2026-04-16: True Masculinity
- Log: True Masculinity
- Cast: Koh Katsuhiro, Reiya Aomori
- Where: Iwatodai Station, Iwatodai City
- OOC Date: April 16, 2026
- IC Date: October 26, 2012
- Summary: Koh lays a cunning social trap for Reiya that results in them hanging out! They discuss a few things, and Reiya makes an incorrect guess--but gains a new mission. Koh pays for dinner.
<Pose Tracker> Koh Katsuhiro has posed.
Since finals Koh has zoomed away, having left brief messages in the dorms and with Mitsuru before vanishing to do important work.
Said work is now finished and he's decided to check in on his various friends, Reiya being one of the foremost on the list. So they're come to Iwatodai station, which is Koh's second favorite stomping ground. Hagakure was promised.
But it's a trap!
"Hey, Reiya-san, do you mind if we go by a few stores first? I have a few things to pick up. And it gives us time to catch up!"
<Pose Tracker> Reiya Aomori has posed.
Reiya has wondered where Koh might have gone off to. But he hasn't asked, and he hasn't snooped. Not yet, anyway. But now that Koh is back and here...
"Hm?" Reiya asks, and considers the ramen before him. Is it acceptable to wait on it? ...yes, it must be. For ramen is a thing that can be savored to taste.
And so he is TRAPPED.
"That's fine," Reiya answers. "I would like to catch up. It's been some time since we've had a chance to talk more than basic greetings in the dorm."
<Pose Tracker> Koh Katsuhiro has posed.
"Good, I need your advice." And so the ramen is passed over briefly as the head over toward the winding stairs.
But he isn't in enough of a hurry the he doesn't want to talk. So Koh ends up lingering by one of the vending machines as he scans the second floor.
"Yeah, it's been a little while. Actually..."
The vending machine makes a couple ka-chunks before it spits out two Aguafeena bottles. He offers one. "How's Igarashi-san doing? Sorry I haven't checked in for a bit."
<Pose Tracker> Reiya Aomori has posed.
"Oh?" Reiya asks. He is willing to give advice, if asked. "If my insights or expertise can help you, I'd be glad to."
But less formally, he likewise lingers by the vending machine for a moment--and accepts a bottle. "Thank you." Pause. "...She's all right," he says. "She's recovered well from her ordeal."
Pause. "...I'm still thinking about some things about that. You see... She remembers. Not all the details, but she remembers 'monsters', and a scary place, and that we arrived to help."
<Pose Tracker> Koh Katsuhiro has posed.
"Hmm." Koh replies, brows furrowing as he thinks that through. "I don't really know how cases like that go. The only one rescued before was Fuuka-san, right? And her friend"
He takes a swig from his drink, then gives it a shake as he considers further.
"Is that going to be a problem? I mean, I don't think she'll wander back into Tartarus. At least, I hope."
<Pose Tracker> Reiya Aomori has posed.
"We don't have many," Reiya agrees. "That's right. There may be more in the future, but those are the examples we have; a Persona-user, and a non-Persona-user. Now we have another non-Persona-user..."
He opens the bottle, and takes a swig too, thoughtful.
"No," he says. "She's chosen to keep secret what she knows. ...And she's unlikely to wander in again."
"But it could have been. And... I'm not sure what i'm going to do about it, regardless."
<Pose Tracker> Koh Katsuhiro has posed.
"Yeah...well, I'm glad she's okay. I don't know SEES official policy, but, I'd try to work it out with her." He pauses. "But that's easy for me to say, I guess."
He considers again. And then is compelled to note: "She looks kind of like Takeba-san."
<Pose Tracker> Reiya Aomori has posed.
"You think?" Reiya wonders. "The reason she left is that I couldn't share my secrets with her. Or wouldn't, I suppose. But now that she knows one of those big secrets..." He gestures. "It would be nice. But there's..." He considers. "There's someone else who seems interested. But I'm not sure. So in case I'm wrong, I can't say her name yet. But if I learn more, you'll be one to know."
Easy for him to say.
"..."
"They're both in archery club," Reiya answers, and glances pointedly aside. "They thus have similar musculature, and their hairstyles both need to be out of the way of their bows..."
"Ahem. that said, you said you needed advice?"
<Pose Tracker> Koh Katsuhiro has posed.
"Well, it'd be fair to her, right?" Koh asks. "Talking things out is usually the best option."
Just not the things Koh doesn't want to talk about.
"You'd know better than me, though."
He listens attentively when Reiya describes the noted similarities. Koh nods along, as if receiving important instruction.
"I guess they all have that look." He can't hide a little bit of amusement.
And then he smiles fully. "Ahaha, yeah. I need help picking out a movie. Do you know any good sci-fi?"
He points up. The net cafe was the target all along!
<Pose Tracker> Reiya Aomori has posed.
"It would," Reiya allows. "Talking it out... would be best. Regardless of what came of it. We've both put that conversation off for a while."
But he would know. "I'll think on it. Thank you for the input."
It's very important!! "Yes. So there's no need to think more of their similarities."
But--hm? "Hmmm." Reiya puzzles at Koh for a moment. "Is that all, then? Well..."
Net cafe! "I do know some good sci-fi," he allows. "There's 'Cliff', the old epic. It's had a few releases; it involves a far future with space travel and a mysterious 'spice.'"
"The X-Folders..."
He considers. "But I think trying something 'new' could also be good. Let's see what they have."
<Pose Tracker> Koh Katsuhiro has posed.
"Right. No need." Koh agrees somberly.
And soon enough they stand before the doors of the Cafe.
"Well, I'd like to find some martial arts tapes too, but yeah. That's all. I'm studying up." For sci-finals, maybe?
"Wait, that's not a cooking movie?" He asks of Cliff, "I thought the spice they were always talking about was, like, garlic." But it's a good recommendation, and he commits it to memory. "New'd be good too. I was checking if there was anything good playing near the mall..."
Sadly Koh is able to keep one entire secret, so he is compelled once more. This time to ask: "...You probably know why, right?"
<Pose Tracker> Reiya Aomori has posed.
"Those I can also recommend," Reiya says. "Do you have a particular style that interests you?"
Martial arts and sci-fi...
"It is not. I do not know that it includes any food at all, actually. The 'spice' allows them to travel through space over long distances. Sort of."
Anything good... Hmm. "Maybe. It is still not too late in the year for those..."
One secret!! However, he may overestimate Reiya's social senses. So Reiya blinks once, and then considers. He goes through the data available to him. "Martial arts movies..."
"And sci-fi."
Pause. "You are considering a movie night at the dorm?"
<Pose Tracker> Koh Katsuhiro has posed.
"Oh, well, the martial arts stuff I meant as more practical. I feel like I've been crying too much in front of all the girls, so I need to do something manly." Such are the practical concerns of Koh Katsuhiro.
But Reiya's guessmakes him laugh. Warm and genuine.
"Reiya-sanI guess we need to hang out more." It's the punishment for guessing wrong. "But that's not a bad idea."
"Alright, let's grab some stuff and I'll pay for dinner. Hagakure is okay, right? Wakatsu is okay too." Sushi feels like something the other boy might like more.
<Pose Tracker> Reiya Aomori has posed.
"Ah," he says. Then nods firmly. "Yes. A man must be strong and fast both. I will find you a selection that will allow you to consider true masculinity." It is his mission, now. Reiya always fulfills his mission.
The laugh gets a tilt of Reiya's head, as he entirelyf ails to grasp it. "I find that idea acceptable," he says. "We should."
Pause. "...There's also been talk of desserts going around."
"If you insist," Reiya allows. "But I can." A pause. "Hagakure is good. Their broth is quite distinctive. We shall eat at Wakatsu next time, and it will be on me."