That could be... fun.]

... let's call him. Go from there.

[yourhatred]

...Yes.

[Itachi gives himself another few moments before he sits up again.]

Yes, we need to check and see if he's suffered the same.

[If everyone here is dealing with this.]

As for the devil's fruit ability... [He frowns. He'll have to focus around the Haki first.] I'm unsure how to tell.

[deathsdoctor]

I'll find one of our journals, then.

[He's just peering at Itachi in curiosity. Is this how he's supposed to look to a Sharingan? Law's not sure.

He's probably going to need Sharingan 101. And have to give Haki and maybe Ope Ope no Mi 101.]

Mmmm... if you have the fruit, it'll make itself known to you. The Haki'll make it hard to immediately sense it, though. If you can quiet your mind enough to look inside... if it's there, you'll feel it. You'll know what it's made you.

...

What do I look like to the Sharingan normally, Itachi? Maybe I can help confirm it.

[yourhatred]

You can control how much the Sharingan focuses on. From nothing to seeing an opponents movements as they happen. They should also allow you to see the amount of chakra within someone else, and break through most genjutsu.

[They couldn't see in the way that the Byakugan could, being able to pick out all the various chakra paths and openings, as well as look through solid objects and see ahead great distances, but what they lacked in pure visual talent they made up for in so many other ways.

He peers at Law again, but it's of little use. Right now he just needs to focus on quieting his mind, shoving the voices away so that he could think properly.

The ninja re-situates himself into a meditative position, hands on his knees and head bowed.]

[deathsdoctor]

Okay.

[Thaaaaaaaaat doesn't answer his question though. How does a devil fruit user look opposed to a regular person?

So it's up to him to see if he can figure it out on his own. He focuses on the chakra in Itachi, trying to see if there's anything odd. (What's odd? Who knows.) Between them, they should figure out where the fruit has gone. And there's a surefire, last resort way of confirming Itachi's status.

Law just needs to give his husband a bath.

The pirate settles more comfortably on the bed as the tomoe in eyes spin. He thinks there's something there... maybe... all he needs to do is look deeper.]

[yourhatred]

[Focus. Calm the noise to a reasonable level. If Law can deal with this, then Itachi can find a way as well.

He's trained himself over the years to shove things down as necessary. Pain. Weariness. Illness. Heartbreak. This is just something else along those lines, and it shouldn't be beyond him to handle.

It hasn't quieted completely by the time he lifts his head again, but he can think through it. That's the most important thing. Now, to see if he can feel whether or not the devil's fruit is now part of him as well...]

It will make itself known to me, hm?

[deathsdoctor]

Yes. It will.

[It's difficult to describe what the fruit feels like to him. Sometimes the energy feels like fire or lightning running under his skin... sometimes it feels like the tide.

Or a heartbeat.

The power doesn't speak... it's not an aware thing. Yet there is knowing - knowing you are different, you've been changed, you're not quite a human anymore, you're a fire man, or a spirit woman... or a modification man.

It doesn't speak, but it can be understood. And the more you understood the power inside, the stronger you were for it.]

[yourhatred]

Alright.

I think... [This isn't something to be uncertain about. A ninja has to be sure. But it's strange, with all this mixing together.] I believe I do have it, then.

If you'd like to be certain...

[Itachi is aware of the best method as well as Law is. If the water's cold it might help clear his mind a little further anyway.]

[deathsdoctor]

I think I see something too. There's something intertwined with you.

[But they both need to be certain. The Ope Ope no Mi is too powerful and potentially dangerous not to. Its prices would be particularly punishing on Itachi.]

Your call. [Slowly.] ... but I think we should be absolutely sure.

[Bath it is then.]

[yourhatred]

[He nods. Carefully, he attempts standing again. It's easier now, his mind pieced together enough that he can shift his focus, and he gets to his feet with little problem. He'll let Law lead the way

Anyone else might joke that this is just an excuse to strip him, but this is Itachi.]

... Yes. You might be able to pick it out.

[He will try to answer further questions about the Sharingan with better details.]

[deathsdoctor]

[Law would like this to be just an excuse to strip him. He really would. But sexual shenanigans are the last thing anyone needs right now.

Law slips off the bed, and slowly pads out of the room down the hall.]

It's really subtle. [It's a questioning tone because he has no idea what Itachi can tell in regards to him when everything's normal.] It's this... pattern that winds through your chakra. Part of you and yet a bit apart. Does that sound right?

[Next stop: bathroom.]

[yourhatred]

It does, yes.

[The ninja lifts a hand to run fingers lightly along the wall, something to help direct him aside from Law's back as he doesn't trust what he hears completely at the moment.

He's removing his shirt as they enter the bathroom. The rest will follow soon enough.]