IC Contact Post

[riderfist]

IC contact post for Makoto! Leave your letters, birds, PMs, telepathic signals and in person comments here. Though she has no bird yet to return that ...

Comments

[purrtagonist]

[that's because it is]

Do you think so?

[riderfist]

There's not much reason to hide it here, but it still feels obvious.

[purrtagonist]

Only to us. Anyone looking in from the outside would just think he appreciates foxes.

[riderfist]

[has anyone ever asked him if he even likes foxes]

It is a beautiful mask...

[purrtagonist]

[probably not, but his vision of a rebel is a fox, so he probably thinks they're pretty rad]

It is. And it suits him really well.

[riderfist]

[what kind of person thinks foxes are nature's biggest rebels? artsy schmucks]

No one is denying that. I just don't know if it's a theme I can play on.

[purrtagonist]

[foxes are sly and clever, they make good rebels!!]

Fox-themed artwork, fox-themed decorations. . .

[riderfist]

[then why do they work with THE MAN? checkmate]

I'm not going to track down someone to carve a fox-shaped cake.

[purrtagonist]

I'll do it, then.

[he's got this!!]

[riderfist]

[LEADER.....................]

That aside, what are you planning for this? Something small, I know, but what about food? Things to do?

[purrtagonist]

Just dinner. The four of us, and Richard. At a restaurant of Richard's choosing, because Yusuke will only pick cheap places.

I don't think he really wants anything extremely elaborate, anyway.

[so a quiet gathering of all of them, plus the one person Yusuke has come to revere as extremely important during his time in Empatheias, should be enough]

[riderfist]

[okay but this team is either going broke or barely spending a dime on Futaba's birthfood]

No, of course not. It sounds nice. I didn't know if you were thinking of doing something after dinner.

[purrtagonist]

[DON'T BE SILLY WE ARE GOING TO SPEND JUST AS MUCH MONEY ON FUTABA'S BIRTHFOOD AS YUSUKE'S]

[so yeah we're going broke]

Nope. I think we can leave that up to Yusuke. Unless you had something in mind.

[riderfist]

[it's just going to be an entire turkey, isn't it]

It's only right that he gets to choose. But if you had something in mind, or you had a surprise in the works, I wanted to know before it happened.

[purrtagonist]

[maybe]

You're in the clear. If I did have something though, I'd tell you.

[riderfist]

We'll just have to see what he comes up with, then.

[purrtagonist]

Now I just need to make sure there aren't any other upcoming birthdays I missed.

[riderfist]

Mine isn't until April.

[purrtagonist]

And mine isn't until March.

[. . .]

Hey, when's Futaba's?

[riderfist]

Huh? You don't know?

[purrtagonist]

[HE IS A FAILURE OF A BIG BROTHER]

[a little defensively, a little sheepishly, well aware that this is his failing]

It's never actually come up in conversation, you know?

[riderfist]

[who is the bigger failure... the brother or the girlfriend... she is only too aware of those emotions, she feels them too]

I know. It isn't as though we exchanged full information and stats ...

[purrtagonist]

[HI5 NUMBER TWO. . . HIGH FUCKING FIVE]

Wait, you don't know either?

[riderfist]

[don't rustle her jimmies]

Am I just supposed to ask outright?!

[purrtagonist]

Why not? It isn't that weird of a question.

[solemnly]

You can do it, Makoto. For us.