Netoeric, part 1 (PSL)

[bloominshadow]

[ It's been three years.

Three years ago, Naoko and Sumika went on to different high schools. Of course, in Naoko's mind, this never meant the end. The two of them were meant to be together, so this was just a temporary obstacle. A detour on the road to their happy ending. Sure, fate might be on their side, but sometimes fate needs a helping hand, in the form of closely following Sumika's life over the internet and figuring out which college she was aiming for. And in the end, it worked. The two of them, in the same incoming freshman class, at the same university. Just like she planned.

After three years, no droll anticlimax would do. Their reunion had to be something special. After hunting down Sumika's college email address, Naoko sent her a message (from a burner account) asking to meet her that evening, at the gardening club's gardens. Signed, "an old friend."

It was well past any time that the gardens would be in user, and technically nobody's supposed to be here at this hour, but those are just trifling details. Sumika will surely come.

All that's left to do is wait. ]

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[flaminggay]

[ So this is mildly sinister? Nothing about the message itself had really been all that strange, but the general energy of a weird, unsigned email has Sumika a little bit on edge.

Not that it stops her from going to see what it's all about, of course. Self preservation's for nerds.

Afternoon snack in hand, Sumika slopes her way down to the gardens, peering around with interest between bites of her waffle. There's nobody around, but this place is kind of pretty so she's probably not about to get punked by a serial killer. ]

Heeeeeeeeello? [ said with a mouthful of food, because of course it is ] Anybody actually around?