Trash Squad Day 4 - ELIMINATION?

[chinhotta]

Mornin', sweethearts? Did you have a good night? Feel any romances start to blossom?

Well, you've got another chance if not! Check your tablets for your dates!

[ The dates this time are: ]

Isuke	Yuri	Aquarium Tunnel
Joker	Sudoh	Art Room
Shirayuki	Hinata	Greenhouse
Shuichi	Avenger	Gymnasium
Niwatori	Reyson	Holding Cells
Sayori	Arianna	Indoor Playground
Ike	Futayo	Interrogation Room
Mikan	Peter	Kitchen
Kaito	Tatsuya	Library
Rin	Sonia	Library 2
Tohsaka	Elizabeth	Morgue
Akechi	Ouma	Nurse's Office
Sara	Akira	Props Room
Allen	Yusuke	Rec Room
Ruler	Persephone	Science Lab
Komaeda	Kiyo	Shrine
Obi	Zen	Wine Cellar

Nice going! Everyone who's still around got a date! That means there's no elimination today, have fun!

...Oh, but Astolfo, Ichigo, and Ranulf have been disqualified for the rest of the game. Don't worry about them, though, geez! They're perfectly fine! Maybe they're even hanging out on a romantic getaway with everyone else! Don't get your panties in a twist. Unless you're into that.

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[artisticliberty]

[oh, that's surprising]

Does that mean you've lost your memory?

[dismemberthename]

...Kind of? It's not... it's not like in tv or comics, where I just don't know anything about myself. I know who I am, but bits and pieces have been... slipping away, little by little.

[artisticliberty]

[concern]

... is this because you are sharing the same body with Shut Hell?

[dismemberthename]

Yeah. Mostly. But it's... also a distance thing? Like how you forget the faces of your classmates after a few years, even though it seems impossible. I haven't gone by my given name for a long time.

[artisticliberty]

[closes the distance between him and sudoh, fingers sliding along his face to cup it, peering into his eyes]

...

[dismemberthename]

[freezes up, breath catching. and he's trying to play it cool, obviously, but that vulnerability is there for sure. he's scared. of course he's scared. he can feel bits of himself slipping away and he thinks he won't survive this, in the end, with more and more conviction.]

[artisticliberty]

[he can see that fear, and it hurts to think he can't really do anything for sudoh]

If you remember it... please tell me.

[dismemberthename]

[...reaches up to settle a hand on the one cupping his cheek]

Yeah. I'll be sure to.

[artisticliberty]

[what if he just keeps his hands there for a while...]

Do you know... how old you are? Where you lived before?

[dismemberthename]

[yeah that's a good plan]

It's hard to say exactly how old I am... I was sixteen when I first went back in time, and I think I've been in this body a few years by now? But there are blank spots. I'm from [reasonably well-known mid-sized unremarkable japanese city], though.

[artisticliberty]

I see. I am seventeen, and I live in Tokyo. I will be a third-year at Kosei High School soon. When I graduate, I intend to go to Tokyo University of the Arts in Ueno.

[a trade-off of information seems appropriate, yes? yes]

[dismemberthename]

[the give and take chills him out a bit, too.]

I'm sure you'll do great, there.

[artisticliberty]

[he chuckles]

I intend to, even if I have other projects I will be focusing on.

[like inter-dimensional heart-stealing and killing gods, you know, teenager stuff]

[dismemberthename]

Like stealing hearts and stuff, right? I'm sure you'll do well at that, too.

[artisticliberty]

[he runs his thumb lightly over sudoh's cheekbone]

We will. What is your favorite food?

[dismemberthename]

[leans into his touch pleasantly]

Onigiri. Gyoza, too, but I got to have gyoza in the time since this all started, so I miss onigiri more.

[he is a simple boy that misses the simple things]

[artisticliberty]

If we are assigned as dates, we should make some together.

[perhaps he's overstepping his boundaries like this, but... sudoh doesn't seem to mind, does he? so maybe it's okay]

[dismemberthename]

[sudoh 0% seems to mind.] I'd like that. Since date assignments come with a location, though... should we just do it on our own time?

[artisticliberty]

That is true... very well, let us have a secret date in the kitchen.

[dismemberthename]

Excellent plan.

[artisticliberty]

Oh, that reminds me. I have not checked today's assignments.

[he lets go of sudoh's face to go find his tablet, examining it]

Allen Walker, hm? I took my clothes off in front of him yesterday.

[dismemberthename]

[cracks up]

Mutual stripping, was it?

[artisticliberty]

Indeed. We were both able to fill squares for bingo that way.

[dismemberthename]

Sounds effective! I'm sorry I missed it. [sudoh please]

[artisticliberty]

Oh, I would not mind repeating it, for you.

[yUSUKE]