yogen | build me up, buttercup

WHO? Nene Yashiro and You!
WHAT? Open log!
WHEN? The first half of August! Prompts for the second half to open later!
WHERE? Various locations such as the home ec rooms and the courtyard
WARNINGS? Grief and coping mechanisms, tba?

i. home economics

( most days these days you may find the smell of something cooking wafting through the second floor- though with summer vacation starting soon- or perhaps it already has- it might be more rare. but for once, lucifer or one of the others hasn't beaten nene to the punch. she does not touch any meat that isn't fish or beef, she is careful with the vegetables she takes, and she does not make single portions. if you poke your head in, if you've been here from the start, it might feel familiar, the way she looks up and tries to smile. )

Are you hungry? Come have a seat.

ii. crafts

( there's new 'transfers' again. people who can't leave, who are stuck with two sets of memories. and nene hasn't met a lot of them personally, but she's seen them around or on the network... even if she really, really, really wishes she hadn't. but...

...

one may find nene in the second portion of the home ec rooms, sitting down and diligently working needle, thread and cloth together. if she isn't too focused, she might stop to smile and ask, )

Hi! Did you need something?

( or she might not notice you entirely. )

iii. after club meetings

( for all that she's never been in the role before, nene seems to be managing well enough as the gardening club president- even if one of her vice presidents withdrew from everyone. ... not that she'd made it especially official, she relied on natsume and lucifer both. ... she'll need to stand on her own someday, won't she? so...

... she stays behind later than most other members a lot. sometimes it's to tend to the plants belonging to those who- who vanished. sometimes its to keep an eye on the flowers that had been given to her by the gardener. sometimes she just needs to be with something living and kind, away from the stress of everything. maybe you catch her closing the door behind her as she finally leaves for the day, or maybe you see her half-slumped against a desk, watching the clouds in the window. such is the way it goes.

maybe you'll even notice she's tying her hair back in pigtails more often. )

iv. wildcard!

( closed posts or other ideas! let's goooo )

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N-no it's cool! I can just uh...

[He gives a slight shuffle backwards, lifting his left arm to jerk a thumb over his shoulder to indicate his plans to vacate the premises. Despite making his intentions known, Rin proceeded to stay rooted to the spot directly afterward, looking her over for a few moments letting out a slow breath.]

Hey, uh... You okay?

[Her tone indicates that she's probably not, especially considering she's up here isolating herself like this. But he may as well outright ask for politeness' sake.]

( oh, she's super not. summer has been nothing but a nightmare since the last half of june, and it refuses to let up so she can stop drowning for even a second! but for a moment she debates on just... smiling, lying through her teeth like she always does- she's a normal girl with normal interests, she's okay, she's fine. but, well. when the evidence clearly states otherwise, there's no point in lying, is there? )

No. But. ( it's nothing new here in yogen. ) I think it just needs time. ... Some of my friends are missing- and there were people missing earlier this month... but they came back, so I think they will too? I'm just... ( and she curls up just a little more, even if unaware- ) I'm really worried.

( it's less venting, and more of a warning to this boy she's never seen before: this school is cruel. it takes and it takes and it takes. )

[Rin lingers near the top of the stairs for a few beats of silence, glancing back down them for a moment before his eyes move on to take in the view. From there they slowly return to Nene, and after just a bit more hesitation he carefully picks his way across the room to sit down beside her with a soft thump.]

I get that. Uh... The worrying. It sorta comes hand and hand with having people you care about, y'know. [He'd lost count of the amount of time he'd spent fretting over Yukio's wellbeing while his brother was out on potentially dangerous missions. Or Shiemi. Or Bon, Izumo... All of them, really.] You um... Want to tell me about it? How you're feeling and stuff? Even if you think things'll be fine, it's probably not good to bottle up the sad.

I'm uh... Not all that great with figuring out puzzles and shit like that, but I think I'm a pretty good listener.

( for a moment, she's clearly debating- there's a lot she needs to talk about. but she doesn't know this boy, and if she talks she's just going to cry again and her eyes already sting and she's still thirsty from the last bout of tears. she doesn't want to give yogen any more of her tears. he's- it's very kind of him to offer, but ultimately, she shakes her head. )

I think, right now I just need a distraction... but. Thank you. I'm Nene Yashiro. It's nice to meet you. I really wish it was in better circumstances.

[He gives a small nod of understanding, bending his knees up to his chest so that he could fold his arms on top of them. The good thing about Rin is that he's fantastic at distracting people, and he makes it his new mission to get at least three smiles from this girl he's never met before they part ways.]

Rin. Uh-- Rin Okumura. [He drums his fingers against his wrists, mostly just fidgeting for the sake of needing to move rather than any sort of social nervousness. There's that too, of course, but it's not the primary driving force.] I'm actually... Well not new, I guess... But newer? Things are sort of weird in my head right now.

Oh- I think I've seen you. The, uh- the you that didn't remember the real you, I mean. In the cooking club.

( and then she pauses, because oh that's probably so disconcerting actually? but it was true! painfully true. and it's kind of upsetting to think about now- before this, did rin get to go home? did the school forcibly drag him back in the middle of summer vacation? he was free, on some level. and now... )

[The comment very clearly catches him off guard, and he just blinks dumbly at her for a moment before it registers what she means, and it explains the slight feeling of familiarity that seems to reside with her. Almost like seeing someone again after running into them at the grocery store a few times.

Cooking club. Right, he'd definitely been in that. He'd actually joined a club of his own volition! That was sort of incredible.]

Oh, uh-- Yeah! Have you met my little brother? He's here too, though I'm not sure how social he's been.

Ummm... maybe? I'm not sure.

( on some level, she's had to stop paying attention to the other faces around her after the imp rampage. but also, she's tired and all of summer has been awful and anyone who expects her memory to be perfect- not that rin is doing that- is mean. )

I can keep an eye out though. If you bring him around to the home ec room around meal times, one of us will probably bully him into talking a bit...

build me up, buttercup

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