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ARDYN IZUNIA

Ardyn Izunia. Professor of law. Lord of law. Liege of law. The one grading your papers. Leave a message.

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3/24

[covenantal]

Uncle, could I talk to you?

[ A little different from his generally more formal "Izunia-san." Something must be up. ]

[daemonized]

[It is telling, but Ardyn isn't sure of what. And so, the response comes quick enough.]

Of course. What is it?

text 3/24

[mercurio]

[all ardyn will receive in this late-night text message is an image. it's downloading... and once it does, it's definitely of fynn wearing a delightful party hat]

[you're welcome]

[daemonized]

[Prompto, you're a good.

Ardyn decides to send a concise text, as a show of gratitude.]

/Very/ much appreciated, Mr. Argentum.

3/26

[darkinferno]

fuck this shit i'm done with all this

i quit

[daemonized]

[That... doesn't bode well. Of course concern is the first thing that a flickers within him upon reading a text like that.]

What's happened, Dante? Are you all right?

6/28

[mercurio]

[literally a few hours on the day of their gambas/photographs exchange, and after having not assisted to any of ardyn's classes (even if those are by chance)]

can't make it to gambas sorry
raincheck

3/28....bless

[daemonized]

That's a shame, but a raincheck it is. Did something come up?

[He figured Prompto would be all about the gambas...]

4/5ish

[hjack69]

ARDYN ARDYN ARDYN ARDYN ARDYN THIS IS AN EMERGENCY PICK UP RIGHT NOW

[daemonized]

[What on earth is he supposed to make of this text? Should he call? If it's an emergency, then why all the "Ardyn's"?

He responds relatively quickly anyway.]

What's wrong Jack?

4/2

[covenantal]

Izunia-san, I'm sorry to ask this out of the blue, but ... have you experienced any of the physical changes some people have been making mention of?

[daemonized]

[Ardyn... tries not to let this text worry him, but what with his recent conversation with Grell the exact same day, it's difficult not to.]

I've been fortunate enough not to. Why do you ask?

[Stop giving him this sinking feeling, Yu.]

4/24

[standalonehuman]

[Togusa had already spoken to Ardyn's nephew about this possibility, but maybe he should talk to Ardyn directly. It's still strange, thinking over their last conversation. But he's doing this out of respect, sharing information, right?]

I have an update, but this one is safe for over the network.

Some of the physical changes that people have been experiencing? Turns out they can include old injuries and scars.

I'm fine, docs checked me out, but it looks like I couldn't avoid Retrospec forever.

[daemonized]

[Safe for over the network, maybe, but still a bit disconcerting. Togusa doesn't have to wait long to receive a reply from Ardyn.]

What happened? What sort of old injury? And did you remember anything?

[His mind thinks back to Elizabeth, and the scar she supposedly has at the back of her neck. In retrospect (ha), perhaps this isn't news, but at the time there wasn't a memory to accompany it, either.]

4/25

[mercurio]

[an image is sent, with the caption breakfast done right]

[daemonized]

[Prompto

Prompto no]

Is that a facetious statement, Prompto?

[what is that]

4/28

[mercurio]

hi sir what are your feelings on camping?

[daemonized]

[what are

his feelings on camping

indeed]

Hello, Prompto. Why do you ask?

[Better to start that way, first.]

4/...whenever dante got thrown in gay baby jail

[mercurio]

so.......
dante did something stupid and he said that if i didn't hear from him by now to tell you to check the police station
i think he may be in jail

dante why

[daemonized]

What?

[Dante...]

Did he tell you anything more than that?

5/1 just throws more teens at ardyn this will end well

[splasher]

good afternoon! my name's makoto tachibana, from the tachibana book shop
[uhhh] i found your card in my dad's office
...in hindsight it looks a bit old, but i thought i'd give it a shot
are you by any chance still a practicing lawyer?
some legal issues have cropped up at the shop and my dad wanted me to get some legal advice or something like that
if you aren't you can ignore this.
thank you for your time either way!

what do you mean, of course it will end well there's nothing bad about ardyn at all

[daemonized]

[While not a text he expected to receive, Ardyn isn't surprised to read it when it appears on his phone. He gets requests like these every so often, usually born from old contacts. That seems to be the case now.]

Good afternoon, Mr. Tachibana. To answer your question, I've thrown my hat into the teaching ring these past few years, but I am still licensed to practice and am not beyond providing legal advice when necessary.

[Answers the implied question about it being an old business card, at least.]

If you're still interested, perhaps you'd like to speak in person?

[Legal correspondence should at least always be initiated through a face-to-face meeting if at all possible, Ardyn believes.]

5/1 mail call

[standalonehuman]

[Maybe Ardyn feels special to be getting some physical mail all the time. It's a little extra effort that Togusa likes to put into their communication. Whether he appreciates it or not, some hours after the latest Retrospec taunting, a photocopy of the map of the old subway system is left in Ardyn's inbox, with a note.]

Maybe this map.

[daemonized]

[Old school mail is novel, but a bit difficult when you've questions you want to follow up with sooner rather than later.

So Togusa receives a text soon after.]

I have questions. Want to entertain them face-to-face, or are we less concerned about the transparency of text these days?

5/1

[darkinferno]

["I don't need you to fight my battles," he says. And yet, only a minute or two later, there's a more private comment being sent Ardyn's way.]

...thanks

for stepping in like that

you didn't have to. he did have a point

[daemonized]

There's no need to thank me. Those who use their words to so casually inflict harm deserve what censure comes to them.

[There's an irony in that statement that neither are aware of yet. Someday it'll be clear. Today, it's sincere.]

Besides, he speaks in broad generalizations. The truth is never so simple, so don't give him any credit.

5/2

[tearable]

Getting scars were fun and all, even if the cause is shrouded in mystery.

But, what the hell is this?

[ She doesn't expect him to know. Not at this rate. He gets a video file soon after sent to his phone.

Glowing rips mid-air surrounded by static grayscale, Elizabeth is focused on showing that despite this opening up in her shower stall, the content inside of this "rip" is along the lines of a stop-sign at the end of her street. ]

[daemonized]

[Sorry Liz, but what the actual hell did he just see happen? He's heard of... odd abilities granted to various Retrospec users, but this is a different level than what he at all imagined.

This requires a phone call, not a text conversation. Ring ring.]

5/7ish

[hjack69]

So I remember killing people.

That's a thing.

Jack n o

[daemonized]

[Even Ardyn doesn't know how to respond to that at first. The immediate reaction is to wonder if it's a joke, but he doubts that even Jack would make light of something like killing another person -- even if it was "just" a memory. Plus, using capitalization and punctuation? An ominous sign.

So there's no "what do you mean?" or "are you joking with me?" or even "are you sure you remembered correctly"? Instead:]

Is this something you'd prefer to talk about face-to-face?

5/11

[originallutece]

My first memory appeared.

[Not even a hello, that's so rude, Rosalind.]

[daemonized]

[It's okay, Rosalind can get away with not saying hello. His text back comes quickly enough.]

I'm sorry to hear that.

[And that's true enough. He'd not wish that confusion on anyone, and yet... it isn't surprising, either. Often it's just a matter of time.]

Care to talk about it?

5/12

[erythristic]

[the message comes through, naturally, at one in the morning. a little earlier than usual, but it's been a day readjusting to things being their proper size.]

i hope it won't be amiss to ask if you're alright. that was a rather alarming week.

[to put it mildly.]

[daemonized]

[Only 1 AM? Well, of course he's awake, and of course his text comes basically without delay because of it. Especially because it's Grell.]

Your concern wouldn't go amiss at all.

I'm quite fine. Tired, perhaps, from a misadventure or two, but otherwise still in one piece.

[An actual admission of being tired? Now that's something new.]

Everything all right on your side as well, I assume?

5/14

[covenantal]

[ So this is Yu, calling Ardyn, which he never normally does, ever. ]

Uncle, it's me. [ Assuming Ardyn picks up, and without other preamble. With the implicit assumption Ardyn will realize it's him, and not Souji, even just based on voice alone. ] Are you home?

[daemonized]

[Of course Ardyn picks up almost immediately, because if Yu is calling him, certainly there must be something wrong? Concern blossoms in his chest.]

I am, and therefore here if you need something. Is everything all right?

5/14

[hjack69]

[ SELFIE TIME. It's a photo of Jack staring in the mirror, one of his green eyes having turned blue. He looks completely thrown off. ]

???
what do i do you gotta help me cover this w the rest of the staff

[daemonized]

[That... is a blue eye. Is it bad that this feels tame compared to everything else that's happened?]

Did your other eye not get the memo?

5/16 dont look at me

[mercurio]

aaaaaardyn hi sup i have a serious question
what's palliative mean

[PHEW, USING HIS NAME..]

Re: 5/16 dont look at me

[mercurio]

also second most importantly have you had dinner please i lost a bet

5/20

[originallutece]

1) I need tips on how to annoy a person.

2) You can't heal yourself?

[daemonized]

1) This I can provide, though the strategy differs depending on the person.

2) I cannot. You've been talking to Jack, I see.

[Because he's the only one among their shared friends that he's told this to!]

5/30

[erythristic]

[this is a break from the usual back and forth, and also coming in the afternoon.]

i think i've discovered something. or at least that i'm in the midst of discovering it. that i've gone and changed again.

[and before he can ask, because he will.]

i think my body's healing at a different rate than it used to.

[daemonized]

[A more serious conversation, much like this one, naturally makes Ardyn shift from his default, flippant tone. Instead of filling her phone screen with flourishing words and the usual extra fluff, he's opting to be rather direct.

(The niggling of concern that already threatens to rise lends to this, too.)]

The midst of discovering it? [Latching onto her verbiage, as he's been trained to do.] Has this been happening for very long?

And "different" how?

don't worry about it

[mercurio]

is it considered aggravated attempted murder if i give someone the ok to light me on fire
just a little bit not like my entire self
asking for a friend thx

PROMPTO......

[daemonized]

[Prompto?? He's not going to answer a law question if you're implying that you're going to set yourself on fire??? What the actual hell?]

I feel as if I should tell you that lighting yourself on fire in any capacity is generally frowned upon. Especially by myself, who sometimes wonders if you really have any sense of self-preservation.

6/3; morning; text (goddamn it retrospec)

[crushcard]

Professor, I was wondering if you had a moment?

[ when Ardyn opens this next message, it's a hastily shot picture of this playing card. it's very very obvious who the person in the card is. ]

I don't know who sent this
The text in Japanese is "Soul Prison"
Your thoughts?

[ two minutes later probably: ]

Please don't tell me this is Retrospec induced

[daemonized]

[He always has a moment for these types of conversations, Kaiba. It'll be a minute before he responds, though, trying to parse out exactly what it is that his old student just sent him.]

It unfortunately seems rather like something Retrospec would /send/.

A "soul prison" sounds very metaphorical. Symbolic, even. And is that a card with your likeness on it?

6/5

[mercurio]

[it's the middle of the night; who really knows. prompto sure didn't check his phone when he hurried to ardyn's, opened the door with a lock pick, and hurried (up the stairs?), with rufus at his heels, to burst into ardyn's room. the house was dark, devoid of light, so prompto figured he must be asleep.]

[too bad for him if that was the case]

I SAW THE DEMON LION!

[bark! bark!]

[prompto slams his knees into the bed, toppling over, and causing a tiny earthquake on the bed. prompto expertly falls down on the floor, limbs flailing in the dark]

[good mornyan]

[daemonized]

[holy shit

It's too bad that Ardyn was not in bed. It's only 2 in the morning, don't you know he doesn't go to sleep this early, Prompto?

So. Prompto is just going to be lying there in a dark for a moment, met with no response. No big deal.]