[Text] ☠ The voice someone calls.

[nightprince]

[ ... Unlike his usual peppy self, Ryoji's post to the network is short and private client messages are left to several people. All of them are in plain black text, however. You can tell something is up, he's bothering to use apostrophes and such. ]

[ FILTERED FROM IZAYA ; UNHACKABLE ]

... I'm sorry, everyone. If I'm not around this week, something important happened. I'll be at the Volo dorms if you really need to get in contact with me.

- Ryoji

[ FILTERED TO AIGIS ; UNHACKABLE ]

[ ... His typing drops here considerably when he messages Aigis and Vriska, as though he is upset. ]

Can we talk???????? im downstairs.

[ FILTERED TO VRISKA ; UNHACKABLE ]

[ ... This is hard on him. But he trusts Vriska, so he will get her opinion too. ]

hey........ i need to talk to you. were moirails, right...? its really important. i know the Curse is over now and i really need to know what you think about this before i do something i might wish i didnt... or did.

im not sure right now.

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[imaging.livejournal.com]

[ And, in a matter of minutes, Aigis walks down stairs, eyes automatically scanning for Ryoji. ]

[action]

[derparcana.livejournal.com]

[ ... He looks like he hasn't slept much. Unless you count falling asleep outside Minato's door. ]

Hey.

[ ... ]

I don't understand why this happened. Why... would anyone want to do this to him?

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[imaging.livejournal.com]

I understand how you feel.

[ Aigis walks to him, taking a step closer than usual, in order to reach out and put her hand on Ryoji's forehead. ]

But you cannot change what's happened--devastating as it may be. We need to be calm, and take care of ourselves--and him. [ Her usually blank expression turns into a small smile. ]

You need rest.

[Action]

[formida8le.livejournal.com]

[Fine, okay, PAUSING THIS CONKSUCK GAME. She forgot to jump over the water anyway. She goes to where he is and slides next to him.]

What's the problem?????

[Action]

[derparcana.livejournal.com]

[ ... Okay, do you see this expression, Vriska? This? This is possessive. This is held back RAGE. Rage turned into a very sick, icy, lethal desire to maim someone. ]

... A man named Orihara Izaya slipped a drug into Minato's tea, proceeded to play with him, and nearly killed him.

[ This is a very broken smile. ]

He had no right to do that. He's no god. Minato believes in people being redeemable, but he's scum. He doesn't care that he did it. He just wants to know WHY. But he had no good reason. He did it for amusement. ... It's not funny. He kept joking around, acting like we were flushed--no. Minato is my other half.

... He's mine. He has no right to toy with him.

[Action]

[formida8le.livejournal.com]

[She smiles at him, sensing the rage he's holding back. She thinks of a comforting reply ("forget it, Ryoji, you're not that type of guy") but then, she really isn't the calmer half of their relationship, is she? She knows what he wants to do, and a little revenge can never hurt anyone.]

He wronged you. No, worse! He hurt your other half.

Don't just sit there and take it like a chump! Good guys get stepped on. Who knows what he'll do next time? I think the obvious answer is to...

[She leans forward to whisper the following to him:]

Make him pay.

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[singularjustice.livejournal.com]

[ N is not doing well himself, but he cannot ignore that sort of message from a friend. ]

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[derparcana.livejournal.com]

[ ... ]



[ Or he'll do something extremely rash. ]

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[singularjustice.livejournal.com]

[ By that token, N should have stayed home too. ]

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[chivalrygrudge.livejournal.com]

what happened, ryoji-senpai?

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[derparcana.livejournal.com]

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[chivalrygrudge.livejournal.com]

[Yeah, he's calling bullshit on that. Something about that really does not sound right.]

dont lie to me

[action]

[homerunmagician.livejournal.com]

[Junpei happens to be hanging out in his bedroom when he sees this message. He goes over and knocks on Ryoji's door, to no avail. Shrugging, he takes the stairs down to the main floor and spots him.]

Yo! You don't look so hot, dude. You okay?

[action]

[derparcana.livejournal.com]

[ He shakes his head, forcing a well-placed mask of a smile. ]

I just need some rest. I'll be fine.

[Text]

[messianic]

[The response comes...not immediately. Not late either, but certainly after he has gotten a few responses.]

Don't do anything rash.

[That's all. He...dislikes seeing Ryoji like this. But it only seems to make it worse when they're together, when Ryoji tries to hide all of this behind a smile for him.

He's trying to think of a way to snap him out of it, but he hasn't found it quite yet.]

[Text] Icon because he has no intent of showing his expressions anyway

[derparcana.livejournal.com]

[ ... Many failed attempts later... ]

[Text] Don't make him walk the two feet to your room B(

[messianic]

Thank you.

[...that's...all he has to say to that, sorry, Ryoji.]

video because since when did aniki care-

[treasurehunted.livejournal.com]

Piece of shit friend you are.

This... is not really a reply at all, a-ahaha

[derparcana.livejournal.com]

[ ........ Doesn't he know it.

And he knows Motochika is liable to call him a coward, but right now he doesn't know if he needs to get into anymore arguments, and he certainly does not want to make this worse than he already has.

So he doesn't respond. ]

[text]

[tsundyne]

[ ....he knows. Of course he knows. Maybe he'd always know more than her, maybe she doesn't deserve to know. She decides to send a text, since fuck if she would let him see how upset she is. ]

take care of him.

please.

[text]

[derparcana.livejournal.com]

[ ... Dammit. ]



[ That's all he says, in the end, too many messages half-finished. ]

voice;

[effier.livejournal.com]

[HEY RYOJI, LONG TIME NO SEE. Effy sounds extremely worried and needs to know what's wrong, though.]

Ryoji? Are you okay? Can I come see you?

text; on this end, sorry, he... he can't reply normally rn

[derparcana.livejournal.com]

[ ... ]

[Action]

[flowerywinter.livejournal.com]

*Fuuka was just walking down the stairs when Ryoji made the announcement. Something seemed off ... So she walks down to his door and gently taps on the door.*

Ryoji-kun?

[Action]

[derparcana.livejournal.com]

[ It's kind of obvious he's been crying. The door isn't locked, but when he does answer, it's more of a quiet mumble. ]

... It's unlocked.

[ Right now he's just sitting on his bed, his head in his knees. He can't even bring himself to get up to open it. ]