[open] it's full moon again, crazy how time flies

[memori3s]

Who: Minato & You!! (and some closed prompts probably)
Where: All over Aldrip
What: April open log/March event fallout. RIP to Aldrip.
Warnings: None yet.



i. dojo

[ There's a large dojo at the edge of Aldrip. It's vacant on most days with the doors locked shut. But if you stop by on certain days of the week, you'll find the gates wide open for any curious visitors.

It's kept clean despite no one living there. Sometimes, you can find food in its kitchen. There's even a TV with a couple of game consoles hooked up to it. It doesn't look like anyone will mind if you give them a try.

There are a few rooms on the second floor. It looks like some people might have once lived here, probably some high school kids. Others are left empty, but there are beds available if people wished to stay there.

For those who can still recall those who once were, this is the Sano Family's dojo, once under the care of Manjiro "Mikey" Sano. They may recall that it was a place where a couple other Chosen once called their home. Either way, it seems there's not a single trace of them outside of their old belongings.

This dojo has a new caretaker now: Minato Arisato. He doesn't seem to mind people stopping by and poking around. Plus, given the ruined residential district, he's opened the place up for people to stay. ]

ii. restoration

[ Aldrip's a mess. It's debris, debris, and more debris as far as the eye can see. But in truth, it's... a little nostalgic. There'd been a mess to clean up in Aldrip upon Minato's arrival too. Things have simply come full circle.

You might find him in the residential district, helping to clear away ruins of destroyed buildings. He might not be particularly strong, but Minato's determined to help with his own hands. He's volunteered to help clean some soot off the few homes that did survive A2's black box explosion.

Or, he might be at city center, putting his work-in-progress gardening skills to use. He imagines that even the little things, like replanting flowers in the gardens and green spaces, might do wonders to boost morale.

Otherwise, he may be at the farmhouse checking on the animals there. The prior month's chaos caused some of the farm animals to flee to the forest. Fortunately, Minato and Koromaru managed to track down all of them, but he still seems a little worried about them breaking out again. He seems a bit concerned about ensuring they all have enough food too, given how all the businesses are closing down... ]

iii. wildcard/current cr option

[ if none of these speak to you, feel free to hmu! We can figure out a custom starter. Otherwise, if you already have CR with Minato you can hit me with a starter and I will mosey right in o7 ]

Comments

[entreats]

[ Ange glances over at him.

She doesn't doubt his words - especially with what she learned the two of them have in common, even if their circumstances surrounding it were very different. If anything, Minato's odd circumstances make those words feel like they have even more weight to Ange. ]

And you don't mind that nothing does?

[ She tries asking it a little lightly, her usual casual deadpan - like she doesn't want to push them in yet another Extremely Deep Conversation when Minato was just innocently trying to plant some flowers. ]

[memori3s]

[ It's refreshing, honestly, to speak with someone who understands that he is intimately aware of how fleeting things in life can be. Even now, there's only a small handful of people who know the ending to Minato's story. Ange might not know exactly how it occurred, but the fact that she knows he has no true home to return to if he ever leaves Aldrip is enough. ]

I do.

[ He sets his shovel down now that the hole in the soil is deep enough. ]

...it would be nice if it could, but... I think the fact that nothing lasts is what makes it more important.

[ So it's all the more necessary to hold onto the things in the present, isn't it? ]

[entreats]

So you're the sort of guy who tries to enjoy the present.

[ For obvious reasons, sure.

But Ange feels like it goes beyond that. With the way Minato is talking about it right now.. Either it's something he's learned in this place, or it's something he's carried with him long before his passing.

It doesn't seem like something that's only there because of that passing in the first place.

Ange doesn't look up from the plants and the work they're doing, though she keeps talking. ]

How enviable. Tons of self help books would describe you as the ideal person, you know?

[memori3s]

[ The shovel set aside means Minato can reach for the tray of flowers. He carefully eases one out of its designated slot, holding it gently by the pressed soil with two hands. ]

The ideal person...?

[ What a strange title. ]

Something like that -- it differs from person to person, doesn't it?

[ Gingerly, he rests the flower within the hole in the ground before reaching for his shovel again.

What a strange title, Minato thinks, for someone who was only half a person. ]