[text] @riku; lost & found and other stuff [open]

[equinoctials]

Hey. Hope you're all staying safe. It's icy out there.

The Postmaster gave me a package. Couldn't tell you who sent it but I think there's been a mistake. This was inside.

[ There's a picture attached of a yarn snowman wearing a knit black cap and black and white knitted scarf with green buttons for eyes. It's pretty cute... ]

Does this belong to anyone?

One more thing.

The movie theater downtown has a stage and multiple film projectors. Big library of films too. The spirits working the concession counter seem okay too.

Only problem is it needs power. Take a look at this.

[ The attached picture shows five slots that look like they could fit a big square car battery or something like it. ]

Not exactly urgent. Still, a movie sometimes might not be too bad.

-Riku

Comments

[webshoots]

It's not! I joke all the time.
My sense of humor is basically my defining trait...
Next to the charm and the good looks.

I don't think YOU believe you're lucky, but ...kind of?
Of course, it's not strictly luck - like I said, it's biological and cats don't actually have nine lives, but...
Eight months, right?

[equinoctials]

Now I definitely don't believe you.

[ Eight months, though. ]

To tell you the truth... I don't know if I would have made it this far if it wasn't for a promise I was asked to make.

[webshoots]

I'm hurt.
My aunt tells me I'm funny, good-looking, and charming.
Are you calling her a liar, Riku?

[ she does not say he's funny. ]

Promises can go a long way.
I know I'm a scientist and traditionally speaking, we're supposed to be skeptical of things like magic...
(Hey, I know magic exists, you don't need to start with that.)
But I've also seen things that go beyond anything like that.
Bonds, I guess.
What I'm saying is I believe you.

It's been a long time and you've been through a lot.
I've stopped being surprised at what allows a person to put one foot in front of the other at times.

[equinoctials]

Yeah. Originally, the deal was to survive so my heart could guide him, like the lighthouse guides the ferry.
That Sora never came back.
By the time I could see the truth, I had found other reasons to keep going.
He used to say corny stuff like "my friends are my power". But... you know?
I think there's something to that.

And your aunt's a liar.

[webshoots]

I'm sorry, Riku.
I know it sounds trite, and I know that words can never make something like that feel any better but...
You want to hear something else corny?
I think that even when we lose someone like that, physically, the fact that we can carry memories of them with us means something too. There's a lot to be said for remembering everything that a person was and what they meant. How they affected you and what they meant to you.
Maybe you lost Sora, but you didn't lose him.

She's the best person I know.

[equinoctials]

I was kidding about your aunt. Sorry.

[ The king told him he should try opening up more, that he'd feel better if he didn't keep it all locked inside. Riku's starting to think the problem isn't the process not having the desired result, it's just him. ]

[webshoots]

Yeah, I know.

You're not wrong though. I ended up with a bowl cut when I was 10. She still told me I was her handsome little guy.

I've seen the photographs.

It was terrible.

[equinoctials]

She sounds like she's sweet on you. I hope wherever she is, she's doing alright.

[webshoots]

I think we're operating on different definitions of 'sweet on you'.

[ "OH MY GOD." ]

She raised me. She's my mom.

[equinoctials]

Isn't that what moms do? Love and nag you?

[webshoots]

Being sweet on someone normally means you have a crush on them.

[equinoctials]

As far as cultural crossed wires go that's probably the grossest one I've ever seen.

[webshoots]

Shall we just agree to backtrack like 5 messages and pretend it never happened? Because I am right there with you.

[equinoctials]

I don't know. I can't read the last 5 messages suddenly.

[webshoots]

Sooo, movies, huh.

You ever seen 'The Fly', Riku?

[ just



ignoring all of this. ]

bless u peter

[equinoctials]

Never heard of it.

[ Which could be impressive considering the number of worlds Riku has visited, except movies were never a priority during said visits. ]

[webshoots]

It's a classic.

Jeff Goldblum plays a scientist who slowly transforms into a horrifying humanoid fly/fly humanoid hybrid after experimenting with teleportation.

If we're going to have a slumber party and watch movies, that's going on the list.

[equinoctials]

Sounds classically terrible.

Sure. IF
there's "It Comes At Low Tide" you're sitting through it.

[webshoots]

You're not wrong.

I'm pretty sure that's what I had to deal with when we arrived, so this is me asking to take a raincheck.

[equinoctials]

You're not escaping our best and worst horror flick that easily.
It's practically a rite of passage back on the islands.
So bad it was actually pretty good.

[webshoots]

You should've led with that.
"So bad it's good" movies are my favorite type of movie.

[equinoctials]

If it's there, I'd be surprised.