yumemigaoka | may catchall

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makoto amanaka

may catchall

⭐ Who: Ryoko and y'all
⭐ When: All through May, with prompts specifically during Golden Week and her first day of school at Promised Morning
⭐ Where: Primarily Yumemigaoka tho I might add a Dream Sphere prompt or two down the line
⭐ What: Ryoko's life has flip turned upside down and now she's getting used to it. Between starting as a new student at Promised Morning and suddenly having another Dreamer to feel responsible for, she's got a busy month ahead. I'll also put closed starters here if requested!
⭐ Warnings: Keepin this to edit them in if it comes up

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[It's not just Ryoko's first day, of course. Ei's introduction went similarly, with about as much excitement. Naturally, he's going to be checking on her the moment they have some free time. Finding her takes a bit.

But he's stubborn. He manages.]

There you are.

[ Deadpan: ] It was here or the roof and that's way too much of a cliche.

[ She huffs a breath up into her bangs, sending them fluttering up and off her forehead for a second. She looks kind of exhausted, but that probably makes two of them. ]

How'd it go?

[ It's hard to say, honestly. "Exhausted" is the default state. ]

Well enough. Uneventful, really, which is how I like it.

You?

The same, more or less. I didn't really know what to say for my introduction, so I just gave my name and basically left it at that. [ awkward fish ryoko... ] I didn't really get anyone crowding my desk, either, which was good. I guess transfer students aren't as much of a novelty here.

[ which is a relief. if she'd had to deal with a bunch of people harassing her at her desk, that really might have been the end of her.

She glances Ei a sidelong look for a moment before she continues that train of thought. ]

... it's weird. How much it's not weird here, I mean.

School's school, right? Guess that's a good thing. Makes it easier to adjust.

[ Not that there's any reason to worry about adjustments. Or anything. ]

So you're feeling... alright, here?

Well, I'm not looking forward to midterms but I'd be feeling that way whatever school we were at.

[ By some miracle, she's kept enough of herself to be able to get by and keep her grades up but this is the first real standardised test since... everything changed. She'd be lying if she tried to pretend she wasn't at least a little apprehensive.

But instead of voicing that, she just shakes her head a little to chase the thought away. Worrying about it now isn't going to do her any good. ]

But... things seem fine so far. Really, I think I was worried we'd stick out but so far, we've just blended right in. ... I guess it's because they're all like us.

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Hard to stand out when no one here's really normal.

[ He means that like a good thing, in a weird way. It's a relief. Neither of them are looking for a spotlight here. ]

Have they tried pairing you up with anyone yet? That mentor thing, you know.

[ That gets a snort. ]

They sure tried. They didn't really bother back when I Awakened, so I thought they'd leave me alone but as soon as I talked to them about Promised Morning, it came up again. I said I'd look at all the paperwork just to shut them up, but I haven't bothered. I guess they figured that's how it would go, because they haven't actually shut up about it yet.

You too, huh? [ He lets out a huff himself, smiling wryly. ] They've been pushing a while now. So far I've managed to dodge all the meetings they've set up.

I don't really think I need a Dreamer babysitter.

[ With a smirk in return; ] It could always be worse. They could be trying to set us up with actual babysitters.

[ Which that at their advanced age of Teenagerhood are obviously beyond. ]

We'll probably have to give in eventually, but I really don't have the stomach for it yet.

Don't say that where someone might hear. It might give them ideas.

[ He wouldn't be shocked if they broke out the child leashes. ]

Well. You'd probably run circles around any mentor they'd try to saddle you with.

[ Without missing a beat: ] I'd make their life hell. I wouldn't rest until they'd gone into an early retirement and directly name-dropped me as the reason.

[ ANARCHY!!!! NO GODS NO STRINGS NO MASTERS!!!! ]