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Kezao Tsujii // Associated with Doubt Academy 4: Rubble

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"I wasn't kiddin'. I really want you dead."

Hoooo boy.

Kezao's initial opinion of Airi was... more or less neutral? It wasn't as if he didn't like her, they just hadn't spoken enough for him to form really any opinion of her. He knew that she had been close to Kamille/Madoka, that she was one of his suitemates (after she started staying in Minho's room), and... that was really it. Kezao still considered her somewhat of a friend, though?

Unnntil Sasaki's trial, that is. He didn't really take kindly to Airi... throwing the soup he'd made for her to get better on one of his friends? And on top of that, he tends to get a little sour when people intentionally dump out food like that, especially when it's his. So on top of her hurting one of his friends, it felt like a personal insult?

His entire thoughts about her from that point onward were just "lol fuck you". At that point, though, it... might've actually been possible for them to kind of make up, though? I don't think they'd be completely okay, but at least not have trouble staying in the same room...?

BUT then she killed Mayumi and framed Shuu? Which, Kezao had always kinda thought of Mayumi as someone STRONG and TRUSTWORTHY and then for Airi to kill her on /accident/ and then kill one of his friends /on purpose/? He would never say it out loud, but he really does wish ill on Airi. :'} Mostly because he thinks it's unfair that Airi lived while Shuu died. Which is actually pretty unfair of him, lmao.

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"I... I didn't mean for you to die..."

At first, Kezao thought really highly of Chitose, honestly?

It was during that one room check that his opinion of her went downhill. Very quickly. Noboru and Kezao found a pillow with something hidden in it (her medicine, although they didn't know at the time) and, when they thought it was evidence and tried to see it or take it, well... Chitose grabbed Noboru and, what with it being so soon after a murder, all Kezao could see was someone who was probably just killed attacking one of his closest friends.

And it scared him.

So he tried to grab the "evidence" and Noboru and get out, but... Chitose grabbed Kezao and pulled him back in. Really, the whole situation could've been avoided if Kezao had reacted more calmly, I think? But too late for that...

And he really didn't hate Chitose? He's just protective of the friends he has and thought she was a threat to them, and so wanted as little to do with her as possible. Him being cold to her was mostly him being unable to/choosing not to hide his feelings. His vote in the final trial was him earnestly thinking she was involved, not anything malicious. Granted, if he'd thought for long, he probably would've gotten that that wasn't the case, but, y'know.

If he could go back and change his vote, he really would.

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predespair is wild

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[kezao voice] aaaAAAAAAAA

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★

"...Thank you..."

Honestly, Kezao never really put too much thought toward Sasaki? They never really had any one-on-one conversations or anything. He DID notice that she was one of the people to run out after Chisato had been punished, and he never really got a chance to thank her for it (not that he would've realized that he SHOULD have said something about it, since he's blissfully oblivious of damn near everything, but... yeah). He sees her as a good person- selfless, even, since he was like "whoa, she doesn't even KNOW Chisato and she's going to help!".

Sasaki was someone he feels like he should've gotten to know better, really? A good person. Perhaps even too good for him, hahaha...

(srry for him telling people to vote hiyok in ur trial btw :"{ )

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i wanna do stars too send me a star if u want a shitty cooks opinion of ur character

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Abnormal Days: Noboru - The Fallen Guardian (Body Reveal; RE: Chisato)

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She blinked and looked behind her at where Noboru would have been. Well, that was odd. She shrugged and followed him into the other room, writing down a response to his musings as he went.

"That certainly does seem excessive. Were they trying to incapacitate her to administer the poison? But that seems unnecessary…why not just use brute force then?"

She waved her hand dismissively.

"But I suppose we’ll work that out sooner or later."

She briefly separated from him to explore other rooms of the basement. Nope. Nope. N— huh? She did a double-take and frowned. Then she poked her head out the door and beckoned Noboru over.

"You’ll want to see this, Watanabe-kun."

There on the ground was quite a bit of [REDACTED]. Yes, it certainly was a lot of [REDACTED]. Wow.

"That certainly implies something, doesn’t it?

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Look at all that [REDACTED]. Considering which room they were looking at, Noboru was tempted to jump right to conclusions, but… no, no. That was a bit too obvious.

“… Hmph.”

He wasn’t completely sure what to think, to be honest. The presence of the [REDACTED] would imply some sort of involvement, but… it could also just be an attempt to frame Shuu - or… any of his other guards, for that matter.

“It can imply a lot of things, but… bah. I guess we could ask the prisoner himself. This did kind of happen right in front of him, after all.”

Noboru made a face.

“But anyway. I wonder what’s up with all the [REDACTED]. Do they actually… do anything…?”

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Deep breaths, Tsujii. Deep breaths.

Today was going to be one of those days, wasn't it?

Being woken up to the sound of Monobear calling for a murder (yet again... it was starting to become routine, which made it all the worse in his opinion) was just the beginning, of course. After that, he'd had the misfortune to find Shuu Shimura. Still chained up. Covered in broken glass and plant matter.

But... whatever! Whatever. Things had been sorted out as well as they could be, and Kezao stood up a little straighter. Yes! It was time to investigate for real! Catch a murderer!

...Bleh.

As if he could stay anything resembling positive in this sort of situation. His energy for that sort of thing had been drawn out long, long ago-- But...

Some familiar faces managed to bring a smile to his face, though.

"Noboru-kun! Chisato-chan!"

He waved, and... not sure if they really were paying attention, he stumbled-- oh, shit, augh, and then righted himself, walking over into the dungeon as quickly as he could.

"G... Good morning, guys! Or, er, I'm meanin'... As good as it's going to get, aah... Something tells me it's going to be, ah, a very long... long... and, um, eventful day."

He dropped his hands to his sides, smiling nervously at the both of them. Was he interrupting something...?

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(Ab)Normal Days { Kezao } Re: Kaito

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Kaito felt the other return the hug, and his smile softened and his eyes closed for a brief moment. He was so tired. Kaito felt the other breathing alive against him, the pulse of Kezao’s heartbeat… he was so alive. There was nothing that made Kaito happier than his friends, the one he loved, alive. Alive and well. Alive and here.

"Heh, I’ve been doin’ alright. Been better, I guess. Can’t sleep. But…"

He tightened the hug.

"Yer safe… and that’s all that matters t’ be honest…"

Kaito held him close, so that Kezao could feel Kaito’s breathing, Kaito’s heartbeat, to let him know that, as much as he was struggling, the SCUBA instructor was still alive. He was here, and he was alive.

"Oh my god… yer here… yer fine… I can’t… I so happy yer OK…"

For the upteenth time in how many days, Kaito looked like he was going to be reduced to tears let again. His body trembled, his hug wavered, and his breath hitched in his throat. He didn’t want to let go — he’d let go so much already.

"I don’t want ya t’ leave… I just… I don’t w-wanna lose ya t-too…"

It appeared the instructor had had a rough past couple of days.

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happy late birthday shaiber thunder shaider

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nerbs in hoodies

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i also drew this last night but forgot to upload it lmao

meet ~all natural~ kezao

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quick warm-up shuubert idk

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(Ab)Normal Days {Kezao} Comfort Food {Re: Chisato, Noboru, Airi}

After taking a quick look in the places Chisato had mentioned she missed and turned up… Nothing. Ah well, at least he tried… But, it looked like every other room in the entirety of the castle had been spot-cleaned for evidence, and there wasn’t much left for Kezao to actually investigate…

Hm.

…He could still do something with the time they had left, though.

He made his way (read: ran) over to the kitchen, pulling out two pots, a rice cooker, four bento boxes and three thermoses. With that all set up, he headed into the pantry, picking up a bag of rice, a couple of boxes of chicken broth, a package of bread, a container of dry noodles, a couple of carrots, onions and celery stalks, and… eugh, instant mild curry mix. As much as he hated to do it, throwing the mix in would be several times easier than trying to make it from scratch… And he was damn tired.

With everything together, he set to work, putting the rice in the rice cooker, mixing up and heating the curry, cutting the veggies, cooking the noodles… It was a fairly quick, meal, really, but it’d probably be enough to give the three enough of a boost to get them through the trial, right?

After everything was done cooking, he carefully arranged each of the four bentos, putting a fairly large serving of rice and curry in each one (better more than not enough…) and pouring each of the three thermoses full of soup. And once that was done, he took out the pieces of bread, carefully cutting them into the shape of little bear and cat heads and tucking them in the boxes, throwing in a few more for Noboru’s and Airi’s… Just to be cute.

And then he piled his many boxes and thermoses in his arms, heading back to the infirmary without even bothering to clean up…

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Abnormal Days { Kezao } I'm not a Subcultural Tomato, You Are {Re: Chisato}

Another body discovery?

Kezao lay in bed, staring up at the ceiling and only half-listening to the words of Monobear filling up the otherwise-silent room. Ugh, what he would’ve given to get to lay in bed for another few hours, catch up on the sleep he’d missed, y’know, have a murder-free morning. At the end of the announcement, Chisato shot out of the room, and Kezao took that as his cue to actually get up and start the day.

"You oughta be gettin’ up, too, Noboru-kun."

He kicked his blankets off, crouching next to it for a moment to straighten everything back up… Pull the sheets and blankets back up to look nice and neat, fixing the position of his pillow, setting up Rilakkuma in his usual spot, pushing that thing down beneath the covers to hide it from plain view… There!

…

That was the moment that Kezao realized the room was eerily quiet.

He rose to his feed, edging around the bed to find Noboru’s blanket nest surprisingly empty. No, no, ignore the ache in your chest, check the bathroom… Maybe he just went to take a morning shower o-or use the toilet before the announcement came on! Maybe during the announcement, and Kezao was just… not paying enough attention!

A quick scan of the bathroom, and the ache had turned into a pain.

He didn’t even bother to put an apron on before rushing down to the Pink Gallery.

Once there, he pushed and shoved his way to the front of the crowd, not even muttering any ‘sorry's or 'excuse me's. He didn't have the time, if what he was afraid of was to be true… And now, at the front row of the body reveal, he looked down at—

Sasaki.

(he was ashamed to say he was glad…)

…But, that still raised a big question. Where, then, was Noboru? Kezao glanced around at the crowd, wondering if the missing monster boy was lurking around, and—

KEZAO

That was his name, alright.

A few bouncing steps forward, and he was right in front of her, staring down with a nervous-looking smile.

"Did you need somethin’, Chisato-chan? Or… did you see Noboru-kun?"

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(Ab)Normal Days { Kezao } Re: Motive

The announcement over the intercom captured Kezao’s attention, and he dropped basically everything he was doing (which was just going through the kitchen’s equipment for the umpteenth time…) to head out of the door and into the Great Hall.

Where he was disappointed to find that Monobear had been faking the attitude he had in said announcement. Kezao couldn’t help but sigh and step to the back of the crowd. He wasn’t feeling particularly chummy towards the thing after recent events (read: chisato), and a motive for another murder so soon after the events of the last was something he would’ve given an awful lot to avoid.

But, whatever. It was happening whether Kezao wanted it to or not, might as well pay attention…

Despair Fever?

Like… a disease? A fatal disease? How did that even work…? Was Monobear even capable of doing something like that?

…

Aaand, hearing Nao’s outburst over to the side was evidence enough for him that it was a real thing that was actually happening. He backed out of the room, heading directly to the infirmary, where he dug through the supply closets and shelves until he produced a box of surgical masks, pulling one onto his face… These were supposed to stop the spread of disease and whatever, right…? Although he wondered if they would help much after being in the same room as people who were infected…

…

Better late than never, right?

(something in the back of his mind told him it was too late)

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kaito + cat children