4TH WALL: YUUTA & IRELAND

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Who: OC!Yuuta [meitori] & OC!Ireland (4th wall player) [lostapiece]
When: December 16th, early evening
Where: Apartment 201, Yuuta's room
Rating: PG13
Summary: Yuuta has invited Ireland to his apartment, and given the current weather, Ireland has agreed to come over for the night.

Yuuta started cleaning up his apartment the moment Ireland logged off of his device, a few moments after he agreed to come over and spend the night so he wouldn't be exposed to the elements. Kami or no, he was still vulnerable to whatever might be out there, probably. He still didn't like the idea that an entire country might be in danger while he was stuck int his place.

Humans were one things... but a spirit of his importance...

Well, no matter. A roof over his head and as few drafts as possible would be better than anything, and he might as well make this place as clean as he could. Or cleaner than what it already was.

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[meitori.livejournal.com]

"They do, but they always insist that I'm the one to be spoiled, seeing as I'm the youngest, like that is a valid reason." He covered his face and wiped off what few droplets fell onto him. "I hope you're right. This place is just... off. So I like to err on the side of caution."

[lostapiece.livejournal.com]

"You've my word." Ireland gave him a small smile. "I find it interesting that you were dreamin' about me. Or rather, someone who looks a lot like me."

[meitori.livejournal.com]

"Yes, it is weird," Yuuta agreed. "But oddities are something kind of normal for me. That happens when you attract things like oni-bi and find kappa amusing."

Oh, he hoped he would be able to get back home soon. He missed his family and his otherworldly friends.

[lostapiece.livejournal.com]

He reached out and put a hand on his shoulder. "It's all right, Yuuta. You'll return home soon. if anythin', you must keep faith in things."

[meitori.livejournal.com]

"Domo arigato," he said, smiling fondly. A warm feeling blossomed in his chest, the same one he would feel during and after every dream he had about him. Or the person who looked like him. "Than you. But I think it's more important that you get back home."

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He shrugged. "I'll find m'way home. Always do. Not that difficult to when Earth is literally your home."

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Yuuta laughed. "Yes, I suppose that is true. How are things going over there, anyways? My grandfather has been teaching me mostly about Chinese, American, and Korean relations with Japan."

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"Thigns are as they are everywhere else. Mortals've gotten themselves in such a mess that they would've been just fine had they still listened to us." Ireland shook his head and ran a hand through his dark hair.

[meitori.livejournal.com]

Frowning, Yuuta wracked his brain. Things were alright in Japan, as respecting nature and preserving balance was part of their culture, something most of them just automatically followed, but in other cultures and countries, he could see why this would be different.

"What would help?" he asked. "My grandfather has done a lot of work in environmental preservation as a diet member, but that's just in Japan. What would help other countries?"

[lostapiece.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, yeah, recyclin's been sort of America's new banner. He waves one every decade. Something is suddenly the biggest issue. He means well but sometimes..." Ireland shook his head. "He means well. And don't worry about me. I'm slowly on the mend."

[meitori.livejournal.com]

"Yes, they have been trying," he replied. He couldn't help but worry a little. He would often say the same thing when he really wasn't. "Would... a recycling plant help any? An actual place people could get used to using, and not one of those obscure places on the fringes of town?"

[lostapiece.livejournal.com]

He hummed as he thought on it. "A few recyclin' plants have gone up in the past couple of years. Most of it is done through non-for-profit organisations." Ireland smiled a bit. It was sweet how the mortal was concerned even though he wasn't a citizen.

[meitori.livejournal.com]

"Hmm. Non-profit organizations are good and all, but what they really need is support not only from the government, but companies as well. It could be a trickle-down effect: from the top to the bottom, until it's second nature for people to recycle." Another thought came to him. "But there are lots of things that can't be recycled..."

[lostapiece.livejournal.com]

He rolled his eyes. "You're tellin' me. Every year, there's at least ten new things that I've never made in all my existence an' yet...man's able to make it."

[meitori.livejournal.com]

"Well, there is this thing called chemistry and necessity being the mother of invention," he said, waving a hand in the air. "I don't like the stuff any more than you do. What if, though, we developed a technology to make them biodegradable? Able to decompose them so they could safely go back into the earth and not just pile up in landfills?"

[lostapiece.livejournal.com]

That piqued his interest. "Make them biodegradable? An' how d'you propose you do that?" He sat up a bit straighter and folded his legs to give the mortal his full attention.

[meitori.livejournal.com]

"Well," he trailed off. He could see the chemical formulas and such float in his head, though it would require a lot more study and tests if he wanted to create anything that would actually work. It would take a lot of planning and maybe some collaborations between other scientists, but if he started the ideas and plans now... "It would take a lot of work, but there has to be some way to destroy the bonds for various materials and make them separate into piles of hydrogen, nitrogen, or whatever else they're made of."

[lostapiece.livejournal.com]

Really, the idea of it all made his head spin. "I miss the days when things were just simpler." Her shook his head. "What happened? Why d'you make things complicated? I guess it's all in the name of movin' forward...evolving..."

[meitori.livejournal.com]

Yuuta shrugged. "We all think of days that were once simpler, days where we didn't have so many problems and technology and war. But we can't help it. It's what we do: we change, as much as we wish we didn't."

[lostapiece.livejournal.com]

He hummed. "It's so much of what anyone could do with each and every decade." He gave him a wry smile. "Ah, y'needn't listen t'me. Hope I get to get back soon." Ireland stretched. "Maybe I'll change some things m'self."

[meitori.livejournal.com]

Yuuta smiled back. "Change is what change does," he said, repeating something his grandfather would often remind him. "Feel free to go to sleep and take the bed."

[lostapiece.livejournal.com]

"I don't need sleep, I keep tellin' you. I just am goin' to wait out this entire thing." he assured the mortal.

[meitori.livejournal.com]

Yuuta laughed, and rubbed the back of his neck. "I apologize. I was just trying to be polite."

[lostapiece.livejournal.com]

"Go rest. If I go home, I'll leave a note, thankin' you of your kindness." he smiled.

[meitori.livejournal.com]

Yuuta smiled, and have him a nod before going over to the cot and lying on his side. "Don't worry. The door will always be open for you if... you don't."