romance and murder go so well together

[capyper]

[ If the colorful posters from Tuesday weren't enough, Yato has redoubled his efforts for today and slapped these up all over the place:



We are admittedly not entirely sure what the heck the catgirl is there for, but she's there. Anyway, in the dining hall this evening, Aqua and Yato have set things up for a group dinner!! All the food is being put on one table; the rest of the room is for mingling and is colorfully decorated in a way that suggests that Yato went wild in the art room at some point and decided what we all really need in our lives is more color and more glitter!!

There's also this piece of paper with everybody's names on it in pairs, and sets of questions (red tab at the bottom of the spreadsheet). That's right, your mystery game is speed-dating and Yato is here to be your cupid for the evening!! ]

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[garudynamic]

Meeting my partner.

[There's no hesitation, no thinking about it at all.

[ratingspoint]

How confident - I love it, that's adorable!

[No, really, that's sweet as hell, wtf- ]

What are they like?

[garudynamic]

Oh man... it's kinda hard to explain Yu at all.

[He laughs lightly, bemused]

He's our Leader and my best friend. I wouldn't be who I am now if it wasn't for him. He can be really weird and... sometimes a huge asshole, but... he just attracts people to him I guess? He just has that way of making everyone feel special.

...

He should be here, not me. He'd probably already have everyone out of here.

[ratingspoint]

He sounds wonderful! You'll have to introduce me to him sometime, once this is all over.

[Which is definitely going to be a thing. Yes.]

[garudynamic]

Heh, yeah, sure! He'd get a kick outta you, Mettaton.

[ratingspoint]

Well, I'd hope so! I'm not doing my job if he doesn't.

[He sounds amused, though.]

Your turn, I think.

[garudynamic]

Oh yeah, right. Uhm.

'How close and warm is your family?'

[He drops the last bit. That sounds a BIT too prying.]

[ratingspoint]

[That gets a bit of a laugh out of him, though it's quiet. Good lord, the Blook family is kind of a shitshow, but it's not as bad as it could have been.]

Well...I have several cousins back home. I guess there were more at some point, but I really only remember three of them. We all grew up together in Waterfall, which is the next region over from where I work now. One of them is pretty sweet, though they don't say very much; they startle easily, poor thing. I'm actually not sure where they are now.

Another one - god, their attitude is terrible, they're always trying to assert themselves. And not in the way I assert myself! They're the sort that looks for reasons to be angry with people... They're funny, though, and they do try really hard to do...well. Whatever it is they're trying to do. The sort that gives 110%.

And the last one - they like music too, and they're an absolute sweetheart, but they're really shy and their self-esteem is pretty bad. I was with them longest, and I left Waterfall before they did.

When we were all together, the third one I told you about was closest to me, and the first and second were closer to each other than they were to us. Which was fine! Splits like that happen. I don't think any of us kept in touch once we all left, though. I know the third is still in Waterfall, and I have no idea what happened to the others. I'm assuming they're still around somewhere? But we don't really keep in touch.

It was nice growing up with them, though, for what it's worth.

[...To...answer the last bit, albeit indirectly; he does appreciate the lack of deliberate prying, though.]

[garudynamic]

[Yosuke listens intently, not having expected a legit answer. Though he kinda understands that feels of drifting apart]

Yeah... that kinda thing is kinda inevitable, huh? You're not the same person you was as a kid.

[ratingspoint]

[...Yosuke, that was a little on-the-nose. It seems to amuse him in some way, anyway.]

That's exactly it. There wasn't any sort of fight or anything involved, we just all had different plans for our lives. We followed our desires, and we lost contact along the way.

[garudynamic]

[On-the-nose is his specialty]

Still, probably couldn't hurt to get in touch. Even if you're not close anymore... it might really mean something for someone.

[He thinks of his old 'friends' back in the city, and his empty inbox. And Yu leaving again... it's not the same, this is family. But he can't help a pang regardless.]

[ratingspoint]

I've been thinking about it lately. Going back to Waterfall and seeing if I can find at least one of them.

We'll see how it goes once everything's done here.

[garudynamic]

[He nods, pleased. Not that he actually had any hand in it or anything]

Oh yeah, I guess you gotta ask me something now, right?