I remember when I first found this place and didn't want anything at all do to with it.... But then I met her.^{It's besides the point of the matter that she.... no longer has connection} I wouldn't give up those moments with her.



On other subject, does anyone have a good remedy for nightmares?

Is there an "opt out" option for viruses? There should be one.

[there’s the soft click of an external speaker and the hiss static. the softer sound of shifting, and the murmur of voices. boyish and not, before the image seems to clear up. as whatever it is that is recording the pair seems to spill into clarity. as what is revealed appears like a normal bedroom: sparse white walls and a neatly made bed, but the two that peer into the fractured camera are always a shock. pale hair and bright eyes, but quite simply kouichi aizawa and shijima kurookano. quite simply, enough.

but, there is a pause before either speak up. the damage to this phone(?), perhaps, has been severe. it lags. and kouichi’s posture seems unusually still as he goes to speak up. as shijima blandly sprawls out beside him. only the wild tangle of hair visible within the frame, even now.
but -- ]

[ he laughs, nonetheless. and the mood of his body seems to offset he sound. the easy way of his smile seems to unbalance it. and he goes to reach up to his hair, if a little thoughtful. as if to run his fingers through it, and what follows the path of it is seemingly ridiculous.

a rainbow. (and that seems enough to remind him of why his posture was stiff in the first place. that seems more than enough, as his fingers freeze there. remain there, as he’s speaking. stumbling, if at first: ] It is a little strange to address the entire community, but –

[ and he is stopped as quickly as he starts. he is stopped by the decisive, claw-like motion of shijima’s hand. shooting up. grabbing the one stilled hand from the back of his neck and yanking it down. whatever she does with it is unseen, but the abrupt ow! and the quicker recoil of luminous color following his hand’s wake as he jerks it back to him decides that it is painful. decides without question that shijima will be speaking up, as kouichi silences. even if he looks a little peeved. if only temporarily. if only -- ]

Shut up, bird. Even just your presence is obnoxious today, so hold still and I'll explain the situation.

[but, even off-screen, shijima’s expression is not an unknown. as flat as always, but decidedly a little more serious: ] There's a strange child on the community who goes by the name of Yoite. He's the one who was very reluctant to speak. It's tempting to mess around with him, but we're issuing a warning to anyone who wants to. Don't. Or something very bad might end up coming upon you. That boy is very important to us and the future of this world, so be delicate with him. It's a pain to have to tread so lightly around a sensitive child, but I won't be happy if any permanent damage comes to him.

It's only something to keep in mind.

[ and even though there’s no motion to go with it (not yet), kouichi seems to wish to add something. seems to go to add something, but shijima’s fingers are already looking for the button on the phone to turn it off. have suddenly crept into the frame, as if she’s planned it (unsurprisingly), and with a few muffled sounds of protest and the grumbling of shijima about the unfortunate functionality of phones (blurred background and all) it shuts off.

flickers off. ]