squelching | catch-all: nico.

[just sitting in the now clean capsule hotel, swinging her legs idly while playing on her phone. she nods in his direction when she notices him.

is he still wearing his onesie or is he wearing another set of clothes...]

[ probably somewhere around the arcade, he's busy checking out the outside where all of the caution tape is up when he sees saya still nearby. ]

I knew this place was cursed. [ does he mean the city? no he means the arcade specifically. fun is not allowed. ]

[today is really about to be the villain origin story of so many characters in this cast. help. saya just sits down with him wherever it is he's vibing.]

... Ox should have let Hanako stab the mayor.

[THIS SUCKS.]

[ he's still wandering after his return to the city! but he will occasionally glance to see if saya continues to follow. ]

[ at some point, nico is coming out of the bookstore at the mall and seems to have a few items in his hands. he also has a demon hanging out in the hood of his jacket, white glowing eyes peering around before it chirps at saya in greeting.

that's about the only reason nico seems to notice she's there and he slows down. ]

Hey, Saya. Looking around? [ malls are big. ]

[WHY WERE WE BOTH ON CYOA!!!!

anyway, the absolute hilarity of nico's group coming back super fucked up while saya is completely unharmed.]

... What happened to you?

[ somewhere in the void...there's a very deep, bone-weary sigh. ]

This entire week has been terrible, which is saying something.

[they are at the game shop, where saya recognizes absolutely none of the desktop games. and most of the board games, too. help.]

Do you see anything you recognize, Nico?

[ god. today was so exhausting and nico very, very desperately kind of wants to drop dead and pass out for a few hours.

but he's not, because he has people to check on, and it's why he makes his way to snorm with the hopes of running into a certain girl. ]

Saya. [ just to get her attention. ] ...it's been...a really, really long day. Are you good?

[welcome to (throws dart) the anime store. i'll get you a mem in a minute, but for now — saya is looking through the hero figurines like she thinks this is the funniest shit ever. she looks up when she spots nico, and she immediately... glares at him?]

Why are you here? Go away.

[... except she says this and she seems to be startled by it, blinking in surprise. this is fine and normal.]

[GOD. why has this been the worse week, actually.

nico will have to look for A While if he wants to check in on her, but eventually, he will find her. somewhere. she's curled up with her knees pulled up to her chest, staring at the ground with the dead eyed stare of someone who is all out of tears. but she lifts her gaze when he stumbles into her little hidey hole, quietly sniffling. hi.]

hey where are you?
are you somewhere safe?

[flings this at you a thousand years later but anyway--

saya is currently trying to drag a giant skeleton out of discount spirit halloween... this thing is three times her height. why is it preassembled.]

[god. this sucks. even looking at the cute pictures of their dead friends on the newspaper isn't making it suck less.]

If someone killed Vane and Ponta before Fox could get a kill... [she's gonna lose it.

why are two out of three bodies foxes!!!]

hey
saya
can i ask you something?

[she's giving him a few hours to wake up and spend time with his very alive boyfriend before she goes looking for him

but once she does, she immediately runs to him. and if he allows it, she's pulling him into a hug.]

I don't know what happened, but I'm so, so relieved.

week zero, sunday...1!

w0 friday 2

week zero, saturday.

w1 thursday

w2 monday

week two, thursday.

w2 saturday

week three, monday.