IC: Private Channel (Ryslig)

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WELCOME TO YOUR PRIVATE CHANNEL, KOTOU. FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION, USE 015.90.095.55 *** COPYPASTA has joined 015.90.095.55 <COPYPASTA> is this working <BANNED USER> SCREENED MESSAGE. UNSCREEN? Y/N <COPYPASTA> this is yamanbagiri kunihiro. do you need me for something.? <COPYPASTA> ^Y i need to change this name. <KOTOU> this is better

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[redheadphones]

[Not bothering with a greeting or waiting until morning to give a polite call, Minako instinctively calls Yamanbagiri as soon as she calms down from a strange dream she's had in the middle of the night...]

Yaman, I had a strange dream. I-it freaked me out.

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[Yamanbagiri had just returned home for the night, so he haven't gotten around to really sleeping yet. But of course, the timing is just perfect for him to get a call. Who's calling him at this hour?]

... Minako-san? [A dream? He sounds a little tired and sleepy.] What kind of dream?

[redheadphones]

A scary dream....a-a-a nightmare! It felt so real to me.

[And she would say more, but she's still reeling from it, thinking about every imagine that passed through her thoughts. Minako isn't feeling sore about him sounding tired though. It seems as though she's not even noticing that she might have woken him up.]

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Minako-san.

[He said it as calmly as he can. He didn't know how to comfort someone like this, but he should try and make her calm down.]

Minako-san, you're awake now instead of sleeping. So... so take a deep breath and let it out slowly.

[redheadphones]

[She takes in a shaky breath. She wants to sob, but hearing Yaman's voice being calm about this makes her want to try to be calm herself.

...but this is not working. She's covering her eyes now.]

Do I-Do I have to close my eyes when doing it? I'm afraid of closing them...of seeing them again.

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You... you don't have to.

[How can anyone offer comfort like this? What can he offer as an alternative to closing their eyes? He usually close his eyes whenever he forces himself to calm down.]

Just... focus on my voice? I can keep talking if you wish, just take a deep breath and... listen to me.

[redheadphones]

[OK good, no monsters. He can't see it, but she's nodding. And when she realizes that they are just talking through Audio, she responds.]

OK, I can do that. [She gulps] I'll try for you.

[Trying to calm herself down again, she starts taking two deeep breaths]

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[He listens to her taking deep breaths, and start to talk. Even if he forces himself to, he promises Minako that much.]

Are you feeling calmer now? Maybe some hot tea would help as well, or just talking to me?

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[She IS feeling calmer. So much, she's now closing her eyes.]

Yeah, it's working some. I-I'm not afraid to close my eyes now! [Yay~!]

But lemme try talking to you some. It may work too.

...soooo, how IS the citadel? How are your roommates?

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To me?

[Uh, well. It's a good thing Minako asked him questions, or else he wouldn't know what to talk about.]

The citadel is... nice and familiar. It's what I'm more used to than the house we were in before. But there's too many cats running around here.

[He sounds annoyed by it.]

My roommates are nice. One of them is a werewolf as well [or werefox], and a nice person.

[redheadphones]

[Too many cats? This was a first that she's heard anybody complaining about cats. She's so used to people praising them! Minako giggles at that.]

Maybe you could bark at them? That may make them stay away. [Especially since he has a nice werewolf roommate too. They could combine howls!]

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I could try it, as long they stay away from my room.

[It's his territory. And he feels uncomfortable with the idea of them rummaging through his things.]

But there's a chance they'll just come over, regardless.