IC Contact/Voicemail

[ardent]

[VOICE/TEXT/VIDEO; OPEN TO ALL]

"You've reached Kiyotaka Ishimaru; I seem to have missed you! My sincerest apologies for that - but if you leave your name and state your business, firmly and concisely, I'll return your contact as soon as I can!

Until then, I look forward to speaking to you; do what you can to make your day pleasant and productive, and be sure to keep your head up!"

[Please state in the subject line if OOC planning is preferred and we can handwave like the wind, but otherwise IC will be assumed!]

Comments

[superordinary]

[ This is probably a good time to pull out a chair and sit down... so let's just do that. ]

I am. She had Monobear hairclips and her face looked different. Her personality was different, too.

[ardent]

[...That...might be good, yes.]

...I can make you tea, if you'd like. It seems as though you need it.

Either way, though, talk to me about it. What happened?

[superordinary]

[ He nods in response. ] ...I'd like that, Ishimaru-kun.

[ ... ]

Um, t-there was an exploding Eevee, and...I tackled Enoshima out of the way.

[ardent]

[Ishimaru nods and immediately sets to it, as far as the tea goes; it tends to be calming, if nothing else, and god knows he's needed a lot of it on off days. And, well, it sounds like Naegi's having kind of an off day.

...it's fortunate that his back is turned to put water on when that second statement hits; he can't really be sure what his face just did, but it was likely nothing good, and it takes him a moment to relax because wow he could have sworn Naegi just said that he...]

So you saved her life.

[superordinary]

Yes. That's what I did.

[ It was a decision made in a split second and he didn't have the time to actually think it over properly, but he knew what he was doing and whose life he was going to save. He's not going to pretend otherwise. ]

[ardent]

Why?

[The question is blunt, his tone hard; there's no genuine anger behind it, at least, but it's clear that he's not exactly pleased.]

[superordinary]

If someone's about to get caught in an explosion, I can't just stand there and let it happen.

[ His tone is a bit quieter than usual, but it's calm and without stutters or "ums". ]

[ardent]

[Mnngh.

What's killing him right now is the fact that he can see where that's fair and arguably the right thing to do, but...]

We allowed our classmates to die, because of her.

[superordinary]

I know that, Ishimaru-kun.

[ardent]

[...all right. Just. Have some tea, Naegi-kun, let it steep for a minute and he'll rejoin you at the table and we'll try to work through what an utter clusterfuck this is.]

We would all be well within our rights to allow her to die, in that sort of situation.

[superordinary]

[ Sounds lovely. :|b ]

I don't think I could ever allow someone to die like that, no matter what that person has done.

[ardent]

...Is it because it seems too close to deciding who lives and who dies again?

[superordinary]

...Something like that, maybe. I'm not sure.

[ardent]

...I think you're just a good person, Naegi-kun. There's no shame in that, but there still needs to be a limit to your generosity.

[superordinary]

[ Speaking of generosity... ]

...I helped her up.

[ardent]

[NAEGI.]

What?

[superordinary]

I helped her up on her feet.

[ ...this kid is too nice, basically. ]

[ardent]

...After you saved her.

[boy is he just going to have to put you in some sort of protective bubble to save you from yourself

merry christmas naegi-kun your very own hamster ball]

[superordinary]

Yeah.

[ ...that's probably a good idea tbh ]

[ardent]

...There really needs to be a limit to your generosity.

[superordinary]

...I guess so. [ Ishimaru does have a point. :|b ] People can take advantage of it.

[ardent]

[Of course he does.

As it stands, however, he just hesitates a bit before trying to press on with it.]

...I don't want to see anyone do that to you, Naegi-kun. Especially not someone like Enoshima - I'll do what I can for you, you know that, but you need to take care of yourself as well!

[superordinary]

T-thanks, Ishimaru-kun. I'll try not to let anyone do that to me again.

[ He hasn't forgotten about Maizono trying to set him up to take the fall for her. ]

[ardent]

Again-

[...ah.]

...Well, I should hope no one's considering anything like that here.

[superordinary]

I hope I actually notice it before it's too late if someone tries anything. With Maizono-san, my feelings for her... I didn't even consider the possibility of being manipulated by her.