[ AUDIENCE: TAICHI YAGAMI ]

[dormheads]

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[goalsides]

[this is truly all jan characters.]

I know that. But it's...[...he doesn't want to say he pities chad because that's not it. but he doesn't want to say it's because he'll miss the dorm because that's not it either.]

I told you. I'm not great at leaving people behind, especially people I still want to be friends with. Which I get it, you're not into that. Too bad I am.

[inaccordant]

[i hate you]

It doesn't matter. [...] If you're going to Fall Dorm, Luke will be glad to have you.

[goalsides]

[i also hate me it's fine.]

...I guess I shouldn't be surprised you already knew. Also shut up? It matters to me.

[inaccordant]

It was easy enough to guess.

[goalsides]

Yeah, well...you're not the only one who has things to go back to just because of your responsibilities, I guess. And if the lockdowns keep happening, I can't take a chance.

[inaccordant]

You don't need to explain your reasoning to me. It's hardly a surprise.

[goalsides]

I know that. [huff.] How much are you going to avoid me if I try to keep hanging out with you next week?

[inaccordant]

I haven't been avoiding anyone.

[he's always responded to your requests wow]

[goalsides]

[a pointed sip of his drink as he stares at chad over the rim of his cup. you've responded, but then you're like this!!]

[inaccordant]

[he's here and that's what matters, isn't it. :/

he just takes a sip of his own drink, his sleeve drooping just slightly to reveal the edges of a letter on his wrist.]

[goalsides]

[jan i hope you know that even if taichi's switching i'm bulldozing into you for threads. anyway. maybe make it feel a little less like he's holding you hostage, chad :\

he's curious about the letters, but he's not going to ask. i, however, forgot taichi's wearing his short-sleeved canon uniform shirt so it means that the word loss is pretty obvious on his forearm, even if he's keeping it mostly turned.]

You're not physically avoiding people, yeah, you're right. I'll give you that much.

[inaccordant]

[no. :/]

I wasn't aware anything more was required of me.

[goalsides]

I mean it's not, but I guess I'm just trying to understand it.

[other than his application has "inability to communicate with former allies" written on it.]

[inaccordant]

Understand what?

[goalsides]

Anything. [but he leaves it at that.]

Three vouchers for my digivice. [he's not taking no for an answer.]

I'm gonna guess there's no way we can exchange more vouchers for clearer hints?

[inaccordant]

[he sighs.]

Fine.

[re: hint, though—]

The price will always be 5, so no. You might have better luck if you know what item you want and how you'll use it, and exchange for that instead.

[goalsides]

[yay. he's going to pull three vouchers out of his pocket and drop them in chad's lap.]

We thought about it, but we were running out of time and got stuck. There's still too many of us to come to a good agreement right away.

[...]

What do you think about how yesterday went?

[inaccordant]

[he frowns, but fine, have it your way, taichi.]

... It could've gone better.

[goalsides]

Yeah...[it was painful.] I know there's a lot we could have changed, but I also don't know what.

Do you guys actually know who did it?

[inaccordant]

We don't know any more than you do.

[goalsides]

I didn't think so. [which is why he didn't ask before now.] That's...kind of terrible. Are the four of you going to be responsible for helping us during trials from now on?

[inaccordant]

It looks that way. From the school's perspective, your actions are ours to supervise.

[goalsides]

How can the school keep adding to your list of responsibilities without even asking you? Didn't you guys have to sign a contract or something to become dormheads?

[inaccordant]

It's not so much a new responsibility as it is stretching what we did sign up for.

[goalsides]

It may as well be new. It's not like you've ever done anything like solve murder mysteries before, have you?