[ylfa is standing outside smexy salon and puppy play, looking at both. i assume smexy salon has some of those like old photos of various beautiful women in fancy hairdos and full 50s makeups. and then puppy play has puppies.
she's just looking back and forth, giving off the feeling of indecision...
she's wearing her red cloak but it's been washed and the dress she is wearing underneath looks a little pink. she's a big cleaner than she's been for the past couple weeks, but her braids are still matted tangles; she hasn't taken them out or brushed them since she's arrived.]
[ hmmmmm. kazuki may not be the best person to help with this, but... ]
The salon might be a little gentler on you. They'll have stuff to help loosen the tangles - maybe even the gentle shampoo, so it doesn't hurt if you get it in your eyes.
[ the way he is absolutely taking this at face value because she is a little wolf girl who knows a frog prince and somehow in this weird setup it does make sense that a prince, frog or otherwise, would take her to fancy salons? it's a little surprising, maybe, but like, why not? sure. ]
Ah. My bad, then. [ ... ] You could always go see the animals when you're done, you know.
[ she clearly just wants to pet the puppies. who wouldn't? ]
No? Maybe if you were, like, totally human like me. [ there is no maybe about that - if she was not a wolf girl he would absolutely judge. ] I don't know, though, maybe it would help keep any fur from clogging the drains in your warehouse's shower?
I promise no one's complained about your shower drains, at least not to me. My sister's hair is pretty long, too, so it happens at home sometimes - that's all.
[ well he understands that she doesn't want to be touched so he won't come and sit next to her or anything, but he will lean against the wall nearby. ]
...I think I understand. [ he is such a normie so it only goes so far, but he's trying. ] If it were me, I think I'd want to do the same. But I wish none of us had to go at all.
And you are, I just... don't think you should have to be reliable all the time, you know? You're more than what you can do to help all of us, but it can be easy to get caught up in that kind of thing.
Well, yeah. But you're supposed to, like - share that. No one can do everything on their own, or they just get worn down until they break. That's really what it is, you know?
Someone has to do something, but they shouldn't have to shoulder everything on their own. That goes for you or anyone else. Otherwise, what are we even here for, if we're not going to at least try to help somehow?
[ not that kazuki ever knows how, in situations like this... but still. ]
[ he's surprised, but not enough that he can't teleport out of the way. there's the usual blast of guitar music, the musical score and notes, and then he reappears a few feet the left, stumbling in the snow. ]
[ his throat is still a bit messed up, so his voice is raspy and quiet. but otherwise it looks like the burns all over are healing quite well. he'll swap to typing on his phone, though. ]
Thanks for taking care of Netzach-san. I think he got the worst of it, after distracting Demon Snow for so long. That was Kyouka's ability, these weird floating thing that appeared with a sword. It looked like a kind of ghost, but it could still cut us and everything.
[ sweet ylfa. thank you for your patience while he types some more. ]
Some people in that world have special abilities, like all of us at the Armed Detective Agency. Demon Snow is Kyouka's, which I guess is an assassination ability. It moved faster than anything I've ever seen.
It was kind of like the game in the sense that we were given these roles with entirely different lives and memories. The difference is that we still remembered the UG and our normal lives, too. Like an overlay instead of a reset. I'm not a very good detective, though. It's probably a good thing that it wasn't real.
It's definitely not what I was expecting when they said we'd see them again, but I'm not mad about it. At least we can talk to them at all. And yeah, we did! It kind of sucks that they can't see the warehouse, but Alex seems to have decided that we'll just go camping to make up for it. You guys saw Matsuoka and Gerard-san, too, right?
It's a personality type where the person acts cold or harsh, but they're really hiding that they care a lot about people. I'm not sure if he fits the exact type, but maybe it's close.
Good to hear. You guys deserve it, especially after everything you've done to get this far.
...i think he fits when it comes to rin. and maybe some other people. he's never cold or harsh to me, though, which is part of why it's so frustrating. hes never cold or harsh to me. i know exactly how nice he can be!
anyway i dont want to think about that stuff right now but maybe we will go swimming...except i dont know if rin and gerard can do that with us.
It counts if it's only toward one person. Nanase's never been that cold to me, either. He's a good guy.
Yeah, if they're in Shibuya, they probably wouldn't have somewhere to go swimming aside from a community pool or something... and we don't even know where that is on their side.
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week 2; monday
she's just looking back and forth, giving off the feeling of indecision...
she's wearing her red cloak but it's been washed and the dress she is wearing underneath looks a little pink. she's a big cleaner than she's been for the past couple weeks, but her braids are still matted tangles; she hasn't taken them out or brushed them since she's arrived.]
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The salon might be a little gentler on you. They'll have stuff to help loosen the tangles - maybe even the gentle shampoo, so it doesn't hurt if you get it in your eyes.
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I actually go to fancy salons quite often.
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Ah. My bad, then. [ ... ] You could always go see the animals when you're done, you know.
[ she clearly just wants to pet the puppies. who wouldn't? ]
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If anything, this salon may not be fancy enough for my taste.
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Well, tragic as it is, your fancy tastes will have to settle for the only option here. It's not like they can mess up braids.
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So try both and call it even. Claws and fur at the pet store, hair at the salon - easy. And then you can play with the dogs.
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No? Maybe if you were, like, totally human like me. [ there is no maybe about that - if she was not a wolf girl he would absolutely judge. ] I don't know, though, maybe it would help keep any fur from clogging the drains in your warehouse's shower?
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week 4; sat
she's sitting outside the warehouse door, axe across her lap.]
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You were right. This is fucked up.
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90%. [if only she could get it back down.]
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It's frustrating. I want everything to be real, but... not this part. If anything has to be a lie, it should be this.
You shouldn't have to lose someone again.
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[it does mean a lot that he cares.]
We're gonna be okay, though.
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You guys will probably be fine, in the end. But that doesn't mean we have to like how it goes, bad dream or not.
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I mean because we already decided we were going to save each other no matter what. So no matter what, I'm going to save them.
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[she's not a normie, but she still hates this.]
w5 monday
[ the jonas shirt... ]
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Oh! I didn't even consider that. Those texts just made me really want a Jonas shirt, and then there was one!
[...]
Does that mean the erased are stocking the shirts? Ruby said it wasn't her.
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[ he says, immediately buying a jonas shirt. ]
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I feel like he should be getting royalties or something, though. They said it was a business proposition and all.
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w5 sunday
Hey, Ylfa. [ ... ] If you don't mind my asking, what was the, um... the wildcats thing about earlier? That was a frog noise.
[ he knows the reference but in that context?? ]
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During the Olympics, Froggy was on me and Eiden's basketball team.
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The little guy was trying to help Nahida, too. That sucks.
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He was just a very nice little frog.
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...How are you doing, aside from that?
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[she seems normal and fine enough but she's just gotten used to having to push that aside.]
Nahida was very important to me.
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...It would have been better if we found who killed Setsu.
[ if they had, then nahida could have lived. ]
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[her ears droop a bit.]
I wish we'd found them, too. But Nahida did what she did knowing what it might cost her.
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[ he shrugs. ]
I'm just... not enough of a good person to wish it hadn't been her we caught.
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[ he's just not inclined to forgive, is all. it doesn't really matter who it was - sometimes it really just black and white, for him. ]
Maybe the messages we get this week will give us something more to work with. I don't know.
At least you guys are probably still in the lead.
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Someone has to do something, but they shouldn't have to shoulder everything on their own. That goes for you or anyone else. Otherwise, what are we even here for, if we're not going to at least try to help somehow?
[ not that kazuki ever knows how, in situations like this... but still. ]
week 6; monday
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...Whoa. It's like your own personal snowglobe. Maybe I'll rethink the psych question, after all.
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[swirling it into a ball and pelting him with it. just a snowball, nothing too crazy.]
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I didn't even do anything!
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Good one!
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...That would actually be pretty good practice, now that I think about it.
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he doesn't teleport this time, but he does duck to the side to grab some snow to throw right back at her with a laugh. ]
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You're gonna get lost in your own blizzard at this rate.
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[throwing a snowball into her tornado, so it gets thrown around at mach fuck.]
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That's a new way to do a fastball special. [ he's impressed? and ready to teleport if she yeets it at him again.
...maybe he'll just toss an extra snowball in there because it's fun to watch. like a little snowglobe. ]
week 6; thursday
...Hey. Are you doing ok?
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[ his throat is still a bit messed up, so his voice is raspy and quiet. but otherwise it looks like the burns all over are healing quite well. he'll swap to typing on his phone, though. ]
Thanks for taking care of Netzach-san. I think he got the worst of it, after distracting Demon Snow for so long. That was Kyouka's ability, these weird floating thing that appeared with a sword. It looked like a kind of ghost, but it could still cut us and everything.
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Demon Snow...?
[was this cyoa set in the world of moon track...]
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Some people in that world have special abilities, like all of us at the Armed Detective Agency. Demon Snow is Kyouka's, which I guess is an assassination ability. It moved faster than anything I've ever seen.
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It was kind of like the game in the sense that we were given these roles with entirely different lives and memories. The difference is that we still remembered the UG and our normal lives, too. Like an overlay instead of a reset.
I'm not a very good detective, though. It's probably a good thing that it wasn't real.
week 7; monday
this is crazy huh? did you guys get to see setsu?
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And yeah, we did! It kind of sucks that they can't see the warehouse, but Alex seems to have decided that we'll just go camping to make up for it.
You guys saw Matsuoka and Gerard-san, too, right?
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anyway have fun camping my team SUCKS
(just kidding i love them)
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You guys should do something fun, too. You've more than earned by it now.
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i bet its right
and we will! we're having fun just hanging out
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I'm not sure if he fits the exact type, but maybe it's close.
Good to hear. You guys deserve it, especially after everything you've done to get this far.
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anyway i dont want to think about that stuff right now but maybe we will go swimming...except i dont know if rin and gerard can do that with us.
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Yeah, if they're in Shibuya, they probably wouldn't have somewhere to go swimming aside from a community pool or something... and we don't even know where that is on their side.
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hmmm....well, we'll figure it out. what are you guys doing?
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We were going to see if they could see Hachiko, but it turns out they can't unless they're watching the screens on their side. It's weird.