IC INBOX FOR MASK OR MENACE

[nagachika]

 

AYOOO!! Hey there, sorry, I can't reply right now but if you wanna leave me a message I'll get back to you as soon as possible! If I'm out on some adventure, it might take a bit longer than you'd like! If it's a pretty girl, feel free to leave your phone number for me, too! Yooooosh!!
[ text ; email ; voice ; video ; in-person ]

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[ text ]

[anthropophagite]

Hide, do you want to go to a bonfire with me?

[ text ]

[nagachika]

Bonfire?

You mean like. One of those huge fires, marshmallows and sweater-weather sort of things??

voicemail;

[runningstart]

Yo dude. Uhhh, this is weird.

Anyway, Annie made me promise to call you if I wanted cupcakes and I was like, starving in prison and stuff so I really needed them. But she said to go running with you. You're a speedster or something? Fresh out the Port or whatever? Anyway, ring me back if you want.

I'm Wally.

voicemail > voicecall

[nagachika]

[He reminds himself to kiss Annie later--or rather, to wave her a few blown kisses from a safe distance. She'd really done him a favour, and he didn't even ask for it.

A guy who knew he was a 'speedster', and someone to 'go running with'--was it his birthday? Nah, too early; too early. He'll call back as soon as he notes the voice message--and hopes the guy picks up. When he inevitably does; be prepared to be met with one hell of a cheery voice; Wally.]

Hey--returnin' your call here! 's Nagachika, Nagachika Hideyoshi. Don't think somethin' like this weird; man, this is by far the least weirdest thing I can think of.

Ya really mind takin' me runnin'? I ain't no-where as experienced as a guy like you, but you can bet your two legs I'll do my damnedest to keep up.

[ Text ]

[enucleation]

[ ID reads: Centipede ]

She is "Rabbit".

[ Hide knows who this is and whom Kaneki is talking about. There is only one person from their world who arrived recently.

Touka will kill Kaneki, but Kaneki thinks Hide should know for a whole bunch of reasons, but mostly so things make sense. He did tell his friend he'd tell him things as they go. ]

[ Text ]

[nagachika]

[He'll never quite be used to that ID. What a strange name, 'Centipede'. Maybe later he'd ask why.]


'She'? You mean Touka-chan?

[His lips thin a little. She's the Rabbit. She's the one who killed a number of CCG Members. He knew she was a ghoul, but...]

Guess I should ask. 'Should I be worried'?

Voicemail

[hunterrabbit]

[It had been tempting to simply send a text, but this is the sort of thing she needs to hear from Hide in his own voice. When the message starts recording, she's doesn't speak right away, and stares at the screen for a good few seconds.

There's no point in hesitating now, though. This wasn't going to get any easier, no matter what she did.]

How long?

[That's all Touka says, but she doesn't think she needs to elaborate. 'How long have you known about me'?]

voicemail --> voicecall

[nagachika]

[He didn't expect to receive a message from Touka like this. He could only guess what those singular, darkly-spoken words meant: How long? How long have you known what I am?

He could feel his heart skip an uncomfortable beat as he grips his communicator a little tighter--attempting to catch his breath before he pushes a callback on his phone. Waiting for her to, hopefully pick up. Much like when Kaneki answers the phone--he'll begin speaking without giving Touka as much as a chance to say 'hello'.]

I guess my first words should be something along the lines of 'I'm sorry', or 'I should have said something earlier'. but.

It honestly doesn't make me see you any different, Touka-chan. Despite how long I've known.

[ text ; backdated to 11th, after the Horsemen plot is done ]

[enucleation]

[ this is so awkward. So all of it wasn't his fault; Lucifer and his rings and whatever it was, Kaneki knows it wasn't his fault but it doesn't make it less embarrassing. All the things he said to Hide, the way he begged him not to abandon him... honestly, how does he address all of that?

Hide probably knows Kaneki wasn't himself at the time, but... ]

I hope you won't be making fun of me for all eternity, after what happened. [ sure. this is a way to address it ]

[text]

[nagachika]

[Maybe it was a BIT awkward, having fallen asleep on his bed with someone wrapped completely around you--a new experience, for sure, having to sleep with someone quite literally attached--it wasn't really a bad experience. He'd missed dinner and fell asleep way earlier than he'd meant to; but.

It was almost unsurprising that Kaneki had disappeared at some point during the night. The text he'd received following was a comforting one; at least. He hadn't been wrong that his friend wasn't right.]

Why would I make fun of you? I mean, sure, it was a bit weird to have you clinging to me for that long, but.

...Were you upset or somethin'?

Actually in person bc I do what I want

[maime]

[Due to Maine's nature, a lot of the time he and Hide existed together in their appartment without actually conversing. And a lot of that was Hide chattering at him. He didn't mind, he'd make sure Hide knew if he did mind.

It's in the midst of this chatter (he doesn't know what about, he wasn't really listening because he'd recently rediscovered television and was understandably distracted) that he remembers something he needed to look into. He growls at Hide as a cue that he needs to say something, so shut up for a second]

[nagachika]

But seriously, this guy, he was like 'I didn't have anything to do with it', and yet there he was; with spray paint on his hands, the same colour as--

[It was just another one of those days, it really was. It isn't often that Maine tells him to shut up, it's pretty nice to have someone that'll actually listen to all of your stupid work stories.

But the minute Maine growls at him, it's pretty immediate that he cuts his story off, a blink and a look of surprise on his face.]

--Eh? Something up, buddy?

[ text ] i'm sorry for these things

[enucleation]

[ and the next day after the smallest of kisses which apparently was enough to freak kaneki out, he decides to act cool about all of this watch him ]

Next time it's better if you don't eat chocolate. Just in case. [ BAM smoothness. ]

[ text ] 20 minutes later

[enucleation]

Do you want to meet again, later on?

[ text ] 8 minutes later

[enucleation]

Nagachika.

[ text ] An hour later

[enucleation]

Your boss said you didn't come in to work, where are you? [ stalker macstalky ]

[ text ] 2 minutes later

[enucleation]

Answer me.

Because you don't have enough concerned texts already

[maime]

Where are you
There's no dinner in the fridge
???

[Priorities]

[Billy Mays voice] BUT WAIT THERES MORE; two hours later

[maime]

Assuming you're with your "sweet thing
Leave a note next time

[hunterrabbit]

Hey. You wanna do us a all favor and answer your phone?

[text]

[hunterrabbit]

I'm serious, dammit! This isn't funny!

[nagachika]

Continued from here.

"Kind'a convenient how that works, huh?" He crosses his arms behind his arms as they walk, his head tipping a bit towards her. Yes, she's being observed--but not in the way that she thinks.

If this WAS an information session, it was remarkably pathetic. For someone who worked for the police, Hideyoshi probably came off as pretty bad at any sort of info-digging--but alas, they're on two separate pages here.

"I don't! I completely cleared my schedule today, for this." Dates were important to finish properly, you couldn't just run off at the end of it because you were late for something!! "Besides, it's a pretty nice afternoon, right? It'd almost be a waste to ride a stuffy train home." not that he ever took the train since he gained the ability to run like he did.

text

[maime]

[It's not often that Maine contacts Hide at work. With his laid back temperament he generally just waits til his roommate gets home if he has something to ask him. In this case it's not the urgency so much as the subject matter that is driving this.]

Hide
how do dates work

text

[nagachika]

[Not that he minds getting texts at work from Maine--hell, usually he's the one texting HIM with updates or stupid calls he gets, but...

This was strange.

And completely grin-worthy.]

Who's the lucky lady? ヾ(๑’ε`๑)

[ Voicemail ]

[enucleation]

[ so the day after they came back from the music festival. Which they didn't actually see, in the end. Small details.

How is he supposed to act with Hide now? Kaneki has no idea, everything is awkward and terribly embarrassing to him. How do normal people do this? But Ken does want to hang out with him, and that's only natural, right? His head is filled with Hide right now and despise being so embarrassing, he wants to hang out with him. Be with him.

So he will leave a voicemail. Not text. Voice. ]

Hey- [ what does he say next? ] It's Ken. [ besides that, he knows who this is obviously ]

Er- are you busy? Not now. You are probably working. Later on, I don't know- I thought we could go to the movies. [ that's a thing they haven't done in ages, right. ]

[ Voicemail ] -> [Voice]

[nagachika]

[Natural, right. You're supposed to act natural!! Even if things felt awkward, this was just... how these things went, right? So what if they missed the whole music festival in the face of doing... other things together? Fact of the matter was, they spent time together, and that was the most important thing!!

So of course, when he gets the voice mail (Voice mail, he actually got a voice mail, this was rare. He's saving it for the future.), he's going to respond to it as soon as he can. He'll take an early break if he has to, kipping in between two buildings so he can talk.]

Hoooh. Strange for you to call me instead of textin' Ken. [You can almost HEAR the grin in his voice.] Work's out in a half hour, so if ya got the patience to wait that long t'see me, I guess I can keep my schedule clear to go see a film with you.

[There's a bubble in his voice, he's clearly happy.]
Dy'a got anything in mind?

Between 25th and 26th

[enucleation]

[ Kaneki will be delivering his presents between the 25th and the 26th. For Hide, he will be giving headphones, and a red ad black sweatshirt ]

Delivery

[enucleation]

[ On the 14th, Kaneki will be leaving a box with presents for Hide in order to celebrate the White Day. While he has homemade chocolate to offer, he will also add a small white chocolate cake and a small sketch of Hide (that looks decent, unlike a certain someone's sketches); on the sketch he wrote "Happy White Day" in Japanese, along with his signature and on the back it says "I'll meet you after work". ]