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compnetwork2012-11-23 10:55 am
the_usual_stuff) wrote in compnetwork2012-11-23 10:55 am
[VIDEO] ☾ first phrase: death-bros and introductions
[ The video feed clicks on to display two boys, one a young child in black-and-white stripes with curly black locks of hair, and the other a teenager with a long yellow scarf wrapped smugly around his neck, suspenders and slicked back black hair. They share an identical small beauty mark under their left eye and they're both seated at a table in... Minato's apartment. (Blame Pharos for the location, okay.) Pharos is speaking, clear and modulated in his tone of voice; ]
—It's on, I think.
[ The transmission of the boardcast jars unpleasantly for a moment before stilling as Ryoji steadies the camera and beams down at it, not as cheerfully as he would have before attempting to end the world, but it's a start. It's probably right about here you notice they have the same blue eyes. A shade of blue so unnaturally bright it's almost creepy. The older teenager then starts talking, still grinning; ]
Anyway, it's working now, right? [ Why wouldn't it be, oh, wait, this is these guys we're talking about. Godly beings or not, it probably took them awhile to puzzle out all the tricks of the comp. Nevermind. Ryoji presses onward; ]
Good! Well, first things first. Hello, Hinoto-Ri, I'm Ryoji Mochizuki... And this is Pharos. [ He gestures at the small boy, who nods and waves cheerfully at the communication device, mouthing; Hello. ] He's my... Hmm, well, I guess you could say we're brothers, the two of us! We've been here for a couple days now and thought it would be a good idea to introduce ourselves on the network. I mean, that's what everyone normally does, right... ? Either way, it's a pleasure to meet you all!
... [ Pharos decides to offer his own public greetings to the city of Hinoto-Ri. The small ten year old was seated on a chair, his pale face barely level with the video feed and he totally doesn't have a creepy yet innocent smile at all, nope. ] I sincerely hope we'll be able to get along and be friends, everyone. This may be quite a strange world we've all been pulled to as Guests, but it's an interesting one, indeed.
[ There's a pause. Are they going to end the feed here? It sure looks like it— ]
Hey, by the way Minato-kun! [ Hahaha, you thought this transmission would end without Ryoji being a silly derp. He winks at the camera. ] Haha, I forgot to ask back when I first arrived; are there any cute gir—
[ Pharos is already reaching for the comp before Ryoji begins talking, unintentionally cutting off the end of the teenager's question. The feed ends. Sorry, bro. ]
—It's on, I think.
[ The transmission of the boardcast jars unpleasantly for a moment before stilling as Ryoji steadies the camera and beams down at it, not as cheerfully as he would have before attempting to end the world, but it's a start. It's probably right about here you notice they have the same blue eyes. A shade of blue so unnaturally bright it's almost creepy. The older teenager then starts talking, still grinning; ]
Anyway, it's working now, right? [ Why wouldn't it be, oh, wait, this is these guys we're talking about. Godly beings or not, it probably took them awhile to puzzle out all the tricks of the comp. Nevermind. Ryoji presses onward; ]
Good! Well, first things first. Hello, Hinoto-Ri, I'm Ryoji Mochizuki... And this is Pharos. [ He gestures at the small boy, who nods and waves cheerfully at the communication device, mouthing; Hello. ] He's my... Hmm, well, I guess you could say we're brothers, the two of us! We've been here for a couple days now and thought it would be a good idea to introduce ourselves on the network. I mean, that's what everyone normally does, right... ? Either way, it's a pleasure to meet you all!
... [ Pharos decides to offer his own public greetings to the city of Hinoto-Ri. The small ten year old was seated on a chair, his pale face barely level with the video feed and he totally doesn't have a creepy yet innocent smile at all, nope. ] I sincerely hope we'll be able to get along and be friends, everyone. This may be quite a strange world we've all been pulled to as Guests, but it's an interesting one, indeed.
[ There's a pause. Are they going to end the feed here? It sure looks like it— ]
Hey, by the way Minato-kun! [ Hahaha, you thought this transmission would end without Ryoji being a silly derp. He winks at the camera. ] Haha, I forgot to ask back when I first arrived; are there any cute gir—
[ Pharos is already reaching for the comp before Ryoji begins talking, unintentionally cutting off the end of the teenager's question. The feed ends. Sorry, bro. ]
[text a little while later]
I'm sorry. I should have let everyone know right away about new people showing up.
Are you going to be okay?
[ And, he wonders ,if there's anything specific he should tell to Ryoji to try and make things as easy on them all as possible. But he'll ask Miki if there's anything she wants him to relay to make it easier for her in a minute. ]
[text a little while later too, tect harderRuana]
...she needs to calm down, least the phone join the wall in items she destroyed.
Besides...it isn't really his fault, as much as she's angry. Come on, Miki! You've watched enough sentai shows to know misunderstandings like that just lead to worst situations. Minato wouldn't have known. At the same time, she's unsure how to explain this to him and she doesn't want to write it out, if Ryoji might be watching or peeking at what the both of them are saying.]
It's complicated. Not your fault.
[Short, but telling him it's everything BUT simple.]
[text]
I see. Is there anything you would like me to tell him now? I can ask him to avoid you for a while or tell him to go talk to you in person or whatever.
[text]
Actually how about if I talk to you about it first?
[Somehow asking Shinji or Akihiko about this situation seemed like a bad idea in general. That or her brain was currently a puddle of mush right now and she wasn't thinking at all.
Probably that one.]
...tell him I said hi...and sorry for shutting off the feed.
[text]
And I will.
[text]
So if you have something important to do with them, I have no problem waiting.
[text]
[text]
Sure, that's fine with me.
[text] => action
But in any event, once he's finished with making sure his two death buddies are gonna be okay for the afternoon and passing on the message, he excuses himself and heads over to Miki's place. First, though, he grabs a pint of ice cream out of his freezer that he had intended for other purposes but which he thinks may be useful now.
So he sends her a "I'll be there in 10 minutes" text and then, in ten minuets, shows up and knocks on her door. ]
ACTION BLOCKBUSTER
[Truth be told she hadn't expected him to show up at exactly ten minutes on the dot, but thankfully everything regarding statues had been hidden away and the only thing that her room had was the smell of food cooking. In fact there was a lot of food on the table...
Cooking and eating ice creamed seemed to be how she dealt with stress. At least she wasn't punching things again.
SPEAKING OF WHICH, THAT HOLE IN THE WALL IS TOTALLY NORMAL. She was going to cover it, but had nothing to do so and thus, gave up. Maybe he won't notice it when she opens the door.]
Hey.
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Hey. ... maybe I shouldn't have brought the ice cream, if you have all that to eat.
[ He might be a little teasing there. He means it gently and also as a test to see just what sort of state she is in. ]
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[She closes the door behind him.]
Please make yourself at ho--
[Oh shit, she turns to the far end of the room and kitchen where her potatoes are boiling and spilling water on the stove.]
Dammit!
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Well, she certainly has been busy - but he does his best to help with cleaning up a bit, though he tries not to get in her way. He's not inept in the kitchen, though he is no master chef, and in any event, he doesn't want to mess with her flow. ]
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Sorry about that...I've been cooking for a bit...
[UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE YEAR.]
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It's okay. Cooking can be very soothing, anyway.
[ It's better than punching walls... ]
It smells good in here.
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[She looks down at the food, as if she'd just noticing for the first time how much of it there is.
...there is a lot of food wow...she barely remembered making the Hiyayakko...]
Minato-senpai...when you helped Pharos did you...eat anything yourself? Because if you're full, it's fine! I should probably bring some of this to Mitsuru-senpai before she burns down her apartment...
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[ So this is actually really excellent timing for him. But there's so much food, and he's not sure what to eat because it's all looking really good to him right now. ]
I'm sure she'd appreciate some later, though.
[ Pause. ]
... also you can just call me Minato. [ Being the senpai to a Sanada feels weird. Also he's deliberately avoiding school right now, anyway. ]
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Oh well in that case, please enjoy the food!
[She offers him a smile, an empty bowl to go with the rice-filled one, and a pair of chopsticks. Pick and take what you like.]
I apologize...that's a force of habit. I tend to only call Shinji by his name. Well Aki now too but...yeah.
[Also she will tentatively help herself to some kelp salad because she's still only half-hungry and that's her favorite.]
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HE THROWS IT ON THE GROUND
But in any event, he returns the smile and takes both the empty bowl and the chopsticks before helping himself to samples of several different dishes. He is a growing teenage boy
who sadly probably won't get much taller; death stunted his growth or somethingand will probably eat quite a bit, since he didn't really have much in the way of breakfast...Hopefully Miki doesn't mind? ]
No need to apologize. Whatever makes you comfortable.
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As her stay in Hinoto-Ri goes on, it is becoming much easier to see the differences and--man that was a lot of food on his plate. She looks down to her own tiny portion of seaweed salad before gazing back at him again.]
And here I thought Minami ate a lot...
[Maybe this healthy eating is a family trait?!]
...n-not that it's a bad thing either! A body's metabolism is different for each person, as my sensei tell me...
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Um... I skipped breakfast.
[ Pause and glance at the food again. ]
... maybe it runs in the family.
[ Or maybe it's a result of fueling Death, extra persona power, The Seal, their endless social activities... A couple months ago, when he got here, he wouldn't have eaten quite this much, though, as he spent a good deal more time napping than he does now. ]
It tastes as good as it smells, though.
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[Shinjiro pretty much drilled that into her. At least he's getting a pretty huge dose of healthy vegetables? She does smile at the compliment.]
Thank you.
[This suddenly reminds her to give a quick glance to the potatoes cooking and nope, everything seems fine in that corner. She ends up helping herself to some of the fried tofu. You know, she could start talking but...maybe it's best if they eat a bit first. Talking means the food gets cold.]
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[ Literally running with Akihiko, and then after a shower and getting his stuff together, he'd had to rush to get a couple errands done before work. At work he had been able to eat a malformed pastry (sub-par bits and scraps were left in the break room for employees to have on break) and have a cup of coffee. But that was more mid-morning coffee than legit breakfast.
He smiles a little at her thanks, though he shakes his head (because no need to thank him! The food is thanks enough. Or something) before eating more. He's perfectly content to sit quietly with her and wait until she's ready to talk. Besides, eating is a good time to think. ]
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[She was a little condescending there. It was just the flurry of emotions in her bubbling up as she realizes she needs to talk about it. He came here for this, after all. The faster she let it out, she realized, the better it would be.
It didn't mean it wasn't hard.
Idly, she pokes at her salad with her chopsticks and puts them down, sighing again.]
Ryoji and I...dated...before...he regained his memories.
[She says those nine words in an extremely heavy tone. Now she just stares at her salad and can't look anywhere else, biting on her lips so hard she can feel a trickle of blood.]
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He smiles just faintly. ]
Did he take you to Shirakawa Boulevard?
[ Just an attempt to lighten things a little, and then he shifts a bit in his seat, smile fading again. ]
But I see...
[ Despite the joke, he knows that must hurt terribly. Even if there's no way of knowing how lasting the relationship would have been in other circumstances, it still hurts when someone you care for doesn't recognize you. Doesn't have any idea who you are. But they're still them. And it stings.
Minato imagines it must be worse when romantic feelings are involved. An extra layer of hope and despair there, especially with the other party being Ryoji. ]
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