6th Punch

[medicalpunch]

[Video]

[Sakura opens the journal and contemplates it for several moments before she hits 'record.' She's been trying to decide whether to say anything at all, whether she really wants to mark this particular occasion. But it seems like -- well, why not? Maybe it will help whet her determination to return home. Maybe... maybe it'll mean something.

Finally, she keys for the video and clears her throat.]

It's been a year since I came here. A little more now, I guess. I've been thinking about it for a while -- it just feels really odd to think that I've spent a whole year of my life with everything on pause while I'm here. As much as it's nice not to be in the middle of a war zone...

Well. At least I've got friends here. It would be worse if I were alone.

Anyone want to go for some drinks tonight? I think I could use a little something.

[Taking after her mentor, maybe. But for tonight, Sakura can't fault Tsunade's usual escape. There's nothing she can do about being here, no way to forget about what's going on at home -- so she'll try to distract herself as best she can.]

[Action]

[True to words, Sakura heads down to Seventh Heaven as the sun sets, wrapped in a warm coat against the winter, which she sheds as soon as she gets there. Whether or not anyone's coming to join her, she's planning to drink herself into forgetfulness tonight.]

Comments

voice; filtered 20%

[fantheflame]

[Just as Sakura took her time to make this entry, Sasuke spends a while staring at it before coming up with a response. It's odd, to think that Sakura's been here a year. He's been here half that, and had seen her on the field moments before. He's not new to how strange the timelines here can be... but reminders like this are still sort of jarring.]

[He doesn't say any of that, though. What he does do is put up a filter.]

You know, you never really struck me as the type to drink to ignore things.

filtered forever or until action i guess

[medicalpunch]

It's not my usual recourse, I guess. But tonight, I think Tsunade-shishou's way of doing things looks pretty good.

It's not like any of it makes a big difference in the grand scheme of things, right?

[And Tsunade's still managed to be a hell of a Hokage despite hitting the bottle regularly. And... truth be told, Sakura misses her. Maybe she'll feel a little closer to her absent mentor this way.]

[fantheflame]

[After a pause, Sasuke chuckles wryly into the recording.]

You should know better than to ask me what I think about small decisions mattering in the grand scheme of things, looking for the answer you're after.

[medicalpunch]

[Oh sure, be that way.]

Being a good girl isn't going to get me home any sooner.

[fantheflame]

[He really doesn't know how to be any other way.]

I didn't say that.

[medicalpunch]

But it's what this all comes down to.

[That, and she just wants to cut loose for a while. Maybe be a little bit out of control.]