IT Interlude - Bathroom Discussion Time

[princeofjunes]

Characters: Yosuke Hanamura and Naoto Shirogane
Setting: Dorm level, boy's bathroom
Format: Whatever we please =|
Summary: As the fun of the infiltration begins, the two most IT members with the most tower tenure have a quick pow-wow to decide their course of action.
Warnings: Yosuke is awkward


[No matter how many times he had to do it, he'd never get entirely used to conducting super serious business in the bathroom. The bathroom was meant for... other types of business, not serious discussion time. It just wasn't right!]

[But here he was, sitting in a bathroom stall, waiting for Naoto to arrive. He'd left his headphones hanging on the top of his stall door so she'd know which one he was in, and he'd made sure to leave the note requesting her presence somewhere where she'd see it. The only thing left to do was wait]

[...]

[And sigh]

Man, I hate this...

Comments

[detecting]

[Naoto wished she could say she wasn't used to getting notes requesting her to meet with someone in the bathrooms, but she couldn't. This was not the first time and she doubted it would be the last. It was one of the few places where it was safe to talk without fear of being overheard by the administrators.

Prompt as ever, she shows up when requested. Her eyes flick to the headphones on one of the stalls and she raps her knuckles on the door.]

Senpai?

[princeofjunes]

Yeah, I'm here. The stall next door should be open, I didn't hear anyone else come in.

[And with that he grabs his headphones off the door and waits for her to take a seat. Ugh, this is awkward enough...]

[detecting]

[Incredibly.

She enters the stall next to him.]

What did you need to discuss?

[princeofjunes]

Well, I thought I should ask you about what we should do. Yu's talked to you about the whole... thing, right?

[detecting]

I've been informed, yes. Kyoko has told me a good deal as well.

As much as I would like to join them all, if there are too many people it would draw more attention to it.

[princeofjunes]

Yeah, same here.

Thing is, I heard there's gonna be a distraction too. It's even started already, I think. A bunch of people just wrecking everything they can.

[detecting]

That would certainly cause some disarray.

[princeofjunes]

I was thinking we should do something to help, right? But I'm not sure just throwing a fit and blowing stuff up is the best way to go.

So... I thought I'd ask what you think. I mean, we've been here the longest, right?

[He sounds more... unsure of himself than usual]

[detecting]

We have, haven't we...

[She's quiet for a moment as she considers this.]

I'm not certain it's the best plan, but it would be effective.

[princeofjunes]

Yeah... I just don't want anyone to get caught in the crossfire.

But- I can't keep sitting here doing nothing! All this time, and what have I actually done, you know?!

[Yep, the frustration's starting to boil out a little bit. Oops]

[detecting]

I feel much the same as you, but getting angry about it will do you no good.

Perhaps we can assist without partaking in the major destruction? Help to keep those who aren't involved out the line of fire.

[princeofjunes]

[He lets out a sigh. She's right, but he still feels frustrated as hell]

It makes sense, but how do we do that? It's not like I want to stop the guys from blowing up the place. That defeats the point.

[detecting]

Indeed it does.

[She's quiet for a little bit, thinking.]

Is V/V participating at all? She could help keep the children in a safe area of the tower.

[princeofjunes]

[There's an awkward silence for a moment, and he sounds a bit sheepish]

I... haven't talked to her yet. My first thought was to talk to you.

[detecting]

[A beat. She smiles to herself. It's actually kind of nice to hear that come from him, knowing he trusts her enough to do something like that at all.]

I see. That's alright, we can talk to her later today.

[princeofjunes]

So that's a good idea for the kids, but there aren't a ton of them in the tower.

[And for that, at least he feels pretty good]

But what about everyone else? It's not like we can grab orange cones and just cordon off places where people are going nuts.

[detecting]

No, we can't.

We'll just have to protect them as best we can.

[princeofjunes]

[As much as he hates to admit it, she's right. They don't exactly have tons of options. He leans back, staring up at the ceiling]

Remember when life was simple? When we only had to worry about a serial killer?

[detecting]

And a goddess who planned on enveloping the world in fog and turning everyone into shadows.

[She almost laughs.]

I didn't think it would be possible to miss that.

[princeofjunes]

Yeah, well... at least those weren't un-bear-able.

[It's as close as he'll get to saying he misses his back home roomie]

[detecting]

[As for Naoto, she'll just say it.]

I miss him, too.

[princeofjunes]

Yeah...

[Another sigh]

Yeah. Stupid bear.