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a.

( in lieu of... not having really any leads on where to begin looking for a certain pink-haired child he'd grown fond of and lost at the start of the month, natsume spends the first week diverting his energies to something he does actually have an interest in:

the culture festival.

he's not that hard to find—

in the music room playing a few different songs throughout the week. he sings to each of them softly under his breath, fingers gliding smoothly over the keys... regrettably, he's an excellent piano player.

OR

on the rooftop working through choreography, since it's getting cooler and not a lot of people go up there. as expected of an idol—particularly one whose childhood tapes are still used as an example in a certain idol training school—, his movements are sharp and refined. he breaks to write down steps and work through them, but otherwise he's in short sleeves and covering his tallies with a wristband he got from one of his other outfits.

either of these prompts might have subaru popping in, or if you want he can just already be there! let us know in the subject :3 latter will have a tag order if you need it but it isn't necessary either )

b.

( we'll save culture festival stuff for the culture festival itself, so the rest of these prompts are post-13th!

and they deal with magic and club work.

for activities on the rooftop, he's recently learned this number from training with noah, though it isn't as large—just stay out of his way or you Will get hurt. he can heal you, which is something else he's been practicing with clamor, but come on. preventive care is the best kind. most of his energy is going into making it go further and stay longer, which is all a matter of control.

when he isn't practicing that, he'll be tending to the plants up there and fixing anything that needs a little extra care. he's a member of the gardening club, after all; he can't slack! and while technically the courtyard would be more ideal for this type of thing, he'll be using his (checks) 120-something rocks to make a cute little herb spiral, though given winter will soon be upon them it probably won't see too much use quite yet. it's okay, he wants more rocks for it.

for non-rooftop activities and instead school classroom activities, he'll be peering into the programming&robotics club every so often to look for add and see if he wants to come help with some stuff on his virtual reality system or to just talk geek shit, hanging around the game club to work through some of them and take notes on level designs for his own game-making things, and... the astronomy club, though that one is usually a night only thing, once he's done spending time with haruka on the ground level.

a tl;dr: he can be anywhere you want him to be... all's well. )

c.

( do u want your fortune read............ natsume is always doing this so come by for a love fortune, a future reading, whatever you want. harass him while he's doing business. he cares, i don't.

you can also use this for pda messages okay! cool. )

Edited 2021-11-02 07:40 (UTC)

[ He is lured into the room by the sound of piano playing, and he lingers still as well as quietly until he's certain the other is done or there is a pause in activity. Otherwise, he might think it rude to interrupt... ]

...You're rather talented. Did you take lessons back home, or teach yourself while you have been here?

( Everyone thinks it's rude to talk while someone's performing, but Natsume appreciates the waiting anyway; he turns his head left enough to see Meng Yao, recognition flitting over his face before he pulls his hands off the keys and back to his lap. )

The forMER, though nothing all that reCENT. You could say I have a knack for picking things up quickly and retaining them THOUGH.

( ...What marks him as a "genius," even though it's hardly that. Anything looks like genius, like talent, if you put enough of yourself into it, and Natsume tried dozens of activities thanks to his parents and found himself bored with almost every one of them. Good at them, but bored with them. )

We have recordings of the songs themSELVES, but it's easier to match pitch with a piaNO. ( And he... needs that, because he doesn't sing to himself the way Subaru does, and he hasn't been doing anything otherwise "idol-like" while he's been here.

...Certain things aside. Brushing that thought away, ) Do you know how to PLAY?

...Ah, I suppose I know the feeling.

[ Of picking things up and retaining them. Partly for actual lack of trying at times due to his extraordinary memory, but other times due to the amount of effort he's willing to put into something. He doesn't really like to take to things half-way. ]

It's rather thoughtful of you to record songs yourself. [ He imagines the other has been writing them down himself because he's still not too well-adjusted to the way modern worlds have sped along in technology, even if he's come farther than before. ] But yes, I do know how to play. Before, not so much.

You see, back in my home world, this kind of instrument was practically unheard of. I remember talking with Ishimaru-xiong rather early on about it, since we'd briefly got into a discussion about what we could play. Since then I had taken some time to learn it, and it's a rather different experience than playing something like, say...the qin.

I do have to wonder if they happen to have something else to play eventually. It seems a little lacking, if you know what I mean.

( Not what he's doing, but not a bad idea either, actually. Maybe the music club can play them for practice or something. )

They might not have the budGET. Look at the state the dormitories were in just a few months aGO... ( Saddening. ) It isn't that surprising THOUGH. My school aSIDE, most schools put sports and academics as their priority rather than the ARTS.

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