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[alitaba]

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w0, monday

[alitaba]

[ of all surprises, futaba's actually diligently coloring her page with deep concentration.

just... ignore the fact that her cute image now has additional body parts and strange colors ]

[goalsides]

[taichi's probably at a table next to her and also coloring! he can. mostly. stay inside the lines.

however, he does peer over at her paper and pauses while he looks.]

...creative interpretation?

[alitaba]

[ that sure is a beam ]

They never said I couldn't add more lines!

w0 saturday

[goalsides]

[what a shitshow. after the trial, taichi finds himself wandering around campus, occasionally dropping in to talk to people and making sure nothing else is amiss.

at some point though his wandering leads him straight to futaba. he thinks about how today's trial went, and as he approaches her he's quiet but not enough to startle her.]

Looks like it worked out after all. [but his feelings are still a little uneasy about it, even as he gauges what she might say.]

[alitaba]

I'm still not sure if it was really for the better or not.

[ sure they found said suspect but, dang. that sure was a doozy. ]

[goalsides]

Between you and me? I'm not sure either. [which is depressing.] There's still her expulsion, too. Whatever that really means.

w1 friday

[goalsides]

[where is futaba. taichi's likely around wandering the campus, possibly with a baby goose and its mother following, you tell me, and when he finds her he flags her down.]

Hey! Futaba-chan! [he looks mildly concerned but mostly because there's another dead body.] Did you see today's announcement?

[alitaba]

[ Futaba is somewhere on the grounds near the library...! She's rather bleary eyed even though she's got the largest Moonbucks cup the place offers and blinks slow and tired at Taichi ]

It was a little hard to miss.

[ says the one who noped right out and been hiding under the bed since it started round two. ]

[goalsides]

[she's valid...]

No kidding. [alarms bad, deaths bad.] Are you good? You kinda look like you need another nap or three.

w1 sunday

[goalsides]

...wait so are pokemon those things you were talking about when you were explaining your personas?

[alitaba]

YEAH
those were exactly the same pokemon
holy shit they exist

w3 monday

[goalsides]

[it's fall dorm time!! which means that taichi's coming in from the outside and has two cups of cocoa. it was...kind of a rocky weekend for everybody, but it's kind of hard to forget futaba's reaction to bradley's death.

so wherever she is in the dorm he approaches and offers her a cup.]

Interested? I accidentally got a second one when I was at the library.

[alitaba]

[ sometimes death is just a big ol trigger button and your body says enough is enough. but that being said, she sees right through him and even so she makes grabby hands for the cup ]

Yeah, absolutely!

w3 saturday

[goalsides]

[eventually he will return to the dorm after...that mess. god. what a mess??? as he enters the common room he comes across futaba and he pauses nearby, debating what to say. he could very well not say anything at all, but...it doesn't feel right to ignore her.]

...Futaba-chan. Mind if I join you?

[alitaba]

[ she's just face first sprawled on the floor, still wearing Wang Lu's robe like a very long cape. it seems like she got back and just kind've.....slid to the floor? rip anyone else trying to sit in the living room.

anyway, that flap of her arm may have been a 'go forth' ]

w4 tuesday

[goalsides]

futaba-chan...
i have a question for you
how would you feel about going on a date with somebody?

[alitaba]

I've become a three star pro at this! (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧
....
why?

w4 saturday

[goalsides]

[at some nebulous time, he'll come back to the dorm and he's seeking out futaba. he couldn't comfort her or help her during her breakdown because...frankly, he didn't feel qualified to do so.

but that doesn't mean he's not worried. so he will go to find her.]

...Futaba-chan?

[alitaba]

[ haha, hey sup.

also some nebulous time later but before ichibro shows up, futaba has parked herself on a couch and hasn't moved since. it probably doesn't help that the attack wrecked whatever energy she had remaining so honestly, she's just one big ouch right now. which really just means instead of acknowledging him she just kinda groans instead.

they've really gotta stop meeting like this ]

w6 thursday

[goalsides]

[he's moving fairly slowly, mostly to make sure he doesn't crash, but as he wanders into fall dorm he's squinting to try and focus and set his sights on one person in particular.]

...Lalli told me you and Lux got back before we did. Are you okay? [please tell him you got healed, futaba.]

[alitaba]

[ sup taichi. watch as futaba's face go through an absolute gauntlet of emotion before eventually landing on pure relief. You're Okay....!]

.....Yeah. Hope took care of it.

w7 monday

[goalsides]

[sometime after all of the meetings and group pow wows, taichi will return to fall dorm and seek out futaba, offering her a cup of hot chocolate for her troubles.]

What a day, huh?

[alitaba]

[ the look she gives him while sipping her cocoa is just completely dead inside ]

It's only Monday.

w7 saturday

[goalsides]

[as per tradition, he will come find her and offer her a cup of hot cocoa. wouldn't it be wild if she actually hated this and he kept doing it? but regardless, here they are.]

What do you think? Satisfied with our ending so far?

[alitaba]

[ sTOP SHE LOVES THEIR TRADITION ]

Better than anything else this place was attempting, that's for sure.