recolle | [Open] As with everything else in my life, I'm late as hell

Ice Cream (B1) with Minako
Collect Seashells (B3) with Arlene
Share a Difficult Memory (G5) with Jake
Human Pyramid (I2) with Mao and Juzo
Sparring (G3) with Bucky

Edited 2017-07-22 03:10 (UTC)

[Sora's well known around his neighborhood as a kid who loves animals. He regularly take in any animals that need his help, feed them, take care of them, and help them find a forever home as soon as he can.

The downside of that is that his neighbors (and his mother) can get annoyed if he has any... noisier animals. Which is probably why his newest animals, a set of three half-grown ducklings, are getting ready to leave far quicker than Sora would probably like them to.

Which is also why he's making a somewhat-rushed retrospec video advertising that he's got ducks. It seems to be a video of his backyard, a large pen with the ducks inside and quacking away, with Sora's harried face in the foreground. He looks... just a little bit stressed. His dog, Buck, is sniffing around the side of the pen.]

Hey, guys! So, I've got some new friends here! I took them in about a week ago, but I haven't had ducks in, like, forever, so I uh, wasn't really prepared for them, hehe.

[Buck yips in the background as one of the ducks quacks at him.]

Buck, no, go inside! A-anyway, they're getting pretty big really fast, but they're not ready to be released into the wild quite yet, but I can't really keep them much longer. I don't really have the room for all three, so uh, I was wondering if there was anyone out there who might like a new pet!

I have all the stuff to get you started, so you don't have to worry about that, and I'm giving them away for the low, low price of free! So, uh, yeah!

[Buck barks again, and this time the ducks freak out a little bit.]

Ack, no, stop it-!

[The video ends with Sora running over to the cage to pull his dog away from it.]

[This is somehow both one of the hardest and easiest panels on Sora's bingo sheet. He doesn't like talking about it, and he's not even sure he'd count it as a secret, but Terra wanted to know. Terra asked him, and Terra's going to find out eventually, so he might as well just get it over with.

That's why, one morning when he's worked up the courage, he texts the older boy.]

hey uh
you said i can talk to you about stuff right???

can we go somewhere and talk about a thing???

[This one, on the other hand, is one of the tiles Sora is most looking forward to doing. It seems like a fun, harmless little prank, and maybe he'll make a new friend out of it. Who knows? He can at least give it a try.

So here he goes, punching in a random number into his phone, and it's ringing, aaaaaand...]

...Hello?

[Sora's at the park! Why is he at the park? Who knows!

Actually, it's because he'd been called here by his one and only tutor, Sorey, but he's not entirely sure why. He'd gotten a text this morning to come, so he did, but showing up Sora hadn't seen a single sign of him.

For now, he's sitting on the playground swings, idly swinging slowly while he scrolls through his phone. It's not like he's not allowed to be here, but he's been waiting for a while now, and it's a bit worrying.]

Edited 2017-07-22 04:32 (UTC)

[ Mao's pleased for the chance to do any bingo squares that don't require him to get help from anybody else. On the other hand, doing this without help means he's the only one subject to stares as he starts doing a sun salutation on the outdoor seating area of Munch & Crunch. Deep breath, arms up, then slowly down...

At least if anybody seems him, they'll hopefully just attribute the weird behaviour to bingo as opposed to insanity. ]

[Sora's not even sure why he's doing this. He's already shared his memory with Jake, so he doesn't need to fill the square on his bingo...

But, some part of him wants to do it for himself. After that near-blowout they had, Sorey deserves the truth, or at least the part that Sora's willing to share with him. Somehow, this is harder than it had been with Jake, and even harder than with Terra. Maybe it's because he'd only known those two a short amount of time, but Sorey's been tutoring him and looking after him for over three years now.

It's nearly the end of the month when Sora finally works up the courage.]

hey
can i talk to you about something???
in person???

[Under normal circumstances, Sora would probably find this ridiculous. Actually, he still does, but it's much less ridiculous when he knows the reason behind someone randomly doing yoga in front of a fast food joint.

He had the square, too, but he didn't know that anyone would actually do it. Clearly, he's underestimated the populace of the retrospec app.

But he still can't help but tilt his head at the stranger and stare from his seat in front of the Munch & Crunch.]

[Sora and Prompto are walking dogs together, which is a thing that seems to happen at least once a week these days. He doesn't mind, really, as Sora likes the other boy and they seem to have a lot in common. Not the least of which is that Prompto seems to be one of the only people Sora's met who likes dogs almost as much as he does, which automatically puts him in his good books.

Today is one such day; Sora's got three big dogs on harnesses out in front of him, and boy it's a good thing he's strong enough to hold on to the leashes because they could easily pull him right off his feet. In fact, they nearly do once or twice, but Sora doesn't mind.]

[The thing about Izuku is that he's tender-hearted. Especially when it comes to animals. He currently has one cat that he's adopted from Karkat's litter as well as a second cat that he looks after that belongs to his teacher slash neighbor.

Honestly, he lives in a reasonable sized apartment with his mom, so space isn't the issue so much as the combo of cats and ducks is likely to be an issue and he's never looked after a duck before in his life. But...he's going to look past that. Because they're so darn cute. But even he knows three is pushing it.]

I can-uh-take care of one of the ducks? Especially if you can tell me what all I'll need. I've never had a duck before. [His expression when the video feed starts is both uncertain and excited. It's a strange mixed emotion.]

How would it co-exist with a cat? Would I need to keep it penned up separate?

ONE KIDDIE COCKTAIL COMING UP

you can always talk to me, come by my dormpartment and we'll hang out

i am an adult you can trust and i promise i wont tell arisato

[At this point Sora might as well be a little brother. Sorey really cares for him and he's not sure he shows it as much as he'd like. He's always aware of that professional distance he needs to maintain... but he'll ditch it in a second to make sure his people are okay.

He wonders what's bothering Sora. He can't think of what it is... maybe a Dante thing? But he takes it slow.]

of course!
why don't we grab lunch somewhere?
you can pick the place.

[prompto, for his part, is walking his own dog, rufus, and three other dogs from the shelter. rufus is trained enough that he's off the leash and follows any command prompto gives him (come, boy!, etc), so that's not much of an issue.]

[he's glancing at sora from time to the time, when the dogs tug particularly hard, and he's trying not to snicker]

You sure you're okay? Can't believe they got this much energy after we let them loose in the dog park, huh.

[It takes Sora a while to actually answer his phone, seeing as he's currently got his hands full trying to get his innocent but curious dog back into the house and away from the ducks, who are making a racket and probably annoying all the neighbors.

It's only once the situation is under control and the ducks are quiet again that he actually picks up the phone.]

That would be really cool of you! Don't worry, I've had ducks before, I can tell you everything you need!

As for cats, it kinda depends on the ducks and how they've been raised? But, uh, I have a cat too so they've been around cats since I got them. And they all seemed pretty cool with him. So, I guess it would depend on your cat?

If your cat is, like, an outdoor cat it might be used to chasing ducks, but if it's an indoor cat it might be okay.

[Well, Terra's silly answer makes him feel a little better, anyway.]

lol okay
ill come by in a little bit

also i dont know that dormpartment is a word XD

okay that would be cool
we can just go to a cafe i guess
idk im okay with wherever

[Maybe that's a bit of a vague answer but honestly, this sort of thing just kills his appetite. He just wants to get this over with and the nerves rolling in his stomach don't allow room for thoughts of food or anything else.]

I'm fine, really!

[As he says this, the dogs give a particularly hard tug, and this time Sora nearly falls flat on his face before managing to catch himself at the last second.

Sheepishly, he rights himself and glances at Prompto, grinning.]

Yeah, it's kinda weird how riled up they got.

There's the golden boy! [Terra grins at Sora after opening the door for him and pats him on the back...probably way too hard.]

Come on in! [Terra leads the boy inside. His room is fairly small and tidy--simplistic. He takes a seat on a wide couch, in front of him a cheap, birchwood coffee table with two drinks on it.]

Everything okay?

[It takes Sora a bit to find Terra's room, but it's kind of a relief when he does. Only to be nearly knocked over by the strength of Terra's back-patting.

Still, Sora laughs and follows the older boy inside, sitting down on the couch beside him.

It takes him a second to respond to the inquiry.]

I, yeah! I'm fine. It's just...

[How does one even start this conversation? He doesn't like talking about things that are this heavy.]

So, um, you know that bingo thing? I got this one square... where, um, you're supposed to tell someone a secret.

[Terra immediately frowns at the mention of the bingo card. So he wouldn't be here if not for that huh?

Well, he can't blame him.]

So...You want me to be the one to tell the secret to?

Why, I'm honored! [He touches and lightly squeezes Sora's shoulder, looking at him a bit more seriously now.]

I don't tell secrets.

[Sora grins half-heartedly up at Terra and swallows and geeze why does Terra have to be so goodlooking and nice? ...Maybe he shouldn't think about that.

He nods and starts to speak again, looking down.]

Well, it's just, you asked that one time about it, so I thought you'd be a good person to tell.

Don't worry, Sora. [Another pat on the back, this time, much more gentle.]

If you're in trouble, I'll help dig you out of it. You can tell me.

Well, it's not really any trouble I'm in. It's nothing anyone can really... do anything about.

But, um, d'you remember that post you made? About... about people dying? And then you asked me... who it was who died.

[He doesn't want to talk about this. He hates talking about this, and maybe this was a bad idea, but he's already here and about to just come out and say it but it's stuck on the tip of his tongue. It should be easy to say, it's just a fact, it's just the way it is, but it's been seven years and he can't talk about it.]

[... Something's definitely wrong.]

ok! I'm on my way.

[Off he goes. If Sora texts him after that, well-- he won't get it, since he's a responsible driver and doesn't look at his phone while driving. He unlocks the passenger side door and sends another text.]

cmon, let's get coffee!

[Sora takes a minute to get outside, as Buck is trying to follow him out, but he does eventually manage to get the dog to stay inside the fence, and gets into the car with Sorey.]

Hey! Thanks for, uh, picking me up on short notice.

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