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Date & Time: 06.18 and on;
Location: Asch's basement, outside, anywhere;
Characters: the Dan, their uncles, anybody else involved?! I am losing track. people. six degrees of separation. tag yourselves!!
Summary: as usual, anti-spam mingle log due to numerous interactions between numerous people. action, voice, text, video, post-its.
Warnings: bombs?!

They thought that trips to Alaska and getting shots would be the beginning of a relaxing break. Instead they got quarantines and bombs and people getting mad at them. Big. Sigh.

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[concealingeyes]

[Kido can more or less piece together their relationship, she thinks. Ayano must've cared for him a lot and Shintaro probably felt the same way. But they're both idiots, so... they never expressed anything before...

It's hard to talk about any of it without stumbling over that single fact: Ayano threw herself off a roof. That happened. She's even aware of it but she's smiling brightly like normal, apologising like she did something wrong.

Well, she kind of did, but... no, she'll see they're reliable now and things will be okay.]

Mm, yeah. Between that and talking it out together, we figured out a lot. That's why I wanted to find others and bring them in to help them, like your sister.

[But somehow their eyes don't feel like the important thing here. Kido knows she's seriously the last person in the world to give any sort of advice to two idiots but might as well.]

Anyway.. Oi, you two. I don't know what happened but... Shintaro's a reliable guy even if he's a hikiNEET and sis, well, you never failed us. It's just my opinion but you're both pretty dense. You can be open with each other now instead of acting weird.

[She sits back, arms folded, as if some miracle is going to happen due to her inspiring words.]

[koufukuriron]

[ Well isn't this all...revealing? Ayano just shuffles her feet in silence.

But it's obvious she can't keep quiet forever. ]

So I guess...if you want to ask me anything...I'll answer truthfully.

[ Yeah she really can't have this conversation like if it was any other. Not right now. ]

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[in any other situation, he might have had the mind to turn to Kido and ask her if she expected people to be able to have heart-to-hearts when there was someone watching. But here now, with Ayano on one side and Kido, her sister on the other, Shintaro feels like his lips are glued together, afraid to speak.

He had a lot of questions to ask, most prominently being "why?" Why did she jump? What had she been crying about? If he had spoken to her, would things have turned out differently? But he realizes as the questions rise that it's too late to ask any of that now. He could find out, but once their time in this world ends, Ayano would still be gone and what would he be left with? More regret? His eyes sting and his chest tightens more, so he looks away. He's a little glad that he didn't cut his hair since his bangs fall over his eyes now.]

I don't... really have anything to ask... [He bits the inside of his lip. A pause, then] But...

[concealingeyes]

[He isn't the only one wondering that. But Kido thinks about it differently. Even though now she would like to stay here with her family all together, if they wound up back home, wouldn't it be nice to have some closure? To be able to smooth down some of the sharp pains in her heart.

Right now, it's easy to fall back into the old feeling of 'family' but when she thinks for too long, alone in her room...

Kido glances at Shintaro. Is it better or worse to have her here? Well, it can't be helped.]

...Go first.

[Whatever he's got to say, he can't get out of it. Maybe because she doesn't know how to put it into words, either.]