yumemigaoka | there's a fork in the road (open)

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there's a fork in the road (open)

⭐ Who: Illya and you!
⭐ When: July 1st, before the thunderstorm kicks in!
⭐ Where: Out around Yumemigaoka
⭐ What: Illya's waffling about being an active Dreamer. Maybe help give her advice?

(1. tanabata - in the store)

[ Though the stores may only have started stocking the supplies for Tanabata today, apparently someone already noticed them being there pretty early on. Illya is pretty into the idea of Tanabata, after all, and she does want to make a wish..

.. which is why you may find the girl in the store, staring at the coloured paper and the bamboo. Something seems a little off about her though, like Illya is deep in thought, despite.. just staring at what are basically just crafting supplies.

Whatever she's thinking about, she doesn't seem to be paying too much attention to her surroundings. She turns without looking, bumping right into you when you're either standing next to her or trying to pass her - though she does have the decency to immediately look embarrassed after briefly startling. ]

Oh, sorry..! Um, you-- did you also want to get some stuff for Tanabata..?

[ Is she trying to make some awkward small talk to make up for the bumping-into-you thing? Absolutely. Or maybe she's trying to distract from how out of it she seemed a moment ago. ]

(2. hesitation - near the dreamer union headquarters)

[ Later that day Illya can be seen somewhere else entirely. In fact, maybe you have actually seen her there before, if you go near or into the Dreamer Union headquarters often enough. It hasn't been for too long yet, but for the past few days this girl definitely has been hanging out near the building - seeming to walk closer to it, only to shake her head and walk back.. after which the pattern repeats all over again.

The same thing is happening today. Seems a little weird, huh? Maybe you'd like to go ask her what's up, regardless of whether you know or don't know the girl acting so oddly. ]

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[ Hmm. . .

Ai's been in and out of the DU building more often these past few days, what with the Dreamer Crimson business causing such a stir, so she's had plenty of time to spot Illya and her dithering. Just once and maybe it wouldn't have stuck in her mind but this many days in a row... something's definitely up.

She times her approach just as Illya's in the midst of backing up and speaks up from behind her, voice cheery and bright. ]

Getting cold feet? [ She pauses to casually (but, you know, still with Dramatic Timing) take off her sunglasses and give Illya a grin. ] I promise we don't bite. Well, most of us, anyway!

[He has a list of things he's meant to get to do some sort of special video for his channel, which is... Tanabata wishes for various book characters? Sometimes he gets to do whatever he wants and sometimes the sponsors ask for something specific. Regardless, he hardly notices when Illya bumps into him.]

I'm trying to decide colors. [He gestures at the paper.] Maybe I'll just get all of them.

[If he gets all of them, maybe he can do some sort of rainbow thing. That would be cute. Unfortunately, he has to buy this stuff today so he can film tomorrow and get the video sent out for editing so that it actually goes up on the right day. Sometimes he thinks he should have agreed to the Twitch channel.]

[Illya isn't the only suspicious person lurking outside Dreamer Union headquarters - Ango has been on a "10 minute smoke break" for the past hour and a half, but he's such a low-level employee that no one seems likely to notice his absence. His job is to collect observational data on the Dream Sphere, come in to the office twice a week to enter it into a spreadsheet, and try to look busy for the next couple of hours. With all the Dreamer Crimson crap going on, they even have people working on Saturdays. At least the office dress code is casual by Japanese standards, so no one's confronted him about his leather jacket and sunglasses. Or, more likely, no one has yet worked up the courage to confront the guy who looks like an overgrown juvenile delinquent.

He watches the kid cautiously approach the main entrance, then run off and hide, then tiptoe closer again... it's kinda cute. She's probably a new Dreamer, or one of the thousands of children in Yumemigaoka who aspire to be Dreamers. Most adults forget how tough it is to be a kid, but Ango's got a soft spot for them.]

Heh, newbies. Gotta love'em.

[He says it like he hasn't only been a Dreamer himself for a little over two months.]

Oi, kiddo! Come on in, they've got free stuff for kids at the infomation desk. If you're real lucky, you might be able to get Ai-Doll's autograph.

Edited 2023-07-04 17:28 (UTC)

I did, but please, do not let me rush you. I have many other things I can shop for while you decide.

[ Wishes are a big deal, aren't they? Or...is something else going on? Jeannette hopes this young girl is all right. ]

[With the more senior members of the DU in a tizzy at the moment because of Dreamer Crimson's reappearance, there's been less people milling around the Slumbering City for Hanako to bother these days. Not that he wasn't interested in these turns of events either (and he wanted to go exploring more, anyway), but... after what happened last month, maybe it was better to hang tight and let the more seasoned folks take care of it for the time being.

So he's just been floating around aimlessly, trying to figure out something to do, when he spots a pink figure in the distance. She doesn't look familiar (but then, the DU was vast, and he certainly didn't know everyone there), but fresh meat is fresh meat, and it's been a while since he's gotten a good jumpscare in, so! Quietly, quieeeetly, he floats on over towards her, careful not to make a sound, until he finally peers over her shoulder, face cupped in his hands.]

Whatcha dooooing?

[Seriously, Hanako, stop sneaking up on the newbies, it's not cute!!!]

[Lisa visits the Union building... the opposite of often. Indeed, she's only going today - in as light a T-shirt and shorts as she can get away with because it's hot already, who allowed this - to take her looking-for-group flyer down from the notice board. After all, June's over, and with it the research request, so she'll just swing by for a minute, and then go do some shopping, her usual tote bag over her shoulder. Her steps get a little more tentative as she approaches the building, hesitation in her eyes. She doesn't strictly have to do it today, and she really doesn't want to be here, but it would be polite to take it down as soon as possible and......

...that's Illya, isn't it? Why is she hanging out here? And looking so tentative... hmm. Further investigation required.]

Hey, Illya-chan! Are you looking for someone? Or something, maybe? [She has an honest smile and a cheery wave, but there's something a little apprehensive about her posture, which will become less prominent the further they move from the door.]

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