open / catchall | as i watched from a distance...

[crystallomancy]

Who: natsume & thee
What: some open prompts + anything else for march
When: all march baybee
Where: just school
Warnings: open memshares may contain blood and murder. it's a metaphor but it's still not very pretty, but it won't be anything overly gruesome if you're not down with it! let me know.

memshares ✦ general march ✦ fanart

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general march

[crystallomancy]

( fortunetelling )

( well, just because natsume's in a terrible place mentally doesn't mean he can't fall back into the comfortable habit of offering to read fortunes.

he smiles at anyone who passes the library where he's set up his fortunetelling table, polite and civil. )

Would you like your fortune read toDAY? The first question is FREE, and the others can be paid for with whatever you might have on you—snacks, coins, or informaTION.

( you know, just going back to his roots. )

( magic training )

( his second fall-back: busy himself as much as possible. in the courtyard, he's practicing his magic circles—distinctly healing-aligned in nature, for those who might be versed in elsword magic—as well as his control... by making multiple shining, planet-like orbs around him and seeing how large he can get them before they cave in with a small explosion.

he's getting better. they're pretty large—probably on par with a certain planetary spell noah was practicing some months ago, and their "small explosions" are still loud and painful for anyone caught too close.

which is natsume, usually, but he can heal himself up. if you get caught in it... well, depending on who you are, you're either out of luck or he'll help you, too. it's 50/50 right now for everyone. )

( wildcard )

( if you have anything else... he's just around school, privately plotting revenge and ignoring/avoiding subaru. )

fortunetelling

[miisdealt]

This is my second time having my fortune told here... I wonder if my future has changed at all. I suppose that's the free question I'd be interested in having an answer to.

[She thinks things like this are interesting, as she likes to see what might be actually seen by different fortune tellers.]

[crystallomancy]

Did you ask Ebalon-kun to read it beFORE?

( the only other person he knows who even touches this type of thing, and also the only other person he trusts to do it. but it's a very simple question... he looks at his decks—tarot from home, the special set of playing cards he received from nene that he'll be able to use even when his eyesight fails him—and chooses the former. the arcana will do well here, he thinks.

he spreads the cards out in front of her, gesturing for her to shuffle and pick them as she pleases. any number will do; it'll only help him interpret the answer. maybe a bit of a casual way of reading this time, but he considers it worthwhile to ease himself and his deck into this again. it's been a while since he used it, after all. )

[miisdealt]

I did. It was my first time having my fortune being read, so I was curious about it. I actually enjoy doing new things, so I thought it would at least be a good way to pass the time and ease my boredom.

fortunetelling

[rearranger]

[ Fortunetelling? He's seen a couple individuals offering it, including Komaeda at the student culture festival, but he's never bothered with it. It's no different than shaking up an eight ball and searching it for an answer.

He doesn't take stock in it, but Ranger supposes it might not hurt to try just once. He'll plop down in the chair across from the table. ]

Fortunetelling, huh? Sure, I'll give it a shot? Is there a money-back guarantee that comes along with it~?

[ He knows that there won't be, and it's obvious in the lighthearted way that he asks the question. ]

wildcard nyehehe

[starrypoint]

[some day after natsume's returned, no matter when before graduation, the door to his classroom is being slammed open during lunch and a familiar voice, with a familiar phrasing, is ringing out--]

Na~tsume! Let's go out! ♪

[crystallomancy]

( ahhh, how annoying. )

Not interesTED.

[starrypoint]

Too bad!

[he's going over and grabbing his wrist.]

C'mon, it's one of the only days we've both gone to school, let's skip the rest of the day.

[his good record didn't last after the arisus, after all. definitely not after keigo either. what's it matter.]

[crystallomancy]

( at least natsume doesn't flinch away, but he does carefully pry subaru's hand off his wrist. do NOT hold it this is disciplinary action )

And is it something that's more interesting and worthwhile than anything else I could be doing with my time if I decided to skip all on my OWN?

[starrypoint]

[without hesitation:]

Yes.

[also, this is his hand now.]

[crystallomancy]

( octopus. )

...It better BE.

( :/ he's acquiescing, let's go. )

[starrypoint]

[how this never changes, either. overly touchy, but now he doesn't mind when people touch him in return.

anyway. it isn't better than anything natsume could do on his own, but subaru's still slinking his way downstairs like he owns it the way a tiger owns a jungle, a lion the savannah, and out into the courtyard. the wisteria still stands struck, petals lessened by the blow at the start of the month, and subaru moves past even that towards the dorms.

...

down to star 1, because he knows no one is there right now, and he has set up a bit of poorly made tea and a little better made lunch. you can't go wrong with sandwiches.]

It's not a date, [he says,] so don't say a word. I'd think of somethin' a little nicer than lunch in our room if it was.

[even if natsume doesn't stay here, our room.]

Sit, sit! I wanna know all about you~. No leavin' until then. ☆ I'll make sure you don't by sitting ri~ght by the door.

[crystallomancy]

( .................. )

I'm leavING.

( let him go, he's out-- )

[starrypoint]

No.

[stands at the door]

I'm on a time limit, Natsume. I wanna know you before I can't anymore.

[crystallomancy]

( natsume opens his mouth, shuts it, and steps away. )

Pick your questions wiseLY, and I'll answer them if I WANT.

( he'll probably answer them regardless, but he feels like he has a little more control like this. sitting down... "our room," but it isn't theirs. natsume doesn't stay here anymore, after all. )

[starrypoint]

[subaru watches him for a moment more before he smiles a little closer to how he used to, bright and excited at the chance of something new, as he sits down in front of the other.]

It's hard to think of something that I don't know, or think I know...? about you, so... hmm~.

[hmm...]

What's your unit like?

[that's a good start.]