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[manuscripture]

WELCOME TO YOUR PRIVATE CHANNEL, ROHAN KISHIBE. FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION, USE 512.66.730.91 *** USER has joined 512.66.730.91 <AUTOMATED REPLY, DO NOT RETURN:> You have reached the inbox of Rohan Kishibe. I am currently away and unable to answer messages. Leave a BRIEF message with a subject line below. Messages will be replied to in order of importance and subject matter. Advertisements and junk mail will be ignored and blocked from this server.

[ Somewhere around town-- at the bookstore, the Tomoe-Kaname Bakery, attached to posts and notice boards --you find a small white notecard. On it is printed a little message and some numbers in ornate lettering. If you look closely, it reads the following: ]

Rohan Kishibe, Mangaka & Visual Artist
Owner Pro Tempore of Ebony Threads Tailor Shop
Highly Experienced.
Commissions & Advertising For Hire
Pay Negotiable.
Contact At: 512.66.730.91 for inquiries
Castle Lüvchaque - Directly North of Bavan per appointment ONLY.

(( feel free to use this as an action-based prompt too. any random interactions will MOST LIKELY take place in the form of walk-ins at the tailor shop unless it's pre-planned. just drop a starter in here! ))

Comments

[karappo]

is that person a better one, though?

[manuscripture]

Well, do you like it?

[karappo]

i...think so
i like to think if my parents could see what i have done with myself here, they would be proud of it
i have a job and i have not...done anything unforgivable that i could help as of yet
that is something to be proud of isnt it?

[manuscripture]

It is. You already know that I am proud of you, Karamatsu. What your brothers think is no concern of yours anymore. You have come far from 'Boy #2' and 'Tree: Stage Right'.

[karappo]

that is all i have wanted
and while my brothers' approval should not matter to me...it still does
and it probably always will

but things are different now, anyway
i do not think any of us are the same as we once were

[manuscripture]

I think we all seek approval from out families regardless of what our issues are with them.

You will keep growing as time goes on. Maybe you and I should play with your magic a little. You have that, right?

[karappo]

i do yes, but i have not had much opportunity to use it
once when i was...searching for someone to sustain myself, i recall accidentally inducing what seemed to be amnesia in them just before i took what i needed
but at least for the time they could not recall they had anything to miss...