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yogen2022-03-04 09:37 pm
samuraiwomen) wrote in yogen2022-03-04 09:37 pm
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like a bitter stranger
Who: Everyone
What: Our monthly family meeting.
When: March 5th, 2000.
Where: Yogen dorms common room.
Warnings: Discussions of murder, suicide, child death...more?
[ A message goes up on the forums late Friday evening.
S.chidouin: Group meeting in the dorms Saturday. 12:00. No punching. No stabbing. I'll bring stickers.
If your character would not find a post from Sara worth listening too, Bonnie is wandering around, vaguely noting how important this meeting is, and how very much you should attend. No further details are forthcoming.
The meeting itself is a quiet affair. The fireplace is not lit, there are no snacks. Sara waits in the corner for everyone to arrive and get settled and then she clears her throat to speak. ]
As most of you know... [ It's hard to start, but her voice gets firmer as she goes on. ] We spent the last two months investigating Maya Arisu's murder. That case is solved. A few weeks ago, Bonnie-chan and I found the culprit.
Rantaro Amami killed Maya Arisu, Hiro Arisu, the vice principal and is presumably responsible for the scene with Keigo Arata. He is also dead. I just figured...everyone should know. To many people got hurt the last few months. I'm sorry.
[ She fiddles with her hair. That's all...she really has to say. There's not much more then that as the gist of it. ]
What: Our monthly family meeting.
When: March 5th, 2000.
Where: Yogen dorms common room.
Warnings: Discussions of murder, suicide, child death...more?
[ A message goes up on the forums late Friday evening.
S.chidouin: Group meeting in the dorms Saturday. 12:00. No punching. No stabbing. I'll bring stickers.
If your character would not find a post from Sara worth listening too, Bonnie is wandering around, vaguely noting how important this meeting is, and how very much you should attend. No further details are forthcoming.
The meeting itself is a quiet affair. The fireplace is not lit, there are no snacks. Sara waits in the corner for everyone to arrive and get settled and then she clears her throat to speak. ]
As most of you know... [ It's hard to start, but her voice gets firmer as she goes on. ] We spent the last two months investigating Maya Arisu's murder. That case is solved. A few weeks ago, Bonnie-chan and I found the culprit.
Rantaro Amami killed Maya Arisu, Hiro Arisu, the vice principal and is presumably responsible for the scene with Keigo Arata. He is also dead. I just figured...everyone should know. To many people got hurt the last few months. I'm sorry.
[ She fiddles with her hair. That's all...she really has to say. There's not much more then that as the gist of it. ]
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... So~o, I know that too. If you wanna hear it and not chase someone around 'til they spill.
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[ She would love too...she scoots a little closer to Subaru. ]
I would. The only thing I can think of is he didn't want to be at this meeting...
[ With how poorly its going...she almost...ALMOST understands it. Amami got a nice movie night with Keigo and they all have to get upset about five people being dead!! ]
cw suicide
Mitzy-sensei said that if Keigo died, he could get them to be a student instead of a shopkeeper -- pretty much voiding the contract God set up with them. [...] And with third years being able to repeat, the most surefire way to stick around without someone you wanna be with is killing yourself. I asked about it, too, and that's the answer I got.
[he aint lookin for SHIT at natsume]
So he killed them for that, and then died so he could spend next year with 'em.
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So love doesn't exist, but on the other hand. ]
Isn't that romantic?
[ Tragic lovers...! ]
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[which
his intended never would've so!!!]
Keigo didn't wanna die, for pretty much the same reason as a few of us third years might be hesitant to move on: 'cause we've got attachments to the person we are now, and we don't wanna forget the people we met. But that's the only way Amami thought to save them, so... Yeah.
[...]
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Hold on— When they return, they'll forget everything?!
[ That's like a factory reset button, wiping every single memory, not even leaving any good ones behind. What a mess... They both clearly knew so many people who cared for them in kind.
But if it really was the only way? ]
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[he'll lift his hands, fingers lifting on each as he speaks.]
For the people who remember their last time here, I know of Baachan and Yuki-chan. Rocchan does too... The ones who don't didn't were Kou-chan, Akkichi, Matsu-chan... from the sounds of it, maaaaybe some others here too? But they were before my time, so they'd have to speak up themselves~. So there's no guarantee one way or the other, and as much as I want 'em to remember I'm prepared if they don't.
[... can one really prepare for that? to see someone and then not be seen in returned? subaru drops his hands, tucking them back into his sides as he rests his head aside as he mutters the last:]
That's why I wanted to do something without killing them, stupid.
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[ So Keigo Arata is saved — if returning is guaranteed — but the price to pay went against their wishes. Keeping one's memories seems rather rare. ]
I suppose they'll be free to make new memories, and meet all of their friends again, but...
[ It would be somewhat uncomfortable and strange, wouldn't it? That's probably inevitable. ]
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[like how they had so many of the same sort of outings, watching the stars, just the same activities with minor variations. subaru doesn't mind it, he likes that, he'd do it all over again.]
But they seemed more bothered by it. I sorta get it though, 'cause... memories don't like, make a person or anything -- they'd still be the Keigo anyone'd ever known here, I think -- but they're still important. It's still sad to lose them.
[he doesn't look at natsume while he says this, doesn't look at helena. subaru keeps his eyes to alice, and then to his hands.]
They didn't want to forget everyone they'd met, everything they'd learned. Because even if they could do it all again... it still wouldn't be the like, present them. If that makes sense~?
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[ Perhaps some would call him a hypocrite, but memories are important, sad to lose. Replacing what was lost doesn't necessarily mean that anything recreated will color in the outlines the same way as before, and Keigo Arata must have considered that. Their existing memories, whether good or bad, had shaped their relationships along unique paths.
To tell the truth, Alice abruptly feels as though he's intruding, merely someone on the outskirts of these events. ]
...You're Subaru Akehoshi, correct?
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Yeah, one and only. Who's asking?
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Alice nods in kind. ]
Alice Yabusame. Since you've taken the time to answer my questions, I thought that I should introduce myself.
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Oooh, what a polite guy you are~. Guess my name preceeds me at this point, ahaha.
[ahaha... anyway]
Nice to meet ya, Aliyabu. Though I guess it goes without saying that I wish it was at a better time.
[not that any part of the past few months was A Better Time]
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On the other hand, at least his name isn't being questioned. ]
Er... Indeed, the same to you, Subaru Akehoshi. So we meet properly at last. The circumstances are... well...
[ Alice gestures vaguely. ]
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Re: cw suicide
[ The complete opposite reaction.
In a weird way, it is a relief? So much of her anger and guilt had been about the sudden abrupt end to this, with no clear resolution. Amami just killed Keigo out of what could only be spite? Because Sara confronted him, maybe? What was the point of all the hard work everyone put in...how could anyone get justice?
He did have a plan. He did still have that reason. And at least the nobody had really been hurt in that last suicide. It doesn't soothe the aches of the lies, in fact it makes everything with Maya more awful in the pointlessness of it. He could have just done that all along. He could have told anyone...not her...when she'd been so mad at him...or Subaru or...who knows... maybe he really didn't have anyone left to tell. That hurts worst of all.
This all sucked... ]
How did everything turn out like this?
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... does he have the right to, when "everything turning out like this" includes his own...]
Sorry~. I should've told you a little sooner, too. Maybe... if I had, or if I hadn't been away that day... it wouldn't have happened.
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[ Everything compounded, a million little pieces that rolled up into eachother. Snowballing down and down, till all they're left standing in is the remains of everything crushed under that weight. ]
Or when I did it again...I lost my temper. If I hadn't done that...or... [ She leans back, rubbing her face with her sleeve. ] I'm mad at Amami, but I'm mad at myself too.
I don't know Subaru... I think we both really messed this one up.
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[There's that part of him he doesn't like hearing from, that's saying if he'd just left Rantaro bleeding there, or told... anyone about it... Even as he knows he wouldn't have made any other decision at the time. He hates this so much.]
Why did it go this far...?
[Keigo, he can understand... Horrible, hard to look at, but he can. But the Vice Principal, Hiro... that was just... what, to cover his tracks? Why did he draw things out this much? Who was he, really?]
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... he levels a stare at the other, pressing his lips together, before reaching over to pull him closer. come sit with them okay.]
If that bastard comes back, let's keep a good eye on him. He'll never leave our sights so there's no way he could get into trouble again, whether he wants us or not. I've gotta level my fist into his face for framing me anyway.
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[ Subaru always makes her laugh, even at the worst moments of her life. She tugs on Sou's sleeve when Subaru pulls him over. Come on...join the comfort lean. Its like a hug without arms. ]
Nanami [ Which one oh god she THINKS its the not AI one she's getting a little better but she didn't actually check ] wants to hold a welcome home party when he comes back. Suppose we all punch him then! Bam...bam! No more lying! How dare you...!
And then we can all say "how did it turn out like this?", together. Even if thats not forgiveness...I want to do that with Amami-san at least.
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[What's this all of a sudden? He thought they weren't getting along? He's caught in a tractor beam by both his sleeves...]
Punching him, huh... It's tempting... [He'd actually be able to land a decent hit now too... assuming using his scarf wouldn't be cheating. Otherwise he'd probably hurt his hand more than Amami's face...] ...Wouldn't really be him we'd be punching, though...
[The Rantaro who made these decisions, who knew Keigo... is basically dead. They'd be dealing with some fork of him. It depends if he'd be someone capable of repeating history...]
...I promised Keigo we'd have ozoni on New Years. So they both should be back by then.
[Since Amami would want to come back with him, and Keigo shouldn't break the promise. It's kind of a lie, Shin doesn't actually know... but it's the kind where you can close your eyes and gently let yourself pretend it isn't, in the moment. And in it's own way it's the message inherent in a purr; the two of them should stay that long to see it, too.]
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[it wouldn't be fair though, and subaru hooks his arm a little more securely through shin's once he's close enough. wouldn't really be amami... not in a sense, sure; he wouldn't know what he's being punched for, no more than subaru knows just why natsume is so hurt now.
he chews the inside of his lip and leans his head on shin this time, briefly.]
I mean, new year's wasn't so bad this year. It'd be nice to see the sunrise for real with them too.
[then back to sara]
Whatcha think, Sasara? Wanna crash their ozoni party with me? The more the merrier~, and this sounds awfully like we're being invited anyway, don't it~?
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[ Ozoni...Sou's cooking isn't half bad when he has the energy for it. Sara wants some. She'll be showing up now. ]
It's still him. Even if he doesn't remember, its still that same idiotic unbearable guy.
[ She can loop her hand around Sou's shoulder to pat Subaru on the head. Sou...well she won't touch him that much, but theres still warm intent there. ]
...And if he doesn't remember... I don't even wanna tell him why. I'll just punch him and say he deserved it.
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'Wasn't so bad' is debateable... Right, it was dark that day, wasn't it?
[So there really wasn't a sunrise... Shin had had rather more pressing things on his mind at the time. Also he really should have expected them inviting themselves, shouldn't he? Looks like the day has finally arrived... the day his cooking ends up summoning people after so long gravitating to wherever people are cooking himself.]
At this rate I'm going to have to start stocking up ingredients now... Maybe recruit some help.
[Because this started out just something Shin was planning to make for them both, but if more people are going to keep joining in... he's probably going to have to rest a few days in advance, too. Good thing it'll be in break... it kind of hits him in this moment just how much he's planning for a future here in Yogen.]
Ahaha... you can tell him it's because he's been missing for months.
[Yes, he's making that callback. He still remembers that.]
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they liked that idea so much. )