IC Voicemail (MoM)

[ktfod]

You have reached the voice mail inbox of--

[Said very seriously and dryly-] Akihiko Sanada

If you would like to leave a message, press 'one', or wait for the tone. If you would like to leave a callback number, press 'five'.

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[Beep.]

Comments

[ktfod]

Shit, I wouldn't let that happen.
You know that.
I just.

You know then, don't you.

[hoboagogo]

if you mean minato
yeah
figured it out when i first talked to him here

[ktfod]

So me acting like this was just as sign telling you I found out then.
Ah.
And you've been so calm this whole time while knowing.

[hoboagogo]

i figured hed tell you sometime
you know its different for me
bit more complicated

[ktfod]

Yeah.
I know.

[Doesn't make it any easier on him. Doesn't make it any easier once again having no say in it. Even if it needed to happen, had to. He still couldn't save someone that was close to him.]

[He-

he knows it's not his fault. Not his fault it happened, or that because he couldn't save him but still... Unfair. It's a word that often comes to mind.]

[hoboagogo]

[There's a fairly lengthy pause. Mostly trying to decide what to say. Because admitting that it's likely easier for him because he knows he won't be part of that future, won't have to endure mMnato's death himself? Can avoid the thought altogether as he knows it hardly concerns him?

...Likely not the best way to cheer Akihiko up.

so he'll fall back to his usual tactics: Evade. Avoid. Shove down.]

i told him to come to the halloween thing to
i dunno what he should be though

[ktfod]

[Making it hard for him to dwell on it, yeah. Shinjiro's just reinforcing that by saying what he is. Suck it up, Aki. You can't just sit on this anymore. He let you dwell but it's times to buck up.]

I don't know either.
Maybe something music oriented.
He's always wearing headphones.

[hoboagogo]

[be sad, pick it up, move on, topic shift. It's just always how they roll with so many of these things.]

like what a dj
or a sexy clarinet or something?

[ktfod]

Are you supposed to go as sexy versions of things?

[hoboagogo]

nah just something people do according to jaime
and come on think of all the weird shit weve had to wear around tartarus
it would be funny as hell

[ktfod]

The Leader did kind of give us weird things to wear sometimes.

[Why didn't they ever... say anything, now that he thinks of it.]

[hoboagogo]

i mean i get the ability boosts were good but
i dunno how necessary it was

then again he seems like the type to just go with it

[at least shinji only has the one alt outfit, sry bro.]

[ktfod]

I guess the suit was kind of nice.
Yeah.
I guess so.

I could wear a suit as a magician right?

[hoboagogo]

yeah probably
suit, hat, rabbit
maybe like a wand i guess
and a cape

[ktfod]

Guess that won't be that bad.

[hoboagogo]

'that bad'?
aki its a party not prison
just try and relax for once.

thinkve it as a break so you can clear your head and do better right after it
boxers get to catch their breath between rounds yeah?

[ktfod]

Right.
Yeah.
That's a better way to look at it...

[Yeah... boxing, yeah, now it's all making sense for some reason.]

[hoboagogo]

and if it sucks too hard
we can go do something else instead

[ktfod]

Heh... [Okay, bit of a smile.]

Yeah.
All right.
Sounds good to me.

Guess that means we need to get costumes then.

[hoboagogo]

we can make a day out of it
there's been places for em cropping up all month

[ktfod]

Cropping up?
What do you mean?

[hoboagogo]

look around next run you go on
theres like all these halloween stores open now

[ktfod]

All right.
We'll head to one that looks good soon then.

Thanks.