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Ikeda Kiriko | 池田妃凛子 (apathyisboring) wrote in disappear_rpg,
@ 2009-09-24 11:27:00

Entry tags:

kiriko, toru

Who: Kiriko & Toru
What: A confession regarding Toru's birthday present.
Where: An abandoned hallway.
When: After school.
Why: To flood the forum with posts by me?

At the bell, Kiriko caught Toru’s eye, gave her head a tiny jerk in the direction of the door, gathered her things and walked coolly out of the classroom. She did not look back at him as she walked – she was busy looking for the first relatively abandoned location that would not lead to the spread of nasty rumours about the two of them (unfortunately ruling out all of the otherwise perfectly fine broom closets). When they reached the end of an abandoned hallway on the third floor, Kiriko turned on her heel to face her companion.

“Ishinomori-san.” Her expression was grave. She reached into her bag and withdrew the MMO subscription card that Toru had given her on her birthday. With a bow, she presented it back to him. “I’m sorry, I really can’t accept this. I…”

She straightened again, eyes darting quickly around and then averting.

“… A couple summers back, I, um… I got really into Sphere of Skirmishcraft and… Well, I just don’t want to be sucked in again, and I don’t think I can afford to right now.” It was pretty embarrassing to admit. Even though she figured Toru would understand, saying it out loud was slightly mortifying – she had her reputation to consider, after all. While she was obviously excellent at running the auction house trade cartel she’d set up back in the day and was secretly quite proud of her PvP prowess, it didn’t quite fit with her image.

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apathyisboring
2009-09-26 09:31 pm UTC (link)

"I played a Crimson Elf, too. They had the best hair." And also excellent racials, but if she was going to be honest with herself, it was mostly the cute hair. "Oh, are you talking about Shirai's character? He was terrible at PvP, I goaded him all the time, it was hilarious - er, don't tell that to anyone, either."

She hestitated. She was conscious of the fact that what she wanted to ask was a very self-conscious question, and she very much loathed asking self-conscious questions, generally preferring to put them out of her mind. At the same time, Toru was about as non-threatening as they come, and as far as confidence went, did she really stand to lose any face in his eyes? She bit the bullet.

"Is it weird that I mostly play boy characters?"

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2dbeauty
2009-09-26 11:16 pm UTC (link)

Toru laughed. "That's as good a reason as any. But, uh... I don't think it was Shirai-san. I remember Cielo- I-I mean you- and him getting into a lot of fights, but there was another guy. A-and I swear I wouldn't tell anyone! 'Specially not Shirai."

When Kiriko dropped her question, Toru didn't seem remotely perturbed. "It's not weird! I know loads of guys who play as female characters, and plenty of girls who play as male characters, and they all have their own reasons for it! In fact, it's a common joke online that any girl you meet in an MMO is actually a guy in real life. B-but I'm sure you have your own reasons, too, Ikeda-san." He smiled conspiratorially. "And of course, I'm not going to tell anyone about that part, either."

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apathyisboring
2009-09-27 04:53 pm UTC (link)

The answer was only partially placating, but that was enough for the time being. Instead, she tried to think of who this mysterious harasser could have been.

"I think I remember who you're talking about, but I have no idea who that was..."

She rattled down a list of likely suspects in her head and came up dry. She indicated this with a shrug.

"I guess there isn't really any way of knowing now."

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