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[righthandstand]

"Hiii, it's Okuyasu Nijimura!"

TEXT | VOICE | MAIL | ACTION

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voice. • backdated to when okuyasu was tranquilized.

[sunborne]

Hey, buddy! It's Daylight.

You doing alright? Haven't heard a peep from you in a while and wanted to do a quick touchdown with you.

[righthandstand]

Hey, there. What's shaking?

[He sounds pretty relaxed, after all that's happened.]

I'm cool. I've been busy helpin' my dad around the place.

[sunborne]

[ daylight sighs in relief. he thinks, at first, yeah okay this is good. they all deserved a break from the madness. ]

Okay. That's good to hear. Considering the crazy shit we've been through in December, I was worried you got into more trouble while I wasn't involved or something. [ you always need backup when it comes to crazy shit! rule number one during his exploration of space. ]

[righthandstand]

Yeah, that's the more bizarre Christmas season I've ever had. [This town is so weird. Why did they have to live in this suburb of all places?] Honestly, I think if one more weird thing pops up, we're all gonna have to move.

[sunborne]

Move?

[ that question throws daylight off and he frowns down at his walkie-talkie device, trying to make sense of it. ] What do you mean 'move', Okuyasu? Don't you want to solve what's happening here in the town with us?

[righthandstand]

...No? [What kind of question is that? Why would anyone want to investigate Santa Rosita?]

We've got to see what the mayor and police are doing first, anyway.

still tranquilized but down to learn things

[righthandstand]

That sounds swell.

Where do you want to meet?

text. • backdated to feb 5 (mid-morning, specifically), as discussed! <3

[sunborne]

Hey Okuyasu,

If you're planning to head over to that HHA luncheon later in the afternoon, can we meet up somewhere before then?

Got something to share with you but I don't think it'll be a smart idea if we did it over the walkie-talkies.

[righthandstand]

Hey

[Finally, something normal to focus on.]

I'll have to go anyone. The robot people were bugging me all week about going and I don't think skipping will make them happy.

[sunborne]

Yeah. The persistence has been intense since I made the mistake of mentioning it while one of them was nearby.

[ urhg— he’s getting too many flashbacks to his youth while growing up. all those darn parties. ]

How about we meet up at your school and walk to Uliveto’s? I can claim I’m escorting you there as a favour to your dad and we can take a leisurely stroll. [ aka be slow as possible. ]

[righthandstand]

oh fuck yeah I love Italian
are you paying?

[Dinner is a great way to lift his mood.]

Lunch is almost over, I'll talk to you later.

( change: text to action! )

[sunborne]

Least I can do since I'm not letting you do cool stuff.

[ just please don't eat him out of his home, buddy. he's saving up for stuff to buy for him and agatha. ]

I'll see you later, buddy. You won't be able to miss me. [ and daylight isn't lying.

when okuyasu and daylight later meet up, daylight, in all his eight feet plus glory, is not difficult to miss in the crowd of teenagers and teachers. at least okuyasu doesn't need to look around for the guy. ]

[righthandstand]

[Its difficult to concentrate during class when all he can do is imagine plates and plates of fancy Italian dishes. Puttanesca, mozzarella and tomatoes, bruschetta...damn it! How can he even think about math at a time like this?

Daylight wasn’t wrong. He’s certainly visible at the gate when Okuyasu exits the gates. When the other students don’t react, he wonders if he’s just seeing things. There’s a way to test that.]

The hell happened to you?!

text. • feb 9, very late in the evening. (1/6)

[sunborne]

Since our last eating was a success, wanna swing over to Blue Moon Diner and try out their stuff? Got some theories I wanna share with you and might as well over greasy fast food.

Let me know when you want to do this.

text. • feb 10, early morning. (2/6)

[sunborne]

[ the next morning, daylight sees okuyasu hasn't responded to him yet. huh.

before he heads off to work, daylight shoots a quick message: ] Not interested? There's free food and everything.

text. • feb 10, afternoon. (3/6)

[sunborne]

[ he still doesn't get an answer. daylight tries to tell himself that it's none of his buinsess - maybe okuyasu has other plans, or okuyasu is too busy to answer - but the fact he hasn't heard from him yet and hasn't seen other faces during his cycling around the town...

another message is sent, this one written with more urgency: ] Are you okay? You don't even need to accept my invite to the Blue Moon Diner.

Just let me know you're doing okay because something is fishy going on.

voice attempt. • feb 10, afternoon. (4/6)

[sunborne]

[ still no response and daylight's stomach is starting to churn.

so he gives up on texting and begins to call okuyasu. ]

voice attempt • feb 10, late afternoon to late evening. (1/6)

[sunborne]

[ and he calls okuyasu again.

and again.

and again and again.

and again and again and again- ]

reaction. • feb 10, very late in the evening. (6/6)

[sunborne]

[ fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck FUCK- ]

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[apodictic]

Okuyasu, it's Angelo.

Have you returned to us?

[righthandstand]

Yo, Angelo

I'm home

The fake home

[apodictic]

Clearly.

Are you taking guests?

[righthandstand]

Yeah

I don't have anything cooked so don't expect too much food

> action

[apodictic]

It's fine. I am not expecting to be entertained.

[ he'll be there in a few, politely introducing himself to the household should someone else be in. otherwise angelo has brought him some flowers, a sort of "get well soon" token. ]