[07] move along, move along just to make it through

[judicialassistant]

Who: Susato and anyone
Which: Open catch-all log for September + network option
Where: The Wild Harvest garden, but open to other locations.
What: Yujin Mikotoba has left Songerein.
Warnings: Will add if needed.

🌸 A. an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Sender: Susato Mikotoba
To: Everyone
Subject: Reverein's clinic

[ It's short, and to the point. Susato doesn't use the journal often to broadcast like this, but now that she is, she feels it prudent to be as direct as possible. ]

To whom it may concern:

For the past couple weeks, the Reverein communal clinic has been without a proper doctor to run it. If you are in need of aid, please be patient, as the volunteers are doing the very best they can.

If you have medical experience and would like to help, please let me know. Thank you.

Regards,
Susato Mikotoba

🌸 B. move along, move along, like i know you do.

[ Within the garden of the Wild Harvest, among the faint hissing of snakes and the lull of the waterfalls, Susato closes her journal and tucks away her pen. She takes a deep breath as she moves to stand from her favorite bench, and she walks with purpose into an area littered with stars that look like stepping stones upon the ground.

For a moment, she stops and simply stares. There it is. A blank star, waiting for a name. Perhaps it appeared some time ago. Perhaps she simply ignored it, but after digesting recent events, she has no time to wallow in the remaining stages of grief. He's not even dead, but she wonders if that doesn't make things worse.

Either way, she doesn't even need a pen. She slowly bends down, spending another moment feeling the rough surface of the starfish with her hand before she commits with her pointer finger.

The strokes appear in a glow, and the end result looks engraved. ]

御琴羽 悠仁

🌸 C. wild card.

[ If neither of these fit! ]

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[judicialassistant]

[ That was just it, wasn't it? It hurt more precisely because he'd been here one moment and gone the next. In this case, it probably isn't his fault, but this goes back further than Songerein. How could he just waltz in and right out of her life as he pleases...? How dare he?

The unfamiliar name registers, but Susato is unfortunately too distracted to ask about it. ]

Such is the nature of this world. But never mind him.

[ There's a pause, and she bites her lip, trying not to sound so bitter. This isn't about her father. ]

Beat... I wanted to thank you.

[stillarhino]

[The confusion on his face is almost instant, his brows shooting upwards and his eyes growing wide. This wasn't where he thought this conversation was going to go, especially after the realized what she was doing out there.]

Thank me? I didn't do nothin' for ya to be thankin' me.

[judicialassistant]

[ Oh, now he's just being ridiculous. She should toss him. Susato's voice cracks like she's about to start crying, but she manages to keep it together. ]

Of course you did! You... I, In the water...

You were the one who jumped in to find me.

[stillarhino]

[Oh, that. Right. Beat somehow manages an embarrassed chuckle now that she's brought it up.]

You don't gotta thank me for that, Loops. When me and Kitty Boy noticed you was missing, I knew I had to find ya.

Wasn't even sure it was you when I dived in. Jus'... [He smiles at her for the first time throughout this entire conversation. It's small but he hopes that it's at least somewhat reassuring.] You one a' my first friends here. 'Course I'mma look out for ya.

[judicialassistant]

[ Just like that. He just dove in. Did he even think about it? Hesitate...? What if it hadn't been her at all, what would he have done? He doesn't strike her as a person to think that far ahead...

Truly he deserves to be scolded, but Susato can't find it within herself to say anything at all. She simply bites her lip when she notices it start to quiver, and bows her head in a way that is usually reserved for her elders and superiors. ]

Well, as your friend, I vow to find a way to repay you for what you've done. Although...

[ Susato finds herself trailing off thoughtfully. She hasn't questioned Beat's nicknames thusfar. She knows he must be referring to Phantom, but...... ]

"Kitty boy"?

1/2

[stillarhino]

[There's an immediate look of surprise on his face when she bows and his hands shoot up in front of him, waving frantically at Susato even if she is unable to see it with her head bowed down. Even he still knows what that means and seeing her do that only makes him feel uncomfortable.]

Bwuuuh! Yo, you don't gotta do that! It ain't like I was just gonna stand around and do nothin'.

[stillarhino]

[His hands finally slow down at her question, and move up to the top of his head. He folds his fingers in a downward motion as if to mimic ears. Though he has done this before for Eustace, he figures it still fits for Phantom as well.]

Like, you know, nya?

(not here)

[removal]

[judicialassistant]

[ ......Susato mimics him in turn once she's upright again. She stares at her hands, then slowly holds up her fingers next to her ears, repeating the downward motion. ]

Nya...?

[ Ears-- Ohhhhhh. ]

I see... He does have those, doesn't he?

[stillarhino]

Yeah, that's it. Both him and Wolfie!

[There is a small pause as Beat realizes that this is the first time he's seeing someone else making the motion that isn't him. He watches her follow the motion he had done and he can't help but let out a loud laugh.]

Yo, you and me probably look like hella idiots right now.

[Despite himself, he does it one more time, as if to drive the point home.]

[judicialassistant]

. . . [ Susato watches the motion a second time, a look of confusion on her face. She cracks a smile, then finally starts to laugh. A genuine laugh that travels from the put of her stomach. Never before has she been so delighted to appear "like an idiot." ]

It is not a look I strive for... but it was worth it for the laugh you've just given me.

[ They both needed that. ]

[stillarhino]

Hey, leas' it's jus' you an' me 'round, yeah? Ain't gotta tell no one 'bout this.

[Her laugh puts a smile on his face, and he's glad for it, especially because of the way she was looking earlier. Finally, he puts his hands back down, slipping them into the pockets of his pants. With a cock of his head, he gestures towards the general direction of the Wild Harvest's exit.]

How's 'bout you an' me grab a bite some place else? So it ain't the same thing you prob'ly used to from workin' here. C'mon, my treat.

[He's not going to take no for an answer.]

1/2

[judicialassistant]

[ Someplace else? How blasphemous...but alas, she can't deny that her own cooking, and even 76's, gets a little...routine. There's something about Beat right now too--maybe she's just learned how to read people, but she definitely has a feeling that politely declining would not be an option.

......even if she is at work!! ]

Well...

[judicialassistant]

......

[ She hesitates. But then gives him a small smile. ] You already have a place in mind, don't you?

[stillarhino]

[Beat on the other hand? Has played hooky from school more times than he can count. Even if Susato may not seem like the type to do similarly, he can't help but feel like she at least needs a break from this place. Even if it';s only for an hour or so.]

Honestly? Nah. I jus' figure we can find someplace the both a' us ain't been to before. Somewhere new, you know?

🎀

[judicialassistant]

[ Not the type at all! Quite oppositely, Susato is by the book to a fault, but perhaps this world of dreams has found a way to allow her finally be a teenager. She lets out a sigh, looking around for anyone or anything that might stop them.

Then she'll visibly give in. ]

Somewhere new sounds nice.