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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
closed to Kavinsky
After everything that has happened, Ken has managed to survive at the White Tower, despite the many issues he had to deal with so far that his alternate-self created. Rey Palpatine has allowed him to leave in exchange for his silence about her plans to dethrone Tony Stark, and of course that means he has to leave as fast as possible.
The chance to leave this totalitarian (and honestly crazy) faction is all Ken wants, but he is worried that leaving the one place that controls the Porter would end up stranding him here for longer than he has to be, since he still has no idea what happened and why he was swapped with this world's Kaneki. He also has found no one that is in the same situation he is, and that means no matter where he goes, he doesn't know anyone - and most likely the others will know him as "that crazy guy who eats people".
He also has someone to save. Ashlynn admitted to Kaneki about the abduction of one Josh Foley under Tony Stark's command, and whom she has been keeping prisoner (and torturing!) for the past year. The thought of leaving a person like that any further makes him sick, and he should at least be able to save him before he leaves White Tower faction. Since he has Josh's location, Kaneki has decided to go there, get Josh out, and both of them can maybe decide going somewhere else that is not a faction crawling with people who want to kill and torture each other.
Sounds like a good plan, but it's hard to put into practice when you know little of the world you are at. Still, looking down at his communicator, Kaneki is set on following what he decided.
It will be okay. He can do this. Nothing else will happen (except it will) ]
about to lock in death/no death oocly but tagging in now!
but when this one lands on the wide stone floor and the faceplate clanks up, it's kavinsky's face inside of it. if kaneki were kaneki, he'd immediately recognize something's off; this suit doesn't have the offensive capabilities that the original power armor does. but since kaneki isn't kaneki, or at least not as this world has known him, that distinction might well be off.]
Kaneki, [kavinsky says. he takes a step toward the other man, the armored foot ringing metallic.] I know 'treason' can have complicated definitions in a nation-state like ours, but there's no excuse for this one.
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Kaneki has no idea who kavinsky is (he knows the name, but not the face or... anything other than being the High Chancellor's right hand), much less that he has a robot suit. In fact, when he sees an iron man suit, Kaneki assumes this is (obviously) a robot.
There is a pause, clear confusion in his face, and when the word "treason" is brought up, he feels a shiver running through his back and his stomach almost turns. at this stage and after what happened with Rey, Kaneki feels like there is no point trying to pretend to be the original Kaneki from this world.
Truth might just save him!
He lifts his hands, a small gesture, but hopefully it will show this person/robot that he doesn't plan on attacking ] Look- this sounds insane-
but I'm not Kaneki. [ wow. this really is the best he can come up with. ]
powerpose, lmk if not ok!
You don't think I'm watching your every fucking move?
[since josh was abducted, nearly a year ago, kavinsky's been more paranoid than ever before. the search for his friend has led to a disproportionate amount of resources in bugs and surveillance. inevitable, that one of them would catch treason, through sheer random chance.
clank. horrifically quick, the metal-gloved hand closes around kaneki's shoulder. but kavinsky's bold; too bold. the next moment, the suit opens, its sleeves and metal chestplate lifting away. leaving only the young man's flesh hand on kaneki's body.]
So, who do you think you are? If not the shitlord who had designs to murder the Chancellor?
it's perfect, don't worry!
He is not going to ask why is everyone coming at him to try to kill him. By now Kaneki realizes this original Ken was actively trying to become part of everyone's shit-list. And of course, it all comes back to the Chancellor. Who original-Ken did want to kill and was working to do it. ]
I'm not from this place, I was brought here and I ended up in his body- [ the hand is bothering him. Kaneki moves to actually try pushing the hand away from his shoulder; he has a feeling he will need to run very soon because "i'm not kaneki, i am just possessing his body" is not the most believable thing ]
I never plotted to kill anyone!
yayyy also more powerpose tho D:
but to his credit, and as someone who's lived in a city characterized by very messed up bizarre dimensional clusterfuu for decades, he does at least decide to leave kaneki enough rope to hang himself with. he lets the other man toss his hand away, but the next moment, his tattooed fingers close on the fabric of kaneki's jacket. yanking him to face him square.
the lenses of his ar glasses flare to life, analyzing kaneki's pulse, skin temperature, his breathing piped through his nostrils. checking for signs of truth or lie.]
So what's your name, asshole?
no subject
Kaneki is yanked and he doesn't know how he should answer that question because it's absolutely going to make him sound like a huge asshole, even though he is not. His pulse is racing, he feels like someone is punching his stomach and while he is terrified, Kaneki is also tired of this ] Look- I'm from another world that also has imPorts and... versions of everyone here. [ yeah. ] I am called Kaneki, but I'm not this one! [ YEAH. ]
A parallel version if you will- [ Y E A H.
Please, let all f this make sense ]
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You have to be fucking kidding me. This on top of treason, Kaneki?
it's a senseless and arrogant snarl. the next moment, the suit behind him lets out a shrill whirr, and suddenly there's a clack. the powered glove slaps onto kavinsky's arm, the carapaces, pieces setting themselves neatly end to end up his wrist, over his closed fist, in the space of time it takes to draw a breath. hard, ridged metal gleaming over his knuckles.]
Maybe you need a reverse concussion, [he suggests. and with that, the power-armored fist comes hurtling forward, fast as a whipcrack.]