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Not mine. I got someone's old toy and a notebook. And a collar. Any of it sound familiar?

[ That sure is all she got! There definitely wasn't a bladed weapon in there too. ]

A collar? What does it look like?

White. Fancy. Probably for a large dog?

[ A picture will follow after a bit. She knows how to use these devices, really. ]

Oh.

That's mine. Can I please have it back?

Fine. I don't need it.

The dog didn't come with you?

It's not for a dog.

I'm the one that wears it.

[ No, calm down Maika... there could still be a context for that one... ]

This explanation better be good, and involve lots of having washed this thing. Or I'm throwing it out the window.

Please don't throw it away, or else my roommate will kill me.

She uses so that I don't talk about the stuff that happens in the mansion we live in. Should I talk, she'd use that to choke me and kill me. So please give that back so I don't have to explain to her how I lost it.

[ and then possibly die in the process. ]

[ Kinkshame? Or pity? Kinkshame with pity? ]

You need to get a new roommate. Or get rid of her. Anything she needs kept secret that badly ends with you dying anyway.

I won't do that. Rent is reasonable, and the house is both spacious and closer to nature than in the city. I'm pretty good at keeping a secret, too.

Besides, we have a third roommate, and they balance each other out well enough.

If you're still wearing this freak collar, they're not balancing out THAT well. Just how bad is rent where you live?

I'd be doing you a favor if I burned this thing.

Bad enough. The school forces me to only take a certain amount of hours so that it doesn't clash with my studying, but the wage I get from that isn't enough to pay for my own apartment. Why is money so necessary in the modern world....

I'm not asking you for any favor either, so please give it back. I wasn't even planning to wear it while I'm here.

If "modern world" means you can't just go sleep in the woods for free, then, yeah. What a pain in the ass. Why does the school get to set your hours?

[ Goddess, what a headache. Who knew mundane problems like school and murder roommates could be so annoying? ]

Doesn't matter. Give me your room number or come by 503. I don't want this creepy fucking thing either. But if you go back on your word about wearing it here, I might change my mind about the burning.

I wouldn't sleep outside in the woods. Even in the mountains we had a cabin to live in. As for the school, it's just the rules. But I think most people live with their parents or get some sort of allowance.

[ he doesn't have that sort of leeway, unfortunately. ]

Fine. I'll come over to your room soon.

Why not? Sounds a lot safer than sleeping under the same roof with a girl who's gonna kill you.

[ Parents? Allowance?? She half gets the vibe and half doesn't. ]

I'll be here, or it will. No one else is going to take this thing, that's for sure.

It’s very different. Even though they may kill me if I make a mistake, it’s easier to follow their rules than to sleep unprotected in the woods. And on top of that, neither of them wouldn’t let anyone else kill me either. So yes, they would kill me if I made a mistake, but I would also have the same chance of dying in alone in the city where I might not be able to afford rent and food or alone in the mountains where I’d have to face off against bears and wild dogs on my own. So I think being with Aozaki and Alice is fine.

[ it takes maybe a few minutes, but eventually, maika will hear a soft knock at her door. ]

Hello. It’s Soujuurou.

Whatever you say, I'd like my chances with the bears, personally.

[ He definitely knows his own situation better... but she's not missing the chance to get in one more kinkshaming for the road.

Still. When he knocks on her door, the answer is pretty prompt. ]

The guy missing his collar? It's open.

[ She goes to grab the offending object from the desk, expecting him to let himself in. It's not like she has a roommate to mind visitors. ]

[ her kinkshaming would be supereffective if he knew a. what a kink is b. what kinkshaming is c. what this kink is in particular.

once she gives him the okay, he'll walk in calmly. ]

Thanks for keeping it safe. I really do appreciate it

[ soujuurou, she literally just said through text that she was gonna burn it, what. ]

[ But she didn't! Not a single singe mark on it! Nevermind that the first words out of her mouth are: ]

You're in luck. Leather doesn't burn so good.

[ Hopefully he's a polite young man who won't make note of the wakazashi in the red scabbard she definitely didn't advertise in her message, sitting beside the collar. She's paying it no mind, anyway. She holds the collar out gingerly, dangling it from her fingers. ]

Sounds like you've got enough problems to deal with as it is. You sure they're not gonna assume you've been running around spilling all their secrets while you've been gone for weeks like this?

[ he is, in fact, a polite young man that won't make note of the wakazashi. though it did catch his eye, he figures that it's none of his business to talk about, and is fine ignoring it for the rest of this conversation. ]

It's possible. [ he nods in agreement. his roommates are unreasonable like that. ] But that'll be a misunderstanding that I'll have to clear up once I'm back.

[ Thanks, Soujuurou... You're a bro. ]

Yeah, not my problem. Got it.

[ And she's really going to stop poking her nose into other people's business for free. Maybe. But she gives the collar one more look of disaste before dropping it into his hand. ]

Well, do what you have to. Or... whatever you're into.

Oh, thank you.

[ he'll take that, holding it in one hand. see? he's not even trying to wear it. but he does tilt his head to the side, his look one of mild confusion. ]

'Whatever I'm into'? What do you mean?

[ He better not! She's still watching with narrowed eyes, like he might suddenly whip it out around his neck after all. ]

Nothing. If you like letting murderous women put a leash on you and train you to heel and do tricks on command... it's none of my business.

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