Catchall: Ayabe

[shortfornow]

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w0, friday

[kazokun]

[ It's later into the day that Ayabe returns to his room, and he's there for much of the rest of the day, seated on top of the bed with the box of bells in front of him, ringing each of them in turn. Incessantly. But nobody shows up.

Maybe Peach, Plum, and Pumpkin have all lost their hearing like Ayabe has by the end of the week. Maybe they're busy with Haruka and can't heed his summons. Maybe they're ignoring him...

The ring-a-ling-ling continues. ]

[shortfornow]

[ As soon as he opens the door, he's making a face. That certainly is a lot of bell ringing coming from deeper inside of the room. ]

You should give it up. They are probably busy hiding the evidence.

[ He's walking inside, relying on memory to make his way to the bed. Squinting his eye before he sees it's definitely not Ken. ]

[kazokun]

[ He would have something to say about that if he could hear Dazai, but he doesn't and so he just scoots over so he's taking up half the bed instead of the full thing and won't get sat on, and continues ringing the bells.

He's not giving up. There's absolutely nothing he can do, but even if it's already too late, he wants to hear(/read from a piece of paper) what happened from the staff. ]

[shortfornow]

[ At first, he thinks he's stopping so he starts to let out a sigh of relief.

Only for him to continue ringing the bells after he scoots over. Why this? He's just going to try to listen for where the bells are loudest and put his hands over the bells or hands ringing bells. Whatever is easiest to grab for. ]

All done. They. Won't. Come.

[kazokun]

[ Dazai gets both his hand and the bells, flat over both and Ayabe looks up at him. A hand over his own is a gesture of comfort and that's what he takes it as, unable to hear Dazai's words or read his lips.

At the very least, Ayabe is still able to speak, so he opts for that- simple yes/no questions Dazai can visually respond with. ]

Did you see what happened?

[shortfornow]

[ Wow.

Wow at both these things. Because he can't really see that well. It might be best just to answer yes anyways. After a moment, he'll give a nod before tapping his ear to indicate he heard. ]

[kazokun]

[ Maybe if people stopped pretending, it would be easier to accommodate disabilities. But this is good enough and Ayabe says ]

Yeah.

[ to answer what he takes Dazai's question to be, whether Ayabe still can't hear. ]

I wasn't close, though. I usually get up earlier, but not today... I was worried there was something strange at breakfast that did that to her.

W 2, Saturday: Post Trial

[shortfornow]

[ He's yawning as he comes back in the room and spots Ayabe on the bed already. Kicking off his shoes and just going to leave them in the middle of the floor to be a little spiteful. Then he's going to walk over to the bed and poke him in the face. ]

Oh, Reito~

[kazokun]

[ Why do this to him?! Pick up those shoes- Ayabe frowns and swats Dazai's hand away before sitting up, more annoyed about those shoes than anything else, Dazai, please ]

Why am I "Reito" now?

[ Only Luna calls him that, and nobody else has changed habits since he introduced himself week 0 ]

[shortfornow]

[ He'll sit on the edge of the bed, taking his time before he finally answers him. ]

Because I felt like it.

[ Maybe because he heard it from Luna. ]

What was this about you sleeping on the stairs? What were you trying to do?

[kazokun]

[ He should go up to his placard and sharpie out his first name so nobody else finds out what it is. Those shoes do get picked up and put away, though, before he goes to sit back down on the bed. ]

It wasn't just me. We were just... frustrated, at never being able to do anything to prevent people from getting hurt. Whoever's awake at night has to pass through the stairs, right?

[ There was

a thought process, somewhere. ]

[shortfornow]

[ Yall were taping a step. uno step. What thought process? ]

It seems as if this place doesn't quite follow the rules.

[ They went through the floor... ]

If you want to help, keep to a buddy system and maybe trap a larger area.

[kazokun]

[ asdflkjh there might have been more tape on more steps but instead Ayabe was too busy bullying Jin Ling for us to hammer out anything more solid than that. ]

What does a buddy system help? And the stairs were a large enough area...

[ It was a very long area. A stupid area. Nobody sleep on the stairs ]

w3: monday

[shortfornow]

[ It's later on and Dazai starts to pull off the bandages from around his head when he pauses to look at Ayabe.

Then he pulls the rest of it off. Rubbing his right eye as he gets used to the light, while folding the bandages up. He's grabbing clothes for a shower. ]

Do you have a crush on anyone?

[ Yeah, that is certainly a topic starter ]

[kazokun]

No.

[ The answer is immediate and almost a bit disgruntled, but the look Ayabe shoots Dazai suggests it's none of his business and he wouldn't tell Dazai anyways. ]

Why? Need advice on that sort of thing?

[ He's still not the person to go to. ]

[shortfornow]

What's this? Are you going to give me advice if I did?

[ You know... it's tempting to mess with him. He's running his fingers through his hair a bit. It's weird feeling it over his face without the bandages there. ]

[kazokun]

[ They have a salon now... please let him give Dazai a haircut.

Anyways, he just shrugs at the question. ]

It wouldn't be good advice, but I doubt you'd get that from anybody here.

[shortfornow]

What'll happen if you're the object of my affections?

[ He's saying that with a straight face and everything. ]

[kazokun]

Then I'm going to have to reject you right there so I don't disappoint you any further.

[ He shakes his head and goes to flop down on the bed so he doesn't have to deal with this, and Dazai can have this very short memory of a girl approaching him, inviting him to eat lunch together, and the entire time he just deadeyes her and then walks away. He's not about the dating life. ]

w5; Sunday Deadland Check up

[shortfornow]

[ Here they are, back in the room. Ayabe being himself will probably notice the blanket and pillow were tossed on the bed haphazardly. Other wise, the bed looks unused. There are four letters on the dresser and an invitation signed with a 'B' with a room key next to it.

There's also a mess on the desk. It looks like notes on the emoji letters and how they may appear to the living. There's several balled up rough drafts as well. How much is this going to bother Ayabe? ]

Here we are~ Room sweet room.

[kazokun]

[ Room sweet room... It's been several days since he's been "here" and all of this bothers him immediately and immensely. It would never have gotten this bad if he were there to pick up after Dazai, and the first thing he does is make a beeline to that desk to clean it up. ]

Hand me the trash bin...

[ He picks up the balled up rough drafts but opens the pages out, because keeping them balled up wastes so much space and would fill up the bin too quickly /: How do you live like this, Dazai, no wonder you don't stay here anymore. ]

[shortfornow]

[ He studies him for a moment as he locks the door after them. Is he doing this because he needs to clean asap or is he trying to avoid anything they may have to talk about?

Grabbing the trash bin to put it near Ayabe before he leans against the edge of the desk. The rough drafts are emoji doodles with their meanings beside them. It looks like he was practicing how to translate. One of them has Reito at the top and another has Chuuya's name.

It's going to be similar to what was on the letter to Ken, but the meanings are written out... is he going to snoop? ]

You really haven't changed at all.

[ It's only been a couple of weeks, but sometimes it felt longer. And seeing all of that on the screen, well... ]

[kazokun]

[ Multiple public freakouts aside, at least the death feels unreal because he's not dead, in any eternal way. A nightmare is more of what this whole thing feels like, easy to ignore and put out of mind if he focuses on the mundane and the routine. ]

Why would I change? I'm still me.

[ For better or for worse. He smooths the papers back out on the desk so he can stack them before sliding them into the trash bin, but he does pause when he sees his name. It's his, he can snoop. ]

Have you been doing okay over here? It looks like you've been kept busy.

[shortfornow]

[ Don't forget an embarrassing confession that all of chinathe graveyard knows about.

He's going to shrug out of his coat and toss that on the bed before working on his tie. ]

You did go through quite a bit in that short time.

[ It's going to be similar to Ken's with emoji's and numbers, but there's an actual translation.

Reito
The photo is from a photo album.
The dead aren't fully dead, which is why they can't talk to us with the ouija board.
We will be fully dead when the house eats us. (There's a note here about joining the rest of the ghosts)

I want to live so I'm doing what I can from here

Tell Chuuya he's the biggest idiot.
I'm not going home with you two

Looks like there's something scribbled out at the bottom. ]

[kazokun]

[ NO in both Ayabe's mind and my own, everybody was conveniently deaf and blind and nobody knows about that. Also I'm closing my eyes at the emojis for "Dazai No Return Home" Ayabe doesn't know which part to frown at most, so he just squints at what he can from what's been scribbled out, and if he can't figure it out, he folds this note up and puts it in his pocket. His now. ]

You went through a lot too.

[ But he changed. Ayabe looks over his shoulder at him. ]

You have other plans after this? I was hoping to take you home.