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[hardknoxlife]

IC CONTACT

Ronald here. If you're hearing this, I've prolly stepped out a bit. Leave a message and I'll get back to you soon as I can.

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backdated a little to the 22nd

[battitude]

This is Steph Zeiger. We both put our names down for the phone-chain and you're one of the people I'm down to contact. So. Now you have my name and number. If you ever need to contact me for anything, do it by text. I don't answer calls.

[...Yep, she copied and pasted the same message she sent to Katsuki. How thoughtful.]

[hardknoxlife]

Not a problem m8
still trying to figur out how ths thng wrks
so begging ur pardn

[battitude]

Shouldn't be too hard. These phones are super basic. Got the hang of mine almost instantly, even if I'm not used to typing with keys rather than on a screen

July 27th - early evening

[pinnedbangs]

boo

1/2

[hardknoxlife]

if that's supposed to scare me, mate, you're doing an awful job of it

2/2 a few seconds later

[diehardreaper]

HANG ON \
RIN?!1
WHEN DID YOU GET BACK?!

[pinnedbangs]

today?

came to in homeroom

[hardknoxlife]

thats odd
couldve sword you died

[pinnedbangs]

im not dead

[hardknoxlife]

i can see that you bloody wazzock!
either way, I'm glad you're alright!
unless you're actually texting from beyond the grave...

[pinnedbangs]

no!! im really here
howd u know what happened?
i kno how the others know
since we were together

[hardknoxlife]

[ hmm... how to put this gently... ]

let's just say the last I saw of you, you weren't looking too well
who's 'we' though?

[pinnedbangs]

you saw me when dammit?!!
we! the other guys who were playing that game!
who else?

[please excuse him, he's had a rough day]

[hardknoxlife]

no need to get your knickers in a twist
was probably a few days ago can't really remember when exactly.
you were in the study hall with this note on your back and I'm certain I can tell a corpse when I see one
more importantly, have you told Miz Moriyama and Yuki yet?

[pinnedbangs]

[...l-let's not. just. no, let's not talk about yukio... actually, let's not talk about this. ]

what do you mean?
i was with the others in some weird place
i dont kno study hall
yukio knows

whos moriyama?

[hardknoxlife]

honest 2 god Im not fibbing
and really m8
your going 2 let a cute girl like that go?
Shiemi I believe her name was
blond
was a bit weepy when I saw her
first one who spotted you really
said she knew you from home

[pinnedbangs]

[he doesn't want to know he doesn't need to know he -- he has to ask]

what was i doing there?

i mean it i dont kno anyone like that
especially not back home
idk what her deal is

[hardknoxlife]

buggered if I know
you just showed up there with three others
course you were the lucky one compared to them
And don't be like that!
She seemed a right sweetheart. Really cared about you being here.

[pinnedbangs]

oh
i dunno y
y m i the lucky one

[...it's not like he had friends back home, much less anyone who would care about him being in this weird school. except dad. he'd care.

...he was probably worried too.]

[hardknoxlife]

___
| |
| O
|/|\
|/ \
|_____
not u

[ He didn't know how else to put it, ok? ]

[pinnedbangs]

[The fun thing about texting people is that it's a difficult to convey an array of emotions. Emoticons and emoji can help in this department! And oftentimes, graphics are even more effective! This graphic in particular has been a little difficult for one Rin Okumura to figure out.

but once understood it cannot be so easily forgotten.

Rin wondered what his brother was talking about. And now Ron brought it up, clear as a cloudy afternoon sky. It was staring right at him. He knew that everyone lost the game but - but this means ... This meant everyone was - was - ...no. Why?

the message reaches ron almost fifteen minutes after the last one.]

but not me

[he's come this far but he's not sure he wants to know. no, he's positive he' rather not know but he doesn't want to be left in the dark. ]

[hardknoxlife]

[ He figured it would be easier to explain after all. Ronald didn't quite have the words for it at that moment. For once, the normally eloquent reaper was at a loss for words. After all, he'd never had to explain where he found someone's corpse to the person in question. But it's a sight he's not likely to forget anytime soon.

The state of Rin's body... hell, the state of the others too. No matter how used to death you were, it isn't quite the same when you've actually spent time with the person before they were a corpse. ]

like I said m8
you were the lucky one
where'd you head off to anyway?

[pinnedbangs]

you mean the hide and seek game?
idk where we were but it wasnt like any other part of the school


[this is surreal in a way that is mostly uncomfortable. his thoughts concerning that place were a huge mess and his memories ended pretty early. besides, he didn't want to dwell on it. what good would it do?]

you talk to my brother, right?

[hardknoxlife]

on occasion, yeah
mostly when he has to look at my arm but lets say he's a work in progress
what of it?

[August 5th]

[pinnedbangs]

I met her!
the moriyama girl!