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Yasusada

I'd rather be doing kendo

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[tosa]

Nah nothing like that
Just a bear... it roars a bit and gets big but it's not really looking for a fight.

( But what an answer. It's not much but it has him thinking. Was that really Yamato in his dream? )

You know you're just walking with your friend outside and this bear comes out. You can go back but you don't want to so you have to fight or find another way.

( Vaguely answers the question from the last text. )

[okitactless]

why wouldn't I want to go back if there's a bear in the way...

[THIS STILL DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.]

and how can you tell it's not looking for a fight if it's roaring and getting big?? that sounds pretty aggressive to me

[tosa]

IDK but you have to keep going forward!

( HE DOESNT MAKE THE RULES IN HIS DREAMS THEY JUST HAPPEN? )

And I can just tell alright! Its just being a bear!

[okitactless]

[THIS IS SO STUPID WHAT THE HECK

Normally Yamato would say so, try and think up something passive-aggressive about Ryusei being a stubborn blockhead (says Yamato, l o l), but he just doesn't have the energy right now. He hasn't had too many horribly big fights with Kashuu, but they always leave him feeling depressed and drained, and he isn't in the mood to pick a fight with somebody else.]

bears just being bears still attack people, pocahontas

but if I had to go forward right at it instead of finding another way around and it was roaring at me and rearing or something then yeah, I'd probably attack first

if I didn't then it would and if that happened I'd be dead

[tosa]

( > p o c a h o n t a s

Yamato can probably see that he's typing. He's typing for a long time but a response never comes.

YEAH WELL YOU DON'T DIE

LIKE I'D LET YOU DIE?

WHAT DO YOU EVEN KNOW?

BEARS KILL FEWER PEOPLE THAN VENDING MACHINES

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You think you could fight a bear and win? What would you even fight with then huh

[okitactless]

didn't I just say that I'd die if I didn't get the first strike in??

[Ryusei w t f]

I don't know, you're the one who said I was armed!! what is this even about, why are you asking me about bears

1/2

[tosa]

So you're faster than a bear?????????
I neve said what you were armed with youre the one that just assuemd!

and What's it matter why I"m asking? I was just wondering!

[tosa]

( AND HE WON"T ANSWER ANY TEXTS FOR A LITTLE WHILE. Brb he needs a snack. He needs to go make a snack and do his mobile game dailies. )

But I guess if you wanna know you know how people get all these weirdo dreams and stuf?

[okitactless]

well it's either gotta be a gun or a blade of some kind, right?? and you know I don't like guns

[ERGO, it's probably a knife or something, and yes, Ryusei, in this hypothetical scenario he is faster than a bear FUCKING FIGHT HIM.

Yamato's busy lying around and moping, so he really couldn't care less how long Ryusei takes to reply (he doesn't even care that much about the reason, truthfully, because right now it's hard to care about much of anything). When he finally gets the other reply, though, he makes a face.]

did you dream about me?????

[tosa]

I dont know anyone else who would try to fight a bear.
And a gun would be better than a sword in that situation so I guess you'd die if it was eral.

[okitactless]

[a.k.a. yes he did. Gross!! Yamato's already dreamt about sparring with Izumi... if he dreams about Ryusei he's gonna throw up.]

whatever, it's not my fault your subconscious is stupid

if I did have to fight a bear it'd probably be because you did something to piss it off anyway

[tosa]

I didn't do anything! And i got us out of it FYI
probably saved your ass

[okitactless]

well at least I know you're telling the truth

because that would only ever happen in your dreams

[WHAT A PUNK even when he's moping, incredible]

[tosa]

( If it wouldn't make him so happy, Ryu would totally be looking for a fight right now. )

YOU KNOW WHAT
FORGET IT
It was definitely a dream because no way would I be out with you in the first place

( It was pretty dang vivid but it was CLEARLY JUST A DREAM. )

[okitactless]

[Yeah, don't try and fight him unless you want him to cry on you and wax poetic about ~the good old days~, Ryusei...]

there's no way I would be out with YOU

[THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION!!!!!!

...but as much as this conversation is irritating him, this is the first time anybody besides Kashuu has mentioned having him appear in his dreams, so he can't help being curious.]

have you dreamt about anybody else

[tosa]

all the time
Normally it's movie stars and singers though.
You're probably the lamest person I've dreamt about in awhile, though.

( Just ordinary dreams that don't really make any sense... this one felt different from his other dreams,
though. Everything was really vivid and clear and he woke up still feeling it-- the air, the relief, the bear's breath, the setting sun.... He's never had a dream stick with him after waking up like that.

Yamato can probably see Ryusei typing up another response. It takes awhile and really, he debates asking and getting involved but if Kiyomitsu was going through weird things then what if Yamato was too? )

Are you having weird dreams?

[okitactless]

[Yamato doesn't even bother dignifying the insult with a response, he just waits for Ryusei to finish typing. When the last message comes, he isn't particularly surprised--it makes him frown, but he replies honestly nonetheless.]

yes

[For a bit, it seems like that's all he's going to write. But then:]

was it scary? the one with the bear

[tosa]

(That awkward moment when you're concerned for someone you don't really talk to anymore. Now he has to fumble through the acts of caring without sounding too concerned or invested (because he isn't!!!). He can't ignore it though... whether they get along now or not, they had a history together that went back.)

nah
I guess... not really.
We were more worried than scared.

Do you wanna know?

[okitactless]

[YAMATO DOESN'T WANT YOUR CONCERN ANYWAY!! Except without Kashuu around all he's got is his mom... and maybe Yato, which is just kind of sad. He needs more friends.]

yes

[At least he's never been one to mince words. Even at his most PA, he's never been one for mind games or clever phrasing.]

I saw a monster in mine
an actual scary one, not a cute or silly one

[tosa]

(Maybe you'd have more friends if you weren't being passive aggressive at your old ones!! Yamato is lucky Ryusei is an overall good guy.)

THen you cant laugh!

(No more Disney princess jokes ok.)

It was just you and me. Someone we knew \was sick so we were looking for medicine out in the woods or something.

You were saying we didn't have a lot of time left and then this bear shows up. Its big and roaring and you get ready to fight it but I told you to knock it off.

Obviously you dont wanna listen because youre a knucklehead.
I start talking to this bear right? Like hey someone important is sick and needs medicine so let us go. And it lets us? It just leaves us alone.
And that's it. TBH i was really cool.

[okitactless]

[YOU CAN'T BE HIS FRIEND IF YOU DITCHED HIM WITH NO WARNING AND STILL HAVEN'T APOLOGIZED]

I'm not laughing

[Pointing that out first, even Ryusei gets the story out--and it's true, he was rolling his eyes, not laughing. He's too listless to laugh right now, okay.]

...
okay now I'm laughing

[No he's not HE'S JUST BEING A SHIT you can take the sword away from okita but you can't take the okita out of the sword okay.

Still, he replies again, quickly enough that Ryusei wll be able to tell he didn't mean it.]

that sounds kind of normal, though
I mean, not normal normal, but normal like how I dreamed Izumi and I were sparring with real swords and he tripped on a bottle

[i.e. more realistic than creepy monsters and less traumatizing than blood and loneliness.]

mine was... I don't know who all was there
it sounded like a lot of people but the only one I could hear clearly was Kiyomitsu
there was a lot of blood and yelling and it was really dark... I just remember running up some stairs and then there was a huge creepy monster at the top
and it threw me back down the stairs and I heard Kiyomitsu yelling and that's it

[That's not it, actually, but Ryusei doesn't get to know about the most recent dream, the one where he'd been waiting, and waiting, and waiting for Kashuu to come home, alone and trapped and horrendously lonely. That's not something anybody gets to know, not even Kashuu.]

[tosa]

(HE HAS NOTHING TO APOLOGIZE FOR? People quit clubs all the time!!)

You had real swords?

(Just like in his own dream...)

Monsters aren't real. And neither are dreams. Even Koukichi knows that.
I guess is everyone's having weird dreams though there's gotta be something.
Maaybe IU'll talk to mom about checking for mold or something.

(It's happening to people outside of the apartment too... but maybe they can do something about in the apartment itself. Who knows. He's just trying to be reasonable. And if his friends (and vague friends) are having shitty nightmares the he wants them to stop.)

And idk what youre watching before bed but knock it off

[okitactless]

monsters aren't real the way horses never existed, right?

[a.k.a. for all they know, monsters could be the next change that comes along. Monster just replacing everyone with blonde hair or something. Monsters holding bake sales. Monsters eating people. WHO EVEN KNOWS.]

yeah we did. and then kiyomitsu got a real sword from them so obviously we should be preparing for something big

[You don't just send people swords in the mail like it's nothing. Not even Yamato would do that (although that's more because he wouldn't trust the post office to handle a sword properly... even though he's never touched a real sword in his life, aside from Kashuu's?? okay yams)]

[tosa]

this is different

( He doesn't know how or why but it just is. Horses are real and fruit doesn't dance but monsters are definitely not real. )

A REAL sword?
That's pretty cool!

But don't go all conspiracy theory on me. Things are weird but the world isn't ending or anything. WW3 isn't going to happen so CHILL.

[okitactless]

if you say so

[Ah, the words of someone who isn't buying it.

Whatever, he can be paranoid all he wants YOU CAN'T STOP HIM. (It probably says a lot about his current state, though, that he doesn't even react to Ryusei saying "that's pretty cool".]

it's not like I'm freaking out all the time but I'd rather be prepared than caught off-guard
and why are you telling me to chill when you're the one that messaged me in the first place