005 >> august 25 - afternoon - text

[hollowleg]

[Just a simple text message, this time. Odd, from the usually wordy Shiro]

No martial arts practice this week, unless someone else wants to lead.

none next week either. or until further notice.

if someone else wants to be in charge, contact me and me only.

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[shiromadoushi]

Something happen?

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[hollowleg]

yes

[helpful, shiro.]

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[shiromadoushi]

What?

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[hollowleg]

mamoru's not in the club anymore.

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[hopediesalone]

i can still handle the krav maga and eskrima stuff i've been teaching, but i'm not really trained in the other shit.

i can keep teaching my styles for now, but i don't feel good about leaving the rest out



What's going on?

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[hollowleg]

fine. if you want to show up and teach I'm sure some people will go.

mamoru's out of the club.

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[shiromadoushi]

[[There's a pause]]

Shit.

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[hollowleg]

that's putting it mildly.

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[shiromadoushi]

I don't think I know any words that would cover it any better.

Fuck. He's the second one today too. The fuck is going on?

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[hopediesalone]

Shit.

are you sure? how long has it been? sometimes people forget for a while without leaving, it happened with kotetsu

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[hollowleg]

don't know. don't care. just angry. asshole. leaving me alone to deal with his shit.

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[hollowleg]

sent him a PM to ask him about something earlier-- don't even remember what it was. Number wasn't functional. Visited him at work and he asked me what the hell was wrong with my teeth. haha...

the moron cop?

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[shiromadoushi]

He's still your brother. Even if he's out of the club doesn't mean he can't help you out?

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[hopediesalone]

i guess that answers it for now then.

yeah. [Kotetsu may be his friend but he can't really argue with that description]

he was freaking the fuck out when it happened, it all came back and hit him at once

if we're lucky it'll be the same with mamoru before long.

for now though, much as I hate to say it, the best course is to operate like this is gonna stick even if we can't know and don't want that

[wirsinddiejager]

fine with me. havent really been needing the lessons since the first time anyway. whats the reason though.

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[vetala]

What happened?

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[hollowleg]

... no. trying to include people outside of the club is just asking for trouble. he might try and get me committed for "my own good" or something.

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[hollowleg]

I guess. shouldn't be too hard, anyway. before this numbers club nonsense we never really saw each other, or talked to each other, even thought we lived in the same city. it'll be just like that again.

[except now he feels a hundred times more empty for reasons he can't quite place]

[hollowleg]

yeah, you got some sort of pulse right.

mamoru's the reason.

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[shiromadoushi]

I guess...

You really think he'd do something like that? I mean, even without his memories, he's still family.

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[hollowleg]

the guy running it is out of the club. so unless someone else steps up...

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[hollowleg]

we weren't exactly super close before this whole thing. we were, when we were younger, but we grew apart. we lived a whole year together in this city without talking to each other so much as once after he got his own place

we're too different. he knows my history. He'll just think I've snapped again or something

[wirsinddiejager]

whats wrong? is he ok?

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[shiromadoushi]

So this was what brought you back together? That sucks so bad.

[hollowleg]

ha. he's fine. better than ok. he's out of this mess, now. back to blissful ignorance.