[ Usually it's JJ who starts texting out of the blue, but Yusuke's been checking in occasionally, making sure he hasn't spirited away like half the other refugees—after all, JJ isn't exactly a subtle presence, and he seems an obvious mark. But by now most of the hostages has been recovered, so this isn't anything so dire. ]
[ It's unlikely that there's anyone in the city who hadn't been affected by the recent effects. JJ's not interested in sitting around feeling bad for himself, but he doubts it's appropriate to pretend that things are business as usual.
It's unsettling, and it leaves him staring at his phone for a second. ]
JJ I have exciting news. Someone incredibly important to me woke up - Princess Asseylum.
[Y'know, the girl he's surely told you about, his hime from back home. It's surely come up, even though you might not remember...since you always talk about yourself.]
I hope you can become friends with her, as you have with me.
[While some might be (rightfully) worried to open an attachment like that, what's inside is a darkened photo of a chinchilla, and if JJ has been paying attention to what the underside of his bed looks like, said chinchilla is tucked into a corner under JJ's bed, safely out of reach from anyone who might be trying to get him out. Congratulations JJ, you have a new roommate.]
[ Being stuck up on the Station doesn't exactly make for a hoppin' party scene, or good gift-shopping circumstances, but instead he's got an empty notebook and plenty of time to fill it. By the time it ends up in JJ's room, it's filled with dozens of rough sketches, and some finished, hugely impractical ink drawings: one of a lion, some mapletrees(?), a crown, a sun, as well as whatever else reminds him of one JJ Leroy. None of them have JJ's initials or random tribal designs, because enough is enough.
Signed in the back, ]
King,
The comings and goings of a year in a new world is milestone enough to celebrate, wouldn't you say?
Happy birthday. I'm glad we could spend it near to the stars — I can think of no better place you belong, my friend.
[Honestly, Diva's been debating on whether or not to even bother. She's 100% convinced that JJ wants nothing to do with her but she'd gotten him a present awhile back so it only makes sense to give it to him. It's easy enough to find where JJ has been sleeping since they ended up back on the station, but instead of busting in like she normally does, she waits until he's completely gone to enter his room.
Whenever JJ decides to return to his bunk, he'll find a little envelope on his pillow, with a handwritten letter in French, along with a gold chain that has a little skate charm and a little gold crown charm on it.
The handwriting itself is surprisingly elegant in form, but a spelling or small grammar mistake here or there give away the true nature of the writer.]
Happy Birthday JJ
I'm sorry I couldn't make it special or exciting like I said I would. I know you think I'm a monster and I can't say that I'm not...but I'm sorry I frightened you.
Before everything went to Hell I saw these in a shop in Olympia and thought they would suit you. Even if you want nothing to do with me anymore, I still feel I ought to give them to you.
It seems as though I happened to fall into... unfortunate circumstances. I don't understand how or why, but I fell into a stasis slumber. I require your assistance.
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