Some Legends Are Told, Some Turn To Dust Or To Gold [CEREALIA INBOX]

[zerotohiro]

'Busy, leave a message!
...oh, you've reached Hiro Hamada. Whatever. Still busy!'

Hamada art by D-Joel, found on tumblr

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[zerotohiro]

[Despite the situation, he grins.]

All of them. The pineapple kind are sort of weird but even they taste okay with the others. I can probably bring you a bag later today if you want.

[...yeah he's clueless, it's fine.]

[coexistent]

There were a bunch of us. [nobodies, he means. naturally.

but to his question, roxas will shrug.] Yeah. I mean, I dunno. Riku made it sound like that's what it was... that we all did. That we were all being lied to about what was happening...

But I guess there's no way to know for sure.

[undaunts]

[She hadn't thought something like this could be so difficult, even if really, she should've. When they get there, she's just leaning against the wall... but she'll come in without argument, hood up to mostly hide her face.

She's not crying; she did all of that when she saw Pyrrha. But there's undoubtedly some sense of shellshock to her expression as she lifts her head a little to look at him.

And, quietly--]

Pyrrha's here.

[He knows, of course.

But it's all she can think to say.]

[zerotohiro]

[He knows. He knows and he waits for the door to close and it's only when she looks at him that he moves to pull her close to his chest and trap her in a hug. Returning the favor from days ago, giving her something solid to lean against. He doesn't exactly know what's happening in Ruby's head, but he can guess.]

I know. Do the others know yet..?

[mieldelimon]

[Well, he's in for a surprise. His reply makes her smile. She would have never guessed that Hiro would like every flavor of gummybear.] I'd like that. The candy I've been grabbing for these days are gummyworms. I need to get back to it.

[zerotohiro]

...maybe it doesn't really matter until we figure out what's going on here. Who knows? We might find a real answer. [But they're getting a little off-topic.] Anyway focus on the thing with Mary, dude. That's way easier to solve than you think it is.

[zerotohiro]

WHAT. No, you've got it totally backwards! Bears are way better than gummyworms!

[...at least there's one thing he's still passionate about, it seems] That's it, I'm coming over and we're fixing that right now.

[coexistent]

I'm not that worried... I don't want things to go wrong, but I'm not going to keep it to myself for a long time, either. I think I did that enough with her.

[he hates lying and keeping secrets like that.]

[undaunts]

I dunno.

[She shakes her head, running fingers through her hair in aggravation before he's wrapping her up in a hug, and then she's just slumping against him with a sigh, eyes sliding shut.

This is easier, somehow.]

I didn't ask... I didn't go home after ViViD, I was just... around. But Yang doesn't go into ViViD right now but maybe Weiss and--

[A pause, and then she stands up straight, eyes widening.]

Jaune!

[mieldelimon]

[Okay, she can't help but giggle at that. Honey Lemon knew Hiro was fond of gummybears, but she had no idea it was to this extent.] Are you gonna make me see the gummybear light?

ambiguously post-intro log

[covenantal]

Hiro, I have a very important favor to ask of you.

[zerotohiro]

???

[covenantal]

I need a cat.

1/?

[zerotohiro]

...

2/?

[zerotohiro]

...???

3/4

[zerotohiro]

Um. Like...one that meows?

[zerotohiro]

You are NOT allowed to steal Mochi.

[covenantal]

You should know me better than that, Hiro. If I borrowed Mochi, I'd return him.

One that meows would be great. Can CyBuddies do that?

[zerotohiro]

Good to know.

Did you ever meet Demo? He's one of Tadashi's creations and he built him so he could talk and administer first aid. I think I can make you a meowing CyBuddy pretty easily.

[covenantal]

Although, I have to admit it's pretty tempting...

I don't think so, but I can't say I'm surprised. Thanks, Hiro. How much would it be?

[zerotohiro]

Heh.

[Okay, so not quite back to normal. Sorry senpai.]

Oh. I don't know, we can work out a price later. Or don't even worry about a price? It's not a big deal. I've been looking for new projects anyway. What kind of cat do you want? Do you know?

[covenantal]

[ He knows. But he'd rather give Hiro a reason to smile just a little than to keep dwelling. ]

You drive a hard bargain. A movie night at our apartment will be tough, but I think I can swing it.

To be honest, I hadn't thought about it yet. This is all part of Yosuke's cat education.

[zerotohiro]

...I think that's an acceptable payment...:)

[...wait.]

Are you trying to tell me that Yosuke doesn't know what a cat is.

[covenantal]

:) Great. You pick the night and I'll bring the popcorn. Have you met Naoto yet?

I'm sure he'd tell you he knew. But he doesn't understand the soul of cats, Hiro.

[zerotohiro]

I haven't. Who's Naoto? Another person or another animal?

[Believe it or not Yu's never mentioned Naoto by name to him according to my inbox.]

I'll be sure to program it so that it constantly curls up in his lap and refuses to leave him along until he gets it then.