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[tylorific]

Tylor here, if we haven't met yet!

With all this noob talk, I just wanted to remind everyone that we're all new to this game. And that's amazing when you think about it! We're so lucky to be the ones here to experience it all. The important thing isn't who the best is, it's about how much fun we can have. That's the point of games, right?

So, let's all try to have fun together while we're here! Remember to eat and drink in real life too, everyone!

(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

I'm actually kinda worried about some of you guys. Stress and taking things too seriously really isn't good for your health. You might get wrinkles in real life, no matter how gorgeous your avatar is.

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[tylorific]

Well, I already accept you as you are so take your time! I'm not going anywhere until my luck runs out. It would be really nice to learn you too though.

Oh man, you're going to make me blush saying all those nice things about me. I might think I'm pretty average, but I'll store your compliments to me safely in my heart anyway.

[tinged]

[ if justy is storing the compliments in his heart, it would only be fair for hani to do the same. they place a hand over their heart for a moment, contemplating. there's probably a lot of space there. hani knows they love people, but that's coming from their rational mind rather than their emotional heart.

emotions are... hard.

they might have to ask kara or ganymede for advice. ]

I would ask if you'd help me should I ever struggle, but I know you will. So thank you for yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

But please don't go anywhere too far even if your luck runs out.

[tylorific]

Why, of course I would. That's what friends are for, right? And I even paid my phone bill this month so you can call me even if I'm offline.

[ Not that he's offline very often since the game started. But if hani didn't have his number before, they have it now in a message!

Paying the bill might be part of the lower recent social media activity, but it certainly isn't all of it. ]

And don't worry. We can't control fate, but it did give us the chance to meet again. How lucky is that? We should really make the most of our time together!

So, do you want to go for maid drinks after our run?

[tinged]

[ hani inputs the number into their phone and find it unchanged from all those years ago. they also find an unsent text.

How was your vacation? 楽しかったかい?

something complicated wells up in them, a new unnamed emotion. they had wanted to know about his vacation - he'd been so excited and their conversation that day had been so lovely and bright. but one day, the replies stopped coming.

where did he go, hani wonders, fiddling with their phone in both hands. was it luck that brought him back? fate, like he said?

and if he should disappear again, how would they feel? it's a lot, even for them, to process, so they gently, patiently save this mystery for another time. and the text - that's for another day. ]

I do. [ and more emphatically because that complicated feeling is still there moving their fingers. ] I want to do all of it with you.

[tylorific]

[ Tylor is clueless to the trip that hani takes on the other end of their forum posts.

His number may be the same, but the phone he has in his hand isn't the same one he'd had back then. He doesn't have a physical reminder of those memories. And even if he did, only the bright and lovely ones stick around to brighten the halls of years past. ]

Then it's a good thing there's nothing stopping us, right? We can do anything we want.

[tinged]

Anything at all?

[tylorific]

Of course! What else do you want to do?

[tinged]

[ WELL if he's offering... The messages come one by one in quick succession, as Hani types and send as the thoughts pop up. ]

I want us to make a playlist together.

And run dungeons with it as our background music.

I still want to ride grunties.

I want to eat together!

I want to go to a convenience store together.

I want to have another conversation in person.

[ why did they send the most important request last? that's out of order, but - ]

[tylorific]

[ He waits a few seconds after the last one. Hani can't see it but it's not hard to imagine him smiling at some of these. ]

Okay, which one's first?

[tinged]

[ and hani gets a choice? hrmm. they hold the phone up to their face, worrying their lips between their teeth. a rare self-soothing gesture.

First, I want to see you, but only if I can ask you how your vacation went - they tap the backspace button until everything but the first two words are gone. this bit of tact - or nerves - is also new to them. it was so easy to send the list before, why is it so hard to send this one sentence? not yet, they think. decisively. they nod to themselves. ]

I want to make the playlist because that will shape the rest of our adventures.

[tylorific]

Alright! Do you like ヒトミ and Beyoncé? Oh, what about Britney Spears?

[ AKA the last songs he listened too. Hani is getting texted those linked songs too. Sorry he's so basic.

Along with the songs: We can dance for the monsters ♪♪(o*゜∇゜)o～♪♪ www ]

[tinged]

[ hani has listened to a little bit of everything, often picking up songs through airport cafes and taxi radios. it’s harder to search up lyrics for the songs they don’t understand, but they’ve manage somehow or other. ]

I do know some. I don’t always understand the sentiments behind the songs, but I like them. These are a good start.

[ this… this feels better than before. this is familiar, how hani usually is. with a little smile, they start adding each song to a playlist. ]

ヒトミ is new though.

[ and after listening: ]

I like the last two lines best.

[tylorific]

I think what's important is how the songs make you feel! But if you need any translations I can do my best. But I'm glad you like them. We're going to have the coolest playlist.

[ He's just assuming Hani knows what he speaks. His social media and speaking together face to face probably was evidence enough. ]

Why's that?

[tinged]

Are you volunteering to be my love translator, Tylor-kun?

Well, alright. I do need one! [ honestly who better than justy. ] Beyoncé talks about being crazy in love, but what exactly does that mean? How is that different from your river of love, if there is any difference?

I like that with or without dreams, we are all capable of living. And that in the end, everyone has the potential to dream. Something like that? ww

[tylorific]

[ Not what he thought, but there is no hesitation-- ]

Sure! Love feels different for everyone though.

Crazy in love is a lot like being madly in love! You can't help but think about them all of the time, even when you know you shouldn't be. Logic, rules, it all goes out the window. It changes you while it lasts and you almost don't even feel like yourself anymore. Even being with them can't snuff out the fire burning deep in your heart. And as weird as it feels, you also never want it to end. So Beyoncé is doing things she wouldn't normally do, all because she's in love with someone. And she doesn't care!

My river of love isn't a raging rapid! That would be like comparing a romantic cruise to going white water rafting.

[ He is speed typing again, with how fast the posts come. ]

Oh, that's deep! I like it. Everyone has the potential to dream and love in their own way!

Actually, I've never thought that hard about the words. But listening to it makes me feel so alive and in the moment. And dancing to it feels like completely embracing both the future and the present!

[tinged]

[ the closest thing they can think of is... maybe something like this? ]

Like when you ride a dangerous wave. You probably shouldn't, but it's so fun! That wild rush! And you'd do it again and again, even when it hurts to fail. Crazy in love sounds like that. I see. I understand it a little now.

But how strange. All of that sounds like a solitary experience. Can you be crazy in love just by yourself?

[tylorific]

Yeah, that's right! It's a little sad, but sometimes it's one sided and that can hurt a lot more.

But it's also lots of fun if you're both crazy in love together. Nothing else in the world matters besides being together!

[tinged]

How many times have you been in love that way, Tylor-kun?

I do think you're right though. Most things are more fun with another person. Like the dancing you mentioned earlier.

... But I suppose it's also worth it to feel that way just once, even if it's unrequited.

[tylorific]

Oh, well a few times at least.

I'd certainly rather feel it once than never at all, even unrequited.

I sure hope you get to feel that way about someone someday. A beautiful person like you deserves to know what it's like.

[tinged]

I’m happy to hear that!

I hope it’s possible for me. I’ve heard falling in love can happen suddenly, so maybe it just isn’t time yet for me. Or maybe I have to learn or practice. But it sounds really fun.

Something like waku waku and doki doki.