goalsides | ICHIRO;

[today on misfired texts:]

dude, this guy keeps adding a bunch of leaves to the top bunk
are your roommates this weird?

[ helloooo taichi

after all of the clusterfuck that was last weekend and everything else going on, it's kind of nice to do something easy, so. out on the athletic field, ichiro's got a soccer ball at his feet and he passes it easy back to taichi, providing the kickback for some footwork. he doesn't play himself, but jiro does, so he's used to getting the practice in. ]

Man, I can't believe everything here's still expecting us to act like it's normal after everything. [ as he passes the ball. ]

[ it's a text pc!

actually at first it's just a picture, a selfie angled kinda downwards. there is a goose in ichiro's lap. ]

dude
went out looking for stuff today
now this

[out on the farm today, taichi's busy exploring when he hears the sound of someone familiar? give him a moment to round the corner and suddenly there...is ichiro...with dogs.

his eyes light up immediately.]

Making new friends?

hey dude. you ok? just checkin in

[ sometimes you just end up dumping your lore spaghetti all over the place. ichiro just happens to be passing by taichi on his way back from class, it looks like. he gives him a sup nod and a wave --

and there's suddenly a beeping noise, like a broadcast starting.

the memory closes out with the woman's voice saying, "From here on out, the Party of Words will be the leaders of this country." and then fades away.

ichiro blinks as if coming back to reality when he surfaces; slowly, his expression tightens, mouth pulling into a frown. ]

[ ichiro's gonna go find taichi pretty quickly after trial, holding his bloody jacket over his arm and just sort of dying

i don't know where he is but does it matter? no. ichiro's just dropping sort of boneless, even if it hurts, onto the nearest soft-ish surface.]

...dude.

[ just

dude ]

[sometime probably very very late:]

dude
ok first of all did you guys get the new documents from viola yet
second of all is she iris right now?

[ lets hang out at like 2 am again

by which i mean ichiro's just kind of walking the campus, unable to sleep after all of that shit. he's at least like marginally less angry than he was a few hours ago, which means he's functional enough to talk to people, so spotting taichi being reclaimed by the earth...

... yeah.

he doesn't approach right away, but leaves. about ten minutes later, ichiro returns with a water bottle in his hands, and then comes and just drops to sit next to taichi. his emotions are just - exhausted, residually angry. grieving. ]

Fuck.

[GOD WHY THE FUCK DOES THIS PLACE SUCK SO BAD!!!!

so. a little later, probably, when things have settled down a bit, taichi will make his way over to the infirmary and poke his head in the door to see if ichiro's there, and also, like, alive.]

...you up?

[bro?]

Taichi did you guys get the clue for this week

[ ha ha ]

[here we are at the moat. when taichi approaches, it's with some degree of caution before he stops a few feet away, lifting his hand in a wave.]

...hey dude. [just...gauging the temperature here.]

weekend 0, saturday

week 1, tuesday! sparkles

w1 friday

w2 monday

w2 post inves!

week 3 monday! cartwheels in with a memshare for you

week 3 post trial

w3 sunday

w4 post trial