#zenokiller

Welcome back to haunted Isola Radiale, Fuyu!

You will be housed in TOWNHOUSE 220!

You will retain everything you were given in your previous stay.

NOTE: As you were removed in an AC, you have one week to make two in-character posts else you will be considered inactive once more.

Enjoy your stay!

It looks like Fuyu doesn't meet the requirements to allow a hiatus, but we hope you have fun on your vacation!

Something was missing.

Logically, he wouldn’t know what. He didn’t think he should anyways, but this was different from the last time he suffered memory loss. But it was just...something. It wasn’t everything. 

Aki Maeno remembered his name. Remembered growing up in a large, empty estate left to him by his parents after they died. Growing up next-door to the Ushirono family...winding up at the ZENO facility as a doctor, where he then lost all of his memories. Leaving the facility after regaining his memories. Facing down a cult. Solidifying a normal, daily life for the people he loved. It was all there...

But something was missing, because he could feel the strain in his chest, when he looked at Fuyu.

And that wasn’t right.

Fuyu Ushirono had been his best (and only) friend since they were children. Fuyu was the person who genuinely tried to understand him, even if they argued a lot. But those arguments were part of their friendship - it was joking around, and intellectual debates. Somewhere in his mind provided that was no longer the case, that they were more genuine fights, but...

Why?

As much as he tried to be a positive thinker, and push any negativity down before it had a chance to rise up, he couldn’t help but worry. Did Fuyu finally get sick of dealing with him? He wasn’t the easiest to get along with, and he knew some of their arguments even before he felt there was a shift rose up from him doing something that irritated the other boy - but usually those things settled down after awhile. He just tried not to mess up again, and Fuyu understood he was trying.

Or maybe...they had had an argument recently he forgot about and tensions were still high? He wasn’t entirely sure.

Was it bad he was almost getting used to all the strange things going on in this city? Or, rather than used to it...

It was more like the strange ongoings were doing a lot to fuel his curiosity. Almost as soon as the mist rolled in, and the eclipse shone a bright red, he had wanted to adventure off into it to see what was going on. Which was apparently a “stupid idea” and “you’re going to get hurt like that, idiot” or something. What a boring approach!

Though that approach did at least get Fuyu to tag along with him. And even if he was being reckless wanting to explore, his gaze flitted around the mist carefully, waiting for something to pop out. Anything. 

Anything...

Anything but the familiar blue braid he just caught a glimpse of, running further into the mist where he couldn’t make out exactly where it had gone. 

“C’mon, it’s this way!”

It had been a long time since Aki had dragged Fuyu anywhere, but it seemed like he was getting around to it a lot in this city. But with new things to do popping up as often as they were - it was hard to ignore that he wanted to do them with the one person he knew here.

The activity that caught his attention didn’t even necessarily seem like something Fuyu would like but...it was something he liked. And something holiday themed that could be fun for both of them.

That’s why he pulled Fuyu into the building holding the customized kitchen he had heard about, leading him up to one of the screens.

A masquerade... 

Of course, this was something he knew about in theory. While Aki wasn’t one to read novels that contained stories, nor did he enjoy watching television, the concept of a masquerade would be something impossible not to know. Well...and, a mystery novel he had picked up once when he was bored circled around the theme of a masquerade and sorting out identities. 

While he didn’t believe this to be something that he’d come out of having to solve a murder mystery - it was a fun idea. And he had never really been to any parties or big events like this, which made it feel all the more exciting of an idea.

And it turned out...he wasn’t the only one that thought that.

With a thin, lacey black mask on his face and a decorated cane to match his costume for the evening, Aki made his way over to someone across the ballroom - someone he’d recognize, with or without a mask.

“Well, well. I’m surprised a stranger as handsome as you is over here all on your own!”

There’s a wide grin on his face as he shifts the tattered cape he was wearing so he can easily lean up against his cane, taking some weight off of his bad leg as he looks up at the blue haired man in front of him. 

"...heh. Fuyu you emotionally stunted beanstalk, it's just like you to ditch a gift and run."

character headcanons ( accepting ! )

is your muse a fitful or a quiet sleeper?

Fitful, absolutely. He canonically sleeps completely splayed out on his bed and has even been shown to fall out of his bed before, from how much he moves around in his sleep. I don’t think he could sleep quietly without the aid of medication - as we do see him sleeping under medication and doing so silently in some parts of the game and the sequel!

something your muse could never forgive.

It’s hard to say. He’s already forgiven so much of what’s happened to him in his life. Though...those are things other people have done to him. The something he can never forgive will always be...

...himself.

something that makes your muse smile.