Disclaimer: Revolutionary Girl Utena belongs to Saito Chiho, Be-Pa-Pas,
and the like. Beware those dreams that inspire writers to write, they can
be the most profound. Thanks to RosePriestess and her Otakufic written
sooo long ago, without this, this story of conflicts with the self would
not be possible. Without further ado:
Love, Hate, Adolescence, Revolution First Episode: "Unfamiliar Ceilings Served With Shaved Ice" By Akito Tenkawa
Opening Theme: White Reflection
Scene 1: It's a routine day in the Student Center of the University of the Incarnate Word; Scott is sitting on his laptop playing Diablo II. His friends: Michael, Steven, and Cara are sitting with him, one of which, Herman, is on ECrush.com, randomly looking at pictures of girls.
Michael: [Tosses back his long black hair and adjusts his always-present sunglasses] Okay, now Herman...Why are you surfing on dating sites? Isn't your job on the corner enough for you?
Herman: [Leans back, nearly tipping his chair over] Um...how bout NO?! [clicks the touchpad on his laptop while Scott watches the screen. The picture that appears on the screen sends Scott falling over in disbelief]
Michael: So it's not enough, you ungrateful little bitch? [laughs]
Scott: [Wide-eyed] That's NOT right! [Points at Herman's computer screen making a scene]
Michael: [grumbles] What are you bitchin' about now, Cockboy?
Scott: Um...I kinda know that girl... [Glares at the picture of a caramel- skinned girl with obviously fake green hair tied into braided pigtails]
Cara: [pokes her chin contemplatively] hmmm, is this the mystery ex you tell me about?
Scott: [sighs heavily] Yeah...it's a long story...High school loves...crap like that...
Steven: [shuffling a deck of Yugioh cards] Spit it out, numbnuts!
Scott: Erg...Fine! It started ironically enough, in a story my friend Sami wrote some time ago. Then, I was talking to this girl, Veronica, online on AOHell. If anyone has ever heard of the anime Revolutionary Girl Utena...[a pause, within which there is dumbfounded silence]...I guess not. Anyway, Sami trapped us all in that continuity...in all honesty, it was fun. At any rate, when I met Veronica in person, she was like Anthy Himemiya, the Rose Bride...
Cara: So you got all crushy and stuffs because she looked like some anime chick you had the hots for?
Scott: It's difficult to say. My view has changed about both Veronica and Anthy...[scratches his chin] I think you guys would understand if you were there. I know I'd like to see myself as I was back then.
Steven: [shifty-eyed] What are you planning?
Scott: I think I'm going to make attempts to go back to Ohtori Academy...where it all went down. There's just so many things that were unfinished there. I'll see you guys later.
Cara: Cinnamon pancakes tomorrow?
Scott: Wouldn't miss it! [winks and smiles cheerfully and exits]
Michael: So he's off to make "attempts to go back to Ohtori Academy", eh? [shakes his fist up and down, raising an eyebrow]
The Scene: Scott is at his friend Sami's house several days after repeated attempts to find different Utena media with which to trigger the phenomenon experienced by Sami, Scott, and they're friends some years ago. They're looking at DVD's and other prospects online while Scott inquires about anything he might have missed.
Scott: I just don't understand it. I've looked through practically every Utena manga, website, picture gallery, Hentai, and every last fanfiction. Believe me, there's some horrible stories out there. [shudders] But nothing has triggered the same black hole we were sucked in.
Sami: [rolls eyes] I still think you're nuts for actually trying to get back to Ohtori. You just didn't get enough Anthy did you?
Scott: [blushes for an instant] In essence, yes I did...but that's not the purpose of going there. Shaved ice and rose brides are the least of my worries this time around.
Sami: [somewhat surprised] It's gonna fuckin' snow. At any rate, just why are you trying to go back anyway? Everything resolved in that continuity. You should know. You were scatterbrained enough to run off trying to save Anthy from the Revolution, as pointless as it was. It didn't stop the Revolution from coming.
Scott: Or is it? "Children of the Revolution" was never finished.
Sami: Unless you wanna finish it, no, it wasn't. And you know precisely why.
Scott: Some futures cannot be foreseen. Yes, I know. Maybe in going back, I can find an ending for "Children of the Revolution".
Sami: Okay okay. If you're that desperate to run off with Anthy, then I'll tell you what you're probably doing wrong.
Scott: Hold on...I just thought of something. What about the mysterious Sixth volume of the manga?
Sami: [smacks her forehead] It imploded, remember? Now do you want my advice or not?!
Scott: Merde...fine...go ahead. [sits down]
Sami: The problem is that you're "trying" to make it to Ohtori. It can't be consciously achieved. Every time we traveled through the medium to the continuity, it was all on happenstance. It's pure accident that borders on predestination.
Scott: So...it just has to...happen?
Sami: Precisely, unless you just happen to find it on the way to school, whatever the medium may be, you'll never pass through the same way we did. Although, in theory...
Scott: "In theory"? I'd expect your mother to devise these. After all, she is Little Washu.
Sami: True, but this time, I've got the idea. I said it couldn't be..."consciously achieved". It may be possible to get there using your subconscious. In your dreams, Scott.
Scott: Come on now...let's not be short about this idea of mine.
Sami: [smacks forehead] Baka...I meant that by trying to harness your subconscious, you might be able to make it back to Ohtori. "In your dreams." Get it?
Scott: [finally donning on him] Of course! I understand now. I bet I could get there tonight when I go to bed. But the thing is...it has to be authentic. I can't let my subconscious warp the world as it is.
Sami: Hmm...if you control your subconscious well enough, it'll be simple. It's not like any history's gonna be changed or anything. You should give it a shot.
Scott: Any probability of success?
Sami: You're the psycho dreaming about Ohtori...you tell me.
Scott: [smirks] And you haven't dreamt about Ohtori? And I don't mean just the Academy.
Sami: [turns bright red] Never speak of it again...
Scott: Whatever you say, Akio-no-koibito...
Sami: Scott...don't make me kill you.
The Scene: A very late night in Scott's room. Bedtime. The lights are out and Scott's simply lying in bed, staring at his ceiling on a typical solitary night. Dwelling on Sami's advice, he at last closes his eyes.
Scott: [whispering with closed eyes] And so I dream of a reunion come too late... [After what seems like an eternity, opens his eyes, looking at an unfamiliar ceiling] That's...odd... [Looks around this new room, noticing how it's slightly larger than his bedroom; however it's the white and maroon uniform on a hanger on the closet door, adorned with epaulets and pins and cords] This...this is not my bedroom...
Akio: [standing with arms crossed at the doorway] No it's not, Scott- kun...It's better... [grins]
Scott: [glares at shock at the light-purple haired man in his room]
To Be Continued
Ending Theme: Truth
Next Episode
Scott: The adaptation to the dream life begins as Akio and I re-acquaint for the purposes of the Ends of the World. However, subtle hints slowly allow Scott to realize that things are a lot more than what they seem...or when. It's a familiar face in the mirror and prophetic wall shadows everywhere! It's the next Episode of Love, Hate, Adolescence, Revolution: Echoes of Self, Ripples of Time. Stay tuned!
Editorial: This story started as a desire to look into the past to see how I, myself, had grown up. The Opening theme to this song is out of Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz and has no ties with Utena, however, the overall theme of this story is reflection...which makes White Reflection appropriate in beginning each Chapter. Just as Truth, the Utena ending theme, is equally fitting. There are a lot of inside jokes that I don't expect many of the readers of this piece to understand. However, if you have read Rose Priestess' Take My Revolution and Children of the Revolution works, then it will be substantially easier to understand in a visual sense just what my protagonist sees in the dream that takes him into pure fantasy. Enjoy the next chapter and read and review what you've read so far. doomo arigatou gozaimasu!
Love, Hate, Adolescence, Revolution First Episode: "Unfamiliar Ceilings Served With Shaved Ice" By Akito Tenkawa
Opening Theme: White Reflection
Scene 1: It's a routine day in the Student Center of the University of the Incarnate Word; Scott is sitting on his laptop playing Diablo II. His friends: Michael, Steven, and Cara are sitting with him, one of which, Herman, is on ECrush.com, randomly looking at pictures of girls.
Michael: [Tosses back his long black hair and adjusts his always-present sunglasses] Okay, now Herman...Why are you surfing on dating sites? Isn't your job on the corner enough for you?
Herman: [Leans back, nearly tipping his chair over] Um...how bout NO?! [clicks the touchpad on his laptop while Scott watches the screen. The picture that appears on the screen sends Scott falling over in disbelief]
Michael: So it's not enough, you ungrateful little bitch? [laughs]
Scott: [Wide-eyed] That's NOT right! [Points at Herman's computer screen making a scene]
Michael: [grumbles] What are you bitchin' about now, Cockboy?
Scott: Um...I kinda know that girl... [Glares at the picture of a caramel- skinned girl with obviously fake green hair tied into braided pigtails]
Cara: [pokes her chin contemplatively] hmmm, is this the mystery ex you tell me about?
Scott: [sighs heavily] Yeah...it's a long story...High school loves...crap like that...
Steven: [shuffling a deck of Yugioh cards] Spit it out, numbnuts!
Scott: Erg...Fine! It started ironically enough, in a story my friend Sami wrote some time ago. Then, I was talking to this girl, Veronica, online on AOHell. If anyone has ever heard of the anime Revolutionary Girl Utena...[a pause, within which there is dumbfounded silence]...I guess not. Anyway, Sami trapped us all in that continuity...in all honesty, it was fun. At any rate, when I met Veronica in person, she was like Anthy Himemiya, the Rose Bride...
Cara: So you got all crushy and stuffs because she looked like some anime chick you had the hots for?
Scott: It's difficult to say. My view has changed about both Veronica and Anthy...[scratches his chin] I think you guys would understand if you were there. I know I'd like to see myself as I was back then.
Steven: [shifty-eyed] What are you planning?
Scott: I think I'm going to make attempts to go back to Ohtori Academy...where it all went down. There's just so many things that were unfinished there. I'll see you guys later.
Cara: Cinnamon pancakes tomorrow?
Scott: Wouldn't miss it! [winks and smiles cheerfully and exits]
Michael: So he's off to make "attempts to go back to Ohtori Academy", eh? [shakes his fist up and down, raising an eyebrow]
The Scene: Scott is at his friend Sami's house several days after repeated attempts to find different Utena media with which to trigger the phenomenon experienced by Sami, Scott, and they're friends some years ago. They're looking at DVD's and other prospects online while Scott inquires about anything he might have missed.
Scott: I just don't understand it. I've looked through practically every Utena manga, website, picture gallery, Hentai, and every last fanfiction. Believe me, there's some horrible stories out there. [shudders] But nothing has triggered the same black hole we were sucked in.
Sami: [rolls eyes] I still think you're nuts for actually trying to get back to Ohtori. You just didn't get enough Anthy did you?
Scott: [blushes for an instant] In essence, yes I did...but that's not the purpose of going there. Shaved ice and rose brides are the least of my worries this time around.
Sami: [somewhat surprised] It's gonna fuckin' snow. At any rate, just why are you trying to go back anyway? Everything resolved in that continuity. You should know. You were scatterbrained enough to run off trying to save Anthy from the Revolution, as pointless as it was. It didn't stop the Revolution from coming.
Scott: Or is it? "Children of the Revolution" was never finished.
Sami: Unless you wanna finish it, no, it wasn't. And you know precisely why.
Scott: Some futures cannot be foreseen. Yes, I know. Maybe in going back, I can find an ending for "Children of the Revolution".
Sami: Okay okay. If you're that desperate to run off with Anthy, then I'll tell you what you're probably doing wrong.
Scott: Hold on...I just thought of something. What about the mysterious Sixth volume of the manga?
Sami: [smacks her forehead] It imploded, remember? Now do you want my advice or not?!
Scott: Merde...fine...go ahead. [sits down]
Sami: The problem is that you're "trying" to make it to Ohtori. It can't be consciously achieved. Every time we traveled through the medium to the continuity, it was all on happenstance. It's pure accident that borders on predestination.
Scott: So...it just has to...happen?
Sami: Precisely, unless you just happen to find it on the way to school, whatever the medium may be, you'll never pass through the same way we did. Although, in theory...
Scott: "In theory"? I'd expect your mother to devise these. After all, she is Little Washu.
Sami: True, but this time, I've got the idea. I said it couldn't be..."consciously achieved". It may be possible to get there using your subconscious. In your dreams, Scott.
Scott: Come on now...let's not be short about this idea of mine.
Sami: [smacks forehead] Baka...I meant that by trying to harness your subconscious, you might be able to make it back to Ohtori. "In your dreams." Get it?
Scott: [finally donning on him] Of course! I understand now. I bet I could get there tonight when I go to bed. But the thing is...it has to be authentic. I can't let my subconscious warp the world as it is.
Sami: Hmm...if you control your subconscious well enough, it'll be simple. It's not like any history's gonna be changed or anything. You should give it a shot.
Scott: Any probability of success?
Sami: You're the psycho dreaming about Ohtori...you tell me.
Scott: [smirks] And you haven't dreamt about Ohtori? And I don't mean just the Academy.
Sami: [turns bright red] Never speak of it again...
Scott: Whatever you say, Akio-no-koibito...
Sami: Scott...don't make me kill you.
The Scene: A very late night in Scott's room. Bedtime. The lights are out and Scott's simply lying in bed, staring at his ceiling on a typical solitary night. Dwelling on Sami's advice, he at last closes his eyes.
Scott: [whispering with closed eyes] And so I dream of a reunion come too late... [After what seems like an eternity, opens his eyes, looking at an unfamiliar ceiling] That's...odd... [Looks around this new room, noticing how it's slightly larger than his bedroom; however it's the white and maroon uniform on a hanger on the closet door, adorned with epaulets and pins and cords] This...this is not my bedroom...
Akio: [standing with arms crossed at the doorway] No it's not, Scott- kun...It's better... [grins]
Scott: [glares at shock at the light-purple haired man in his room]
To Be Continued
Ending Theme: Truth
Next Episode
Scott: The adaptation to the dream life begins as Akio and I re-acquaint for the purposes of the Ends of the World. However, subtle hints slowly allow Scott to realize that things are a lot more than what they seem...or when. It's a familiar face in the mirror and prophetic wall shadows everywhere! It's the next Episode of Love, Hate, Adolescence, Revolution: Echoes of Self, Ripples of Time. Stay tuned!
Editorial: This story started as a desire to look into the past to see how I, myself, had grown up. The Opening theme to this song is out of Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz and has no ties with Utena, however, the overall theme of this story is reflection...which makes White Reflection appropriate in beginning each Chapter. Just as Truth, the Utena ending theme, is equally fitting. There are a lot of inside jokes that I don't expect many of the readers of this piece to understand. However, if you have read Rose Priestess' Take My Revolution and Children of the Revolution works, then it will be substantially easier to understand in a visual sense just what my protagonist sees in the dream that takes him into pure fantasy. Enjoy the next chapter and read and review what you've read so far. doomo arigatou gozaimasu!