yogen | September mini-event pt 2

[... well, most of them experienced it.

subaru didn't, but that's not important. he was told. pleased to be on the right track, but speaking of tell--]

Of course he will! Natsume's a good person, he wouldn't leave someone alone if they needed his help — or if someone asked for it! So you don't gotta worry at all, as long as he's got what he needs he'll do it!

[he knows natsume'll be mad for speaking up on his behalf, but it's very much immediate and confident]

( natsume's expression immediately flicks to annoyed, and he shoots subaru a look... but he sighs, dragging his attention back to amami first, then the shopkeep, and finally to his bowl. he carefully separates the mix as best he can for now, just to prep. )

...I'll do it again, YES. I'm a magician--we're bound to help those in NEED. ( mage status becoming more and more real each day. ) A shame the interloper didn't know that Master Clamor isn't overly skilled in fire maGIC. He can do IT, but it takes a lot out of HIM.

( or... no, it isn't that big of a secret-- natsume pauses, staring at his herbs. )

...Except that's obvious if you spend more than ten seconds watching HIM. The prime time to do anything regarding him would be when he's WEAK. ( ffff ) If he weren't taken over by someone else before the first inciDENT, he'd certainly be so after IT.

( hence impersonation... because clamor hadn't Not acted like himself in their lesson--patient and easy to learn from as ever.

...hikaru said they didn't think anyone from the cult would do it, but natsume can't think of anyone from the club who would. a lot of things point to someone, but why would that someone then agree to assist them? ...

well, the senpai in the cult might want to try. narumi ito... and there's someone out there who can mess with souls already... hmmmmmmmmmmmm
)

Thanks, Sakasaki-kun. ( he really does appreciate it, from the look of things. ) And thanks, Komaeda-kun, for bringing it up.

( otherwise, he's no mind-reader. but anyway, to the matter at hand again: )

I'll be honest, I don't actually know too much more than what you've already worked out. If you want my opinion, Clamor wouldn't hurt a fly if he could help it, and the person who took his place was pretty fond of fire magic — but that's beginner's stuff, so I guess it makes sense. In the end, I'd try not to pin anything on him if we can help it.

( certainly does take a lot out of you though, huh.

... )

Anyway, that's what I know on that. I just wanted to make sure there weren't any misunderstandings when I started explaining what happened to you guys. He was a good guy, so I'm sure there's no shortage of people who'll be pretty upset over what happened last night.

( y'all see lucy during the mission? amami does not like that knowledge right now. )

Edited 2021-09-20 20:17 (UTC)

( ... )

Well, we've more or less cleared our list of susPECTS. ( or natsume has. let him light a candle with some fire magic, i'm not doing anything fancy this time i'm mobilebound. ) Except for the body discovered at the scene of the second incident, of COURSE. Unless anyone has any other bright iDEAS, we should see to Narumi Ito-senpai.

( when he awakes? or we find his soul? whatever. natsume has mentally cleared everyone but him of suspicion, he will happily tell you his thoughts if you ask but otherwise he thinks everyone is on the same page as him considering what they've uncovered in this talk. )

[... he still wants to know why keigo was up there, though.

but maybe that's something they'll have to ask the shopkeep when they wake, or narumi. subaru shifts on his feet, flexing his hand against his arm reflexively and inhaling sharply-- nnnnn]

No, yeah, let's. They, uh... I think they were gonna move him over to the dorms, so... He oughta be over there somewhere. But like I said, he wasn't looking great...

[... wonder if helping one soul helped the other, or what

but anyway. he doesn't want to risk natsume seeing his hurt hand so he's gonna, start turning away, feel free to call him out,]

I think I'll go on ahead. ☆

( listening to amami's voice is the peak gift they're giving here, the sweet caress of possession, there's magic everywhere... and with all this murderous atmosphere, disaster's in the aiiiirrrrr can you feel the love this morn—- until they start to talk about someone else... )

Keep your mouths closed, we don't have to think about some hopeless husk... ( I'M SORRY SEXY, KOMAEDA WILL CHANGE HIS TUNE WHEN HE SEES HOW BIG YOUR LEGS ARE ) not when Amami-kun has to explain things more indepth, ( and hearing that subaru is trying to leave? grrrr... ) stay here, Akehoshi-kun, you can't miss such a dazzling display of hope... I want you to witness it as well.

( do not ruin his yogenking moment. )

How do you feel, Amami-kun, because you were a witness to last night... I understand a lot is riding on your shoulders, especially if you regarded him as a... ( difficult, hesitant word: ) ...friend.

( he claps his hands together, figuring that it must be a shame to call someone with a hope so weak a friend, but it must be because the ultimates pity half the people here. )

How familiar are you with that imposter's fire magic, you must have seen it for yourself! Did they use it up close and personal...

( he lifts a hand to encourage the idle chit-chat since they're here anyway. ) I'm sure the experience must have been hopeful, using everything in your ability to keep our shopkeeper safe and bring them out of harm's way, and here we are trying to remedy the problem...

( talking as if he doesn't know amami had the pda on him, to get that means he would have to take it off the corpse, and that's...

had he left that information with noah, they probably wouldn't have gotten this far in the explanation. hm... it's like a buffet here, good hope on both ends, but which is stronger? )

I can only expect the best from an Ultimate, you did what you had to do... ( he looks at him, smiling softly. ) We'll all get through this together.

[for the record, subaru stops mid-turn and hesitatingly returns back to his spot.

... ... ... no he wants to be closer to keigo actually, he'll just. do what he can to remain out of natsume's immediate sight as long as possible and go to sit on the bedside closer to the shopkeep, while komaeda's just

doin' his hope thing. don't mind him]

Yeah, I did what I had to do... I don't regret it, but I'm not happy about it either.

( and with that high of a price to pay, he still can't even say he was able to keep kamo-kun safe. not safe enough. wanting so badly for them to stay uninvolved from these stupid incidents that keep unfolding around them, and even after everything, it still couldn't be him who ensured kamo-kun was safe. it couldn't be him who saved them.

he exhales, long and slow and tired, grimacing. )

And anyway, Ito-kun isn't a suspect. Pretty sure the cultists were chosen as victims because they trusted Clamor so much — they'd have done anything for him if he asked, y'know? Plus he was already passed out by the time I got there; only "Clamor" was conscious.

Even at a time like that, he tried to keep up the act for a bit, but... ( amami looks off to the side. ) Anyway, it was pretty clear what was going on, and the fire was a bit too up close for my liking, personally.

But...

[amami's not singed. and... it wasn't that hallway that had the scorch marks. but subaru doesn't know if the other was always like that, or if it was new, maybe, from a recent bout--]

But Ama-chan, that hallway wasn't the burned one. Like, yeah, it's been burned before, but I walk through there pretty much every day to get on the roof over there, and it wasn't any worse off than normal. So what happened with "Clamor-san" in the other school?

[the bleeding might click now.]

( ...hold on. )

Is that why you've been hiding your hand from ME, Baru-kun? ( :) ) Didn't you say you'd come running if you ever got a CUT?

( :)

He'll go dig through the nurse's supplies (sorry nursesan wherever you are) to grab some stuff to patch Subaru up... ugh, he knew he smelled blood. Absolute dumb bitch. )

...At least it wasn't a totally useless venTURE, if you got something out of IT. Come HERE. ( motion motion. ) Amami-kun, you can answer if you feel like IT.

( and nothing for komaeda he's just ignoring he spoke )

Edited 2021-09-21 01:43 (UTC)

Why do you treat him like a child?

( leave him alone, which, komeda's going to grab subaru's hand, and pull the other onto the cot with him (but not to bump into npckun or amami, and lily may remains in komaeda's left... you stay by yourself natsume). besides... )

We're here for P-kun, not Akehoshi-kun's hand, so please get to work Sakasaki-kun... we need you to take care of our unconscious shopkeeper, we're counting on you ~

Edited 2021-09-21 01:47 (UTC)

( natsume throws rubbing alcohol on komaeda )

[the initial grab hurts and he yelps, and then natsume throws the rubbing alcohol and it hits subaru, because of komaeda's luck, but at least it's over here now.

........ would it be too much to ask for cotton balls and gauze--]

Sorry, Natsume, but I couldn't find you~! And then I did. Here.

[so. you know. nevermind he didn't even check anywhere and just came here,]

Maddy, Ama-chan has more to say anyway, [he's real confident about that,] Natsume can do a quick fix while he tells us what's going on. I'll come back if you still wanna cuddle?

[because that's what this is about??? please let him go, if komaeda lets him go he'll take the rubbing alcohol back to natsume]

I was hoping you'd take care of that sooner rather than later. Try not to let the blood get anything, yeah?

( he's been watching this all like... please, y'all. )

Okay, uh, where were we? You wanted to know what happened, right? There was a lot, to be honest, but I'll try to summarize.

( there weren't exactly fresh marks from any fire on "this" side of the school, right? )

See, when I got there, the... ( sighs he wants to use one of their names so bad... ) shopkeeper was already unconscious — them and Ito-kun. They were off to the side of the room, and "Clamor" was working on the circle. Long story short, I wasn't about to let him use that fire he kept threatening me with to light up the whole building when they were right there, and they couldn't exactly run away either. I thought if I could at least disorient him enough, it might even the playing field a bit.

( you know how the world kind of bends and folds in on itself, that dizzy sense of vertigo you get when you go to the other side? yeah, that.

he pauses, and honestly, he's not going to be looking anybody in the eyes right about now. )

He did end up lighting the room on fire, but I managed to get the three of us out of there, so...

( ... )

Edited (writes tags on call like a fool) 2021-09-21 02:23 (UTC)

( he closes his eyes, waiting for the bottle to hit him, but it never does, and when his eyes open... he sees the red coloration on subaru's face — he lifts a hand, rubbing his hands through orange locks like one would do a dog, patting him a bit with a smile. )

Amami-kun praised you, good work, I knew you could solve it.

( he looks towards amami, silent while hearing his side of the story. he understood that amami must have had a personal experience with the fire, and he noticed the way he watched natsume deal with the fire. digging in his pocket, he pulls out a pack of matches he found when looking in the occult club, and he places it inside of subaru's hand (the good one) so that he can make his way over to natsume, and then replaces subaru with lily may in his lap so that she can be with him. )

...Hm, hm, hm.

( a light hum to himself as amami speaks, the way he doesn't stare at anyone, and komaeda lifts a hand, reaching towards amami's shoulder to try and touch him, but his fingers flinch. he pulls away, dropping it back down on the bed as he looks at npckun instead. )

Kawaii-san's mirror must have came in pretty handy, ( no pun intended ) so what happened next!? How did you handle such a poor and unfortunate stepping stone, to think you'd take him into a world you're ever so familiar with, how the tables have turned! The showcase of your hope must have blinded them with your own dazzling fire in your soul... a man of so much talent, we're honored!

( listen, komaeda sees this as a movie, he's excited. )

[ ...So, a lot of questioning had occurred and admittedly when the discussion of what happened with Narumi came up, he listened closely, but he had nothing much to say for now especially when they were still trying to sort out the issue.

Regrettably, he can't imagine he'd be able to ask the right questions so that was still something he left to the others.

However, around the time that revelations and more light has been shown on the matter, Meng Yao patiently waits still. He doesn't want to speak out of turn either, though he's judging Komaeda's choice of words...even if he can't be surprised by them. ]

It's good that you managed to do what you did so that things wouldn't end up worse.

[ To put it simply. ]

...I also do suppose my question is somewhere in line with the one that has been asked just now, though I can't say I'd phrase it the same way. Still, it is incredible you managed to get them both out of that mess.

...

( it's mixed feelings, hearing those words from people who feel at opposite ends of the scale to amami. on one hand, there's relief. the fear, the guilt, the responsibility he felt for the weight that came with blood on his hands, he wouldn't have been too surprised if they turned on him regardless of his careful attempt to explain the circumstances. it feels lighter with the reassurance. he did the right thing, in the end; he really believes that. would do it all over again if he had to, easily. on the other, a weight like this doesn't disappear solely for their kind words.

even so...

next time somebody says you're awesome, say thank you. don't brush them off. )

... Thanks.

( for not holding it against him, at least. )

But yeah, you're right. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Rika-chan saved our lives last night.

( and whether she knows it or not, it's something he'll remain grateful for. as for what happened to "clamor", he can explain, but... assumes that the details won't be too important to them. )

When we got out, I wasn't sure what to expect, but he just kind of... fell over. I brought them here first, and then... I don't feel like I really need to tell you what happened next — you can see for yourselves how things ended up, right? The pieces are pretty easy to put together from that point.

( some things moved around, and amami waited patiently for kamo-kun to wake up — when they didn't, he called the one person he felt might be able to help them. that's a wrap, right? )

[the affection from komaeda had been a surprise to subaru, and he ponders it while (ow) natsume (hhh) resolutely fixes his hand, but by the end there it's just, ah, no, that's maddy alright, and subaru listens to the others talk, turning his head to watch.]

You tossed him in the... pool [if he remembers noah's words on shin's post right,] and came back here to rest, but you didn't really get to for long.

[cause

of at least two people here,]

What was the faker like? Clamor-san didn't seem like the type to threaten people, so I figure that tipped you off, but... I wanna know the kind of person they were, I guess?

[it'll make it easier to... explain... somehow to the others, and subaru glances between amami and npckun for a moment before adding on,]

I won't tell them, by the way. [with a nod to the person sleeping in amami's arms.] If anyone does, it's gonna have to be you, Ama-chan. But I don't think they'd hold it against you either.

[....... gosh, subaru really does wanna know why npckun was up there though, caught in the mix of it... speaking of telling the others, how... should this be handled. noah didn't seem very Good on the network, and he knows they'd been close, and the last thing he wants is someone else stabbed for someone that couldn't be brought back when it wasn't even amami's fault, really, in the first place, and all amami did in the end was-- well, end it... but it's still hard to find someone you love dead]

( yeah, that. subaru's got it, so moving on — first of all, amami nods to the last bit, appreciative. to be honest, he's... not quite sure how he'll explain this to kamo-kun, but. well, they'll cross that bridge when they get to it. they need to wake up, first. )

The kind of person he was, huh? Well, he dropped the act pretty quick once I got there. He went like, "Touch me and I burn this whole fucking school down." After that, it's not like I was too interested in chatting with him either. He asked me about my grades, said he'd...

( ... )

... hate to be stuck in my shoes.

( kinda interesting, how both micchi and ami are third years — their grades are pretty different, though. )

[ People have certainly killed or done worse for less.

Though, Meng Yao doesn't really consider that a comfort, especially when it means that someone he cares about got hurt. With things seemingly on their way to a wrap up, someone can say it is a comfort. But there is what is to be done going forward, and...of course there were other matters as well, and his eyes fall back upon the shopkeeper and he considers Narumi's state.

That being said, the sentence Amami states the imposter utters catches his attention. ]

One's type of speech can tell you a lot about their person. Though I'm not surprised this...perpetrator was completely lacking in manners or decorum, given his bold actions in the first place.

[ ... ]

Either way, he sounded rather single-minded. Asking about your grades, and then making such a statement...

( HE DOESN'T HAVE MATCHES? DEAL WITH IT. )

( when kamo-kun wakes up he's buying some. )

( amami as soon as kamokun wakes up: let me buy matches so sakasakikun can stop using his fire magic it's in bad taste right now )

( yeah. )

09/17 06:00

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