[video] forward dated to 9/13

[appraiser]

Ryoji Mochizuki shared a video.
09/13 near Apprassage

[ The video starts up, dark, silent. A bedroom, if an empty desk and neatly made bed and too many cardboard boxes count as a bedroom, and then the view flips over with a soft ] Oh. [ as the user finds the front-facing camera instead of the rear that he always uses on his phone. ]

Hi... It's been a while.

[ The bottom half of the screen blurs as Ryoji draws his knees to his chest where he sits on bare floorboards, phone in his hands. He doesn't introduce himself— doesn't need to, when his name is up there for people who don't know him, his face right here for people who do: the people he's recording this video for, whispers in an empty room. ]

I'm back. I know there are probably questions as to why, or how... and I can't really explain it well myself. But I'll answer the best I can, if you want to ask, texting or in person.

[ Ryoji sits up a little straighter now, looks a little more serious. This is what he meant to say: a confession. ]

But before that, I want to say that I'm glad to be back, however it happened... a second chance like this. I also want to be more upfront about myself, and there are things I want to say to a lot of people.

There was a time in the past where I was a monster: I'd hurt a lot of people, and I ran from all of that, hid myself away, and pretended it hadn't happened. The memories I've been experiencing, I kept the good ones close, the bad even closer, pretending they weren't real and that they have nothing to do with me. I thought... that it would be better to forget about all of that and return to a simpler time. Unconsciously, I think that's what I did. I went back to before everything happened, to start over, and do better this time. But I got it wrong. I made myself forget, but I wasn't forgotten...

[ He's rambling now, a little, so he turns his eyes away from the screen, staring off at something in the distance- it's the moon reflected in his eyes, only half. ]

There's somebody I still need to say goodbye to, but after that... I want to see so many of you. I owe a lot of "thank you"s and "I'm sorry"s and "I love you"s, and I want to be with people again. I don't want to leave this world or its people ever again.

So... I'll see you guys soon.




( ooc: forward dated to 9/13 to give myself a buffer. replies can be via text, or an in-person if you want to fast-forward to ryoji showing up at your character's house/class/chance meeting at some cafe/hi roommates/he'll be finding people around town somehow. for his cr, please assume he checked up on them, whether it's handwaved or not! )

Comments

[appraiser]

why?
you could come by more often
sleep over sometimes
we have an extra room

[lalliho]

I just don't

[...wait a minute.]

"we"

[appraiser]

tuuri and me
and also akira and elliot and yusuke

[lalliho]

[scream]

why

when

[appraiser]

for school, and


are you going to school, lalli?

[lalliho]

and??

no

[appraiser]

and i think it would be fun if we took classes together
make study groups and pull allnighters, those sorts of things

[lalliho]

that wasn't what I asked

[appraiser]

mm sometime between july and september

[ aka things happened! i died!! sorry for not giving an exact answer ]

[lalliho]

[?????]

are you sure you are still living with them maybe you aren't since you died and also there was a boy that is not a ghost living there already

[appraiser]

they can't replace me just because i died!!

[ he did not exactly pay rent, or contribute to the security deposit, or help with any of the moving in but??? who is this boy that is not a ghost ]

[lalliho]

just check

[appraiser]

i'll leave a message with the landlord and see what happened
do you know who they're subleasing to?

[lalliho]

no but they thought he was a ghost

or Tuuri did

[appraiser]

tuuri can see ghosts?

[lalliho]

no she's just weird

[appraiser]

hmm if it'll make her feel better, i can sprinkle salt around the house or something
while i'm there, i'll talk to whoever it is and let them know that i'm not dead anymore

[lalliho]

don't sprinkle salt and don't tell them you were dead and got better that's really stupid

[appraiser]

do you know how else to exorcise spirits?
hmm maybe i'll be as vague as possible. say that i was on vacation. that doesn't sound like a complete lie, right?

[lalliho]

I don't think salt works after it's already in

I don't know sure

[appraiser]

incense? holy water? i think holy water would dry if i sprinkle it around the rooms

[lalliho]

he isn't scary he's not even a ghost

[appraiser]

so you've met him? are you friends? you can advocate for me

[lalliho]

just let me know what people say when you check we'll see

[Like, he's not gonna say it...but he's tentatively opening his door to this potentially homeless stepford smiler... Losing your spot due to death must suck.]

[appraiser]

alright alright, i'll let you know

[ you're a real bro, lalli, thank you ]