Well, me and two small people. Small kid with the orange hair, and the little girl with the white hair and never ending questions. [ They have names, Ash. ]
Yeah. The snowbunny and [ Huh. ] ... eh. I'll go check the plaques again later. He got really weird about sleeping on the bed with snowbunny, and she pretty much just sat on the bed like she was meant to sleep there all along.
[ So, that's that. ]
I'm gonna try and dig out some more duvets and blankets and see if we can't cobble together a mattress for him.
Yeah, dinner parties don’t usually last like two full days. Anyone’d get snappy about that.
[ isaac’s image was pretty ruined when he stuttered over platonically sharing a bed with a cute girl but don’t let that stop you akira, you’re a true bro. ]
Got a question for you: do you remember getting an invite to this thing?
Nah. It ain’t that faulty. It remembers more than you think it does.
[ he sounds oddly serious, all things considered. ]
And if it doesn’t, there’ll be something that’ll prompt it. I wasn’t exactly in a position to be signing myself up for dinner parties before I got here, so I’m willing to call some bullshit on this.
. . . [gives Ash a kind of strange look, as though he's picking up on that oddly serious response. but he says nothing. he too knows how humans can remember more than they think they do, especially after meeting Futaba]
I wasn't, either. In fact, the last thing I remember was being on a road trip with my friends.
[not exactly something he'd be eager to leave in order to come to a SPOOKY MANSION]
Don’t think any of us remember dropping what we were doing to come here. Wherever “here” is, and whatever it is we’re expected to do here. If we were just here to eat and wreck the ballroom, we’d be gone by now.
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Sure. It’s not like there’s anything else going on here.
[ .......... ]
Do you usually invite people back to your room two days after meeting them, or—? [ ash shut up ]
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Nope. Consider yourself special, Mr. Casanova.
[WINK WONK]
[it's the dryest, most deadpan wink in the world]
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Hey, fortune favours the bold. [ And then just as drily: ]
Don't pin your hopes on anything though.
[ But he IS curious what Akira's got back here in the first place. ]
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[A PILLOW FORT. set up between the dresser and the chaise, with pillows and pilfered snacks hidden underneath the tent. SURPRISE]
We couldn't agree on who got the bed.
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...
Not bad. You guy extra pillows from around the place or is it all stuff from your room?
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[gestures to the pillow fort tent opening. CARE TO JOIN HIM ASH because he's crawling inside]
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[ ...
Well. I mean.
Yeah? Yeah. He'll be coming in after you, Akira. ]
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[. . . also, "one of"]
And how many people did they cram into your room, anyway?
[because here it's just Akira and Chuuya]
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[ ... ]
Well, me and two small people. Small kid with the orange hair, and the little girl with the white hair and never ending questions. [ They have names, Ash. ]
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Isaac and Nia.
[he's met them both!!]
Isaac's the one insisting he sleep on the floor?
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[ So, that's that. ]
I'm gonna try and dig out some more duvets and blankets and see if we can't cobble together a mattress for him.
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[a ppppause]
And. . . look after him, too. Nia-san as well, but. . .
[how does he say this without making it sound like Isaac needs to be coddled? because he absolutely does not, but Akira does think that maybe. . .]
I think he could really use a couple of friends in this place.
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He seems pretty confrontational. [ Says the most confrontational guy possibly ever. ] Can't say I blame him though.
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[he isn't going to say "Isaac is clearly afraid" because he doesn't want to RUIN ISAAC'S IMAGE, but. that's the impression he got from the kid]
Nothing about this situation makes someone want to be cooperative.
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[ isaac’s image was pretty ruined when he stuttered over platonically sharing a bed with a cute girl but don’t let that stop you akira, you’re a true bro. ]
Got a question for you: do you remember getting an invite to this thing?
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[and Akira's expression immediately sours, brows furrowed and lips pulled downward into a frown]
I don't. I even asked Peach-san about it, but she just told me that human memory is faulty.
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[ he sounds oddly serious, all things considered. ]
And if it doesn’t, there’ll be something that’ll prompt it. I wasn’t exactly in a position to be signing myself up for dinner parties before I got here, so I’m willing to call some bullshit on this.
[ shockingly enough ]
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I wasn't, either. In fact, the last thing I remember was being on a road trip with my friends.
[not exactly something he'd be eager to leave in order to come to a SPOOKY MANSION]
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Don’t think any of us remember dropping what we were doing to come here. Wherever “here” is, and whatever it is we’re expected to do here. If we were just here to eat and wreck the ballroom, we’d be gone by now.
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[rip ballroom]
[rip every room in this mansion, probably]
[. . .]
I've heard a few theories about why we might be here, but none of them are pleasant. And they're all perfect speculation.
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[ that bar is like... so low it’s in gehenna ]
Speculation is better than wandering around ignorant and naive. Hit me. [ ... with the speculations. ]
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[charming]
And Akechi believes we've been brought here to be killed.
[ALSO CHARMING]
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...
It’s not like either of them are wrong. Kidnap usually leads to crap like experimentation, exploitation or murder.
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And here I was getting my hopes up that they just wanted to treat us to a nice, quiet vacation.
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[ the many ways to get your ass kidnapped: a summary by ash ]
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