catch-all: taichi.

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[oh hewwo. he has his own moonbucks cup and he seems to be browsing shelves and the like when ichinose approaches him, but he nods in greeting. also, unfortunately she uses an honorific which means he's going to use one back.]

Ichinose-san. Hey. [there's a brief gesture to the library.] Taking a break from everything?

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Yep, this place is pretty relaxing for me.

[Watching him... What section is he going through, anyway.]

Is that what you're doing?

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[we are back in the section for multiverse theory :)

he shrugs.]

I don't know if I'd call it relaxing, but our dorm's kind of a mess and I'm not interested in being there right now.

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A mess...? [She blinks in surprise but, also. Good taste.] What in the world happened?

[A beat.]

... Well, besides the obvious.

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[god can you imagine ichinose just ignoring the murder of a 14 year old girl. actually. don't answer that.]

It was mostly that. People are angry and probably wanted to vent. It was just in a way that probably wasn't the greatest idea.

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[Wow!! She hums, thoughtfully.]

... You're right, that does sound pretty messy.

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Yeah. Think of it like "shattered mirror and overturned furniture" kind of messy and you've got a pretty good picture.

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Ouch! Yes, I get the picture now... No wonder you're hiding out here.

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Yeah. Last I looked someone else was trying to do damage control but I don't know if they were succeeding.

...and anyway, I'm already mad enough as it is about what just happened. Staying there would've made it worse, I think.

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[Slowly nods...]

Well, then... If I'm taking a break and you're taking a break, then why don't we take a break together?

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[he considers this for a few moments before there's a nod.]

Sure. Sounds good to me. Wanna head back downstairs? There's probably a few chairs open.

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[She nods and snaps her fingers.]

Sounds like a plan! Let's goooo.

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[and off they go!]

...you seem pretty unfazed about what just happened out there.

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Unfazed, huh...? I guess you could see it that way. But, to be honest, I'm just as disturbed as anyone else.

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Don't take this the wrong way but that's pretty reassuring. I want to think everybody's upset about what happened, but at the same time we can't even be sure anymore since we don't know who brought us to this point.

[there are at least two murderers still and he's very mad.]

So maybe unfazed is the wrong word. Not outwardly bothered? Unruffled? Whatever.

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Who, or what. I wonder if they're torn up about what happened to Lila-chan as we speak...? After all, they didn't target her or Jang-san. So, who knows what's going through their minds right now.

[She hums as they finish descending the stairs, looking for a place to sit.]

Hey, you mentioned you had some thoughts during the expulsion. Care to share them?

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They could be. The thing is that nobody would look suspicious at all if they did seem upset because everyone's upset right now.

[they can have a seat in nearby chairs.]

But sure, I can share. Depending on which thoughts you want. I can't promise any of them are really good, but they're mostly thoughts about how whoever's responsible really screwed us over out of getting any kind of answers. Not to mention the way the set-up of yesterday was a little too clean.

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I'm willing to listen to all of them, as long as you're in the mood to share. I don't have anywhere else to be, anyhow.

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[me, rattling my brain to remember what the fuck he was talking about.]

...you're from the same world as Futaba-chan, right? She mentioned that. How much do you know about what was happening for her and her friends?

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That's right. From her future, to be exact. [Jazz hands! As she gets comfy.] I don't know what they were getting up to in March, but if it's anything like what they're getting up to in August... Well, they're really bad at subtlety!

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[he squints briefly.]

Are you like...monitoring them from the outside?

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Huh? [A blink, surprised.] Oh, no, they were talking about their plans in public and... I mean, I was sitting one chair away from Futaba-chan. How could I not overhear?

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...[he buries his face in his hand.]

You would think maybe that would be a thing not to do...[he has no room to talk when he frequently takes his digimon places.]

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[She laughs.]

Crazy, right? I could hardly believe it myself! The world renown Phantom Thieves of Hearts, talking shop right in the middle of a crowd. It's incredible that the gentleman sitting between us didn't notice anything. [These whacky teens... She shakes her head.] But it's alright. Their secret is safe with me.

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Is it even a secret from them? [ichinose...but he shakes his head.] I think it's one of those things where they really thought everybody was so caught up in their own stuff they didn't think about it. It's happen to us a couple of times, too.