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[open] Settling in!

Who: Ryuji and you!
What: Getting settled in and possibly some complaining about the lack of clubs and stuff???
When: First couple weeks of June
Where: Lumiere dormitory (~~cursed~~ second floor, mostly) and various other locations as he explores his new school!
Warnings: When/if his dad comes up, there'll be cw for alcohol and/or abuse, but I'll try to remember to slide that into any subject line.

Settling In

[ Finding Ryuji is not a super difficult task, for anyone who'd be looking for him, since he is out and about pretty often!

On the 3rd and the 4th, however, most of his time is spent on the 2nd Floor of Lumiere Dorm; he's checking out place, the people, and busying himself with unpacking. Anyone passing by 205, on these two days, is more than likely to find the door open. Occasionally, he's just standing there, staring out the window, foot tapping away. The fact that his hands are stuffed into his pockets might give the impression he's tense? Just don't point it out.

Alternately, he's putting stuff away, and... maybe some can be surprised at how neatly things are situated - he seems to be more the messy type, right...?

~~Look, he can't be sure when his mom will find a way to visit.~~ ]

Theater Lenormand

[ Ryuji is no stranger to video games, anime, manga, you name it; if anything, he absolutely loves the stuff. So, naturally, as soon as he learns about this place, he can't resist coming to check it out - ASAP.

Once he sees it, his eyes are going about twice as wide as he stares in complete awe for a moment. ]

Whooooa...

[ It's breathed out before a wide grin spreads across his lips. ]

This... is... awesome!

Run, Ryuji, Run

[ It's from the 6th to the 15th, he can be seen working out and running in the early mornings. Mostly the latter, since the 'working out' part consists of mostly just stretches, before and after. There's not a ton of motivation, whenever he's by himself; if he's got a friend with him, it's an entirely different story.

And, one thing he'll be complaining about - and loudly - once he's done, at least once: ]

Why the hell don't they have a club for this kind've thing?? [ exasperated sigh ] You can't tell me there aren't enough people interested in sports, around here.

[ This is probably said while he's lying flat on his back, on the ground, so there's a chance he can't even see who's listening. Feel free to do him a spoop, if you're so inclined. ]

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Knock knock.

[She's not entering the room quite yet, but she is peeking inside.]

[ He blinks and looks over, grinning brightly at the sight. ]

Oh, hey! [ slapping the last bit of tape onto the corner of a poster ] Good timing, since I just finished unpacking all I wanted to, today.

[ After a brief stretch, he walks over to her. ]

So, what's there to eat around here?

[She returns the grin, equally bright.]

Well, I know the banquet hall usually starts setting up dinner at some point, but I'm not sure if it's late enough for that yet... Want to go check around Soleil? I haven't gotten a chance to look around there.

[ He smiles and nods! ]

Sure! I was wanting to check the place out, anyway, and [ VERY LIGHTLY TOSSING AN ARM AROUND HER SHOULDERS ] who better to do it with?

Awesome! [And she'll put her arm around him.] To tell you the truth, I was kind of holding off so we could look around together. It just wouldn't have been any fun alone, you know?

[ That has a grin spreading across his lips as he nudges her. ]

Good to know, since I would've done the same for you.

[ With that, he's letting her go, just go he can start out the door. He seems to have a little more pep in his step now. ]

[And she bounces along after him, a wide smile tugging at the ends of her mouth.]

Honestly, you have no idea how relieved I was to see you the other day. It's nice having a friend around, you know?

[ He's still grinning, hand finding the top of her head to give an almost-ruffle of her hair - it's not enough to mess up her hair, at least. ]

Same! I was kind of expecting to see one of my friends here, but... you're definitely a bonus!

[ Hell... better than even a bonus, as his grin says. ]

We're gonna have to find time to hang out as much as possible. Think they have anything fun to do around here?

And I wasn't expecting to see anyone I knew...

[She leans into the hair ruffle a bit before she tilts her head to one side thoughtfully.]

Given how isolated the place is, I'd be more surprised if they didn't have stuff for us to do. Something else to look into, right?

[Someone appears over Ryuji looking...not concerned, yet, but like concern is a possible future outcome, depending on if he's anything other than winded.

It's another early morning jogger, apparently. She looked a few years older than him.]

There's a lot of loners, as far as I can tell. Don't want to do anything organized.

Are you alright?

[ He makes a bit of a face... ]

Or maybe nobody feels like goin' through the trouble.

[ Alternately, nobody's the type to take initiation when it comes to that kind of thing? He couldn't blame them, but it still sucks not having a club. As for the last part- ]

Hm? I'm fine. Just... might've overdone it a little, but I'll be back up once I fully catch my breath.

[ He does sound a little winded still, but... not so winded that he should be down for the count? Hm. ]

We're not going to get anything done without going through a whole lot of trouble, I think.

[Lin offered Ryuji a hand up.]

Come on, you don't look THAT winded. No pain no gain!

Yeah? [ quiet hum-like sound ] I already know a few people who'd definitely be up for helping, at least. And they're not the type to quit anytime soon.

[ With that, he gives a small grin... until she's holding out a hand. There's a brief moment of what might look to be some consideration, but he's not giving any other visual clues to go with it. He eventually does take her hand, moving to his feet, but there's some unsteadiness for a moment.

As soon as he shifts his weight to the right leg, however, he's fine. Mostly. There's a hint of discomfort surfacing on his face before he sighs. And then proceeds to not explain. ]

Oh right... I'm Ryuji Sakamoto.

I don't quit either. I've been told it's one of my problems.

[She steadied him until he looked okay, noting that he seemed to have trouble taking weight on his left leg. If only this thread took place after she'd gotten access to the student records, she might have some insight as to why this was the case, but her guess of "old injury" wasn't too far off base.]

Bai Lin. I'm new here.

Edited 2019-06-17 06:22 (UTC)

Perhaps they ought to. Certainly it would help with training, I suppose.

[Kokoro hangs a few paces back, looking down at him.]

[ He blinks at the sudden voice, and then cranes his head to get a proper look. ]

Right? It'd be a great way to motivate each other to keep in shape! There's gotta be some way to start somethin' up...

[ SIGH!!! He's just folding his arms behind his head and staring up at the sky now. What is introducing yourself to a new face, apparently? ]

Wouldn't the student council have applications to start a club? Or perhaps the office.

[She sits down and waves. She's really short anyway, but it's still awkward to tower over someone who's laying down.]

I believe one simply takes one of those forms, fills it out, and gathers names of prospective members. Though I'm not sure how many you need.

[ He brightens a tiny bit. ]

Oh, riiiight... Good thinking! I'll swing by those places on the way back.

[ Ryuji's turning his head to look over at her. ]

Does that mean I can count on you putting your name down? [ now he seems to remember some manners ] Oh, yeah - I'm Ryuji Sakamoto, by the way.

I probably should. After all, I have no club at the moment. My name is Kokoro Belmont. I realize it's somewhat odd, but I can't do anything about that.

[Man, she had just wanted to jog in peace, but then there's this idiot she's never seen before complaining not far away. Of course she's pausing when she's hearing him and slowly making her way over, staying just out of sight and casually summoning her familiar to loom over him while she talks.]

Last I heard, you gotta make the club yourself, get enough people, and get a faculty member to give a fuck. Most people around here also don't give a shit about anyone other than themselves, so good fuckin' luck with that.

[She's just stretching a bit, if he decides to look over and, being her, wearing what really is just a short tank top and the shortest shorts in the existence of ever while still covering her.]

You are fucking up my one time of the day to think in peace, so how about you go bitch somewhere else.

[ JESUS CHRIST????

His eyes widen and he lets out a sound of surprise. He's moving to his feet a little too quickly and absolutely paying for it. There's a hiss of pain as he stares down the, uh............

... Whatever this is. It looks like a Persona??? Almost?????

But, once the shock wears off, he's thinking over the words, an outright glare appearing on his face. ]

The hell?

[ Teeth gritting together, he narrows his eyes at the thing, his words taking on a challenging tone. He ignores the pain in his leg to firm his stance. ]

I dunno who you are or what your deal is, but I don't need luck to find enough people who'd care about joining!

[ ... Haha, does he fully believe that? Nnnnnnnope, but she's hitting him in the place it hurts, so of course he's snarling back and challenging her. ]

Just wait, me'n my friends'll have one together by the end of this effin' month!

[ And, about three seconds later, he's realizing what he just said, and there's a flicker to his expression... but... At least the fire isn't leaving his eyes? ]

[Holy. Shit. She could not have asked for a better response and reaction than this. Fucking bless.

Of course, Stone Free isn't doing anything other than taking a step back and continuing to stare at him. No violent stances, nothing of the sort. While Jolyne is trying to not fucking die not too far away. He can say his nonsense before she actually makes her way over.]

Jesus fuck, dude, do you really think she's the one talking? [And now she's casually sauntering her way over and motioning for her familiar to move behind her.]

Stone Free doesn't really talk, so you're kinda outta luck there. But thanks for your rousing friendship speech or what the fuck ever, made my goddamned day.

[ He gives the fresh face a look of pure annoyance and exasperation. ]

The hell'm I supposed to think in a place like this? She looked just like an effin' Persona, okay??

[ A moment passes where he looks like he's dimly wondering whether, or not, he should have said that? But, then it quickly passes. ]

Like hell that was just some friendship speech... I'm sayin' how it's gonna be, and that's that.

[He wouldn't be the first or the last to be annoyed at her, so she's immediately shrugging it off.]

The fuck's a Persona? Dad and his weird-ass little group called it something more like a Stand? Fuck if I know. [Oh my god, cut that shit out right now, Jolyne.

But whatever, she'll let that slide.]

You actually got friends here? Wouldn't mind some friendly competition shit around here, even if running's not my normal preferred method of working out and all that. [She'd much rather punch the shit out of someone, but that seems to be mostly frowned on around here, a damn shame, too.]

Jolyne, by the way, if you give a shit. And that's Stone Free.

[If Ryuji comes by in the evenings, he'll hear the strain of someone playing the violin, winding down on some melody before falling silent.

A few minutes later, a tall man with green eyes stepped out from one of the side doors, carrying an instrument case]

Ah, Good evening.

[ Ryuji blinks softly at the guy walking out, his eyebrows lifted. ]

Huh... You're pretty good.

[ Not that violin music is his specialty... But it's easy to tell when someone's awful with one of those things, he assumes-- Oh, right, he should probably... add more to that??? ]

Been, uh... playing long?

[The man smiles brightly even at the neutral compliment]

Thank you, I've been practicing for about two hours, I do not believe I have seen you about before.

[ He waves a hand, somewhat dismissively at the last part. ]

Oh, yeah, uh... that's 'cause I'm the new guy - Ryuji Sakamoto.

[ After scratching at the back of his head for a moment, he glances around. ]

How long've you been goin' here?

[Ryuji's door is open, so it's obviously an invitation to just walk in and sit on his desk while he's unpacking. Which is exactly what Toki does.]

Hello~!

[ Oh

... Well, okay, this is his life now, apparently. He frowns a little at the surprise visitor. ]

Uhhh... hey?

[ After looking over to the door, it does sink in that he'd left that thing open. And, yeah, he can't really be too angry over someone taking that as an invitation... Plus, he's kinda drained from unpacking, and he probably could stand to give this guy a chance...

... siiiiiiiigh... ]

New guy, in case you couldn't tell... Name's Ryuji Sakamoto.

Nice to meet you, Ryuji~! I'm Toki! I didn't know if you were new or not because I might have just not noticed you before! Anyway, I'm in 203 and I wanted to warn you in advance that it's pretty loud sometimes because I'm loud in general and my roommate; his name is Yuya and he has green and red hair and you may have met him already, but anyway, yeah, Yuya screams at night sometimes because he has nightmares and I was writing them down, but I lost that notebook somehow, so if you come across one that's titled 'Screenplays About My Cat', it's not actually about my cat, which is Kuroko and you can meet her later, but it's about Yuya and his dreams and don't read it because it's disturbing! You can just bring it to me, but not Yuya, if you find it~!

[While hes talking, he's opening Ryuji's desk drawer to see what's in there.]

[ uh?

um??????

wh???????????????

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Okay, I'm -- hey, don't go through my stuff! [ just! putting his hand against it and trying to slam it shut!!! ] As a head's up?

[ It's almost as though the guy didn't just try to go through his drawer. ]

I'm not gonna remember a single thing you just said. Whhhhhat about a cat?

[He takes barely any noticed of Ryuji's shutting the drawer, but he doesn't try to open it again.]

My cat?

[That was the least important part. No one ever listens. Toki hops off the desk to explore Ryuji's closet.]

Her name's Kuroko and we got her from a shelter and she's kind of a plain black cat, but she makes up for her lack of individuality with spirit! Kuroko's really fun and she likes to watch the stars and I've been trying to teach her some tricks like walking on her back legs and it was going good for a while, but then I forgot about it so- anyway! The point is that the notebook isn't about my cat even though it says it's about my cat, okay!?

[Lie Ren (mostly known as just Ren) often takes a patrols here and there to explore and make sure the school is perfectly fine.

The complaining individual is new, though. Ren doesn't say anything at first, just peering down at Ryuji with curious interest.]

[ And she gets a very startled Ryuji! He's jolting and abruptly sitting straight up - so, hopefully, she wasn't leaning over him?? ]

Holy crap, are you training to be a ninja, or somethin'??

[Ren kind of forgets how little noise he makes most of the time, as he backs up quickly. And Ryuji can be completely forgiven in thinking he was talking to a girl. Ren does have a bit of an androgynous appearance. Until he actually speaks.]

Sorry, I guess I should have said something earlier. But are there really clubs for...whatever you're doing?

[No spooping here. Bowser couldn't sneak up on someone if he tried. There's several large thumps that shake the ground as the koopa king approaches. He stops about a foot away from Ryuji and looks down at him.]

I heard "sports" and "club". [Yeah, he was only barely paying attention.] Are you looking to start one or something?

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[ While there's no actual sneaking up on him, he still manages to be startled by the shaking. Ryuji quickly sits up, looking around, and then right at the source.

Oh.

...That's...

That's a lot of a person - creature??... ]

Uh... [ come on, Ryuji, you got this ] ... Y-yeah...

[ He blinks a couple of times, and then he finally seems to properly absorb everything. ]

I'm gonna get a club started for people who like sports and wanna be more active.

[Bowser lets out a booming laugh, his face shifting into a pleased grin.]

It's about time! Was getting sick of all the students just sitting on their butts. The name's Bowser, I'm the gym teacher around here. If you want to start up a non-lame club like that, I'll definitely sign off on it.

[ Minako isn't the type to want to waste daylight hours. There's something about getting the blood flowing first thing that starts her day out right, which is how she runs into him that morning. They're in the same dorm, it was bound to happen eventually.

Walking over, she bends at the waist, peering down at him. ]

For laying on the ground? Like a napping club?

[ Minako, you know what he means. Don't give the boy a hard time... ]

[ He blinks at the sudden Person. ]

Wh-... [ frown!! ] No way! People don't need anything to motivate them for that...

[ HUFF! Donut bully. ]

I'm gonna get people together for a running club... or maybe just a club for people who need extra motivation? Stuff like that!

[ He's moving to sit up now, stretching a little. ]

There's gotta be enough people interested in that kind've thing around here, right?

[ Okay but you don't know other people's lives, Ryuji. NAPPING IS STILL HARD.

Backing away as he sits up suddenly, she offers an encouraging smile down at him. ]

I think some people were talking about starting a fight club. [ No, Minako, that was just you. ] But running would probably be a lot easier to get people into. I mean, just about anyone can run, right? That could be fun!

[ But you were literally just coaching some tiny black mage kid who was tripping over himself like a day ago......... ]

[ Having heard Ryuji was coming, Ren of course had to come out right away to meet him. Spotting him on the move in, he saunters up with a wry smile]

Took you long enough.

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settling in (6/3)

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run ryuji run (6/7)

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run (6/6)

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Run you nerd

stares into the middle distance over this CR already

G l o r i o u s

They're such disasters already and I'm so glad for it

Disaster IS her normal state of being

Theater

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Settling In (6/4)

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Run!

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Run, Ryuji, Run (8th)

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Slides in here suuuuuper late for a run

\o/

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Settling in, 10 minutes late with better-than-Starbucks