(open) can't hold on or life won't change

[forethinking]

Who: ren-chan & you!
What: as per usual, a bunch of prompts in the comments!
Where: literally everywhere
When: through the month of ooc october.
Content Warnings: for now, nothing. will be warned in the top level!

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[feale]

[ Honestly, Yoshizawa still isn't entirely sure how they made it to this place at all, or what it is. Practically nothing about the Void is making sense to her, not even with Ren's careful, patient explanations. According to him, where they're going is somewhere newer, a place that seems like Shibuya Station in some ways but isn't, much like the café Leblanc but isn't. Of course, getting down involves making their way down a flight of stairs that seems somehow more like a waterfall. Even with her even footing, she's nervous - or maybe that's just an excuse - her arms wrapped around one of Ren's, using him as a support.

She hears the grumbled complaint only a moment before the man in question comes into view, and one hand frees itself to wave in his direction. Unfriendly or not, this is a face she recognizes! ]

Oh, senpai! It's the man who helped me before...

[ Another wave, and she grabs at Ren's arm again, still careful in her movements - but excited to see someone she knows, even if he's 1. still mostly a stranger if she's honest and 2. kind of rude on top of that. ]

[forethinking]

(Admittedly, Ren himself doesn't come here often. Out of all the places in the Void, this has notoriously been the most challenging to reach - so only for his self-given recon missions.

Yoshizawa holding onto him for dear life is not an issue, much to the contrary. She's so tiny that the current could easily take her, so not only he trusts her to keep her grip steady, but he's also putting his strength to keep them both from being washed away. Thank God he works out.

A near heart-attack when she frees a hand, his hand curling around her arm to prevent disaster, but thankfully she was quicker than that.)

Kaiba?

(Ren blinks a few times. Not that he is surprised to hear that he is helpful, since Ren knows he built the accessways to the Wall Market, but alas. Hopefully he wasn't too rude to her.)

[blue_eyed_obsession]

[The landscape of the void was cobbled together largely by random unseen algorithms trying to find a way to merge the differing memories together so there was little wonder that chaos ensued. What the void needed was a hand to guide it, preferably someone with prior design experience. You know- someone like Seto Kaiba. Not that he currently had the access to undertaking such a project but he wasn't ruling it out for future ambitions.

If it was possibly, Kaiba looked more unfriendly than usual drenched from head to toe from the nearly perpetual rain. It wasn't exactly the image he wanted to project but he hadn't expected the sudden downpour.

Looking up he caught sight of the pair of them, vaguely remembering the girl from before, though she hadn't left much of an impression, and of course the coffee clerk. Straightening his posture, he tried to appear well in control of the situation, ignoring the droplets of water freeing themselves from his bangs and running down his face.]

Don't tell me- this place is also derived either from your memories or your colleagues. [Addressing Ren, but not really qualifying it. Either could answer.]

[feale]

[ She nods up at Ren, a small smile on her lips. She didn't know his name until just now, but he's definitely the same person. Nor does the unfriendly look on Kaiba's face, when she turns her attention back towards him, surprise her.

The pair of them move off the last step, and Yoshizawa looks around, taking in the place's features with unabashed curiosity on her features, and more than a hint of discomfort - that, she tries to hide. It's like home, but it's not like home, with its empty stalls and the water flooding everywhere.

Polite as she is, she won't answer the comment, even though she easily could - it's clear that this place could have been pulled from any of their memories, at least in part. But it wasn't addressed to her; it was addressed to Ren. She's not going to speak over him, and so she just offers Kaiba a quick bow by way of greeting. ]

[forethinking]

(Kaiba looks like an abandoned, angry dog, Ren can't help but think, fleeting when he catches her smile and nods with one of his own. Maybe he owes Kaiba a little bit now.

She doesn't talk, so Ren calmly replies.)

It's a common spot in Tokyo. It may, it may not.

[blue_eyed_obsession]

[With his distinctive attire, as well as his other features and mannerisms it would be difficult to mistake Kaiba for anyone else. He shouldn't have been surprised that this girl apparently knew Ren given where he had run into her in the first place loitering around the Leblanc café. At least there was someone else that could show her the ropes, so to speak.

He wouldn't have appreciated the comparison to an 'abandoned angry dog' despite how accurate it was as a description.

Nodding to the answer to acknowledge it, he didn't doubt it. Japan had tons of stations just like this- though... personally.... he tried to avoid public transportation at all costs. Literally. He couldn't help noticing the apprehension on the female's features however slight.]

You'd know more about common than I would. [Though the snark wasn't warranted it was launched all the same. Placing that aside, he navigated his way off the stairs himself.] Looks like another wreck all the same...

[feale]

[ The shot at Ren comes seemingly out of nowhere, and whatever strange concern she was feeling about this place gets channeled right into a feeling of displeasure instead, her brows creasing as she looks at the other man. He may have saved her from that creature before, but that's no excuse for her to let him get away with— ]

Senpai is not common! A-And even if he were... that's just rude!

[ (Later, she'll wonder what about his rudeness even surprised her. He was just as impolite the first time they met, too...)

Be that as it may, though, she won't hear a single word against the man who risked everything to shake her out of a waking dream. ]