[ we are existing in normal clothing!!! and yuffie is approaching totty, looking him up and down ]

Uh huh... uh huh...

[ look at my keywords eric ]

So you're Todomatsu, huh? [ she has no problem pronouncing it ]

[ FUCKING HELP ME

meanwhile he is blissfully unaware that you're slandering him with your icons ]

Yep, that's right!

[ winning smile!! ]

And you're...

[ ...hm. he didn't pay as much attention to her profile as he did to some of the other girls' once he saw her age, so he just has kind of a vague recollection of what her name looked like. ]

...Ahh, sorry, I'm kind of bad with names! It started with Yu, right?

[ check this one too ]

The great Yuffie! And don't you forget it.

[ also wow rude totty..... except not really, good job not creeping on a 16 year old ]

But there an awful lot of us here. And I'm getting the feeling we're all from different places.

[ hey she's here to fuss ]

Hey.

Hey.

[ he's cleaned up by now and no longer in bloody clothes, and now has a bandage around one of his hands, but he's still pale as hell. ]

Uh, sorry about Pickles.

Not your fault. [ waves it off because she doesn't want to admit she has feelings. no more feelings ]

Are you okay?

[ that's so valid, he fucking hates feelings. ]

Yeah, pretty much. I mean, I could be a lot worse off...

[ looks at... the others from this cyoa... ]

Buuut I could be a lot better, too.

[ help. ]

[ this is actually worse than she thought. six grown ass man depending on their parents for income?? totty please ]

[ ... although ]

I do have to appreciate the hustle.

[ she will give him that much ]

[ AT LEAST THE STARBUCKS MEMORY PROVED THAT HE DID IN FACT GET A JOB AT SOME POINT

BRIEFLY ]

Haha, thanks! That's kind of my specialty.

[ that is true. good job getting a job ]

Yeah? Being all sneaky and clever?

[ relatable ]

[ it's a few hours after execution since she literally just disappeared as soon as it finished, but wherever totty is, yuffie drops in on him. ]

Hey.

[ idfk where he is i guess throws him in the house since i'm going to make that tl in a few anyway ]

Hey. Holding in there okay?

Pssh. I'm kicking ass as always.

[ hence why she disappeared for hours, clearly ]

You? It's been a crazy week, even by this place's standards.

Crazy but less objectively awful than last week, so I guess I'll take it.

[ THOUGH THIS WEEK WAS PRETTY AWFUL FOR HIM PERSONALLY ]

[ HELP, TOTTY.... ]

Bark! Hey, Totty!

[ yuffie looks very cheerful today. despite the barking. ]

Maybe we should be getting away from cute date spots.....

[ BARKS ]

Ah...

[ don't call him out like this ]

...Can you maybe just pretend you didn't hear that, actually? The— not the bark.

[ It's for my sake, too, I don't think I'm ever going to get a date... ]

Well, what are ya offering in return for my silence? Woof.

[ uh oh ]

[ is she at the house or the temporary church clinic... pokes his head in ]

Yuffie-chan? How are you doing?

[ she's at the house! completely wrapped in a blanket so you can barely see any of her. she lifts her arm to wave to totty, but winces ]

Hey, Totty. Shitty, but.... that's just the same as always, right?

[ she is weirdly shaky. also, big sense of regret and guilt and self-loathing ]

[ ah... ]

Yeah, I get that.

[ he has also been projecting a lot of self-loathing this week, so He Does. ]

Do you want me to bring you some of the painkillers, or did you already get some of those?

[ nooooo totty whyyyyyy ]

Painkillers.

.... Please.

[ give ]

[ at the market tuesday morning, currently in front of a stall of handmade ceramics ]

Think we should bring back some more dishes for the house? Though I guess the aesthetics would kind of clash.