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[akatatai]

Izumi Miyamura

I'm really just trying to survive Retrospec. Leave a message and I'll get back to you!

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[recollecters]

[A text comes to you in the late afternoon of February 3rd. The sender's name has been encrypted and errors out and there are no signs of who the message belongs to. Clicking on the profile of this Retrospec user brings up a picture of the Retrospec symbol.]

How would you like to help us help you out? Your observation period's up and I want you on this particular assignment. You'll be fine, you're probably not going to die, and we'll be able to monitor you from here. We need help. You've got the skills needed even if you don't know it yet. I know it and that's what counts.

You'll be working with a group (wish I could give you the names, still putting the lists together), but your assignment partner is Mao Yata. Should you choose to accept this assignment, you will need to meet at Peach Beach tomorrow morning and we'll go from there.

You'll be rewarded for your success, of course, but this is only if we have an agreement. Do we have an agreement?

[No other messages will be sent from this account at this time.]

[ooc: Hello! You've been sorted into group 1. Your event log will go up at 9pm EST along with all of the other logs. We encourage you to read the main event log as well for more information about your recruiter and this note. In the meantime, head on over to this thread on the latest mod post to meet your teammates! Thank you!]

3/17

[pseudonyms]

what are you doing this afternoon?

[akatatai]

I'm not working today, so I don't have any plans
Did you want to do something?

[pseudonyms]

lunch maybe? or coffee, either or!
I haven't seen you since you came back from that fishing place (｡•́︿•̀｡)
we can catch up and everything!

3/18

[fabrefactions]

[ There's not much of a message, just a picture of a cherry blossoms, and an emote. ]

(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧

[akatatai]

(✿ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:・ﾟ❀｡: *ﾟ❀

This is so pretty!!!
I love how the the gradient looks so distant compared to the impasto flowers, and the dark branches are the perfect contrast
But you also know how much I love impasto in general!

Did you just finish this? I want to see it!

[fabrefactions]

Thank you.

Just recently, yes. It was something I did for fun, but ... it felt appropriate given the season. I did an impasto piece for some of my coursework recently, and it turned out much better than I had expected.

Would your parents be willing to let me display it in the shop for sale, do you think?
I can bring it round, for display and so you can look at it if you like.

3/17 pt 2, the action thread

[pseudonyms]

[As promised, Rise will be at the Good Bean before Izumi and she's ordering a caramel latte and a vanilla latte. She'll let him choose when he gets here and she's quick to put stoppers into the cups as she wanders through the cafe to find a table. Luckily she's not waiting too long before the door opens and she spots someone very familiar.]

Izumi! [She lifts an arm and waves it to bring him over. It's probably more animate than people are used to with her but family is always different.]

[akatatai]

[There's something so pleasing about walking into a coffee shop, but more than the aroma of coffee and the cozy atmosphere, Izumi's the most excited to see Rise. Given that it's the weekend, he's wearing his casual clothes and has his hair pulled up, piercings on full display as he cheerfully waves back.]

Sorry if I made you wait! You haven't been here too long, have you?

[pseudonyms]

No way, don't worry about it! [Despite the things weighing on her mind, she's bubbling and pleased while she moves to use her foot to push his chair out a little so he can sit.] I was already pretty close by anyway and I beat most of the crowd. [She nods to the queue of people waiting for their drinks.]

Vanilla or caramel?

backdated to whenever chiaki got home in march idk | text

[sundays]

[It's been radio silence for months. Ever since connections started to fizzle out to the outside world, when Chiaki's I love yous would be drowned in static, there hasn't been a word from him. It's been so, so much quieter.

Until the second that Izumi's phone lights up - ]

IZUMI I'M HOME
WHERE ARE YOU
I'M GOING TO FIND YOU

[ - . . . well. An explanation might help.

But.

You can't deny his excitement.]

[akatatai]

Aniki?!
ANIKI
WAIT, I'LL GO OVER THERE
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE I AM!

[sundays]

BUT I DON'T WANT TO SIT STILL
I'LL MEET YOU HALFWAY!!
WHERE ARE YOU COMING FROM

[guess this reunion's gonna be public now]

1159PM on the 16th, muahaha

[chuusai]

[ Mao didn't have a ton of time to figure out how to one up Izumi's birthday surprise and he's not entirely sure this one will work, but he's gotta at least try, right? So he follows the pattern Izumi set, casually texting with him right up until the last moment...

When a N*rf suction dart thocks against Izumi's window. There are shiny streamers attached to it, colorful foil printed with Happy Birthday! and little balloons. Surprise? ]

What an absolute cutie.

[akatatai]

[Listen. It might sound conceited, but after knowing Mao for so many years and always doing the same on his birthday a month earlier, Izumi knows that something is going to happen at midnight. Maybe it'll just be a stream of congratulations through text and he'll be surprised somehow at school tomorrow, but given his party popper escapade last month....

The sudden loud noise should be expected, but Izumi still jumps in shock before tossing his phone on his bed and running over to his window with a broad smile. Balloons and streamers! But he only has a moment to look at it before he leans out of his window and grins down to Mao. Really, who else would it be?]

I should've known you would one-up me somehow!

4/17

[maskreant]

[ HE HEARD FROM A LITTLE FOX. ]

[akatatai]

I feel like I'm not supposed to be imagining the cat saying that in your voice, but I can't help it

Thank, Akira!

6/9

[stressweets]

[ 3am txt ]

What if horses had teeth

[akatatai]

........
Are you half asleep or am I half asleep?

[maskreant]

[ After this thread. ]

if i paid you $100, would you call Tsukasa daddy at least once?

[akatatai]

....
........
...........
Why are you like this

late night, 6/23

[stressweets]

[ ...he feels like he needs to prove a point to leo (and miai, minorly), and izumi did come up, so-- ]

Izutan, are you free tonight?
I was wondering if you'd like to go out.
Some people have repainted parts of the sky, so we can go stargazing.

[akatatai]

Tonight? Sure, I don't mind!
Stargazing sounds like a lot of fun!

[Of course, he's totally expecting that multiple other people are going, but.... you know.]

8/8

[stressweets]

Izutan, you wanted to hear some of Knights' music if I ever got something, right?
Well ♪

[ ...he picked the most familiar name, which was his own, of course. ]

As it turns out, Suou and I's names are written exactly the same...
I guess it's an alternate reading, or maybe mine is..? For the last name.
Anyway, I don't actually like listening to it that much (it's really weird, for me), but I thought you'd like to, at least.
There's a whole album that goes with this, actually (there are so many songs!!) and it's all
Really nice, actually.
Knights was pretty cool, for all their issues.

[akatatai]

This is really you?!
Or, well, Suou
But he sounds just like you!

I can only understand some of the lyrics, but this is a really sweet song
When I'm listening to it, I can really only imagine you singing
It's not the kind of music I was expecting when I saw those stage outfits
But I like it a lot! Can I hear the other tracks sometime?

I've never really been into idols, but if they're songs from people I know (at least kind of), I want to hear them all!