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[ voice ]
[ After a rather long spell of being a bit of a hermit, guess who's making an effort to be social?

That's right. Especially since a Very Important Someone has finally showed up again, though seemingly lacking memories of last time. Well, it won't be hard getting her started again. ]

Uh... Hi, everyone! I hope you're all doing well. [ ...no now's not the time for that ]

So last month, a really close friend of mine arrived here in Luceti--Anri Sonohara-san. She's from Ikebukuro too, and is a classmate of mine and Masaomi's.

.. It's nice to meet you all.

...Though, it doesn't seem she remembers the last time she was here. So if you were her friend, come introduce yourself! I'm sure she won't mind, right? [ er, this is a bit odd-- ]

Um-- that's.. that's okay.

--Anyway, I'll be showing her around the village today, if you need us.


[ action ]
[ Like Mikado said, you can indeed find both of them out and about the village today.

And they really will be everywhere--in all the town center shops and facilities, the rec center and battledome, even as far out as the hot spring. And since he's really trying to make a good impression to Anri here, he'll be chatting up anyone who looks like they'll take a short conversation, whether or not he's met them before. Gotta work hard to get the girl ok!!!!

So come say hi. And this is a joint post with Anri (amoreless), so expect replies from both!! The order will be you > Mikado > Anri c: ]

[ text ]

[ You thought your leader had abandoned you, have you? Nope. Mikado will be selectively sending out messages to anyone who responded positively or at least neutrally in the last communications (if you're unsure just ask), and the following message will greet them sometime this afternoon-- ]

Hello. It has been a while.

I hope you haven't forgotten about 'DOLLARS'.
It has come to my attention that while we have gathered a few members, we still remain faceless and nameless to each other.
I'm thinking of putting an open meeting together within the next few days.
If you have the time, I would appreciate it if you attended.

Thank you.


[ voice ]

[ Besides that, Mikado has a more general question to ask. One that he's been meaning to ask for quite a while now. ]

Hi, um... I was wondering. If someone has no combat experience but really wants to take something up, then... where do you start? What kind of, uh... things do you recommend? I really don't know anything about this so I just... thought I'd ask.

[ And once again, Masaomi was gone.

Mikado couldn't help but think this was all his own fault. He shouldn't have said anything when he asked, and just continued to play it like there was nothing different. Then again, he had no idea that Masaomi would have responded like that, and maybe he shouldn't be so hard on himself. Either way though, he knew that he was the one that could have prevented this and began to shoulder all the blame on himself.

There was no sign of him in his daily routine. His room was empty, his desk was empty, and his walk from place to place now was by himself. Sometimes he'd turn around, expecting a familiar face, but only to see no one. The realization hit him as he recognized this situation as all too familiar, and for the third time in his life, his best friend was vanished.

...And what terrible timing, too. ]


[ voice | filtered 100% away from Masaomi ]

[ Mikado usually isn't one to use the voice function, but this time he figures it's the easiest way to get a lot of people's attention. ]

Um...

I'm sure most of you have heard of someone named "Kida Masaomi." He's... well, he's blond, has piercings, is loud and obnoxious, and he likes to pick up girls, and he's my... ...I'm sorry, I'm getting sidetracked.

His birthday is a week from now, and I think it would be nice to throw a party for him. So for those of you who are his friends, if you wouldn't mind helping me organize something I would really appreciate it. I... want this to be special. For him.

--Oh, and please don't tell him. I'd like it to be a surprise.

...Thank you.

[ And he'll conveniently leave out the detail that he himself isn't planning on going. ]

[ It starts out written, ]

To Asbel Lhant,
Thank you so much for the present! It's very nice, and I plan to make good use of it.
In the future if you have some free time, I think we s

[ and it stops abruptly at the sound of a knock at the door. There's the sound of a chair scooting back. That's odd, he's just in his room. No one needs to knock. ]

Coming...

[ ...And there is a sudden clattering sound, accompanied by muffled screams coming from Mikado that sound something like "let go of me!"

The sounds fade a bit when the door is finally shut closed, and so is the journal.

see you next month! ]