may catch-all [OPEN]

[bufudyne]

WHO: Yusuke and YOU
WHERE: Assorted
WHEN: it's gonna be May
WHAT: Also assorted, the name of the game is assorted
WARNINGS: i mean that's all up to you amirite

May 10: in which Yusuke has a lobster and stuff [OPEN]
May 10: wise life decisions (with Minato)
May 11: the sneakening (with Keith)
May 13: wishes for birds (with Dave)
May 14: persona tea parties (with Nanjo)
May 15: INTRO: poodle-senpai (with Haru)
May 31: EVENT THREAD: nsync guitar riffs (with Maya)
May 31: EVENT THREAD: eat your greens or literally anything, kids (with Keith)

also pls don't hesitate to hit me up wherever for threads! as i churn out some other open starters

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MAY 10 [OPEN]

[bufudyne]

[It’s a beautiful day (???) in Bluo and someone is exiting their home while carrying something…

That someone is Yusuke. Who is carrying what looks to be quite a large tank, going as slow as possible to avoid sloshing anything, his face tight with effort. It’s neither fancy nor particularly modern and in it is one (1) blue lobster who clacks aggressively at the sides of the tank as Yusuke totes him along outside. Eventually, once he is far enough from his house he sets the tank down and looks down at the lobster in it with an approving nod.]

There, Da Vinci. It’s easier to see you out here.

[…That said the lobster does scuttle in and out of the flower pot with an opening Yusuke rigged up for him to hide in. Yusuke frowns but he sits himself patiently on the grass next to the tank with his sketchbook in his lap.

He sneaks in little sketches whenever ‘Da Vinci’ pops his head or skitters his body out.]

[skatebird]

[ Yata is out patrolling (or dicking around on his skateboard, pick one) as he so often is these days and he rolls right past Yusuke without so much as a glance. He's getting pretty good at maneuvering over the uneven ground here. He didn't even have any trouble avoiding that lobster tank--

Wait.

A couple seconds after he passed, Yata abruptly skids to a stop, reverses, and rolls back the way he came, staring down at the tank in fascination. ]

Is that a lobster?

[bufudyne]

[Sup Yata. Yusuke barely pays attention to him the first time he passes--he's off in lobster land, apparently, just waiting for his pet (???) to pop his lil head out so that he can start work on his beautiful lobster face.

He doesn't even notice Yata again until he actually talks and then he blinks, pauses, and looks up.]

Yes, that is correct.

[And, with all of the pride of a father:] This is Da Vinci. Is he not marvellous?

[skatebird]

[ 'Marvelous' isn't exactly the word Yata would use, but-- ]

He's cool! I didn't know lobsters could be blue!

[ But Yata misses how prideful Yusuke is about his friend, and so... ]

Are you gonna eat him? You think he tastes different from regular lobsters?

FOR MINATO: one blue roams into the woods...

[bufudyne]

[Yusuke must confess a little curiosity into the jorogumo and whatever they may look like. He didn't get much of a chance to draw the harpies while they were, uh, hunting them, so this time (since the requirement is one blue and all) he decides he will get a proper sketch!

Hence why he has his sketchbook under one arm, a couple of knives sheathed on his other hip, and is heading into the forest with a purposeful step.

He isn't that concerned about getting ambushed or jumped--if the situation calls, he'll summon his persona and scarper on out of there, right? Right! Besides, he's snuck into places before, he's sure he sneak close enough to one to get some sketching done.

It's all fine. Nothing could go wrong.]

[messianic]

[Yusuke...........

Minato doesn't mean to catch Yusuke wandering off into the woods alone--but when he sees that familiar flash of blue hair, he has to follow, brow furrowed.

Seriously, none of them should be going into the woods alone at this point...

(Are they going to get ambushed before he catches up, Beech)]

[bufudyne]

[At least it's easy to keep track of him?! He's a spot of colour in an otherwise colourless forest, though he's moving remarkably quietly.

Plus he keeps glancing around, as though searching for a vantage point.

(and i mean why not LET'S GET EM AMBUSHED)]

FOR KEITH: sneaky boys 2 the sneakening

[bufudyne]

[With the nature of the quests and missions they're giving here, there isn't as much of a necessity to sneak around. There aren't as many enemies to notice, no Shadows paying attention to the movements in their Palaces, such that it makes it important to secure a route before even considering going in.

He fears he's starting to get rusty...

And that just won't do. In the case it's needed in the future, he has to be prepared. Perhaps there may eventually be a situation that calls for it. And thus, with such a thing in mind, Yusuke decides to practice. Combat is also vital, but who knows... maybe they'll need to bust in somewhere and be mad sneaky sometime. So he makes a mission of it, of slipping through the town avoiding as many people as possible (and probably weirding out anyone who spots him in his outfit).

He gets all the way to Ruga and sights a building that serves his purposes, large enough, and quickly locates a way in.

Nothing to see here. Certainly not his figure or the end of a fox tail disappearing into one of the second storey windows.]

[lonered]

[Yeah nothing to see except his foxy friend. And don't think for a moment that Keith misses that tail disappearing into the building as he's making his way through the streets near his house.

He totally sees it, and he's totally curious as to what Yusuke is doing, especially given that he's put together that this particular outfit that has to do with the other boy's powers.

So Keith's steps turn in the direction his friend went, heading inside to see if he can catch up with him, heading up the stairs to the second story.

Except.

Where the hell did he go?]

[bufudyne]

[Nothing to see here! Just, you know, dust motes and such. It's quite quiet, such that one could think that Yusuke actually went into a different house rather than this one.

However, when Keith reaches the top of the stairs to the second story or when he proceeds in a little further, there's a soft, surprised little sound from somewhere.]

Keith?

[...It's coming from up above, that voice. Yusuke has perched himself quite well on one of the rafters of the ceiling up above, is peering down through the eyeholes of his mask curiously.]

FOR NANJO: a persona tea party (not really)

[bufudyne]

[It's been a little while, and Yusuke being Yusuke has been distracted by...

A lot of things in his life. You know. Artsy things or not artsy things, there are lots of things that generally draw Yusuke's attention in the day-to-day. So he'd almost completely forgotten about continuing a discussion with Nanjo until he wakes up one morning and is all ah, yes.

As such, he sends him a message on the forums, an invitation, and goes about... gathering what snacks there are to be found with colour. It's not a terrible amount, but he is going to be polite if he's inviting someone over.]

The saddest tea party

[totheno1]

[It doesn't take too long for Kei to arrive. True, he was always busy just attempting to do anything and everything to help them along to figuring out why they were here, but stopping to visit Yusuke and discuss Personas was a good of an excuse for a time-out and just to talk.

Besides, he had hoped that they would get to do that one day, so far it for him to put that on hold for anything else.

He knocks on the other's door to announce his presence.]

Mister Yusuke, I'm here.

[bufudyne]

[Yusuke's not long in answering the door, at least, nodding in welcome.]

Come in. Thank you for coming.

[IN, IN. The interior of the house is neat... and Yusuke does lead the way to the main room. His own doesn't have the necessary accoutrements to really service having someone as a guest.]

FOR DAVE: birds on the brain

[bufudyne]

[It's about the nicest it's been all week and Yusuke can be spacey but not as much when art is involved in some respect. It will have been a while since he sat with someone as they just... watched him draw, but that's not a bad feeling. He's not self-conscious or anything.

So he sent off a message to Dave in the morning and relaxes while he waits, standing close to the well and flipping pages in his sketchbook.

He's very focused, actually... or he seems it.

Really he's just making note of areas that need to be corrected and mentally evaluating his remaining space in the one sketchbook he has from home.]

[parodeity]

[ dave comes over fairly quietly - he never makes much noise when he moves and it's less by design and more because he was raised by an inscrutable irony ninja.

when he gets over to yusuke, however, he speaks up. ]

Did you have a place in mind to go?

[bufudyne]

[Sup, art friend. Yusuke clues in after a moment or two, and then he lifts his hand in a small wave.]

I was thinking a little closer to the forest.

Not too close, but I think that I will find some inspiration by being there.

[birds and trees and nature stuff, you know]

backdated to INTRO.

[courted]

[ Haru is soaking wet, looking rather unlike herself in the inclement weather. There's nothing elegant, after all, about a small drowned mouse - and that is the impression her hair gives, flopping frizzily about her forehead in a mess of half-drowned curls.

She's wandered into the blue district for the moment, and is...

...

Well, she's scrabbling at the edge of a broken bridge, trying to pull herself back up. The last few rungs had crumbled under her feet, and there hadn't been time or room to pull herself to safety. The rain isn't helping. In fact, it's the main reason she can't pull herself up easily. It dampens not only the wood but her own helpful friction.

Eventually, she will fall into a canal, and it may or may not be disgusting. Thank goodness for footsteps! In the near distance! ]

Hello? If someone could assist me, I'd be very grateful.

[ Good to know she can still talk so reasonably even when she's in arguable peril. ]

[bufudyne]

[This will make Yusuke's second person saved from potential drowning. He's going to need to add this to his resume.

He's just living his Yusuke life, really, walking along and gazing at nothing in particular when he hears water splashing. He pauses mid-step, cocking his head to one side as though to locate the sound when... that voice!!

Oh man!!!]

Haru? [He's immediately picking up his pace, moving into a near run, skidding slightly on the wet ground. No falling into the canal, though, not today. Maybe later. He comes to a stop, quickly stooping and reaching for her hands.] I shall pull you up!

[courted]

[ Ever with the immaculate manners, she chirps out in reply: ] Thank you!

[ One hand continues to hold fast to the slick wood, nails digging into the bed, clinging with uncomfortable tightness. Her other hand, greatly daring, lets go and reaches for his. Don't let go, Jack! Haru isn't ready to die clinging to a driftwood door!

Scrambling, she manages to get one knee up onto the bridge again, but the wood begins to shudder threateningly underneath them.

Turns out, if it can barely hold up one person, they shouldn't try it with two... ]

FOR MAYA: it's gonna be MAYbe a bit of passing out

[bufudyne]

[Oof. Not good.

While it's good to be back in the Town proper with the other people around, it doesn't change the fact that he hasn't eaten anything for days now. Yusuke, on his way back to his house where he knows there's food, has collapsed sideways against a building still a ways from Bluo. He rests his weight heavily on it as he compels himself to focus. He can do this.

... He's way dizzy, though. He's never been this bad for not eating, though he's been known not to eat before. He usually snacks, at least, but this time he didn't even do that much.

Okay.

A minute more to gather his strength and he'll try to move again!]

[scooptimistic]

[ Maya's been back for about a day, a little concerned about failing but overall determined to deal with it. However, that thought flees from her mind the instant she spots someone-- no, wait, she knows that someone?? ]

Yusuke-kun?! What's wrong?? Are you hurt??

[ Yeah, she's going to just charge over to help prop him up. ]

[bufudyne]

I'm... I'm not hurt.

[But thank you for the concern. He's about as pale as all get-out, though, and he's kind of like a limp noodle.

...And then his stomach growls.

Not even in a cute way. In a demon-straight-from-hell way.]

FOR KEITH: breaking news, not eating does not help your health

[bufudyne]

[So, after basically swooning in the street from exhaustion and lack of food, Yusuke has made the conscious decision to just... sit down for several minutes. He's already pilfered his own cupboards and eaten more than what Maya gave him earlier (canned crab is good but no full course meal, you get me).

He certainly feels more like a human being and he has about a hundred and one things to do listed out in his head, but... yeah. Just taking a moment to sit by one of the windows in the living room area and stare at nothing.

Just a couple of minutes and he'll start checking in to see if everyone else is fine... You got this, Yusuke Kitagawa.]

[lonered]

[Back in town and Keith is checking on his friends to make sure that they are all back in town as well -- because he worries. A lot. He's secretly a worrier. Besides, Yusuke is one of the folks who came to check up on him when he got back from his canon update weird return home/not return home.

So here is Keith, lifting a hand to knock on Yusuke's door and hope that he's catching him in. If not he'll try back anyway.

He's determined and stubborn and will not be swayed.

Please answer the door though.]

[bufudyne]

[Yusuke startles-- he blinks hard, glancing around at the unexpected noise before oh. Oh, that's the door. Someone's at the door. Okay. you can do this, Yusuke! On your feet! He'll rise slowly, making his way out and toward the front door.

It's a tired and washed-out Yusuke who opens the door, but he brightens when he sees who's on the other side.]

Keith.

[FRIEND HE MISSED YOU]