video post † 002 † 03-03-10

[slantedcross]

[He's utterly exhausted, after Asuka nightmares, noctaere, warehouses and turning twenty-six. The strain shows around his eyes and in his voice. As a result, he's more caustic than not, and isn't thinking in terms of people's (mainly Sena's, in this case) feelings.]

If you're still alive, call me.

I've spoken to Iris, Ken, and Alice since that--

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[redabyssinian]

We're alright, Youji.

[And there is an anonymous bottle of a wine that Youji likes at his door. For his birthday and obviously it couldn't be from Aya here.]

[slantedcross]

"We" meaning you and your most lovely and charming sister, I hope?

[Youji did find that when he poked his out into the hall, just to make sure there wasn't a warehouse outside his door. It was what reminded him, oh, yeah, that's today, isn't it...? Which narrows down to the suspect pool considerably.]

[redabyssinian]

That's right.

[Aya's always good for moments like that. Just for you, Youji.]

[slantedcross]

Well, good. I was worried about her.

[He has to find out who gave it to him, now. It is Detective Time. Let's see: the only people who would know his birthday are Aya, Ken, Omi and possibly Sena. Eliminate Sena, Ken, and Omi because they're too young to fetch wine, and oh hey. There are flaws in the solution, because the rules are different in Somarium, but he might find more conclusive evidence later?]

[redabyssinian]

The situation wasn't favorable for her but that's expected.

[Now to figure out who would have paid enough attention to know that one is a favorite of Youji's! Because Aya's not going to just tell him. That's part of the whole anonymous thing.]

[slantedcross]

So long as she's all right now, and it did no lasting damage. She'll perk up.

[Sena's eliminated himself, by the way. As for the attention: Youji's initial thought is that Ken would have had the most opportunities to see him choosing a drink, but that's not the case with this Ken. Ken's more of a cake-and-card person, anyway. The wine is a very Ayaish gift, and Aya is the most likely of the suspects to want to remain anonymous.]

[redabyssinian]

She will. She has some good friends here.

[Aya's mostly hoping Youji won't realize since he did forbid him to have alcohol. But he does know he likes that kind so....]

[slantedcross]

That's good.

So far, Ken, Sena, and Omi have all called me. Omi looks a little worse for wear, but Sena is well enough to make fun of me and Ken's about the same as he always is. Are we doing something for Omi's birthday?

[Youji's about 60% sure it's Aya, but he's not bringing it up, because, hey, it was a nice thing to do. And he still might be wrong. The query of Omi's birthday is not meant to lead the subject to Youji's; it's a genuine question.]

[redabyssinian]

It might help Omi move past this if we do something. It would cheer Aya up as well.

[That's okay, Youji. Aya knows it was a genuine question.]

[slantedcross]

Ken's interested, too. I'll go along with whatever you all decide.

[redabyssinian]

We'll come up with something.

[slantedcross]

All right. I leave it to you.