INBOX for purgastory

[aerodynamic]

HELLO

"Yo. Is this thing on?"

GOODBYE

TEXT | VIDEO | VOICE | ACTION

Comments

text... w5

[glub]

*Rafayel pokes you*

knock knock
anyone home

[aerodynamic]

[ hilarious, i had your inbox open for later today. ]

dude...
hey i was going 2 txt u
sup

[glub]

[ help... we are on the same brain cell ]

you do know that sounds like a lie yeah lol
but nothing much i just thought of you earlier today

thought i should check in make sure you havent done anything too drastic

[aerodynamic]

have i ever lied 2 u?
like fr
i was thinking about u 2 tho
usually i c u sooner than later but its kinda later
what r u calling drastic exactly
i mean im ttly fine but just wondering

[glub]

says yosuke as he texts that same line to everyone else tooooo

[ if you thought he was annoying in person... ]

you dun think you sometimes act a lil drastic every now and again
iirc someone tried to ditch me at the movies

[aerodynamic]

uh huh, and how do u kno who im txting huh???
ok 2 b fair to me that movie was bad. and humiliating. and if it had been u u cant tell me u wouldnt bail 2
... last week was just a lot for a few reasons but i think im fine now
i should be asking how ur doing

[glub]

why scared i can read your messages and mind now 🤐

but im glad youre doing alright
id be disappointed if you werent and you hesitated to text me

im also okayish lmao
kinda decided id just stay in today
we can cancel last week

[aerodynamic]

ok u cant read my mind from here so i think im safe
... wait really?

[ sorry, look, he likes raf a lot and he has become a needy dog who just shows up to bug him when he sees him but the idea that he'd actually say that still surprises him. ]

consider last week cancelled then
this weeks also kinda...
the mind thing is weird dude
like i am learning 2 much about some of u that i do not think u want me to know
cant say i blame u for staying in but ive been out at the star place a lot
may as well b4 its gone

[glub]

[ when he's asked "wait really," he feels weird...

if just because he also typed it more naturally than he expected. ]

yeah unlike a certain someone i mean what i say

[ jk, he believes yosuke would maybe think of him. maybe. ]

fr??? i cant tell if youre convincing me to come out or telling me i should stay in

do you usually like looking at the stars

[aerodynamic]

srsly what do i have 2 do to convince u i actually like u

[ please spare him!! ]

ya
u can come if u want im just practicing while its empty
i think theyre nice. couldnt always see them in the city but inabas in the country so u can see them for basically forever

[glub]

i dun knoooow you could start by acting cute again

[ he's not serious...

when will he let that go... ]

practicing?
for when you get home???
should i help you roleplay

1/2

[aerodynamic]

wafayel pwease come join me? 🥺

[aerodynamic]

damnit, im not doing that!
im kinda scared to ask what ur actually thinking but no its just music stuff
altho now im wondering what u think roleplaying would do here...
either way u can come by or not obvs this is ok 2

1/2

[glub]

wafayel is cwoming naooo 🫳🥺

[ brb, he's heading over. ]

[glub]

[ ... and the first thing he says is: ] Is that cutie Yosuke over there?

I can't believe you actually did it...

[aerodynamic]

[ welcome. we are probably on the deck area of the star room and he has a few pillows behind him as he leans against a wall. rafayel probably hears a slower version of this and when he appears he finds yosuke on the ground with his headphones on and a yellow-orange guitar in his hands. one of his ears is uncovered though so he does actually hear him and immediately rolls his eyes. ]

Well apparently it's the only way to get you to stop thinking I don't like hanging out with you, so some sacrifices had to be made. But don't make me do it again. [ he offers a grin though. ] Hey.

[glub]

[ a normal person probably would have felt embarrassed for misunderstanding what he meant by practice, but... rafayel is impervious to it in moments like these. instead, he simply listens along until yosuke finally drags his attention back to him. he gives an easygoing kind of shrug. ]

So you wanted me that bad? [ lol, but that said he's also coming to settle right next to him. ]

But, you're good. I see what you mean now.

[aerodynamic]

[ it's hard to say if he actually got what rafayel meant or if he's just sidestepping it, but he also figures the man isn't going to care because he'll brush it off. ]

Sure. I'd never reject your company. [ he turns this back around on him, and he plucks the strings a little. this close he can probably hear that the headphones are playing the same song and yosuke's trying to figure out how to play by ear alone. ] But thanks. I don't think I'm that good since I'm still learning, but I've been playing for a little while now. It was in one of the boxes with my name on it.

[glub]

[ he smiles a bit at that, even if he tries to hide it behind his hand. ]

Oh, so it was yours from before or something?

[ a slight tilt of his head, his eyes mostly curious. ]

Is there a reason you chose this song?

[aerodynamic]

Yeah, it usually lives in my room. There was a similar one in my trailer from a few weeks ago that I got to play with but this one feels better. It's... nice, you know? Having something to do when I'm not at work or school and I just want to do something else.

[ what he means is it's a nice creative outlet and it's something he genuinely likes and it's for himself more than anything. ]

It's easy to pick up from listening. [ he stops playing to gesture to his headphones. ] And it's... you know. I like it, I get it, that kind of thing.

[glub]

True, they did leave us to figure out our own enrichment. [ like they're pets... ]

Guess this is like your version of going out and finding inspiration. I like this look on you.

[aerodynamic]

You ever wonder who the hell "they" even are? Like... how did people get stuck here, and who contacted us to go rescue them? They really did leave us to our own devices though. [ "and some people went more wild than others."

but there's a little grin. ]

Thanks, I think. I'm still... figuring out a look, I guess. [ hm. that's one way to put it. ] Kinda why I wanted to apologize again for being weird last week.

[glub]

All the time, actually. [ who were they to have struck some sort of deal or arrangement with them all like this? it's weirder of a concept to think they could be someone who could comprehend their desperation too... and that was kind of scary. ]

You don't have to apologize, silly. [ he uses those words more easily than he thinks, but maybe it's because he's mostly been disarmed by yosuke. that's also a strange thought, however... and so rafayel avoids thinking about it. ] It's nice to see passion. Especially, as we get older... people tend to lose sight of that kind of thing. Or take it for granted.

[aerodynamic]

It's... something I think about a lot. We saw that one guardian or whatever who showed us what we came here for, but it's not like anybody was contacting us after that. They exist, but... makes you wonder if those are the ones we have to reach in the maze before we can rescue the people we came here for.

[ but that's all just idle thoughts. ]

It's nothing we can do right now though, I guess. [ the notion that he doesn't have to apologize is kind of nice, given the way his shoulders drop just a tiny bit. he doesn't entirely agree because rafayel's been nothing but nice to him and he's been kind of all over the place, but he's trying to get better at just accepting these things. instead, he chooses to focus on the second piece. ]

To be honest, I think I was starting to lose it for a little while back home. Being here's kinda reframed everything and steered me in the right direction again. Or, like, a direction. We'll see if it's the right one. But... I don't disagree. It's not something that should be lost or taken for granted. I don't want to be there.

[glub]

It's only natural. I think most people want to put a face, or even a general appearance to their enemies. ... Well, maybe not even that. [ it's a lot more complicated, or so he gets the feeling. but, he does nod in agreement that there's not much they could do.

all they can do is persist. ]

You lost it even back at home...? [ ... ] Purpose is sometimes hard to find. Or other times, we become soooo fixated on it, that we sort of lose sight of everything else. I think you're right that being here... did change things.

Not going to lie, I never thought I had to think this much outside of what I normally do.