[mostly open!] collecting friendship fragments: balance edition

[gotyourbach]

Who: Kaede Akamatsu (gotyourbach), Kokichi Oma (slieght), Maki Harukawa (erlebnisse), Shuichi Saihara (diffidentive), and YOU!

Where: assorted locations!

When: Within a few days of newbie arrival

What: a Dangan class trial meeting, and Kaede introducing her old friends to her new friends! Please let her introduce her friends

Content Warning: DRV3 spoilers likely in thread A below, others will be marked as needed!


A. Closed to Kokichi, Maki, and Shuichi

[Hardly anyone can be surprised that of all the places on the Moon she could have asked them to meet, it would be the Academy's music room. It's the place she feels the safest, after all! There's even a handwritten note on the door: CLOSED FOR A PRIVATE SESSION ♡♡♡

Kaede sits at the piano bench, because of couse she does, while she waits for the others to arrive. She pulled some chairs down from the stack for everybody to use when they get here, and she brought some safe-for-consumption snacks from Bender's café, just in case. Like the perpetually warm and soft chocolate-chip cookies! Everyone likes those.

After that, she just has to ward off the urge to play piano. It's like, right there. But she'll have time to play piano later! It's fine!]

B. Friendship Fragments - Shuichi (joint prompt with diffidentive)

[Kaede is walking with Shuichi toward the Artificer's office, chatting animatedly about -- something. Music, magic, regaling him with tales about her adventures in the Bureau, always with the most positive spin on it. But when she spots one of her friends, she grabs Shuichi's hand without warning and tugs him toward the new person.]

Hey, hey! Have you met Saihara-kun yet?

C. Friendship Fragments - Kokichi (joint prompt with slieght)

[It's nice that the Whomping Willow isn't so whomping anymore. Kaede remembers when it was literally attacking people on Maru. But it seems friendly enough now! She and a shorter boy are sitting under it, Kaede with some homework that she... hasn't started. She seems to be pouting at Kokichi for something he said until she spots someone she knows, then she's waving frantically, trying to gesture for them to come closer.]

Hey, over here! I have to introduce you to someone!

D. Friendship Fragments - Maki (joint prompt with erlebnisse

[Or, maybe, you've come to get yourself some dinner. Kaede's set up shop at a table with a rather severe-looking girl, and seems to be instructing her on Bender's rather... esoteric methods of making food. There's a dish of melting green tea ice cream in front of her that she seems to have forgetten in her animated explanation, and a few other assorted goodies that Kaede's just gotten in case Maki wants them.

She brightens when she spots a familiar face, though, waving for their attention. Maki tenses up as Kaede calls out, startled and uncomfortable. Her glare is intense, eyeing whoever approaches like she's sizing them up and judging them already.]

Hey, have you gotten to meet Harukawa-san yet? Do you have any recommendations for stuff she can order?

E. Wildcard! OTA [Wanna meet the kids somewhere else? Did we discuss another prompt on plurk? Feel free to use this log as a catch-all for that kind of thing!]

Comments

E. where did that other dog come from. who is he. (minato and shuichi)

[gotyourbach]

[It's become sort-of a routine for Kaede to get ready for school, knock on Minato's door to make sure he's ready for school, and then walk to get breakfast with him. Sometimes she wakes up late and has to skip the breakfast part, but today she made sure to get up extra early. And if she's awake, Minato has to wake up too!

Fully dressed in her uniform, she knocks insistently on her neighbor's door.]

Arisato-kun, come on! We have to make a stop before class!

[napstar]

[ Minato's got getting up for school to a science. Down to the minute, unless Kaede's late. But she's never really been early before. At least, not this early! He groans to himself and shoves his head under a pillow. Just 15 more minutes! But she can't read his mind and knocks again. Okay, fine! Ugh!

He doesn't answer her. She'll just have to wait while he gets dressed and ready. It's a few minutes later when he finally opens the door to leave, his hair messy from the hurry he was in. ]

We have to make a stop?

[ What's all the excitement about this early in the morning? ]

[gotyourbach]

[She can't use Message, since she can't see into his room, but she can text him!! Bzzt bzzt.]
un: akapassionata
Wake uuuupppppp sleepyhead!!!! ((╬●∀●)
It's important!!!!! (╬ Ò ‸ Ó)

[So when he finally does open the door, her hands are on her hips, and she's visibly pouting at him.]

Jeez, what took you so long?? [After she's scolded him for sleeping in his uniform, she really shouldn't be complaining, but.] My friend Saihara-kun got here yesterday! I wanna introduce you, and we have to make sure he comes to class and doesn't stay in his room all day.

[She is full of nervous energy. She wants her friends to be friends with her friends!!]

Your hair's all messed up...

[Stand still, she has to fix it!]

i rolled a maki

[oculusriffs]

Apple juice.

[a growing and gangly kid in the cafe says. he said it so fast it may as well have been automatic. it's entirely possible it was, because after he clarifies:]

I mean, I usually just get a burrito. I'm pretty sure it's the one thing I like that he didn't fuck up on the first try.

every time i have to use fcking suffixes with dave i die inside

[gotyourbach]

Huh... I don't drink a lot of fruit juices, but I guess it's a good idea to be healthy now and then!

[There are... so many faults in that logic, but it doesn't stop Kaede from recklessly charging ahead.]

Dave-kun, this is Harukawa-san! Maki Harukawa-san, this is Dave Strider-kun, and-- aaah, jeez!

[She's finally noticed that glare.] Don't make that face, Dave-kun is really nice...

DAVE-KUN....

[erlebnisse]

[Maki's expression is dour as ever, looking between the two.] Not always. A lot of juices are high in sugars, depending on what kind you're getting. It could be just as bad for you as drinking some sort of soda.

[Her voice is deadpan and matter of fact, and Kaede insistence that 'Dave-kun' is 'really nice' is met with skepticism. She eyes Dave again and then looks at Kaede before sighing deeply, like she's resigning herself to this.]

...Nice to meet you.

[She doesn't sound like she means it.]

You two are...friends?

[Kaede makes friends with like everyone though she this isn't really a surprise.]

B

[noblegarnet]

[Ferran has his hands full with a couple of books and a tiny white dog as he's walking the opposite direction, but he doesn't seem like he's struggling, at least. Just very much a nerd.

It's not surprising that Kaede would approach suddenly, but his eyebrows rise anyway as he glances between the two of them.]

I'm guessing this is a friend of yours?

[Ah, manners. He's already got the name from Kaede, so he conjures up a Mage Hand in the shape of a white glove to offer to Shuichi so he can introduce himself properly. It's weird, but it's polite.]

I'm Ferran. You were brought here recently?

[diffidentive]

[Shuichi seems a little taken aback by the sudden appearance of a disembodied hand. It's a few moments before he extends his own hand and gives the Mage Hand a somewhat feeble shake. He's more used to bowing in greeting...]

M-mm, [He nods.] Saihara Shuichi, I just arrived a few days ago...

[After a moment, he starts as though he's just realized something and somewhat hastily bows at the waist.]

I-It's nice to meet you!

[gotyourbach]

Puppy!

[Kaede immediately moves to offer her hands to Ferran's familiar. What a sweet-looking dog! But she looks up and gives Shuichi an encouraging nod before turning her attention back to Ferran.]

Saihara-kun and I spent a lot of time together before Director pulled me here. Ferran-kun is our resident wizard! He's really, really good at magic. Did you know he can make a copy of a whole piano?

[Of course he doesn't know that, they just met.]

rubs my grubby lil hands together (this one is for shuichi)

[bu773rfly]

Mm.

[From Erika, that counts as a full sentence.

She's not a physically intimidating person. Short, thin, mostly buried under a spellcaster's cowl, toting a pair of books (Constructs: A Material Overview and Endless Nights: Liches Through History) away from the office with small, unhurried steps. When Kaede calls, she simply looks up, and then over Shuichi.

Her eyes sweep up and down him quickly but with surgical focus, carelessly scraping away observations. There's something a bit ominous about her curiosity. Or maybe her face is just like that?]

...Oh, I see. [What The Fuck Does That Mean] Hi.

[She's not quite smiling, but she seems comfortable with Kaede's presence, and in fact looks to her after that intense visual probing and clipped greeting, like she expects Kaede to immediately grab the reins and drag the conversation down the road.]

[gotyourbach]

Saihara-kun, this is Mishima Erika-san. Erika-san, this is Saihara Shuichi-kun!

[Kaede doesn't so much bounce as she flounces to Erika's side, taking some of her books to help her carry them. So what if Erika was probably headed back from the Artificer's Office instead of to it like Kaede and Shuichi; Erika's short and cute, and Kaede wants to help.]

Saihara-kun and I spent a lot of time together before I got here... he's a really good friend of mine, so be nice to him!

[Her tone hovers on the edge of exasperation and fondness. Erika can be very blunt, and sometimes difficult, but Kaede thinks she's great all the same.]

[diffidentive]

[As Erika looks him over, Shuichi can't help but suddenly feel very self conscious. He feels like he's being x-rayed and he's not sure he really likes that. But he bows at the waist in response to her somewhat unorthodox greeting.]

N-Nice to meet you, Mishima-san.

[He has a very soft, almost effeminate voice that only further adds to the general aura of passivity and bulliability that he seems to exude. Something of which that surgical glare of hers could probably pick up on with laughable ease. This is not a very confident teenage boy right here.]

and this one is for kokichi...

[bu773rfly]

[Shit dude there's two of them.

Erika doesn't respond at first, apparently typing intently at her bracer as she walks. But down out of the sky comes her familiar, a large blue butterfly tumbling and spiraling Kaede-wards, giving the tree's branches a wide berth.

It lands on the homework, legs fussing for purchase. Erika, down on the pathway, looks up. Then down, still typing. This can wait a minute. In her place, the butterfly rotates to Kokichi, regarding him with....some kind of emotion. Aside from the vibrant color and above-average size, it really does appear to be just a butterfly.]

why must you terrify him immediately

[slieght]

[Ah, meeting Kaede's friends, huh? Sounds like fun, and it'd be good to get to know the kind of people she's hanging around with. Mainly so he can mess with them.

And oh, this one looks pretty serious! Maybe she'll be fun. It only takes the familiar landing beside them to completely distract him from Erika though, the boy yelping in surprise and scooting backwards some. Away from the bug. The big bug. The way too large bug.]

H-hey, are there really bugs like this on the base? Don't they have a no bug policy? S-space bugs would be a serious problem on a moonbase Akamatsu-chan!

[gotyourbach]

Erika-saaaaaaannnnnn!!

[Maybe she didn't hear her the first time? Kaede calls for her again, not noticing the butterfly until Kokichi starts scrambling backwards.]

Huh? ...Oh! Don't be scared, it's not just a bug...

[Kaede holds out her hand, palm up for the butterfly to land on if it wants. If it does, she'll offer it toward Kokichi with a disarming smile. And maybe the tiniest hint of mischievousness?]

This is Erika-san's familiar! She can see us through it if she wants, I think. Say hello!

....and maki! drown in my tags.

[bu773rfly]

[Judgment goes both ways; Erika tends to stare at people in the first place, but being stared back at kills whatever subtlety she had about it, and she blinks hard and furrows her brows in open, puzzled curiosity.]

Mm-nm. There's three of them at once? [Happy for Kaede. Mildly jealous, slightly morose. She continues to squint at Maki, not exactly unkindly but with an impolite amount of scrutiny.

Anyways.]

Only the apple juice tastes normal. All the other kinds were ruined.

[Yeah she's all about that juice shit too. Please....ask someone with better diet habits than Dave or Erika.......]

[gotyourbach]

Apple juice again, huh...

[Kaede hums, frowning and crossing her arms in thought. Is apple juice really that popular? She had no idea! She's learning a lot about apple juice today.

But she perks up again in short order.]

Oh, yeah! It's crazy, right? It was just me for so long, and then suddenly Saihara-kun, Oma-kun, and Harukawa-san here, [she beams at Maki,] Showed up at all once!

[... ... ...

She hasn't realized she's being very insensitive just yet.]

D

[korekara]

[ After her failure to break the Ramen Curse, Honoka isn't exactly on speaking terms with Bender. But she's hungry and she needs fuel for all her high-energy nonsense so it's down to dinner she goes. She hasn't even decided what she wants yet, and she's in the process of Very Seriously mulling that over when Kaede calls out to her. Friends are more important than food most of the time, so of course Honoka comes hurrying over. ]

Oooh, I haven't! It's nice to meet you, Harukawa-san! [ rest assured, she's only going to be polite for as long as it takes to learn Maki's first name and then she's immediately going to start talking like she and Maki are already best friends. ] I'm Kousaka Honoka! And–

[ And then suddenly, the penny drops and she gives a huge delighted gasp! ]

Ohmygosh, Kaede-chan! Is she one of your friends from back home?

[gotyourbach]

Yeah! Isn't she cute?

[One look at Maki's glowering face, and the conclusion most people draw isn't "cute." But underneath the glower! Cuteness abounds!]

Harukawa-san, Honoka-san is a real school idol! Isn't that awesome?

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[hxppythxughts]

[Sayori has an armful of snacks, a journal, and a head full of dreams when Kaede and Shuichi encounter her. Her face lights up with excitement as they approach, her absent expression giving way to a wide smile.] Kaede!

[She looks Shuichi over once after realising that the figure in her peripheral is not, in fact, Minato, and then smiles in much the same way at him.] No, I haven't! Hi there, I'm Sayori!

[diffidentive]

[Close! But no, this is the sequel, Sad Blue Boy II: Detective Boogaloo. Kaede has a type.]

[Shuichi seems momentarily taken aback by such a show of enthusiasm, he glances uncertainly at Kaede for a second and then bows to Sayori.]

N-Nice to meet you...

a.............finally.............why didn't we placeholder this at the top?

[diffidentive]

[Seeings how this meeting is going to involve Maki and Kokichi being in the same room, presumably for the first time since they arrived here...Shuichi makes sure to wrap up his Moon Base investigations early enough for him to arrive at the music room ahead of time.]

[Sure, Maki SAID she wasn't going to kill him, but that doesn't mean she won't get into a fight with him. Verbal or otherwise. Especially since Kokichi lives to press people's buttons. And somehow he doubts that having nearly died at her hands will change that much.]

[So he opens the music room door a good twenty minutes early, sliding inside and looking around as he lets the door close behind him. He offers Kaede a small wave when he catches sight of her, walking over and taking the seat across from her.]

Hello, Akamatsu-san.

[Again. Since he already saw you this morning for breakfast and everything.]

[gotyourbach]

[Kaede jumps, lifting her fingers from the piano keys. She hadn't been playing! She'd just been thinking about it.]

...Oh! Saihara-kun, you're early!

[She gives him a bright smile and turns on the bench, clasping her hands in front of her as if that will somehow help her contain her excitement. Excitement, and a little nervousness... she hasn't gotten to talk to Maki yet; for her, it's been literal months, while for the other girl it's presumably only been a little more than a week. What if Maki holds a grudge...? She did seem kind of stern.

Well, she'll cross that bridge when she gets to it!! For now, her attention is on Shuichi.]

Did you have fun checking out the base? Oh, oh, did you make any friends?

D!

[shootstyles]

Oh! No, I haven't.

[He stands up and bows to the new girl. If she's Kaede-san's friend then she's definitely already important and special!]

It's very nice to meet you, Harukawa-san. Ahm, have you tried the Katsudon? That's my favorite, personally. But there are a few other good things here too.

[erlebnisse]

[Maki eyes Izuku up and down and then looks away with a decidedly dismissive air. He definitely doesn't look like anyone too useful or reliable, so she just... dismissives him outright.]

Not interested.

[SHOT DOWN IMMEDIATELY. Sorry Deku. But she does glance to him again with an air of curiosity]

What path are you supposed to be?

[please be something squishy like a cleric so she can feel better about herself]