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"...spent the rest of my morning asking around to see if anybody has heard about Yellow Plague.”

For all his internal posturing about revealing nothing, Laki's face tightened. Did he know? Did he notice Laki's discomfort? He tried to rearrange his features into something of a neutral expression.

Breathing is fun. I like to breathe. Just think about breathing.

Seiho seemed to continue on without a care in the world for how Laki reacted. He probably didn't know. He was just making small talk. He was definitely making small talk. No doubt about it.

”So your turn Hirata, ya hear anything interesting lately?"

Did he mean about the Plague?

Small talk, Laki. Small talk... Nothing else.

"Nothing in particular. I've been sequestered at home all summer–haven't gotten a chance to really chat with anyone." The statement was at least partially true. Laki certainly hadn't talked with any of his classmates all summer, save for a few close run-ins with them near the construction site where he worked. He had to steer the conversation away from any dangerous territory.

"How about you? What'd you get up to over the summer? Do anything with the club?"

@Sarcelle Renard

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just woke up, gonna get cracking on that response!

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ETAs on anyone? 👀

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@Sarcelle Renard I responded but forgot to ping, so here it is lol

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It took a moment for Laki to realize that Seiho was talking to him.

"Ah, Seiho. You were in my class last year, but we didn't talk much at all, did we?"

And thank God for that. Laki didn't have a problem with Seiho–the guy was friendly to basically everyone and wasn't bothersome. However, Laki had heard about Seiho asking around about the Yellow Plague. He couldn't have Seiho dropping any information or acciedentally spreading any rumors around.

It certainly didn't help that the rumors involved the idea of "sin," that those who were affected by the Plague had committed some sort of misdeed to warrant their affliction. His mother already suffered enough–a damaged reputation would just be fuel for the fire.

Plus, he couldn't have any of the teachers finding out about his part-time jobs. Kenkōichi let their students work, yes, but certainly not the amount of time that Laki did. If the school found out that he was bending local labor laws, he could even get suspended. His mother would be deeply disappointed if that happened. "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest," she'd say, quoting either a revolutionary inventor or a musical lyricist–Laki could never remember which.

Laki had to choose his words carefully. He bookmarked his book and laid it in his lap.

"In case you forgot, I'm Hirata Laki. What were you up to, coming in late like that?"

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Also is it safe to assume that Rio is thoroughly fed up with Yuuhei’s very existence by this point? Because I can’t imagine the two of them attending the same school without him trying to get to the bottom of the rumors surrounding her.

@Sarcelle Renard

I thought that since she's a first year and Kenkōichi is high-schoolers only, this would be her first time meeting most people?

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@Hero
yeah he headed to the commons to read, it should be aight

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Ah, hell, Laki was already in his dorm earlier. Just a lil continuity thing, then? Maybe he got his key early?

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now that everyone’s posted, should we get some interaction goin or wat for another GM post?

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@Hero

I'll send a few of my favorites here

if you like cheesy pop

reincarnation

the main battle theme is hyyyyyype

normal battle

an excellent "thinking/reasoning" theme in the same vein as Logic&Trick and other similar songs

exposition

this track is VERY "persona", a very chill theme

fortuna office

one of my favorite "unease" themes

corruption

There are a ton more, just look up the OST for some really good shit.

Also, while I'm here, I'd like to nominate two INCREDIBLY underrated OSTs– 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors and Ring Fit Adventure. Both of these games don't get enough love for their soundtracks.