(open) if you don't want to, i can live with that

[jokey]

Whomst: akira and you~ ✨
What: akira wandering around doing akira things
Where: various places around campus
When: late january
Warnings: none, will update as necessary

i. CHATTY CATTIES

[The resident cats seem familiar, their toe beans pleasantly plump beneath his thumb and their fur silky soft... but something is off. Something doesn't feel quite right, and it's neither their beans nor their silky soft fur, so what could it be?

Stooped in the hallway, Akira turns to the black cat and shakes his head.]

I could've sworn you had a name. [Akira taps his chin, brows scrunched up in thought.] ...Miyuki? No. Morris?

[Akira's been here trying fruitlessly to converse with the cats for the better part of an hour. Crazy? Possibly.]

ii. STEAL BOOK, GET NAILED

[Incidentally, if you're studying hard (or hardly studying) in the library, you'll bump into Akira sooner rather than later. He's quiet, if not exactly shy, and strides up to eye the book in the other student's hands.]

That's a new one. Let me guess, another novel no one's heard of?

[The sharp-eyed might notice that all the fingertips on Akira's right hand have been thickly wrapped in bloodied bandaids. Curious!]

iii. STORE LOSER

[Should someone be headed towards the student store late in the evening, they might coincidentally find Akira giving the vending machine a nice, solid kick. He looks he might fire off a second when he feels the gaze of another student all but boring into him.

Turning, Akira brushes his blazer into place a little too casually. This is exactly what it looks like, and so Akira doesn't bother trying to save face.]

Sorry. The vending machine ate my homework. [Stepping aside, Akira flippantly motions to the machine.] All yours.

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[sisters]

( ouch. ice cold — that's a friend of theirs, you know! not that amami looks all too offended. )

Gardener, actually. That's Kazuki-san.

( he glances out the window too, pulling out a pair of glasses to wear so he can get a good look, and crossing his arms. )

Thought it might be a good idea to let you see why you don't want to spill any blood in the courtyard. He can actually be pretty helpful if you talk to him on the normal side of the school though. Not the best conversationalist, but he's been here for a pretty long time.

( he knows some things! you just have to get over the fact that you can't see his human form through an adderstone, is all... )

[jokey]

[Ah, he insulted the kindly eldritch gardener... Akira dips his head into a shallow bow, though it's hard to know if he's sincerely apologetic or simply messing around. One never knows with these Mysterious Silent Types.]

Nothing personal, Kazuki-san.

[Even a face like that will appeal to the right niche!! Anyhow, turning back to ???-kun, Akira tosses his adderstone back to him. Man, he really needs to get this dude's name, but later.]

So how'd you figure out that you can see his... [uh, what should he call it??] ...fursona with the adderstone? Is there a magical rock guide in the library?

[sisters]

( if nothing else, the comment warrants a grin from amami — if only the kind that says, "seriously?" it's clear that it's no serious misstep though, and he moves on quickly enough, waving a hand dismissively at the question as nothing too interesting. actually, he'll use that same hand to catch the adderstone when it comes flying back his way, pocketing it once he's managed to make sure he doesn't fumble that pass too badly. )

A classmate of mine tested it out. We do have a couple of magical rock guides though, if you ask around.

( the aratas are a good starting place for all things rock related. )

Anyway, if you're not a fan, you can see what he looks like as a human on a full moon. Pretty sure most people chat with him then. And for this place, there's one more thing you should probably see before we head back.

( he'll nod his head back to the door that leads to the stairwell, making his way over with a glance to make sure akira's following along. )