Chroma: Nogiku

[9mon]

i don't know what to put here

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Weekend 0: Thursday

[9mon]

[There's polite knocking at the apartment door!]

Hello!

[pura]

[Nogiku opens the door! And slowly lifts her eyebrows at him.]

Oh, it's you... Are you looking for someone?

[9mon]

Nah, I just wanted to say hello to everybody and see their apartments if they'd let me.

How're you settling in?

Week 0: Saturday

[9mon]

[He's just hanging out on the roof with his lil plushy with him. Looking out into the abyss like it might have some answers?]

[pura]

[She came here to cooldown, but...]

Hyodo-san?

week one, thursday.

[pura]

Hey, it's Nogiku.
Text me when you regain consciousness.

[9mon]

i'm p nw

week two, monday.

[pura]

[You know that thing where you turn around and all the art in the art room is suddenly Adam Sandler? Yeah, that's happening now.

Nogiku stares, mildly disturbed.]

... Um...

[9mon]

Um... if you blink hard enough they'll go away.

w2: Sunday

[9mon]

[he is just in the library with a stack of Card Captor Sakura manga. He's a little out of it, but who can blame him after what happened today?]

[pura]

[Honestly? Valid. Nogiku slows to a halt when she walks past him, pausing to look at him with concern.]

Hyodo-san?

w3: Monday

[9mon]

[The bubbles are coming.

Kumon knows exactly what to do to get out of these now, pressing a hand to the bubble and-

A dumb little memory plays (until 1:40). It's the first time you've ever been on the road with Mankai company, this time it's both Summer and Autumn troupes performing at a different venue.

Juza and Banri (Autumn troupe members) are bickering back and forth first thing in the morning, and you rush in to defend your big brother. Nobody should be fighting your big brother! Especially not this guy! You're ready to throw down! You're ready to fight. (You have never been in a fight in your entire life, but you'll do it for your big bro!)

Muku, your cousin, steps in, then Juza steps in. There's no longer any fight at all.]

[pura]

[that's so pure what the fuck

Nogiku blinks in surprise when the memory ends, looking... a little unsure? Like she's not sure what to make of something so normal. After a moment, she simply says:]

... That was your brother, Hyodo-san? It seems like he really cares about you, too.

week three, saturday.

[pura]

[A while after the trial:]

Have you regained consciousness?

[9mon]

yeah
i didn't mean to faint

w5: Monday

[9mon]

[For being an actual theater kid Kumon looks wildly out of place in the renn faire. Maybe it's because he hasn't dressed to the times, but it's not like anybody over here is trying to dress him in period specific outfits.

He stops entirely when he sees an entire human sized rabbit hopping by.]

[pura]

[Nogiku also watches the human sized rabbit hop by, holding a giant turkey leg in each hand.

After a beat:]

Is this... the pizza zone?

week five, wednesday.

[pura]

[Welcome to the void, where they shall remain until one of us decides where they are. Nogiku is squinting at her phone until she notices him, and then she shoves it in her pocket.]

Hey... Did you have fun today, Hyodo-san?

[9mon]

Yeah. I usually really like the Wednesday activities. What about you?

w6: Friday

[9mon]

[Sometimes you're tire and somebody you really cared about dies as you're even more tired than you were before.]

Are you okay, Nogiku?

[pura]

[Boy, if that ain't a mood. She is stubbing the heck out of her cigarette the moment she notices him.]

... I'm okay. [A cough, but.] How are you feeling? There was yesterday's ordeal, and now...

week six, saturday.

[pura]

[Welcome to the void! Nogiku is just chilling here, looking at her phone with a slightly pained look on her face.]

[9mon]

[softly]

Nogiku?

week six, sunday.

[pura]

[She is seeking him out a good while after the, uh, everything that happened this afternoon. Where is he?]

[9mon]

[He is in Amber, but he will open it for her if she knocks.

He looks exhausted, but it's been a long day.]