058. [dictated]

[foolreversed]

[well everything's back to normal now, Adachi included. Which means he has to... get all of this over with. Welp]

[Filtered to Rise]

[ughhhh he hates doing this whyyyy. His voice is back to its usual register now]

Hey.

We need to talk about something.

A bunch of somethings actually.


[Filtered to Yukiko]

[he debates on this one but he's had enough civil interaction with Yukiko in the past, and what she said to him during his loss makes it clear she doesn't know the truth about him yet- so he figures it's only in his advantage to touch base and confirm (and make sure Rise hasn't said anything yet)]

Um, h-hey there Miss Amagi! Sorry I didn't recognize you the last time we talked. The castle made me a lot younger for a few weeks-- but I'm back to normal now!

Just wanted to say... It's good to see you again.


[Filtered to THAT TOTAL KNOCK OUT WOW (a.k.a. Mitsuru)]

Er... sorry about the whole thing with the chocolates on Valentine's Day. You should know though that I wasn't myself when we first met; like I've actually been here for a long time- not a new arrival at all, haha.

Um... a-anyway, I thought it was only right to make a proper introduction now that I'm back to my usual self. The name's Tohru Adachi, former Detective, at your service!

[/end filters]


[and now with those out of the way...]

Geez, the last way I expected to spend my 30th birthday was as a 22 year old. Or was it 21...? 23...? Whatever... Still feels preeeetty weird to even say the word "30" though. [yes he's mostly gotten over the weirdness he felt last year when 30 was just something on the incoming horizon, but it's still a little strange] A-Anyway, basically I'm back to normal now... in case anyone cared.

Um... that's not the only thing I wanted to bring up though.

Does... Does anyone have any free time to help me uh... move back to the castle? Turns out landlords don't accept castle induced sleeps and losses as good enough reasons for missing 2 months of rent ah... haha... ha...

...please?

Comments

[Adachi]

[therealrisette]

[Of all the people to filter to her...

Did he figure out why she avoids him? He does sound a little different...

Curiosity overrides her overwhelming desire to wish up a fireplace so she can throw the journal into it for even carrying that scumbag's voice to her.]

... What is it?

filtered 5ever

[foolreversed]

When you met me before...

That was a loss the castle put me on. I'm not in my 20's or a rookie.

The time it was back in our world when I came to this place was late March, 2012.

[therealrisette]

[The admission is so shocking, Rise literally forgets to get angry. But she does get confused.]

... Why does it matter?

[It's only after she's spoken that her emotiosn start to flare up again. She would have been perfectly fine with avoiding him as much as possible until the castle sent one of them home! Why does he have to suddenly come to her and admit something like this?!]

[foolreversed]

[he's honestly wondering why he's doing this too but ughhh he knows ripping this bandaid off now is better than later]

I figured it'd be better than you finding out on your own if you see me around again, especially now that I'm moving back to the castle. Better than waiting for the other shoe to drop anyway. There's no point in hiding from you kids once you realize I'm actually here.

...There's one other thing though.

[therealrisette]

So that's why I haven't seen you around...

[But ugh, if he's moving back, that changes everything. She may have to actively avoid him.

But whatever. She's come this far without screaming at him. Surreal as it's been. She can last a bit longer.]

... What's that?

[ofhope]

Old.

[foolreversed]

Rude as ever I see.

[ofhope]

Just a friendly reminder.

Have you been living it up?

[foolreversed]

Not really.

Apparently in my old age I'm just going to sleep a lot. Or go on weird losses. [thanks castle]

[ofhope]

How is that different from normal...?

[luthored]

[ Oh, what, landlord issues? That's no good. And she feels guilty now for ignoring him since Nanako's departure, more or less. ]

If you still want to live in the city, I currently have two properties that have recently been abandoned by residents who returned home.

[foolreversed]

Huh? Really?

What kind of properties...? And whose?

[he'll probably still just go back to the castle because he kind of missed it and lost his job for the exact same reasons but he's curious]

[luthored]

They're mine.

[ She just rented them out, yep. ]

One's a smaller townhouse, the other's a more free standing victorian style with a small yard.

[foolreversed]

Hmm...

The smaller townhouse seems more like my kind of thing, but I think for now I'm better off just staying at the castle for a bit. Weirdly enough... I almost kind of missed it? The people anyway.

Thanks though. If I change my mind later and they're still free I might take you upon that offer.

[luthored]

I can't blame you. Sometimes I miss the easy access of the castle when it comes to social situations.

Are you happy Nanako's back?

[Adachi]

[luxe_can_kill]

I see... The castle had altered you twice within a short span of time I have been here, it seems.

I-In any case, it's a pleasure to meet you, Officer Tohru.

filtered forever

[foolreversed]

Pretty much- I find it's fond of "double whammies", y'know?

Y-Yeah, same here. Um... I don't think I ever caught your name though, ma'am. [or at least he can't remember it. shitty name memory yeah!!]

Re: filtered forever

[luxe_can_kill]

Hm. [she smiled a little]

Mitsuru Kirijo.

[foolreversed]

Mitsuru Kirijo...

--Wait. Kirijo!?

U-Um... sorry, this is going to sound weird but uh... i-in my world there's a company with that name and uh...

[WELL IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE SOMEONE ELSE FROM ANOTHER WORLD COULD HAVE A NAME LIKE KIRIJO BUT...]

[luxe_can_kill]

I see... I have met others from our world, so I am not too surprised to hear that you know of the Kirijo Group.

Adachi;

[scoring]

It did?

[ sry bro you're just Old People to her

But that explains things! She exhales a little, and a smile comes back into her voice. ]

That's okay. If the castle did it, you couldn't help it.

It's good to see you again, too!

filtered forever

[foolreversed]

Y-Yeah. Turned me into a fresh faced rookie cop again, haha... ["Old People".... >:{]

How long have you been back in the castle, by the way?

[scoring]

Not too long. A week or so, maybe...? It's nice to see you again.

[foolreversed]

Ah, so pretty recently huh. I guess you've probably heard it already from all your old friends that you've been here a couple times in the past, huh?

And yeah- same.

[scoring]

Mm. Rise-chan mentioned it...I'm still trying to take it all in, to be honest.