[Written]

[sharkasm]

[Rin has been through a lot lately - and, really, things like getting poisoned are pretty low on the list. The longer he's here, the more he's starting to realize that he may never go back to his own world, and turning 18 a while ago has only emphasized how his time is running out.

Anyway, he's not here to whine. The one and only goal he's ever had is out of reach, probably forever, but he's also had to realize, reluctantly, how there are other important things in life. It's just really hard to try and decide what to do now - you know, apart from somehow trying to accept that he'll break his promise to his father. So... he decides to ask. For the first time ever, he sticks to writing, happy to keep that extra barrier between himself and everyone else. No one's going to hear any emotion from him.]

People come, people go. Sometimes people come back. There's a good chance we're never getting out of this place - or not permanently.

So, if we're stuck here, what are we supposed to do with our lives?

Comments

[sharkasm]

Like hell you can train here! Not for swimming!

[Hey, carrying out some self-imposed nigh-impossible task you've worked at your whole life is totally equal to the world ending. Because it's Rin's world... sad as that is.]

Hah! Right. I'll talk to you again in a couple of months.

[obstinates]

MAKE IT DAYS!

AND WHAT THE HELL? THERE'S WATER EVERYWHERE! DO YOU SWIM IN BARBECUE SAUCE OR SOMETHIN'?!

[Yeahhhh, it doesn't take much to escalate him at all.]

[sharkasm]

I SWIM IN POOLS! YOU THINK YOU CAN TRAIN PROPERLY IN CHOPPY WATER WITH NO SET DISTANCES?!

[Hands down the most intellectual conversation ever to take place in the journals already.]

[obstinates]

DIG A POOL YOURSELF AT LEAST THEN YOU WON'T SPEND TIME WHINING.

[That's what happens when two hotheads meet.]

[sharkasm]

I'M NOT WHINING, YOU IDIOT! YOU THINK WE CAN STAY IN ONE PLACE WITHOUT THE LOCALS OR THE NAVY KILLING US?!

[obstinates]

[That at least makes Naruto pause because he is so unimpressed with what he's heard about the navy.]

They don't sound so scary.

[sharkasm]

Maybe that's because you showed up too late to hear them killing people over the journals.

[obstinates]

... So we'll kick their asses and make sure they don't do it again.

[sharkasm]

You really are an idiot...

I look forward to hearing your death next.

[Well, not really, but he's expecting it, anyway.]

[obstinates]

You'll be disappointed, but whatever. Hey, maybe if I find a pool, I'll let you know so you won't be such an asshole.

[sharkasm]

[Rin should really be offended, but nope. He kinda knows he's a dick, anyway.]

If you find an Olympic pool in this place, I will hand myself over to the Navy.

[obstinates]

Dunno what an Oooolempick pool is, but I'll keep an eye out. You're welcome.

[sharkasm]

Whatever...

[Like he's going to thank someone for an empty promise like that.]

[obstinates]

[He will dig you one himself if he has to you asshole.]

[sharkasm]

[YOU DO THAT and Rin will... just give it this face.]