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]

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.

[ardent]

[And that isn't exactly striking him right, though he can't really work out why.]

...Do you have any negative feelings toward Maizono-kun at all, for what she did?

[superordinary]

[ He shakes his head at that. ]

No. My feelings are different [ read: his infatuation died in a ditch somewhere. ] but I don't feel angry or anything like that. I just wish she hadn't done what she did.

[ardent]

[Huh.]

...You really are a better person than I am, Naegi-kun. At least, that's what I believe.

[superordinary]

Eh? N-no, I'm not a better person than you, Ishimaru-kun.

[ardent]

[Ohhhh god, he's getting fired up now. Do we really want Ishimaru fired up because he is getting there in a hurry.]

Well, obviously not in the sense of justice and morals, because that's what I'm known for - you would have been accepted to Hope's Peak with my qualifications were that the case! But I think...in my time in Johto, I think I've learned that there's more to it than that - obviously justice and morals are important, but there are other elements toward being a truly good person that need to be taken into account alongside those, and I think you possess a fair few of them!

So I believe there's a lot of things that I can learn from you, Naegi-kun - or perhaps I should call you Naegi-sensei from now on!

[oh jesus is he serious because it sounds like he is]

[superordinary]

[ Well, whatever he was expecting, this wasn't quite it. ]

Y...you don't have to call me that.

[ He doesn't seem to be opposed to it, though. He sort of likes the sound of "Naegi-sensei", actually. ]

You've changed, Ishimaru-kun. I think you've really grown as a person... and as a friend.