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[OPEN] clever titles are for squares

ɪ. ʟᴀᴛᴇ ᴀᴛ ɴɪɢʜᴛ

[ it's a little after one in the morning when rei is back on the streets. coming from the direction of the hospital, her shoulders are hung low, her head is cast downwards, and her steps are slow. it's as if she's just simply dragging herself along. perhaps it wouldn't be anything to be concerned about. after all, maybe it was just a long night in the dungeon. ]

[ ... maybe that would have been the case if she wasn't covered in dried blood. ]

[ her shirt and skirt are ruined with a dark crimson colour and there's a very unfortunate small blood splatter across her face (cover your mouth when you cough, terry...). whether or not the blood bothers her, it's not like she can do much about it right now. she just continues to walk down the street, almost as if in some sort of trance. she doesn't pay attention to where she's heading and it's honestly more than likely that any of the following would happen: ]

[ a: she walks straight into a pole. ]
[ b: she walks straight into a person (you). ]
[ c: she walks right into the forest because she's not paying attention and i guess i'll have a bear eat her or something. ]

ɪɪ. ᴇᴀʀʟʏ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏʀɴɪɴɢ

[ the next morning, rei isn't doing much better. she has thrown out her clothes so she's back to wearing her original school uniform, but she has thrown on a black and tattered cape over herself, though. hm. well, whatever she's happy with. ]

[ she's still in a trance, though, so the following will happen again: ]

[ a: she walks into a person (you) (again).
[ b: she walks right into a food stand and well, i guess there goes 'em apples and oranges all over the floor. she's already getting yelled at so help. ]
[ c: courtesy of card, all 'em apples and oranges actually go into rei's face later on in the day. a kind npc has given her an orange but she's so tired and not really paying attention that she just bites down onto it like an apple and i guess she's eating the skin of the orange and getting orange juice everywhere. thanks, card. ]
[ d: she actually trips and falls flat on her face because the owner of the cape was actually 30cm taller than her so, of course, it's much longer on her. she falls quite heavily onto the floor and well, everything sucks. this sucks. life sucks!! ]

ɪɪɪ. ᴛɪʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴊᴜʟʏ

[ over the course of the next week or so, rei hovers near the entrance of the dungeon but she doesn't actually go in. she looks extremely uneasy and just hovers around. when she spots someone trying to go through the front entrance, she walks on over and grabs them by their sleeve or end of their shirt. ]

... please don't go in.

[ it's a small and sad plead. ]

ɪᴠ. ᴛʜɪs ɪs ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴀ ᴄᴀᴛᴄʜ-ᴀʟʟ

[ if you want to thread anything else with rei (backdated or slightly forwarddated) or with kokichi, just lmk and i will be there. this is literally just a post for me to throw threads into because it'd be so much easier for me to track, laughs. ]

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[The night after Kokichi forces Red to go take a rest, he's back at the dungeon entrance with Pikachu and Blastoise. Even though he had spent the majority of the day sleeping, he probably needs another day or two of rest to truly be back at full strength but does he care? Nah, so he's back here whether Kokichi likes it or not.

But before he can enter the dungeon, he's suddenly stopped by a hand grabbing his sleeve. He looks back to see who the hand belongs to, and soon enough Rei has three pairs of eyes staring curiously at her.]

...Why not?

[ Moping and wandering and all that isn't all that strange to Kido, who makes a habit of that sort of thing too, but although she's been watching Rei go about her business for a while, she draws the line at Rei eating the orange peel.

She lowers the orange from Rei's mouth before she can take another bite, suddenly appearing as if she'd been standing there all along and Rei was just too out of it to notice. ]

Hey, let me peel that for you.

[ Like a fallen warrior, Mondo walks out of the school, defeated. The battles he had with the Shadows have never been this tough before. He feels completely powerless ー none of his attacks seemed to be effective against the Daitengu. He too, is dazed enough not to notice someone walking on his direction, until there is a soft bump to his chest.

Slowly, he looks down, finding-- ]

Rei...? You okay?

[ He takes a step back, bending down so he can have a good look at her. Blood. There's blood all over her. The sight freezes Mondo on the spot, but not for long. ]

Rei?! What happened?! [ The Daitengu? Did she go in there alone and got hurt? ] We need to get ya fixed up! Let's go to the hospital!!

[ Wait... the direction she came from... isn't it the hospital? ]

[ Hibiki happens to see her first and waves his hand at her, but it seems like Rei didn't notice and just keeps moving forward until they bump into each other instead of dodging her. ]

Rei-chan?

[ This cape...is this her emo phase? It could be. ]

Perfect timing, I was looking for a place to eat breakfast.

[ Oh, dear. RO walks up to Rei when she sees her trip and fall over that cape. That cape is a health hazard now. RO deems it so. Anyway, she doesn't see Rei getting back up, so she'll stand in silence for a second or two before picking her up quite easily. Up you go, little flower girl. ]

Are you hurt anywhere...?

[ Terry has been feeling better by the next day, but mostly because he's on so many painkillers. Fortunately, or unfortunately, he's still awake despite how much he took because of his stupid endurance levels and for his conscience wanting to stay awake so much so that he doesn't miss Rei coming. He's still bedridden as before, since it's only been one day after all.

He's gotten himself a piece of string and he's doing something like a single player cat's cradle with it--making an Eiffel Tower shape by biting on the top point and spreading the figure as its base. So this is the reason why Terry has a string in his mouth when Rei comes in, in which he perks his head up to greet her, along with a muffled "hi". ]

[Rei, you're always aiming to give him a heart attack, huh? After that first time, getting stuck in the dungeon when lockdown ended, Killua's been much more careful about leaving on time.

It's not a surprise to run into another persona user on the way out now, though it's usually not quite so literal. Killua bites back annoyed words when he sees who it is, steadying her instead.]

You again. It's important to train in there, but you're not supposed to overdo it either.

[And though the darkness around them making it hard to spot the blood stains immediately, Killua's nose is still sharp enough to catch the sharp tang of blood.] Oy! Are you injured?

[ The school festival is over, and after some info extracting and snooping around, he has the gist of what the shady fortune teller was talking about. Well, today's the day to take a break from all that. As if to take shelter from the blistering heat, Terry steps inside a bookstore and is seeing which books he should read. He's not much of an avid reader, but if there's something interesting, he'll definitely take it.

He's been here for a while now... probably two hours. He doesn't want to leave because the bookstore actually has AC and he can sort through so many books. He can just do that at the library, yeah, but there's something about being at the bookstore that makes him a lot more comfortable.

He's seen some weird titles like the following:

"Sew It Up! Take It Off? Change!! My Girlfriend Failed Her High School Debut and Became a Shut-In, So I Decided to Coordinate Her Youth"
"Do You Like Your Mom? Her Normal Attack is Two Attacks at Full Power"
"My Girlfriend's No Otaku, But She Sure is Interested in My Erotic Games......"

(these are legit titles btw)

Terry immediately closes the last book and puts it back on the shelf. ISN'T THIS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE R18 SECTION?! Is there even a R18 section?! He's not going to dwell on that for too long and picks out the next random book from the shelf.

"I Vicariously Live With My Little Sister's Blood Inside Me"

Terry has the deadest eyes in the world right now. ]

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ii.c.... I guess I'll take responsibility

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ii:a

ii-d