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From:

Nagito.

[ His voice is firm and curious, even if he should know the answer to the question he's about to ask. ]

I'm not ugly, am I?

From:

dereban

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From:

sobored

Congratulations!

[Junko sounds...absolutely ecstatic about something. It's partially genuine though, there's an undercurrent of something really unpleasant under all that. It's like putting a fresh happy coat of paint over a condemned building. Oh and the building's haunted too because why the hell not? It needs to be made worse anyway to be a fitting comparison for her emotional state right now. So it's not her normal despair, yes, that's there too, but she's actually furious under all this. How dare people be happy and move ahead with their lives? What gives them the right?

Isn't it so despairingly awful? She loves it! Which is not helping in the emotional mess on her end.]

Is it too soon to RSVP? Or can I give one of you guys away? Seriously, I want all the details!

From:

gottacatch

[ Komaeda shall receive from Red via mechanical messenger biiird...!!

- Cookies!!! Because everyone deserves cookies. (Share with Raijin if he's still around!!)
- A book on herbs with medicinal properties found on Empatheias, as well as...
- A container of berries, with four of the following: cheri, chesto, pecha, rawst, and persim. Despite being berries, some are hard as nuts, but Red has included what healing properties they have, whether ingested or turned into other substances (creams, drinks, etc), as well as their flavours. Have fun experimenting, nerd!! A few have been included as their own cookies that he's gotten someone else to make, so Komaeda can taste them for himself too.
- A few musical crystals from Shaarnath.
- A glass jar with a few small candles. When the candles are placed inside, it lights up the jar to give a soft starry sky against a darkened room, the "stars" twinkling... a very relaxing effect to have!
- A card.

Komaeda,

I don't know if you celebrate this time of year, but I wanted to get you a gift anyway. You've been a good friend to me, and I'm glad that long ago, I thought about asking you to come with me and Alvin to check out those ruins. Do you think it was your luck at play? I find myself lucky, knowing you.

You told me you were studying to be a healer. I don't know how your studies are coming along or if they include mixing medicines, but you can use the berries in food too. My friend Bianca has a small farm growing of them. Usually we give them to pokémon, but humans can ingest them too! They're great in cakes and curries.

Thanks for everything.

Red ]

From:

feistytrader

Hey, Nagito. Merry Christmas.

[His tone is reasonably level, but the crystal is absolutely buzzing with excitement nonetheless.]

Are you home? I'd like to bring you something.

[Better to make sure than just show up, right?]

From:

eyeswideopen

[The blue prints spread out on the worktable detail the work he intends to put into the wooden staff resting on the weapon stand. Komaeda runs his fingers down the notes he'd put on the pages two days ago. So far. So good.

Just as he raises his hand to start the casting, Hinata's thoughts brush over his. He pauses with the energy still whirling around his fingers but the news is something he didn't expect.

When Hinata opens the door Komaeda is sitting on the edge of his worktable by the kitchen, maps and books are stacked in neat piles on the wooden surface. Compared to the last time Owari saw him, Komaeda's older, with a healthier look to his body. As he nods and pushes off the table, muscle definition is obvious on his bare arms. The air lacks the hostility it used to possess when he was around, and even his politely neutral expression has no trace of disgust or scorn.] Good morning, Owari-san.

I assume Hajime filled you on me, but I don't blame you for distrust or a desire not to stay here because of my presence. If that's what you decide. Welcome to Verens anyway. Whatever questions you might have, I'm more than happy to answer. No matter what they are.

From:

shehoge

[ Hinata "making bad decisions" Hajime is going to visit Komaeda at the bookstore. . . as a girl. It helps that he utilized a bit of Dunamis and is wearing this - the hat covers his ahoge - but other than that? He's managed to make himself a rather perfect disguise that won't allow him to be easily recognized. He even made his eye color the same as his natural one as Hinata Hajime, so he's making it easy for Komaeda to guess but not too easy.

Hence why when he goes to the bookstore, she calls out: ]

Is there a Komaeda Nagito here? I have a special delivery for one Komaeda Nagito...!

Edited (better icon) Date: 2017-02-13 10:25 pm (UTC)

From:

jeido

[Not too long after his conversation with Red and Ed, Jade wastes no time in contacting the person they've pointed him towards.]

Dear Representative Nagito Komaeda,

Greetings. This is Jade Curtiss, a man you've met during the recent Thras excursion.

Representative Edward Elric and his partner Red have kindly pointed to you as a knowledgeable authority on local research practices. As someone who is looking into potentially sharing research data with them, I'd like to consult with you on certain matters before I make my final decision on the matter.

At your convenience, of course. Please let me know if telepathy works for you, or if you'd prefer a face-to-face meeting.

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Jade Curtiss

From:

gottacatch

[ Red hates that feeling a day after mayhem, when it clings to you and nothing has been resolved; it's like being empty yet full at the same time, a puzzle piece slotted somehow into the wrong environment when nothing of the life resuming around him matches what he knows. He feels it all the more returning to where he lives with Cilan, where being out on the road would at least feel less... normal.

Sleep barely gives him any rest with the thoughts that infiltrate his dreams, yet it's the farthest thing from his mind when he reaches the location where he and Komaeda had agreed to meet: near Lake Niras, where the pair of them had spoken after meeting with Piphron and Red had spilled far more to Komaeda than he had intended to. Trusted him with more than any other from there on.

Trust was maybe one of those things in his chest when he sees Komaeda, standing up from his place beside Lapras on a spread blanket, bits and pieces there in case they were necessary, but none of it on his mind as he approaches to meet the white-haired man. Words were on his tongue of what they would speak about, on where it went wrong, on how they would help Peromei. Yet they all slip away when he instead opens his opens and takes him into an embrace, pulling them tightly together and burying his head to his shoulder.

The sympathies still come; not apologies, though Red may be able to find areas to say sorry, but knowing blaming himself won't help. They're for Peromei, for Komaeda's relationship to her. But more than that, they're for the pair of them, for everything on their mind and everything that had happened. Because they were friends.

Because they both knew the places where it went wrong. It didn't have to discussed, though it would.

It was perhaps a better source of comfort, too, than any words that would follow. ]

From:

dereban

[ It takes her a while to prepare, clean up, and put on something formal, but when she does she immediately heads to the location that he gave her. While not hard to find, it's definitely not a place that she's overly familiar with, either. She tries to keep her emotions concealed, buried deep down. Can't have any of her worries seep out in a serious conversation.

Especially if it might heavily impact the island.

So when she sees him, she puts on a soft, melancholic smile, raising a hand by means of a wave. ]

Yo. I didn't keep you waiting for too long, did I?

From:

omaru

Ah, Komaeda-san? ...This is Komaru.

[ Since she returned home, she's...pretty confident that she's now from the same time as Komaeda, but she's not sure if she should bring that part up just yet. She's not even sure if anyone actually noticed she was gone, really, so she doesn't want to cause any unnecessary worry for now. She does remember that the last time she spoke to Komaeda before she left was about the situation with Elios and Peromei's condition, so she thinks it would be better to resume that conversation. ]

Are you doing okay? [ ... ] Is Peromei doing any better? You guys had a couple of rituals for her already, right?

From:

1upzero

[She was on a mission, and that mission stopped the moment she found Komaeda. It hadn't really taken too much time, she had come to know generally where he should be during the different times of the day and days of the week. But still, that first leg of the journey was now complete.]

Komaeda kun.

[She said his name with the utmost importance.]

I need a party member for a grinding quest.

[Her hands were balled up in front of her and she had a look of determination in her eyes.]

From:

1upzero

[Feeling a little frustrated and annoyed she decided to go seek out Komaeda next on her little practice exercise. There was also a matter she wanted to ask him, but first, before saying anything, she hands him a pad of paper with a determined frown.

>>Time travel to the future!
>>I got all the tokens, let's start rolling for those capsules!
>>Wubby Wub Wub.

Something was expected, but she wasn't saying what it was exactly right now.]

From:

heartofalioness

[Between Helisium and helping Hunk plan Lance's surprise party set immediately afterwards, Allura couldn't find the time to make it to the wedding. That didn't mean she couldn't support the new couple though, so when next they check their mail they'll find a package containing a large, plush throw blanket, patterned in cream and dark blue, as well as a handwritten note in a strange script. Thank goodness for translation magic.]

Dear Komaeda and Hinata,

Congratulations on your new union, and thank you very much for inviting me to join in the festivities. My apologies for not being able to attend in person, but I hear it was a lovely celebration and with as much love and dedication you have for each other, I believe it. Please accept this gift as a token of my happiness for your future, and a way to help keep each other warm and safe during anything you might face. May the love and trust you have in each other guide you well, and may the hopes you have for your future be well within reach.

Congratulations and Best Wishes,
Princess Allura of Altea

Edited Date: 2017-08-08 10:58 pm (UTC)

From:

gottacatch

Nagito, are you free?

[ It's after lunch time, and the first thing said once Komaeda should accept the hum that comes to his amulet, the presence more than a familiar one to him by now. Red doesn't sound panicked, but there's a tense feeling to the line, like a fabric pulled tight; stretched, and yet not tearing.

He's more durable than that, but there's a good reason to feel unsteady right now... ]

From:

gottacatch

[ Why did you have to go?

It's all he wants to write to Nagito. His hand never twitches, but it's there in his mind, in the back of his throat, on the front of his tongue. He stares at the paper, knowing what it's there for and his intentions, and he pushes himself away from it all.

He doesn't want to say good bye. It's too late for that, but the emotion tightens at his lungs and his head hasn't stopped feeling foggy, scattered, free of anything but what's been left there by allowing himself to acknowledge the departures gone. That, too, should be impossible to ignore, the house empty of the cheer and spark of another, one who brightened him and made him feel so, so warm. But it was an option just in grasp--because everyone leaves. Why should this be any different?

This was just the way it was. It was a mindset that had helped him for nearly two years.

The paper stays blank as leaves the room and everything it asks of him. ]

'someone's love'.

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