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Togame didn't often go to the dog races to gamble, though it had been rumors of a particular man attending said dog races that had drawn him to this particular location. Standing at the top of the bleachers, Togame's gaze slowly slid along the heads of the people attending there ... until he got to the barely recognizable head of black hair. Meandering his way down, Togame soon sits down beside the man, a pleasant smile on his features as he looks over to the practical stranger. Though his reputation proceeded him... enough so that Togame felt like he knew Toji.

Zag one day you will watch Tokyo Revengers and you will understand.

Happy Birthday, Zag!

Huaisang doesn't like dealing with the company and he especially doesn't like dealing with the true nature of the company. However, someone has asked for an audience and they knew how to contact him through private channels. Groaning, he puts his brush down and readies himself to meet the guest.

For once Huaisang wished his golden core was stronger, if it had been, he might not have lost consciousness due to the heat of Nightless City. Then he might not have been left behind and been made to take the displeasure from the others escaping. Everything aches, even if he hasn't been properly tortured yet, just beaten up by Wen Chao and spent the night in a cold cell, but his body had still been healing from the heat exhaustion and then this happened. It doesn't help that he's not had any food yet and just a sip of water. He hates this. He hates it so much, but as soon as his dage finds out, he'll come, Huaisang knows that. For now, he just needs to be brave. He can do that. Or at least he hopes so. It's hard to be brave when you're alone.

HCs!

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Alone: How does your OC deal with loneliness? Have they ever been completely alone before? How do they act when there's no one around to see them?

➤ Nova is used to loneliness or as close to it as she could. So, she doesn't want to go back where she feels like she doesn't have a lot of people. It's why she tries her hardest to keep people around. I can't say she never been completely alone before. She did have somebody with her here and there throughout her entire life. Due to her kind of personality, she always attracted someone willing to stick by her no matter what. Now, when nobody is around her to see how she is, she's a bit more vulnerable with her emotions. It's not that much different than who she is around others. She used to hide her true self a lot before her death. Hiding her true thoughts and emotions from others or showing certain parts of her up until she realizes she is hurting herself more than doing any good.

Future: What's the worst possible future for your OC? Are they taking steps to avoid that outcome? Are they even aware it's a possibility?

➤ In all honesty, the worst possible future for her is going back to her dad. It's a conflicting thing for Nova because she is grateful for what he has done and there. At the same time, he has been trying to put her down more than trying to be there for her. She did cut off every possible contact with him, which further kept it as such after her death. He doesn't even know she is still alive and thinks that she is dead. Very few people from her past knows she is alive. One of them is being her brother, who found it suspicious of what happened to her. But yes, she is aware of this possibility. Now, if we are talking about other versions of Nova, it depends on that verse.

Ghost: Who or what haunts your OC? What happened? How do they live with their ghosts?

➤ Outside of her father, it'll be the fact that she can't say anything about her being alive to those that thinks she is dead. It's a decision she has made upon getting another chance at life because she knows if she show herself to certain people, they will talk. That will lead to situations that she doesn't want to be in. It sucks because every day she thinks about what is going on with those she cares about. Another thing that haunts her is her death. While her death has done a number on her, it's more along the lines of picking her to have another chance. Why her? Why give her - someone so average and possibly undeserving - to get another chance at life? Give it to someone else who could do more with their life. A history-breaking person.

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' the ... the thing ? ' he's only just come back from a bathroom break , ( a legitimate one , for once , ) only to see that the ramune bottle he had expected sakura to finish by the time he had hurried back was still ... completely unopened . watching her struggle was surprising enough that for a moment , he can only blankly take the sight in : this wasn't her very first bottle , was it ?

trying to twist off the cap like that would never have amounted to anything . especially when there was a marble on the inside of it --- even if sakura did somehow manage to terrifyingly wrench the entire top off , she still probably wouldn't have been able to get out a single drop !

it's a thought that spurs him just as soon as she asks for help --- his hands swipe ( washed , but still a little wet , ) onto the lower fabric of his shirt , and he accepts the bottle with a nod and light ' oh , sure ... ! ' in tandem with any prior shock evaporating from his expression . his brows furrow a little , and tearing the plastic off the top , leveraging his palm over the plastic meant to push down onto the marble , he stares at the ramune with an innocent , yet still determined look .

... even he could do something like this , right ?

it should have been just about the simplest thing in the world . and it is : screwing his eyes shut and pressing downwards with a held breath , he hears the drink's usual glugging , shoulder-jump-inducing pop --- only to open his lids to a flash-glimpse of the cap and a pushing geyser rocketing in his face's direction . the plastic launches lands right into the center of his head --- ' waugh ?! ' bouncing off and landing onto the sidewalk with a light little "plack" as he practically drowns in the ramune's agitated eruption . it spews itself in full into his face , then pours sweet and sticky all over his hand . the sensitive membrane of his nose stings and burns as it's attacked by the vengeful fizz and carbon , but even then , he can only try to cover the sabotaged aftermath of his mien , his other hand handing the opened ramune back .

' b ... bathroom . ' what's in his nose slinks grossly down into his throat as he stands , and he miserably coughs and sputters . he hadn't even considered that after so much time of trying to open it , sakura would have accidentally shaken up the bottle enough for it to burst . ' s-orry . ack . i'll be right back ... '