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[penalizing]

kotone sonozaki

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[optimistical]

[ time to go hit up the mailbox!! coincidentally enough, naegi just got a ticket in the morning saying that he had to pick something up so this is nice. he can accompany kotone while also getting his own item so he waits for her by recolle high’s school gates. his winter clothes are a number of years old now so they’re not as warm as they originally are so he’s just huddled up against the wall, blowing into his hands. ]

[ come quicklyyyyyy ]

[penalizing]

[ Kotone's probably a few minutes late (she's not the most punctual teenager...), but she does show up not too long afterward, waving to him cheerfully. ]

Hey! Hope you weren't waiting too long...

[optimistical]

No, not that long.

[ naegi's patient so waiting a few minutes isn't that bad. at least she didn't make him wait like an hour or something so they can start walking to the mailbox! ]

How were your holidays, by the way?

[penalizing]

Pretty good! Any excuse to get a few weeks off of school is fine by me.

[ Well, that and hanging out with family, relaxing, all the other benefits... but that's a pretty big one in her book. ]

How about you?

[optimistical]

[ naegi makes a mental note to ask kotone later about school... he’s still her mentor so he should make sure that she’s doing well and if she still hasn’t figured out what she wants to do after high school ]

It’s been okay. I’ve honestly been working most of the time.

[ him and his three jobs... no wonder naegi looks like crap most of the time ]

You know, actually, I got a ticket in the mail yesterday after we finished talking. Looks like Retrospec has something for me as well.

[penalizing]

...Wait, really? Working during your break? That sucks!

[ Not that she doesn't try to keep a part-time job here or there, but she definitely makes sure to keep a majority of her breaks for herself. No need to stress herself out when it's not worth it. ]

Are you at least getting something good from the mailbox?

[optimistical]

Well, someone has to pay the bills around the apartment... being an adult isn't easy.

[ even though naegi still feels like he's a teenager... this sucks, he wants to go back to coasting through his average life ]

Uh, I'm not really sure. It just says that I'm getting a really dirty knife?

[penalizing]

[ That's one problem she figures she won't have to deal with for a while, since her parents will probably pay her bills at least through the end of her schooling. But it's the second part of his statement that makes her face warp with disgust. ]

A dirty knife? Who'd want something like that?

[optimistical]

I guess I did? I mean, if the items that Retrospec gives to us were once our belongings in a past life, that must mean that I used it in my other life.

[ and didn't get to wash it or something?? how mysterious ]

[penalizing]

But... a dirty knife?

[ She is judging your life choices, Naegi. And given her own, that's saying something. ]

[optimistical]

[ naegi's entire life is something to judge. it's a sad, sad thing ]

Maybe I forgot to wash it in the other world...?

[penalizing]

How do you forget to wash something like that? Wouldn't it start to smell...?

[ She's feeling a little sick just thinking about it... ]

[optimistical]

I don't know, maybe I was busy? I don't have the memories back for it.

[ WHY IS SHE ATTACKING HIM RIGHT NOW ABOUT IT....... ]

A-Anyway, look! We're at the mailbox now so you can get your cards...

[penalizing]

[ BECAUSE HE KEEPS PRETENDING LIKE HE KNOWS HOW TO BE AN ADULT BETTER THAN SHE DOES, BUT CLEARLY HE DOESN'T???

But okay fine, he's clearly trying to change the subject, and she does want to get her cards, so... she'll head up to the mailbox, ticket in hand. And then look at it, still a little nervous. ]

...I just give it the ticket and it pops out, right?