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[ And Kaede is taking him up on his offer, messaging him when it's practically early morning. ]

Have you heard about the memories we're supposed to be getting yet? It's like a past life...

[Li-Na shows up a little early. Her hair is mostly tucked under a hood, but the fringe is still visible. A part of her just wants to stay at Chiyo's house and avoid having people see her new hair color, but she also knows from past conversations with people that it's going to be at least a month before it stops attracting attention.

And she wants dim sum. Not even weird changes to her hair is going to keep her from having dim sum today.

So here she is, a bag of homemade dog treats in hand, knocking on Leon's door.]

Hey.

You're not busy right now, are you?

Hi there, my name is Fai Lachance, I'm the father of one of Xiaolang's schoolmates. I don't know if he's had a chance to contact you yet but he's here safe at my house. We had a bit of an emergency this morning and he offered to help. We'll be happy to give him a ride home, or if you'd like my address to come pick him up we can do that too.

Thanks!

[A text comes to you in the late afternoon of February 3rd. The sender's name has been encrypted and errors out and there are no signs of who the message belongs to. Clicking on the profile of this Retrospec user brings up a picture of the Retrospec symbol.]

How would you like to help us help you out? Your observation period's up and I want you on this particular assignment. You'll be fine, you're probably not going to die, and we'll be able to monitor you from here. We need help. You've got the skills needed even if you don't know it yet. I know it and that's what counts. You'll be working with a group (wish I could give you the names, still putting the lists together), but your assignment partner is Mio Sonozaki. Should you choose to accept this assignment, you will need to meet at the subway and we'll go from there. You'll be rewarded for your success, of course, but this is only if we have an agreement. Do we have an agreement?

[No other messages will be sent from this account at this time.]

[ooc: Hello! You've been sorted into group 2. Your event log will go up at 9pm EST along with all of the other logs. We encourage you to read the main event log as well for more information about your recruiter and this note. In the meantime, head over to this thread on the latest mod post to meet your teammates. Thank you!]

[ Mio still has school to go to, so it's only after classes are done that she decides to meet up with him at his place-- of course, she's hoping to retreat into his room or at least move somewhere else if they really have to. She's honestly really relieved that no stray thoughts have been heard ever since they got back, so she can't actually be upset about that.

But...

Leon's worried about her. She can't hide that. And she does need someone to talk to about all of this. She won't knock or doorbell just in case, but instead she just sends a text message, hurriedly: ]

I'm here.

[ it's founders' day and people are already having a time of their lives at the parade, but sena has other plans now that everyone from other groups seems to have gotten home safe and sound. he'd slept for almost 24 hours when he came back home to his apartment, and now that he's all rested he's ready to head out to treat himself for a job well done this past month.

relataxations seems to be open today, so in he goes to the spa only to meet someone very familiar at the reception desk, and he blinks in surprise. ]

Huh. You're here.

[ heyo, dude. ]

Are you free today, Leon?

[It's probably strange for Leon to get a sudden text from Ishida, but this whole situation is urgent enough for that! He hasn't really been too helpful regarding Mio's memory loss and he figures that Leon should know about this.]

Leon, call me as soon as possible. Something happened to Mio.

Hey.

Can we talk?

Edited 2018-06-02 03:12 (UTC)

[INSERT ABOUT 10000000000000000 TEXTS FROM LI-NA IN INCREASING LEVELS OF WORRY AND PANIC

SORRY ABOUT YOUR INBOX LEON]

[She knows that he probably won't hear this message for a bit, but she feels like it's something necessary for her to do. She has to. If he decides to listen to this voicemail, there's something almost sad about it.]

Leon. I don't know if you'll be able to see this whenever you come back. But I wanted to send you this message because maybe you probably want to know where I am, what happened, what I did—

[Mio laughs a little hollowly and there's a bit of a sniffle and she curses under her breath, a small 'Fuck' before she continues to speak.]

I wanted to first apologize to you. I don't know if you'll accept it and honestly, I'd be really shocked if you even did. But I know that you really care. You managed to tell me your feelings even as I was hurting you. And I didn't even realize... I'm sorry! I'm so, so sorry! My hands were just moving without thought and I just couldn't comprehend what I was doing after I did that. You said that you love me, that you always will— [At this point he can probably tell that she's struggling with her words, that between each breath she's struggling to put her words together and is just outright streaming in tears and having to sniffle every now and again to catch herself.] I'm sorry. I'm such an idiot... I'm selfish and I want to be by your side even now, but I did a horrible thing and I have to pay for my sins, even if the syndrome was the cause.

[There's another sniffle, but she soon manages to even out her voice.]

But don't worry. I'm fine now. I found someone that helped me.

I'm... going to turn myself in soon, for everything that I've done. You don't have to come and find me if you don't want to. [She can't force that upon him. She doesn't want to make him do something that he doesn't want. Especially since she doesn't think that she deserves it.] But just know that I love you. I love you so much, Leon, and— and— I want to see you again. I shouldn't ask for this much, but I still want to see you. I feel so empty and lost without you and it hurts being alone like this when I want to be by your side.

But I know that this is my punishment for being so selfish. Anyway, I wonder if you'll grant me another one of my selfish requests? I left something for you to find when you came back. It's something of mine that I want you to hold on to until... I've finally atoned for everything. It's in a locker at [she's just going to say the location here, it's basically a rented out one that she's set aside for the whole month] and the numbered password is my birthday. Do you remember when it is? What's inside isn't really all that special, but I've left you with my journal. It's a little embarrassing, but you can read it, if you want to.

[Since it contains all of her feelings towards him and everything that's happened to her ever since she's got the application along with rather detailed descriptions of her memories.

And if he does read it, he'll also probably find some ridiculously embarrassing poetry about her feelings towards him as well (to be actually written up at some point) too.]

Anyway, I got to go. I don't know if I'll see you again, because I really don't deserve it, but... just know that I love you. No matter what happens, I always will.

[And then, she ends the message saying a single phrase in Japanese:] Good bye.

[It's not her usual way of saying 'good bye' in Japanese, as it's sayonara, a more bittersweet and impactful way of saying it. As if she might not ever see him again in spite of her knowing that he'll come back to life. And the message ends there.]

Edited 2018-06-17 07:53 (UTC)

[ There's a message just asking to study for finals on the evening of the 17th, and another early in the morning on the 18th asking if he's doing alright or feeling sick since he didn't respond the night before.

Sometime after Xiaolang's post goes up, however, she sends a couple of more messages along with a few calls. Eventually she gives up, leaving one last message. ]

I'm going to come look for you.

I hope you're okay.

[After the events of this thread, Leon will be receiving multiple texts from Ava.]

Okay, you!
Two questions.

1) How the hell do you allow your otaku side to overtake you when you have a really cute girlfriend?

And!

2) What do you mean Mimi is not your best girl?

Hey, Leon.

Have you been hiding something from me?

[this is how he dies (again)]

[ IF YOU THINK HE WASN'T GOING TO INQUIRE— ]

so how did you get yourself into the hospital last month, young crime lord?

Hey.

I just got out and I was wondering if you wanted to meet up later. Since I want to talk to you... about a lot.

text; 12/01, late at night

12/25

text; 2/01, probably mid-afternoon

text | 1/21 backdated, morning

2/3 text

2/2; action in the afternoon