forward-dated to August 1st - un: j.griffin

[onebetter]

Three things:

A.) If anyone needs me, don't bother with my room. I'm in the infirmary, by Keith's bed. As some of you may know he and Ruby have fallen comatose after we went on an ill-advised mission to the Outlands. Please keep them in your thoughts.

B.) Is anyone here good with amphibians? I'm not comfortable leaving Keith's bedside, but I have a friendly glow toad who might need a little water fun from time to time. If you want to play with a toad, feed him some more toad-appropriate food than 'a quarter of my sandwiches', etc... I'd appreciate it.

Here he is. [ Image Attachment: Sir.png. Desk included for scale. ]

C.) Hope everyone is having a good summer. If you want to tell me about it, I could use the distraction.

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[ If you want to just directly come see James in the infirmary, absolutely feel free to! He'll be reliably in there until August 4th - that's the day Keith wakes up and he starts sleeping in his own room again. ]

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[hippocarnival]

Oh... oh! [His brows raise in surprise. He'd just assumed... but he always just assumes, and lets people assume about him.]

Then there's no way he can't wale up with you waiting for him.

[onebetter]

He could hurry up with it, if you ask me, but being difficult has always been his specialty.

[ And that's totally why James paid attention to him in the first place, but bad life choices aren't for debate here. ]

[hippocarnival]

[Yuya's expression twists wryly. He knows the type. He kind of is the type, so he sure doesn't blame James.]

... I could teach you how to make one, if you want. [He gestures.] A crane.

[It's hard, watching and feeling like you can't do anything but wait.]

[onebetter]

[ James blinks, somehow surprised by the offer. Despite having had the tradition explained to him, the idea of partaking hadn't yet crossed his mind. ]

I'd like that, really. Doing something like reading feels... inattentive. It'd be nice to have something to do that relates back to watching over him.

[hippocarnival]

Okay, one second! [Yuya moves around to go pester one of the nurses by the desk.

He returns with two books for them to work on, and sheets of paper. He sits on the floor next to James instead of pulling over another chair, and starts folding two pieces so he can tear them down to a square shape.

Once the proper shape, he smooths them out and offers a book and paper to James.] Here you go.

[onebetter]

[ James takes them readily, laying them out on his knees as he looks down to what Yuya is doing. ]

Alright, I am ready, Mr. Sakaki. Impart wisdom on me.

[ The levity in his tone is a little forced, but he is very focused on the task at hand. ]

[hippocarnival]

[Yuya grins, pressing his hands together before he starts on the first crease.] First, you fold this side over like this. It's important you get a really neat crease.

[He's moving slowly too, to make sure he provides the best example for James about how it should turn out.]

[onebetter]

[ James is a natural at.... folding papers into a single neat crease. This is probably not actually brag-worthy, but at least it means he follows the instructions quickly and smoothly. ]

Got it.

[hippocarnival]

[James is the ideal student, so it probably goes smoothly wit Yuya verbally and visually leading James through the steps of making a paper crane.

Once they're both done done, he leans over to put his on the desk next to the one he brought for Keith.] It looks good!

[onebetter]

[ This was... fun. It's nice to work with your hands and clear your head. James is actually smiling proudly when they're finished, admiring his work. ]

Looks like I'm a natural, heh. Keith is going to have a lot of questions when he wakes up covered in cranes.

[hippocarnival]

Maybe you can teach him how to make them, too. [Spread them around!! Or maybe this is too fanciful for Keith, but Yuya thinks the thought matters.]

[onebetter]

I can certainly try. Maybe keeping busy will stop him from trying to escape the infirmary early....