Inaba|October 7th|afternoon|central shopping district

[crusheternity]

[if you are in the shopping district this afternoon, you might see something somewhat out of place in the form of a young woman in full gothic lolita, obviously looking for something. And looking angry.]

Where is he...

[and then she is coming up to you] Have you seen a man named Kuzuki Isao today?

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[sometimesidrive]

[Pulling to an abrupt stop on his motorcycle.]

Fujiwara, what're you doin' here?

[crusheternity]

[at least she doesn't have to hunt you down] Did you forget? [warning, Isao, warning]

[sometimesidrive]

[Emergency. Emergency. We have entered girlfriend DEFCON 2. Please move to emergency battle stations.]

Forget...? Aw, shit. You tried contactin' me by mail again, didn't you? The guy in charge of my route broke his leg, and I live on the top floor, so gettin' my mail's been pretty sporadic.

[crusheternity]

Hmph. You seem to have bad luck with your mail.

[sometimesidrive]

It's not the only thing that seems to go wrong, believe me, most my time's spent cleanin' up people's messes, it seems like. [He sighs.] Anyways... It's good to see you, but it's not a holiday. What're you doin' here?

[crusheternity]

Should that not be obvious?

[sometimesidrive]

Ah. Well, how long're you in town for?

[crusheternity]

Four days.

[sometimesidrive]

Fantastic. That means I get to cook for you, this time.

[crusheternity]

Hmph. We will see how well that goes, Kuzuki.

[sometimesidrive]

Hey, c'mon. You liked my sashimi the last time. What do you want this time?

[crusheternity]

Perhaps that again.

[sometimesidrive]

If that's what you want, sure. Anyway... I'm glad you came.

[crusheternity]

Oh?

[sometimesidrive]

It's good to see you, for one. And things have been hectic here lately. It's... just... good to have someone I could rely on back in the old days around.

[Maybe he was going to say something more.]

[crusheternity]

...I see. [...curious but out in public.]