A club, investigating the supernatural. Not really detectives, trust me. Like, we've got this senpai who's been called a delinquent but he really just cares about his friends. And a student council president who's really dignified but also kind of scary? And then there's our shut-in brat who's some kind of computer genius, and-- well, you've probably met Kou-kun by now.
[ But, more curiously-- ]
So you don't do it anymore? The whole... persona thing? Thief thing? [ etc.??? ]
You mean like those ghost hunter shows where these dudes go around with the infrared cameras and try to stay in haunted houses? That shit is. So. Cool.
[God...]
Wait, what.
[He counts those descriptions in his head.
Ryuji, Makoto, Futaba...]
We ain't like... some sorta parallel universe opposites are we? That sounds really effin' familiar. But uh, anyway, like. Yeah. We finished everything we had to do. Did the whole "save the world" bullshit and when that was done... so were our powers. And the heists.
[He can't be cagey about things when he's asked directly like this- Ryuji doesn't have it in him to really lie about much of anything.]
And then we started... doin' the natural thing friends do when they stop havin' a ton of stuff in common. Akira moved back to the countryside, Haru 'n Makoto were already a year ahead of us. Seein' him became something that had to be scheduled. Life kinda returned to normal, but, also... it kinda sucked.
[ maybe she can get Kou to agree to have a sleepover in a haunted place to see what happens. With their luck, it probably would lead to an Eclipse somehow.
But that's a thought to be attempted at another time. ]
I guess Ann and I have a lot in common, so who knows? She's cuter, though.
[ Coming from Rion, who has been Perfectly Indignant that Kou didn't take flirting bait not one single time, this is high praise indeed. ]
... But yeah, I know what you mean. When you lose your reason to fight, you also lose one thing keeping you together. And even if it's probably for the best, that things go back to normal, it's...
[ Well, none of them had moved away like Akira had. Shio and Mitsuki were a year ahead, but it was still only summer. The one thing that had left an impact was...
[Holy shit, an already cute girl is telling Ryuji that Ann is cuter than her, and he just.
Doesn't know how to handle that?
It's Ann. It's just. It's Ann!!! DON'T BE LIKE THAT. So he'll ignore it and try to hide the obvious disinclination he has towards continuing that statement via acceptance or refutation.
But, also, he really gets what she's saying here, and maybe some of the fire behind Ryuji's eyes dies a bit, because he nods in agreement to the response.]
And you feel kinda lost. Like you knew where all the streets in Tokyo were and woke up one mornin' not even knowin' where your feet were going, and you end up back in class. Feels like shit didn't even matter.
[The world would never know what they had done, how hard they had to fight, how much of their lives they had to sacrifice to keep them safe. To give them choices. But---]
But at least, I guess... we're here now, right? So you gotta make do with whatever kinda blessin' you were given.
[ Don't think she didn't notice that very subtle veer away from agreeing with her that Ann is totally hot, Ryuji. But she won't linger on it either, shrugging a little helplessly.
Because he gets it. And there had been nothing stranger than having to go to school, to go around Morimiya and realize that people didn't remember... the shape of a disaster. What had made them sick, what had really injured them, what had scared them.
And they didn't remember "her", either, and Rion thought she could understand now what a hollow victory was. Hardly anyone would know. And there had been a loss that no one else would have felt, so even the mourning had felt empty. ]
You're right. Whatever the reason, we're here now. So let's kick the crap out of loneliness and keep going.
[He parrots her in response, because- honestly, he's not that great about talking about this sort of stuff intentionally. His earnesty comes out in small bursts that he can't control and he might say some pretty emotionally charged stuff, but it's not like a faucet he knows how to turn on or off, kind of like his ability to turn things different colors.
But he does get it, and if she's some alternate universe Ann, or Ann is some alternate universe Rion, then, that's cool. At least they have a common ground to kind of walk together through. And man, does this kid adore Ann, even if he's absolutely shit at showing it in constructive, non-back-and-forth-bickering kind of ways.]
Yo, don't hold those punches back, then. I won't either. [He shadow boxes with a free hand.
[ Or his ability to blurt out his thoughts on her school uniform. It's okay, Ryuji, she knows someone just like you, except he isn't blond and Kou probably isn't in love with him. This friendship will go on. ]
Definitely. But maybe try and help out Alfredo first before you go punching anything.
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A club, investigating the supernatural. Not really detectives, trust me. Like, we've got this senpai who's been called a delinquent but he really just cares about his friends. And a student council president who's really dignified but also kind of scary? And then there's our shut-in brat who's some kind of computer genius, and-- well, you've probably met Kou-kun by now.
[ But, more curiously-- ]
So you don't do it anymore? The whole... persona thing? Thief thing? [ etc.??? ]
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You mean like those ghost hunter shows where these dudes go around with the infrared cameras and try to stay in haunted houses? That shit is. So. Cool.
[God...]
Wait, what.
[He counts those descriptions in his head.
Ryuji, Makoto, Futaba...]
We ain't like... some sorta parallel universe opposites are we? That sounds really effin' familiar. But uh, anyway, like. Yeah. We finished everything we had to do. Did the whole "save the world" bullshit and when that was done... so were our powers. And the heists.
[He can't be cagey about things when he's asked directly like this- Ryuji doesn't have it in him to really lie about much of anything.]
And then we started... doin' the natural thing friends do when they stop havin' a ton of stuff in common. Akira moved back to the countryside, Haru 'n Makoto were already a year ahead of us. Seein' him became something that had to be scheduled. Life kinda returned to normal, but, also... it kinda sucked.
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But that's a thought to be attempted at another time. ]
I guess Ann and I have a lot in common, so who knows? She's cuter, though.
[ Coming from Rion, who has been Perfectly Indignant that Kou didn't take flirting bait not one single time, this is high praise indeed. ]
... But yeah, I know what you mean. When you lose your reason to fight, you also lose one thing keeping you together. And even if it's probably for the best, that things go back to normal, it's...
[ Well, none of them had moved away like Akira had. Shio and Mitsuki were a year ahead, but it was still only summer. The one thing that had left an impact was...
... ]
It's stupid lonely.
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Doesn't know how to handle that?
It's Ann. It's just. It's Ann!!! DON'T BE LIKE THAT. So he'll ignore it and try to hide the obvious disinclination he has towards continuing that statement via acceptance or refutation.
But, also, he really gets what she's saying here, and maybe some of the fire behind Ryuji's eyes dies a bit, because he nods in agreement to the response.]
And you feel kinda lost. Like you knew where all the streets in Tokyo were and woke up one mornin' not even knowin' where your feet were going, and you end up back in class. Feels like shit didn't even matter.
[The world would never know what they had done, how hard they had to fight, how much of their lives they had to sacrifice to keep them safe. To give them choices. But---]
But at least, I guess... we're here now, right? So you gotta make do with whatever kinda blessin' you were given.
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[ Don't think she didn't notice that very subtle veer away from agreeing with her that Ann is totally hot, Ryuji. But she won't linger on it either, shrugging a little helplessly.
Because he gets it. And there had been nothing stranger than having to go to school, to go around Morimiya and realize that people didn't remember... the shape of a disaster. What had made them sick, what had really injured them, what had scared them.
And they didn't remember "her", either, and Rion thought she could understand now what a hollow victory was. Hardly anyone would know. And there had been a loss that no one else would have felt, so even the mourning had felt empty. ]
You're right. Whatever the reason, we're here now. So let's kick the crap out of loneliness and keep going.
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[He parrots her in response, because- honestly, he's not that great about talking about this sort of stuff intentionally. His earnesty comes out in small bursts that he can't control and he might say some pretty emotionally charged stuff, but it's not like a faucet he knows how to turn on or off, kind of like his ability to turn things different colors.
But he does get it, and if she's some alternate universe Ann, or Ann is some alternate universe Rion, then, that's cool. At least they have a common ground to kind of walk together through. And man, does this kid adore Ann, even if he's absolutely shit at showing it in constructive, non-back-and-forth-bickering kind of ways.]
Yo, don't hold those punches back, then. I won't either. [He shadow boxes with a free hand.
Can't let Alfredo go to pieces, after all.]
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Definitely. But maybe try and help out Alfredo first before you go punching anything.