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[angelphones]

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Naoya has left. If anyone had business with him you still need taken care of, you can take it to me.

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... Sorry. I need a few days off from patrolling. I hope you understand.

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[Action][If anyone's looking for Katsu, he's not that hard to find. He's sitting on a bench near the main plaza, staring up at the

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[ctrlaltdemon]

[ After he got that last text, Atsuro stuffs his laptop into a bag and quickly starts to make his way over to the plaza with his SFC in hand.

Atsuro may have his own mixed feelings about Naoya and his departure, but right now, he's more worried about how Katsu's taking it. Naoya is his cousin after all, and while he did (somewhat) notice how...awkward things have been between them, he never got the impression they hated each other or something like that, so it still must be a shock ...Right?

A few minutes later, he spots Katsu and runs up to him. It takes him a moment to catch his breath though; he did run pretty much the whole way here. ]

Hey, Katsu, uh... Is it okay if I sit down here?

[ He's...not that sure where else to start the conversation from right now, to say the least. ]

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[angelphones]

[He smiles a little bit at the sight of Atsuro running up to him. He's glad to have a friend like him who'll come so quickly when something like this happens. Really, he's lucky.]

[At the question, he nods, and scoots over a little bit to give his friend some more room.]

Sure. No problem.

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[ctrlaltdemon]

Thanks.

[ It's definitely a relief to see that he looks okay... And at that, Atsuro doesn't hesitate in taking a seat.

For a moment he's silent again, but well, he can't stay quiet forever, so soon enough, he decides to speak up. ]

Looks like the coral's the same as ever, huh?

[angelphones]

[He nods at the question.]

I still can't figure out what it is... it's definitely not normal coral... but it's not what I'd expect from a 'god' like the locals say.

[Oh well.]

How are you doing?

[ctrlaltdemon]

I'd say it feels more like a tool than a 'god'.

[ Pause. ]

Katsu, I should be the one asking you that. You feeling all right?

[angelphones]

[... Deflection = failed. 8( ]

... Yeah. I'll be okay.

[But you cared about him too - I just wanted to make sure you were - ... Everything he tries to say to get off topic sounds stupid.]

I'll miss him.

[ctrlaltdemon]

[ Here, have a wordless attempt from Atsuro to pat Katsu on the shoulder. ]

That's pretty natural. You two are family and all.

[ Siiigh. He didn't mean to make things awkward... ]

And I miss Naoya, too. [ Another pause. ] I still think of him as my mentor.

[angelphones]

[A-aww, bff. ;w; ]

Yeah. ... I'm sure he'll be okay when he goes back. He came from a version of things where I did what he wanted, right?

[Small attempt at a smile.]

[ctrlaltdemon]

I guess so. I mean, now he can continue his plans. Not that I really know what they are and all, but he should be happy about that, don't you think?

[ But he and Saya and Matthew... It'd be nice if this place would at least let them keep correspondence in some way. After all, it didn't take a genius to realize that they were pretty close.

Aww, geez, the point of this was to not be depressing! ]

Hey, I wonder if he'd laugh if he sees us right now?

[angelphones]

Yeah.

[Hnn... he's still not sure he likes that plan, but maybe it would be okay in that version of events.]

... He probably would.

[That gets you a small smile, at least.]

[ctrlaltdemon]

You think so too? Then we should make sure he has nothing to laugh at us about!

[ He scratches the back of his head awkwardly. ]

Well, "laugh with us" is okay though.... But that's hard, ahahaha.

[angelphones]

Yeah. We'll get through things together, right?

[He lifts his hand for a high-five. :3]

[ctrlaltdemon]

Of course! You don't even need to ask.

[ High five, dood! o/ ]

We'll manage like we always do!

[angelphones]

And at least this time we can plan on full nights of sleep in actual beds.

[No more park sleeping yaaaaay. /o/ ]

[ctrlaltdemon]

Ahhh, sleeping outside. One of the those things that I will never ever miss!

[ And no cemetery sleeping! /o/ ]

If it were physically possible, I'd totally carry an actual bed on me at all times just in case I get stuck sleeping outside again.

[angelphones]

Yeah, I can understand that. With how much you beefed up during the Lockdown though, you might be able to.