This is a mistake... - Canon is Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

[justthehelper]

You're aware how much of a mistake this is, right?

...

Then why've you done this? Seriously, what happened to taking it easy?

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Anytime! I really mean it too.

[takaba_akihito]

Funny, it really is a small world. My Writer pretty much has that title trademarked.

'Grade-A Asshole'! 'Selfish Asshole'. [ Shrugs, lowering hands after using them to gesture above his head, as if picturing the delightful nicknames up in flashing lights. ]...You get the drill.

So. Guess yours is in good company?

[ He stops scowling, and instead succumbs to a moment of silence when the man mentions all which he'd skated over, and crammed into the mess which was everything else in his life. Surely this guy couldn't know what he meant, or what his life entailed. It was a harmless comment, so- hurry up and treat it like one before you look suspicious, Akihito. ]

..Y-yeah. Pretty great.

[ Ahaha. No. The 'Other Stuff' in his life is inexcusably horrible and confusing. All he wanted was a sweet and kind girlfriend. That's all. ..And maybe a decent job where he didn't get jumped, beaten and shot at just for taking pictures. And Luck, being the oh-so compassionate lady that she is, decided otherwise. You look like a nice, upstanding guy. Seriously. You could never understand. ]

[justthehelper]

['Nice and upstanding'. Again, all part of a facade. You should see Brandt's kill list. Granted, yes, the idea is stealth, but there are occasions where you just need to blow someone's brains out.]

Guess so. I think that's one thing that all muns have in common, huh?

[And then there's a pause, a slight pause. Because he's noticed, Akihito. Noticed, but not going to comment on it. Not yet.]

So, you got any of that stuff? Job?

[takaba_akihito]

I sure do!

[ He rethinks the honesty of that statement, and then clears his throat with a sheepish look. ]

Well. I kind of bounce around a bit, from one company to another after the previous job ends. But I'm a photographer, no matter who hires me. Mostly freelance for newspapers and that sort of thing.

It's my- [ Feels around for the right word. ] ...passion, you could say. Don't think I could ever quit or try to do anything else and feel like I was still me.

[justthehelper]

Everyone's gotta have a passion, and if you can do it as your job, then all the better.

Photography is interesting. Get to see a lotta interesting things that way.

[takaba_akihito]

Definitely.

Thankfully, it doesn't always end up being the really grueling 'snap a shot of this politician' or 'photoshoot for a prissy superstar' type of work. I kind of like taking pictures of the simple stuff, most. Sometimes I even do the odd wedding or promotional pamphlets for things like a school or daycare.

Those are the best jobs. It's hard to find a kid who isn't always smiling and ready for a picture, versus how long adults primp and fuss before one. It's easy. Annnd, they're a lot less angry if you accidentally take several shots of them eating three pieces of cake in one sitting! A bride?

[ Coughs, looking aside. ]

She tends to get really angry and harass you for weeks to edit her pigging-out from the after-party photographs. If it's not done well enough? She tracks you down and starts bagging on your apartment door and screaming at all hours of the night. Then your neighbors think you're some kind of scandalous playboy.

[ He awkwardly laughs, looking a bit queasy. ]

Being a photographer can get messier than you'd think.