week four | mingle

[showhost]

Welcome to your fourth and final week, teens!

There aren’t many changes around the house today: it seems everyone is dialed in on what needs to be done and the upcoming week. Everything that was on the fritz last week is now back to normal, aside from the Dress Up Your Blorbo curse. You can still do that at will.

Anyway, it's fine that all seems quiet.

There’s plenty going on anyway this week.

Dates | Embrace Space | Property Damage, etc | CR Event | A Thing
Truth Booth Voting | Match Ceremony Submissions

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[boneface]

[ Ryuji looks amused as Anna enters the shop and takes another bite of curry, watching as she looks around before settling in across from him. That's when he'll put his spoon down and wipe his mouth before grinning at her. ]

Nah, this is pretty much beat for beat where all my friends hang out. Our main base a' operations. Want some curry? I can get some for ya.

[makeine]

Please and thank you, extra on the curry. I've been halving my rice intake lately.

[ so. this evens it out???? don't ask none of her answers are ever right. ]

Does Akechi-kun spend time here too? Or is he in that like, weird zone between friend and not friend? Because I definitely do not get your relationship.

[boneface]

[ That... is not how that works, he's pretty sure, but he will just follow her instructions anyway. He'll get out of the booth and back to the pot to get her some curry. Extra curry. Regular portion of rice. Yep, yep, yep. He'll get her a glass of water too before setting it all down, with the utensils and napkins so she can eat.

He looks a little surprised at the immediate question about Akechi and he slides into the booth again across from her with a grimace. ]

He spent time here too, yeah. He's not really a friend but not 'cuz my friends didn't want to be his friend. He rejected us. But we still tried to save him, both from himself and from the people who were tryin' to hurt him.

[ He takes a bite of curry and thinks a bit around the spoon, considering. ]

For me, I'd like to be his friend but I know he doesn't like me. When he's honest about who he is and what he thinks, he's actually pretty okay to be around. But it was my best friend who got closer to him and tried to convince him off the path he was on more than me. It didn't work out but we tried.

I still kinda think he needs more help than any of us can provide. Like, a real adult who he can trust and to not... be surrounded by violence. Somethin' like that would be a good start.

Does that make any sense?

[makeine]

[ curry......!!!!!!!! anna digs in, listening as ryuji... tries his best to explain, really making a dent in her plate despite the time it takes not being all that much.

hmm... she wiggles the spoon in her mouth, then scrunches her face and works on getting a Real spoonful of rice. ]

Yeah, it makes sense, but I'm still wondering how much of an "okay" guy he is to be around when it feels like he's at his most honest insulting everyone... Is he actually pretty sweet, like he was at Kat-chan? Or at least courteous? I just... I dunno, I hate the guy, but his happiness is on the line still.

[ so.

by virtue of that, it's still her business if he finds a slice or not. anna's committed to it. ]

... And... I mean, other people don't hate him, Will-kun included, so... I just wanna know what there is to stand. You guys know each other, so I figured you'd be the one to ask. Away from everyone else. And him.

[boneface]

[ Away from everyone else. And him. He realizes then that they are in private now, aren't they? In this little pocket dimension that the cameras can't really get into. If he wanted to talk about Akechi freely, then this is the time.

So he takes a breath and then just lays it out flat — ]

Akechi's a murderer. He killed the parents of two of my friends. For that reason alone, my friends and I can never really trust or forgive him. But he's also been trapped in a bad situation where he was forced to kill in the first place. So, we understand where he's coming from.

He's also dead. I figure he's tryin' to use his wish to be not dead, to have a fresh start and not be trapped anymore in the situation he was in before. That's why I want him to have his wish too.

I dunno if he'll ever be a sweet guy or a courteous guy. But when he's being himself, he's honest and smart and clever and interestin' to talk to. But when he's not, when he's just being an ass, he's not great to be around. He's mostly been an ass during his time here which is a shame 'cuz he could've really made better connections if he wasn't so scared of it.

Honestly? I wish I had the time and space to get to know him better so I could give you a better answer for why he's worth bein' around. But I really don't. I just know he's been dealt a shit hand and there's like... moments where he ain't so bad that I wish could be longer than just a moment.

1/2

[makeine]

[ dropping her spoon in curry rn ]

2/2

[makeine]

[ ...

okay like

she knew he had it bad in some way but-- ]

I don't think it would've changed our relationship any. I'm still for love and he isn't. We're just incompatible.

[ ... ]

But I guess if I ever get the chance to see him feeling himself, I'll play nice and resist the urge to pick a fight if he says something I don't like.

[ sorry she'll unpack all that later ]

anna :')

[boneface]

[ He watches her reaction and wonders for a moment if what he said was too much. He does kind of understand that the scale of what he deals with and the scale of what she deals with it is really different so maybe the whole murderer thing is unforgivable. But it also is what it is, he can't say the truth without revealing what he has.

So, he listens to her and lets out a soft laugh, nodding. Yeah, that's pretty much all he can ask for. ]

Yeah, you are. Will's a better fit for ya anyway.

[ A sigh. ]

But yeah, don't take pity on him. Just... know that he ain't normal 'cuz he never had a chance to be normal. It doesn't make up for everythin' though 'cuz he ain't the only one who had a shit childhood. But I hope this explains a bit.

:')....

[makeine]

[ "don't take pity on him" never intended to buddy she's ahead of you by ten steps, ]

Sure. But he's really just, like...

[ ... how's she put it. moving her curry around, then eating another spoonful thoughtfully. chewing on the spoon. ]

What is it? A self-pilfering prophecy.

[ ... self... fulfilling... whatever ]

You know, where he's so sure someone's gonna hate him and then they do because of something he says. Like, is it any surprise I don't want him around? And then he throws a fit and leaves -- like it's some kinda excuse to go away. Just don't come in the first place.

[ which

will be proven once again at the tb discussions later that week, ]

I really can't stand people like that. I won't pity him any, because it isn't an excuse, and you're totally right he needs some kind of help. As if he'd accept it. Maybe I'll use my wish on that instead.