『桐生・義弥』 Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu
12 September 2012 @ 06:36 pm
[ The picture in the feed is a rather disgruntled Joshua, sopping wet and with a towel draped haphazardly on his head. ]

Let it never be said that the Malnosso are inhospitable. Of all the places to be left out in the rain, they deposited me on my very own roof. [ Dramatic sigh. ] The least they could have done was given me a ladder to get down.

Well then, who wants to let me know what I've missed?
 
 
『桐生・義弥』 Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu
16 July 2012 @ 11:22 pm
[ The 16th. July 16th. Six months minus one day after January 17th, one year minus one day after July 17th of the previous year, and one year and six months minus one day after the day he was made to be no longer an Angel. Hanekoma and Neku are both gone. Shiki has been here even longer than he has. Rhyme and Beat are both Players, far too fragile to rely on, far too distant to trust.

Tomorrow, he will probably die.

It's strange, in a way. He's never been afraid to die before. But he's caught up now in so much more than he was any of the previous times he was faced with death. This time, if he dies, there's no telling what will happen to Shibuya back home. And that's what he's afraid of.

This entry is public. This entry isn't anonymous. Maybe it's his way of saying goodbye for now. ]


Why are you afraid of death? Or, why aren't you afraid of death? Home, here, or both.

[ A few moments later, after drawing up a filter, he adds this to the message. ]

[ Filtered to Shiki Misaki: 100% ]

I have a favor to ask.
 
 
『桐生・義弥』 Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu
31 May 2012 @ 08:29 pm
[ Day 6 ]

[ Early morning (locked to Tsuzuki) ]


[ The best part of waking up in a body that isn't yours is finding out the company said body keeps when it sleeps. Which is why the first thing that Joshua notices, upon waking up in a place which is distinctly not House 38, is the other person in bed with him. ]

... I think I missed something.


[ And after that fun little interaction resolves itself, Joshua picks up the journal and reaches out to the person it might be a bit important to contact about this. ]

[ 100% filtered to Joshua and Hisoka because he isn't quite sure which is the necessary one in this sort of situation ]

I do hope that my body is over there with you.


[ Morning onwards, open ]

[ Joshua and Hisoka are wandering around town together. But to anyone who knows them, something seems odd... ]


It's rather hard to believe that you wouldn't have any way to make mental defenses.


If you want to figure it out while you're in there, be my guest.

[ Feel free to run into the two of them. Clearly they want to be bothered. At least I'm sure Hisoka does, since he isn't the one with the headache for once. ]
 
 
『桐生・義弥』 Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu
You know, I never did like the enforced dynamic of Valentine's Day and White Day. To save you all the trouble of worrying what would be proper, I've decided I will be the one to deliver chocolate on Valentine's Day to my male friends. I expect reciprocation on White Day from all of you, hee hee.

This means you, too, Neku.

[ With another giggle, the feed cuts.

Afterward, Joshua can be found out and about delivering chocolate. This is made a bit more difficult by the fact that he doesn't actually know where all of you live, but he's got chocolate for Hanekoma (dropped off before he left the house, of course), Neku, Hisoka, and Haruhi (yes, he is delivering that one mostly to be jerk). He also has a few more in case he bumps into anyone he's not particularly close to but he'd be amused to give anyway. Yes Hisoka he is trying to find your house, and if you don't show yourself soon enough he will start pinging you. Hard. With mind-beams. Ooooo mind-beams~ ]



(( First journal comment is reserved, but feel free to wait Go ahead and respond, or bump into him in person ))
 
 
『桐生・義弥』 Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu
17 January 2011 @ 09:08 pm
[ Today you might stumble across Joshua as he's out and about. He's walking around with an alert look on his face, wandering all over the village. He doesn't seem to be searching quite so much as expecting. The particularly observant might notice the way that the light seems to fall strangely on him, as if there's another light source on him that's completely independent of the cloudy sky overhead. If you get close enough, or spend enough time near him, you may find yourself subject to a mysterious headache that will fade if you move away.

His vibe is up and he's trying to attract some sort of attention, but unless you're familiar with his world, it might be confusing as to just whose attention he's trying to grab.

After combing the village which results in a distinct lack of sudden assault by crazed mathematicians, particularly of the Taboo-infused variety, he'll head back to Kat's Kradle. ]
 
 
『桐生・義弥』 Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu
18 December 2010 @ 11:07 pm
[ Joshua is done holing himself up after the embarrassment that was himself as a Reaper. Besides, with so many people about, why would he bother staying indoors? ]

So many people and so many new faces. It's rather nostalgic.
 
 
『桐生・義弥』 Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu
21 November 2010 @ 02:28 pm
[ You know what is not cool? Falling asleep at the end of a very productive day of a very productive Game, and rather than waking up the next day in the same Game, suddenly waking up in front of a half-painted canvas. The mural featuring his own Reaper wing as the center point on the nearby wall didn't make things much better. Suspicious? Just a little.

So today you can find a very confused and hiding it Reaper trying to get the lay of the land all around Luceti. He's certainly not in Edo anymore. ]
 
 
『桐生・義弥』 Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu
(( Backdated to yesterday ))

[ Maybe if he'd remembered that this day, out of all the days of this month, this day in particular, was the one-year anniversary of when he arrive in Luceti, he'd have been expecting something like this. As it was, he hadn't been checking the calendar. A year was a terrifying thought; a whole year separated from his city. It was one of those things he just didn't think about, pushed it to the back of his mind and ignored it for the sake of his own sanity. So he went about his day as if nothing was wrong.

The new pain started as just a burning on his shoulders, high up where his Angel wings connected, so he ignored it. And for a few minutes, it was bearable. Then without warning it pulsed straight down his back, straight down the decay, hit the bottom and seemed to explode outwards, sending pain to every corner of his body. The first pulse stopped him in his tracks. By the fourth, he had collapsed to his knees.

Joshua couldn't remember well pulling himself along and forcing his feet to move. All he knew was that it hurt, it hurt a lot, as he dragged himself off the path and through the trees and made a beeline for one specific building.

He knew what Hanekoma was capable of. That's exactly why he had no choice. As much as he knew what Sanae might make of this and how badly that could end, the terrifying certainty only grew inside of him with each explosion of pain through his body, through his Music, through his Soul. And after the agonizingly long time the short walk should have taken, he stumbled his way into Kat's Kradle just as his vibe reeled, sending his white wings flickering into existence and out just as fast. He went to support himself against a table, missed, and collapsed to the floor with barely any hope of moving again on his own. The white mass of feathers sliding in and out of his vision didn't even seem like his own anymore. The pain was too much to think over, his shirt felt warm and sticky against his back, and somehow, he was absolutely sure that either he or Shibuya was dying. Maybe even both.

Hanekoma was Joshua's only option. ]
 
 
『桐生・義弥』 Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu
24 September 2010 @ 02:00 am
[ The question indeed comes a couple hours after midnight, early enough that you don't have to be too much of a late-nighter to catch it going up. ]

What sort of things do you do to help yourself relax?

[ After he poses the question, Joshua will be off doing his current favorite: showering. So he won't be responding for a while until he's done. ]
 
 
『桐生・義弥』 Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu
11 September 2010 @ 04:22 pm
[ If you happen to be looking up within the vicinity of Community Building 5, or on the roof, you might spot a strange creature. It's white with black markings, vaguely fox or cat-like, has strange tattoo markings instead of front legs or its tail, and a second set of wings that are folded on top of a (possibly suspiciously familiar) set of rainbow filial wings. Oh, yes. And it's BIG. About seven feet to the shoulder, to be precise, except you can't really tell that because it's curled up and seems to be dozing.

Joshua is fed up with not being able to sleep.

Poke him?


Alternatively, maybe you noticed the GIANT CATFIGHT that suddenly erupted in the streets below between him and a creature that flickers back and forth between these two forms:

A fight which is not one to be interrupted, but after they go their separate ways after the fight, you're welcome to poke either one of them. Just expect them to be ruffled and mildly unhappy. ]



((tl;dr poke either sleepy Joshua on the roof of C5, ruffled Joshua in the street, or ruffled Hanekoma in the street. All in Noise forms. Don't worry, they won't actually attack you.))
 
 
『桐生・義弥』 Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu
[ See Josh. See Josh being a teenager. See Josh walking in and out of Kat's Kradle, multiple times, sometimes even with things like *gasp* groceries. It's tough to tell, but he's a bit bothered by something.

He's also casually strolling in and out of the building that he's been avoiding like the plague for months. Surely nothing strange at all is happening here. ]
 
 
『桐生・義弥』 Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu
[ Today, there's a Joshua wandering Luceti, seemingly preoccupied with his thoughts. Recent events have forced him to consider things that he very much had wanted to keep from the back of his mind, but now that they're there, he can't ignore them.

People change. He knew that better than anyone. Sometimes for the worse, and sometimes for the better. Yes, Sanae had been selfish, and admitted to having no regrets, but... even with Joshua's rejection, he still trusted him, on some level, somehow. Why. He shouldn't. Joshua shot him, almost shot him again, tried to kill him twice...

How many times had Sanae tried to kill him back?

He was searching for forgiveness, whether out of genuine feelings or not. And as much as Joshua didn't want to admit it, he was tired of being so paranoid. Of having his guard up every moment he was outside of his room. Did he really hate Sanae enough to continue this? Joshua thinks back, trying to remember what he'd felt the moment his aim adjusted slightly to completely miss shooting Sanae's body. On some level, he'd become the selfish one. And maybe there was still some good left in the man who'd helped him out more times than he could remember. Some good that he'd been rejecting even the possibility of. Did Sanae really deserve that?

... No, he answers himself. He doesn't.

He notices the giant burst of Soul rushing outwards before he realizes that his body is no longer a fifteen-year-old's. He freezes in place, and it takes a few seconds to register. His code slowly rewriting itself. His vibe is down where he normally keeps it, yet his body won't get any smaller. Powers he'd long since lost access to returning to him, powers he'd never had slowly growing inside him, and a prickle all over his body that was only getting more intense as moments passed. ]


... Not here. No. Stop... No...!

[ He wants to reverse it and he can't. It's too late. Of all the possible things to happen to him, it had to be this. The absolute worst of the best. Shit. ]


(( ... tl;dr: EVENT START! Details are here for those of you who missed it the first time. Have fun! ))
 
 
『桐生・義弥』 Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu
[ Filtered from Sanae Hanekoma and Sho Minamimoto - 50% ]

Well, that wasn't exactly pleasant.

[ Filtered to Neku Sakuraba - 70% ]

Neku, come find me.

[ /Filter to Neku ]

[ /Filter from Sanae and Sho ]

[ The camera only catches a glimpse of trees from below. Joshua's back, but he's exhausted, among other wonderful things, so he knows he's not up to making his usual filters. So instead, he's hoping that the two won't think to look for a second part of the journal to hack once they get through the first one.

For those who want to wander across him, he's actually sitting against a tree a small distance from the back of Community Housing 2. He isn't visible from the building, but he can see that it's there... he just doesn't know which one it is.

No, no one can sense his vibe right now. >.> ]
 
 
『桐生・義弥』 Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu
[ Joshua has been running a few errands today. Maybe you've seen him traversing the main area of the village. Now he's left the plaza and was about to reach the nothernmost bridge when he suddenly collapses.

He's awake when he hits the ground, and within moments, is doubled over, clutching his stomach. Within a minute, he's audibly suppressing gagging noises.

Good afternoon, Luceti. Josh is getting hit with Shibuya withdrawal. ]
 
 
『桐生・義弥』 Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu
15 February 2010 @ 02:16 am
[ Backdated to Valentine's Day evening, a little while after Kat's Kradle closes for the night ]

[ The journal switches on, and there's a moment of erratic movement before the video settles to show Joshua standing in Kat's Kradle, setting up the journal. After a moment, he pulls back with a soft giggle, and walks towards the middle of the cafe, leaving the journal propped up to broadcast what's happening. He calls offscreen: ]

I'm done fixing the hole.

[ There's a pause, and then the sound of someone tromping on down the stairs. Hanekoma steps forward and edges into view, looking to the newly-patched gap in the ceiling. ]

Huh. Guess you've got more patience than I thought, J.

[ Joshua grins in response. ]

Well, I was just so curious about what my present might be.

This is an ooc cut. It just got kinda long. )
 
 
『桐生・義弥』 Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu
18 December 2009 @ 12:30 am
[ Joshua's back to his usual size. However, he was quite certain that he wasn't out for anywhere near long enough for this many people to show up. ]

... Is this normal?
 
 
『桐生・義弥』 Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu
29 November 2009 @ 12:25 am
[ If you happen to be around the outskirts of the forest, specifically along the edge closest to the mountains, you might happen to spot a tree with a glowing trunk. If you inspect further, you'll notice that the glow is in fact not coming from the tree, but a figure sitting at the base of the trunk.

Yes, it's Joshua. He landed in the mountains and managed to make his way to some semblance of shelter, but now that it's getting dark, the power he's been using to keep himself warm on this windy day is now a lot more visible. He's not going back to the village unless absolutely necessary unless his speech returns to normal, and he can easily survive a few more days without food.

If you dare poke him, he won't be happy to see anyone in the least. ]


(( Backdated to sunset ))
 
 
『桐生・義弥』 Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu
[ Hello, Luceti. Have a Joshua slowly wandering through the village. He keeps looking about and glancing to a piece of paper he's holding, which if you manage to inspect it, has a crudely-drawn map on it. He's heading towards Community Housing #5, so feel free to intercept him at any point. ]
 
 
Current Location: the village