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"This is Yusuke Kitagawa. I apologize for the inconvenience. I will get back to you as soon as I can."
"This is Yusuke Kitagawa. I apologize for the inconvenience. I will get back to you as soon as I can."
[ It's damn near the middle of the night, but that doesn't keep Adachi from contacting Yusuke. He just sends an image first; a picture of himself looking worn and tired, like he just got the hell beat out of him. Behind him is a demonic, almost shogun-like creature. Despite its eyes being entirely yellow and mask expressionless, it seemed to be rolling its eyes at Adachi's antics. ]
[ A message follows soon after: ]
btw probably gonna be in the hospital for awhile
[ A message follows soon after: ]
btw probably gonna be in the hospital for awhile
[ please. Yusuke is well known for midnight texts that could have easily waited for the morning. He's up, anyway, deep enough into a project that he doesn't even realize how late it is until his phone goes off. The picture, quite obviously Adachi's Persona, is a profound relief, but not so urgent as to pull him from his work.
Until the next message comes. Adachi receives a response instantly. ]
What? Why? Tell me what happened.
Until the next message comes. Adachi receives a response instantly. ]
What? Why? Tell me what happened.
[Akira had been angry with Yusuke... a lot lately. More than he really should be, and when he'd cooled down after the absolute trainwreck that had been the meeting with Akechi, he'd actually managed to think clearly on it.
He had been too hard on Yusuke.
It wasn't easy to be on your own, and the way he'd described it, 'the same as before the Phantom Thieves', left a lot to be desired. So it was with that in mind(and with the thought that Yusuke was probably beating himself up enough) that Akira came to his home. He knocked once before letting himself in, poking his head in first.]
Yusuke...? It's Akira, I'm coming in!
[Who knows what the artist was up to? Either way, he came in, dropping his shoes at the door and holding what would be easily identifiable as a lunch box under his arm.]
He had been too hard on Yusuke.
It wasn't easy to be on your own, and the way he'd described it, 'the same as before the Phantom Thieves', left a lot to be desired. So it was with that in mind(and with the thought that Yusuke was probably beating himself up enough) that Akira came to his home. He knocked once before letting himself in, poking his head in first.]
Yusuke...? It's Akira, I'm coming in!
[Who knows what the artist was up to? Either way, he came in, dropping his shoes at the door and holding what would be easily identifiable as a lunch box under his arm.]
[ He can hear the door creaking and Akira calling for him downstairs, but he stays where he is, sweating under the weight of a pile of blankets he didn't need and his own self-loathing. The time since yesterday's catastrophe had been split between feeling sorry for himself, texting Yuri (which helped), and throwing color and fury at the strange, abstract image he had stretched over his easel.
Yusuke isn't excited about facing him, so he maintains a few more seconds of solitude by texting his friend to let him know that he's upstairs. ]
Yusuke isn't excited about facing him, so he maintains a few more seconds of solitude by texting his friend to let him know that he's upstairs. ]
[ For Yusuke, it's after people have been called and warned about the information that Akechi had dropped on Akira that Adachi's name pops up on his communicator. Whether Yusuke answers or lets it go to voicemail, Adachi's voice sounds really tiny, almost like someone had just lit a fire under his ass and he was still trying to get the flames to die off. ]
Ah... Kitagawa-kun? I need to speak with you.
Ah... Kitagawa-kun? I need to speak with you.
Don't do anything stupid.
If you do something stupid, you better have us on a backup call. Speed dial.
If you do something stupid, you better have us on a backup call. Speed dial.
🎉 HEY 🎉
are u: 1) free on friday night
2) a fan of fun & free booze
bcuz if yes, then u should definitely come to our party
[ IMGATTACHMENT_INVITE.JPG. ]
starts at 6, stay til whenever
& hmu if u got any questions!
ps. tights ARE optional, tho definitely encouraged 👍💥
- r. mantle
[ He's forwarded this message to a few other (hand-selected!!) people, but he'll still respond if texted back. ]
are u: 1) free on friday night
2) a fan of fun & free booze
bcuz if yes, then u should definitely come to our party
[ IMGATTACHMENT_INVITE.JPG. ]
starts at 6, stay til whenever
& hmu if u got any questions!
ps. tights ARE optional, tho definitely encouraged 👍💥
- r. mantle
[ He's forwarded this message to a few other (hand-selected!!) people, but he'll still respond if texted back. ]
[It's been days since the party; longer still since the coffee shop, and aside from running the occasional errand Yuri hasn't been showing his face much around Heropa since either of them, not even at the ice rink where he'd been a daily occurrence until everything came falling down around him. It's late the night before Fanport, some time after midnight, when a simple text comes in.]
you awake?
you awake?
Edited 2017-06-24 00:19 (UTC)
[It's the early morning of the 7th of July. Brendan has called two news stations and told them the other was already covering the damage in Heropa. They rushed out, cops already on the scene, but he was long gone by then. He's backed up the audio recording he has on his computer, Hunk's computer (his lock was easy to pick and, well, this is important) and he's stashed a copy on a burner smartphone he has stuffed inside his mattress along with printed out pictures of the internet coverage of 'the incident' along with several pages of paper upon which he wrote out exactly what happened.
He's slammed back enough coffee to override Charles Xaiver's mental knockout trick. It's nearly four in the morning. He is tired. He is angry. He's confused. But even Yusuke deserves one last chance to explain what happened.]
explain last night to me. or i go public with this.
[Then he sends an attachment of the audio file, a dozen pictures of the damage Goemon did the internet has to offer (that's all there is, but only so far), a picture he snapped at the scene of the shattered ice wall. And nothing else. He's uncharacteristically quiet because he's too furious to talk.]
He's slammed back enough coffee to override Charles Xaiver's mental knockout trick. It's nearly four in the morning. He is tired. He is angry. He's confused. But even Yusuke deserves one last chance to explain what happened.]
explain last night to me. or i go public with this.
[Then he sends an attachment of the audio file, a dozen pictures of the damage Goemon did the internet has to offer (that's all there is, but only so far), a picture he snapped at the scene of the shattered ice wall. And nothing else. He's uncharacteristically quiet because he's too furious to talk.]
Edited (what am timeline) 2017-07-09 07:17 (UTC)
[ The pictures don't mean anything to him. A parking lot and an office building got torn up across town, so what? It wasn't that uncommon around here, and nobody got hurt. Yusuke is ready to ignore this useless information, that Brendan is sharing with him for unknown reasons, in favor of another round of retching, refusing to eat, and angrily throwing paint at a canvas.
Until he opens the audio file. It sounds like him. It is unmistakably him. But it can't be. And in the background...that definitely can't be what he thinks it is.
He hasn't left his room in days, much less willingly talked to anyone. This doesn't make sense. Yusuke doesn't text back, it's too urgent, he just calls, his voice urgent and full of distress from the second he picks up on the other end. ]
What is this?
Until he opens the audio file. It sounds like him. It is unmistakably him. But it can't be. And in the background...that definitely can't be what he thinks it is.
He hasn't left his room in days, much less willingly talked to anyone. This doesn't make sense. Yusuke doesn't text back, it's too urgent, he just calls, his voice urgent and full of distress from the second he picks up on the other end. ]
What is this?
Edited 2017-07-09 07:38 (UTC)
Hey
I talked to Otabek.
I talked to Otabek.
Edited 2017-07-19 04:03 (UTC)
Heaven Scent. You plan to go, so do I.
Teams or not, we need to stick together. Same plan as always, I guess.
Teams or not, we need to stick together. Same plan as always, I guess.
dude!!! its bb!!! the guy who threw rocks at your house and yelled really loud near your ear? :D
anyway terra's birthday is on the 15th and since were kinda talking now (???? its cool!!) i wanted to do something for her. like a party!
i was kinda hoping you'd help since you live with her and all
whaddya think?
anyway terra's birthday is on the 15th and since were kinda talking now (???? its cool!!) i wanted to do something for her. like a party!
i was kinda hoping you'd help since you live with her and all
whaddya think?
[ it takes Iwai a long time to send this message, primarily because he's not sure what kind of response he's going to get after their last conversation, but. he's not a coward, so some time in the evening, Yusuke gets this message. ]
Kitagawa.
I have a job for you.
Nothing big, and I'll pay, of course. $250 should you accept, another $250 when you're done. Bonus if you do good.
You got enough free time to do some work?
Kitagawa.
I have a job for you.
Nothing big, and I'll pay, of course. $250 should you accept, another $250 when you're done. Bonus if you do good.
You got enough free time to do some work?
Question: Were you aware your roommate knew some version of myself?
[ Shinjiro's pretty sure he knows the answer to this question, but he'd rather get a straight answer. ]
[ Shinjiro's pretty sure he knows the answer to this question, but he'd rather get a straight answer. ]
Um--Kitagawa-san, may I... talk to you? Ah, whenever you're not busy! I-it's not pressing.
[ Yusuke is out and about gathering art supplies, which is a good thing, given how much time he's spent cooped up inside. Running out of color is no way to bounce back from trauma.
So there's some background noise in the store, but he sounds cheerful. ]
I am out running some errands, nothing I can't do one handed. What did you want to talk about?
So there's some background noise in the store, but he sounds cheerful. ]
I am out running some errands, nothing I can't do one handed. What did you want to talk about?
Inari! We need to have a chat. About stars, stripes, and foxes that dig deep holes.
manabu's communicator went dark. can't access his info in mine. his nullifiers quit working.
he's really gone, isn't he?
...guess i owe you an apology for freaking out when you suggested it. you were right. you always are.
congrats.
he's really gone, isn't he?
...guess i owe you an apology for freaking out when you suggested it. you were right. you always are.
congrats.
[ Yusuke opens without questioning it. For once, he's not really busy with anything, just homework for this low-standards American public school, which can wait.
There's the typical smattering of nightmare imagery that Jaime loves all over the wall, and also a nude portrait of Otabek. He's posing so that his thigh covers the naughty bits. ]
Hello, Jaime. What is it?
There's the typical smattering of nightmare imagery that Jaime loves all over the wall, and also a nude portrait of Otabek. He's posing so that his thigh covers the naughty bits. ]
Hello, Jaime. What is it?
[ Otabek leaves two packages. They are neatly wrapped with a bow at one corner and a handwritten note tucked under the edge. Inside the first is this and the second is this; he got one for all three of them. The final gift isn't wrapped and is hanging from his bedroom door knob. The note says - ]
Yusuke,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost. Unlock your dreams. I love you very much. Happy Holidays!
- Otabek Altin
Yusuke,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost. Unlock your dreams. I love you very much. Happy Holidays!
- Otabek Altin
[ The box poised outside of Yusuke's room looks innocent enough, plain white with blue polka dots and neatly tied with a candy-cane ribbon.
Inside there's the usual tissue paper, a neatly folded and printed card, as well as a cellophane-wrapped packet of frosted sugar cookies and intricately decorated chocolate truffles. The box is a little heavy for just that, though--and beneath a little more tissue paper is are two fancy-looking boxes. One is a brush care kit--you know, for all the split ends on brushes and the caked-on paint, discoloration on bristles, that sort of thing. The other box contains a new set of brushes, including water brush pens.
The card inside reads: 'I don't actually know if you paint with watercolors, but after our talk in the rain, I thought of these! Merry Christmas! - Hajime' ]
Inside there's the usual tissue paper, a neatly folded and printed card, as well as a cellophane-wrapped packet of frosted sugar cookies and intricately decorated chocolate truffles. The box is a little heavy for just that, though--and beneath a little more tissue paper is are two fancy-looking boxes. One is a brush care kit--you know, for all the split ends on brushes and the caked-on paint, discoloration on bristles, that sort of thing. The other box contains a new set of brushes, including water brush pens.
The card inside reads: 'I don't actually know if you paint with watercolors, but after our talk in the rain, I thought of these! Merry Christmas! - Hajime' ]
[Akira doesn't show up unannounced but he's got a present for Yusuke's birthday of COURSE. He's gonna play ding-dong-ditch and leave a styrofoam cooler with a big, garish blue bow on top of it, and two types of frozen bags of ramen in it. There's a card along with the package which plainly states FOR YUSUKE, and has a little note inside reading:]
Happy Birthday, Yusuke!
Remind me to cook you something for real whenever we get a chance, but in the meantime I figured you could use an upgrade from the instant cups! <3
-MUCH LOVE,
AKIRA
Remind me to cook you something for real whenever we get a chance, but in the meantime I figured you could use an upgrade from the instant cups! <3
-MUCH LOVE,
AKIRA
[A package arrives, delivered via Mail-Arcanine, and addressed to Yusuke-]
Heard someone was a bigshot grownup now! Thank me later!
-Blue
[Inside: a bottle of champagne (good quality, he knows this guy likes finesse) and 3 passes to any featured exhibition of his choice at the De Chima Museum of Modern Art. You know, for his boys.]
Heard someone was a bigshot grownup now! Thank me later!
-Blue
[Inside: a bottle of champagne (good quality, he knows this guy likes finesse) and 3 passes to any featured exhibition of his choice at the De Chima Museum of Modern Art. You know, for his boys.]
[ The following comes in obnoxiously early in the morning. Really, there is some point where Adachi sleeps, he swears. ]
We need to talk.
Meet me at the usual place?
[ The usual place being the cave under the abandoned railroad tracks outside of town. ]
We need to talk.
Meet me at the usual place?
[ The usual place being the cave under the abandoned railroad tracks outside of town. ]
[ Yusuke is a light sleeper, so the soft chime of the phone gets him up, but it still takes awhile before he sends a response. Meeting up with Adachi has rarely ended in anything but frustration. ]
Is this about the heist?
I will be there in thirty minutes.
Is this about the heist?
I will be there in thirty minutes.
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