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Who: Uzumaki Naruto & All the people.
Broadcast: Open Network Post
Action: The Hospitality Deck, and maybe the poor unsuspecting people of SS Huntress. (????)
When: 6th February

[Waking up in a place he didn't recognise, but knew instantly was nowhere like back home was unfortunately, a familiar feeling.

Waking up without his right arm, also, happened not to be an unfamiliar sensation. The fact that it had been healed, and all of his clothes repaired however, was as new for him as it was pleasant.

Naruto's understanding of the importance of his communicator, and surprisingly - the way it worked hadn't concerned him in the slightest, but it's several hours after his arrival on board the hospitality deck that he finally chooses to direct his attention to it. Fed, watered, and as clued up on what was going on as he could ever be without someone to direct his questions at left him here.

As soon as he starts recording his transmission, he gets right to the point. There's no familiar smile on his face, in fact - he looks bored. Fed up, probably. Their fight had ended, things were supposed to be getting better but now he's here.]

Know there's gotta be someone out there who can tell me what's up. Ain't Adstring, and it ain't Asgard. Who's controllin' everything? Who do we have t'fight this time? Why's it dark out. A guy called Madara didn't try an' steal the moon or something, right?

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[It's Sasuke.

How he hadn't sensed it before bothers him, only for his thoughts to catch up and remind him that right now he felt nothing, and it was as bothersome as it was confusing. Accepting that just felt like accepting he was suddenly in another world like the last few times and if he were a less optimistic person it would have picked at him until he worked out the problem, but he's Naruto.

Contented, and yet not quite as happy as he could be.

It's a video though.

It's Sasuke. His gaze shifts instantly to affirm what he hoped, what he'd heard and that it's true has him grinning from ear to ear. Bright. Happy. Good.]

Like you can talk.

[He's not done just smiling at you, yet. Ahem.]

You're on one of them ships right?

[ His own eyes shift in their stare, gaze lowering and hedging to the side before he finally forces black to focus back in on blue. That smile is almost too bright to look at right now; it doesn't match the darkness of his room. That's what he thinks, of course, but what comes out of his mouth is: ]

Obviously. Don't ask stupid questions. [ ... ]

How long have you been here?

[ The only time he tears his gaze away is as a direct result of Sasuke's terribly obvious struggles to look him in the eye.

The smile slips, only a little. Hoping to ease whatever pressure ~~his best friend forever omg~~ Sasuke is feeling.]

Someone said something about stations. Heard I gotta wait to get on a ship or something.

Like, a few hours? Just woke up here. Arm's better.

Well... You know, it's not-- there's not blood all over the place.

[ Sharp eyes aren't going to miss that minor fluctuation in Naruto's expression but his own doesn't falter, always far too controlled with his own emotions when he sets his mind to it (that, or his ability to actually express himself is just that weak). ]

Sakura made sure of that beforehand anyway. Still, right now you're on a large ship called the Marsiva; you'll be sent to a new ship within two days but you'll have no control over which you'll end up on.

... if it's been a few hours than what I felt was you after all. I could sense it.

You saw Sakura-chan?

[Because he did not.]

I heard about the ship, and the... wriggling. Hope I get on a good ship.

[Sigh.]

You could tell I was here?

Briefly. She appeared long enough to heal our wounds after we'd been stranded out after the fight for a day or so. Moving would've resulted in bleeding out; we didn't have a wealth of options. Afterward we were able to dispel the illusion. [ A lot of information, maybe, but crucial. ]

... what do you mean, 'wriggling'? [ hold off on literally everything else because what ]

Heh. Good.

[More things to smile about.]

Glad she got there.

You know. The-- moving around on the ships and stuff? [You know, wriggling.]

[ ... yeah, if he thought for even a second that this was an impostor then that right there just cemented that he is instead talking to Uzumaki Naruto. ]

Shuffling. Shuffling, not wriggling.

And I can sense you now even as we're talking. I suppose it's natural that I would be able to notice that you'd arrived.

[...]

Yeah, shuffling. I know about that.

[Naruto can't help but frown, and then-- closes his eyes. He's thinking. Hard. Too hard.]

[ And Sasuke remains watchful, putting the pieces together as quickly as might be expected for him. ]

... you can't feel me. [ It doesn't sound like a question. ]

Shut up.

[As soon as Sasuke says that, he opens one eyes, frowning and shutting it again.

It's barely seconds until he pipes up again.]

Can't... feel anything.

What about your other abilities?

[ He takes the time to actually private the message just in case, not wanting to broadcast any weaknesses or strengths for everyone to see. Sasuke had been obsessive enough to attempt nearly all of his own jutsu just in case when he arrived, to check which were available to him and which weren't. ]

Are they weakened or held back as well?

[Naruto hadn't been so concerned. in fact, vigilance seems to be the last thing on his list of priorities, and why would it rank any higher than food and water? He'd fought Sasuke almost to the death, and as long as they managed to fix Madara's mess and all the other chaos around them he had very little to care about now.

One eye opens briefly again, and he sends a look in Sasuke's direction.

Familiar bright light, and his cloak surrounds him, and it's clearly shocking because he tips back off his chair a moment later, tumbling backwards across the floor.]

Er. Oh. There you are.

[Naruto jumps up a moment later, grinning. He spins on the spot, then points in a particular direction.]

That way. Huh. That's weird. How come I couldn't do it before?

[A swift movement and he reaches out to grab the communicator, wandering off in the direction that Sasuke was in to figure out if there were any to see.]

[ Sometimes he has moments of being forced to remember that this is the absolute dumbass that's managed to fight on par with him for years. All of his respect for Naruto and his determination and his fighting skills aside, this is That Guy. Falling over onto the floor.

Sasuke clicks his tongue in judgment just before the camera angle shifts, getting a shaky view of Naruto along with the immense darkness of space that's so much easier to view out of the Marsiva's larger windows. ]

Your body probably isn't in tune with the chip you've had implanted just yet. My powers were limited before and still are, to some extent.

Have you ascertained your augment yet? [ When Naruto looks out the window he should be able to see the Huntress in the distance, currently traveling near the station for a quick delivery. ]

[Best Friends Forever!

If Naruto heard Sasuke's sound - he doesn't make a big deal about it. Instead he's pressing up against one of those huge windows, forehead against it, communicator in hand, pointed outwards.

The cloak is gone. He's satisfied with what he can do, now. Who needs to check your other abilities when bijuu mode is so easy?]

Augment? Oh. You mean that thing in my neck?

[He turns the communicator back to him, and shakes his head.]

Dunno. How do you figure that stuff out? What're you?

[ Oh, Naruto, you simple creature. One godmod trick and you're happy. Meanwhile Sasuke is never satisfied ever. ]

Your augment is your assigned role. If you actually think about it then it should come to you; it's new knowledge that you didn't have before. [ The urge to make a smartass comment about how new information entering Naruto's brain should be a fairly novel experience is just barely suppressed.

He shouldn't be surprised by how easily they're talking again, even after all their fighting and the time he's been separated from him. It's like nothing happened at all. It just feels... comfortable. A bit like home, before 'home' became synonymous with a fucked up system and a series of disappointments. ]

Mine's particularly useless.

[Hey, if he can do that. He's fine. Unless... something happens to Sasuke. Everything else is a doddle, after all? Right? Right. He might think about it later.

For now, there's this. Trying to work out how he could know something just by thinking about it confusing, and just as he thinks to complain about it he interjects over Sasuke, grin broadening, eyes alight!]

No way, I can fly stuff!

[He spins around, clutching the communicator and perhaps shaking it a little right up in his face.]

That's so cool!

[ I am adding 'doddle' to my lexicon asap holy crap that's so cute. ]

... so you're a pilot. That'll benefit you considerably. [ Now he especially doesn't want to divulge the utter pointlessness of his own augment, even if some people are only too excited to have the bonuses that come along with a cook being on board. ]

You'll have the option to actually take your ship off of auto-pilot.

[It's so British.]

A pilot.

[He says it barely above a whisper, mostly because the notion alone is such an exciting thing.]

Man, that's awesome! What can you do? Do you like-- fix the ships?

[ I watch enough British panel shows that I should be able to get away with it by now. ]

No. [ For a moment it seems as if he's going to elaborate. And then he doesn't. Fuck this augment tbh. ]

... did Madara actually attempt to steal the moon in Adstringendum or Asgard?

Oh -- so what can you do?

[If you're not going to elaborate, Sasuke. He's going to push to find out. Wonderful, isn't it?]

Well. In Adstring he tried to make it happen I guess? I mean, I suppose he thought Kurama would be enough somehow? Back then I didn't know as much as we do now. Or, we did. About the plan.

Even if he turns up, I think we can handle it, right?

[ Oh, well, then he'll just completely ignore the question and focus on the second part. Two can play this game. ]

... I find it unlikely that he'll appear, but we know how best to counteract him.

[ ... ]

Naruto. I've been unable to activate my mangekyou or rinnegan since arriving here. In the case that something serious does happen, you need to be aware of that, but under no circumstances do I want you spreading the information around. Do you understand?

[Why so sketchy, Sassles? ~~How is that even a new thing anyway, he should be used to this.~~]

Yeah. All kinds of people show up around here though. Obito turned up in Asgard.

[Because that's a really comforting thought, isn't it?]

Really?

[He'll just focus on the important thing. The notion that you might not trust him with that information might have just washed over him.]

I guess it's like in Asgard. We didn't even have our powers there. Wasn't until they needed us to fight for 'em that they let us use 'em. Maybe they got something that stops them. The implant thing.

[Which makes his skin crawl, and might be why he shudders.] I bet it's that.

I'd assume there are few other options, but I haven't felt the flow of my chakra being disrupted. If this chip is how they're managing to do it, they're doing it well.

[ Maybe now isn't the time to compliment their captors on their engineering and medical abilities, however. ]

I can still fight in other ways and I've regained the use of a few techniques that I couldn't utilize when I was first brought here. I'll have to assume that my doujutsu will follow along that same path. [ Or he is going to lose his mind. ]

[Will there ever be a good time?]

I ain't felt anythin' either. I did just get here though.

[and he's - you know, him.]

Guess we just gotta wait and see, huh? I ain't that worried. If your stuff's being controlled, everyone else's is too, y'know?

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