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[School papers in hand and Hinoti-Ri ID on his bedside table for personal reference, Otonashi clicks the feed open on his watch. Dark circles lining his eyes, ruffled hair and a more unkempt shirt tell the story of a boy who either stayed up all night or who consistently hasn't been sleeping as well as he should.

He glances back to the ID card, over the name listed on it. Without that piece of information, he wouldn't even be able to fill in the first name section.]

So, ahh... this school thing... What if you don't know where to start? [There he goes, ruffling his own hair again.] Ugh, that sounds weird.

Wh-what I mean is... if you don't remember where you left off in school, what can you do? Oi, I don't even remember my birthday... [Paperwork: everyone's nemesis, but doubly so for an amnesiac.]

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[3:00 A.M is an unreasonable hour to be wandering around outside of his apartment, but he's craving a drink—not tap water or coffee—and since sleeping is not happening, he might as well. Feel free to bump into him or yell at him to go to bed, but good luck with the latter.]

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Otonashi... You don't look so good. Have you been getting enough rest?

Edited 2013-04-04 10:53 (UTC)

A-ahh... Yeah, I've been trying!

...Trying?

I, uh... I lay down at a decent hour, but I can't sleep. And even if I manage to feel tired... I always seem to get a text.

Then I'm up anyway...

And it's difficult to prevent texts from going through with the system we have... Could you ask them not to text you so late at night?

I could ask, but he wouldn't listen to me... [He's just a little grumpy about this.]

I should stuff the watch in a closet or in a pillowcase somewhere...

He...? Is it someone in particular?

There's only one person who texts me... "Wuss, wuss!" "Oh, why is YOUR persona a woman? Are you even a real man? Hah!" [Nice impression there, Otonashi, though the voice is too high-pitched. It's mocking.]

That does sound irritating.

[But, wait...]

Ah, could it be- that was why you never responded to my text?

Irritating isn't a strong enough word..!

[... Oh no. Did she send him a text?]

... W-what text?

It was soon after you arrived, and I was just checking in to make sure you were settling in alright... But if you missed it, that's fine.

[She had wondered if he was ignoring her, but he didn't exactly seem the type to do that either, so in the end she simply assumed something had come up at the time.]

H-hang on a second, Misato... [He's closing the feed, but only to check his text backlog.

Processing...
Proce— oh. 'Lo and behold, an old text from Aoi Misato.]

Ah... aha, so you did text me... I'm so sorry! I thought it was another text from Noda—he had been harassing me about an, um, purchase—and I said I'd ignore texts! B-but it wasn't because of you! I... ah.

Edited 2013-04-07 00:00 (UTC)

Noda...? Is he still bothering you?

[Well now she's just concerned.]

He'll never stop... This is how it's always been!

[And Noda's an idiot, so.]

And talking it out with him doesn't help, either?

He never listens to me, unless it's serious! And even then he'll ask "who made you leader?! or "why should I do what you say, wuss?!"

...So he's stubborn. Is he... the type to never listen to others?

He listens to Yuri...! And sometimes to Hinata.

[Anyone else? No, good luck with that!]

He only listened to you long enough for us to go our separate ways...

Do you think there is anything I could do to help? Maybe talk to him myself...

I really don't want to make you do it... You've seen how he can get.

Still, if there's anything I could possibly do to talk him out of being so... so violent towards his own friends...!

It's not just his friends he does this to... If you could even call us "friends." It's impossible to talk to him! Although...

[How many people had tried to make it possible? Who really wanted to talk to him, and of those few, who was persistent enough?

Maybe—]

Maybe he... would like it if someone else tried.

Edited 2013-04-19 00:22 (UTC)

...

[Despite its many failures in the past, Aoi still believes firmly in trying to talk things out. And after Otonashi says that, she becomes downright determined.]

Then... I'll see what I can do to speak with him.

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