PC: Yamato

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W1, Tuesday

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We should probably let each other know when we offer to help people with extra credit, even if they say no.

It'd be kind of suspicious if multiple people came up to someone asking the same thing out of nowhere, after all.

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right. I mentioned to fall dorm that I'm willing to help, since I wanted them to know how the extra credit thing worked anyway. I'll tell you if they take me up on it.
luxanna was worrying about hers, so that worked out for me.
well.
maybe not "worked out". but it's done.

W1, Tuesday Evening

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[Rita's hanging out in the Student Union Building, eating a corndog and watching one of the TV screens that's currently playing a very drama-intense scene from The Bachelor. She sees Yamato nearby and gives him a small wave.]

They have TV where you're from, right? Do they ever use it for anything that isn't complete garbage?

[between this and Cats...]

[ghoststrums]

[ ITS TUESDAY HE'S STILL IN A SKIRT but rita knows why so he's less awkward about it, and he'll come sit with her to stare blankly ]

Yeah. The choices here are... bad. [ judgmentally. what the FUCK is a bachelor. ] My dad works at a TV station, actually. That's where they make the shows.

week 1, friday

[ghoststrums]

[ it's just a short text follow up to the lwj one on friday morning! ]

you alright?
I didn't find anything on my end of things.

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Yeah, me neither.

So much for being a precautionary measure.

week 1, saturday

[ghoststrums]

[ he's been looking for her this time, and he's not so surprised to catch her at the sandwich shop? feed her. it's been nine hours.

but he's a little less uh... screaming angry, it seems, because he just sits down next to her ]

We can't mess up again. By Monday, we need to be sure of who we pick.

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[rita's like, angrily gnawing at a sandwich

but she'll stop and swallow so she can respond]

--Yeah.

We've got all this data. We're going to have a few days to sleep on it, and think on it properly.

But... what do we even do if we do find a culprit?

week 1, sunday

[ghoststrums]

how many vouchers did you get this week vs last week?
&
who did you vote for?

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3 last week, 8 this week. I was wondering about the huge jump. Even with our bonuses, this seems like a lot.

Tell me who you voted for, first.

W2, Tuesday Morning

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Something really weird's going on.

I think someone's messing with me. I don't know who, or how, but if I find out, they're DEAD.

[ghoststrums]

what happened? are you alright?

week 2, friday

[ghoststrums]

you okay?

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I'm fine. Did you find anything?

Week 3, Tuesday

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[hey yamato, if you step into the auditorium, you might spot rita loitering around nearby.]

Hey. Checking out the new building?

[...is as far as they get into the conversation before yamato gets a memory!

...

You awaken in an unfamiliar bed, your body aching, but... not as much as you thought it would. You were gravely wounded, but it seems you've healed. It doesn't take long to understand why, as you sit up and look to see a pink-haired girl, clearly a noble, seated at your side and currently fast asleep, her head resting on the foot of the bed.

A long-haired swordsman enters the room. "Glad to see you're awake. ...And after I told her over and over to call me before she collapses."

"You didn't think she'd really listen to you, did you?" you retort. You watch the girl's face as she sleeps. She looks strangely happy. "Hey so... what do you think Estellise thinks of me? ... Why are you making that face?"

"I just didn't think you were the kind of person who cared what other people thought."

"F-forget it. You can go now."

...

the vision fades, and they're back in reality.]

[ghoststrums]

[ it's been happening for two days already, and yet yamato is still disoriented when he steps into an area and greets someone before being thrown into their memories.

this one seems almost benign, and ... a little cute, really, if he ignores the context of Rita being injured. still, he's blinking a little for a second ]

... Friends of yours? [ is what he settles on asking, looking at Rita curiously. They talk job stuff a lot more than personal, so he's admittedly a little curious ]

Week 3, Friday

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You better have gotten some rest. Think we can talk now?

[ghoststrums]

sort of.
but yeah. where?

week 4, sunday

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[ it's starting to get rare they talk outside the bakery, if only because of how constant their job is. that doesn't mean when he spots rita around campus he evades her, though-- he remembers her feelings from yesterday (because emotionshare is a bitch) and so he heads there.

i only mention he's not wearing a orange hoodie because it's better for her eyes ]

How are you holding up?

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Better than yesterday. Sleep helped, I think.

[yeah, thank god emotionshare is almost over! rita's still pretty miserable, but the feelings have dulled a lot since the previous day.]

... It shouldn't have been Catra.

week 5, friday

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did you find anything? all I saw was the fire from far away.

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Yeah, a real mess in the art room.
Where was the fire?

week 5, saturday

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[ outside!! he's changed, though his hair is still kind of wet, and he's looking for her specifically, so-- ]

Rita.

[ #concern ]

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[she's hanging out behind the dorms, by the moat. she tenses when she realizes someone else is there, but seems to relax when she sees yamato's face. she gives him a nod in greeting, then looks out to the water.]

... I really didn't want to believe it could be him.

I mean, in a way... it still wasn't...

week 6, friday

[ghoststrums]

how's your wounds?

[overlimit]

They're not bad. I can walk, so I've got nothing to complain about.

How was Taichi doing last night?

week 7, saturday

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Think we were thorough enough?

[ pensive as he looks at the messed up sky. he doesn't really seem worried, but, you know. ]

[overlimit]

We'd better have been. No point in stressing about it at this point.

Not sure how the whole pocket dimension thing's gonna go, but maybe somebody's got a spare wish to guarantee it.