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[hollywooding]

mary saotome

"This is Mary. Leave a message."

VOICE | TEXT | VIDEO | ACTION

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7/4 bingo is a type of gambling, right

[adoringpast]

[ Sena's been thinking about their previous conversation when Mary just barged into his house with no volition, and --

Well, there's this one square on this bingo card that needs filling, and he does owe her a proper explanation. Just to make her realize how grave their entire situation really is. ]

you busy today?

absolutely

[hollywooding]

i just finished my summer classwork for the day, so no, not really.
what's up?

7/5 - post-christmas

[racy]

can you believe i have an admirer???

oh. wait. that's not actually that surprising.

[ .




idk what to tell you. ]

rip

[hollywooding]

[ well... at first this seems like regular stella so mary doesn't completely realize that she's being Called Out. ]

wow, i'm stunned.
you, having an admirer? whos the poor sap this week?

7/10 text

[maskreant]

hey, did you know?

Ann Takamaki killed god with her bare hands.

Re: 7/10 text

[hollywooding]

[ ... ]

I could see it.

7/13 | text

[crudest]

[Baren's paranoid about people having his phone number.... so he's just wandering into Mary's Retrospec DMs. Out of the blue. He had a photoshoot today, but also - ]

hey you seemed like you had good taste
so confirm this for me

list of things that need to be deleted from this earth:
axe body spray
fedoras
glitter boots
shitty flavored lip gloss

Re: 7/13 | text

[hollywooding]

ew, agreed.
were you hanging out in a fuckboy strip club or something?

add to that list:
anything that says "juicy" on it
& matching tracksuits

7/18

[ladytakamaki]

Hey Mary!
Did you know that Yosuke Hanamura rescues animals in trouble in his free time?
You should ask him next time you see a cat stuck in a tree!

[hollywooding]

isn't that sweet.
bingo?

7/23 | action

[constellates]

[It's a few days before the Reconvention, which means Anya busier than ever. Still, despite her team insisting otherwise, she refuses to do anything besides take the average bus stop for transport. It's a piece of familiarity she doesn't want to give up. This bus stop in particular doesn't give her much reprieve though - there's a few posters that line the walls to advertise the idol show right before the Reconvention, Anya's own face on it among the other girls. It'll be her debut, after all.

Still, that's not what Anya's looking at as she approaches.

There's no one else at the bus stop aside from this other girl - who seems to be rather... entranced? Her gaze makes Anya smile, even as she self-consciously pulling the hood of her sweater to cover up her silver hair that much more.

Not that it manages to hide... the rest of her? She's still pretty obviously Anastasia. Well.]

Do you like... idols?

[NO HESITATION]

rip

[hollywooding]

[ mary is pretty smooth about her like for idols, she likes to think. she's pretty calm and collected. she doesn't flip out when she hears songs she likes on the radio. she doesn't sing along, never even listens to her music loud enough to be heard. any merch she owns is in her closet.

but, the idol show before reconvention is something she hadn't heard about yet. mary had looked from left to right, quickly, to make sure that no one was anywhere nearby before she finally let herself look at the poster. and it was--really cute, all the girls were really cute, and she'd never really heard of the group before, but... maybe she should start looking them up? she's considering pulling out her phone when anya speaks and mary jumps, practically out of her skin as she slams her phone down against her chest and leaps back a solid step. ]

What--?! [ fuck ] No! [ yeah, super convincing, especially considering her face has gone flame red. ] I was just waiting for the bus, that's all!!

[ ok ]

[mercurio]

did you know that
noah campbell
is actually really into ninjas
he does the karubo run when he runs lol

[hollywooding]

i have no idea who that is.
but i'll be sure to call him a nerd if i see him. ♥

8/8

[ladytakamaki]

Mary? Hey. I saw you on the network so I'm glad you're not missing or anything.
How are you holding up?

8/9

[hollywooding]

[ it takes a day or so for mary to get back to ann, if only because she's busy fighting monsters. seeing this text brings an instant sense of relief. she's okay. ]

aside from the fact that i feel like i should have learned how to use a gun or something, i'm fine. i'm not hurt. your friend is here, the one with the glasses.

are you okay? where are you?

8/10, after the first objective has been completed

[adoringpast]

[ after this... interesting conversation with a friend, sena wastes no time in contacting the one person he can trust with these things ]

otome
otome are you still alive
get back to me as soon as possible right fucking now

[hollywooding]

[ incredible ]

yeah, you could say that.
what's wrong? are you okay? if you're texting me instead of seeing a doctor because you're hurt i will personally find you and kill you myself

8/12

[ladytakamaki]

You weren't the only one with a bad hallucinomemory.

[hollywooding]

[ k who does she have to murder ]

what happened?

8/3

[stopbleeding]

do you think it's weird to kiss a mermaid?

[hollywooding]

are you drunk

9/3

[maskreant]

do you think receiving a dagger from Retrospec is a bad sign? i kind of already accepted it.

[hollywooding]

after last month, probably not.
what the fuck, kurusu.

9/4

[ladytakamaki]

Mary, I'm going out to refill on makeup! Want anything? Last minute school supplies?

[hollywooding]

hmm
sena's been nagging me about my face, so i guess if you see a good face mask or something.

9/10

[adoringpast]

[ at least one of sena's harried texts makes it to the right person.

but crytyping aside, when he drops the nickname and starts calling her by her first name, you just know that something's up ]

mary aree you there ii nneeed, to telll you sommethi

[hollywooding]

[ ................................. ]

what

9/12

[ladytakamaki]

Hey, Mary?
I haven't seen you around in a while. Is everything okay?

9/14, evening

[hollywooding]

[ mary feels bad.

she likes to pretend that she doesn't have any emotions at all, that she's too strong for those kind of things, too perfect, but emotions have been exactly her problem. she's stayed away from the dorm for a while, sleeping in sena's guest bedroom, and mary's not really sure which is gonna be worse: lying to ann, or telling the truth.

so she's let the message sit for a while, trying to move the fuck on, getting embarrassed at herself, getting angry at herself for not answering. it's two days later when finally, ann gets a text back. ]

[ 'yeah.' no, too short. delete.
'i met a boy, it's been sena' ew, she might barf. delete.
'we need to talk.'
i like you, i like you so much
'i'm sorry i'

all deleted. ]

i'm okay. [ is finally what she settles on. ] i just needed a change of scenery for a while.
i'll be back home today.

[ there, she's committed. time to stop sulking and make something happen. ]

09/15 misfire

[browbeater]

so, hey, out of curiosity, how do you feel about a bruce lee marathon? since we were talking about this the other day.

incredible

[hollywooding]

[ looks at display name


looks into the camera like this is the goddamn office ]

Wrong number, Romeo.

wow not a misfire

[chessking]

coffee? it's on me. got a little something to discuss with you. ♥

im proud of you lulu

[hollywooding]

sure. meet you at the good bean in a few? my taste isn't cheap ♥

10/1

[crudest]

so do you want some roses

[hollywooding]

what

10/5 i guess but time is an illusion apparently

[chessking]

[ have a selfie from lelouch! there's nothing out of the ordinary except oh, hm, his eye colour maybe ]

my eyes were brown yesterday

time is a social construct

[hollywooding]

[ .... ]

is there a curse on pretty boys going around or something?
don't take that as a compliment.