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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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[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.]

[deathsdoctor]

[There's a squeak as Law turns the tub's taps on and stopper's the drain. It's been a little while since anyone's draw a bath. Law himself, for obvious reasons, only showers.]

Hot or cold?

[A tiny diversion from the subject. Law's eyes travel up to see Itachi shed his clothing and back to the taps. A cold bath might clear his head a little more. A hot bath might relax him a bit.

Either way, if there's power loss, it won't be the most pleasant. Paralysis suddenly digging its claws in won't be either. The onset of that weakness, even in controlled circumstances, was disturbing even to those who had been through it before. ]

[yourhatred]

Cold.

[He doesn't deliberate, removing the last of his clothing. As strange as it's bound to feel, he's not worried about feeling the effects of the fruit. He actually hopes that he does, as that will at least settle things and make the power trading exact. Otherwise they might have to worry that someone else has ended up with it.

The ninja climbs carefully into the tub as Law turns the water on. It shouldn't be a long process, either way.]

[deathsdoctor]

Cold it is.

[Law twists the tap fully to cold and settles back to wait as the water level rises. No, it won't be long until they have a solid answer.

The tomoe in his eyes spin once again. He's got a sharp eye on Itachi's chakra. If the curse sets in...]

[yourhatred]

[Sitting as comfortably as one can get on the hard surface of a tub, Itachi waits as the water pools around him. It could be amusing, this sort of test, if he didn't know what it meant for Devil's Fruit users and how serious a threat it could be.

It isn't long at all before the answer becomes obvious. Still, he doesn't ask Law to shut off the water until it's a little higher. The chill is helping to bring him to his senses.]

Stop.

[It's amazing, really, how the weakness of having such abilities is this simple in nature.]

I can't move. [He states this calmly, some small amount of fascination apparent in his tone.]

[deathsdoctor]

[There's the answer. The flow of water stops.]

How do you feel?

[The pirate is staring. The chakra flow does that when the curse hits? A mix of fascination and concern is playing out on Law's face. He... just can't help it. It's interesting, even if now that he knows that Itachi having his fruit means that Itachi's already depleted stamina is going to be taking a serious hit from possessing it.]

[yourhatred]

Weak... Drained.

[Paralyzed. Vulnerable. Not too worried, though, from his tone.]

This is the strangest feeling.

[deathsdoctor]

[Strange is one word for it. Not a feeling Law's going to make Itachi experience much longer though. His hand reaches for the stopper.]

It terrified the hell out of me the first time. [He'll admit this - only to Itachi. Law's experience hadn't been so controlled...] I knew what to expect, but... [The affects of Devil Fruits were common knowledge back home - not so in Luceti. Even then, most of the rest of the people in his world had been careless in speaking of those weaknesses over the journal in conversation. Something Itachi had heard a rant about now and then.]

[yourhatred]

I can imagine it could be terrifying all the same.

[As the water receded, Itachi carefully began testing how well his arms and legs moved, flexing fingers and toes individually.]

... I suppose that question is answered now.

[deathsdoctor]

Yeah. It is. [Hunting for a towel. One of the cats pokes her head around the doorway. What are you people doing up at this time?] Here.

[yourhatred]

[Standing slowly, Itachi takes the towel from him once he's upright with a nod of thanks.]

Now I suppose the next question is - what do we do now?

[deathsdoctor]

[Rubbing the side of his head.] ... we should get dressed and check in on Sasuke. Then we should go some place quiet - maybe the Shinonome - and help each other get a handle on these abilities.

[Shinonome because it's far from the village and the combined presence of the villagers would be far enough away that it would be faint on Itachi's senses if it registered at all.]

[yourhatred]

[A slow nod.] Mm. That does sound like it would be the best course of action.

[He steps out, careful, and begins patting himself dry. He needed to change into day clothes anyway.]

I'm not sure if I should apologize for having your abilities or not.

[deathsdoctor]

There's no need to. [Why? It's a shift. It's not like you killed him for them.] If anyone should apologize, it's the Malnosso.

[Who of course, won't.]