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[le_mat]

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< lightfall >

[familyproblem]

Make it through yet?

[send text. oh, crap, wait, his username. send second text:]

-Gladion

[Akira strikes him as the kind of person who would prioritize picking up a laptop and getting back online...]

< joker >

[le_mat]

New un? Nice. And yeah, I bailed soon as the portal opened. You holding up okay?

a Nattensfest gift

[familyproblem]

[Left at Akira's doorstep. Rather clearly marked "For Akira" and heavily taped up so someone would have a hard time casually opening it and taking the contents.

Inside the parcel is...

A nice wool blanket and a decent-quality multitool.

Also a small, nice-smelling wreath, formed by shaping the branches themselves rather than wiring them together. Nymph tricks!!!]

[le_mat]

[Gladion will 100% spot the wreath on the door later that same day!]

[policedefective]

DETECTIVE has joined xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> You have new private message(s)

< detective > Fancy a bit of sleuthing?
< detective > There's been a few strange events recently that have caught my eye, and I don't mean people getting eaten.

[le_mat]

Oh you know I can't resist being nosey.

before sunrise on 2/6

[familyproblem]

[Five down, one to go.

There's been no...light show, no psychic pressure. No actual sign to indicate that this is working. All he has is the witch's word, and fewer coins on hand than he had this morning, and hope that he's been doing this right.

If this does work, it'll be unfair to Silvally to make it wait for an explanation. He needs to do this somewhere spacious, and with someone who's not going to lunge if they see an unfamiliar creature.

So, Akira: what are you up to at this hour, anyways?]

[le_mat]

[Usually he would still be asleep right now- he's a deep sleeper, and tends to sleep late if allowed. Especially without Morgana. But ever since the beginning of the month his sleep has been restless and dark.

So he's out walking the streets, too close to morning to bother going back to sleep, but too early to do anything worthwhile. So he just roams]

Feb 3rd

[policedefective]

Turns out I'm dead.

Dead from this stupid alcoholic headache.

[le_mat]

[Akira groans over the connection]

Sorry, I'll have to take a raincheck on kicking your door down 'cause I'm dead too.

On the 4th

[policedefective]

Well, time has advance and I'm still here.

[le_mat]

[He doesn't respond right away, lingering on Read for a bit]

I almost excepted something different. We really are completely separated from Mauki's power here.

On the 14th - 3rd day I'm sorry for the spam but I needed to

[policedefective]

Do you want to go rob a bank? I've always wanted to rob a bank.

Then we can go back to actually trying to play heroes on the populous, but at least I can say I've robbed a bank even if said bank will not remember it. Unless we get unlucky...but that's part of the fun, isn't it?

[le_mat]

[There's a bit of a delay before:]

Hell yes.

< detective > Timey woobly sometime someday

[policedefective]

You know. It's been nearly half a year where you pondered the possibility of making a 'soup' out of savoury cereal and milk and yet I still have not seen you attempt it in any way.

Does this mean I have won?

[Yes, he is doing this on Purpose.]

[le_mat]

Oh, you want to challenge me? If I try something you have to eat it

<silverfeather> during first april fog

[familyproblem]

I have a question or two to ask. It has to do with feeding, and it might take a while to get through. It's not urgent, though. Let me know when you have some time?

< joker >

[le_mat]

shoot. Not like I can sleep or anything like that, so i have time

3 am text

[policedefective]

Is an ocean a soup?

[Akechi, you goddamn troll.]

[le_mat]

[the rain and crying had finally, FINALLY stopped... blessed sleep, he's missed you and-

beepbeep]

im going to kill you

7/4

[familyproblem]

I'm up. How was your month?

voice

[le_mat]

[Sorry Gladion you're getting a voice request INSTANTLY]

<Crow > <Text>

[policedefective]

Tell me, what do you consider luxury?

[What a weird question to ask at 2am. Not that he'd sleeping much around this time anyway, what with the whole weakness to sunlight.]

[le_mat]

[it is weird. But weird 2 am conversations with them is kinda a trend by now so he doesnt hesitate to answer- he's pretty nocturnal himself without Mona]

well, you know I've never really been rich or anything. so maybe that colors it. but I think of luxury as... an experience you cant easy get. if it's food it has to have ingredients I could never usually get. if its art it needs to be one of a kind. if its clothing it has to make me stand out in a way someone cant just copy.

Usually that kind of thing takes money, yeah. but if it's something anyone with enough cash can do I dont think it counts. It takes a certain level of effort and taste too.

After the announcement about the 'sacrifice'

[policedefective]

What do you think?

[le_mat]

I'm gonna do it

Near the start of the month

[i_am_emmet]

[Emmet knew everyone else knew, but he also knew that this was for the best, despite it still hurting. He didn't know how he could face Lusamine, he knew she cared about her son in some degree- a mother was still a mother. But, he also knew he just wasn't good enough with emotional things to be able to try and comfort her if she knew. (He suspected she did).]

[But, he could at least visit Akira. He had made a casserole that was primarily potato and cheese, wrapped it up, headed down to the 38-8 and knocked on Akira's apartment door.]

[Lusamine was on the 7th floor. He was a coward.]

[le_mat]

[It takes a bit for anyone to answer- and thankfully for Emmet, it's not Goro.

(That is a bit of awkwardness they don't have to deal with today)

Akira has... looked better, that's for sure. His hair is always messy, but it's full on wild right now, eyes blurry and still in sweatpants and a Grafitees tee. He blinks owlishly at Emmet, a rare moment where he isn't completely sure which twin he's seeing]

...oh. Hey Emmet.