preybeforemeals | 009. [Video]

[Good evening, Johto! It seems that Tsukiyama's in a decent mood today; we're doing this again, from the sound of it, and he's got the camera set up as he usually does - the focus is low, aimed more toward the piano than the player with the exception of his hands, and keeping his face out of the shot. (It can be seen, however, that he is once again unironically wearing one of Chihiro's janky-ass scarves, because of course he is.) He'll speak after a while, though; he sounds pleased, at any rate.]

It doesn't seem all that long since the last time I did this, does it? It's hard to believe it's been a year or so. But time flies like that, n'est-ce pas? Even if we have a funny way of ending up back where we started, in some ways.

I asked last year, where you all thought you would be now; some of those who answered have left, but some surely haven't. So tell me! Have you managed what you'd hoped you would, in the past year? I've been wondering about it, a bit...

Of course, I'd like to hear what you've done with yourselves this holiday season, just in general; I want to know the sort of experiences you've had. Assuming that you don't mind sharing - that's what this time of year is good for, c'est vrai?

Threaded | Flat

[ Chie doesn't feel like replying to the video; they live in the same house, she's not going to bother doing that when she can go pester her poorly-dressed bestie in person. She wanders into the room not long after the video goes up on the network, holding her hands behind her back. ]

Tsukiyama-kun, I got you another present.

[It has been approximately a year and a third since Meridiana made her arrival to Johto, and it has perhaps never been more apparent than it is this morning, that she's put that time to very good use learning about the nuances of modern culture and conduct, and the appropriate occasions upon which to engage in certain behaviors.

...Which is why a wrapped garment box containing an elegant black shirt and a...not-so-elegant something ELSE...is left outside his bedroom door at early o'clock in the morning, followed by a rapid bout of knocking, FOLLOWED BY THE SOURCE OF THE KNOCKING BAILING AND SCURRYING BACK DOWN THE HALLWAY TO HIDE OUT OF SIGHT AROUND THE CORNER

Ladies and gentlemen, a round of applause, as Miss Meridiana Everett has embraced and mastered the concept of "Carol Of The Bells"-Grade Ding-Dong Ditch.

(But not the part about subtlety and misdirection, because how many possible suspects could there be, really.) ]

Ugh, look at all of this sentimental bullshit.

[...]

Good to see you're enjoying yourself, Americano.

[And Naki smirks at that, which is the closest he can actually get to a proper smile.]

I don't remember what I said last year, or if I even answered the question to begin with. But I can tell you I got a new roommate!

[...naki what does that have to do with the holiday season]

action because why not;

action;

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