Yuri "Yurippe" Nakamura (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
tenminutes) wrote2022-09-03 03:50 pm
tenminutes) wrote2022-09-03 03:50 pm
DDD: IC CONTACT POST
"It's me."
[VOICE][IM][PICTURE][EMAIL][MUSIC][VIDEO]
"It's me."
[VOICE][IM][PICTURE][EMAIL][MUSIC][VIDEO]
[ tracking numbers had been simple enough.
(tracking endless variations of numbers, easier. sequences and area codes. some strange and foreign. some discovered and decoded. some seemingly improbable and impossible, though he had written them nonetheless. he had scratched out all that flooded in. a longer list of empty numbers - and now taken ones - voices connecting upon the other end. sometimes machine, sometimes human. sometimes desperate for conversation - though he dodged them all with quick and polite excuses. claims of wrong numbers. mistakes.)
and there had been an influx of calls. of questions. (and grumblings from rooms over, as they were hung-up upon. again and again. only to be copied down later. only to be written out later. recorded in logs and notebooks. when he was alone. when he knew it easiest to take upon research - particularly for this one - when alone.)
and so, when this number came to be next - he called it. habitually marking patterns. finding clues. prying information from what he assumed likely - to make this community more avoidable. more readily avoidable.
to allow him to (with much more ease) focus upon the end. ]
(tracking endless variations of numbers, easier. sequences and area codes. some strange and foreign. some discovered and decoded. some seemingly improbable and impossible, though he had written them nonetheless. he had scratched out all that flooded in. a longer list of empty numbers - and now taken ones - voices connecting upon the other end. sometimes machine, sometimes human. sometimes desperate for conversation - though he dodged them all with quick and polite excuses. claims of wrong numbers. mistakes.)
and there had been an influx of calls. of questions. (and grumblings from rooms over, as they were hung-up upon. again and again. only to be copied down later. only to be written out later. recorded in logs and notebooks. when he was alone. when he knew it easiest to take upon research - particularly for this one - when alone.)
and so, when this number came to be next - he called it. habitually marking patterns. finding clues. prying information from what he assumed likely - to make this community more avoidable. more readily avoidable.
to allow him to (with much more ease) focus upon the end. ]
Edited 2012-09-22 22:31 (UTC)
[ Yuri basically never got phone calls from anyone besides Guild or SSS members, so when she answered, she didn't bother stating her name or anything. She just assumed it was someone she knew. ]
What's up?
What's up?
[ much to his general misfortune this evening, there seemed to be a rash of actual answers. of actual voices. (no prerecordings. no requests to submit personal information. no empty dial tones. no confused menus in languages he barely began to understand.) and it is, without trying, a newer pattern. something else that emerges. (and though there is no clear placement of it, not yet, he can only assume that --)
but, the way this call is greeted stalls him. no "hello", no questions. no inquiries. no requests to know his name and know why it is he's called. (and for a long moment, he says nothing. for a long moment, he might only think to say nothing. words lodged and words stumbled. words hidden away in the sudden derailing of predictability. and for a longer moment, he thinks of some answer - and the way it is delivered seems mismatched to his voice. strangely young. boyish. ) ]
... Wrong number.
[ ... well, he tried? ]
but, the way this call is greeted stalls him. no "hello", no questions. no inquiries. no requests to know his name and know why it is he's called. (and for a long moment, he says nothing. for a long moment, he might only think to say nothing. words lodged and words stumbled. words hidden away in the sudden derailing of predictability. and for a longer moment, he thinks of some answer - and the way it is delivered seems mismatched to his voice. strangely young. boyish. ) ]
... Wrong number.
[ ... well, he tried? ]
[ Yuri's first thought was to immediately call out "bullshit" just based on the number of phones in this world. They were all possessed by the SSS or Guild unless they were school staff phones. The school staff were NPCs, they weren't programmed to get wrong numbers. ]
All of the phones there aren't any non-school phone numbers in this world except for this and Guild's. Who is this?
All of the phones there aren't any non-school phone numbers in this world except for this and Guild's. Who is this?
[ "Guild"? There's a small note of thought in that, but it is only jotted down without much ado. If nothing else, this was another piece of information that could prove connective. ]
The community called from here. [ It's a non-answer. An answer. And there's a small pause, but: ] I called it back.
[ Close enough. ]
The community called from here. [ It's a non-answer. An answer. And there's a small pause, but: ] I called it back.
[ Close enough. ]
Edited 2012-09-28 22:57 (UTC)
In which case it probably wanted us to meet, so what's your name and the most interesting thing about you?
[ Not an invasive question at all, nope. Yuri has almost a singsong tone in her voice as well, as though she asked a perfectly innocent question. She won't press, even if he doesn't answer. Well, not about the interesting part. His name, on the other hand.. well, she might just come up with one if he doesn't answer that. ]
[ Not an invasive question at all, nope. Yuri has almost a singsong tone in her voice as well, as though she asked a perfectly innocent question. She won't press, even if he doesn't answer. Well, not about the interesting part. His name, on the other hand.. well, she might just come up with one if he doesn't answer that. ]
[Looks like this is some time after the logic error, after she had attempted to save him, to stall for him, and she succeeded at that at least. Still... she had gotten hurt for him.
She left so quickly after everything happened too...]
Yuri? It's me....
She left so quickly after everything happened too...]
Yuri? It's me....
[ Yuri glanced up at her laptop on her desk from her bed. On top of everything that was going on and seeing Battler and Beatrice... as they were, she didn't want to deal with this right now. For all she knew this was a "we need to talk" sort of speech. Even then she still perked up a little when her laptop screen brightened up the room, dark from night. She was already basically in her pajamas. Having another one of those sleepless nights.
Yuri got up and headed over to the laptop. She didn't switch it to video like she normally would though. ]
It's me too.
Yuri got up and headed over to the laptop. She didn't switch it to video like she normally would though. ]
It's me too.
[He didn't know how to start talking about things here... she probably thought the worst of everything right now. She had left so fast, he didn't get a chance to talk to her and thank her for what she's done so...
Might as well start now.]
I just wanted to.... call you to thank you for everything. I shouldn't have asked you to stall like that, it killed me to bring that up even... but I was desperate at that point. Thanks for doing that much for me. [and then it was Beato that had come and saved the day at least.]
You've always been there for me, you know? I'm really lucky to have you. And also..... I got out of the wedding with Erika, and right after that... Beato asked about a proposal as well.
Might as well start now.]
I just wanted to.... call you to thank you for everything. I shouldn't have asked you to stall like that, it killed me to bring that up even... but I was desperate at that point. Thanks for doing that much for me. [and then it was Beato that had come and saved the day at least.]
You've always been there for me, you know? I'm really lucky to have you. And also..... I got out of the wedding with Erika, and right after that... Beato asked about a proposal as well.
[ This really, really wasn't making her feel any better. Even after hearing that, she'd still go do something stupid like that. ]
Mhm. I figured I would get out of there before anything got more complicated. Wasn't wrong about that.
[ She didn't have a place there, she wasn't supposed to be there. When she saw Battler and Beatrice, it was obvious. Yuri wasn't remotely needed there and it hurt because she wanted to be able to do just one thing and she'd just done exactly what everyone had said would happen. ]
Mhm. I figured I would get out of there before anything got more complicated. Wasn't wrong about that.
[ She didn't have a place there, she wasn't supposed to be there. When she saw Battler and Beatrice, it was obvious. Yuri wasn't remotely needed there and it hurt because she wanted to be able to do just one thing and she'd just done exactly what everyone had said would happen. ]
[He won't torment her anymore though, he got his thanks out of the way so he'll move on to the next thing he wanted to say.]
....I turned her down, you know.
[He couldn't help but smile to himself at that.]
She's not the one I love.
....I turned her down, you know.
[He couldn't help but smile to himself at that.]
She's not the one I love.
Just say that in the first place!
[ Yuri sounded a lot more frustrated than she'd intended to. A huge part of her was almost irrationally scared that she was going to lose someone else she cared about. She'd tried to get some ideas of what to do by posting anonymously, but... she ended up either getting called selfish or to just deal with it.
Even if she should know that Battler wouldn't leave her, when he'd lead up all dramatically about the proposal after being so close to Beatrice when she'd left... ]
Don't try to be all dramatic, you moron..
[ Yuri sounded a lot more frustrated than she'd intended to. A huge part of her was almost irrationally scared that she was going to lose someone else she cared about. She'd tried to get some ideas of what to do by posting anonymously, but... she ended up either getting called selfish or to just deal with it.
Even if she should know that Battler wouldn't leave her, when he'd lead up all dramatically about the proposal after being so close to Beatrice when she'd left... ]
Don't try to be all dramatic, you moron..
Sorry sorry, that's just my style!
[Battler laughed to himself, feeling much happier than he had been before. He liked to talk to her, he liked to hear her voice, but still...]
...Can I come over?
[Battler laughed to himself, feeling much happier than he had been before. He liked to talk to her, he liked to hear her voice, but still...]
...Can I come over?
I'm wearing my pajamas.
[ It's not a no, though. ]
[ It's not a no, though. ]
[Jeez.. just come right out and say it! Still, he'll take that as a yes, and soon he's disappeared in a cloud of butterflies, appearing in her world now.
He has his hands in his pockets, but he soon saunters over to her.]
Aha! You look good like that!
He has his hands in his pockets, but he soon saunters over to her.]
Aha! You look good like that!
[ Battler might be happy right now, Yuri's still on the edge of everything sucking except that her boyfriend's not running off with the other girl who loves him. ]
I could be dressed up like a cow and you'd think it was cute.
[ Yuri sighs slightly and goes to turn the light on in her room so that they're not both sitting there in the dark, the only light coming from the laptop and I-mon situated on her pillow. ]
I could be dressed up like a cow and you'd think it was cute.
[ Yuri sighs slightly and goes to turn the light on in her room so that they're not both sitting there in the dark, the only light coming from the laptop and I-mon situated on her pillow. ]
[Ah... Battler can tell that she's in a bad mood. He goes over to her, taking her hand and guiding her over to the bed. He takes a seat first, he attempts to pull her so she's sitting on his lap.]
...Alright, tell me what's on your mind exactly.
...Alright, tell me what's on your mind exactly.
Nothing I can do anything about. Or you. Nothing talking about helps, I already tried asking for advice. Just got a whole lot of "don't be selfish" or "deal with it."
[ She doesn't really fight sitting down though. Her expression doesn't really change. ]
I'll be alone here soon.
[ She doesn't really fight sitting down though. Her expression doesn't really change. ]
I'll be alone here soon.
[He wraps his arms around hr once she's sitting down. It's.... weird when she's the one that gets into these moods, it's usually him that needs her help. Still, he'll do everything he can to get her back to normal again.]
You can still tell me about it right? ...And I'll never leave you, you won't be alone.
You can still tell me about it right? ...And I'll never leave you, you won't be alone.
Kanade woke up and... they said that one of the bad personalities rose, but she doesn't exactly seem wrong. Then Otonashi started trying to fill all of Yui's wishes. Hinata must have figured out what was going on because Yusa said that she saw him over near Otonashi and Yui when Yui disappeared and that he said something about weddings. She couldn't get close enough to really hear most of it, but it's more than enough to be able to figure out what they're up to. Otonashi and Hinata, I mean.
[ Yuri doesn't move in his arms. Just telling him the facts is a lot easier to say than how she feels about this. ]
[ Yuri doesn't move in his arms. Just telling him the facts is a lot easier to say than how she feels about this. ]
Edited 2012-10-15 08:43 (UTC)
[She'll be all alone...
...Oh.
He understands now. Otonashi and Hinata seem to be trying to fulfill everyone's wishes and getting them to disappear. It's about time everyone left the afterlife, huh....? Battler couldn't exactly argue with that kind of logic, he knows he'll eventually have to get Ange to move on from her current mindset and understand that they're all dead.
Battler hugged her a little tighter against him.]
I can understand why they're doing it.... everyone in the afterlife should move on eventually. Even so... I can't say I approve of them doing this behind your back like that.
I don't want you to disappear either so... that's a little... scary to hear, I suppose.
...Oh.
He understands now. Otonashi and Hinata seem to be trying to fulfill everyone's wishes and getting them to disappear. It's about time everyone left the afterlife, huh....? Battler couldn't exactly argue with that kind of logic, he knows he'll eventually have to get Ange to move on from her current mindset and understand that they're all dead.
Battler hugged her a little tighter against him.]
I can understand why they're doing it.... everyone in the afterlife should move on eventually. Even so... I can't say I approve of them doing this behind your back like that.
I don't want you to disappear either so... that's a little... scary to hear, I suppose.
I understand too. That's why I haven't tried to stop them. Hinata-- I trust Hinata. I trust him to say something but he hasn't. I talked to him and he just smiled like an idiot like nothing was wrong. He doesn't feel guilty about lying to me.
What happens when they get to me? Nothing feels right and my problems aren't something that can be solved like that. Even if they were I wouldn't be able to because I have to save you. Knowing that they're doing that, that everyone I care about in this world is going to--
[ Yuri's throat catches for a moment. It hurts and she's not used to talking about her feelings. At all. She doesn't know how to do this. She swallows. Battler can probably feel her shaking slightly. She wants to cry so badly but she won't let herself. ]
What happens when they get to me? Nothing feels right and my problems aren't something that can be solved like that. Even if they were I wouldn't be able to because I have to save you. Knowing that they're doing that, that everyone I care about in this world is going to--
[ Yuri's throat catches for a moment. It hurts and she's not used to talking about her feelings. At all. She doesn't know how to do this. She swallows. Battler can probably feel her shaking slightly. She wants to cry so badly but she won't let herself. ]
Edited 2012-10-15 08:57 (UTC)
[He knows exactly how she feels.
In his world he has no one besides Ange. He has Beato, sure, but she's not the person that he's in love with, even if he was told he should be with her. No, in his world the only other person that's really there for him is his sister, everyone else are either dead or are wanting him dead as well.
Battler grabs the edges of his cape, and he's going to just wrap that around her too. He wants her to feel protected, to feel that she has someone that won't ever leave her. He does feel bad about her saying that she needs to save him, the fact that he needs saving in the first place is just.... wrong.]
It's alright... you don't have to talk anymore. [he pauses for a moment before speaking up again.] I won't leave tonight either... I'll stay here, if you'll let me. We could both.... probably use some company right about now. [he just doesn't want to leave her right now.]
In his world he has no one besides Ange. He has Beato, sure, but she's not the person that he's in love with, even if he was told he should be with her. No, in his world the only other person that's really there for him is his sister, everyone else are either dead or are wanting him dead as well.
Battler grabs the edges of his cape, and he's going to just wrap that around her too. He wants her to feel protected, to feel that she has someone that won't ever leave her. He does feel bad about her saying that she needs to save him, the fact that he needs saving in the first place is just.... wrong.]
It's alright... you don't have to talk anymore. [he pauses for a moment before speaking up again.] I won't leave tonight either... I'll stay here, if you'll let me. We could both.... probably use some company right about now. [he just doesn't want to leave her right now.]
I don't want to be alone again.
[ Her voice came out small and as she said it, she turned so she could wrap her own arms around Battler, burying her face in his neck. She wouldn't cry. If he was here, even though everything inside of her felt like everyone was being torn away from her.. if Battler was here it'd be okay, right? Battler and all of her friends on the community... ]
Don't leave me alone.
[ Even though it was a demand, her words didn't come out as instructive as they normally would have. The vaguest hint of a plea scratched at the back of her throat. She didn't want him to leave. Ever. But if she had to just settle for tonight, then... ]
[ Her voice came out small and as she said it, she turned so she could wrap her own arms around Battler, burying her face in his neck. She wouldn't cry. If he was here, even though everything inside of her felt like everyone was being torn away from her.. if Battler was here it'd be okay, right? Battler and all of her friends on the community... ]
Don't leave me alone.
[ Even though it was a demand, her words didn't come out as instructive as they normally would have. The vaguest hint of a plea scratched at the back of her throat. She didn't want him to leave. Ever. But if she had to just settle for tonight, then... ]
[This is so different than what he's used to... she's usually so strong, she usually has everything together, but it seems like the idea of being left alone isn't like anything she's ever experienced before. He simply holds her, and he closes his eyes as he mulls things over.]
I won't leave you.
[He has to go back to his world eventually, but for tonight he'll stay with her. She's desperately wanting to save him, and yet in order to do that she'll have to stay behind while everyone else moves on... he's so pathetic in that sense. He wonders though, if she does eventually get to move on... then that means he'll be the one left alone.
Such thoughts frighten him, and he squeezes her a little bit more at the idea.]
I won't leave you.
[He has to go back to his world eventually, but for tonight he'll stay with her. She's desperately wanting to save him, and yet in order to do that she'll have to stay behind while everyone else moves on... he's so pathetic in that sense. He wonders though, if she does eventually get to move on... then that means he'll be the one left alone.
Such thoughts frighten him, and he squeezes her a little bit more at the idea.]
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