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WHO: Makoto and you!
WHERE: All over the place
WHEN: Catchall for April
WHAT: Makoto is doing things throughout the month. Catch her!
WARNINGS: Makoto has a little bit of an inferiority complex, amplified by Magatus stuff.

(PROMPT 1: SPRING BREAK)

[while it might be spring break for other students, Makoto is thinking ahead to how finals are just around the corner. And she’s found that, well… Helping others study is a great way to help her study. So, she’s putting up posters offering tutoring sessions.

Her specialties? Anything for high schoolers, math, science, and Japanese for college students.

But honestly, when she turns around, she bumps into YOU, and all her papers go flying.]

Oh no…

(PROMPT 2: MAGATUS)

[Admittedly, she wanted to go everywhere. She’d only gotten to hear about the other parts of Recolle from her friends, and from the information sharing that happened. But now? Now she wants to go to the same icy place that her friends had been to.

Which was her first mistake. After waking up in a cave, she’s left with the sensation that… she’s tired. She’s very tired. See her struggle to stay upright in Magatus.]

… Oh, sorry, did you say something?

(PROMPT 2: PART B)

[back in the city, things aren’t much better. Though she looks far more tired and… honestly, a little sick, she’s still doing her best to struggle through studying. In fact, several times, she pauses mid explanation]

Wait… no, that’s not right…

[and then follows up her statement in Japanese, like she’s trying to puzzle where exactly she went wrong. But honestly, this is not great tutoring.]

(PROMPT 3: MAIL?)

[and then, Makoto runs into a mountain of mail.

And she stares at it, as though she can’t quite figure out what she’s supposed to do… or if this is even reality. The thought of walking around the mail mountain hasn’t occurred to her.

Honestly, maybe she’s not sleeping well, or maybe the strange glowing around her neck is keeping her up at night. Who knows.]

(PROMPT: ~WILDCARD~)

[let me know ok]

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[that jolts her, and she quickly recovers]

Oh, you need to multiply this by 2. And eliminate the same variables from each.

[it's not her smoothest recovery, but she needs to get that out before she proves completely useless again, even at the thing she's supposed to be good at.]

And thank you Shouto, I'm just a little tired, but I'll be fine.

[He doesn't know her all that well. They've only talked on the app once before, and while he does come to tutoring it's not like they're friends or anything like that.

But...]

Are you sure it's just that?

[He doesn't press very hard, but he looks concerned.]

[she pauses. Normally, his question wouldn't phase her, but today... it gives her pause. She slowly sets down the pencil where she'd just finished writing.]

... Perhaps a break would be alright. If you're not still confused? Trinomial equations can be difficult, and I might not have explained them as well as I could have.

A break is fine. I'll ask if I have any more questions.

[He looks uncomfortable for a moment. He's not used to talking about this stuff, and especially not to a stranger.]

Um... I think your health matters more. And the test isn't going to be for two weeks.

Right... I didn't answer your first question. [she pauses, and then tucks a strand of hair behind her ear.] I promise, I've been sleeping and eating well.

[she... just doesn't know what's wrong with her, besides the glowing mark she received. She investigated a little bit, but she couldn't get any straight answers.]

Have you gone to the doctor?

[It's very strange to be nagging after somebody who's older than him. But that definitely sounds like the sort of thing a hospital should know about.]

Yes. But they were... unhelpful.

[to say the least.]

That's worrying.

Did you do anything weird recently?

I went to visit one of the regions... Magatus.

[she pauses, and realizes that's... probably the brunt of everything wrong with her, honestly. But she'd wasn't sure what to do about it.]

Then... Probably the people over there know more than doctors in the city.

I know, I did ask them while I was there, and they weren't very helpful. But... Perhaps I should go back soon and try again.

[she pauses]

But I'm not helping you with your studies, now am I?