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From:

Nagito!

Hey, I didn't get to see you during the mess with the tree. Anyway, I wanted to talk to you about something.

How about lunch? I'll treat. Just let me know when's good for you, okay?

Lloyd Irving

From:

clumsyjesus

Hey, Nagito!

I was wondering how you were, since things have been a bit hectic lately. Maybe we should hang out together sometime!

Colette Brunel

Edited Date: 2016-01-30 09:44 pm (UTC)

From:

feistytrader

[...Silver isn't one for bookstores- libraries, sure, but not bookstores- because part of the thing about a bookstore is the store part, which implies that you're going to pay money, and he's not one for spending money on books.

...

By all means, he could be, with all the cash he hides in his floorboards, but he sure as hell isn't.

But this bookstore in particular- the one Nagito works for- gets more than enough of his traffic... And maybe a couple of his sales. Today's just as normal of a visit as any; Silver's bringing Nagito cookies today.

They're huge. Like, actually as big as his head huge. He has to carry them under his arm huge. Who actually makes cookies like these? Crazy people, that's who. But those crazy people are now a couple of Silver's favorites, and he's absolutely sharing it with Nagito because crazy things just so happen happen to be delicious sometimes.

So here Silver is, meandering into the bookstore Nagito works at to give him baked goods just because.]

Special delivery.

[This is absolutely unprofessional.]

Edited Date: 2016-01-31 03:19 am (UTC)

From:

boredalready

Hey, Nagito,

I know that you said you'd help with Colette. I have a request to make but the owner won't let me leave the metalworks to ask you in person since I'm leaving tomorrow for a trip. I think I told you about the ExSpheres that Colette and I use, right? I need something called a Mana Fragment, which is really just a broken ExSphere.

I don't really...want to break the ExSpheres we have right now, so I need to find something else to use in its place. I'm just coming up blank for options. Can you maybe look up something that could be used instead? I talked to that alicorn, Celestia, at the gem shop, so maybe you can talk to her about it too?

Thanks for your help in advance!

Lloyd Irving

Edited Date: 2016-02-19 09:36 pm (UTC)

From:

gottacatch

[ While it had been a while since the two last spoke, the latest news about the chamber discovered within the Ferril Mountains had sparked a reminder of the individual Red had spoken to before about the arehtei as well as the Tree of Memories, and it was that-- as well as the long distance between Verens and the northern site-- that led to this humming from Nagito's amulet, as well as in his mind.

Maybe it gives off even the slightest of familiar feelings, maybe not. Either way- ]

Hey! Komaeda Nagi...to? [ ... ] Tree guy?

--uh, sorry, I didn't mean to say that part. It's Red. We talked about the memory tree?

From:

unghosting

[Not long after Elios's announcement as to the new representatives of the Arehtei is sent out -- enough time for a humble swordsman such as himself to place names to faces, if we're being honest here -- Komaeda will feel a faint, wordless poke over his amulet. Nothing aggressive. Nothing he even has to respond to, if he doesn't wish to chat. It feels a lot like someone familiar sliding into place at your side on a crowded street, really. Kevin's just getting his attention.]

Congratulations.

[That's all he says. Kevin did not try for the position for many reasons. But he thinks back on his last conversation with Komaeda as a good one, and it pleases him to think someone who understands Kevin's own thoughts was able to stand up.]

From:

clumsyjesus

Hi, Nagito! Colette here. Well done on being chosen to be Peromei's representative! I'm sure you'll be amazing!

From:

hopedout

[ Today, in mid-afternoon, Hinata can't help but let out an exasperated, hollow laugh. ]

Please tell me you saw the task board.

From:

hopedout

... Oi, Komaeda. I don't know if you'll hear this, [ or if you'll even care, but he wants to hope ] but I wanted to apologize for the other day.

From:

hopedout

Oi, Komaeda. Are you free in the afternoon or late evening? I was thinking that maybe I should spar a bit.

[ He's not saying why, though. ]

From:

clumsyjesus

Hey, Nagito! When you can, could you meet me at Lloyd's place? There's something really important that I need to tell you.

Oh, and bring some friends of yours if you can.

Edited Date: 2016-05-13 01:46 pm (UTC)

From:

gottacatch

[ Hello, Komaeda. There will be a messenger bird - or messenger something that probably came from the sea judging by its aquatic, blue-lobster looking features - will come bothering you with flapping limbs and a small bag in an even smaller grip. Really, this thing does not have talons or claws-

but just accept the bag and its contents: a tin of salve and a small box of herbal tea, both which come with details concerning numbing pain and soothing the body, and promising an initial "heat" upon applying or drinking (no ands, now) before kicking in. There's also a letter addressed to a 'Komada' in an unfamiliar language; or one not so popular, surely.

But he'll be able to read it, as well as the contents inside: ]

Komada,

Hi, this is Red! I wanted to write about the chat I had with Elios and Sosyne that I told you about in case you didn't remember because of the medication. It's not going to be much but it should be all of it.

○ Something about the crystal bothers Sosyne. She doesn't know what.
○ The tree isn't natural and shouldn't be here. It messes with the eco system.
○ Memory trees only grow under special conditions and they're rare.
○ We tried to make one of the pods in the tree show a memory linked to the crystal, but it didn't work.
○ Elios thinks it's possible the world itself is behind what's been going on since we came here.

If you still plan to talk to Sosyne sometime, she isn't as bad as you think she'll be. She doesn't like small talk and she gets snippy and finds a lot to complain about, and sure she rubs me the wrong way sometimes too... but ~~I li~~ ~~she just misses~~ you don't have to worry. It'll be okay!

Red

From:

gottacatch

[ Brng brrrrng, Komaeda!! Or more of a hum hum, but there's a familiar-feeling boy on the other end! ]

Komaeda, it's Red! You got a second?

From:

hopedout

Komaeda. Do you mind if we talk? I need to ask you something. You have to promise me not to tell the others.

[ A beat, and then: ] Especially... not Nanami.

From:

properprincess

[After witnessing a scene between Hinata and Komaeda that looked very much like an argument, Sonia waits until later to talk her friends regarding it. Since it seemed as if Komaeda was the more angry of the two, and they're actually closer now that they've had the time to get to know one another, she knocks on his door that night while alone.]

Komaeda-san, are you home? I'd like to speak to you, if you want.

From:

i_think

[ Chiaki's sleep schedule is completely off.

It was anyway, because she had the tendency to fall asleep at any hour of the day. Even without video games, she'd learned how to play several different kinds of card games and solitaire, which kept her occupied for hours.

But since coming to the city, she'd learned that she had to eat too. So she would eat in the middle of the night, sleep until noon... basically act like a typical college student as she tried to cope with being organic.

It was on one of these occasions that she found there wasn't really anything in the house that she was hungry for. So she walked over to Komaeda's house and knocked on the door.

... She thought she was supposed to knock. He'd said the house was open at any time, but she figured she might as well be polite. ]

Edited Date: 2016-07-10 01:28 am (UTC)

From:

sobored

This is weird, but...

[Junko sounds...genuinely concerned. And you know what? She is. She's definitely concerned about how things went and how certain people are feeling about it. Sure, she's mainly interested in a certain feeling, but that doesn't mean she can't be concerned.]

I mean I don't normally did this, but I'm guessing you saw some shit today, so how are you doing after all that?

From:

gottacatch

[ The hum of the connection comes with a pressure to it, a strong insistence to be answered in the early afternoon that doesn't usually announce Red's calls. Where those were a lighter, cheerier set of knocks, these could only be compared to a more forceful rapt of knuckles urging for the door to be open. And, once Komaeda should answer it-- ]

Komaeda. [ Red speaks instantly, some pulse of another's bubbly emotion joined behind the name, a contrast to his voice that's attempting to keep steady under the emotion present. The line itself is tense, uneasy, hollow; there's nothing visual to the link, but there's a bed of emotions that can be felt quivering over some lower portion of the space, focus from the trainer pushing them down to that lower level to the best of his ability.

But the emotions are like a land-level fog, rolling by some unseen force, where one stands out as existing more than the unease of the trainer himself. It's a hopelessness, an utter despair with a signature not unfamiliar to Komaeda, and definitely not Red's. It tries to ascend like curls of smoke upward, but some unknown third party exists beneath everything connected to Red by a line that can't be touched, a low hum of happiness -- like inhuman chuckles -- rolling over it to smother it back down.

It's an odd mess as Red tries to speak through it, but his beginning message is short enough. ]

Junko didn't -- [ a distant laughter, a soft hushing hiss. ] -- die in that place.

From:

i_think

[ Nanami didn't sleep well the night that Komaeda left to be healed. She experimentally reached out with her mind, trying to feel him, to see if he was okay. But whether he wasn't there to be felt or her powers weren't quite well-trained enough yet, she couldn't feel anything.

He had at least told her where he'd be. So the following morning, she packed a lunch into her bag and hurried over to his house, almost tripping over her own feet.

The house looked fairly ordinary, but as she approached it, her practice the previous night started to pay off -- because she could definitely feel an unusual emotional energy emanating from the house. ]

From:

hopedout

[ After a few days of no contact - of course, he'd already told Komaeda the reason why he's gone and now he's back. But of course, Hinata himself is exhausted, hence why he'll just flop his way over to the bed, eyes closed. He needs his nap.

But nevertheless, he'll go ahead and contact Komaeda - a tired, some lazy affection pouring into it. ]

I just... wanted to tell you that I'm back. I'm a bit tired, but I'm here. If you want to come over you can. I'd rather tell you everything in person.

From:

i_think

[ She was getting used to sleeping with him, now. But that didn't make it any less wonderful to fall asleep at his side, curled up in each other's embrace.

Their emotions sometimes bled into each other, both while awake and while asleep, but what hadn't happened before -- until now -- was sharing a dream. She knew that it was academically possible, but she'd never actually tried it.

Still, the crystals didn't always behave. She woke as quietly as she'd fallen asleep, next to him. Rubbing her eyes and looking around, through the fog. Trying to get her bearings. ]

Where... are we?

From:

gottacatch

[ Here comes the gentle hum of the amulet at a time before lunch, a soft voice coming over a calm and steady line once it's allowed. ]

Hey, did you sleep well? Hope this isn't a bad time. I wanted to see how you were feeling!

[ He hadn't seen him yesterday, after all. ]

From:

hopedout

Nagito.

[ He's not even daring to hide the sadness in his voice; the hurt in his chest. It's audible and loud and the darkness is seeping through. ]

Can we... talk? [ Does he know already? Did he recall it as well? ]

From:

gottacatch

[ In hindsight, perhaps picking the day that the Arehtei had gathered to receive completed crystals, crystals known to show images of a home far away, too far to scratch any itch but close enough to leave a wound, on the same that they would be fiddling with emotional energy...was not the best of ideas.

Or so Red considers to be the reason for Komaeda's appearance, for something feeling off about him. There was nothing that gave it away so easily. When it came to Komaeda, Red could picture him as wearing the same expression throughout the day if he chose: soft faced, soft smile, yet with his always smooth sounding voice with the potential of being his greatest weapon at any moment. He could be expressive, while at the same time keeping things tucked inside. An oddly mystical quality, to someone who could never achieve such a feat in a single hour, even if he were to attempt to.

But that wasn't Komaeda all the time. A brighter face was one Red had become more accustomed to these days, both in person and in mind. Red would never call himself perceptive, especially not of people, but he was one to listen to his feelings, and so if those feelings told him something wasn't right-- ]

Hey... do you wanna skip today? [ Red would listen to them, especially when it involved an individual not himself. ] It's been stressful already with the crystal collection and all the reactions to it. We can do this another time, when the city's settled again.

[ Even the smallest handful of people from other worlds had a way, Red found, of leaving their moods all around after events like these that anyone could stumble upon. Sometimes literally.

Yet despite what tomorrow might bring, Red's face perks up. ]

You should let me try something on you instead! I've been practising it with Gengar for a while now. And you know, [ he adds, with a slight tip of his head and a brightening smile ] you look like a guy who can do with getting away now and then.

From:

luckyhood

[Naegi fingers the crystal clover hanging from his neck, uncertain. He's never had an issue with using the amulets for communication - usually his voice messages go to who they're supposed to go to and such - but... his whole body is stiff with tension for an entirely different reason.

He doesn't want to have this conversation with anyone. Doesn't want to force Komaeda into talking about Nanami when that's surely already something very raw and painful, but... But...

"Still, I'm totally disappointed. Like I said, better you hear these things from them than me, but from the sounds of it, not one of them told you that. Which is pretty messed up..."

"But hey, you know what else doesn't change? The fact they didn't tell you about her."

And Naegi squeezes his eyes shut, like that can block it out, but it doesn't really. Not completely. He still cares... For better or worse, he'll always care about his upperclassmen, but his trust feels like an open wound that's been rubbed raw. Enoshima's words are like a poison.

...He has to at least try, though.]

Ko- Komaeda-san. [Oh no, that's bad, his voice is already unsteady.] I'm... sorry to bother you, but... I just had a conversation with Enoshima-san, and I wanted to talk to you about something. Would... you mind if I came over for a bit?

'someone's love'.

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