un: j.tazuna

[gatetohell]

I'm looking for a new morning jogging buddy.
I mean it doesn't just have to be one person.
But my last partner well...
I guess it doesn't matter now.
Anyway if you're interested just let me know!
We'll have to jog around the gym for now cause of the storms.
It'll have to be pretty early in the morning too, so be ready!

[ A small amount of time passes before Joe makes another post. ]

Oh also!
If anyone is good at cutting hair I could use some help.
My classmate would kill me if she saw how bad it's gotten haha...
Nothing dramatic! Just a trim.
I'll do a favor in return!

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[shimashima]

[ Now? This very instant, truly?! Well, since all he suddenly has on his immediate schedule is confirming that he doesn't somehow look fat instead of muscular and in excellent shape in his reduced wardrobe options at this school, why not... ]

Let us meet in the men's bathroom adjacent to the dormitory common room, then. Worry not, your hairstyle will be restored to its former glory.

-> Action

[gatetohell]

u got it!

[ Joe will make his way over shortly after, dragging in a chair with him and a borrowed pair of scissors. His hair is notably down, and he's wearing his Skullnutz shirt. Intentionally or not.... not super clear... but it's Joe so probably. He'll wait for Alice awkwardly in the chair and when he arrives, gives a wave. ]

Hey! Thanks for doing this man!

[shimashima]

[ For now, there's no time to pursue the perplexing question that Jou Tazuna's remark has awakened. So as not to keep the boy waiting, Alice makes straight for their meeting place himself, approaching Joe's chair before long, one hand raised to return the greeting.

These ready words of gratitude remain unexpected. ]

It's hardly—

[ Alice's gaze lingers on Joe's shirt, the rest of his reply forgotten. Jou Tazuna's choice of attire is a mark of good taste in music and a discerning eye for cool designs, but the sight is full of reminders, too. ]

Jou Tazuna, that shirt... You're a fan of SkullNutz...?

[gatetohell]

Oh, yeah!! They're the best!

[ Joe grins brightly as he thinks about them, but it starts to fade a bit when he really starts to think about it. He awkwardly rubs the back of his neck. ]

Uh.... sorry man. I wasn't thinking.

[ He doesn't know too much about the two, but he's aware enough to know it was a strained relationship. And he learned about what had happened to Reko before the Main Game pretty recently... ]

[shimashima]

[ Glancing up, returning to the here and now, Alice shakes his head. It's difficult to express the feelings that the image before him evokes — it's something familiar, something bittersweet that takes him back to waking up in his cell with Reko's poster above his pillow. ]

No, I... It makes me happy.

[ There's an ache in his chest, and something ashamed close behind, and he rests his hand over his heart, but he is happy. ]

Reko was able to play music that meant something to her... and it reached others. I'm truly glad, Jou Tazuna. If only—...

[ If only Reko's happiness hadn't been cut short. He'd like to think that she's in a good place, with good people, but that still makes it puzzling that someone like Jou Tazuna himself wouldn't be there with them.

Stirring again, Alice finally reaches for the scissors. ]

If only I had a CD on hand.

[gatetohell]

[ Joe definitely feels relieved to hear that, but more so... he's kinda touched. He's never seen this side to Alice before. Granted they never had the chance to really get close to each other. The death game both of them on guard, and Alice had been hiding his identity for Reko's sake.

But seeing him like this... it's nice. He grins in response. ]

Well hey, maybe we can try to get one from that weird store at some point aha!

[ It'd be nice to listen to some Skullnutz. And be able to share them with everyone else here. That'd probably make both Yabusames happy, right? ]

Actually if you don't mind, can you tell me more about Reko? Er not cause I'm a fan of her or anything; I'm not a weirdo like that! But I just... didn't get to know her very well. Or you for that matter, Alice.

[shimashima]

The store...

[ Alice perks up in amazement, first for Joe's suggestion, and then for the request that follows. The latter is more easily accomplished right away, though it surprises him that Jou Tazuna includes him in that assessment of the circumstances in which they all crossed paths — he can't have made a good impression back then, during the interrogation and the first Main Game. Then again, even back then, it was surprising that Jou Tazuna set aside his misgivings so readily...

He still doesn't know the truth about the murder case, either, does he? ]

Have no fear — my brotherly senses already deem you trustworthy. I know you don't have weird intentions.

[ Jou Tazuna really doesn't seem like the sort to be a creepy fan! A purehearted fellow like him wanting to know more about Reko as a person, having met her, is completely acceptable. Alice nods, scissors held aloft. ]

What do you wish to hear about? Oh, and you should tell me how many centimeters of hair you want to part with.