#and then I had a big exam to study for orz

[chiliger]

Cody - Kote - Glory

For Cody Day 2/2/24

(Closeups under the cut)

[f2e5b1]

Hello! First of all, I'm sorry if my question is bothering you in any way. I found your blog back in 2023 from the hashtag Tim Drake, out of boredom, I started to read your "Dear Robin" fan fiction and guess what? I'm instantly in love to your writing! It's very beautiful and nostalgic in some kind of way, and I really love the way you wrote the characters.

But the thing that made me really attached with your writing is the fact that I first discovered it when I was studying for my entrance exam. Reading your story gave me a really great boost during that period of time because everytime I read it it always give a sense of comfort to me. Long story short, back in March I got the acceptance letter to my dream school! And even though it's weird, everytime I think about my new school I always get a reminiscence of the story you made, and for that, I just want to say thank you. You writing is amazing.

Anyway, I'm going to my school's dorm soon (much like the main character from your story I guess), and I'm just wondering if you will ever drop the next chapter of your story, because if so, then I would gladly wait for it! Thank you for reading this, and once again, sorry if this question is bothering you. Have a good night!

hi hello! first of all, congrats on getting accepted into your dream school, and thank you so much for your kind words. sorry for the late reply... i've admittedly been going back and forth to your message ever since i received, but i didn't really know how to respond to it, which is nothing against you btw - and i wasn't bothered at all! it's just that... i guess you could say i was surprised? that someone managed to find me even when i've changed my usernames so many times and deleted the fanfic itself from my blog - but i'm glad you did! thank you for finding me, for taking a chance on dear robin, and for loving my writing. it means the world to me to see this as someone who's always had extreme second thoughts on my stories/writing - but what writer doesn't? haha. i'm thankful that dear robin gave you the comfort you needed during your studies, which is honestly such an honor, knowing that my work offered someone comfort even though it wasn't exactly on purpose.

(sorry i kind of went under a long tangent orz...)

admittedly, i don't really remember now what compelled me to start writing a tim drake fanfiction since i've always been a dick grayson girl (which sort of bled into the story i guess haha), but i knew that i wanted to at least showcase my liking for tim at the time dc was still my hyperfixation - and maybe try out a new writing/story telling style that delved much more into the complexities of relationships (tim & reader, or the reader & her mother) and of growing up. i was scared of mischaracterizing tim, or any other batman characters as i never really grew up on the comics - and the most i've done is watch teen titans when i was a kid. but seeing the attention dear robin got on both tumblr on ao3 gave me the boost to continue writing! i know dear robin isn't the most perfect dc fanfiction, and maybe ive mischaracterized some of the characters to the point where the dc tumblr meta community might crucify me for doing so (biggest fear of mine ngl), but writing it was both a learning lesson and also a sense of comfort to me; i even remember being so excited to show my friend the first chapter last year, and the compliment he gave to my writing motivated me to share it with everyone else.

but over time, i started getting... tired? of writing it? but i still liked tim, i still liked reading the comics and finding out about him - but the inevitability of feeling self-conscious about my writing eventually crept up until all i did was repeatedly go back to my documents and edit the chapters. but i knew that these little changes wasn't what i wanted - i wanted to make so big of a change to the story and the way i've written it and i've considered it too many times over the course of the year (maybe even deleting the whole thing itself), but thanks to all the comments and messages like these... i decided to just keep it. i won't say i've found peace with it, per se, but rather i wouldn't want to leave you guys hanging after we've been through so much together - i spent too much of my time writing it instead of studying haha! honestly, the 7th chapter is somewhere in my drafts, but it's nowhere near finished. when i open the document, i find myself cringing just to read it, and i hate to feel that way about something i've worked so long on. but i don't want to give up on dear robin because i love that story - i wouldn't want to do it dirty by leaving it behind the dust.

the next chapter is far from finished - and tim and the reader's relationship is still so far from what i've promised since the very first chapter, but i do still want to continue dear robin until it reaches that point. i will keep writing, and post the next chapter some time soon. i realize that i'll never be satisfied with how i do or write my stories, but somewhere down along the road i just have to accept the fact that even if i don't, others will - and you are proof of that, anon. thank you so much, and if you still can, please continue supporting dear robin.

[hxrxzxn]

4 to 8 student questions at Minsu

4. What learning style does your muse have? Are they a visual learner, do they need things shown to them, etc?

Minsu needs to understand the underlying mechanisms of things. It just needs to make sense. He was never one of those people with great visual memory so he needs to work really hard and study in depth to understand things properly.

5. Does your muse participate in any extracurricular activities? Clubs? Sports?

He is on the swimming team and in the football club. He is also part of the student council helping them out with event organizing.

6. Does your muse like school? What about learning in general?

Minsu loves University life! Even if he was not a fan of his major since he had no say into it, having to follow his mother’s steps it soon started to grow on him. Maybe because everything else was so much fun. The club activities, the events, the coffee breaks, the friends he made and especially his roommate. He is loving every minute of being a student. When it comes to learning, as long as there is something that he is really passionate about he can be a really dedicated and fast learner that would put all his efforts into the task at hand. If not then he would most likely procrastinate until the last moment orz 

7. How does your muse approach big assignments? Do they outline extensively? Do they do it all at once? Wait till the last minute?

If they are exams then he will draft some sort of schedule but Minsu is a big procrastinator. Even if he will try to keep up as much as he can and get some work done according to the schedule he is still pulling off all nighters for fishing his assignments right before the deadline. I guess there’s nothing like the rush of waiting till the last minute--

8. How does your muse study?

He is aware that he needs to put a lot of effort and he tries to look over the materials after work. He will mostly read through and try to make sense of the things he found it difficult in class. If there is something he needs clarification he would email his professors and ask for additional information. For some reason he can retain more and study better during night time. He is using lots of colorful highlighters and cutely shaped sticky notes. 

[riskeith]

omg i’m the same way HAHA. being the imposter makes me super anxious i’m the worst type of player i usually just end up leaving those games... doing the tasks and solving the mystery of who’s the imposter is pretty fun tho.. :p (i’m gonna try it out and let you know my thoughts.. you’ve never let me down before so i trust on you this too!)

THREE MONTHS? holy shit wow, that’s perfect 🥺 i’m soooo happy for you, are you planning on doing anything fun during those months? also i think this is like our summer break, which is so cool to see You guys get that during winter instead. so when school starts in three months you’ll be in your second year right? but yeah you absolutely deserve that god especially now with the shit that is online school 🤕

i love warmth so no complaining actually. even now it’s like 1-3 degrees celsius but i’m still feeling super cold haha. is summer your favorite season?

YES detective conan. the one and only. id love for u to check it out—even if it’s just one episode. if you like the aesthetics of 90’s anime this will be perfect., haha. it just has the cool mystery vibes with fun characters and conan is the Best. also, thank u for the recommendation i’ll absolutely check it out i’m a such a podcast fiend... (i love how in every one of these letters we just recommend each other stuff lmao)

shut up. u are literally the coolest. like outside ur amazing writing skills you draw and edit beautifully too? and you know language and study biomed which is so difficult so aaaah? big brained girl. i’m such a big fan. have you ever considered working in japan or things like that?

ohhh, i actually feel bad for u 🥺 the best part of uni imo is just walking around campus and emerging yourself in that scene. there’s something so... powerful being in an area with so many diverse students just studying or walking around. i miss it a lot as i’ve been in online school since march. we got the green light around september when the new semester started but we literally only got to go 3 times before they shut schools down again, yikes. i really really really hope you get to experience it soon though!!! 🥺 (oh no not orientation the goodies are the best part 😭 #getclunahergoodies2k21)

you read the manga???? wow!! that’s so cool, what are your thoughts on it? i thinking about reading it as well when i’m done with this season. :p anyway YES. aesthetic wise they just look... fucking good together. absolutely valid. if you remember the particular scene i’d love to see it haha!

SHE DID SIGN THAT. fuck these women are literally gonna be canon right in front of our eyes i cannot wait. 🥺 stop this made me miss the show sooo much we need it back asap 🥺

callum is just what sokka would’ve been like if he had bending. some even theorize that he’s gonna tap in to multiple primal sources so i guess that makes him sokka as the avatar HAHA. also, what’s interesting is that we’ll see soren and claudia take different stances now and watch how their relationship will pan out. i have a feeling their relationship will become a big part of the future seasons where they’ll have to adapt to these changes... hm

omg u are so sweet.. ♥️ then i’ll continue sending these for sure. as long as u are happy.. ♥️ hope you slept well!!!

AHHAA you just straight up leave if you’re imposter? omgggg that energy 😩 (yes pls lmk!! also please be super careful with your account and don’t share you UID anywhere publicly, there’s lots of issues with hacking and stuff so orz)

3 months yeppppp!! and yeah this is our summer break so :)) unfortunately i need to spend it studying for an exam in march, tho i haven’t done much studying thus far if i’m being honest 🤔 aside from that, i’m just gonna be chilling and catching up on a lot of shows! after watching tdp i finished she ra (so good. cried.) and i need to watch parasite sometime soon~

omg 1-3 deg C... i would NOT be able to handle that lol the coldest it gets here is like 9-10.. stay strong 💪 ahahah. spring is my favourite! summer used to be, but bc global warming (yikes) it gets way too hot to handle sometimes ahhh

i’ll def check detective conan out! my teacher mentioned it was something we could watch to practise japanese but i never gave it a go, but now i have incentive 🤪 i’ll let you know what i think! pls tell me how you feel about casefile too if you check it out! (what can i say? legendary.)

FHDSKJFHSDKJDS you’re making me blush nooooooooooo 😳😳😳😳😳😳 thank you!! i try my best 😭 and no I haven’t! i’m a big homebody and i really do like it here, so i’d prefer to stay. (we don’t *really* get natural disasters here either so. peace of mind lmao)

aw that sounds so good... i did really like the vibes on my first and only day! the weather was super good too and it made me feel excited to be at uni and Grown up AHHAAH. i hope I get to experience it next year too!! (#GETMEMYGOODIES2K21!!)

i like it!! horikoshi (the mangaka)’s style is soooooooo nice i just love looking at his drawings ahaha it’s super satisfying.

and here’s the panel!! (got rid of the text bc spoilers LOL)

but LOOK... them.. they.... i love them sm 😭😭😭

!!! they got renewed for like 4 new seasons right? congrats to them i can’t wait!

yesss i was gonna say that too but wasn’t sure if i should bc ofc even tho sokka has no bending in atla he’s still such a capable character and strong person...  glad we were thinking the same tho! yess the contrast between them and who they’re fighting with/for will def be interesting... kinda gave me zuko & azula vibes as well lmao 

<3333 thank you! no clue what time it is for you.... hope you have? a good night’s rest too? ahaha c:

[kirishwima]

i just finished V's after ending (rip to my saved up hourglasses) and..hmm...hm...i have some Thoughts im gonna rant real quick before i forget bc i have the memory of a goldfish so if u wanna see my mad man's ramblings go ahead i guess, im on mobile so i cant add a read more right now orz

I got the forgive ending and...first up, i don't like the fact that there's a 'forgive' or 'judge' option. It feels so black and white and plays with one thing I hate-the use of mental illness as either an excuse or shield.

Rika is mentally ill. She has done unspeakable actions prompted by the delusions of her mental illness, further triggered by the enviroment she was in and the absoloute lack of help she received (look i love V he's my boo but...no, love cant solve anything. it can help sure but with mental illness especially delusional types like the one Rika suffers from requires pharmacotherapy and combined psychotherapy)

Rika has done bad things and is mentally ill-her mental illness EXPLAINS why she did what she did but does NOT excuse it. I'm fairly certain that if every person suffering from a psychiatric illness started a cult there'd be...well millions of cults. So yes, she can be 'forgiven' since she was likely unware of her actions (im not gonna get into the whole depiction of her mental illness here bc oof but let me just say-with my best guess being she suffers from delusional type of schizophrenia, her leaving and travelling around on her own without any support and suddenly, magically being ok is??!!!! so unrealistic???)

What she needs is help, proper support and YES, she needs to be held accountable for her actions especially once she's stable enough to recognise her wrong doings-which no, one does not just recognise through a magical dream of talking with god-they recognise through sessions of therapy with a trained medical professional to help them through it and with medication that can stabilise the dopamine levels in their brain.

And V travelling around for two years, that's fine and all but...there's some gaps?? like how did he go to Saeran and get him out after people went to mint eye and found out there was an explosion?? like...did no one see the one single still-standing room in the rubble??? im?? and what were they doing for two years??

and again-HERBS CAN'T CURE A DRUG WITHDRAWAL ESPECIALLY NOT WHEN ITS A COCKTAIL OF DRUGS LIKE WHAT SAERAN HAD BEEN TAKING THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT CAN GO WRONG WHATS NEEDED IS PROPER HOSPITALISATION OFTEN WEEKS LONG TO MONITOR FOR SAID SIDE EFFECTS THAT CAN OFTEN BE LETHAL!

medical stuff aside bc i know thats just my own nit-picking: i did love Saeyoung's story although again, there's no explanation of...how Jumin's company survived bc lbr, would Rika's words be deemed more credible than a renounced politicians? With zero proof? And also what the everlasting heck happened to Vanderwood like?? We hear nothing from them after that one scene with Sae is Vanderwood ok??? Cheritz pls tell me our fav maid is safe and sound

also credit where its due-Saeyoung's despair over Saeran h u r t i legit cried, and i cried some more when the two reunited id been waiting for that and it made my heart Big Happy :')

I haven't played the judge ending and i dont think i will until after exams so i dont know if some of my questions are answered there but..jmmm

this last bit is just my own personal thing bc i never really liked the 'and they got married had kids and lived happily ever after' idea lol but this forgive ending felt....kinda bland tbh. I do adore V as a dad he's so cute im 🥺🥺 but i just...expected something different? idk what lol

anyway thats my midnight rambling on mysme for today-and please do let me state that i am in no wat bashing cheritz or the game, i adore mystic messenger and the wonderful characters we've all come to love, these are just my own personal thoughts on this route and are mainly influenced by the fact that im studying psychiatry right now lol. The only thing I do want to state is: for a solid 99% of the time, mental illness does not look like what is depicted through Rika. There's no magic realisation and suddenly everything is fine again. Like any somatic illness it's a struggle and requires treatment and professional help, and while of course recovery is possible, it requires effort and understanding. I'm mainly stating this again because it's completely understandable that some people may not know/think of this-that's why I just want to end with this so anyone playing through the game doesn't take it as fact of what mental illness recovery is like.

Anyway that's all lol ill add a read more once im on the pc if you read this far uhh im sending u an imminent hug also remember to drink water and take ur meds if u take any xoxo

[franeridart]

Didn't they all take the practical exam at the same time in the manga?? I'm confused....

Yeah, they changed that part orz I’m really unhappy about that for a number of reasons, but I guess their reasoning was that they wanted the anime to end with the Baku Deku vs All Might fight and in the manga that’s, like, the second fight to be done with? And if they had kept the order the anime would have ended with Mineta and Sero, so… I guess I get why they went for this, but still. I can’t say I like it orz

Anon said:I’m sure you’re expecting this ask but kiribaku study date!! :3 I can’t believer Bakugou ACTUALLY tried to beat the learning into kirishima XD

Well, it’s beginning-of-the-story-Bakugou after all, what else could we even expect from him hahaha Kirishima passed the written part tho, so it must have worked!!

Anon said:Wait hold up you’ve got me interested now. So I’m like a little past halfway through soul eater and I haven’t started the manga YET (I totally will now that you’ve suggested it) but… When did tsubaki turn into a boy??

It doesn’t happen in the anime! It’s ch 72 to… 74? 75? They go somewhere where all the girls get turned into boys and vice versa for a while! (That’d be Soul, Maka, Blair, Black Star, Tsubaki, Liz, Patty, Kilik, Thunder and Fire) (Liz and Patty look especially amusing lmao)

Anon said:what do u think abt kats*deku???? If u dont ship them - why?

I’m pretty sure I gave an in depth answer to this question a couple of times already, but do you think I’ve been able to find it? (I haven’t) so to make a fast recap, I only like them as friends, nothing sexual and nothing romantic - I really, really, really want to see them become friends, but I can’t see the necessary chemistry for any other kind of relationship between them, right now

And that’s also why I don’t ship it? I just can’t see it working in a way such that both of them are as happy as they can be, and I only ship if I can see both characters being happy in the relationship - foundamentally Bakugou and Izuku are different on all the wrong things, a big part of the reason why they fight so much is that their ways of living are different, to make a space for each other in their lives big enough that they won’t step on each other’s toes every two steps they take they should change their core personalities a lot. 

And I’m not talking about Bakugou, specifically, I’m talking about both of them. I do know that the fandom likes to pick Bakugou and turn his personality inside-out to make him fit with Deku in such a way that Deku will be happy, but realistically that’s only gonna make Bakugou miserable. It’s true that most faults rest on Bakugou’s shoulders as far as their relationship goes, but Deku isn’t the sort of person fit to be with Bakugou either - and I can’t have Bakugou make a 180° on his personality, force himself to be someone he’s not, just to accomodate Deku. I like Bakugou as he is, and I want to see him grow up while growing into himself. And while I do prefer Bakugou as a character, I happen to like Deku as he is very much as well, I don’t want him to turn into another person just to accomodate Bakugou’s personality either

So this turns into “either I change these two characters to make them fit together, or I let them be just friends and actually find characters that do fit with them as they are already”, and personally, I’m always gonna go for the second option. I mean, why would I want to ship them when I can ship bakushima t b h

Of course you’re free to ship it if to you the chemistry is more obvious than it is to me! It’s just not my cup of tea at all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anon said:Could I possibly see a comic with Kirishima being tied between Ashido and Bakugo??? I thought it’d be cute since some people *cough cough* me *cough* may or may not be tied between Kirimina and Bakushima. :3

I………….. can’t do that, sorry orz triangles aren’t my thing at all. It’s either the polyship or bakushima, triangles get on my nerves more than any other plot device does to be completely honest with you. Triangles are the bane of my existence

Anon said: Hi there! I just wanted to say I’ve been scrolling through all your Bakushima art for ages and it’s healed me :,) fr tho i lov how you portray them and their dynamic and you have a lovely art style! Thank you for blessing us ahah

AHHHHHHHHHHHH THANK YOU SO MUCH OH MY GOD!!!!! (●´□`)♡

Anon said:hey there! just wanted to drop by and let you know that I find your art super inspiring? like i am IN LOVE with your art style, and I absolutely adore it. i love how the characters you draw have perfect expressions, i love how natural their poses look and i love how you portray characters friendships + relationships in comics it feels completely natural. even if im not into the stuff you draw, i love looking at it because its so great?? keep being wonderful because you deserve good things ^u^

Holy shit thank you??? I honest to god don’t know how to answer this??? means a lot??? fuck thank you I might go and cry for a bit ( •̥̥̥ω•̥��̥ )

Anon said:Hey your art of sero carry bakugou give me life honestly good posts all around

Thank you!!!! :O Sero carrying Bakugou is something I myself need more of in my life tbh hahaha what a good concept I should draw more

Anon said:your latest bakugou I’m crying… he’s gorgeous and Buff and strong and could highkey bench press me I’m swooning

GLAD YOU LIKED HIM!!!!! :O you guys actually liked that one WAY more than I thought anyone would holy smokes!!

Anon said:Umm… I hope you don’t mind, but I showed a friend so e of your work, and I think it got you a new follower lol they really liked what I showed, and when I told them you do Kaminari, too, that was that. Can’t talk fave artists, without you 💜✌

:O !!!!!!!!!!!! why would I mind omfg, thank you so much!!!!!

Anon said:Okay, now I’ve been through your account since 2 hours ago, i can say I’m officially Bakushimanari trash. Omg i had never seen something as good as what you did to these three. (Btw sorry if my english’s not very good, but i had to say this)

!!!! Happy you liked them!!!!! They’re a good group, those three (灬ºωº灬)♡

Anon said: Yesterday was a shitty day, but today I woke up and saw your art, and stalked your blog, so I feel today will be a much better day. Happy boys are good. Never stop making happy boys happy.

I hope your day was actually a great one, anon!! And I hope today was great for you as well!!! And thank you so much for liking my stuff, happy boys are indeed my greatest weakness and favorite subject to draw haha happy boys and girls and nb and anything else too, really, happy people are good for my soul~

Anon said:Someone doesn’t know Soul Eater?! Now I feel old (・・;)

Haha, well it’s not really about being old/young as much as it’s about how long one’s been into anime/how far back they go when they decide to watch something new~ Soul Eater hasn’t had an active fandom for ages now, after all!

[kakkoweeb]

For the character meme, how about the kitaichi trio (either individually, a group, or pick the one you wanna talk about)?

i’ll try and do them as a group they’re a package deal lol

Send Me a Character and I’ll tell you my:

First impressionthe first time i saw them was in the first episode and i already knew kageyama then so i paid most attention to him, sad to say. i thought, “wowww so this is what he’s like omg so different from the [s2 lmao] gifs” and pretty much ignored kunimi and kindaichi

Impression nowyOU CHILDREN ARE MY LIFE I LOVE YOU SO MUCH PLS SPEAK TO EACH OTHER PLS TALK PLS WEAR THIS GET ALONG SWEATER I MADE WITH MY TEARS DFSJDF

Favorite momentit’s not a moment with all three of them in it, but it’s technically them; that one in the manga where hinata, kindaichi, and kunimi were ending training camp and kindaichi my baby was sweating and then he was like “s-so how’s kageyama” and kunimi made fun of him for it before giving us another glimpse of his true personality and making this face: >:PIdea for a storyso i have this au, and i’m sure some of y’all do too, where none of them fUCKED UP BADLY and so they grew up together and actually got along most days. i’m too shy to actually share what happens orz. in that siren au, i mentioned before, though, they’re a team along with iwaizumi and oikawa (and only 2/5 survive lmaooo)

Unpopular opinioni’m not sure if it’s unpopular but it’s a (past) opinion i’m not exactly proud of. i was pretty kageyama-biased back then so had this really big (not really personal but you get me) grudge against kunimi. like dude?? he just wanted you to try your hardest and you let him down and suddenly oikawa comes along and you’re cool w that??? i’m alright with him now, of course, and i have better understanding of all their characters, but sometimes i am still hit by Pain

Favorite relationshipkinkage hdfskf really, i started liking it after that manga scene because WTF MAN YOU’RE SO HUNG UP OVER HIM I’M SO AMAZED. and then i read open close on ao3 instead of studying for a stat exam and bOI i was gone. i was gone. i failed the exam but my soul saw heaven so who’s the real winner here

Favorite headcanonthat kindaichi has a big fat crush on kageyama and kunimi teases but supports him 100% pfffff– actually, until now, i still can’t decide whether i want the 3 of them to have been canonly good friends (like best friends and not just ‘oh. hey other 1st years coolio’ friends) before they fell out. hard decisions mate hard decisions

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

How I think P3D should go down pt 2.

(Pt 1) Woooooow 2 months later and you’re gonna continue finally? Yes (blame my hard drive for it, tho tbh I only got a paragraph in 8U). So yeah, onto the long summary. 8U

Ok, so just like P4D, this scene takes place at some point in pt 1 or 2 posts (can’t remember when I had it planned, either for this post or I forgot for the last post so yeah 8U). We are greeted with Liz by herself, in an area we don’t recognize. She seems to be talking to us, the player (just like Margaret from P4D). She claims that she got into contact with her sister and/or brother. They state that they had a new guest show up, but they refused to sign a contract (paralleling Sho), but was asked why by Theo. The New Guest responded stating that bonds do nothing but hurt them so why would they sign into a contract to make bonds. (basically it’s different from Sho rejecting bonds all together cause he views it as weak, and Kanami attempting to force bonds, this person rejects it solely because it’s “bad for/hurts them.” Yeah yeah bonds are more of a P4 thing, but P3 has SLs so bonds were important there too 8U P4’s just more in yo face about it. ) Scene ends.

 Anyway, so chapter 2 begins with the SOs all gathered together. They proceed to debrief on the matter. The similar shadow reading that they were getting wasn’t only similar to the P4D incident, but also the Dark Hour incident as well. It feels like something is trying to connect with their world yet again (similar to P4D), but it seems to be using the DH as a way to do things (hint hint this is the odd phenomenon is what happened to Ni at the end of Part 1). A few of the SOs then ask when were the DH occurrences because they didn’t even notice it. Mitsuru explains that they are brief, most not even lasting a minute (some so fast you could blink and miss it), and at odd times such that it doesn’t even occur at Midnight; so most of them could be asleep when they happen. Mitsuru deduces that this unstable DH is possibly because of an outside force attempting to get in touch with their world (aka a god coming in to wreck the place again, and no that’s not a spoiler for later it’s just a fact at this point in this series c’mon 8U) Junpei asks the location of which the incidents are coming from, and Mitsuru responds saying it’s a sea-side city. Junpei gets excited asking if they have a beach and that they should go there. Mitsuru shoots him down stating that the city is very big and that there will probably not be enough time. (concerning the size of the city, this is probably where they bring up asking Yu, Naoto, and Rise for help to help cover ground, as again if anyone would be in the area it’d probably be them). With this the debriefing ends with them leaving for the (unnamed) city.

 The next scene transitions over to Ni again. It opens with another dance song (attempting to fit songs in here because otherwise it’d be a loooooooong while before we get to dance battles), it turns out she was showing off a new dance choreography that she was assigned to make for some idols. The people who hired her to make it state they are pleased with her work and she leaves. We then get a montage of Ni running around doing various things in the studio (very inter like stuff tbh). Every so often we see her run past a group of idols (who are none other than Rise and Kanamin’s Kitchen). At one point we see Ni stopping to overhear their conversation that’s about her:

Kanami: WOAH WOAH WOAH! So fast! Rise: That girl is really booking it! Tomoe: She’s been running around all day…. Nozomi: She must have amazing stamina. Sumomo: I saw her showing off some dance choreography earlier. But now she’s….doing a coffee run? Tamami: Oh, yeah, my dad/uncle/older brother/cousin told me about her. She’s kind of the all purpose person around here or something. Her main job is a dance instructor, but if you need something she’ll gladly do it with a smile. Even coffee or food runs. She’s a valued employee but they treat her like some noob intern. They don’t even call her by her real name….just some nickname. Sumomo: What? Really? What’s her real name then? Tamami: I….actually don’t know either…. Rise: Arg? This totally not fair for her! Tamami: Yeah I think so too, with all the work I hear that they give her you’d think she’d be tired…. But her appearance says otherwise so I guess it’s ok….. *somber* Anyway, it’s not like you have a choice with this industry. Rest of the group: *unhappily* Yeah…. Kanami: Oh! W-we better get back or Ms. Ochimizu will have our butts! *the girls run off*

Ni, neutral expression: *watches the group leave* Ni: *shadow casts over her eyes* Heh….it’s not just this place that’s unfair….. Ni: *then leaves, continuing onto whatever errand she was in the process of doing*

Scene ends (“Hey Silly what was with the ‘dad/uncle/older brother/cousin’ thing?” Hint hint it’s part of the hints, 2nd hint hint look at her last name 8U)

The next scene starts up taking place a few hours later, from Ni’s perspective again. Coach approaches Ni:

Coach: Phew, long day? Ni: Haha you said it. Coach: Man I can’t believe they still make you do all that stuff, you’re not just some part-time high school student anymore! Do you want me to talk to some of those guys to hire some lackey so you can have more time to yourself? Ni: Nah it’s ok, it makes me feel useful. Coach: Hmmm ok, but you seem down…. Oh! Is it because you haven’t gotten your acceptance letter yet? Ni: *orz* Coach: Ahhh….so that’s it. Ni: *pouting and fuming comically* They’re so late too! I know I passed the exam with top marks too, so they should just let me in already! Coach: That big time law firm right? Well I’m sure you’ll get in, third times the charm as they say! Ni: *orz* Why do you have to remind me? ;w; I-it’s not like I failed the past two times, they just won’t let me in. I-it must be the quota thing…y-yeah that it’s it! ;w; Coach: Haha I don’t know why you’re so intent on getting into a law firm so fast, just enjoy the rest of your undergrad years and ace your graduate years and you should be good to go when it comes to getting into that law firm. Ni: *suddenly really serious, her eyes are casted in shadows* Yeah but….I want to…get in there as soon as possible… Coach: Oh so serious…. May I ask what it is? Ni: *still serious*….because I want to…. *suddenly super chipper* TO MAKE SERIOUS BANK OF COURSE! ;D Coach: Woah! O_O Ni: And they’re SOOOOOOO COOOL TOO! Like, making serious dough and looking cool while doing it? Who wouldn’t want that? ;D Coach: Haha dreaming big still I see. Well I guess you are still that kid I met all those years ago. You better be careful, being a lawyer is a stressful job you might get grey hairs! Haha but then again, grey hair with red eyes might be a good look on a lawyer! Ni: *sarcastic* Ahaha yeah I’ll keep that in mind. Coach: Welp I better get going, don’t push yourself too hard mmmkay? Ni: Yup I’ll see you later. *leaves for home herself*

*scene transition back at Ni’s place* *flash back to Coach saying*” Haha I don’t know why you’re so intent on getting into a law firm so fast” Ni: *eyes covered in shadow and ominous* Because I don’t know how much more time I’ll have….. Ni: *looks at USB drive that’s by her computer* Ni: *with a serious face goes and boots up her computer and plugs the UBS drive in*

 End Pt 2

(So yeah it’s getting darker. 8U And yes that was a Sae reference, tho that wasn’t planned 2 years ago but might as well throw it in there. 8U I had to ask my roommate about how people go about becoming a lawyer in Japan. Looks like you can study about 4 years of undergrad pre-law and then take 2 years of graduate law, or 3 years of grad law if you don’t do undergrad pre-law, before you can go into a law firm to get hands on experience. Or you can take a very, VERY hard test right whenever and get into the law firm. Ni has been attempting the latter. She attempted in her 3rd year of high school so that she could go straight into the law firm when she got out of high school. As she hinted above she passed but they didn’t take her, so she’s doing the undergrad pre-law as a backup route while still attempting the exam route. As for quota, before I asked for help there seemed to be a quota some places use, even if you pass they might not accept you or something….. Let’s just say law in Japan really confuses me. ;w; But we only need to know the beginning basics so don’t worry cause I’m not. 8U

“Hey Silly, I’ve been wondering why are you telling us these “hints” we aren’t stupid we can follow along!” I know I just like to make sure we’re all on the same page ;w;)

(also sorry for any spelling or grammatical errors, I’m typing this while half awake at times and I’m trying to finish this thing before the 26th so yeah. ;w;)

pt 3