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WHERE wherever there's a street :)
WHEN Day 27

[ Wherever you are there is a somewhat ominous ice cream truck nearby. Playing its ominous music. Driving slowly. If you try to approach though, it vanishes, leaving your fingers feeling weirdly sticky as if you had been eating the most delicious ice cream drumstick in your life.

and you crave ... something... what, well, that probably depends on the person, hm? ]

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[giving100percent]

[looking down at his hands. then trying to wipe them off on his pants.]

Weird.

[combatclairvoyance]

[this tall redhead seems to be thinking very seriously about the sticky hands situation.]

I wonder if I could find a publicly accessible sink nearby...

[2beautiful2live]

[oh


i recognize you???


I think???

There is a guy in farm clothes looking sort of... alarmed at you.]

[cw_suicide]

[tmw you're trying to figure out how to catch up with a stupid ice cream truck because you're just that bored AND THEN A VERY RECOGNIZABLE PERSON.

. . . no.

no, no. surely--surely not, right?

SURELY. NOT.]

[combatclairvoyance]

[well that's uh

concerning?]

Are you all right?

[combatclairvoyance]

You followed me here, Dazai?

[except. you look spooked.]

...I followed you here?

[ghostfromthemachine]

There's a rest stop near the park, though that's a little far...

[combatclairvoyance]

I don't mind. Can you direct me that way? I've only just arrived, you see.

[2beautiful2live]

Ah... sorry.

You're Oda, right?

[combatclairvoyance]

[...well he hasn't been killed yet, even hypothetically. that doesn't mean this couldn't be a trap, so he'll stay cautious, but...]

I am.

[cw_suicide]

[he does look spooked.

like he's seen a ghost.

but then, not even bothering to answer the question, he ducks his head and RUNS FULL SPEED AT THE OTHER MAN.

gonna jump right up fully expecting Oda to catch him bridal style and everything U HAD BETTER U FOOL.]

[combatclairvoyance]

My hands--

[of course he does catch Dazai though, spinning them a little so the force doesn't knock them over.]

Dazai?

[ghostfromthemachine]

It would be rude to bring it up and then leave you to find it yourself, wouldn't it? I've been here for a while, so I don't mind playing tour guide.

[combatclairvoyance]

I'd appreciate it, miss.

[2beautiful2live]

Oh...

[Orga needs to think about this for a minute, then smiles pretty happily]

Well, that's good. There's someone here I think who will be happy to see you.

[cw_suicide]

[SPINNING IS FINE BECAUSE DAZAI HAS HIS ARMS AROUND ODA'S SHOULDERS, FINGERS DIGGING INTO HIS BACK LIKE. WHITE-KNUCKLED.

he's also very pointedly keeping his face not quite in view because h-haha oh god. he's solid? real? THIS IS REAL?

...

he's laughing that kind of not-quite right hollowish laugh of his except it probably sounds weirdly happy? and sad? like it's not laughter at all. but Dazai doesn't cry, so.]

[combatclairvoyance]

[???]

I'm sorry, but do you mind telling me who you are?

[combatclairvoyance]

...

[he's. gonna find them a park bench. a nice place to sit down in relative privacy. it's not that he has a hard time holding Dazai like this, honestly he could go for a while, but the privacy matters more. he's not remotely kicking Dazai out of his lap, either, just shuffling him a little to make sure they're comfortable.

and then he'll wait patiently for Dazai to choose how this goes, at least to start.]

[2beautiful2live]

Right, sorry.

[offers a hand]

Orga Itsuka. Friend... [pauses and thinks about this] half-friend..? Of Dazai.

[combatclairvoyance]

[...takes his hand. Oda's have the solid familiarity of a hand that has seen a lot of hard work, and also gun callouses.]

It's nice to meet you. Has he been here long?

[2beautiful2live]

No, not even a week.

[Orga is mostly all farm callouses now]

[combatclairvoyance]

You aren't from Yokohama.

[it isn't a question. the implied question is "how the fuck are you remotely close to dazai so fast"]

[cw_suicide]

[any kind of shifting movement just has him clinging that much harder because he's currently busy trying to convince himself he's not drunk or high or hallucinating and this is real and if he loses his hold, clearly Odasaku will just vanish or something, like smoke--

it distantly occurs to him that he should probably feel more like hitting the other man right in the face but instead he just presses his face into his shoulder and just. breathes. after abruptly cutting off his laughter.]

... Odasaku?

[combatclairvoyance]

Yeah?

[quiet and even, still keeping his arms around Dazai. like he'll let go of him when he's acting like this.]

[2beautiful2live]

Ah, no. I'm not. Mars, actually.

[Completely misses the implied question]

People here are from all over.