[ like a chicken with his head cut off, makoto's spent the last few days in a fugue state. tellus undergoing drastic changes in management has only further exacerbated his (recent) selective ignorance of anything tangentially related to haru. regardless, he's all but convinced himself that rin and kisumi have likely been abducted/readily disposed of by aliens for coming too close to the truth, but the name that pops up on his cerevice after nearly two months of neurotic spot-checking doesn't appear to be an insidious delusion on first glance.
however, he's peripherally afraid of dialing it and inadvertently fantasy-skyping rin's supposed captor at face-value, so text it is. he'll work through the blundering incoherence somehow. ]
djsjfks r rIN?????/ are you oka y w what happened did masamune-san find you
[ Rin, while normally the sort who'd sit down and make certain that he understood fully all technological clues he was given, has been too busy trying to network on a person-to-person basis to spend much time doing so.
Thus: he's shocked into a grin when he sees the name attached to the text, one which spreads after reading the flurry of subsequent messages. It's been a few days of unfamiliarity stacked atop unfamiliarity; even Rin, who's grown accustomed to living life on the tightrope between "manageable stress" and "avalanche", has been feeling the strain. ]
don't know who the hell masamune is i'm fine, though it looks like you were right to be shit scared of alien invasions all along huh [ he's not laughing at this dire moment, of course he isn't. ] you in one piece?? haru with you?
[ and this is the juncture where makoto cuts the crap (with the powers of spell-check and dissipating alarm) and hastily types out his response in record-breaking speed in the event that rin abruptly becomes an insentient fixture of the matrix code once more. after all, promptness is key and makoto is nothing but a diehard adherent to punctiliousness. ]
he's a detective i hired to look for you. hamada-san told me you weren't here anymore but i had to try don't tease me!! we were really worried
[ READ: THAT YOU WERE HORRIFICALLY MAIMED/SLAUGHTERED TO KEEP YOUR SILENCE ...
give makoto a minute to tamp down on his borderline-hysterical relief. it goes unspoken that he'll be saving the rest of his anxiety-ridden testimony for a direct encounter. get ready to be smothered by overwhelming concern, nerd. ]
[ There's something he's missing, even Rin isn't short-sighted enough to miss that, but - trusting Makoto, as he does - he lets it lie.
Or, well. It has less to do with trust and more to do with the fact that he's well aware that Makoto won't be able to hide anything once Rin puts the question to him in person. What ends well, etc etc etc. ]
2 months ago i was at regionals we even had that talk about you going pro, did you forget???? but yeah.... i guess see you soon
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text / sometime after the event
however, he's peripherally afraid of dialing it and inadvertently fantasy-skyping rin's supposed captor at face-value, so text it is. he'll work through the blundering incoherence somehow. ]
djsjfks
r
rIN?????/
are you oka y
w what happened
did masamune-san find you
makoto stop being cute
Thus: he's shocked into a grin when he sees the name attached to the text, one which spreads after reading the flurry of subsequent messages. It's been a few days of unfamiliarity stacked atop unfamiliarity; even Rin, who's grown accustomed to living life on the tightrope between "manageable stress" and "avalanche", has been feeling the strain. ]
don't know who the hell masamune is
i'm fine, though it
looks like you were right to be shit scared of alien invasions all along huh [ he's not laughing at this dire moment, of course he isn't. ]
you in one piece?? haru with you?
u first ........... also 1/3
yuo can see thsi?????
[ and this is the juncture where makoto cuts the crap (with the powers of spell-check and dissipating alarm) and hastily types out his response in record-breaking speed in the event that rin abruptly becomes an insentient fixture of the matrix code once more. after all, promptness is key and makoto is nothing but a diehard adherent to punctiliousness. ]
no subject
don't tease me!! we were really worried
[ READ: THAT YOU WERE HORRIFICALLY MAIMED/SLAUGHTERED TO KEEP YOUR SILENCE ...
give makoto a minute to tamp down on his borderline-hysterical relief. it goes unspoken that he'll be saving the rest of his anxiety-ridden testimony for a direct encounter. get ready to be smothered by overwhelming concern, nerd. ]
d o n e
[ makoto pauses, amending his prior statement. ]
he's fine
he's not with me right now but we can meet you up somewhere. where are you?
no subject
[ Because of course that's the first part of the text he zeroes in on.
Then, quickly distracted -- ]
wait wait wait
a detective??? where did you get the money for a detective????
[ ....because of course that's the second part of the text fastidious Rin zeroes in on. ]
i got here like 4 days ago why was that even necessary
i'm at the pool
just got off work
i can meet you in front of the gym
no subject
he's okay. he'll tell you as much when you see him
[ makoto's not in the right mindset for tackling the elephant in the room, so half-truths and evasive maneuvers it is. ]
i've been here for a while, it'd be strange if i didn't keep a budget
[ but makoto squints at the message, promptly doing a double take, because it almost sounds like — ]
/rin/
you've been missing for 2 months now. of course we'd go looking for you
[ confusion doesn't scratch the tip of the iceberg, but life's too short to start doubting his friends. ]
okay! i should be getting off my shift in a bit so we'll talk more there, okay?
no subject
Or, well. It has less to do with trust and more to do with the fact that he's well aware that Makoto won't be able to hide anything once Rin puts the question to him in person. What ends well, etc etc etc. ]
2 months ago i was at regionals
we even had that talk about you going pro, did you forget????
but yeah.... i guess
see you soon