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"Yo, it's Nakahara Chuuya. I'm way too busy to talk to you right now, so leave a message and I'll get back to you. Probably."

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ACTION!

[shootyourshot]

[Well, as promised, Ashe arrives on time. It's still a bit weird, adjusting to everything, but he's excited to befriend someone else, even if they've already met.

Fortunately, this time he doesn't have bunny ears.

When he sees Chuuya, he raises his hand.]

Over here!

[goatsongs]

[Similarly, Chuuya is minus his wings. They were fun to have for a while, but he wouldn't want them to be a permanent fixture.]

Yo. [Chuuya grins up at him.] Didn't keep you waiting, did I?

[shootyourshot]

Oh, not at all. Just on time!

Do you have any recommendations for the place we're going to? I haven't been out a lot, personally.

voice; un: sessyoin

[thotsandprayers]

[And sure enough, shortly after that last text, here's Kiara complaining about that writer.]

...I do realize this seems like a rather quick departure from not speaking ill of others, but I couldn't think of another lie. He isn't here either, so it must seem even worse to speak ill of someone not here, but it was the only lie I could think of.

[goatsongs]

There's nothing wrong with venting now and then.

[Chuuya is the absolute last person to complain about speaking ill of others behind their back.]

[thotsandprayers]

I suppose it would be for the best to not continue keeping my feelings all bottled up inside.

[That's definitely about venting and not any other feeling she has about anything.]

But he's really insufferable. Lazy, ill-tempered, and with a caustic tongue. If I didn't have to associate with such a person, I certainly wouldn't.

[Except yes she would, but that's not the point.]

Obviously, not all writers are like this, but this one is.

un: trapmaster; 3/21

[loopsbian]

[ it's been twelve days since satoko's "conversation" with chuuya. twelve miserable days, in which she has turned into a spider, spilled more details about herself than she ever wanted, and even been flirted with by a rogue prismatic refugee.

she needs something to distract herself. she's triple checked all her traps. and so, after many attempts, she finally sends something over that she doesn't immediately despise: a tanka, if not an entirely traditional one. ]

A village in the sky,
The walls of the prison -
They are invisible.

Nobody sees, do they?
They... enjoy it, don't they?

soranomura
keimushonokabe
mienaika

daremominaiwa
sore...sukidesuwa

[goatsongs]

[putting together a poem in actual Japanese is more powerful than I ever could be and I respect it]

I like it. That feeling of being trapped in a small town, while no one else understands why you feel that way - that's a feeling that makes a powerful poem.

1/2

[loopsbian]

[ ...he liked it? ]

text, 4/1

[escardos]

april fool's day today
so a haiku you will get here
hope you have fun today

[ a haiku that doesn't follow a 5-7-5 structure?! totally pranked! ]

[goatsongs]

Heh. Cute, thanks.

[oh no, a poem, truly he is the victim of an incredible jape]

voice; 4/7

[recry]

[ She's not used to this... texting thing. It's strange and seems the wrong way to communicate something that feels so heavy. So she presses the symbol for a phone instead, just to see if she can get an answer. She doesn't know why. Maybe a need to justify herself. Maybe just a desire to prove that she's not actually all the terrible to the gnawing doubt inside her. ]

Hello? Is this Nakahara-sensei? This is Furude Rika.

[goatsongs]

Hey.

[Does Chuuya sound not happy to hear from her? It's probably your imagination, except it actually is not.]

I heard you talked.

un: trapmaster; after the majority of the event

[loopsbian]

Mr. Chuuya, I have something I must discuss with you.
But before that, I need you to understand that this means absolutely nothing vis-a-vis our earlier conversation about wishing for an elder sister.
Are we clear?

[goatsongs]

[But does it mean anything vis-a-vis his talk with Rika about lesbians.]

Sure thing. What's up?

Set ahead a few days!

[loopsbian]

Mr. Chuuya.
May I bring you a poem?

[goatsongs]

Yeah, of course. You don't need to ask.

let's say 5/18

[markbearer]

This is Mashita.

[You know, that detective guy that likes to argue with you sometimes about dumb hot takes on poetry.]

Do you mind if I get your opinion on something here?

[goatsongs]

Shoot.

[Chuuya's got lots of opinions, Mashita's come to the right place.]

audio;

[recry]

Nakahara-sensei.

[goatsongs]

Rika.

...Normally I'd say it's good to hear from you, but I'm going to guess things aren't going well.

[It's not a hard guess to make. Chuuya is the person Satoko goes to when she needs to run, after all.]

7/8; text ( un: penaltygames )

[penalties]

I heard from Beatrice that you've been taking care of Satoko during... everything.

[ That's the best way to say it. ]

I know it's a little out of the blue, but I wanted to thank you for doing a lot for her. It means a lot.

[goatsongs]

[Huh, this text really is out of the blue.]

It's no problem. She's important to me.

July Deaging event

[antaressnipe]

[To the surprise of no one, a city seems even larger when you're a child.

Which does not deter Chiron's curiosity, or his need to explore. He refuses to be a burden on Emet-Selch, nor does he particularly want to travel with the other jinba children (he bets Hayame would laugh at him for getting lost), so he's going to hoof it alone in this big, open city with a lot of human bodies and stores made of strange metal, and...

and...

... and he is absolutely lost, isn't he?

Whelp. Time to very gently and nervously get someone's attention, fingers fidgeting with the hem of his shirt]

Excuse me...?

[goatsongs]

[Chuuya's thankfully normal right now. He doesn't know how he'd deal with being mentally younger, and he's never getting any older anyway. He's out carrying groceries home for Satoko, when-]

Oh my god Chiron you're so cute.