Yamato

[katzepaw]

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week 0; sunday

[katzepaw]

[Later, back in the dorm, he'll glance over at Yamato.]

So, what do you think? Do they really know nothing, or is it a cover story?

[ghoststrums]

[ yamato's still looking at his phone back in the dorm, apparently rereading everything. but he looks like he wants to yeet it when he does that, so maybe he should fucking stop ]

It sounds like a cover story to me. There's something called a "dorm war" for the first time, we're all pre-selected, but they don't know anything about why or why we don't remember signing up? There's no way they're that oblivious.

week 0, friday

[ghoststrums]

[ let's pretend he left taichi alone long enough to get back to the dorm because i do what i want ]

Caleb. [ he's clenching his phone in his hand still ] You saw the message?

[katzepaw]

[He's sort of muddy and damp from goose adventure. So. Yeah.]

. . . The same sense of humor on the profiles they gave us. Sick.

week 0; saturday

[katzepaw]

[He'll come back to the dorm a little bit later. Looking up when he sees him, giving him a little nod.]

So. . . ?

[ghoststrums]

[ yamato doesn't look any less angry than he did for most of trial! unfortunate. ]

What the hell was the point of all this?

week 1, friday

[ghoststrums]

[ well they're in the dorm when they get the text so this is either now or later i will let you decide because either way yamato found Jack Shit and he's just. well! fuck. ]

... It's the same as last week. The only thing they changed up was the class.

[katzepaw]

The class?

[It's. . . now? Later? I don't know how to answer this question.]

week 1, saturday

[ghoststrums]

[ gently puts this after their ? collective manwol visit? i guess? or before? whichever will make the most sense later on in this pc, it's fine, they're in the dorm ]

So what the hell did we miss?

[ he looks ready to punch a wall but isn't, like a big boy ]

[katzepaw]

[What a big boy he is. Good job. Caleb for his part just seems a little cold and withdrawn.]

I don't think we were wrong to look at the list of footprints, nor to suspect a child and adult working together. No concrete thoughts, but. . .

I think we were finished once she volunteered. We are being asked to make ugly choices, and people will find a way to make them more bearable.

week 2, saturday

[ghoststrums]

[ it feels weird to sit on the couch of the common room now but you know it's fine yamato's great at being other places. "where?" it's the dorm it's fine anywhere private for now. he'll nod at caleb a little when he sees him, and-- ]

... I think this confirms those kills aren't done of their own free will.

[ they were pretty sure but look at that! wow. ]

[katzepaw]

[Ah. Okay, we are being no feelings zone tonight. That's fine.]

No, I can't imagine so. Someone can fake being gentle, but in the circumstances we were in. . .

week 3, monday

[ghoststrums]

[ is yamato stopping at the dorm to pet frumpkin? yes. of course he is. ]

Hi, Caleb. Hey, Frumpkin. [ cat scritches! yay! ] If you could get the word out, later on, there's something I need to share with the whole dorm?

[ what a mysterious opening. it's too bad he doesn't get to expand on it before a probably pretty incomprehensible memory happens between them. there's a quiet resolution to it all, though, and it's a little clear even without full context that this was taichi and yamato choosing to kill someone to save them.

which is a little on the nose for this place, maybe. ]

[katzepaw]

[He may stop and pet Frumpkin. Caleb is sitting, reading a book, glances up at what Yamato says.]

Gladly, I will help you?

[But then the memory plays. He can't fully understand the context of the argument, but he can recognize that they're making difficult decisions, life and death decisions. And it's a little painful; no matter how often the young people here insist they are mature enough to handle some things, he has personal reasons to disagree.]

. . . Ah. Why did you have to. . . ?

week 3; friday

[katzepaw]

[Well, if Yamato goes looking for Caleb, he'll likely find him somewhere out in the woods. A little remote, finishing a to-go cup of whiskey on his own.]

[ghoststrums]

... Caleb.

[ ...yamato did go looking and did not die on his way there, but he is still an idiot who didn't really think about what he'd say. he just-- wanted to see if he was okay so now he's hovering? what do you say to someone who lost a close friend to murder for the second time? i'm sorry doesn't seem to cover it. ]

week 4, friday

[ghoststrums]

[ i've decided i'm not asking where caleb is and they're running into each other at [location of choice]. i do not mean literally running despite yamato's eye for once.

there's a weird feeling almost like guilt and worry over him? but he is not acknowledging it ]

Caleb. Did you find anything?

[katzepaw]

[He is actually swinging by Fall Dorm, I decided this. So that's where they are.

Anyway, his emotions are fairly even, at least. Tension and worry, but calm.]

. . . Only a little. Alphinaud in the cafeteria, as well as some strange orange powder on the ground there. And in the bookstore, a fight obviously took place, everything strewn about and slashed up.

You?

week 4; saturday

[katzepaw]

[What the fuck. Well. After trial, Caleb will seek Yamato out, wherever he can find him. The void somewhere.]

. . . Fuck.

[ghoststrums]

[ the void is, uh. about where he is emotionally too, so ]

... Yeah. [ croaked out. he blinks a little ] When we messed up, the consequences went to Rita and myself, but Adora wasn't--

[ sorry he is spiraling for a second before he shakes his head ]

week 4; sunday

[katzepaw]

[Just a short lil pre-Monday text thread.]

You are ridiculous. You gave all of your vouchers away on healing. How did you manage to outbid us?

[ghoststrums]

I was pretty surprised too.
taichi helped, but we didn't offer a lot of vouchers at all. just stuff we thought Annie might like.
it's fine if it worked out, right?

week 5, monday

[ghoststrums]

[ yamato's already in the music room when caleb walks in probably because oh my god he has a music room. he's not playing anything in particular, just practicing, so he pauses when he sees him ]

He didn't wind up in the river, right? I was a little worried when Annie said she wasn't sure where he'd show up.

[katzepaw]

The garden, being harassed by geese.

[It's fond. He's smiling, he looks very happy.]

week 5, friday

[ghoststrums]

[ he's crossing paths with caleb while looking for other people, tbh, but that won't stop him from... stopping. he has clothes and shoes on so no one can tell he was a sleeper unless he's outed ]

Caleb. [ he's looking at him worriedly because how do you ask "are you feeling better" when you mean physically and technically two people are dead? so he settles for: ] How are your injuries...?

[katzepaw]

[Well, he's still a little wobbly because he is unfortunately kind of drunk from CYOA, and he has a big ugly bruise blooming around his neck visible under his scarf. But he isn't bleeding anymore.]

Healed well. Sore, but that's all.

week 5; sunday

[katzepaw]

[Caleb is just hanging around outside, in the void. Probably outdoors having a coffee somewhere, a little lost in thought.]

[ghoststrums]

[ yamato hesitates in the void of campus before coming over ]

... Thanks. For earlier. [ which earlier? all of them, really. ] Penny for your thoughts?

week 6, saturday

[ghoststrums]

how much was it for the cat?

[katzepaw]

Eight vouchers but I already bought him.

week 7, saturday

[ghoststrums]

[ yamato is leaning ... somewhere. yes. ]

Think it'll work? [ it's idle. not quite like he's doubting it, more like he's wondering if he should be ]

[katzepaw]

It seemed satisfied. As a conclusion, it is a bit silly, but. . .

[Nah, he buys it.]