7/16: Ion

[randori]

[ Another week. A terrible, terrible awful week, but rather than being discouraged, there's a set expression on Natsuo's face as he mills around throughout the day, that same sense of Purpose that seems to rears its head every other week to varying degrees of success, but this time is with hope, a piece of paper clutched tight in his fist. ]

Ion.

[ non... roommate... Ion, he makes absolutely sure because he just left the dorm with the other and then ambushes this Ion in the kitchen ]

We're friends.

[ Gringrin, that sure is a declaration, no preamble, no context. ]

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[fonlines]

[ The closer you hold people, the harder it is to lose them. There are some among their number who don't want to feel such a thing ever again.

Ion wonders if there is any way out of this that won't end in tragedy. To that end, he sets his tea down, frowning very lightly. ]

I know it isn't; I had tea with the Tiger just the other week, but... Try to what? Speak with the Tiger and Dragon? They both seem so convinced that all of us, themselves included, are simply roles in a story that has yet to see its conclusion.

[randori]

Try to get everybody together so we can talk about our options. Like how we meet every weekend, but without all the other stuff that makes it hard to talk. [ corpses, a time limit, etc ]

At the very least, getting everybody on the same page about being part of the story. Then we won't lose people like we did with Sousei and Jae-ha.