open || helping people is a way of life

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WHO: Minako Arisato and YOU!
WHERE: All over Recollé
WHEN: All of June
WHAT: Performing tasks for Zee, and anything else she's going to do for the rest of the month
WARNINGS: None for now. Feel free to PM this journal or message me at raynestorm if you want to work out something for a prompt!

FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITY
Anywhere in Recollé; any time of the month

[Minako's list of available prompts is here! I'm open to doubling up, but no more than that, please. If you're looking for an excuse to bump into her randomly instead of doing something preplanned, the Confectionary prompt would be best, since she works there!]

A PUPPY PHONE
Anywhere in Recollé; any time of the month
"Do something nice for your neighbor" for Viea Village, or "pamper someone" for Enprise

Hmm...how am I supposed to do this without ruining your Evoker?

[It's a question asked to the air. You might find Minako walking her silver Shiba Inu on the streets, looking at some Bluetooth devices on her phone's browser-- or maybe she's in the electronics store, browsing the shelves. Either way, Koromaru is patiently walking beside her, making sure his Leader doesn't trip or bang her head on something as she muses to herself.]

Maybe I should just experiment. If I break your collar beyond repair, thanks to Retrospec it'll come back brand new...probably.

[Koromaru gives an agreeing bark.]

Okay, let's do that then. [And noticing someone near her, she waves them down.] Hey there! Question for you! What brand would you recommend for a Bluetooth device?

[Or maybe you see a text message from her.]

if I wanted to give my puppy a phone in his collar, how would I go about doing that?

Comments

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Damn, okay. I'll try to wait more and let time sort out my issues.

[He'll be able to see things more clearly then. Minako's good at giving at advice. Nanashi appreciates it. When Minako talks about her brother Nanashi doesn't even look surprised by any of this.

He's known his senpai for a while and that's a pretty accurate description of how Minato handles things. ]

Your brother's a good guy. If you're patient with him it'll pay off in the end I think. He's an adult. He can handle his own shit.

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Yeah. [She lifts her cup to her lips and breathes a sigh over the coffee.] You'd be surprised how long it took me to realize that.

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It's cool. We aren't perfect, Minako.

[No one's expecting them to do everything flawlessly. Poor Minako's just doing things to the best of her ability. Nanashi starts munching down on a snack and thinks about what they're discussing. ]

I hope that I can talk to my sister someday. She lives away from me and the only family I've got in the city is Jouhei. Is senpai your only family in Recolle?

[He looks up at Minako then sighs.]

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[She doesn't recognize the name Jouhei, so she can't be sure if this person is approving of Nanashi leaving Japan or not-- hopefully they are?]

No, my aunt and cousins are here too. They're the closest relatives I have.

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[Yeah, Jouhei's alright with it. He approves of Nanashi leaving the gangster life. They're both in Recolle for the same reason.]

Oh shit, really? Are they okay? [His mouth drops in surprise.]

They better be doing well. The city's such a hot mess it's easy to worry about your loved ones.

[He doesn't know if Minako's cousins are app users or not. It'd be easier to keep track of them if they were.]

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My cousins are on the app, their mom isn't. [A deep sigh and then a sip of her coffee.] The app keeps bringing kids into this hot mess. It's infuriating.

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That's terrible. I wish that they'd stop bringing children into this too. I met a few kids younger than me on Retrospec.

[ He ruffles his own hair in anger. ]

Lily's only twelve and Shinji's nine. Someone's gotta look out for them.

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Ideally we all look out for them, but it's difficult to keep track of kids sometimes... [She tilts her head.] Do you know them well?

[reaquila]

Just Shinji. I don't know Lily too much. We spoke once or twice.

[Nanashi goes for another helping of snacks....it's a good distraction, okay.]

I'm helping that kid with school and other things. Seems like Sakura worries about him too sometimes.

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Given what we've seen? I don't blame her.

[She studies her coffee for a moment, closing her eyes and thinking of her cousins.]

There isn't much we can do about their own past memories, though. We can talk them through it, but in the end, it falls on them to bear whatever they see...and that's what worries me.