when the bubblegum pops

[sisters]

Who: Rantarou Amami & you
What: September catch-all
When: September & some backdates
Where: Various locations
Warnings: TBA

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01.) the world lights at your smile
•　open — 08/27-31, around the school

( it's true that, the morning after he opens his eyes in the courtyard once more, amami doesn't waste any time on checking up on the people he feels like he needs to speak to. at the same time, it's a pretty short list, and half of them are gone. how much of a difference does it really make if he comes back one week or the next anyway? if he doesn't go out of his way to find someone though, it's still entirely possible to see him around the school — borrowing a sketchbook from the art room, taking some notes in the music room, or moving what seems to be an obscene amount of money into his locker. noticing the presence of anyone he hasn't seen in a while, he'll offer a wave and a warm smile in the midst of whatever he's doing.

on the 27th in particular, he can be found rummaging through a locker that some might recognize is clearly not his. the first twenty minutes or so are spent haphazardly scribbling notes down from a series of stickies pinned up against the locker door. the remainder of the time is spent picking out belongings from the locker one-by-one to take a look at before he decides whether he should drop them into a backpack that's half-slung over his shoulder. to his credit, he doesn't seem to be interested in too much of it, putting the majority back in after a cursory glance, but it's entirely possible that it could stand out to someone familiar with locker 097. )

02.) and shines at the sound of your laugh
•　open — anywhere, any time

( have an idea? feel free to throw anything else my way, or if you're unsure, you can hit me up via pm or at kagehira! )

Comments

[sisters]

( shin is a genius.

that's what goes through amami's empty ass head, a little caught off-guard when shin moves to prick his finger, but moments later finding it to actually be pretty impressive. he's a little more thoughtful about the blood (amami will have to keep that in mind later,) but also the realization that they really can use the void for more than they'd think. did this specific situation call for it? maybe not, but amami's pretty pleased with this knowledge nonetheless. )

Hadn't considered doing this before, but I have to say it's a pretty interesting idea.

( give him a minute and — oh, right, this isn't about shin's void tricks; this is about what they've learned this past little while. shin said it was a swap, so amami figures he'll open with the context he has and where he's been, just so shin has a sense of what to expect. )

You said you went to the fourth floor, right? Seems like a handful of you disappeared over there. As for me, I just went to the courtyard.

( maybe 20 days was a bit of a longer trip and he was the only one who didn't come back from his but, also, don't worry about it. )

[notsosou]

[Shin's got a knack for exploiting rulesets, seeing the potential in clear-cut properties. Even though I joke about the void food a lot, it's the result of some sound logical reasoning from how he's seen the void work... it's just that he's missing one crucial element. That's usually the sort of thing that trips him up, in the end. His eyes still have that gleam. Really? Nobody else has thought of this? Maybe he should have kept this up his sleeve... but it doesn't really matter now.]

Isn't it? Wouldn't recommend being too cavalier with it, though...

[He doesn't trust the void enough to try and catch sleep in it, for example. The one time he passed out in here he woke up surrounded by void students just... staring down at him. Contemplating. Creepy.

This particular use is also a risky move to make, as far as he's concerned. No time and no one to hear is extremely useful for a covert conversation but it also means no evidence or rescue if whoever you're in with wants to kill you - the crawlspaces are a safer place to meet than this, and it's no coincidence he's at the mirror nearest the door. The fact he's here, and giving his own oblique warning to be careful, speaks to the testing of the waters.]

You were curious about the tree, huh?

[He's gonna tug at this thread a little, because it's certainly not 'just' a trip to the courtyard if Rantaro's mentioning it in this context. The tree's the most obvious reason to investigate there that comes to his mind.]

[sisters]

( amami spares a glance to the mirrors, kind of grimaces. )

Yeah, don't worry — this place isn't exactly my idea of a good time.

( it's just, y'know, when you find yourself on another side of the school that reflects the past in a place like this, anyone would be able to see that that's got to be a big piece of the puzzle. something important to putting together the mystery, and to solving the problem that the transfer students are faced with. for all of the ease he shows at their new surroundings, as if he's far too used to them, it's not a place he'd choose over any other in the school.

but that's beside the point, eyes flickering back to meet shin's. )

And the tree... Well, actually, we were going to talk to the guy who looks after it. You know about Kazuki-san, the gardener?

( amami's not sure just how much his name is circulating right now; he's not exactly secretive about it over meetings, but he's not certain if it's become common knowledge quite yet either. in any case, he'll continue on with a sigh that's telling of the fact that it probably wasn't such a liesurely, enjoyable trip he took. )

Hanako-kun, he was pretty convinced that Kazuki-san was dangerous. A threat, y'know? So a few of us went to talk and... Anyway, things got pretty complicated. We, uh... we ran into some difficulties after showing up on this side of the school.