I against I & me against you

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Characters: Kevin Smith & -insert name here-
Format: ACKSHUN!
This log is: o p e n
Location: outside the dorms
Summary: Kevin's working through some of his inner demons by doing the one thing he knows best. Play tennis.
Warnings: Possibly some swears, to be updated as needed.

[Anyone wandering out of their dorm and into the courtyard will hear the strange, consistent echo of something smacking against something else in an almost rhythmic beat.

If you bother to search for the source, you'll find Kevin in a pair of shorts and a t-shirt with a tennis racket in hand off to the side of the central building. The source of the noise? It would be that tennis ball he's continuously smacking back against the wall. This otherwise ordinary scene is broken, however, by how violently he's doing it. If you didn't know better? You'd think he was trying to crack someone's skull open with how hard he's hitting that dang ball. Wonder what his problem is...]

Comments

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[Kevin blinks at that, not quite understanding immediately.]

So they're just... titles. [He pauses and that grin starts to creep back.] And you're a vigilante.

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Titles, organizations, what have you.

A rebel.

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Superhero kinda sound cooler.

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To some, I'm sure we were.

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So if you're all for justice, how come Gino was your enemy?

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Everyone sees justice differently. I fought for the Japanese who were being oppressed. He fought on the side who were trying the silence a bunch of 'rebels with a cause.' He and I, we eventually came to fight on same side. Gino was and still is one of the few people who didn't judge us by our race and stood for our cause.

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[Kevin's mildly sure that's just because he didn't care but... eh, who is he to judge?]

Sounds pretty heavy. I'm guessing you won though, you don't seem like the type to lose too often.

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Everyone who fought on our side... we were victorious. [She shrugs at the last comment.] I guess that's probably true.

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No offense but most of that goes right over my head. S'what I get for being born in the land of opportunity, I guess.

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I'm guessing you mean America.

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Yeah. [And in his eyes is the look of a ridiculously proud patriot.]

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Must be nice. But things are okay back home now. War was over for two months and then I get pulled here.

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So why were the Japanese being oppressed?

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What is this, a history class? [She laughs lightly.]

The Britannian Empire came and took over our land, called it "Area 11." Instead of calling us 'Japanese', they gave us the names of 'Elevens'. Basically to say that we are less than humans. Stripped of our freedom and rights. We had something they wanted.

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Sorry for being curious. [He'll cross his arms defensively at that.]

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It's fine. It's just weird to explain to everything to someone who is an 'outsider' so to speak.

How old are you Kevin?

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Not my fault. Besides, different worlds and all that... it's pretty weird, y'know?

Me? I'm 12.

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I'm not saying it is. There's a lot to take in if you really want to know what happened in my world.

[Another one at such a young age. She sighs.]

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Like I said, I was curious. I mean, I was expecting bobblehead aliens with huge, glossy eyes.

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[Definitely just a kid.] We're definitely all human, here and there.

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For now, anyway. [Well excuse him for being tiny. :(]

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[You're excused.]

If there's anything I'm sure of, I'm sure this place won't turn like that. [Tigers maybe, but not aliens.]

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[Oh go away you gigantic freaks. :|]

You just wait, aliens are next.

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[Kallen is not Gino, okay?]

If you say so.

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[You're still freakishly tall.]

Anyways, I'm gonna start practicing again. You can watch if you want but you'll probably get bored.