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Happy New Year, everyone! It's me again, Ryoji Mochizuki, here to promote to you a brand new service! (* ^ ω ^)

Did your pet cat get stuck in a tree? Lost something precious to you? Maybe you need help with your homework! Whatever it is, I'm here to help!

Feel free to let me know of your grievances, and I shall do my best to answer them! <(￣︶￣)>

[ooc: Ryoji's sentencing is in effect for this post - if you have close CR with him, they will consider him to be just a stranger, or have no memories of ever spending time on him. Please take note!]

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do ppl even have school here

[yosuke out here asking the Real Questions.]

Oh. Probably not!

I think that's a big shame, though. School's fun.

You're probably setting yourself up for something stupid here.

It looks like we're rivals then!

I'm just joking! I'm really glad more people offer their help. If you ever get some bigger tasks and will need some additional assistance, just let me know! I'm a traveler, who is pretty experienced with helping out.

Even so, it's good to help each other out, right? I don't mind if the request is stupid! <(￣︶￣)>

Aether-san, is that you? Why are you talking like we don't know each other?

(´• ω •`)

I don't mean haha-stupid. I mean like bad-stupid.
But it's not like I got better advice on how to be useful around here.

[The message gives him a very long pause as he tries to think of an answer.]

I'm sorry, I... don't seem to remember you. Maybe you could jog my memory a little?

quite heroic of you! what compensation are you asking for these services?

I appreciate you looking out for me, but it's fine! It's not easy to harm me if I ever get tricked, in any case. (￣ω￣)

[...]

Ryoji Mochizuki? Guy with a yellow scarf? We went on several dates together!

Nothing, actually! I'm doing this out of the goodness of my own heart!

And well, it's also part of my Sentencing. So I guess I do get something out of it?

[The word "dates" gives him another pause. He wouldn't forget someone who he went on dates with, so either this is a lie or there is something wrong with his memories.

That second option really scares him.]

I need to make sure about something first... Did I tell you anything about myself?

[Dread starts to form at the pit of his stomach. Who he is as Ryoji Mochizuki is important to him - it's his existence outside of his true nature and function as Death. If someone close to him would forget him...]

You said you were a star.

[Aether stares at the answer with wide eyes feeling a sharp pain in his chest.]

So you're important to me and yet I can't remember anything. I'm so sorry. I really don't understand...

[It makes him think back to all those people he's met in the distant past, people who were gentle to him and his sister. And yet he can't remember their faces no matter how much he tries.

Just like he can't remember Ryoji's either.]

What has this place done to me?

[Aether is in great pain, isn't he? He could tell it that much, even through text. He would not wish such suffering to his friend.

There is only one thing he knows that he could do.]

It's alright - I think I had the wrong person after all! Don't mind what I just said.

It's nice to meet you for the first time.

[He regrets saying anything in the first place.]

[He knows what is happening now. He shakes his head, even though they're just texting each other. If he only knew where to look for Ryoji, he would run to him by now.]

No, hold on! You can't say that and expect me to believe it!

[It's not like he hasn't had a friend forget him in the past either. It's sad, but...]

We're friends. I might have forgotten, but I'm sure those memories aren't completely gone. So Ryoji... let's do everything again. Let's go on dates again! I want to remember.

NOTHING!! shite, hasn't anyone told you you've got to be compensated fairly for your work??

[ pro-worker sentiment brought to you by the clown shoes guy who's literally here because he would rather die than accept help or compensation for services rendered. ]

hmmm. [ penance... or PRISON LABOR?? ] i wish i could help but i've no tasks in need of doing at present.

And how's that? You got something weird going on?

I wouldn't call it weird - but I have special powers, so I can defend myself! (´◡`)

[It's hard, to hold onto hope like that. Not when he has never existed for such a long time. It would be easy, Ryoji knows, for everyone to forget him.

But there's something in Aether's conviction that makes him want to try again, anyhow.]

Are you sure? You might end up forgetting everything again.

[We really should unionize against the council. smh.]

It's alright, it's the thought that counts? And I guess not getting punished is proper compensation enough. I think. (゜-゜)

oy, no. i don't care much for that. fear of punishment is no compensation. nor is it a proper tool against recidivism. i'm sorry you've found yourself in such a spot.

No matter how many times I forget, I want to be reminded over and over.

[It's scary to think about forgetting his friends, but he doesn't want to give in. He's sure that somewhere in his heart those memories still exist. As long as he can be reminded of them, they won't disappear.]

You and half of everyone here man.
I mean I don't know if it's actually half but you could run into someone with something gnarly.

You would do that? For me?

[He doesn't understand the emotion that wells up within him. It's fragile, yet powerful all the same. If he's not careful, he could be buried in its weight.]

Why?

Uhm. I'm sorry too? Σ（・□・；）

[He doesn't really get it, other than a fact that he's being treated unfairly.]

What compensation would you think would have been fair?

Oh, in my case I'm Death, so I don't die that easily!

[He types it so casually, too.]

what the hell

[ Actually, wait...! He knows a death (???) kinda, so maybe this isn't that weird. ]

Okay but does everything here work for you like it should?

Because it's important to me to remember. As long as I remember my friends, they're never truly gone, even if they're not by my side anymore.

[He deeply cherishes all those memories, so forgetting them and never getting a chance to remember again seems... painful.]

I don't want to forget you. I want to always be your friend.

Alright. Then let's make a promise.

[How can he deny such things? He....He always wanted to make friends.]

Take me out on a date every week! Make sure it's enjoyable and memorable every time! And maybe, one day, you'll remember me.

Uh. Good question!

[It's only recently that he remembered and got his full powers back, after all.]

I don't think I can be as omnipotent as I was before, but everything else seems to be up to par? In fact, I think it's nice that they let me keep my human form in here.

Every week?

[Aether smiles to himself, before adding:]

Sure. Every single week. And I'll make sure we both have a lot of fun.

It's a promise.

Hehe. That's a promise, indeed!

So, uh. I'll see you later this week?

Yes! I'll let you know about the time and place. I need to pick something nice first.

Sure. I mean I haven't had any other form, but I gotta hand it to human form.

Hehe. I'm looking forward to it! (*´▽`*)

It's amazing, if you ask me! You can eat and sleep and have fun in ways no other being could! <(￣︶￣)>

Well good luck with your random task hunt, Death Human Guy.

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