[it sure is tuesday - and lili is going to wander around as she always does. she's uh, definitely still wearing gloves because she trusts literally no one and nothing.
but presumably she'll find akira by the camp store]
[ - it's probably sometime after lili's original tirade that she's making her way through the camp. for the most part, she stops for nothing and no one, instead seeming to walk like she has somewhere to be, but she pauses when she notices akira.
and her expression just turns a bit colder]
... we'll have to delay burning this place to the ground until we find out who harmed him. I'm sure you understand.
[she'll find Akira near (SPINS WHEEL) Purple Heart's cabin, eyeing it with a blank expression, though his gaze is sharp. like he's trying to find a way inside]
Lili--
[. . . that anger. that coolness in her expression. Tsuru's death. . . yeah]
[there's not much else for Akira to do in the wake of that mess, and with the rain being what it is, there's no place outdoors for him to steal off to in order to collect his thoughts. so instead he mulls around the camp buildings, bouncing from one to the other, never quite finding peace]
[he sees Lili as he makes his way back to cabin chipmunk with his camp shirt pulled over his head like an umbrella (he is wearing his P5D outfit that is mildly stained with ketchup and mustard, oops). he stops when he sees her-- or. . . well. more accurately, he stops when he sees the chicken coop]
[akira your fucking clothes - but lili's out in the rain. she actually doesn't seem too bothered with it, having put in the absolute bare minimum effort in with her own camp shirt settled atop her head as she's changing the chicken feed
she looks up when addressed, seeming more tired than anything]
Oh - yes, she is. We put all of our chickens in here so that they wouldn't be running around.
[presumably sometime after never have i ever, lili got fucking tired and just wanted to go back to exploring the camp. if it's only lightly raining, she is not bothering with a head covering. it's as she walks by the theater that she catches michiru versus rat queen and
pauses.]
... I suppose that's the monster possession then.
[presuming that she hears someone approaching - she'll turn to the noise, tense at first, before relaxing when she notices it's akira]
[yeah Akira eventually got bored and left too, so!! he is out and about exploring the new additions to the camp, which takes him straight to the outdoor theater. it is raining a bit, but he still doesn't have a fucking umbrella so HERE HE IS]
[he approaches during the execution as well, stopping in his tracks as his gaze flickers from Lili to the scenes on screen. his eyes narrow, entire body going still]
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Ah.
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. . . I suppose I should be trying to complete that task, too.
[well, she's going to want to find all the new areas, you know? so she's going to be headed over to the memorial hall..... accompanied by the gentle buzzing of bees just occasionally hovering around her. it's fine.
as she steps in, she's uh, favoring her right leg a little more obviously today, even though she seems to keep her expression trained to neutral even as she raises her left hand to greet akira at the memorial hall]
Yo. You stood me up, but I guess I'll forgive you considering the stupidity of the morning.
[Akira is standing in front of the statue that resembles Evan, if only because I don't know if Yu has a statue here yet or not. either way, he is standing quietly with his hands dipped in his pockets and his gaze distant, hair disheveled. his expression is completely neutral, and at first glance, nothing seems particularly off about him]
[he does tilt his head in Lili's direction in greeting, though]
[early Wednesday morning, Akira sets out in search for Lili, finding her lingering around the koi pond in the village through the portal. when he sees her, he lifts a hand and calls out her name]
[the koi pond is admittedly one of her favorite places in the village. standing by it really drives home the whole elegant lady of the water tribe vibe - up until she hears akira call her name and greets with:]
Yo. Need something?
[she seems to have koi fish food pellets in her hand though - she holds it out to him in case he wants to take some to feed them]
[suffice to say, Akira is nigh impossible to find after the trial. he isn't in any of his usual haunts: not the cabin, not the kitchen, not the memorial hall. . . nowhere. searching near the isolation cabin also proves to be pretty damn fruitless. huh!! where in camp gatonina is kurusu akira]
[. . . but if Lili is determined-- which she is-- and if she pushes far enough into the forest, so far in that things are starting to get a little too foggy (but not so foggy as to be dangerous). . . then she'll find him]
[she'll find him sitting on the ground with his back pressed against a tree, head tilted back to rest against the bark, his one remaining eye closed. his knees are pulled up against his chest, arms draped over them]
she checks everywhere for him, wanders into every cabin, walks a perimeter around the lake, and steels herself before she finally wanders further into the fog. she isn't terribly surprised when she sees the state he's in, and will just move to go and sit down next to him. there's just the softest murmur of - ]
It's me.
[ - so she doesn't startle him.
and then she'll sit down next to him, close enough to let their shoulders brush - and she'll wait.
[fuck yes clothing store. it's not quite as cute as the boutique, but it at least suits lili's color palette just fine as she picks up a new coat, and doesn't seem too surprised when she catches akira there]
Oh, you're here. I have something to tell you—
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[Akira has chosen a more simple ensemble: blue jeans, a purple t-shirt and a gray zip up hoodie!! he is still browsing when Lili enters, and he lifts his own gaze to lock his one good eye with hers]
[he vanishes for some time after the trial, though he isn't impossible to find afterwards. he is in the memorial hall, staring at the statues, expression lost in thought]
yeah she does, given that fifteen minutes have passed and she still feels like herself. she wasn't joking about turning over the whole camp to find him if she had to - but she's glad that it's easier this time.]
... couldn't have even gone one of these evenings without me, could you?
[she's lightly teasing so.
at least she does have her emotions and concern for him back.]
[good morning! as promised, a pc for first thing on monday. because it’d be amazing if akira even managed to get breakfast, or even two steps out of his cabin before there is suddenly lili.
and she’s not slowing down once she sees him? oh. okay. even with he injuries, the bandages around her right leg, the fact that she’s also missing her right eye - like whatever news she has to bring him is so important that she quite literally cannot wait for it. so he’ll have to catch her, or she’ll just barely steady herself by grabbing onto his arms, nearly tripping over herself in her rush, but - ]
There’s a way!
Combining all the teams or - making a new one…! Someone told me yesterday but then I was cursed and I didn’t see you so I—
[so she’s telling him now, as soon as she can, even if it leaves her out of breath.]
That’s how we save everyone! That’s how we bring them home! I don’t know what steps we need to take, or what we need to do yet so…!
Hurry up and - [stop pouting, stop sighing, stop frowning and being so exhausted that she can’t stand it because she couldn’t find a way to help until now] - find a way to make it happen with me!
[this week's effects? mean that Akira is waking up on Monday morning without a fucking leg. the only good news is that despite the blood, despite the missing limb, the pain this time around is somehow duller and not quite as agonizing. the mess, however? it's. just as bad. trust me.]
[so when she finds him she will find him doing his best to hobble out of his cabin with his sheets-- now stained a deep worrying scarlet-- wrapped around his knee where his leg used to be. this also means that when she grabs onto him? he does not have the means to, like]
[balance himself]
[SO I SURE HOPE YOU'RE BALANCING FOR THEM LILI OR ELSE THEY'RE GOING TO FALL OVER. he is doing his best to grab onto the cabin door frame, at least]
LILI PLEASE SLOW DOWN I'M MISSING A LEG???
[he will. process everything she said in a minute. HE IS MISSING A LEG]
[also he has some smaller gashes on his upper arms and cheek, but those are unimportant]
[IT'S PROBABLY FUCKING LATE TUESDAY AT THIS POINT BUT SHE'S JUST GOING TO FIND AKIRA - ]
So you, Taako, and Magnus all possess the items needed in order to change teams. So that makes three we've accounted for, and that should hopefully be enough to get all the directors to switch - we just need to figure out the new team we need to make.
Belph shared the thing about the pink tasks -
And it seems like there's another strange phenomenon this week where the pink sequins on people's scrunchies are turning gold. So far Magnus, Tonbokiri, and Kara have all reported as much to me. I'm not sure if it has to do with visiting the directors, since I only noticed after seeing PH.
[she puts a cup of coffee in front of him, and she has tea.]
[despite her injuries, she ran out as soon as she woke up - so sorry if you were checking for curfew effects, akira.
but she's hard to find after that. she runs across the camp even when she shouldn't, even though she has so many injuries there's no way that she'd be able to keep it up. eventually she can't manage it much more than that - and she hides away in the forest when it feels like neither her body nor her heart can keep going. there's the occasional splotch of blood that leads to her, where she's curled up in the shadow of a tree, trembling from a combination of pain and heartache. everything about her is a mess, from her tear-streaked face that she tries to hide in her knees, to the bloodied bandages around her legs that are definitely from her reopening her wounds.
she knows she has to pull it together. she knows that they're so close. she knows that falling apart will help nothing and no one.
but she can't help the way that she cries, feeling torn apart in every single way.]
[he was going to check for curfew effects, but. . . Lili is gone before he gets the chance, and despite her injuries there is no way someone with one leg missing to give proper pursuit. but he does search for her. . . as soon as he can leave the library he checks the camp high and low for her presence, frustration and worry curling in his gut every single time he comes up empty]
[and then he sees the blood]
[. . . and it's the blood that leads him to her, through the underbrush of the forest, through whatever fog may remain. limping his way through the trees bring forth a sense of deja vu, and he only quickens his pace when he hears her gentle sobs. and when he finally finds her--]
[. . .]
[his expression crumbles a bit, because he had yet to see her break at all during their time here. and even knowing that she feels just as strongly as he does, her tears yank at his heartstrings]
[he takes a seat next to her, shoulder brushing up against hers, and says nothing]
[whew. anyway! they all need some time to. . . decompress after the disaster that just occurred? and Akira knows that Lili likely won't be super available tonight-- he can't really blame her for wanting to spend her time with Kara, honestly-- but. . . he seeks her out anyway]
[he's almost surprised to find her in the kitchen, somewhere that isn't the isolation cabin, but. . . he approaches, crutches in hand]
[he has gotten pretty good at climbing up to his top bunk in the past week, but-- well. he supposes it isn't necessary now that the cabin's two lower-bunk residents are no longer here, huh. . .}
[. . .]
[he responds when she knocks, sitting up in his bed to address her, though his voice is quiet]
[he gives her until evening-- a few hours to herself, for her to really absorb the doxxing that he and the other role-bearers had done at the beginning of the day. he gives her some time to come to terms with. . . everything, to allow the sting to settle (. . . hopefully settle?) before he seeks her out again]
[he finds her at the lake, which isn't a bad spot for an emotionally heartfelt conversation, he thinks. he doesn't say anything as he approaches, shoes crunching in the sand, hands resting in his pockets. his cat tail curls behind him as though it has a mind of its own, and his ears perk forward]
[it isn't until he's up next to her that he asks--]
[it's just two nyas, given that lili's own ears perk when she hears someone approaching - it's hailing, for the record. so she's probably nestled with her back to the last tree before the lake, sort of just watching the weather and the water both. she's bundled up in a blanket because she's a weak baby in the cold.
when akira comes up to her, she'll just. sigh. and scoot over so there's room for him to rest against the tree.
and extend one arm to open up the blanket so they can share it around their shoulders.]
lili doesn't seem pleased with the developments of everyone and everything losing their fucking mind in this place, but she'll set off to go find him at some point. one cup of coffee and one cup of tea brought along with her.]
[the joke is it's always a bad time to be Akira!!!]
[Akira is easily found in the kitchen, digging through the fridge for some food. his cat ears give away how he feels, though. . . they're flattened against the top of his head, and his tail is bristled slightly as it lashes to and fro]
[but he does lift his head to greet Lili, his expression very carefully schooled into neutrality]
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week 0, tuesday
but presumably she'll find akira by the camp store]
Oh - you're here. I wanted to ask you something.
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[he is by the camp store, perusing the wares, though without any vouchers to buy any just yet]
Hn? What is it?
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week 0, dieday
and her expression just turns a bit colder]
... we'll have to delay burning this place to the ground until we find out who harmed him. I'm sure you understand.
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Lili--
[. . . that anger. that coolness in her expression. Tsuru's death. . . yeah]
[he understands]
Yeah.
I do.
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week zero, sunday post-execution
[he sees Lili as he makes his way back to cabin chipmunk with his camp shirt pulled over his head like an umbrella (he is wearing his P5D outfit that is mildly stained with ketchup and mustard, oops). he stops when he sees her-- or. . . well. more accurately, he stops when he sees the chicken coop]
[because. . .]
Lili?
Is Bobchansan in there?
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she looks up when addressed, seeming more tired than anything]
Oh - yes, she is. We put all of our chickens in here so that they wouldn't be running around.
Why?
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week 1, monday
pauses.]
... I suppose that's the monster possession then.
[presuming that she hears someone approaching - she'll turn to the noise, tense at first, before relaxing when she notices it's akira]
I hate to insensitive but - look familiar?
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[he approaches during the execution as well, stopping in his tracks as his gaze flickers from Lili to the scenes on screen. his eyes narrow, entire body going still]
[. . .]
Ah.
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. . . I suppose I should be trying to complete that task, too.
[that's. not an answer]
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week 1, friday
as she steps in, she's uh, favoring her right leg a little more obviously today, even though she seems to keep her expression trained to neutral even as she raises her left hand to greet akira at the memorial hall]
Yo. You stood me up, but I guess I'll forgive you considering the stupidity of the morning.
[she is not actually bothered at all]
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[he does tilt his head in Lili's direction in greeting, though]
Sorry. . . it wasn't on purpose; I promise.
[his tone is apologetic and even]
It was a busy morning.
[busy is one word for it]
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when she hears akira approach, she just sighs quietly and moves so there's room for him next to her]
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Lili?
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Yo. Need something?
[she seems to have koi fish food pellets in her hand though - she holds it out to him in case he wants to take some to feed them]
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[. . . but if Lili is determined-- which she is-- and if she pushes far enough into the forest, so far in that things are starting to get a little too foggy (but not so foggy as to be dangerous). . . then she'll find him]
[she'll find him sitting on the ground with his back pressed against a tree, head tilted back to rest against the bark, his one remaining eye closed. his knees are pulled up against his chest, arms draped over them]
[he looks like hell. he isn't moving]
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she checks everywhere for him, wanders into every cabin, walks a perimeter around the lake, and steels herself before she finally wanders further into the fog. she isn't terribly surprised when she sees the state he's in, and will just move to go and sit down next to him. there's just the softest murmur of - ]
It's me.
[ - so she doesn't startle him.
and then she'll sit down next to him, close enough to let their shoulders brush - and she'll wait.
for a long while, she'll just wait.]
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week 3, monday
Oh, you're here. I have something to tell you—
[after memshare. akira can go first bc he's actually being nice and giving her something soft]
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Hn? What is i--
[ENJOY THIS SOFT GROSS HET NONSENSE]
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week 3, friday
lili is going to raise a hand to akira's face, highlighter in hand, and try to draw on his cheek unprompted]
Another note was sent out this week, by the way.
[and it's only bc it's akira that i'll admit he'll probably recognized the oversized jacket that lili is wearing as ash's]
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[he is first going to lean back and swat at her hand??? hey???]
Lili, what the heck--?
[HE IS HOLDING A SLUSHIE AND IS TRYING TO DRINK IT WHILE HE LEANS BACK, BTW]
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week 3, post-trial
so tired. she's probably managed to get away from some other people for a little bit, but she's going to be looking for akira.
and she's going to hand him a cup of tea, and sit down beside him]
... we got it right.
[and that is what she wanted]
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. . . hey.
[he flashes her a tired smile, but it doesn't reach his eyes]
So we did. . .
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week four, monday
Soooooo.
How are we feeling today?
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and then starts to roll her left shoulder, hand forming a fist]
Hold still, I need to knock out the fourth task.
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week 4, thursday
she raises a hand in greeting]
Yo.
Got something?
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It's not much, unfortunately. Were you visiting Ookurikara?
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[does Lili approach?]
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yeah she does, given that fifteen minutes have passed and she still feels like herself. she wasn't joking about turning over the whole camp to find him if she had to - but she's glad that it's easier this time.]
... couldn't have even gone one of these evenings without me, could you?
[she's lightly teasing so.
at least she does have her emotions and concern for him back.]
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week 5, monday
and she’s not slowing down once she sees him? oh. okay. even with he injuries, the bandages around her right leg, the fact that she’s also missing her right eye - like whatever news she has to bring him is so important that she quite literally cannot wait for it. so he’ll have to catch her, or she’ll just barely steady herself by grabbing onto his arms, nearly tripping over herself in her rush, but - ]
There’s a way!
Combining all the teams or - making a new one…! Someone told me yesterday but then I was cursed and I didn’t see you so I—
[so she’s telling him now, as soon as she can, even if it leaves her out of breath.]
That’s how we save everyone! That’s how we bring them home! I don’t know what steps we need to take, or what we need to do yet so…!
Hurry up and - [stop pouting, stop sighing, stop frowning and being so exhausted that she can’t stand it because she couldn’t find a way to help until now] - find a way to make it happen with me!
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[this week's effects? mean that Akira is waking up on Monday morning without a fucking leg. the only good news is that despite the blood, despite the missing limb, the pain this time around is somehow duller and not quite as agonizing. the mess, however? it's. just as bad. trust me.]
[so when she finds him she will find him doing his best to hobble out of his cabin with his sheets-- now stained a deep worrying scarlet-- wrapped around his knee where his leg used to be. this also means that when she grabs onto him? he does not have the means to, like]
[balance himself]
[SO I SURE HOPE YOU'RE BALANCING FOR THEM LILI OR ELSE THEY'RE GOING TO FALL OVER. he is doing his best to grab onto the cabin door frame, at least]
LILI PLEASE SLOW DOWN I'M MISSING A LEG???
[he will. process everything she said in a minute. HE IS MISSING A LEG]
[also he has some smaller gashes on his upper arms and cheek, but those are unimportant]
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week 5, tuesday
So you, Taako, and Magnus all possess the items needed in order to change teams. So that makes three we've accounted for, and that should hopefully be enough to get all the directors to switch - we just need to figure out the new team we need to make.
Belph shared the thing about the pink tasks -
And it seems like there's another strange phenomenon this week where the pink sequins on people's scrunchies are turning gold. So far Magnus, Tonbokiri, and Kara have all reported as much to me. I'm not sure if it has to do with visiting the directors, since I only noticed after seeing PH.
[she puts a cup of coffee in front of him, and she has tea.]
Am I missing anything?
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[well she literally covered EVERYTHING HE HAD so he just. lifts up?? his wrist??? to shower her his scrunchie??]
[BAM. GOLD SEQUINS]
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week 5, friday
but she's hard to find after that. she runs across the camp even when she shouldn't, even though she has so many injuries there's no way that she'd be able to keep it up. eventually she can't manage it much more than that - and she hides away in the forest when it feels like neither her body nor her heart can keep going. there's the occasional splotch of blood that leads to her, where she's curled up in the shadow of a tree, trembling from a combination of pain and heartache. everything about her is a mess, from her tear-streaked face that she tries to hide in her knees, to the bloodied bandages around her legs that are definitely from her reopening her wounds.
she knows she has to pull it together. she knows that they're so close. she knows that falling apart will help nothing and no one.
but she can't help the way that she cries, feeling torn apart in every single way.]
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[and then he sees the blood]
[. . . and it's the blood that leads him to her, through the underbrush of the forest, through whatever fog may remain. limping his way through the trees bring forth a sense of deja vu, and he only quickens his pace when he hears her gentle sobs. and when he finally finds her--]
[. . .]
[his expression crumbles a bit, because he had yet to see her break at all during their time here. and even knowing that she feels just as strongly as he does, her tears yank at his heartstrings]
[he takes a seat next to her, shoulder brushing up against hers, and says nothing]
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week five, saturday
[he's almost surprised to find her in the kitchen, somewhere that isn't the isolation cabin, but. . . he approaches, crutches in hand]
Lili.
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she's cooking. and it's probably not what she should be doing, but she is.
she glances to him - and then keeps chopping ingredients. does she look like hell? yes. but she's looked like hell all day!
so what else is new.]
Akira.
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week 5, sunday
but she knocks on the door of chipmunk and will move to let herself in if it's unlocked]
... Akira, are you here?
[she sounds tired. just so.... tired.]
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[. . .]
[he responds when she knocks, sitting up in his bed to address her, though his voice is quiet]
Lili--?
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week six, monday
[he finds her at the lake, which isn't a bad spot for an emotionally heartfelt conversation, he thinks. he doesn't say anything as he approaches, shoes crunching in the sand, hands resting in his pockets. his cat tail curls behind him as though it has a mind of its own, and his ears perk forward]
[it isn't until he's up next to her that he asks--]
Can I sit?
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when akira comes up to her, she'll just. sigh. and scoot over so there's room for him to rest against the tree.
and extend one arm to open up the blanket so they can share it around their shoulders.]
.... yes.
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week 6, friday
lili doesn't seem pleased with the developments of everyone and everything losing their fucking mind in this place, but she'll set off to go find him at some point. one cup of coffee and one cup of tea brought along with her.]
Hey...
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[Akira is easily found in the kitchen, digging through the fridge for some food. his cat ears give away how he feels, though. . . they're flattened against the top of his head, and his tail is bristled slightly as it lashes to and fro]
[but he does lift his head to greet Lili, his expression very carefully schooled into neutrality]
. . . hey.
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