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[aerodynamic]

HELLO

"Yo. Is this thing on?"

GOODBYE

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[aerodynamic]

Makes sense. Sometimes you get somewhere and decide it doesn't feel like the final destination. [ but hum... ]

Not sure about that one?

[vacuous]

I just really wanted to go somewhere far away and different.

[aerodynamic]

Well... if you're going somewhere far and different, we should do something far and different. [ a nod to the ice. we can ignore the memories that show up, surely. ]

I've come to find that sometimes going somewhere else ends up answering a lot of questions I didn't know I had.

[vacuous]

...I guess that's probably what I'm doing.

[ He really didn't set out to Saga with any plans in mind. He stares out at the ice. ]

There?

[aerodynamic]

Unless you have somewhere else you'd like to go? But you're here and you were looking at it, so... why not?

[ he figures tokinaga was actually looking at it just because it was there and not for any reason in particular, but. ]

[vacuous]

Uh... no. Not really. I have to check in at the place I'm staying but I should be fine as long as I do that at some point during today.

You look like a student.

[aerodynamic]

Probably because I am a student. [ he says this so easily like it's a little funny. ] That okay? There's still a lot of time left in today, checking in won't take long. You're planning to stay a while?

[ he's mostly asking questions to see if he can understand what might've been going on here. ]

[vacuous]

That's fine, but you don't have class today? [ What fucking day is it. ] I'm staying about a week...

[aerodynamic]

School holiday. [ easy lie. ] To be honest? I could use the break, too. Not too bad of a place to take it.

[vacuous]

I hope so.

...Are you from around? What's good to look at around here?

[ Said like he truly doesn't have any plans beside wander around, even if it's on top of lake ice. Watching his feet... he doesn't seem worried about the ice giving, he's just vaguely fascinated by the frozen texture and whatever he can make out through the frost. ]

[aerodynamic]

I've been here for a while. [ which is true and a close enough answer. ] What sort of things are you interested in? We can try skating, or there're a couple of libraries, there's food, a movie theater, a lab...

[ he's also glancing at the ice to see if anything happens to show up because he has no idea how to explain that one. ]

[vacuous]

...Whatever is the most distracting. Did you just say a lab?

[ He only points it out because it was a funny outlier among the ones he listed. Really he's probably thinking library or movie or... maybe he'll just walk around anyway.

Remember that story Tokinaga told you ages ago about a drowning kid. We can see that reflected on the ice, while Tokinaga just absently rubs his eyes. He thinks he's just seeing stuff. ]

...uh... I don't know if I have the coordination to skate, I've never tried.

[aerodynamic]

I did just say a lab. [ he's about to say something else, but his eyes are drifting to the ice and he frowns softly. what the fuck?

okay. what if we don't hang out on the ice? ]

Let's not worry about that. Sometimes it's easier just to walk around and see what catches your eye. We don't have to have an actual destination yet.

[ perhaps... a little explore. ]

Might not be as many options as the city, but that might even be better.

[vacuous]

That's fine... I wanted to get away from the city.

[ He looks vaguely disturbed by the vision of memory in the glass, of the bully screaming and kicking while baby Tokinaga in his swim cap with both eyes just watches on, bleeding from his scratches. He does not realise this is visible to Yosuke also. ]

I didn't have any particular plans anyway.

[aerodynamic]

[ sorry, he's 100% distracted watching the ice because this is a lot. this is a lot? THIS IS A LOT. ]

—right. Then... why ruin it with having plans, right? Let's just go take a walk and see what sticks out to you.

[vacuous]

Yeah.

[ Sticking his hands into his pockets. ]

Don't you have any plans yourself?

[aerodynamic]

[ he shrugs, stepping onto the ice just on top of the memory in the reflection so nobody can see it anymore. ]

Let's just say I'm flexible. Besides, don't you think this kind of thing is better with another person?

[vacuous]

I... guess so...

[ In the sense of it logically pans out but he's not sure himself. ]

Just don't want to bore you.

[aerodynamic]

[ huh. so even then... he shakes his head though. ]

If you ran a risk of boring me, I would've left a while ago.

[ which is true from a dude whose shadow has a battle line that's just "i'll crush everything that bores me." ]

Do you think of yourself as a boring person? [ sneaking a peek down at the ice again. how're we doin', freaky intense memory? ]

[vacuous]

[ Ngl that's the only one I had that was like exactly on theme that this Tokinaga would have. You can have like... other little things. Him at his sister's wedding. Happy with his family. Not depressed to shit. He looks still relatively young then. ]

If you say so.

...

[ Sort of thinks about it. ]

Maybe...? Not sure. I think I'm average or whatever.

[aerodynamic]

[ i wasn't sure if it was looping but thank you for telling me this man did at least have some happiness once, i was concerned. ]

Average isn't bad either. Everybody's idea of average is different anyway... but maybe tell me about yourself anyway?

[ let us walk... away from the ice. ]

[vacuous]

[ Hey he's been happy for others. ]

About me?

Where would I begin...

[aerodynamic]

[ 🥺 ]

I've heard the beginning is good. Not a bad place to start.

[vacuous]

...?

Um... I was born and raised in Tokyo... I have two sisters...

[ Is that beginning enough? ]

[aerodynamic]

[ it is beginning enough for our walkies... maybe we can head to santa's workshop, who knows if the scarf would work in the heart. ]

Older? Younger? Are you guys close?