Chapter 4: Cutting Algae Part One
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Texting was a pretty neat function. It was widely adopted by every teenager except the one he, Reigen, had so generously gifted a phone to do it with. Mob was diligent to a fault about picking up his calls, but texting? Still a work in progress. Mob was getting better, though. After all, how else was Reigen supposed to give him a heads up about big jobs before the end of the school day? Excepting the occasional friendly lunch break chat.
That was of course assuming the phone was still intact. After their chat last night, Reigen wasn't so sure. It wasn't like Mob made a habit of texting him first.
Reigen squinted at the clock on his second-hand laptop he'd just replaced the shattered one with. 12:05PM. He had found a decent deal on one in a flea market but there was something off about the graphics. Parts of the screen were always slightly out of frame and most of his day had been spent trying to uselessly dink with the display options until it was righted, but instead he just ended up with a resolution that was too small.
'Ugh. New laptop, and if we're really unlucky, a new phone? I'll just garnish it...' Reigen pulled out his phone and fired off a text to his pupil. You didn't get washed away, did you? Your phone's still working, right?
That was of course assuming the phone was still intact. After their chat last night, Reigen wasn't so sure. It wasn't like Mob made a habit of texting him first.
Reigen squinted at the clock on his second-hand laptop he'd just replaced the shattered one with. 12:05PM. He had found a decent deal on one in a flea market but there was something off about the graphics. Parts of the screen were always slightly out of frame and most of his day had been spent trying to uselessly dink with the display options until it was righted, but instead he just ended up with a resolution that was too small.
'Ugh. New laptop, and if we're really unlucky, a new phone? I'll just garnish it...' Reigen pulled out his phone and fired off a text to his pupil. You didn't get washed away, did you? Your phone's still working, right?
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Date: 2023-09-23 06:35 am (UTC)"Your sister... did she go to the castle once she came back here?"
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Date: 2023-09-23 06:52 am (UTC)"What do you think?"
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Date: 2023-09-23 07:05 am (UTC)"I've lived here all my life, and my parents have lived here all their lives, and their parents have lived here all their lives. Kona-Zanshō Castle has a scary reputation, but it really isn't the beginning of anyone's troubles." Misaki was speaking the most slowly she had since meeting Mob. "But it definitely has it's own personality. And it has things it hates. That's what I know to be true."
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Date: 2023-09-23 07:42 am (UTC)It was also the perfect way to neatly tie in her duties of giving her guest the tour of their business.
She walked them through one of the paths through the gardens back towards the main building, skipping on the moss-covered stone steps as she went. They rounded back to the teahouse and she gestured at it--it was composed of clean lines and inside the furnishings were quite modern. "Like I said, our parents are really great--they never repress us or anything! Asa updated this old building before she left for college. She calls it a Zen Minimalist style."
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Date: 2023-09-23 07:45 am (UTC)"Is your sister studying architecture?"
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Date: 2023-09-23 07:57 am (UTC)Soon, they were at the entrance of the ryokan. She slid the door open and lead Mob to a section of the entrance opposite a small shrine--a little alcove. Within it was a guest book mounted on a waist-high pedestal that was overlooked by a collage of sepia-toned photographs.
"This was Asa's idea, too! When she was in elementary--right after I was born. She really liked photographing me with this old-fashioned camera. So, then, she had the idea to give guests the option of photographing themselves after their stay here, fully refreshed."
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Date: 2023-09-23 02:15 pm (UTC)When he looked down at the guest book, though, he was surprised by what he saw there. "Oh, Teru." His blonde friend was much smaller than he was now. Maybe 5 or 6? Mob wasn't sure; he had a hard time judging people's ages. After all, a lot of people thought he was the younger brother, but Mob couldn't see it.
Next to him was a much older man, who had his hand pressed to Teru's shoulder. He was beaming with pride. Was that Teru's grandfather? He looked way too old to be his father.
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