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EXT. SCHOOL ROOFTOP -- AFTERNOON; (Ryoichi; Moksa Episode 4)
Topic Started: Mar 31 2012, 07:43 PM (522 Views)
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FADE IN

EXT. SCHOOL ROOFTOP -- AFTERNOON

The view is of a spot by the air conditioner, which is currently off. the view sweeps across the roof, taking in the topography, and moving forward toward a conveniently visible spot on the ductwork that also would provide a good spot to sit. As the air conditioner moves out of view, there is a glint of glass from something hidden inside.

The cameraman drops a bag on the duct, clearly meant to hold the camera he currently holds.

A HAND enters our view, and types in a message: "Shimizu-San. I'm up on the Roof, when it's convenient for you."

NAOYA(Off Screen, To himself, trying to be patient)
     I thought th' whole "no mem'ry" thing was an exaggeration...
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A few minutes pass after Naoya's message before a young man walks through the door and onto the roof. He's playing with a couple of dog tags hanging on a chain around his neck. After looking directly toward the camera, he drops the dog tags and hides his hands behind his back before hurrying over to Naoya.

RYOICHI
     Ahh! Sorry! I got lost and had to ask about five different people how to get up here. I think at least one person gave me wrong directions too, because I ended up in the boiler room...

He stops walking once he's gotten within a meter of the camera. His feet shift nervously, but he seems reluctant to sit down.

RYOICHI
     I'm not too late, am I?
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Naoya shakes his head.

NAOYA
     Nah, I cle...y'know, uh, it's okay. You're not, uh, not too late. Why don't y'have a seat.

          (beat)

     Thirsty?

Naoya pulls a tripod out of the camera bag, allowing a quick glimpse of a plastic bag that bulges with two cylinders and seems to be damp with condensation. He snaps the tripod open and begins to set it up, basing its placement on where Ryoichi sits.
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RYOICHI
     Thanks.

He takes a seat on top of what appears to be a large inactive air conditioning unit, and when he's next on camera, he's drinking from a water bottle. He screws the top back onto it and places it beside him. He returns to staring at the camera for a few moments before having some sort of revelation and looking away from it.

RYOICHI
     I keep forgetting that's on... It is on, right? That's what the red light means? (pause) Please don't answer that. So, um... what did you want to talk to me about... Otouto-san? That's right, right?
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Naoya blinks, as if confused by what Ryoichi was saying. Their names appear as captions beneath them.

NAOYA
     It me--

He stops, scratches the back of his head, and then straightens up as much as he can, sitting at the opposite end of the air conditioner. He has a soda in hand. An off brand soda of questionable flavor.

NAOYA
     Ask you about your fa...oh, Ototou-san is your, uh, your persona? Yeah, after a fashion. Hrmn...Th' whole
     project's about th' process of, y'know, uh, Ascension.
Edited by Czernobog, Mar 31 2012, 09:26 PM.
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Ryoichi responds to Naoya's blinking with an equal amount of blinking.

RYOICHI
     Eh? What? N-No, my Persona's... um... Okuninushi. The uh... guardian god of Shimane Prefecture or something like that. I think that's what Kaerunuma-san said he was.
(muttering)
     Though he also said Ebisu was just a blob of flesh, and he definitely wasn't that...

He looks down toward his lap as he says his next bit.

RYOICHI
     My ascension wasn't... uh... anything special. I was one of the people who ended up in the hospital with Hoculus. At one point, Yatsu-san brought me a diary for a present, so I could write down the things I did, so I wouldn't forget them... and that's when my Shadow showed up.
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Naoya takes a sip from his soda, and cocks his head to the side.

NAOYA
     Okunishi, eh? Then, uh, who's...never mind.

He straightens, and begins to wheel his left hand slowly, in a gesture that might be interpreted as gentle insistence to go onward, but which requires more than a bit of thought to understand, and goes on longer than it should. He realizes what he's doing, and lowers his hand.

NAOYA
     Please, uh, go on. You met your, your shadow?
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Ryoichi leans back, so that his back is touching the chain link fence surrounding the rooftop. He gulps before speaking.

RYOICHI
     Yeah. He... well, I, I guess, wanted me to forget.

     I've always had memory issues, but they got worse after an incident back in my childhood.

He begins to fiddle with the dogtags again as he continues.

RYOICHI
     When my Shadow first appeared, it was in what looked like another flashback to that same incident. But before I could see anything too bad, another me appeared and took me back to the hospital. Except it couldn't be another me, because its throat was torn out.

He pointed to the long, jagged scar on his neck as he said that.

RYOICHI
     And he tried to convince me to forget everything... I still don't understand why. Maybe I did just want to forget everything that ever happened to me back then. (laugh) Well, except for the fact that I'm pretty sure he didn't literally mean "forget". His throat wouldn't have been torn out if he did... Which is why I think that "forget" really meant "die".
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Unlike previous mentions of harrowing events, Naoya's eyes don't bulge out and he doesn't look to be under extreme stress. Instead, he nods, and licks his lips once. His eyes briefly flicker from the scar down to the dogtags.

NAOYA
     Another flashback? So, uh, th' encounter with the shadow resembled something that, ha...had happened
     prev...before?

Naoya straightens up, and settles more fully onto the air conditioner, balanced on the edge of it with his left ankle resting on his right knee.

NAOYA
     So Y'r shadow sought t'...uh...destr...Hrmn. It wanted you t'die?
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RYOICHI
     Yeah. I've heard that Shadows are supposed to be part of yourself, but I don't think I've ever wanted myself dead. Maybe. If it was me, I think that maybe it was some kind of self loathing I've had toward myself ever since that day.

He suddenly and rather speedily unscrewed the water bottle top and drank down the rest of the bottle. He keeps one eye on Naoya as he does this. Once the bottle's empty, he places it down beside him once more.

RYOICHI
     It all worked out in the end though. Because he turned into a big suit of samurai armor after I said that I didn't want to forget anymore. The end.
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