[written with her non-dominant hand in blocky handwriting.]

[requitedfate.livejournal.com]

[There's a small sketch followed by some cryptic words.]



DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE MAN
WHO SUPPOSEDLY
TURNED JAPAN UPSIDE DOWN
AND THREATENED THE STABILITY
OF ITS LEADERS AND PEOPLE?
WAS HE HERO OR ENEMY?
WOULD YOU STAND BY
OR TAKE MATTERS INTO YOUR
OWN HANDS?

Comments

[disguised - laboriously neat print]

[ryuuzaki]

Does this man have a name?

[disguised as before]

[requitedfate.livejournal.com]

PERHAPS. BUT ONLY FEW KNOW HIS TRUE NAME.

HIS ALIAS SHOULD HAVE BECOME A HOUSEHOLD NAME TO ANYONE IN JAPAN.

[disguised as before]

[ryuuzaki]

His alias will do.

What is it?

[disguised as before, strikeouts legible]

[requitedfate.livejournal.com]

TO PRETEND YOU DO NOT KNOW IS--

YOU SERIOUSLY DO NOT KNOW OF THE AKUMETSU? THE ONE WHO DESTROYS EVIL?

[same handwriting as before from here on out.]

[ryuuzaki]

No. Please humor me. Do you call him anything else?

[requitedfate.livejournal.com]

NO. HE IS AKUMETSU. DESTROYER OF EVIL.

[ryuuzaki]

I see.

Evil is a broad concept. What specific method does he use to determine what should be destroyed?

[requitedfate.livejournal.com]

EVIL. POLITICAL AND POLICE CORRUPTION. THOSE IN POWER PREYING UPON THE WEAK. CITIZENS PLEAS FOR RELIEF GOING UNNOTICED. THAT EVIL.

IT IS THE METHOD OF ONE MAN, ONE KILL.

TOO FLUSTERED TO DISGUISE

[oneman-onekill.livejournal.com]

[The drawing of Akumetsu's mask has been scratched out.]

[in shaky, erratically dark letters:] Who is this.

[disguised as before]

[requitedfate.livejournal.com]

THIS IS A CONCERNED CITIZEN.

WAS HE HERO OR ENEMY?

WOULD YOU STAND BY
OR TAKE MATTERS INTO YOUR OWN HANDS?

[oneman-onekill.livejournal.com]

[and that previous note is now GONE replaced by this one which has been folded over]

How did you Who told

You need to tell me who you are right now. I think Akumetsu might be here.

unsigned

[osoreirimasu.livejournal.com]

....Which...one....?

[disguised as before]

[requitedfate.livejournal.com]

I AM THE ONE ASKING:

WAS HE HERO OR ENEMY? WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER?

unsigned

[osoreirimasu.livejournal.com]

No, I am asking which person? There have been several in history...

[requitedfate.livejournal.com]

THE AKUMETSU, DESTROYER OF EVIL.

unsigned

[osoreirimasu.livejournal.com]

Oh. I was almost afraid you were going to say Gainax or...

I'm afraid I'm misinterpreted your question. Do not worry, however, Japan is safe.

[This response is written in a bit bolder, angrier than before]

[requitedfate.livejournal.com]

WHAT A TRITE THING TO SAY ABOUT A COUNTRY PULLED APART BY POLITICAL CORRUPTION!

WHERE THE CITIZENS ARE FORCED TO PAY HEAVY TAXES USED TO FATTEN THE RETIREMENT BONUSES OF POLITICAL SCUMBAGS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE DENIED CRUCIAL LOANS FROM BANKS, INSURANCE COMPANIES PROFIT OFF LOOPHOLES IN CONTRACTS, AND THE POLICE ARE IN THE POCKET OF THE HIGHEST BIDDER!!

[oh holy shi- japan's writing is much weaker now]

[osoreirimasu.livejournal.com]

Please forgive me, I believe I must go now.

[unit67.livejournal.com]

Do you mean the man on the speakers?

Japan already said he was sorry. It wasn't his fault.

[disguised as before]

[requitedfate.livejournal.com]

NO. IT WAS THE MAN IN THE MASK.



That is
I AM TALKING ABOUT THE ONE WHO DESTROYS EVIL. OR SO HE CLAIMED.

[osoreirimasu.livejournal.com]

[Not really here, but LILY, WHY.


Japan is just going to etch out that last line very, very neatly and very politely add a "I apologize" in small print to the side.]

[tasteoftruth.livejournal.com]

More wannabe vigilantes? This place is getting lousy with them.

[requitedfate.livejournal.com]

I WOULD RATHER HAVE A WANNABE VIGILANTE THAT ACCOMPLISHES JUSTICE THAN A POLICE FORCE THAT FAILS TO DO ITS PART OR A DEFENSE FORCE THAT IS OVERRUN WITH YAKUZA THUGS.

[tasteoftruth.livejournal.com]

What are you, thirteen? You still watch the Jammin' Ninja and think the world works that way?

[requitedfate.livejournal.com]

I AM OLDER THAN YOU WOULD IMAGINE, AND YET STILL AN INFANT. I'VE SEEN ENOUGH OF THE DARKER SIDE OF SOCIETY TO KNOW BETTER THAN TO THINK THINGS WILL CHANGE ON THEIR OWN.

IF THE PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE A CHAMPION OF JUSTICE, AND IF THEY WILL NOT STAND UP IN HIS ABSENCE, THEN FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL ONLY SUFFER FROM OUR NEGLIGENCE.

[handwriting undisguised]

[propheteer]

I don't know about him.

Tell me more.

[disguised as before]

[requitedfate.livejournal.com]

HE WAS THE BRAVEST MAN TO HAVE EVER LIVED. HE WAS A ONE MAN ARMY, WHO CARRIED THE POWER OF THOUSANDS AND CARRIED THE BURDEN OF MILLIONS.

HE STOOD UP AGAINST POWERS THAT ORDINARY CITIZENS COULD NEVER EXPECT TO TOPPLE ON THEIR OWN. AND HE DID IT WITH NO THOUGHT TO HIS OWN SAFETY.

AND HE DIED FOR ALL THAT HE BELIEVED IN.