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day 79, evening

[sancrimony]

[ ring ring ring ring ring ring ring ring

banana ]

Re: day 79, evening

[awakenerd]

[??? Picking up]

Lucifel?

day 79, evening

[bevoted]

[ ring ring ring ring ring can cellphone rings sound anxious cause ]

Re: day 79, evening

[awakenerd]

[More callers??? Sensitiv even???]

Hey, Loki?

day 79 evening

[dragonheartedgirl]

[ RING RING RING

three guesses why she's calling, and the first two don't count ]

Re: day 79 evening

[awakenerd]

[Picking up]

Hiryuu. Tatsuya got ahold of you?

Day 172, morning

[filetofish]

Crow: yo

Re: Day 172, morning

[awakenerd]

Rean: Hey, you're on the ball. I just got back.

Sent Day 303

[bad_crowmance]

Hey [Ogre], what's up?

I don't know if you'll ever actually see this, but what the hell? It'll either work or it won't and it doesn't hurt to try.

So here's the deal— I am not [A Bird With Blue Wings], but you might be forgiven in thinking we're the same guy. We both share the same devastatingly handsome good looks, after all. And maybe a few other similarities besides that. Anyway! Who or what I am to you depends entirely on how you feel and what you decide and I'll respect whatever call you want to make. Nothing can change the way I feel, but I'm really good at adapting. So if we ever do meet, just give me a heads-up as to what you want. Okay?

What I've heard leads me to believe that you and the other guy have had a tempestuous relationship. So I guess you could say this is the least I can do for you. For both of you, but don't tell the other guy I said that. Of course, it's possible none of this will ever come up and I'll be long-graduated before our paths ever have a chance to cross. If that's the case, you can just forget all about this letter and I'll wish you crazy lovebirds the best.

Anyway, that's all I have to say. Oh, and there's one other thing I've included in this letter. Wishing you the best!

XOXO,
[The Azure Knight]

[ All names have been changed to Imeeji Idol names. Included in the letter is a single earring— a silver bird with a blue gem in the center and a diamond eye inlay. ]

Day 304

[we_meet_again]

Hey!

I hope this letter finds you safely. We voted in a mail system in a community upgrade so theoretically we can send mail out now!

How are you? Are you doing okay? It's been a while but I still think about you a lot and wonder what you're up to, and where you are right now. What kind of program are you on? Whatever it is, I hope it's better than here, and that you're safe, and that you're doing well.

Things are largely the same as usual here; games come and go, some good and some bad. People come and go, too, but Silk and Lumen are still here. They're doing well, I think? As well as anyone probably could do, here.

I'm doing pretty well too, these days. I hope you are, too. I miss you, and I think of you often. I don't know how the time dilation works out compared to where you are, but from my perspective, it's been nearly a year since this program started. And even after all that time, I will never forget that you were the first person to ever call me your friend. Thank you.

I hope our paths cross again someday, but until then, I hope you're doing well and I wish for your happiness.

All the best,
Cobalt

306, early in the morning

[overworker]

Sorry if this comes at a bad time.

I just wanted to give you a little something I bought recently. Crow and I thought you might like to have them.

[Attached to the message are two digital pictures the two worked together to get a hold of. One of Class VII and one of Rean's family.]

Consider this my way of saying thank you for everything you've done. Something like this doesn't even begin to express just how important you are-- not just to me, but to a lot of people.

Even so, I'm a little happy-- no-- a lot happy that I can be the one who gets to do something like this for you.

Re: 306, early in the morning

[awakenerd]

[Formatting is for people with addons

Anyway there's a long long time of typing and then;]

Phoenix: I don't now how to thank you enough for this, Towa.

307, afternoon

[bad_crowmance]

TheAzureKnight: can you meet me by the elevator when you get a chance?
TheAzureKnight: this won't take too long

Re: 307, afternoon

[awakenerd]

[Who does formatting! People with addons]

Phoenix: Sure, I'll be right there.

Day 309

[sancrimony]

higanbana: I hope you enjoyed playing with us! If you'd like to chat with all of us, we're here:
higanbana: hells://dissonance.gg/tZvrBrgn

You've been invited! #impostors-among-us

Join

Day 315, evening

[ruinatings]

Exquisite Puppet: Good evening, Rean. May I talk to you about a certain azure knight we know?

[there is a brief pause, and then a display name change]

Ophania: When it's convenient, of course.

[he absolutely does not need to actually like, say hello first]

Re: Day 315, evening

[awakenerd]

[????????? Give him a minute]

Phoenix: ...Rufus??

Day 315, evening, like five minutes after Rufus

[bad_crowmance]

TheAzureKnight: Feel free to ignore Blondie.

Re: Day 315, evening, like five minutes after Rufus

[awakenerd]

Phoenix: When did Rufus get here?

Day 316

[wotanon]

[ At too-early-for-this in the morning, a wrapped gift addressed to Phoenix has been left in the unit dropbox. There’s a card attached with a message written in tidy block letters. In some places, the letters feel a little too stiff, like this clearly isn’t the sender’s natural handwriting. ]

To be honest, I don’t know you very well, so perhaps this gift is somewhat impertinent of me. You can consider it a ‘welcome back’ gift too, I suppose. I feel like I’ve learnt more about you through osmosis when you weren’t here than when you were. It’d be nice to change that?

There are few people left who remember the early months in this place, and I never properly thanked you. It isn’t much, but I hope this scarf helps in this weather.

[ Inside the gift box is a knitted gradient scarf in his position colour and Taisho red. It smells faintly of the sea breeze. ]

gift

[overworker]

[A small wrapped box makes it's way to him.

Inside is a dark gray mug, the inside delicately hand-painted with stars. Inside the mug are a small assortment of homemade chocolates both milk and dark, with a salted caramel filling. There's also a tin of loose-leaf tea.

Attached to the handle of the mug is a silver chain with a charm that can be removed and attached to whatever he'd like or left on the chain that came with it. A note accompanies it.]

To be honest, I wasn't sure what to get you. But I thought if nothing else, with something like this you would at least know it came from me.

Admittedly there are still quite a few holes in my memories. But even so, I know just how important of a person you are to me. Seeing you again, I know now for certain that my feelings haven't changed at all. If anything, I'm even more sure of it now. You really are a truly incredible person and I'm extremely grateful for the time that we've been able to spend together.

So remember-- no matter what it is, my door is always open.

Merry Christmas
♡ Towa Herschel

Day 329, evening

[overworker]

[ You’ve got mail! It’s an unmarked letter that reads-—]

I thought about this letter for a long time— whether or not I should really write this. But with the holiday everyone’s celebrating right now, it was especially difficult to get the thought out of my mind. It might honestly be a little unfair to say it like this, but I thought just maybe it might be easier for you too if you didn’t have to face me when I said it.

The truth is that I love you. I’ve loved you for a long time. Even in my memories that are filled with holes, I know that you were my first love. What I don’t know is whether or not I ever told you. Because in every memory I’ve taken, I’ve kept silent for as long as I’ve known. And here, too, I’ve never been able to be fully honest with you either.

If it were anyone else, I might not have to explain why but with you I almost feel like that part is just as necessary as actually getting the words out.

You’ve always supported me— even when I was the one who should have been supporting you. You told me the things I needed to hear for my own sake and showed me things about myself that I couldn’t see on my own. There are a lot of other things I could say— like how sweet or thoughtful you are… or how much you worry about and take care of others.

I don’t want you to feel any kind of special obligation to respond. I know that these are my feelings and mine alone. But I didn’t want to risk regretting not telling you the truth for the rest of my life. And love is a gift. So even if it’s only mine to give to you… I want to be able to share that with you. Especially now.

So thank you. I hope I can continue to help where I can. It’s the least I could do for someone who means so much to me.

Love
Towa Herschel

Day 332, afternoon

[bad_crowmance]

TheAzureKnight: hey there rean bean machine
TheAzureKnight: you available?

Day 338, late evening

[bad_crowmance]

[ Ordine actually disappeared several days ago and had been incommunicado, so probably messaging out of nowhere could be alarming? Especially since he's still nowhere to be found. ]

TheAzureKnight: just in case i never see you again
TheAzureKnight: i hope you have a nice life
TheAzureKnight: and I'm glad i met you

[ Just normal, non-worrying things to send while sofaform is kicking in, definitely don't worry about it. ]

Day 338

[overworker]

Serenity: Hey... Crow's been missing from the dorms for a few days now.
It's not the first time he hasn't come home from the dorm for a day or two, but this is different. This is dangerous.
I've looked everywhere I could think of and nothing. I don't know what else to do.
I know he's still here.
I just



If you hear anything, let me know okay? And I'll keep you updated if I find anything out.

Um. That's all. Oh-- and if you need anything though, please let me know.

Day 347 or somewhere along those lines

[bad_crowmance]

Hey there Rean,

There's some stuff I'd been meaning to talk to you about but it looks like I was too late. There's probably a lesson in there I could learn, but I think I'll just move past that instead. There's no point in saying it now anyway. Not like this or ever if everything goes according to plan— because if it does, it means I'll never see you or the Rean I once knew again.

So instead I'll say this: find H and everyone else you love and hold onto them with everything you've got. Spend every day with each other as if it'll be your last. You never know when it actually will be. Make sure you have as few regrets as possible. And above all, do whatever you have to in order to make yourself happy. You deserve it even if you think you don't.

I'll be moving on now to pursue my goals. And before you get any ideas you should know this-- I'm going to betray the Rean I once knew in that pursuit. I'm going to do the one thing I know he can't forgive. Not that I would ever ask for it, anyway. Not when I don't regret what I'm doing.

So you see, there's no reason to hang on to the brief time we knew each other. Throw away this letter when you're done reading it. Forget you once knew a ghost with a familiar face.

And have a nice life.

—The Azure Knight.