open 💀 third recording

[stillarhino]

Sender: Beat
To: Everyone
Subject: a question

yo who heres single?
asking for a friend

[That's it. That's the post.]

[ooc: Both Beat and Trahearne will be replying to this!]

Comments

[bakudan_bambino]

It’s believable! Just incredibly abstract?

A dreamscape?

But if you were in it, does that mean you were in his head too?

I guess I don’t get dreamscapes, either.

He had a nightmare and that created a space you could interact with? In that space he was a noctaere?

I mean like… did he know it was happening? Like, that he’d turned? Was it direct involvement? Did he have a body? Just… a feeling he was there since you were in his head?

Or was what was in his head projected outwards and you had to go through it to get to him?

[stillarhino]

[Okay, now that? That is too many questions.]

whoa whoa whoa
hold up yo
i aint no expert on this either
im just telling you what happened

[bakudan_bambino]

[cannot exaggerate the confusion enough. How what where. He doesn’t understand any of this and is concerned about his friends.]

take me through it step by step, then

How could you tell your friend was going through this?

[stillarhino]

he left some message with our other friends
and they knew something was up

[bakudan_bambino]

so he was acting strange?

And they tipped you off?

[This is going to take forever and what if the boss shows up?! WHAT IF THIS COULD HAPPEN TO HIM?!!

Someone’s a bit paranoid

Good thing? This conversation isn’t in person]

[stillarhino]

yeah guess they know him better than i do you know
so they knew when something was off with him

sides all the plants and animals going nuts in the forest

[bakudan_bambino]

ok so it’d be obvious enough if I knew them well enough.

What do you mean the plants and animals were going nuts?

[stillarhino]

like there were plant creatures and vines attacking people and shit
it was crazier inside with flower dogs fighting us when we got in

[bakudan_bambino]

Just.. out in the open?

Hang on! One at a time I want to make sure I don’t misunderstand or get something wrong!

[He’s taking notes in code on a margin]

What do you mean when you say inside?

[stillarhino]

inside the forest yo!
he told wolfie and kitty boy he was going in there

[At this rate, we're going to end up with a lot more questions than answers.]

[bakudan_bambino]

Why the forest? Does stuff like this usually happen in the forest?

They invited you along, I take it?

[At least it will be a steady trickle than Gokudera’s overzealous avalanche of questions.]

[stillarhino]

nah aint always there
was out in a cave another time

and yeah they did
after the first time we been keeping tabs on each other for this kinda stuff

[bakudan_bambino]

Do you have any theories as to why those places over somewhere else?

Ok so you and the other two went out into the forest where all the strange plant/animal hybrids were fighting you.

Did ‘wolfie’ and ‘kitty boy’ tell you about the message they got from him as soon as they got it? And you guys all met up and went out into the forest right away?

Just trying to get a good idea of time here…

[stillarhino]

dunno about theories
never asked
but they told us bout nightlights message coupla days later

[bakudan_bambino]

Nightlight?

[stillarhino]

yeah tree fern

[YOU JUST GOT IT RIGHT A SECOND AGO, BEAT.]

its what i call him

[bakudan_bambino]

[Gokudera has no idea these could all be the same person.]

Nightlight or tree fern? I’m confused.

The person you’re trying to set up with a date? Cause you said his talent is that he lights up at night?

you’re really bad at being specific.

[stillarhino]

im still talking about the same guy yo
if this aint working for ya you can just ask someone else

[bakudan_bambino]

I’m sorry!

I’m trying really hard to understand and I want to hear your story!

I’ll stop interrupting! I’ll figure it out!

[Oh no he’s fucking everything up oh god oh no oh geez]

[stillarhino]

look maybe its better if we just meet up or something
im tired of all this writing anyways

hows dreambucks sound?

[bakudan_bambino]

really?

Sounds great!

> action

[stillarhino]

aight imma be in a black hoodie and headphones

[And so he heads on over to your friendly, neighborhood coffee shop. After getting his usual order, he finds a table close to the window, waiting for the other guy from the journals.

Besides the description he had given Gokudera, the pastel pink boba in front of him might also stand out, especially considering Beat's nearly all-black attire and the skateboard at his feet. Yet he looks to be enjoying it with every sip.]

> action

[bakudan_bambino]

[It’s the headphones that stand out when Gokudera walks in and looks around. He goes about getting his own drink, but it’s not clear what it is, given that it’s in a to-go cup. He doesn’t add anything to it, sips at it and approaches Beat.]

Are you Beat?

[Saying it out loud, it’s kind of odd, but he’s not judging. There are plenty of people in his own world with strange names, after all. Gokudera takes a seat at the table, across from Beat, and pulls out a notepad with the pages covered in code.

Gokudera never gave a description of himself, and is probably much more grumpier in appearance than his words might give away. He’s also not really looking Beat in the eye, posture riddled with tension, fidgeting with the sleeve on his cup, idly chewing at the inside of his lip since he’s not smoking inside the coffee shop. It’s probably obvious to anyone from any distance away looking at him that he’s tense, uncomfortable, or nervous. Normal people don’t scowl so much that their eyes get hidden by the shadow of their brows. His do.

Despite that, he’s quiet, maybe even a little timid or awkward. Gokudera isn’t much of a people-person. Especially since he feels he’s already majorly inconvenienced someone he’d thought would help him.]

[stillarhino]

Yeah, that's me, yo. Good I now got a face to your name, too.

[He reaches forward as Gokudera takes a seat, extending a closed hand in the form of a friendly fist bump, smiling all the while. It doesn't seem like he minds the other boy's grumpy exterior in the least, but he does give him a once over as he approached, clocking the notepad and the scribblings within in his hand.

Settling back into his chair, a laugh escapes Beat's lips as he brings his drink to his mouth, sucking on the straw for a long sip, tapioca pearls coursing through it for him to chew on. Unlike his companion, Beat seems rather relaxed about this sudden meeting.]

Now it feels like some kinda interview, man. You really playin' detective there, ain't ya?

[bakudan_bambino]

[Gokudera looks at that closed hand in obvious confusion and places his own, open, under it, like Beat is offering something to him. He’s okay with handshakes, but no one has ever fist-bumped him before.]

Uh.

[Whoops?

He sets his drink down and his coded notes and then draws back as if recoiling from that laugh.]

Are you making fun of me?! It’s not an interview! You brought the noctaere up, and I need to make sure I can be ready to keep my friends safe! It’s important!

[Maybe he’s making a mountain out of a mole-hill, probably, but he’s being sincere and will NOT leave Beat alone until he gets more information from him.]

Isn’t it?

[Finally, Gokudera takes a seat, expression now settling to its usual grumpiness.]