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YUYA SAKAKI UN: FUNDIRECTION

STATUS: Student Grade 9

ACCOLADES: (Here is a list of leading roles Yuya's has in school theater performances over the past two years, plus a glowing review of his familiar Odd-Eyes)

BIO: Hello! You can call me Yuya. I'm from Sendai, Japan. This is my second year in Daybreak Academy. I'm a Tamer, and Odd-Eyes is my familiar. He's the big red dragon that hangs out in the courtyards. He's friendly but he tries to steal food sometimes. I speak Japanese and English but not very good French. I'm also in the theater club. I'm in Lumiere 203. Let's be friends!

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[Did Kano know what he was doing getting straight hard alcohol? Yuya certainly doesn't, looking through the flavors with curiosity.

Kano pours him one first, though, and he takes the cup while putting his mug aside and sniffs it before taking a sip. This time he's more prepared, but it's so strong.]

Mm--you'd let me join?!

[Yuya doesn't even know what this club is about.]

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[ He has no idea what he's doing and has never had alcohol in his life. Yuya said pink drinks and so Kano grabbed pink drinks with nothing to dilute them with unless they really want to go the coffee-alcohol route. ]

Yeah, do you want to?

[ He also raises his coffee cup for a toast- like they're not done toasting, it just follows that you're supposed to take a drink after you clink glasses. ]

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Yeah! [Yuya bumps his drink enthusiastically to Kano's before taking another sip. And then a longer one, eyeing the next flavor he wants to try. This burns more than the wine diff, but maybe a different one will be easier.]

I've only been in the drama club, what do we do?

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[ Kano brings his cup up to his lips too, but to smell the coffee and then lower it back onto his knees again, holding onto it with both hands to warm his palms. ]

Hm~ In terms of activities, there's nothing officially scheduled, but on a case-by-case basis there may be group activities everybody is encouraged to participate in. Solving mysteries, scouting areas, those sorts of things~

[ Those sorts of... very purposely vague things... But it's a club from his childhood, with stems in make-believe and now that they're older, it feels more and more on him to create scenarios for them to play, if he wants to keep the group alive. He doesn't entirely mind it, and his illusions are good for orchestrating things too. ]

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[Yuya nods, putting a finger to his lips.] And I don't say a word about it, right? No one else knows about the club?

[He remembers it being a secret, anyway, and there's a look of excitement as he says it. It's exciting, belonging to a group of--friends? Like this.]

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That's how it is~ You catch on quickly!

[ It's essentially a group of friends! Except half of them don't know the other half because Kano's never actually told anybody else who the other members are, they're basically all in the dark about who else is there besides Kano as the common factor. This is why he's not the leader. ]

You're somebody I can count on, and that's one of the most important things~ But I need a verbal okay from you! An official "I'll join!" I won't let you refuse~

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[Yuya laughs, raising his glass in the air.] I'll join! Definitely!

[The lack of choice from Kano is a joke, he thinks... but he's excited either way, grinning as he finishes off the cup of liquor and grabs for a different bottle to pour it to a fourth. This one's next.] Who else is part of it? Maybe we can all come together up here...

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[ Yuya really can hold his liquor, can't he? Kano takes his first sip of coffee; maybe Yuya won't remember any of this by the end of the day anyways. ]

First off, we have miss Minako Arisato, the leader, our Danchou~! Her word is law and you must obey without question~

Dan member number two is Ellie— she's away for a bit, so I call dibs on her share of the spoils of war until she gets back.

Yours truly is number three, and Orihime is our recently joined fourth! As our newest recruit, you take on the number of five.

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[Yuya thinks he's fine, too, giving that pour a taste before sucking it down and moving to the next. But he's going through them quickly, and his digestive system is only just catching up.

If his fingers start to tingle, he's pretty sure that's fine.] Great, I like number five! And I like all of them too, and I like you. I'll definitely obey Minako's Danchou law!

[He's getting chatty, though. Yuya tries out some citrus one next, making a face at the strength of it (too much alcohol, not enough citrus) before trying the next.] Haha, the numbering is kind if like a gang, isn't it? Like my mom.

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[ Tingly fingers are normal, it's the lack of insulation in this little shack. Yuya liking everybody else is a relief; Yuya saying that he likes Kano is somewhat disbelieved still, but swearing to obey Minako no matter what is a good start to being a club member. ]

Like your mom? Did she get roped into something like this too?

[ Meanwhile, Kano shifts some of the bottles from the 'tried' side back over to the 'not yet tried' side, the ones that Yuya didn't make such a disagreeable face towards. ]

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Nooo, she lead it. [Yuya tries aome raspberry one next, and finds it agreeable enough for seconds. His face is noticeably flushed.] I guess it wasn't exactly the same. Because Minako is Danchou and Mom was a Boss.

[Like a real street gang. Which Yuya assumes they won't actually be imitating, but the numbering system reminded him about what his mom told him about her delinquent days.]

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Heh~ I can kinda see that!

[ Not that he remembers the picture of Yuya's mom in his room, but he's just looking at Yuya's hair and yeah, delinquents got that sort of crazy hairstyle, right? It fits. ]

Rather than a danchou, or club leader... more like a banchou! Delinquent boss! How cool!!

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Yes! [Yuya swings his drink in emphasis, before downing it at once.] She told me stories when I asked about her motorcycle, and she gave me my goggles and said when I'm older she'll teach me how to ride it.

[Yuya pours the next one slower, trying to keep his hand steady.] Wouldn't that be cool?

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Lucky, lucky~ That's super cool!

[ Here, let him take that bottle from Yuya's hands, nudging a prompt for Yuya to hold his cup with two hands for a steadier grip while he leaves the pouring to Kano. A full cup, right up to the brim. ]

That's the dream, you know? Riding off into the sunset~ Doesn't that sound romantic?

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[It takes Yuya a second, but he catches on and grips his cup firmly. Some of it spills, and he drinks as much from the brim at once to get it down.]

Uh, yeah... [He shifts the cup so he can lick the spilled liquor off his hands before it gets sticky.] And riding around town, that'd be a lot of fun.

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Hm~ I wonder what everybody would think of that? Becoming a biker gang~

[ But first, he needs to get a bike. Second, he needs to learn how to ride a bike. Then dreams can happen!! ]

We could all ride over to the amusement park or somewhere to meet up and play and then go home, there's lots of freedom with bikes~

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[Yuya nods emphatically, easily falling into daydreaming about driving around the amusement park on a motorbike. Maybe he can ask to learn to ride early, he's almost fifteen. That's old enough.

He brinks rapidly, trying to clear his blurring vision before turning back to Kano with a wide smile.] I want to do that. Thanks for letting me in your club, Kano.

--Hey, hey, can I ask about the place from before?

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No problem, no problem~ I'm happy to have you, you know?

[ It's kind of nice seeing Yuya happy like this, even if it's drunk happy, and Yuya's pretty much usually happy whenever Kano sees him unless there's murder going on somewhere. But this is good and he likes this too, sipping from his coffee and peering at Yuya over the rim of his cup. ]

What place from before? The cafe on our floor?

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The big illusion! [Yuya gestures vaguely, lowering his cup.] Is it real? Do you know it, did you live there?

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Hm~ Part and part?

[ Haha, what a vague answer, but can he say it's real when it's an illusion? He has to know places in order to recreate them, but it's not like he has to have every little detail down to a T, and can pull things out of his own imagination too. The basic framework was his hometown, the places where the details are sharpest, but the rest of it... part and part. ]

What's up? You want to go skywalking there again?

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[Yuya's shoulders ease a little, slowly weighed down by the alcohol. He's pausing his fervent drinking as it makes his head buzz, and he has to keep blinking.]

I want to hear why it's special to you. [In a phrase, anyway. Why he chose it to show Yuya, what about it makes it something that he could create in such well crafted detail. Maybe it's not all accurate with how big it is, but Kano has to have a reason for choosing it, right?]

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Special... Hmm, I don't really know! I guess it's just what's in my head? You stick around someplace long enough, it gets into your subconscious like that, like how dreams work? I could've shown you different parts of campus, but wouldn't that be boring?

[ That's as much as he'll allow, the admission that it's somewhere he knows very intimately, just through familiarity alone. It's not as if it's special in the sense that he's fond of the town, or even likes it very much. He'd sat in that park entire afternoons and evenings by himself, forbidden to talk to anybody else. He'd walked those streets on errands, doing everything he can to not lash out at anybody who looked his way, whispering behind his back as if he could not hear.

Special would've been the apartment he shared with his mother, but he can't let Yuya see that, or he'd worry even more, over the state of it. A part of him regrets showing Yuya as much as he has already; he really should've gone with Disneyland or something out of a movie... ]

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So you did live there? [Yuya finishes his cup of liquor, but doesn't move to refill it yet.] Is it Tokyo? Lots of people seem to come from Tokyo to here. Like Nana!

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[ Kano goes ahead and refills it with something pink and very strong; maybe it'll knock Yuya out and he won't have to talk about this anymore. ]

Nah, not Tokyo~ [ It was just a normal little town in America, that he doubts anybody would recognize the name of or care, so he takes the chance to regain control of the conversation and turn the questions back around. ]

I've never actually been to Tokyo! Or Japan, for that matter~ How 'bout you? Is it fun over there?

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[Yuya doesn't appear to even notice Kano filling his cup yet, shoulders sinking. But he's lucky, because Yuya is extremely easy to redirect like this.]

No... I'm from Sendai, and that's waaaaay north! [He points up for emphasis, his gaze heavy despite his grand gestures.] I've never visited Tokyo, but I want to. Toki's from there too!

[It's only then he looks down and realizes there's alcohol in his cup, after a second of staring, and then proceeds to bring it up to his mouth. He doesn't seem to be having a reaction to the potency anymore, or any of the hesitation he had earlier. As long as Kano keeps providing, he keeps drinking.]