Zombehs

Bible of Ichor: Septet for the Dead

Nah.

「 Persona: Reflections 」

Saboru Masashi

Looking between the two of them, Masashi raised an eyebrow before he just sighed with a hint of disgust and shook his head. If neither of them wanted to tell the truth, then he'd just have to leave it at that. It wasn't like he had any way to pry the truth out of them anyways. "Not like they questioned all of us together. We're not the ones the cops actually care about anyways," he said with a roll of his eyes before he snorted. "Yeah, shame you decided to run off early with the crow. I got to take some home thanks to these two no-shows." Most of it had ended up being shared with his parents, but there had been enough for him to bring a portion to school for lunch today.

Speaking of the crow though… Masashi tilted his head and narrowed his eyes at Asumi before he shook his head. “You brought it to school...?" Trailing off for a moment as he wondered why she hadn't just hid it in a bathroom at home or something, he gave up trying to follow Asumi's logic before long. "Sure hope a stray cat didn’t get to it,” he muttered somewhat darkly before he shook his head and adjusted his carrier again. “Well have fun with that. Maybe bring it to the vet instead. I’ll see you guys on Monday or Tuesday though,” he remarked before he waved a hand to see them off and departed from the three’s company.

「 Persona: Reflections 」

Saboru Masashi

"Of course that's what sets you off," Masashi muttered as he turned around and raised a tired eyebrow at Nagi's overreaction. Even if she and Munehisa had gotten up to something illegal yesterday, it's not like Asumi or him would have known anything. Worst case scenario, they couldn't provide the pair with any alibis if the cops did come knocking around again. So yeah, an overreaction on her end. "You'd be a terrible criminal," he chimed in with a sagely nod at Asumi's indignant tone; even with the chance that she'd take it the completely wrong way.

"Like Asumi said, we stumbled across a body. Well, she fell onto it if you want to be exact," Masashi explained with a shrug before he adjusted the carrier holding his gear. "She screamed, I called the cops, Hoshiko decided to poke the body, and Chen showed up after hearing Asumi. One of the foot patrols was close enough to hear the commotion and we got brought in for questioning cause, well we did find the corpse." Grunting as he finished his explanation, Masashi took a moment and a deep breath before he frowned and continued. "Some third year was also around. Think he helped Akira up."

"Guy had his neck slashed. Buried under the trash in one of the alleys down Jukishi Street." The cops were probably already crawling over the scene and looking for any sort of evidence, but he figured it was worth mentioning to Nagi. Even if her extended family probably already knew about it. "Pretty fucked up. Questioning took like two hours, and then we went over to Chen's for free dinner. Did you want to hear about how Asumi adopted a crow as well? Or are we going back to Asumi's question about what you two were up to yesterday?"

To Become a Knight! ~ A Chivalric (Mis)Adventure

Signar Wayland

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"Yeah. I was waiting to see our workload, but free access to a forge as our schedule allows would make things simpler." The offer wasn't something to scoff at given his situation and lack of resources. He might have spoken with some of the smiths in the city, but those arrangements had their own conditions as well and they were certainly more cumbersome to deal with than relying on a prince's authority. Maybe less demanding in the long run, but he could do with the convenience.

"Did you have any specific terms in mind?"

To Become a Knight! ~ A Chivalric (Mis)Adventure

Signar Wayland

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He glanced between the two of them with a raised eyebrow, but Signar followed along with Dot's lack of reaction towards Elon's remark. "Could be comfier," he muttered as he craned his neck before grunting in satisfaction at the crack that followed. "It'll just take some getting used to."

He returned the captain's greeting with a polite enough, "Morning," of his own before a rather noisy commotion drew his attention to one of the rooms. Standing by the window meant he had little to worry about being bowled over like Nathaniel practically had been by the ball of energy that was their squad's third seat. "He probably won't even get sick if he does," Signar chimed in with a sigh as he wondered how the smallest of their bunch managed to pack away some of the most food.

"Same to you Zen. And thanks, Julian. Be right there!" Calling out after the blonde after he replied to his roommate's greeting, Signar closed the window behind him before he tugged on his uniform to smooth it out. About to follow the rest of his squad out, he paused and turned his attention to Rossweine before he shrugged and fell in step with the royal. "Is something the matter?"

「 Persona: Reflections 」

Saboru Masashi

"I'm sure you've got... something," Masashi agreed vaguely with Asumi before he winced a bit as some of Chen's belongings were sent to the floor in a mess. Nothing seemed to have broken, but he could already imagine that the room was going to be a bit too cramped to try and stuff another two people in; even if that was for something calmer like studying. A glance around the room had him imagining how they'd be arra-

His head snapped back around to the windows he'd been standing by before he whipped back around to look at Asumi's retreating back. It was a bit surprising how fast she could move when she wanted to, and she hadn't even knocked anything over in her rush. He sighed and then cracked open the window so he could actually look out and down at whatever had made a slight mess of the glass.

Well, Asumi seemed to be right at the least. He could see the fallen mass of black feathers on the ground below, but he didn't manage to get a good look before she got to it and scooped it up in her sweater.

The smear had come off easily enough with a few tissues, and Asumi had already gotten back to the room by the time he came back from washing his hands. "If it shits itself in fear, I'm holding the door shut," he chimed in unhelpfully from the bedroom's only exit before he actually took a gander from behind her. The purple band was pretty distinctive though, and he sighed as if a bit disappointed. "Probably won't though. Looks like it's the one from Kuro's. Unless someone just likes to wrap those things around our town's crows."

「 Persona: Reflections 」

Saboru Masashi

Groaning a bit at Hoshiko's lack of filter, Masashi dragged both hands down his face slowly before he took a deep breath. Thankfully Asumi didn't take the tangent and run with it for too long. "The future is now, old man," he chimed up in agreement with Chen before he snorted a bit as the first game was decided on. He wasn't as good at the genre as Nagi was given her penchant for Tekken, but he had picked up a bit from hanging around her. More than he could say for Asumi and her somewhat unfounded confidence. Then again, it was Asumi, so what was he really expecting?

The sudden noise outside caught Masashi's attention as his head snapped towards the commotion, and he frowned a bit as he leaned forward, planted a hand on the floor, and pushed himself up. It was probably nothing, but he ended up peeking out the window to check anyways. Brushing aside the blinds a bit, he glanced over his shoulder and raised an eyebrow at Asumi's challenging expression.

"Hope you're better at this than at the arcade," Masashi countered her challenge with a light jab of his own before he looked between Hoshiko and Akira to see if either of them wanted to have the first round. Seeing as Akira had been the one to suggest Street Fighter, he pretty much expected her to take the controller from Chen.

To Become a Knight! ~ A Chivalric (Mis)Adventure

Signar Wayland

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"What a pain." The softly muttered phrase hardly boded well for the beginning of Signar's day, but he was careful enough not to rouse his roommate. Rising early and making the best of what sleep he could manage was something he had long since grown used to, but usually he had at least enough space not to feel cramped! Feeling more than a bit stiff, he sat up slowly and twisted in place to try and work a kink out of his back. A few other things popped and cracked, but the main annoyance proved to be rather stubborn. With an annoyed grunt, Signar resigned himself to quietly slip out of bed and see if some stretches wouldn't help to limber him up in preparation for the day's training.

"Mornin' Julian." He greeted the blonde after he closed the door behind him as quietly as he could. Even with the blonde laid out on the sofa, Signar's vantage point allowed him a full view of the common room once he stepped into it. He had the top of the uniform slung over his shoulder, but a sleeveless tunic kept him from being simply barechested outside his shared room. "Elon. Donathan." The other two recruits greeted in the same quiet voice as he nodded towards them. Reaching up and scratching the back of his neck, Signar rolled his head around as he started to walk around the common room. There was enough room for him to actually swing his arms around a bit without smacking into anything, and he did just that as he grabbed a shoulder and started to roll the arm.

"So, how'd you all end up sleeping? Seems like we're all up a bit earlier than needed," he asked after he made his way towards the window and cracked it open for some fresh air.

「 Persona: Reflections 」

Saboru Masashi

Dinner was a nice break from the fare Masashi was accustomed to and he spent most of it quiet as he sampled at least a bit of everything Akio's father whipped up. He left the story telling to the other boy as well, and almost ended up only speaking to introduce himself politely. He did end up remarking how this was pretty much normal for Asumi when he caught the brief look of amazement at just how much she managed to pack away.

"Ugh." Even if it didn't do anything to help, Masashi ended up shaking his hands and rubbing his fingers together. The tips had ended up pruning a bit after he'd finished with the dishes. With everything that had happened coupled with the two going dark, he wasn't in the best of moods to simply relax and hang out. It would have been pretty rude to just dine and dip though.

He joined the others in the spacious room a few moments later after he made a few phone calls. Some unanswered and annoyingly so. He kept that annoyance from bleeding out onto his expression as he slipped into the room though and took up a seat wherever there was free room. He didn't need a wall to lean up against or anything as he just sat down cross-legged and set his bag in his lap. "You could just leave them here for another study session," Masashi pointed out with a raised eyebrow at Asumi as he propped his chin up on his bag. "You'd definitely eat them all if you brought them home."

As spectacular as a failure today's attempt had been, he had no doubt Asumi would be dragging them along the next time a chance presented itself. It was probably a bit too much to hope something insane would happen again, and besides... Masashi didn't loathe the idea of studying that much.

He certainly didn't like it as much as either Asumi or apparently Akio did though. There wasn't anything from Watanabe's on proud display in the room, but Masashi had seen his classmate around there the few times he dropped by for a browse. His fascination seemed to run much deeper than Masashi's own appreciation for cool blades, and there must have been a reason why Asumi had chosen him to help the group study.

That wasn't going to be happening today though, and Masashi finished looking around the room before his attention went to Akio. "Got anything to do? Board or video games?" He asked before he looked around at the others, silently asking if they had any suggestions. He did fish around his bag, reaching past drinks, and pull out a deck of cards in the meantime before any responses. @Lord Orgasmo

Qualia: Mission Sub Rosa

Shou Zheng

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The fading warmth of a setting sun prompted Shou to slowly rise from his seated position. Rather than hole up inside his room, he had returned to it only briefly to begin detailing out the latest addition to the tapestry on his back. Completing it would take some time and further inspiration, and he was in no rush despite the dangers he had encountered last night. Perfection could hardly be rushed, and he could not simply add haphazardly to himself. The ink had to settle, be drawn in and integrated, and connected with the changes he worked upon himself.

The majority of his focus had been directed towards recovering from last night's ordeals anyways. Despite the immense amount of food he had consumed during lunch, he could feel his appetite stirring as he slowly started to walk. Minor aches and pains that might have gone unnoticed by non-Egoists were still apparent to Shou, but not concerning enough that he would be absent from tonight's excursion.

By the time curfew actually rolled around, Shou was as prepared as he could have been. Well-fed and well-rested after a quick nap in the few hours he had after the sun had set, he rose again with a quick yawn and stretch. He had retrieved his weapon from where he had hid it this morning rather than carry it through the city like some sellsword. Its usefulness was debatable, but it was easy enough to carry around and something of a comfort to have in hand.

As the bell tolled once more and heralded the mist's arrival, Shou started to move before it could blanket the entire island. Hopefully they'd actually get to meet up without any incidents; it would hardly bode well if one of them needed saving before they could even get started.