POST-GAME IRL PARTY LOG

[cccorp]

Who: All the living players
What: Reunion party
When: Post-game
Where: ?
Warnings: none for now


[ It has been several months since the incident. Recovering from your body being in disuse for around two months must have been hefty, as well as your other commitments as well. Hopefully, everyone has recovered to an extent, because no matter where you are, the living players will receive the following in their mailbox: an invitation to a reunion party at a location near the beach between the ex-beta testers of Fragment, a bank card, and a 4-digit pin to said card from "Oriade". The invitation card will mention the following:

- A very convenient location nearby you with access to a small, private plane. For security purposes, you'll be told to list your in-game name, real name, and class before boarding.

- The bank card contains $10,000 as some sort of "compensation" for everything that happened because of the Fragment incident. He knows it can't replace everything (like lost lives), but he hopes this will help some people (because some people live paycheck to paycheck and he understands that). Access will be revoked in a month, so you better withdraw it all while you still can. Any unused funds will be returned. The bank will not question you withdrawing all the money from that account nor exchanging it all with foreign currency. (But-- no buts)

- The servers have been located and he knows how much you guys want to destroy these, so the server bash (literally) will happen some time during the party.

Being rich has its benefits, surely. When the plane lands with their luggage and all (if you brought any. please bring some), they'll be taken to a house that doesn't seem like much, but once they walk inside, it is actually very big! There are numerous rooms inside the house. The kitchen is stocked with everything you can think of with some dude(?) preparing all the food (he's the chef. don't worry about him). There is sure to be loads of different kinds of food that can cater to everyone's tastes. Yes, there is alcohol. Get some free rich ass liquor. No, you cannot smuggle any. That dude(?) will be keeping tabs. Sometimes there's a maid or two(? or is that the same one) running around and cleaning up after everyone. If you want something, go get it yourself. Self-service only.

There's a walkway in the backyard that's also wheelchair-accessible that leads to the beach! Enjoy that too.

But for the main attraction, the server burning. ]

Comments

[justonezero]

-Huh? Did I say something wrong?

[deto]

You didn’t say anything wrong, but Yoshi… Argh, fine, if you let them, just remember to protect your heart.

[ stupid bastards… ]

[justonezero]

I don't think they could say anything that would hurt me anymore, so... I should be okay!

[deto]

Oh! Massive improvement. When we first met, you just accepted every negative thing they had said.

[ but also please remember pvp is ON at all times irl and deto will absolutely pvp them if they insult yoshi in any way ]

1/2

[justonezero]

It's hard not to...

[When he was surrounded by insults with no one to say anything contrary, why would he assume all those people were still somehow wrong?]

[justonezero]

But now I'm used to hearing insults and I know none of what they say actually matters.

[......I-IMPROVEMENT????]

[deto]

[ … … …

his hands are full, so he can’t flick yoshi in the forehead for all that. he resorts to knocking their heads together - gently, reminiscent of their first in-avatar meeting ]

Cute people really do get away with saying all sorts of things, don’t they?

[justonezero]

Ack.

[Whymst.]

It's true, though. It doesn't bother me to hear those kinds of things anymore. But... my reasons for it changed?

[deto]

[ it bothers deto. the crystal clear image of yoshi crying alone in his room after cubia’s false memories had faded… it makes his throat burn and jaw ache with anger - and maybe something like heartache

… ‘those kinds of things’ had done that to him

at the same time, he is proud of how hard yoshi has worked and seen firsthand how far he’s come. he does, wholeheartedly, trust yoshi to continue at his own pace ]

… Nanase not Nanashi, right?

[justonezero]

Right! For them, I'm Nanase now.

[deto]

We should, you know, visit your parents anyway. I have to pay my respects and everything.

[justonezero]

Oh! That's true. I wonder what would be a good time?

[deto]

Probably before we move in together? And school doesn’t start until October, so…

[justonezero]

If we went in the summer, it would be warm enough to walk on the beach at night.

[deto]

Summer then. Uh. Did you already tell them about our relationship?

[justonezero]

...Not yet. They were so stressed out about my recovery, I didn't know how to bring it up...

Did you tell your mom?

[deto]

Not yet.

[ there’s a pensive pause. he hasn’t said anything specific to her, but the last couple of months… ]

She saw us together at the hospital and… I'm not exactly subtle about… you. Maybe she already knows. I want to tell her soon though. My sister, too.

[justonezero]

[He nods.]

...I haven't said anything to big bro Mikado, but I'm pretty sure he knows. I wonder if he mentioned anything to my parents, now that I think about it.

[deto]

[ absolutely not making a face. he’s being very good ]

Would he? Did he update them on how you were doing - before?

[justonezero]

Yeah. They couldn't be at the hospital all the time, so he came to visit to check on me and give them updates every day.

[Akira probably saw them a couple times when they were able to make it - but what with their work and home being a ways away, visits were obviously limited.]

Normally I text them during the week and I call them on the weekends. Big Bro Mikado talks to them for a while, too - usually about finances and stuff?

[With the air of someone who passes off the phone to his cousin and goes to play games without a second thought.]

[deto]

Ah. So they definitely know.

[ … hm

it was kind of hard in the beginning, readjusting to existing in a physical body again. he doesn’t quite remember his first meeting with yoshi’s parents or if he made a good impression ]

Do you think they’ll like me?

[justonezero]

I don't see why they wouldn't? They're pretty laid-back.

[Truly shocking information knowing Yoshi.]

I think the only possible problem is... they can get easily confused? But they always do their best to understand and be kind. It was the same when I became a shut-in. They weren't sure what to do, but they were always trying to make sure I was okay.

[deto]

Always do their best to understand and be kind, huh? Sounds like you.

[ also the easily confused part ]

Who did you get your stubbornness from?

[justonezero]

They're the ones who told me to be kind, after all. I don't think any of us are all that stubborn, though?

[deto]

So your stubbornness is one of a kind.