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

[dangerouswind]

No. [She's quick to disagree.] They take away your choice. What you are is still defined by how you respond.

[medicalpunch]

Except when they're in there tinkering around with your brain, that changes how you respond. How you think. You become a different person.

[Her expression threatens to run away with her, and she stops talking, pressing her lips together tightly for a moment, then taking a deliberately long swig of her drink.]

[dangerouswind]

[Temari frowns, nodding once to concede that point. Yes, in that moment, one is a different person.] After it's done, though... That's all up to you.

[medicalpunch]

Right. Then you're just... stuck with whatever happened.

[But this is a major bummer, and she's throwing this party to try and get away from all that.]

Well, they're welcome to spy on me now, if they like! Maybe they'll be properly scandalized with all the underage drinking.

[dangerouswind]

Sometimes, I'm not even sure they care enough to spy on us most times. [She sat back in her chair, but shrugged.] But I'm up for that.

[medicalpunch]

[Even if Temari's not underaged anymore, it's still all good. Sakura grins and raises her bottle in a wry sort-of toast.]

Here's to scandalizing mad scientists?

[dangerouswind]

[Temari's not sure than they can be scandalized but hey. She'll drink to it anyway. She raises her bottle and takes a hefty drink.]