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Sonozaki Renju [園崎蓮珠] (lotus_beyond) wrote in disappear_rpg,
@ 2009-12-07 19:48:00

Entry tags:

kou, masami, misaki, renju

WHO: Renju, open.
WHAT: Reading.
WHERE: The Butterfly Room.
WHEN: Mid-dungeon break.
WHY: Renju has ~~a lot on her mind~~ studying to do.

Renju rarely spent much time in the Butterfly Room. Apart from using it to actually enter Paradise, and for the occasional meeting (when they bothered; lately they hadn't, which seemed to be for the best), she tended to forget it existed most of the time. Even when she was there, the hands made her wary, and the dolls still brought up some unpleasant memories (she kept far, far away from the Kiriko doll).

After everything with Tom, though, she'd been feeling restless. Nanakamado was almost too quiet with summer approaching, and her dorm was even worse. Lately she'd only been going back there to eat and sleep, instead doing her studying elsewhere ~~since it was far too easy to start thinking about things she'd rather not in that quiet~~. And so it was that, for lack of options, she'd ended up here, sitting on the couch (hadn't this belonged to a Shadow? Remembering that black gunk that Shadows seemed to be composed of, she pushed the thought from her mind) with a short stack of books next to her and a notebook on her lap, reading. The phonograph, one of the few things there that didn't unsettle her, was playing some Western classical music at a low enough volume not to bother her.

But she couldn't focus. She kept looking at the rest of the room rather than at the book in her hand. More of the pictures were becoming clear; if it hadn't been obvious before that they represented each person's place in Paradise (she didn't like the word 'dungeon' that some of the others used; it carried all the wrong connotations for her), it certainly was now. She didn't much like looking at them, though. They brought back things she'd managed to push past in Paradise itself by keeping her attention on their duty, but that she wasn't sure she'd be able to outside it--not without that single-minded focus to keep her distracted.

She could use some of that right about now ~~though strictly speaking she had it, just with the wrong thing~~. With a noise somewhere between a sigh and a growl, she spun around to lie back on the couch and shoved the book in front of her face. If all else failed, maybe she'd just fall asleep this way. Hopefully the hands wouldn't snap and strangle her ~~though it wasn't as if it would matter if~~ or something if she did.

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pinksunbeam
2009-12-08 01:57 am UTC (link)

Misaki was to be honest depressed from recent events. Her mind was clouded on matters and muttled in the fact that they had a missing member, and her little experiment had exploded on her like some badly made fudge cake, so she was, frankly, exhausted and spent emotionally. She didn't want to be in the dorm room, since Maeko would be in and out and no doubt neither would bring up what had happened, which was for the best right now. So going to the butterfly room to play with the hands and the dolls seemed a right thing to do.

Unfornately, or fortunately, whichever way she took it at the moment, she wasn't the only one in the room. Occupying the couch, spread out with a book over her face, was Renju. At first Misaki thought she was asleep and tip-toed in so as not to disburb her, but found that she was quiet awake when she took a glance over to see what was going on.

Pausing she gave a little wave and said in a nice voice, "Renju-chan, hello."

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sakurabamasami
2009-12-08 05:54 am UTC (link)

Masami had been intending to go to kendo practice; however, it seemed like today Ito-sensei was there, and with all that had been going on with Tom and Paradise lately, she really wasn't in the mood to deal with the combination of Shirou and Ito-sensei. Unfortunately, after her performance in the prefecturals, Shirou was somehow even more gung-ho(if that was even possible) about getting Masami to teach him new tricks, so, seeking a good place to hide, she decided to head to the Butterfly Room.

When she entered, she found both Misaki and Renju already present. "Oh, good afternoon Sonozaki-san, Aoi-san," she greeted them.

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lotus_beyond
2009-12-08 12:15 pm UTC (link)

Renju sat up sharply, dropping the book (a surprisingly slender text about Buddhist sects), and her hand was halfway to her satchel before her eyes refocused and she saw who was there.

Perhaps she was a little tense. Then again, she'd rarely had any pleasant surprises.

Her shoulders relaxed almost imperceptibly when she saw that it was at least friendly faces intruding on her quiet. Well, familiar, anyway. She'd still rather not have seen Misaki, but it was better than a Shadow. Not as if Shadows could enter here, anyway...

She picked the book back up and set it back on top of the stack, facing it to try to hide her discomfort. "Sonozaki," she corrected automatically. "Good afternoon."

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	pinksunbeam 2009-12-08 04:38 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh right, sorry, Sonozaki-sempai, what were you reading?" Misaki inquired sitting on the floor and letting the dolls come over the right hand seemed to take a shy liking to her hair so it started to play with it, Misaki smiled ignoring some of the pain in the tugging the hand did to her hair. When Masami walked in she waved, "Hello Masami-sempai! How are you?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

lotus_beyond
2009-12-09 12:43 am UTC (link)

"Nothing important. It's just more studying." Renju had calmed down a little, and flipped through the stack again to look for other reading material. Maybe it was the subject matter that made it hard to concentrate. If she could find something more interesting...

She looked up for a moment, the first time she'd actually looked at either of them since being startled when they first came in. Apparently the dolls and one of the hands had taken an interest in Misaki. Good. That meant they'd stay away from her.

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	pinksunbeam 2009-12-09 12:51 am UTC (link)
	"Oh? What are you studying about then? If I can ask?" Misaki asked sweetly and leaned her head on the cushion of the couch where Renju's mid section was. She batted her eyes for a moment as if in thought and out right asked. "Supposed I asked you if you would like to come book shopping with me this week Sonozaki-sempai? Would you?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sakurabamasami 2009-12-09 02:37 am UTC (link)
	Masami silently walked past Misaki and Renju, over to the tea set that she left in the room, and began making some tea. "Do either of you two want any tea?" she asked. "Studying? Even though exams are over? ...That's probably a better idea than waiting until the last minute, but something always keeps me from doing it. Usually kendo practice..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pinksunbeam 2009-12-09 03:24 am UTC (link)
	"Yes please Masami-sempai!" Misaki smiled happily and picked up the maeko doll and the Renju doll to cuddle them. The Toshi doll had found a place to sleep, on her head at the moment. "Oh? Maybe we should make a study group for next semester?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

lotus_beyond
2009-12-10 01:20 am UTC (link)

Renju had, for a moment, returned her attention to her books. Masami had spoken up in response to Misaki, and, waving off the tea, she'd decided to let them talk for a bit while... why did she suddenly feel something warm next to her stomach?

She looked down. Misaki had lain her head down there. Renju jerked upright, flustered and trying poorly to hide it, and settled for fussing with the book stack again. "It's... studying for cram school." She wasn't the best liar in the world, but she could manage it when she had to. Then again, the weird second-hand feeling of being cuddled she suddenly got didn't really help matters.

She did not like those dolls.

"I don't think a study group is necessary right now. Most of the rest of you are on break."

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	pinksunbeam 2009-12-10 02:20 am UTC (link)
	"Sonozaki-chan, are you okay?" She noticed her flustered nature and pouted some. "Oh, well, why would they be having you studying that? I would think something else." Misaki waved off the comment, "True, but it's only a break right? We start again not to far from now. Besides that," she asked again. "Would you like to go book shopping with me?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

lotus_beyond
2009-12-11 12:35 pm UTC (link)

"Don't call me '-chan', please." The words were an unpleasant echo of the last time Renju had said something similar. She forcibly shoved the thought aside. She was trying not to think about that, and besides, the situation couldn't be more different ~~though that was a lie and she knew it~~.

"It covers a wide range of material. As for shopping, I don't have money for much of anything beyond the necessities."

She glanced at Masami, who had been quiet so far (though that was not entirely unexpected for Masami, after all). "I'll take some tea."

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sakurabamasami
2009-12-13 05:44 am UTC (link)

Masami poured the tea(a plain sencha green tea) into cups for herself, Renju, and Misaki, then picked up two of the cups and walked over to hand them to the other two.

Heading back to retrieve her own cup, Masami said "It's pretty impressive to be studying already, though. I guess that's why your grades are so good."

"Oh, Sonozaki-san... if it's not too much trouble, could you maybe help me with math sometime in the future? I'm... well, it's kind of embarrassing to say but I'm pretty bad at it."

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daioujou
2009-12-10 11:30 pm UTC (link)

Kouchisei waited until he was sure his father wasn't home, and then he turned off his computer and went to the courtyard. He always felt uncomfortable in Paradise, but believed he would never conquer his fear unless he spent time there.

He paused thoughtfully in front of the door. With a deep breath and a cold rush up the back of his beck, he turned he handle to enter Paradise and walked through into the Butterfly Room.

However, even when he wanted to be alone it seemed he was not. Western classical was playing. It wasn't that modern poison.

"Oh. Sonozaki-san."

She was sitting in on that couch from the hospital. Thankfully, he'd never had to sit on it.

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lotus_beyond
2009-12-11 12:29 pm UTC (link)

After Masami and Misaki had finally left, Renju had settled back for more reading. Apparently that momentary distraction had been what she'd needed to break her mind away from that train of thought that kept it too preoccupied for much else. Unfortunately, that was about the only good thing she could say about that little visit.

Absorbed in her book, she nonetheless managed to react less violently when another voice intruded upon her consciousness. Peering at the newcomer over the top of her book and the top of her glasses, she'd been about to snap irritably at them when she saw who it was and relaxed a little. "Oubai-san." Better than Misaki again, anyway.

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daioujou
2009-12-12 12:33 am UTC (link)

"Am I disturbing you?"

It was best to be polite, Kouchisei thought. He believed Renju liked tranquility. Stillness. He was angry when people took that from him, and like clouds parting to clear his vision he thought how she might like the same.

He looked around. There was nobody else, and he could easily occupy his time.

"I'll be leaving soon. I just needed to... come here, really."

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