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Akira! It's Ino. Put on your nicest clothes, because I'm taking you out on a hot date! I'll be there in half an hour.

—What makes you think I have any nice clothes.

Don't tell me all you have is t-shirts.

Of course not!

[ there's a good long pause, probably because he's... searching around. ]

...I have a jacket. [ sry. ]

[ ...sigh. ] Obviously we have a lot of work to do.

Alright, put on your jacket, I'm on my way. And no jeans!

[ wha-- but he ... pants?? he needs pants!! oh my god. just hangs up to go raid roomie's closet. sry aoba. ]

Hi Akira, this is Rinoa. Are you still looking for a job? I think I might have found something for you.

[ he's calling you back, hopefully you are there to answer! ]

[ She's there, even picks up the phone by the second ring, and after seeing it's him, she clicks the call on right away. ]

Akira! Hi, how are you?

[ she's so chipper it's a little contagious. not that akira could ever be chipper, but he at least seems to take care in his words to not be completely rude. besides, he likes rinoa from what he knows of her. she's definitely not like those girls who hung around all the time back home. ]

Hey. I'm fine. How did your sale go?

Oh...

[ She's quiet for a moment, and whatever cheerfulness was in her tone before is completely gone. ]

I guess you could say that it went a little too well.

[ oops. ]

...Ah. Well, don't worry about it. You meant well.

[ topic change!! he doesn't want to have her linger there feeling down and he's not the best at cheering people up. ]

So, what was this job thing?

I know, and it'll be fine after I pay back everything I owe the cafe.

[ With that explained, she quickly leaps onto the subject change without any complaint. ]

Have you ever thought about being a bartender?

Edited 2012-11-10 05:00 (UTC)

I worked at a bar or two to support myself after I left my foster parents. It's been a few years, though, and I'm not sure how much the menu varies here as far as alcohol offerings.

[ a short pause. ]

...Still, I don't see why it would be difficult to get up to speed.

[ Just what she was wanting to hear! Her voice becomes light and happy once more. Excited, even. ]

That's great! You need to stop by the Souzai Steakhouse, then. Speak to the owner, his name is Minato. Tell him I sent you.

...All right. Where is that located?

It's in the Fire district. It's at the corner of [insert two streets in that area][herpderp] If you have any trouble finding it, you can drop by the Cafe and I can show you how to get there.

...Guess I'll head over there, then.

Let me know how it turns out, okay? Good luck!

[ And she'll end the call there unless he's dying to chat some more. :3 ]

Dear (insert name),

You've been invited, by Stocking Anarchy, to attend the premier of

PANTY ANARCHY'S PORN TAPE! HOT THROAT LOOPY ROLL!!!!

The cost is 86 stellas. A buffet of different foods will be provided. The viewing will be held at the theater on January 5, 2013, at 3:00pm. Please attend and enjoy!

-Stocking Anarchy

HI
WHERE ARE YOU

[ he is surprisingly prompt in answering. ]

Looking for toys.

[ FOR REN, HE MEANS, SINCE THE TWELVE GAVE THE LITTLE ALLMATE NOTHING... ]

Are you always up this early?

[ almost everyone he knows seems to like to sleep in here. ]

[ but zhong hui doesn't know that, does he... the promptness of his reply is most certainly surprising, but what takes him aback more is how honest he is. though he read the message as immediately as he'd received it, he finds himself pausing for a moment. ... what is he supposed to say about this? ]

I DIDNT KNOW YOU
WERE INTO THAT

[ the second part is at least easier to answer.... ]

IIM A MILITARY MAN
OF COURSE ID BE UP THIS EARLY

ID HATE TO INTERRUPT YOUR HOBBY TIME BUT ITS ABOUT TIME WE SHOULD MEET

[ akira just stares at the text response so flatly, wondering if he even wants to try and clear this up.

...he's so not going to bother. ]

All right. Where do you want me?

[ not like he'll believe akira even if he were to correct him... ]

MEET ME AT MY QUARTERS IMMEDIATELY
YOU KNOW WHERE I CURRENTLY RESIDE DONT YOU

[ w O w ]

Yeah. Okay.

[ ...give him twenty minutes he's going for a latte first ~~and hoping zhong hui has the same place as last time because otherwise maybe he needs like an hour...~~. ]

Edited 2013-01-04 04:18 (UTC)

"Hey! This is Keith calling from the Welcoming Center confirming your entry in the Date Auction at *time of his auction* o' clock for January 11th."

[ I'm just helping out Keith's player and spreading the message to the people I signed up. Akira would have received it soon after Rinoa's post. :3 ]

Edited 2013-01-11 23:37 (UTC)

Yo, "Akira"? Name's Lea. The guy who runs the steakhouse — Minato, was it? — said I'll be working under ya.

So, Akira, now that we're on first-name basis, I won't let you down. Got it memorised?

((ooc: This is in response to Minato confirming Lea working as a bartender under Akira's supervision at Souzai Steakhouse here.))

Yeah, that's me. Lea, then? I won't forget.

Ever done this sort of thing before?

Naah, but I can learn quick and am good at following orders. It's kinda a specialty.

You'll pick it up without a problem, then. Hope you're more willing to socialize with the regulars than I am, though.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AKIRA!!!! ♡♡♡♡ make sure you do something special today, okay? i'll bring your present to work though you shouldn't be working on your bday seriously

Happy Birthday, Akira!
I'll see you later!

[ Later that night when she left work she had stopped by the apartment with a box full of Macarons. 2 of each different flavor that the Cafe offers: vanilla, matcha green tea, strawberry, blueberry, chocolate, coffee, pistachio, caramel, red bean, mint, lemon, black sesame.

She would have left it with whoever was at his apartment, and would try calling him to find out where he was if he wasn't at home. ]

[ Rinoa came by in the late morning to drop off his package in person, carrying a basket filled with white paper boxes wrapped with light blue ribbons. She knocks. Waits. Knocks again. Waits. Knocks louder, along with speaking to the door. ]

Akira?

[ After that she waits half a minute longer before she sighs and looks through the boxes, picking out one along with a card she has already made out for him, and after she slips the card under the ribbon, she sets it down on his doorstep.

She leaves, but after only taking a few steps she seems to tighten up and turns swiftly to walk back to his door. She snatches up the card, opens it, pulls a pen out of the basket and quickly scribbles out several more words on the card before closing it and slipping it back under the ribbon on the box. Then she leaves for good.

Inside the box is six truffles dusted with cocoa powder. They're slightly uneven balls of chocolate that don't look very pretty but taste good. ]

Happy Valentine's Day, Akira. Enjoy the chocolate. I made it myself.

♥ Rinoa

[ Then the next part is a bit messier, seeming to have been written out in haste or irradiation. Or both. ]

P.S. Stop avoiding me.

Edited 2013-02-15 01:23 (UTC)

Hello there!

I'm sending you along an invite to a Guard Unit exclusive gathering this Sunday night at the Welcome Center. I thought we could all get to know one another better, since we'll be working close together in the future for Zodion's safety.

There's going to be food and drinks, but you're welcome to bring your own if you have any special preferences. Or just reply back and I'll try to bring it, myself!

Feel free to invite anyone who might be interested in signing up, too, so they can meet everyone else and get a feel for what we're like.

I really hope I'll see you there!!

--Subaru Nakajima

((ooc: Pre-dated log is up here, but there's no rush in tagging it!))

[ Lea gets the message about fire about a day after he's back in Zodion, and after listening, immediately contacts both Akira and Subaru. ]

Hey Akira, its Lea.

I'm just now getting this. This is pretty bad. What happened? Why would someone just burn a building down? Makes no sense. But more importantly — everyones okay, right?

[ '...Right? His posture is rigid as he speaks, and his facial expression is set in a deep frown. The concern can be heard in his voice. He's read anonymous text of the individual and who caused the incident and can't help but feel guilty that he wasn't around to help stop it, because if someone got injured when his abilities could have very prevented it... well. Missing the meet and greet makes him even more out of the loop, as he's still only familiar with very few of the unit formally. ]

Sorry. I should've been there, huh? [ A pause. ]

...Hahahahaha... Damn it. [ He really wants to know if everyone was okay. There wasn't a network post about potential causalities after all and he has yet to have gone back to work. He's sure that Akira had noticed his absence, but that doesn't make anything any better. ]

I didn't receive a report from Subaru claiming of any casualties. Maya's pretty protective of her friends and anyone who works for her, so it's safe to assume everyone's fine.

As for what happened, I don't really know. But, if I had to guess, it seems to be an attempt at terrorizing her so she probably accidentally involved herself with the wrong person.

[ maya is a good person, though, so he doesn't mean that in any sense of she should be to blame.

akira's response is formal, and he doesn't have anything to hint or otherwise suggest at. if he had something to say, he'd say it (and if he's feeling anything in particular, it's not translating in his voice).

there is a long pause, one long enough to assume that the entirety of the message was concluded above. but, it does come and his voice is a little more gentle in asking: he's not interested in being harsh, especially to someone who seems more than willing to beat themselves for their actions—controllable or not. ]

Are you all right?

Edited 2013-03-13 00:14 (UTC)

[ Lea listens to the voicemail with rapt attention, letting out a sigh of relief when Akira lets him know that there were no reported causalities, nevertheless, knowing that he had contacted Subaru as well, he would wait for a response from her for a final confirmation, especially since Akira stated she would have passed it along to him anyway.

The fact, however, that it was a suspected terrorist attempt did not sit well with Lea. If it was true that Guard Unit members were being targeted, would it only extend to her? His time in the Organisation as a top Assassin makes the thought linger longer than he wants it to, and he decides then silently to himself that he might need to do a little digging in the future.

More importantly to the current situation, Lea doesn't trust himself not to confide in Akira then and there, and he's rather have more information before voicing hasty conclusions, so the next response comes in a text. If anything, he would rather talk to Akira in person about it later. ]

I'm fine.

Glad everyone's all right.

And thanks for bringing me up to speed.

[ He still wasn't happy about not being there to help, but he planned to do his best to make up for it behind the scenes. ]

[ ...well, he's just really bad at this sort of thing, so he'll let lea go even though his better (kinder) judgment tells him that he should reach out a little more. not even just that, but be concerned and act on it a little more, too.

that's not to say if lea crosses paths with him at some point that he won't be stopping him to check on him. as someone who avoids people like the plague, he knows the tactics. and he knows that people do it for reasons, but akira also knows sometimes it's just the need for someone to be willing to listen in the first place. ]

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