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Tweak says, "B is for Baseball Bat"

Ikeda Kiriko | 池田妃凛子 (apathyisboring) wrote in disappear_rpg,
@ 2010-01-10 17:55:00

Entry tags:

open thread, renju

Obon Obon Obon Obon Obon
WHO: Everyone
WHAT: Obon
WHERE: The Shrine
WHEN: Obon
WHY: It's Obon!

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zealousemperor
2010-01-11 11:05 pm UTC (link)

Kanaye didn't honestly expect to hear from Maeko. He expected calling her Maeko-chan would cause her to think he was hitting on her. He was, of course, but she didn't need to know that. After waiting a bit and thinking she was lying to him, he noticed her and walked over, smiling.

"Yo, Maeko-san!" He said, laughing. "Sorry for the -chan, earlier. I should've asked. Speaking of which, can I call you Maeko-chan? I call all of my female friends that!" All three of them.

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giantfruitbyday
2010-01-11 11:15 pm UTC (link)

"Ah, senpai!" She really should have been able to pick him out from the crowd more easily, if not because they had at one point been dating then because he stuck out. Ah well. "Sorry I'm late, I didn't realize quite how bad the traffic would be. It was nearly impossible to cross the roads."

She thought and then nodded. "I guess it's okay if you use it for everyone."

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	zealousemperor 2010-01-11 11:21 pm UTC (link)
	Kanaye shook his head. "No worries. You're alright though, right? You didn't run into anything?" He asked, worried. Kanaye clapped his hands excitedly. "Yay! Thanks, Maeko-chan!" He turned. "So, what shall we do?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	giantfruitbyday 2010-01-11 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm fine, I didn't get hurt or anything, just had to wait until a bunch of people were crossing at once and the cars had to stop." She considered the question. "I'm not really sure, I don't think I've ever really shown up the festival itself before. Usually I just stay at hime and only attend the dance." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	zealousemperor 2010-01-11 11:41 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, that's good. You get any better at walking in geta?" Kanaye asked teasingly. "I could teach you if you want!" Kanaye's face fell. "Oh...I was hoping you'd know. I never come to the festival either, so..." He smirked. "Oh? A dance? What kind of dance?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

giantfruitbyday
2010-01-12 12:19 am UTC (link)

"Not at all." Maeko said sheepishly. "I'm just glad I managed not to fall over at the graveyard. I'm not really sure that'd work so well but I'll try!"

"Well we could just walk around until we find something, I guess." Maeko suggested, not really sure. "The bon dance. It's...we had to learn it in the first year of elementary school. It's to celebrate gratitude for the efforts and sacrifices of our ancestors."

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zealousemperor
2010-01-12 12:22 am UTC (link)

Kanaye laughed. "Well, it's better then nothing! I could help you to walk in high heels too, if you want to." Ignoring the oddness of a guy helping a girl to learn how to walk in high heels, he smiled.

"Oh, that works." Kanaye looked around. "Shall we try over here?" Kanaye pointed in a random direction.

"Well, that would explain it. My education was a little different then that." Kanaye said, bored.

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giantfruitbyday
2010-01-12 12:52 am UTC (link)

"Barring another incident like the one back at that place, I'm not really sure that's a skill I'll ever need." Maeko said, shrugging. She had noticed the oddness but was trying to ignore it.

"Sure! It's as good a direction as any." She nodded and started to wobble in that direction before turning back.

"Wait, you didn't attend Nanakamado in elementary school? I assumed you had since you live locally."

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	zealousemperor 2010-01-12 01:00 am UTC (link)
	"Well, you can never be sure. If Kozue does become a shadow, it might be needed." Assuming you're wearing anything at all. Kanaye shook his head and shrugged. "I'll help if you want me to!" Kanaye shook his head and walked up to Maeko. "Uh, no. I started in, uh, middle school. So..." He laughed sheepishly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	giantfruitbyday 2010-01-12 01:16 am UTC (link)
	"I suppose I could try in that case. But I'm not sure how well it'd go." She smiled. "Okay, I'll try!" "Really? I don't think I ever saw you around before high school so I didn't know." She thought. "Did you go somewhere else?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	zealousemperor 2010-01-12 01:24 am UTC (link)
	"Alright!" Kanaye smiled. "I'll make it so you don't fall down and break anything." "Yeah. I was home schooled. Dad wanted to groom me into a successor." Kanaye laughed bitterly. "You can see how well that turned out, eh?" He shook his head. "Nevermind. Let's go...over there!" He pointed again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

giantfruitbyday
2010-01-12 01:42 am UTC (link)

"I guess I'll have to count on you for that, then." Maeko said, sounding only sluightly reluctant about having to rely on someone. It wasn't like walking in heels was a vital skill or anything. So it shouldn't count as weakness.

"Ah, why did you-" she stopped talking mid-question, remembering what Kanaye had said about starting to visit graves in middle school. After a moment's hesitation she wrote it off as coincidence and, because leaving a question unfinished just made everything awkward, continued. "Why did you end up at Nanakamado?"

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	zealousemperor 2010-01-12 01:46 am UTC (link)
	"I'm glad to help, Maeko-chan. I know you don't like me to spend money on you, so I'm trying to help in the few ways that I can!" Kanaye nodded, excited. "Oh. Um. Uh." Kanaye went silent. "...I, just, uh, got, uh. Tired. Of, um. Having no one to talk to. So, I wanted to go where there was lots of people." He winced. Even in his head that sounded stupid. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

giantfruitbyday
2010-01-12 02:04 am UTC (link)

"Well then, thank you!"

So an unfinished question would maybe have been less awkward than this. Especially combined with the sinking feeling that she'd been correct. Maeko paused for a second, trying to choose between more silence and an awkward, forced change of subject.

"If it's something you want to talk about then I'll listen. You've already seen me at my weakest so..." She trailed off, not quite sue were that reasoning was meant to be leading. "But if it's not we can talk about something else."

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	zealousemperor 2010-01-12 02:10 am UTC (link)
	"...Daichi-sensei was my tutor. And when he died, I didn't want anyone else. So..." Kanaye looked at the ground. "He was the only one I talked to. And..." Kanaye's voice petered out at this point. He shook his head. "Nevermind. Let's go have some fun, right, Maeko-chan?" Kanaye said, his voice pained by his face smiling. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

giantfruitbyday
2010-01-12 02:27 am UTC (link)

After a second's hesitation (it was hadly acceptable any more) Maeko brushed her fingertips against the back of Kanaye's hand, briefly enough that she could insist it was an accident if she needed to.

"That sounds nice, yes." She said after a few seconds with mostly forced calmness, with a smile to match.

"My father kept trying to get me put into a school for the disabled when I was in elementary school." She said, changing the subject.

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	zealousemperor 2010-01-12 02:32 am UTC (link)
	Kanaye felt the touch and smiled at Maeko. "...Thanks, Maeko-chan. But..." Shaking his head, he nodded. "Yeah. It'll get my mind off things..." Intrigued and a little worried, Kanaye asked Maeko "Why? I mean, were you deaf as well when you were younger or something?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	giantfruitbyday 2010-01-12 02:52 am UTC (link)
	"...sorry." Maeko said, shaking her head. It wasn't acceptable any more after all. "I was supposed to be but no, not really. That's why he never managed to get me enrolled there." She laughed. "He was just really, really stubborn about me not being around people who would speak to me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

zealousemperor
2010-01-12 02:57 am UTC (link)

"It's not a problem!" Kanaye nearly shouted. "I was just...not expecting it. Don't feel like it was a bad thing to do." He smiled. "I think I needed that."

"Oh. Well, that's stupid. I mean, I get that he might be annoyed he can't hear but that doesn't mean he has to push it on you." He smiled. "That would've mean I never met you. And you never would have come to Nanakamado, so..." He had no idea where he was going with this. "Nevermind." Kanaye finished lamely.

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giantfruitbyday
2010-01-12 03:10 am UTC (link)

Okay, so maybe it was acceptable. Acceptable and loud. "I didn't know what else I could..." She trailed off, apparently deciding the sentence was complete with just that. She wondered silently if it was the same person that Kanaye had mentionned before when they'd spoken about what she thought she'd done to Misaki. It was, however, probably best to save questions like that for never

"It's not really like that. His logic's not particularly sound but he was trying to protect me the whole time." Maeko said. After some thought she finally returned both the smile and the incredibly cheesy sentiment. "I'm glad I met you, though!"

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zealousemperor
2010-01-12 03:17 am UTC (link)

"No worries, just listening is enough!"

"I guess so, but there's a saying in English." Kanaye attempted to speak it correctly and failed. "The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Realizing his company doesn't understand said language, he laughed sheepishly. "It means that it's still a bad thing, even if it was for good intentions."

Kanaye stopped in his tracks. Did she really just say that? His smiled widened and he laughed, skipping after Maeko. "Thanks, Maeko-chan! That's great! It means a lot!"

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giantfruitbyday
2010-01-12 03:40 am UTC (link)

"Ah, okay...." Maeko wasn't entirely sure about that. But this really was one of those situations where even she had to admit to herself that no matter how hard she tried there wasn't a great deal she could do.

With her excellent grasp of english, Maeko totally managed to work out that was 'to visit the basement be nice'. Which didn't make a great deal of sense but that wasn't really unusual for Kanaye. "You're probably right but..." She shook her head.

She wasn't quite sure such a simple response should really cause a reaction like that but smiled anyway. "I'm glad you're happy, I guess!"

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	zealousemperor 2010-01-12 03:48 am UTC (link)
	"Well, he is your father. Lots of people are attached to their parents, so I can't blame you." He shrugged. "But, still..." Laughing, Kanaye looked around. "You wanna play a game or something?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	giantfruitbyday 2010-01-12 03:55 am UTC (link)
	"It's probably something like that, yeah. He's always meant well, I'm just not really deaf enough." She nodded. "That sounds nice. Do you have a favourite game?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	zealousemperor 2010-01-12 03:57 am UTC (link)
	"That's kind of selfish, though. To want you to be deaf with him to share the pain or something..." Kanaye shook his head. "Well, if you were, I'd learn sign language! I mean, I like languages, so with some hard work I could probably get enough to talk to you in a couple of months!" "Not really, no. I'm just going where you'll go!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)