Asgard: IC Inbox

[realmenknitplushies]

Yo, guys: you've reached Kanji Tatsumi. Leave me a message.

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[windbreak]

No way. I'm positive... [Although he doesn't really sound like it. Deflated is closer to the mark.] Even if I didn't call for a week or whatever... Shit, are you sure he's not there? D-Do I really have to try again?

[realmenknitplushies]

Like he'd be around here. Probably off workin' on whatever he's workin' on without telling us this time.

[windbreak]

[In an audio-only feed, nobody can see you squint, but rest assured that's what Yosuke is doing.]

... I'll bet he wishes he could tell you.

[realmenknitplushies]

Tell me what?

[Is there something else that Seta's yet to drop on him? he wonders, frowning.]

[windbreak]

[He bites his lip. Dammit, get it together. He doesn't have to lose his temper at another friend because of one lousy inexplicable glitch.] ...Nothing. Anyway, I've been busy too... I think everyone is.

[realmenknitplushies]

Feh. [Doesn't sound like a whole lot of 'nothing' to him.] Yeah. No kiddin' about that, man.

[windbreak]

[And yet he has all the time in the world to keep awkwardly lapsing into silence.]

S-So... I can count on you to just forget about all of that, right? You're not gonna get hung up on it and take it out of context and tell me you're gonna kick my ass again, right?

[Riiiiight?]

[realmenknitplushies]

What the hell would I take outta context? Whatever shit's goin' down between you 'n him, why would I wanna kick your ass for it?

[windbreak]

N-Nothing's going down! Of course nothing's going down. ...How much did you even hear?

[That last part is in a decidedly smaller voice.]

[realmenknitplushies]

Uh... I'm pretty sure I heard the lot.

[windbreak]

W-Well... how sure is pretty sure?

[And is he seriously that clueless? ... Maybe Yosuke's earned that one small comfort.]

[realmenknitplushies]

A bunch of stuff about losin' his scarf 'n tryin' to be reliable? Was that it?

[Sure, a pretty damn mushy pile of stuff about all of that, but...]

[windbreak]

Geez, you don't have to make it sound worse than it is! I didn't lose his scarf!

[Then again, now isn't the time to get indignant about that part...]

Rrgh... Whatever. If you're not going to tell him, I don't care. But you damn well better remember to... f-forget about it, all right!?

[realmenknitplushies]

"Remember to forget"? Whaddya think I'd do with knowin' this anyway?

[windbreak]

How am I supposed to know? Considering Naoto... [For something muttered under his breath, it's pretty audible, but he quickly raises his voice again.] Look, just do it, okay!?

[realmenknitplushies]

I ain't exactly tellin' her this shit either! [Hard enough to tell her his own awkward issues, never mind anyone else's...]

[windbreak]

Well... good! [Man, even pressing that reliable old button isn't making him feel any better. Still, when Kanji says he won't tell, he usually means it...] Th-Then we can both agree never to speak of this again. ...I think I need to go lie down for a while.

[Lie down, be thankful that he'll probably build up another decade's worth of bad karma before a sorry incident like this happens again, and put it out of his mind. Yep. In any case, he hangs up.]