[b]Sato Hashimoto[/b] // [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcYzZjIpSek]the Velvet Room[/url]

“Hello once more.” spoke the familiar nose, “As I’m sure you remember, I requested that you make a decision regarding your future.” As his vision slowly returned to him, Sato recognized the room from the last dream he had. A group of tarot cards appeared on the table in front of him. While he knew what they were, his knowledge of their meanings was unfortunately limiting. Was this dream supposed to be his mind’s prediction of the future? While he should’ve had so many questions, his thoughts were oddly all answered by some kind of strange clarity. His focus was undivided.

“The role you will play in this tale… will you play the part?” Yes. “But before we continue, allow us to introduce ourselves formally. My name is Igor; this is my assistant, Henrietta.” He gestured towards a slender woman next to him. She bowed her head with a greeting. After, Igor looked back at him—or, maybe them, as Sato was nothing more than another figure in the line of attendees. “Our role in this story is to observe and support, but we still need the main cast. For those who have decided, please, go ahead.”

Igor indicated to the cards on the table once again. It made literally no sense to Sato. The weight of what taking that card meant did not strike him, nor will it for a while. But for now Sato desired to take that tarot and make his own role in this tale that humanity will spin. He stepped forward taking a card of his choice, which happened to be the arcana of Fortune. But, as soon as read the arcana, the clarity he felt suddenly disappeared, his mind quickly devolving into nothing more than a haze of questions. His vision blurred and Sato was forced onto his knees by an immense pain in his head…

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[b]Sato Hashimoto[/b] // [url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi-sG5D1pyY]Hashimoto Residence[/url]
APRIL 5 2015, SUNDAY
Morning

Sato woke up with a start. Another dream like that. The same old question returned: what did it mean? Unlike the first time, this dream remained a vivid memory instead of seeming like a dream. As he pondered the meaning behind it all, his phone vibrated intensely, sending itself straight off the bedstand. Only after taking a shower and putting on new clothes did Sato check it. One new text.

[quote=From: Ryouta]yo man, wanna hang out today? reply asap please[/quote]

Sighing as he responded, Sato reminded himself of the other card he had found the other day. Why was there another note? The first one was obviously so she had an excuse to meet him and hand over the study notes and the next card with a location/time on it. While he only briefly considered it, Sato could talk to Ryouta about it. He harbored doubts that he could be any help with it though. Was this girl just flirting with him and was way too shy to be direct about it?

[quote=To: Ryouta]Busy today was asked to do a bunch of chores[/quote]

It was a lie, and a bad lie at that, but Sato hardly felt like hanging out with his “best friend” and saying you’re busy is a great way to get rid of someone. Although, if he were to swing by his house, he’d be busted, so Sato ultimately decided to actually do some chores. If you’re acting, might as well commit.

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[b]Sato Hashimoto[/b] // [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FukBFt4iaZ8]Warakuma Park[/url]

The day seemed remarkably average. The weather was nice, the sun was bright, the park was alive, the almost-familiar-to-him couples hugging. While he had no idea what he was there for or what he even could do there, Sato was at the park and being there at all was nice. A nice break from studying and going to class. Although, not long after exploring the park a bit, Sato managed to found someone he recognized from the other day, from the arcade.

“Noboru,” Sato tried to stop the jogging teen, breaking into a half-run to catch up with him. “that was your name, right?" While the fact was he barely knew any of the people from the arcade, it wouldn’t hurt to kill time to get to know them, and it wasn’t like Sato had anything more important to do. “If you don’t have any plans today, do you want to hang out for a while?”