[semi-open]

[wordcarvings]

WHO: Koutarou & some people, and also you
WHERE: All over
WHEN: Month of July
WHAT: Bingo etc
WARNINGS:


[ An entry for collected prompts for various people. But it’s also a catch-all and wildcard option, and you can do any starter of your own that you want. Or you can shoot me a message either through pm or hailingjavelin There are some open prompts below in the entry, and his bingo card is over here. ]

Park; all month
[ At random points in the month, Koutarou goes to the park to sketch. He sits under a tree, or on a bench, or in the middle of the grass, and as time passes he might end up filling the one he’s working in and puts it aside to use the pages in another. ]

The Inkwell; Primarily 3-8
[ Every night during his sister’s so called “visit” he goes to The Inkwell. It’s not like he gets drunk because his tolerance is seriously high, and he knows to be careful so he won’t get a hangover. Of course he’s sketching again, but that doesn’t need to stop you. He’ll look up if he’s addressed, and sometimes he’ll also pause to order another drink or stare out blankly ahead of him, where he sits at the counter. ]

Wildcard
[ Whatever you like. Grab one of the not-taken prompts (depending, you might want to shoot me a message; or write if you want the square in the subject line), or if we have anything planned, post a comment here, or if you just want someone to throw one of your own squares at. I can set something up as well, if you'd prefer that. ]

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For Kasen

[wordcarvings]

[ Buying a gift for Jim isn’t something he’s particularly interested in doing. However, he is interested in this thing with memories, and going to the Tower and get a gift off a list is not very difficult. So he goes, and it’s not long after he arrived that he comes across a familiar face, while he’s looking for something cheap to buy. Because he’s not buying something expensive for Jim, after he stole blue and green and wants them to be grateful for giving back only a fraction of that. ]

Kaneda-san? Are you getting Jim a gift as well?

[liberal_arts]

It wouldn't be the first person I find distasteful that I've purchased something for... But no, I'm here for myself. Are you? -His dignity had been given many wounds over the last few months, but apparently buying expensive housewares for a jackass was a step too far for him... at least for the time being.-

For Shuji

[wordcarvings]

[ You see a lot when you go outside, and Koutarou is just about done with any commissions that he has lined up at the moment, so he has time to be out a lot. Because he was stressed prior to and during the week of the 4th and painted non-stop for hours on end, and has a lot of work that needs to be done at the end of the month more or less done.

So yeah, when you go outside you might meet someone who you might know, and one of those people is a starting-to-become-familiar red-head, and Koutarou heads over to him. ]

Tsushima-kun, good afternoon.

[thesettingsun]

Koutarou!

[Sometimes you go outside and see your crush's cousin who you're starting to be actual friends with, and you light up just seeing him.]

Doing okay?

For Sato

[wordcarvings]

[ Some of these squares are pretty entertaining, and he doesn’t have anything against them. For example, there is this one, to draw chalk around another person in a public place. Which of course means that he needs someone to help him out. So once he has found himself a public place (let’s say Recollé Square, close to the fountain) he tries to catch the attention of a person. ]

Hello. Do you think that you could help me a little bit?

[starfruitfrog]

[Sato had been heading to about the same place, feeling kind of like some kind of creep or crazy person with a big piece of chalk in his pocket. What if a coworker saw him??

He's broken out of those thoughts at the sight of Koutarou and then of him asking for help.]

Oh, of course. [Wait...] With what?

For Yuri

[wordcarvings]

[ There are some things on the bingo card that are easier than others. And there are some that are more...odd. He did discuss the one about powers with Shuji, after the university student complained about having a square telling him to show his powers to someone new when he didn't have any of those from Retrospec. Considering Koutarou's only ability he has been given is lighter wounds healing when he drinks ink, and that's a thing he probably shouldn't show because it means he would have to wound himself first, he had been concerned as well.

But the idea of drawing a portrait or something else for a person while they watch might work, so he intends to go with that. But then he needs to find someone who would be alright with that. And he thinks it might be necessary for it to be another Retrospec user, so he thinks that maybe keeping a look out for someone he knows is on Retrospec would be a good thing.

And after a while he spots a vaguely familiar blond. They have met once before, a long time ago now, but that was a very brief meeting. The time they spoke over the app was brief as well. And though the boy saw his pictures, he didn't actually see him drawing them, as far as Koutarou knows. ]

Excuse me... You're... Yuri-kun, wasn't it? Hi, I hope I'm not bothering, we met once before, with the cats..?

[catsudon]

( Yuri had the back of his fisted hand pressed against his mouth, vaguely stiffling a yawn as he came to a stop, turning his head to look back at the person speaking. He remembers him after a moment, blinking and slotting the face into place: )

In the park? Yeah, sure. What's up?

( there's a squint to his eyes at first, as if he's suspecting he's being called out for something he has yet to catch up on. then again, he knows by now there's a set of people he keeps running into that are tied up in the whole of Retrospec and the oddities aligned with it.

it's not the worst kind of binding, he guesses, but it leaves him off center in how suspicious to be of the world at large. settling on being relatively inoffensive is simple, so he does it; he doesn't know this guy well enough to be pre-emptively irritated. times when his youth doesn't just shine through as anger and jaded holding people at a distance. relative strangers are easier, up until they have expectations or demands on him that he didn't want to handle. )

For Mafuyu

[wordcarvings]

[ Sometimes it's nice to go somewhere where people won't come looking for you, and Koutarou has had a stressful week and would really like to be alone for a while.

So he goes to Pizza Port, because it's very unusual for him to go there, or to any pizza place for that matter, because he rarely eats pizza. But sometimes it's a nice change of pace and the pace recently has been sort of insane. As is normal for him, he has his sketchbook up and is sketching while waiting for his pizza to get made. ]

[buncho]

[ It's nice, but maybe Pizza Port isn't the best place to go to for peace and quiet— inspiration, though, maybe? if one could draw inspiration from the doors banging open and a girl marching inside, standing still in middle of the restaurant, looking this way and that as if trying to find somebody...

That person iiiiiiiiiiss a complete stranger whose table she sits at, plotting down across from Koutarou. Hello. ]

You waiting for pizza?

For Togusa

[wordcarvings]

[ When Koutarou informed his best friend of his sister’s paying a visit, and Togusa said that he wanted to meet and talk to her, Koutarou was honestly unsure if that was a good idea. He doesn’t want to make a fuss and he doesn’t want to pull his friends further into his family mess than they already are.

But he caved and arranged to have him meet her without the rest of her family around. Mainly because Koutarou actually likes his niece and nephew well enough, despite not really meeting them in person very much at all. This specific niece had been born about a year before Koutarou left Japan, so he had helped babysitting her sometimes,though unfortunately the nephew is the heir to the dojo because he’s the oldest of Koutarou’s father’s grandsons.

He thought that bringing them to a restaurant that has some a little more private sections for people. It’s traditionally Japanese, a teppanyaki place simply called "Teppan Yaki", where there both are tables where show-off chefs can fry your food, and more private areas where you can fry your own food. Koutarou booked a table, requesting on off in a corner. He has showed Kayoko there, and found the table which has a frying pan in the middle and tools to the side, and they only have to wait for Togusa to show up and Koutarou is very, very nervous about this whole thing. ]

[standalonehuman]

Togusa has known Koutarou for nearly a decade now. He's been right there at every step while his own family seemingly turned on him. But even trying to see through Koutarou's attempts to minimize the situation, it's always been hard to tell how much of Koutarou's distress is his sisters' faults versus his father's. In Togusa's eyes, they are still complicit, in their silence, if they wouldn't stick up for Koutarou. But, why, then, is Kayoko making the effort to come see Koutarou?

Togusa is, as usual, precisely on time. He's just about never early, was doing something right up until the moment he came in. In this case, it was getting his head straight. Focus on what Kouarou wants. Koutarou wants to just get through this visit without incident. Getting a better answer about what she thinks of Koutarou would be very satisfying to Togusa, but would upset the precarious balance that Koutarou feels he has with his family. Togusa won't go on the offensive, but he also won't sit silently by if she is insistent on adding to Koutarou's misery.

Togusa arrives, dressed in that same suit he brushed off for his first date with Gentiana. He has a warm smile for Koutarou, an attempt to set his friend at ease, before he is on his best behavior. Instantly into Japanese, with a slight bow. "Koutarou, good to see you. Hitori Togusa, good to meet you, miss."

park

[godcards]

[ There isn't a particular reason Malik is here; he's been all around trying to find unfortunate people willing to help him fill out his bingo card. He's not very artistic, but at this point, he'll more or less do what he has to for any chance at actually getting a bingo.

Which is why, once he sees Koutarou out doing his artist thing, Malik approaches him with Purpose. ]

You. Let me draw something.

[wordcarvings]

[ That was a very sudden and surprising request that didn’t really sound like a request. Koutarou looks up at him, blinking in surprise a few time, then he nods slowly. ]

Okay...

park

[thisloveisjustice]

After running a few errands one Saturday morning, Tatsuo cuts across the park as he contemplates where to grab some lunch. There's the pizzeria a couple blocks over, the little hole-in-the-wall Japanese place three blocks the other way, the sub shop right on the other side of the park... So many good options.

So intent on his destination, or the lack thereof, Tatsuo doesn't notice the guy sitting right in the middle of the grass until he is practically on top of him. After windmilling to keep from stepping on the other man or his art supplies, Tatsuo goes down on his ass.

"Whoa!"

[wordcarvings]

Although Koutarou is used to running into things, or tripping over things, on a regular basis, it is still a little surprising when other people do the same. Not everybody walks with their nose down a sketchbook. Though playing children sometimes runs into him when he's in these sort of places. This time is no less a surprise, and he looks up at the other man with wide eyes.

"...hello."

park

[potentite]

[He's here looking for Retrospec members to help him complete his bingo card. He's not sure if they have to be retrospec members but he knows it will be much easier to explain to fellow members. When he spots Koutarou drawing, he realises he recognises him a bit.]

Um! Excuse me but... you're a Retrospec member, right?

[wordcarvings]

[ Koutarou looks up from his sketch, and he’s surprised at that sudden question. But after a few moments, he nods. ]

Yes...? I am.

zoo

[alienates]

[ another day, another bingo attempt.

he's planning on killing two birds with one stone today. he has to find some sucker at the zoo to pet a rabbit with him, which shouldn't be too hard. he'll probably grab a random kid or something?? they like petting animals right?? but he figures he might as well cross off another one of the stranger squares that's on the easier side of completion.

he sits down at a bench and pulls out his phone before punching in a random phone number. the bingo card didn't specify just how long he has to talk on the phone for this, so he's hoping it can be short as hell.

anyway. koutarou is getting a phone call right about now. ]

[wordcarvings]

[ Grabbing a random kid would probably be pretty bad, he should not do that.

Koutarou is at the petting zoo with a goat leaning over him, it’s head on his shoulder, and he’s sketching. The sound on his phone is quiet, but the buzz alerts him, and he finds and he does not recognize the number. ]

Hello?

wildcard - nail painting and item stealing ;)

[flowrite]

[Steal someone's Retrospec item. That's what the bingo card says. Except Fai doesn't really want to steal anything, and the only people he can think of off the top of his head that have Retrospec items are Seto (with his creepy soul prison card) and Koutarou (with his crazy notebook).

Stealing Seto's card wouldn't be that difficult, if Seto weren't constantly busy working on things for the convention. Fai's hardly seen him since his birthday a couple weeks ago. So Koutarou it is! Besides, it seems like a good excuse to visit and hang out with his friend~

So here's Fai at Koutarou's door at some random point, completely unannounced, with coffee and donuts as a peace offering.]

[wordcarvings]

[ Completely unaware of Fai’s secret agenda, Koutarou is very happy to have him visit. He’s been needing some company lately, it’s nice to have more of it. He smiles at his friend when he opens the door, and he steps aside to let him inside. ]

Hi Fai. It’s nice to see you.

Wildcard - July 15th

[glaciers]

[Shouto, on top of dealing with his own weird memories, got stuck with somebody else's as well. Which might mean that that poor guy has his.

... Worrying. Especially considering what his last memory was.

But he's managed to spot Koutarou again drawing in the park.

How is he supposed to approach an almost stranger...]

Hey. [That seems about right.]

[wordcarvings]

[ Since Koutarou has had some pretty weird memories he’s concerned about the person who might have seen them. He wouldn’t want anyone want to feel like they’re confronting that weird creature.

He had not known how to approach the problem though, so he’s grateful for Shouto doing that. ]

Oh, hello. How do you do?

wildcard - roasting marshmallows over the open fire

[frostythehitman]

[ It's been a long day of beach antics (mostly bingo-related) at this point--the temperature is cooling off and the sun is now setting.

He almost headed home, but then he spotted a large bonfire further down the beach--communal, by the looks of it. And while James isn't one for these sorts of things himself, he thinks about the bingo card and remembers there's something about marshmallows on there.

So, he makes his way over, picking up a suitable marshmallow-roasting twig as he goes, and starts circling the bonfire in search of marshmallows. Because surely, somebody brought some. ]

[wordcarvings]

[ He wanted to go to the beach once while he wasn’t with his family, and had that way ended up at the bonfire. He may have also have heard about it beforehand and thought he might as well, since he didn’t get many opportunities to roast marshmallows, or anything else for that matter, over an open fire.

So he brought marshmallows and just found a good stick to use, when he spots a lonely person circling the fire. ]

Good evening.

For Togusa

[wordcarvings]

[ Sitting on Togusa's floor, back against the couch and Daisuke happy with getting a lot of attention halfway up in his lap, Koutarou is pretty content.

With a hectic month, partially very stressful, it's good to just be with friends sometimes. But some of the things that's been going on has only made him think about complicated things more, things both with his family, and with the Other Koutarou. ]

Hey, Hitori?

Re: For Togusa

[standalonehuman]

It's been a day of relaxation that Togusa has sorely needed. He is half-laid out on the couch, trying to take his mind off of some of the more rough happenings from this month. Even Daisuke has had a big month, resting easy in Koutarou's lap. He is still a total lap-dog whenever someone sits still for too long. But the both of them seem happy to provide a little refuge for Koutarou. Togusa knows he's not the only one having a rough go of it.

"Mmm?" Togusa sits up a little. "What's up?"

For Togusa

[wordcarvings]

[ Most people would probably not stay up after making sure their friend is asleep. He had just been sketching for a while to clear his head, then ended up remembering he had something in his bag that he intended to use for an experimental art project.

So when Togusa wakes up the next morning, Koutarou sure is asleep on the couch where he usually sleeps when he stays over, but once he opens the fridge he may notice an unusual amount of googly eyes staring at him. Because Koutarou stuck them onto every egg, every milk carton, every vegetable--and also on all the spoons and forks and glasses etc. On every loose item put away in a cupboard or on a shelf, really.

Hope you like your food staring at you early and bright in the morning. ]

Re: For Togusa

[standalonehuman]

Togusa is trying to be quiet when he wakes up. He knows that he is such an early bird from his work schedule, while Koutarou's schedule is never the same from one day to the next. Let his friend sleep. Even Daisuke is quiet, snoring softly from his doggy bed on Togusa's pillow.

Togusa tiptoes out to at least grab a coffee, he's intending to wait until Koutarou is up so they can get breakfast together. And then he opens the fridge door.

And stops.

Togusa reaches up to rub his own eyes to make absolutely sure he isn't just still asleep, but his milk is staring back at him. And so is his coffee. Even the takeout container right front and center.

He claps a hand over his mouth to stifle a snicker, and closes his fridge door to look at Koutarou with a very impressed expression. All right, all right. No no, he's got this.

Then he turns around and looks at the coffee maker, and the coffee pot is staring back at him with a pair of googly eyes stuck in different directions, and Togusa loses it. It's so funny and unexpected. Loud peals of laughter are undoubtedly going to wake Koutarou up.