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[naloxone]

[ turns out? space doesn't give a single fuck about your circadian rhythm. or maybe insomnia is just that attached to her that even the absence of a sun dictating her internal clock doesn't faze it, like an old friend you wish would just forget you already.

one night (?) late into the early hours (???) marta finds herself drifting out of the room she's come to assume will be hers for the indefinite future, passing through stark white walls with all the sterility of a hospital, but none of its familiar chaos.

she's still getting used to the earpiece. still getting used to hearing other people's voices in her head. she doesn't mean to add another in the void, but one of her own thoughts blares out too vividly as she stares out into an actual void: ]

—but where are the stars?

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[blackfire]

（ a little genjutsu, as a Treat^TM.

also: that is the funniest possible question to ask a ninja and if he had even an ounce of humour in any cell of his body he might have laughed. ）

Our last mission was largely uneventful. （ in terms of physical injuries, at least. he's not counting the exhaustion — medical care will help accelerate the recovery process there, but he doesn't see it as mandatory. ） The ones preceding it were markedly more dangerous by the accounts of those that were there.

（ mr. know-it-all wasn't there himself, but, u know how it be. ）

[naloxone]

[ "largely uneventful"... cuz what's a little psychological torture to mr. psychological torture. ]

I understand.
I don't know how much help I can be in the long run, but I'll do my best.

[ a pause. ]

Can I ask what it is you do?

[blackfire]

（ 'is mental trauma really even trauma?' - danzō shimura, age 69^1/2 ）

I'm a shinobi.

（ does he expect she knows what that is? probably not.

is he going to explain unprompted? also no. ）

[naloxone]

[ he just likes talking to her, it's okay, i Get It. ]

Sorry, I'm not familiar with that word.

[blackfire]

（ Then Perish. ）

Ninja.

[naloxone]

[ o. ]

I imagine your particular skillset's been very useful.

[blackfire]

No more or less than anyone else's.

（ deflect deflect deflect ）

[naloxone]

You're very good at giving information, at least?

[ is she. does she think itachi needs... a confidence boost? oh darling. ]

[blackfire]

（ ❝ 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑑 ❞ ）

It's nothing.

（ banned, banned, banned, none of you are free of sin ）

You should speak with McCoy-sensei. He's the ranking doctor on the Ximilia, doubtless he will have questions for you.

[naloxone]

He'll most likely be in the infirmary, right? I'll see if I can run into him sometime.

Sorry, I don't think I got your name. I'm Marta.

[blackfire]

Itachi.

（ he's so good at this conversation thing. so good. ）

[naloxone]

[ to be fair, she's not expecting much idle chatter from a literal ninja. ]

Thanks for your help, Itachi.
Maybe I'll see you around.

[blackfire]

（ wise beyond her years, perfect, flawless, i bet her medical bag is insured for a million dollars, etc. ）

Perhaps.

（ and thus he makes his Great Escape from conversation. byeee. ）

[naloxone]

[ she'll get you one day, mr. ninja... and your little dog too ]

[blackfire]

（ excuse me, miss witch, he is a certified catboy thank u, this is a no dogs allowed zone. ）

[naloxone]

[ wHY does he have a cat ear headband what is naruto i don't even recognize her after the sasuke retrieval arc ]

[blackfire]

（ 🌈 𝓯𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓻 𝓪𝓻𝓬𝓼 🌈🌈 ）

[naloxone]

[ oh okay that makes sense, everyone knows filler arcs are jungle rules ]

[blackfire]

（ basically negl.

hilariously i also stopped with the sasuke retrieval arc back in the day and only got back into it a few months ago, mainlined the entire damn thing and Here I Be.

decisions... were made... ）

[naloxone]

[ you know what you're valid though. i think my second read-through i made it up to shippunden but everything is all a blur to me and my little goldfish brain. I STILL MAINTAIN THE FIRST PART is so so good, what a wonderful gut punch, and then you know. stuff happened. ]

[blackfire]

（ pt1 was so good but a lot of things in pt2 really slapped tbh, the resolution of the pain arc and the war arc shit were so good, dang.

if you enjoyed it once upon a golden age i'd def say give it another try, idk about you but man some parts of it sure hit differently as an adult!! ）

[naloxone]

[ what, you mean now that i'm more in touch with my feelings and even weaker to shit like friendship and found family ha ha ha ha ha if you see someone randomly app in rock lee the bestest boy no you did not. ]

[blackfire]

（ i mean im not gonna say do it

but



im also not gonna say don't do it

u feel???


the mental image of itachi and lee interacting has in fact killed me tho so ty for that ）

[naloxone]

[ someone on the ship: itachi is he one of yours
itachi, already halfway out the airlock: sorry can't hear you— ]

[blackfire]

（ look he respects that taijutsu hustle, truly, but that fashion sense is where he really has to draw the line........ ）