kaisou | Text | UN: HelplesslyWeak

WHO: Harumasa and you!
WHERE: Libra Network
WHEN: 1/17
WHAT: There's another newbie on the Libra network! Hopefully he's friendlier.
WARNINGS: None, but will update if it comes up! Please remember to fill out his permission/opt-out post~

Okay, so, I ran all the antivirus programs I've got on my phone and this app keeps coming up clean.
So I guess I'll introduce myself!
Hi, I'm Harumasa, nice to meet everyone, etc.
Don't know why I'm here on this app, but here we are!
Guess I'll do a little bit of an icebreaker or something.
I'm between jobs, I'm a Cancer (crab), and I was born in the year of the rabbit.
Favorite word: sleep!
Favorite color: probably yellow or green!
Fun fact about me is that I'm oh so very delicate and frail! My health is so poor, just the worst. There's never enough sick leave. Woe!

[Even through text he manages to make that sound so fake.]

Even thinking about work gives me SO much fatigue.
Anyway, I got a really, critically important question to ask:
Is it always this cold in the winter?!?!
I feel like just stepping outside is going to make me come down with something!!
My poor, delicate constitution isn't cut out for this....

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...Hazel?

[No way.]

[She could answer this seriously.

But also.]

[... Harumasa? Like... That Harumasa from Lithuania?!

... oh hell fuck no.]

What the fuck are you doing here?

I think you could have probably added some fake coughing in there to really sell it.

Anyway, it's usually pretty cold, but not this bad. I'd suggest against stepping outside anyway in case you uh... die. I don't think even healthy people can get out for long. That's- that's not just a you thing.

Welcome to the app. I'm Varian.

[...she knows that username.

She knows that username.]

not really, no! Apparently something really weird's happening to cause the weather to get this cold. For now, though, yeah, you should definitely call in to work—no point in risking yourself in weather like this!

Harumasa?

I think we really need to talk. You know where Random Play is in this city, right?

Huh?

[That voice is very different from what he remembers. After all, it's been a long time since he last saw Ash.

And...

And Ash was supposed to be dead, right? That's what his visions showed him.]

[But nobody else has ever called him 'Hazel,' and he's never been able to stomach even using that nickname as an alias.

....]

... Ash?

[It has to be, right?]

It is you, right?

It's the lady who dropped me off at the weird, occult Walgreens!
Small world!
What brings you to these parts?

Yeah, it's me. Holy shit, outta all the Krusnik kids to make it out...

[Wow, he says it's a small world and it turns out to be more prophetic than normal. He's very much regretting his careless words, now.

On the other hand, it's nice to know that Ragna has been doing... well? Ish? He's alive, at least, and that's a good thing!]

So rude and so cold, Ragna!
I thought we had a better relationship than that.
No "nice to see you, Harumasa" or "heeeey how's it going, Harumasa?"
I'm heartbroken!

[Bro why do you sound like a lamenting lady right now.]

1. You're the one who requested it!!
2. Wow, I'm wounded, not even my name?

Aaaaaaanyway! Guess who got assigned to Kaisou ✨

The weather really is terrible, isn't it? I have a couple of space heaters set up at the pharmacy, if you need to stop in.

And welcome to Libra, by the way.

I can't cough through text, silly!

[Otherwise he absolutely would've.]

Oh, no! If I die, what will happen to my poor cat? I guess I'll just have to stay bundled up indoors, then! My darling cat will be so lonely without me and I just can't risk it.

Nice to meet you, Varian!

[Yeah, bud? You did a little fucky wucky?! Sure, Ragna is glad to see the idiot still alive too considering... dammit.]

Oh don't give me any of that crap! You seriously came here of ALL places?! How stupid are you?!

no, there's spirit realm bs at work. messaged the group chat already so dm knows not to expect us.

also hi, harumasa, welcome to the app that's been plaguing me, caleb and wuxian since last year.

SO true, I should call out!

[And he'll switch to the off-network communication he uses with Phaethon. Harumasa has his suspicions that he just spoke with her on Libra, which is very interesting to him.]

I've passed by it, yeah. Want me to meet you there?

It'll mean I have to brave the cold, but I suppose I do owe you~

And this is why I'm your forever loyal customer from here on out~!

Thank you, thank you.

Do I get a discount on shipping if I put in for a refill via private message?

What a pity! I guess I get to go to bed early tonight~

Hiiii, Noctis! ...Wait, all THREE of you are on here???

[There's an ominous snicker in his mind. He takes a screenshot of himself saying it's a small world to Lia and pastes it here.]

I've been hit with the dodgeball again, haven't I?

(＾▽＾)

[Well this is bottom of the list of things he expected to see. A post that reads very much like someone he used to know. Someone he assumed to be dead for years. Sure Ash had gotten out alive, but between his health and his self-sacrificing personality, the idea of Harumasa making it out of that massacre alive... it felt off.

So Jun is immediately on edge. There's a chance this is really him, but there's every chance it's another ploy from the surviving remnants of Krusnik. And if it was that... well, he knew what he needed to do.

When he responds, it's with a modulated voice]

Harumasa.
Considering you were presumed dead nearly ten years ago
I'm going to need more proof to believe you're who you say you are.

(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

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