text | un: amber [april 3rd, late evening]

[spiria]

has anybody seen rin okumura today?

[ after asking around friends, she is in full panic mode at the realization that her boyfriend might be gone ... forgive her for the lack of explanation. her hands are shaking on the phone as she eagerly watches to see if anyone has seen the boyo. ]

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lol it's fine, it happens :D

[spiria]

[ She may have gotten stuck on the grayscale filter for that pic and couldn't figure out how to get out of it. ]

Last night. He has a tail, even when he's not in a moon cycle. He's got pointed ears, dark hair, blue eyes, and he usually works at his Teppenyaki grill, but of course I haven't seen him at all today ...

He's my boyfriend, we live together. He would usually at least let me know he was going out if he had to go somewhere, and I've gotten nothing from him at all today.

[ She doesn't want to admit it, but she's about 99% sure that Rin has gone home. She wants to hang on to some flimsy hope that maybe he just got caught up in something and will be home before she wakes up in the morning, if she even sleeps at all. ]

[lonenowa]

[Visible creases tighten across Noire's face, tensing up visibly as she reads the provided description out loud.

What is he, an imp? This world has everything, doesn't it?

[Her fingers sleet across the keyboard once more.]

𝘞𝘰𝘸, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺?! 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵! 𝘜𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.

𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘺𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭.

[spiria]

[ Imp is one way to put it. ]

He's a fantastic chef, and he loves running the business. That's why it's so abnormal for him to not show up for work at all.

[lonenowa]

𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦. 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘥𝘥. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴.

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱. 𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?

[spiria]

[ Yeah, she thought that might be the case ... Still holding out some hope of finding him, but ... ]

I am. So is he.

[lonenowa]

[Inhales. She feels regret taking hold of her as her fingers tremble with hesitation. Her digits flutter idly across her keyboard, but then she shrugs.

Eventually, she resumes typing.]

𝘐 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯, 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘐 𝘊𝘖𝘜𝘓𝘋 𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯.

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱! 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥.

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮.

[spiria]

[ Well ... that's ... nice? ]

It's okay. I'm pretty sure I know what happened ... I'm just kind of hoping I'm wrong.

[lonenowa]

𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦. [Rude.]

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.

[Well, she tried at least. In her little way, at least.]

𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘺𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘶𝘮. 𝘚𝘰 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸.

[spiria]

[ She doesn't mean to be rude!! She's just not sure how exactly to deal with this and her brain is super frazzled and all that. ]

Thank you. I appreciate it.

[lonenowa]

[Oh, Noire probably knows deep down, but she's too stubborn even to take heed of that—the flaw of narcissism.]

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.

[spiria]

You too.