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WHO: Ken Kaneki (AU information)
WHERE: White Tower > Krakoa
WHEN: During September
WHAT: Open log for Kaneki through the event
WARNINGS: Cannibalism, violence, trauma, death, and other NSFW themes.
1. WHITE TOWER; before quantum leap
[ It’s not that Kaneki was born a bad person; he is in fact the epitome of “the way to hell is paved with good intentions” because all of this started with wanting to do good and spiraled down to whatever he is now. Ken is a man in love; he is in love with his wife who is still back in their original world, he is in love with his husband who was ported out years ago – and the love he feels for them, after so many years without them, turned into loss. And loss turned into bitterness, anger, frustration, despair. And Kaneki does not deal well with any of that. He blamed himself at first, but eventually blamed the world.
The world is wrong. The Porter is wrong.
And he is tired of living in the shadow of a machine that nobody really controls – or rather, don’t know how to control. Because, in his mind, he is certain it IS possible to do that. If only he can get to it.
And that’s his plan, to get to it by reaching the highest position as the High Chancellor. He has few bad beans on his way, but he is certain he can pluck them out. And with that single objective in his mind, Kaneki grew to become a member of the Parliament of White Tower, but also a vicious assassin for the faction. Not only that, but his biology – a half-ghoul, who can only consume humans – became well known and he too became well known as the “One Eyed Reaper”, the one who does not leave anything behind (because he eats them, yeah!). And he embraced this title quite well, standing tall, often with an angry expression (also called “resting bitch face syndrome”) and little patience for anyone that will not help his objective.
Few people get to see a much more gentle side of him, often reserved to his current lover Ashlynn, mentor, and allies. Towards everyone else, he is cold, often angry, if not downright vicious. Careful not to step on his toes – he bites. ]
2. WHITE TOWER; post quantum leap
[ waking up in the middle of a room with a woman pretty much on top of him was not something he expected happening, but it is something that did happen. Confusion hit, naturally, but after calming down and speaking to Ashlynn, kaneki learned a bit about this place and the person that he just stole the body from (well, technically it’s himself, right? A version of himself. Kaneki is familiar with alternative timelines by now, if only because that’s what he thinks it happened with that other Kaneki who left last year). Anyway, about what he learned-
None of it was good. And he hates everything he heard.
This world, not only is confusing, but it’s also terrifying, and the person Kaneki just stole the body from – well, he is completely insane. Naturally Ken didn’t share all of his thoughts with Ashlynn, but she probably picked on it from the terrified expressions Ken made. A psychotic killer, an assassin, and someone who willing eats other people, who was recently hired to kill the High Chancellor and wants to take over the place so he can control the Porter. Insane, that person is insane.
Do you know who is not insane? This Kaneki, who actually realizes this is bad. Given how involved original Kaneki was, doesn’t that mean he too is involved, even if he doesn’t want to be? People will recognize him, people will realize it’s not him, and given how murderous this whole faction seems to be, won’t they just go in for an easy kill? Kaneki realizes he is in danger and he realizes he should leave.
Ashlynn has been extremely helpful, but Kaneki doesn’t want to tell her he is planning on leaving (deflecting, that’s the word. Becoming a traitor is also a good way to describe it). But he can’t stay here and thus he decides to at least explore his options. Right now, he can be found at a library, reading through newspapers and articles, learning about the factions and the current state of the world. He is quick to notice Krakoa could a good faction to join but also easy to get to, considering what Ashlynn told him about Josh.
And thinking of him actually makes his face twist. Can he… really just go there and release him? While the woman holding him captive said so, in the end Kaneki is worried if he has to fight someone, too. He doesn’t want to give away that he is not the original Kaneki, and he doesn’t want to be too involved, either. At the same time, it feels so cruel to leave that person, even if Kaneki never met Josh. ] What do I do…? [ with a frustrated sigh, Kaneki passes his hands through his now white hair. Maybe the network… maybe someone else is like him? He can’t be the only one that suddenly just woke up in this place and replaced the original person living here. Right…? ]
For continuity sake, Kaneki will end up figthing Kavinsky after this. That's when he will make a network, asking for help. He will be offered help from Jane Porter (from Krakoa) during this post, but Kaneki decides to go save Josh first. He and Josh will be arriving in Krakoa thanks to Luther's powers.
3. KRAKOA; post-arrival
[ Kaneki arrived to Krakoa a complete and utter mess. He saved Josh and brought him along, and Luther came to pick him and Josh up and of course the man had no idea who Kaneki was (and most likely only knew him as “that guy who eats people”). And then in Krakoa, Kaneki had to try and explain this whole mess and how he really is not that guy who eats people (actually, he does. But not the way the other Kaneki did!!).
To add to all of that, Kaneki killed someone. He promised to himself he’d never kill a person, he’d never kill a human. And he did. It broke him completely, his mind and his heart. And sure the person he killed was an imPort and he was revived, but Ken had never killed before.
The days after his arrival are spent mostly avoiding everyone. Kaneki just wants to be left alone, as far away from people as possible. He stays by the beach while he stares down at his hands, all of him broken thanks to everything that has been happening. He doesn’t even remember how he killed Kavinsky, but everytime he remembers him dead, kaneki gags and actually vomits. He has nothing left in his stomach by now, but that will continue to happen – and he cries and sobs like a child, unable to control himself.
what did he do?!
This shouldn’t be happening. None of this should be happening. Why does everything happen to him? ]
4. KRAKOA; general/happier prompt
[ Naturally, Kaneki can’t just cry forever. He still feels sick and still cries whenever he remembers what he did, but Ken comes to the realization that he… might be here forever. So eventually he moves from his hiding place and actually joins the rest of the island. It’s surprising to see so many children around, but they seem happy and in a way, that calms his heart a little.
From time to time he hears his name and there is a strong feeling of fear and despair creeping right behind him, but it passes soon enough when he notices it’s a kid asking him if he’d like to play. “No, thank you” is always the polite answer he gives, but he does watch the children happily enjoying their time, as if the world outside this island wasn’t completely broken and messed up. Maybe that’s the point of this place.
Neverland.
Well, he is here too, so that makes him one of the lost boys. If he has to live in this world, he is glad he is allowed to be on this island, at least. ]
5. Wildcard
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WHERE: White Tower > Krakoa
WHEN: During September
WHAT: Open log for Kaneki through the event
WARNINGS: Cannibalism, violence, trauma, death, and other NSFW themes.
1. WHITE TOWER; before quantum leap
The world is wrong. The Porter is wrong.
And he is tired of living in the shadow of a machine that nobody really controls – or rather, don’t know how to control. Because, in his mind, he is certain it IS possible to do that. If only he can get to it.
And that’s his plan, to get to it by reaching the highest position as the High Chancellor. He has few bad beans on his way, but he is certain he can pluck them out. And with that single objective in his mind, Kaneki grew to become a member of the Parliament of White Tower, but also a vicious assassin for the faction. Not only that, but his biology – a half-ghoul, who can only consume humans – became well known and he too became well known as the “One Eyed Reaper”, the one who does not leave anything behind (because he eats them, yeah!). And he embraced this title quite well, standing tall, often with an angry expression (also called “resting bitch face syndrome”) and little patience for anyone that will not help his objective.
Few people get to see a much more gentle side of him, often reserved to his current lover Ashlynn, mentor, and allies. Towards everyone else, he is cold, often angry, if not downright vicious. Careful not to step on his toes – he bites. ]
2. WHITE TOWER; post quantum leap
None of it was good. And he hates everything he heard.
This world, not only is confusing, but it’s also terrifying, and the person Kaneki just stole the body from – well, he is completely insane. Naturally Ken didn’t share all of his thoughts with Ashlynn, but she probably picked on it from the terrified expressions Ken made. A psychotic killer, an assassin, and someone who willing eats other people, who was recently hired to kill the High Chancellor and wants to take over the place so he can control the Porter. Insane, that person is insane.
Do you know who is not insane? This Kaneki, who actually realizes this is bad. Given how involved original Kaneki was, doesn’t that mean he too is involved, even if he doesn’t want to be? People will recognize him, people will realize it’s not him, and given how murderous this whole faction seems to be, won’t they just go in for an easy kill? Kaneki realizes he is in danger and he realizes he should leave.
Ashlynn has been extremely helpful, but Kaneki doesn’t want to tell her he is planning on leaving (deflecting, that’s the word. Becoming a traitor is also a good way to describe it). But he can’t stay here and thus he decides to at least explore his options. Right now, he can be found at a library, reading through newspapers and articles, learning about the factions and the current state of the world. He is quick to notice Krakoa could a good faction to join but also easy to get to, considering what Ashlynn told him about Josh.
And thinking of him actually makes his face twist. Can he… really just go there and release him? While the woman holding him captive said so, in the end Kaneki is worried if he has to fight someone, too. He doesn’t want to give away that he is not the original Kaneki, and he doesn’t want to be too involved, either. At the same time, it feels so cruel to leave that person, even if Kaneki never met Josh. ] What do I do…? [ with a frustrated sigh, Kaneki passes his hands through his now white hair. Maybe the network… maybe someone else is like him? He can’t be the only one that suddenly just woke up in this place and replaced the original person living here. Right…? ]
3. KRAKOA; post-arrival
To add to all of that, Kaneki killed someone. He promised to himself he’d never kill a person, he’d never kill a human. And he did. It broke him completely, his mind and his heart. And sure the person he killed was an imPort and he was revived, but Ken had never killed before.
The days after his arrival are spent mostly avoiding everyone. Kaneki just wants to be left alone, as far away from people as possible. He stays by the beach while he stares down at his hands, all of him broken thanks to everything that has been happening. He doesn’t even remember how he killed Kavinsky, but everytime he remembers him dead, kaneki gags and actually vomits. He has nothing left in his stomach by now, but that will continue to happen – and he cries and sobs like a child, unable to control himself.
what did he do?!
This shouldn’t be happening. None of this should be happening. Why does everything happen to him? ]
4. KRAKOA; general/happier prompt
From time to time he hears his name and there is a strong feeling of fear and despair creeping right behind him, but it passes soon enough when he notices it’s a kid asking him if he’d like to play. “No, thank you” is always the polite answer he gives, but he does watch the children happily enjoying their time, as if the world outside this island wasn’t completely broken and messed up. Maybe that’s the point of this place.
Neverland.
Well, he is here too, so that makes him one of the lost boys. If he has to live in this world, he is glad he is allowed to be on this island, at least. ]
5. Wildcard
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No. I've got him.
[ And Luther tucks his hands carefully under Josh's body, delicately lifts the man into his arms, carrying him like a small child and trying not to jostle his wounds too much. He doesn't seem to flinch at the weight at all, but he winces as he gets a better look at the injuries. Shit. Shit, shit. He shakes his head and starts to walk, gesturing with his chin for Kaneki to follow him. ]
Alright. Fine. Let's go, we gotta hurry. The exit's a couple alleyways over; I'll be taking you into a freight elevator.
[ and then he adds, loosely, almost conversationally: ]
If this is a trick, Kaneki, I'll rip your head off.
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When the other man finally gestures at him, kaneki is quick to grab his communicator and also the bag he brought from his house in White Tower faction. it has clothes, but it also has... well, food. Kaneki can't just go to an island without having a source of food, so as disgusting as it is he had to bring some along. Most of it is bottled blood, but there is more than just that.
In any case, he does hurry after Luther, holding on to the bag and to his own coat because he doesn't know what else he can do. But when he hears those words, his throat feels tight and he feels like crying again. He fights the tears threatening to form at the corner of his eyes by blinking them away, and the grip on his bag becomes tighter ] I'm not him. [ he repeats with some frustration but also more certainty.
He is not him, he is not him, he is not him. No one is listening to him, no one cares, but he really is not him ] Nobody is listening...!
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Okay, okay.
[ He speeds up as they start moving, breaking into a jog: as quickly as he can move without jarring Josh too much, where he's cradled protectively in his arms. It's the White Tower and they've probably already wasted too much time. They need to get out of here, now. Whenever they spot other people in the street, Luther veers them down a different road; relying on old memory, from a time when he used to live here for seven-odd years.
Finally, he steers them into an open industrial door in an alleyway, and it's... just a normal freight elevator? Luther frees up one hand to drag Kaneki in, and then hammers on the button to close the doors. Hopes, vaguely, that no one saw them. Him. Recognised him. Or Josh. As the doors close, he says, cautiously: ]
You do seem... different.
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Inside the elevator, he presses himself against a corner, wanting to just become invisible and disappear. He is still clinging to his bag, breathing heavily, so it's not like he can just pretend he is not there. When Luther speaks, he jerks a little, looking back up at the man ]
... that's because I'm not deranged like him. [ that's a good word to describe his other self. because that Kaneki IS deranged. He is eating people; he is torturing people by eating parts of their body; he is trying to take over White Tower by planning on killing and torturing; he was hired to kill Tony Stark; and he apparently is dating a crazy woman who has been torturing a man for the past year. ]
I ended up in his body. I don't know how...
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Like some kind of, I dunno, bodyswap? Or you're still someone called Ken Kaneki?
[ Luther shifts Josh in his arms, peering down at the dead weight a little owlishly, his brow still crinkled in concern. The dull patina to the younger man's skin, the lankness of his hair, the hollows in his cheeks and the dip of his collarbone, his bones standing out at sharp angles. Christ. He doesn't look good.
The elevator lurches into motion and they feel that sinking feeling in the pit of their stomach as it starts rising and rising. There's no security, really. Because why would there be? They're just in a normal everyday office building or warehouse or something in the White Tower, heading up. He gets a faraway, distant expression on his face, though: concentrating, even as the elevator mechanism clanks away. ]
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In a way, kaneki feels like he wants to look at him, but he also feels to awkward to do so, so instead he looks down at his feet as if that would bring him some comfort (spoiler alert: it doesn't). ]
I also knew the "other" you. From my world, I mean. [ he mutters, mostly to himself ] He is very kind...
[ that thought is almost forgotten however, because Kaneki just realized he should probably ask about the elevator he just got in. After all, he doesn't quite understand why they will be leaving like this. ] Uhm, is someone waiting for us at the top?
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[ Surprise shooting through him as he glances over, sidelong. 'Kind' isn't something anyone from the White Tower would really have associated with Luther. He'd toed the party line too well for too many years; had gone along with their missions, with the casual violence that had been trained into all the Hargreeves. Krakoa was the place that unlocked that door, threw it open, honed this gentler part of him.
But then Kaneki's question makes Luther actually laugh, a short rumble against Josh's spine. ]
No. There's no top, actually. You'll see in a moment—
[ And it happens when the elevator settles to a stop fifteen storeys up, or at least what feels like the top: the doors open. Except they're now on... the ground floor of a building? And there's suddenly dazzling sunshine and tropical trees through the glass doors and windows, and they can both see a few wary-looking imPorts waiting outside on the lawn. The security that Jane had promised. It's a sheer impossibility: the elevator doors had closed on one corner of the world, and have now reopened somewhere else entirely.
Toto, I have a feeling we're not in the White Tower anymore. ]
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Kaneki watches Luther, a bit confused about what he is talking about. he had no idea this was even a power, and that is obvious by how his jaw just drops when he realizes they are nowhere in the building they went in less than a minute ago. Kaneki even looks around at the elevator, trying to find the buttons or any sign of what is even going on, but eventually he just... moves behind Luther instinctively.
He will stick close to him just in case - after all, kaneki has no idea what just happened, but at least he does know they are no longer in the White Tower territory and that is good enough for Kaneki ] Is this... Krakoa?