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[ridethathippo]

"Hey, this is Yuya! I'm not here right now, but feel free to leave a message or text."

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[madhatted]

[ A message pops up in your inbox from an anonymous source. How strange! If you don't delete it immediately, you'll be greeted with an audio message that's quiet, at first. In fact, it's quiet enough that just in time for you to turn it up, it starts to speak. It sounds suspiciously like Xerxes Break if you know him, but at the same time, there's a totally stupid voice being used, since it's not like Break would send this message along. Emily, though? Of course. She's such a gossip. ]

Had an x-ray done today. Guess what they found? It was you, safely tucked away in my heart! They said my heart is fine with a friend like you in it. Send this to all the people you love and care for, because if you don't, then something preeeetty bad might happen to them! Heart failure is pretty serious~! Kehehehehehe!!!

(( ooc note ; break is sending this to literally everyone in the game, so I'm sorry... Feel free to figure out he caused it, since it's not like he's trying that hard to hide it. ))

[ridethathippo]

[AKSJFHAKSJFHAKSFHANksdjfhakjfhak

It's his first time getting a chain mail, so this is super creepy.]

This is a joke, right?

[madhatted]

I don't know. I decided to not take a risk! Would you?

[ridethathippo]

You sure you sent it to the right person though? Your voice isn't familiar.

[madhatted]

Oh, I sent it to everyone. It does say friends, but I thought it would be safer to send it along to as many people as possible. ♥

[ridethathippo]

[Wow, Xerxes, way to be.]

So what exactly am I supposed to send to other people?

text.

[multiglyphs]

Your Secret Santa is Yogi. Have fun!

secret santa! backdated to 12/25

[sagemodes]

[ When Yuya wakes up, he's going to find a package right next to him (!?). There was no indication that someone even broke into his house to deliver this. Upon opening the package, Yuya's going to find two booster packs for Duel Monsters within, as well as a plush toy of a pink hippo wearing a tux. The plushie seemed to be holding onto a letter too! ]

Merry Christmas, hope I'm doing it right! I knew that you enjoyed playing Duel Monsters so I decided to give you several booster packs to well, boost your deck! Hopefully there are some good cards in there.

Oh, and I found this guy while I was wandering around town, so I figured to just buy it as well since you liked pink hippos, right?

Either ways, enjoy!

PS. I'm making a deck myself, so when I have it ready, let's have a duel!

Naruto Uzumaki, The Future Hokage of Konoha!

[Text]

[ridethathippo]

[OH NO, THE PLUSHIE IS PERFECT.

But he's also really concerned about how Naruto managed to ninja inside his room. He'll make sure to keep this information on the down-low so that Yuzu and Yuto don't get nervous. (Yuto being the likely one of the two.)

Also......he was sleeping when this was delivered, right? Totally not sketchy at all, Naruto.]

Naruto! Thanks for the presents! The hippo is really great, and I managed to get some good traps from the boosters.

But I'm curious now! How did you know where I live? [More like slightly freaked out, but Naruto isn't the only one to suddenly drop off gifts.]

[Text]

[sagemodes]

...I just happened to see you walking by your apartment one day. And well, Santa tends to leave his presents inside the house, right?

[ ...while he was jumping on roofs to commute to work, to say the least. BUT shit he might've realized he fucked up the present-giving a bit. ]

[ridethathippo]

[Just a little bit, Naruto. A little. At least Yuya knows he meant well.]

That makes sense. As long as you didn't wake up Yuto or Yuzu, it's fine.

[sagemodes]

Don't worry, I made sure to be really quiet, haha. These kind of things are easy for a ninja!

[ y e a h. ]

Voice -> Video (probably...) ['Dec 26']

[otoko]

[Hello hello--hopefully you catch this message before Gongenzaka hangs up, but as it is.]

Yuuya! I'm calling so that this can be dealt with carefully, but I, the man Gongenzaka, have news of absolute importance..! There is something I need to explain to the others, but it needs to be without resulting in needless battles...

[In other words, he WANTS to tell everyone, but he'd rather do it without one trying to jump the other in an alleyway.

[ridethathippo]

[AND COMPLETELY MISSED cuz he's been angsting too hard.]

voice

[icefallen]

[A little bit after their previous conversation, Rio sounds less than happy when she addresses him.]

Yuuya.

I have something I need to discuss with you.

[ridethathippo]

...Yes? What's up? [And he sounds a bit wary because what did he do wrong now?]

[icefallen]

[She pauses for a moment, trying to figure out how best to word this without slamming it in his face. Ultimately, though, she decides that slamming it in his face is perhaps the only thing that will convey just how important this is.]

I heard something rather disturbing recently. About Heartland. Would you like to tell me what that's all about?

[ridethathippo]

[Straight to the point? Well, there's a bit of silence on Yuya's end, and even when he does talk, there's an obvious hesitation to it.]

Sure? But...I only know so much from Yuto and what Gongenzaka's learned. Yuto's the one who lived in Heartland, not me. You could always ask Kurosaki Shun too, although he's not the easiest to talk to. He used to live in Heartland too and is Yuto's friend.

[icefallen]

I've already contacted Yuuto, and I will see about asking this Shun too. I just want to know what you know. I'm looking for every account I can get.

[There's a note of desperation in her voice, like she's looking for him to admit to it being a cruel joke, or a cover for something else. There has to be some explanation, right...?]

voice

[jyajyaaan]

[Backdated to roughly 7 hours after the end of the special CERES tours.]

Yuya-kun! Are you still alive?! The trip to CERES was a trap, please tell me you didn't go there!

[ridethathippo]

Wha-- Are you serious?! [Goddammit, first CERES pulls all these weird spooky things, gets a change in owners, and now everything is a trap.]

I didn't, I'm okay! What happened?

[jyajyaaan]

Phew, that's great! I didn't know who of my friends were all going...!

[He pauses for a moment, breathing tense. It's obvious that he is thinking about how to say it.]

We were made to split up and then left alone with some security robots in a high security tract. No two minutes later they tried to shoot us.

[ridethathippo]

..................Somehow, that's not surprising.

[THERE! HE SAID IT! Same old Ceres.]

Did anyone get hurt? You weren't shot, were you?

[jyajyaaan]

Oh no, not me! I think at least two of the others, though.

[Is that really a good thing? He didn't really pay too much attention to it after they said that they all could still keep going.]

We made a hole into a wall and escaped through an old room that led us to a chained up lady. She hated CERES very much.

morning of Valentine's Day

[darkduelist]

[In the morning of Valentine's a small pouch can be found on Yuya's bedside table. The pouch is filled with heart-shaped candy and there is also a label attached to it. Half of the candies in the pouch are light pink in color (according to the label they mean "I love you like family"). The other half is dark blue (which seems to mean "I would fight by your side/protect you").

Who is this from? It's a mystery.

...Or actually Yuto was just too embarrassed, so he didn't write that it was from him. Right after leaving the pouches in both Yuya's and Yuzu's rooms, the dark duelist had some second thoughts about all of this, but decided to just hide his face in the pillow, while swearing to himself that he will never do anything like this ever again. The embarrassment is too much for him.]