imeeji_frontstage | MEMORIESSSS

[ In his quest to regain more of his memory, today he has set up shop... at the movie theater within the shopping center. Usually, he visits the department store nearest the hotel. But he figures there is more privacy out this way, and he can look at the different selections offered here.

He has a bag full of new clothes and has even ordered some food. He'll just watch the memory play in the privacy of the theater, quietly hitting the purchase button. And the memory that plays-- is a sort of memory montage of his many birthdays throughout the years, leading up to his seventeenth.

At first, he feels a little lonely, watching it unfold before his eyes. But by the end, he's smiling.

His seniors and his friends... he's really spoiled, isn't he? He really misses them all, but he's going to use this to hold onto. He's glad he decided to take a memory today. ]

That was kind of them.

[Hello, Kasa he caught your memory.]

Hello, Alphinaud.

[ He smiles, inviting him over. ]

My seniors can be endlessly exhausting, but they have their good sides, too.

I feel quite the same about mine. To have friends who support you is a special thing in itself.

[Taking a seat with him!]

What else do you remember about them? You don't have to spend the points to show me, but I'd love to hear about them.

Three of them were here at one point. Not all together, but... they were here.

They... have very poor personalities, never think about how their actions can trouble others, and constantly just do whatever they like. It's very vexing at times.

[ he catches the tail end of the memory. ] ah, Tsukasa, it's been a while.

Caeli-san.

[ In polite nod in greeting. ]

Indeed. I am afraid I have become rather preoccupied of late, but it is always good to see you.

[ Which is certainly different from their first real time speaking in the past.]

It's alright. I have been a bit busy too. [ shrugs. ] But that's just how it is sometimes, especially here. You've been doing okay though?

I suppose so. I have been a little vexed recently with the arrival of my cousin, but I have been doing what I can on that front. This place never fails to toss one complicated issue at us to the next.

But I have been keeping myself busy.

Oh? and just what are you doing? [ making it worse? ] Does he have amnesia?

Mm, that's certainly true, ~but that's their intent, I'm sure.

Me too. Been training doubly hard.

He does. You see, when he arrived, I was a mixture of emotions upon seeing him. He was here once before, on a temporary unit, but earned his way back home.

You can imagine my shock and dismay at seeing him again. And, once more, he didn't remember me. I cannot forgive the producers for this.

I tried to approach him and help explain our relationship and the situation, but it seems I came on too strongly? Because now he refuses to be alone with me unless we are out in public. And it's made me feel very sad and lonely as a result.

[ Sighsssss. ]

Like you, I have been training though. At least it is a good distraction, even if I am simply focusing on my idol activities and the sword.

Edited 2022-03-18 04:07 (UTC)

[ this is not the least bit surprising. ] ...amnesiacs do need to be treated with, ah, care, since hearing a bunch of stuff they don't remember can be startling. Not to mention he just got re-kidnapped to this place, so things were already confusing and probably tense. Just... take it slow and steady. I'm sure he'll come around, especially if he buys a couple of memories.

You should spar with me. I have a room specifically for training.

...you looked normal, there.

It sounds incredibly rude when you say it like that, you know. I am not a bizarre creature. Even if I am inflicted with unusual features right now.

I am just a normal human being.

Even without the features, you're mighty bizarre.

I will not allow you to say such disrespectful things, you know. I ask that you take it back. Just what part about me is supposed to be bizarre??

The way you know nothing but think you know what's best for everyone else anyway. The way you always pronounce words in English like this. Your face.

[ he's just being petty now. ]

And who asks someone to take back words that offend them? Either you ignore 'em or teach 'em with your fists. Or is fisticuffs beneath the young master?

Why must you keep trying to instigate me!?

Beyond which, how can you talk when you are the one with the difficult and strange dialect?? And of course they are beneath me! I do not duel with my fists. That is a small-minded way of dealing with a disagreement or issue.

[ YOU DESTROY THEM THROUGH YOUR MUSIC AND SHOW THEM JUST HOW MUCH BETTER YOU ARE. ]

So's the big-minded way t'bore 'em to death with highfalutin' vocabulary?

I am not boring.

You win, by proving your superiority through your hard work and actions. If you must duel, do it upon the stage- any idol's battlefield. By proving your grades. By being the better negotiator, or businessman. By working on connections, and expanding your presence. There are endless methods of destruction. It needn't come down to fists, and that is not an action that would be allowed from someone in my position back home to begin with.

And you're sayin' all the "idols" from your world feel the way you do?

No, because you stubbornly do not. But neither do you see idols getting into public scuffles. That would be disastrous.

The tall'n broad fella with the green eyes doesn't share your sentiments.

The-- you mean the one who handed me the bag? I admit I do not know him very well. This was my first memory of him at the very least... he seems cartoonishly charasmatic? Or rather... he has a presence that makes him difficult to ignore.

I am not sure why you feel he would differ so much from the rest of us though.

This's why.

[ Natsume is standing on a stage with the big, buff idol man and they're joined by a rather important looking guy who goes by GFK, but the audience seems to know that. In fact, the underground venue is packed with all the people he's wronged. As Natsume and the other idol read off his crimes, they grow more agitated.

Blood thirsty, even.

Neither Natsume nor the taller idol seem bothered by this. Rather, it's all according to plan, the way Natsume's "partner" so helpfully points out that there are no cameras aimed at the audience, and no one would be culpable if some unfortunate accident were to occur. It happens at rock concerts all the time, after all.

Aware that his life is in danger, GFK tries to escape, but the larger idol scoops the man up easily and throws him into the waiting audience. A resounding swell of brass and strings open their song, a number that seems reminiscent to detective show themes. It easily covers up the sounds of the man being tossed about like a rag doll, beaten and trampled repeatedly. Though Natsume finds all of this in bad taste, part of him knows this is necessary, to keep this awful person from victimizing those who are important. Who, exactly, is still unknown. ]

Edited (OKAY I AM DONE FOR REAL SORRY) 2022-03-21 05:04 (UTC)

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