RYUKI

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w3, thursday

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[ honest to god lowe, they are just right on the floor where she tackled him. everyone else has gone mysteriously deaf and can't hear this



she is still crying but it's down to less horrible sobs and more tired sniffing. his poor shirt. ]

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[ He... pats her back. Awkwardly. ]

Sorry...

[ But like. Not as sorry as the reality where he killed her so. ]

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[ for once in your life stop being awkward. she just keeps clinging to him. ]

Don't.

I thought you were--

[ this has truly been a fucking day. ]

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I'm okay, like I said...

I went back in time and fixed my screw-up, so now you and Mr. Date can take those CATs and be the greatest detectives. Don't worry, my past self was there too. I think he'll also be okay?

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[ ....





she's still not letting go. ]

...

I'm glad they'll be okay. You, me and Date. But what about me, here and now, Ryuki? What did you mean when you said to Datz you had to stay dead?

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Oh, that was the, um, price or rules or whatever that Clockwork said. We have to live with our mistakes forever, but at least I fixed it for everyone else, right?

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[ she just



clings to him harder. ]

Don't-- [ like. congrats to whoever ran that cyoa for hitting every trauma button ryuki has AND tama's big one re; ryuki fucking dying and tama not being able to do a thing about it. ]


Don't do that. Don't just leave me behind like that.

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[ Isn't it funny like, clones happened and then this CYOA really just hit the complete nail on the head for Ryuki's exact issues. Me standing here like what the fuck... ]

I'm sorry... I really didn't mean to get you killed... it was an accident...

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[ it really is a messy week. aaaaaaaaa. ]

... But I'm okay, Ryuki. I've not been hurt.

[ until he came back dead, but y'know. ]

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I saw you melt into nothing but sludge, Tama... and it was because of me.

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[ ... baps him on the shoulder. ]

Do I feel like sludge to you?

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...No...

[ She's pretty solid. ]

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[ me drinking most of my coffee this morning like wow. wowee. ]

So I promise you I wasn’t sludge.

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Not anymore you're not.

[ He fixed it!! See!! Even if it meant like. Exploding and talking to a weird time ghost.

Pats her on the shoulder. Again. ]

I'm glad you're okay.

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Ryuki, I wasn’t ever—

[ bonk him on the head. she doesn’t actually do this but it’s that tightrope walk of trying not to send him into a spiral, and trying to stop him from going too far into his own head so she can’t bring him back again.

sometimes she isn’t sure what to do — it’s not like when she has measures she can take like projecting images, looking up solutions to help him. she’s just a lil gal in a body she doesn’t quite understand trying to do everything she can. ]

…

I’m always fine, you know that. And you’re fine too, I’ll make sure of it. So’s Date — both the one you saved, and your Date too.

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[ Don't say HIS Mr. Date he is just a stupid boy with a stupid puppy crush on his dead superior. ]

Thanks, Tama. I don't want to burden you too much.

[ He says, burdening her every week with shenanigans. ]

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[ (tama voice) i am telling you that the date we know is alive in a roundabout way that won’t send you into a crisis
ryuki, making puppy dog crush noises. ]

…

Oh you always burden me, don’t worry. [ she bonks her forehead against his gently. ] You’re so stubborn. You don’t want to accept any help. But that’s what we do, right? Take on each other’s burdens.

I wouldn’t have you any other way, you idiot.

[ he’s her partner. hers. ]

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[ Please like somebody better I say while making :unamused: expression and holding her like a squeaky toy. He may be in love with Date but he also loves Tama. The subtle differences of language. ]

Well... I think it might be a little unbalanced.

[ That she probably takes on more of his than he takes on of hers, but hey. ]

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[ liking kaname date is a symptom of a contagious disease, but it’s fun we can get him the antibiotics. symptoms include wanting to bite him and throw him down the stairs and also wanting to wrap him in blankets and throttle him with them ]

You know there are loads of ways of helping people.

[ i mean she IS normally the one who doesn’t need to sleep and can hack her way through his issues. ]

You know damn well I’d let you know if you were driving me up the wall. [ and not just into despair, it’s fine. ]

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[ Unfortunately Ryuki does not feel either of these things. Sorry, his Date infatuation is actually terminal. His affection is genuine and completely unironic. ]

I feel like that's all of the time.

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[ how does he have terrible taste (date) and perfect taste (tama) like the duality of kuruto ryuki. ]

You know I would make sure you knew. Jerk.

[ they are still foreheads because it’s cute. ]

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[ To be fair he is not reciprocating the perfect taste due to reasons so in that sense he still has garbage taste. Also listen Date is genuinely nice to him...

Anyway it's kind of weird. Nobody ever usually hangs around this close to him -- he is immensely lacking in departments where good physical contact is concerned, the closest since his brother being whenever Date would sling an arm over him or something like that. He remains still. ]

Then, am I?

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[ bites him. i hate them so much.

and no, fair. date actually getting to be a good senior and supporting someone… wow…. ]

Did I say you were?

[ because she did not. it’s fine, she’s so ??? about this body she’s doing enough touching for both of them half the time. ]

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Sometimes?

I think I remember you saying something about hating me...

[ Somehow despite his ultra-low self-confidence and his feeling like a burden on everyone around him at all hours, Tama telling him she hates him is the one thing he never actually took personally. Even if he knows he probably has shit sense of timing, even if he knows he's kind of the worst at emotional talk. ]

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Yeah, I already told you.

It’s because you’re stubborn, you won’t accept help without someone browbeating you into it or because you have no other option, you can’t handle my sex jokes and you’re human.

[ all true crimes against her and humanity. ]

But you’re my partner. And I will always protect you.

Even if this place is trying to stop me.
[ his eye is malfunctioning and he flippin’ died. she’s not doing great here. ]