Interstellar Contact

[dishevelment]

DISPLAYING SUBJECT: KOUMEI REN   Label: PRIDE RECORDS Band: COSMIC INDULGENCE Instrument: PIANO Fame Lvl: 0 (Power Lvl + Fortune Lvl) Current MP: 17 (50 spent) Short Description: ► 5'10", 145 lbs, with immensely long auburn hair and a darkly zen aura. Dedicated to his craft, fond of birds, but shies away from the fawning of his adoring female fans. He hides from the camera behind an ornate paper fan, but he is friendly and unfailingly polite with fans and paparazzi alike. Somewhat disheveled and doesn't sleep; is talented no less. Regains So Far: ► Duty -- Vague recollection of the battlefields on the Kanan Plains, where the warring countries of Go and Gai slaughtered each other, as referenced in Chapter 278 in a flashback. ► Duty -- Dream-recollections of the battle planning on the eve of the Civil War between the Western and Eastern forces of Kou; Vivid recall of Gakukin and Seishuu, members of Kouen's Household. No names attached except for countries, namely Balbadd. ► Love -- Recollection of a nervous, young Kougyoku. No name attached. ► Power -- Ability to generate multiple small orbs of glowing light. They do nothing but are pretty. ► Passion -- Recollection of Alibaba Saluja and his retort after discussing politics in Balbadd with Koumei, around chapter 210. No names, just a face, voice, and words. Reference to "Your Country." ► Duty -- Visual of Kouha and Kougyoku around chapter 267, during battle planning. Knowledge that Kouha is a boy. Understanding that 'Ren Kou-' is an integral part of their names. ► Memory -- Recollection of being impaled in chapter 277 ► Memory -- Recollection of Djinn Equips...and Dantalion. ► Power -- Moderate Teleportation within visual range. ► Memory -- of his father's funeral, Hakuryuu's intervention to place Gyokuen on the throne, and of Kouen being his 'brother and king.' ► Trait -- Scars from his near-fatal injuries during the Kou Civil War, delivered by the hand of Sindria-aligned Takeruhiko, Lord of the Kina Kingdom Resources ► Activity Post ► Thread Tracking ► Magi Wiki ► PRIDE COMMUNITY DONATIONS JAR Contact Player: ► starkxravingxmad IC CONTACT ► PHONE: 1-555-277-0271 ► TEXT: 1-555-277-0271 ► EMAIL: k.ren@priderecords.prc ► TWITTER: therealkoumeiren ► FACEBOOK: koumei.ren ►Please note date and and communication type when replying.

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phone text - backdated to 11/3 or so

[giglio_madonna]

Need a favor, dear, you know Tiger U?

phone text - backdated to 11/3 or so

[dishevelment]

Tiger Universe with System Crash? Not personally-- I'm old enough to be his father, you know.

[giglio_madonna]

you don't have the curls for it i'm afraid. but could you just watch over him from time to time? a friend over on my side of the pond is worried about him but label rivalries and all that.

[dishevelment]

All right; I can do that.

Meanwhile, can you keep an eye on someone for me? I can't speak to him easily because of label rivalries, but I would like to know if anything happens that involves him.

[giglio_madonna]

Of course, who is it?

[dishevelment]

Hongyan Lian.

[He waited a beat, briefly wondering how Lian would feel about Koumei's desire to keep an eye on him. A deep, viceral part of him disliked the fact that they were separated by label rivalries.]

He was with Old Dirt Road, the last I checked. He might be wearing a particularly rough looking cowboy hat, but it's difficult not to notice an Asian man with that aesthetic.

[giglio_madonna]

I know him! We were working together. I haven't been able to go out much, but I heard he's been out recently?

I'll see if I can't get one of the others to ask a little more.

[dishevelment]

If you could, please?

[All Koumei could think of was the possibility of Yan being taken somewhere unknown, like Terry had. For a man with political aspirations, that would be a huge blow against his career...

Koumei felt that he would learn of the details soon enough, if anything happened, but he still worried.]

[giglio_madonna]

Alright.

Ivan, our shamisen player, had to leave too... Angel said he needed to see a doctor. I wonder if the two of them caught the same thing?

[dishevelment]

The same with Terry, and a few others here at Pride. I wonder, what's going on?

[giglio_madonna]

Do you think it's part of the reason why there were lockdowns at both labels?

[dishevelment]

I don't know. And I would rather not make any guesses until I have more information about what's happening.

[giglio_madonna]

[There's a very long pause before her next reply comes.]

Did Pride have any particular jobs for you or some of the other bands in October, towards the end of the month?

[dishevelment]

None.

[It was the truth. A lengthy pause followed, before he sent an equally cryptic reply:]

We had internal problems.

[giglio_madonna]

The hazing?

[dishevelment]

[A moment's stretch of time passed before Koumei replied.]

Yes, although I'm curious about how you know about that.

[giglio_madonna]

Let's just say I heard from a friend of a friend. Never doubt the social networking of an extrovert.

[dishevelment]

I'll remember that for the future. Extroverts really are the best people to befriend if you want to know the gossip on the other side of town.

[giglio_madonna]

We're forces of nature, truly.

[And then another text right after-]

I'll understand if you don't want to talk about it.

[dishevelment]

[There was a pause before his reply.]

I've been trying not to talk to much about it, to keep the younger ones from worrying. They targeted the youngest among us. Naturally, it pissed off everyone who went.

[giglio_madonna]

Oh no. How badly have they taken it?

[dishevelment]

Very Badly.

[giglio_madonna]

I see. I wish there was more I could do to help. Even sending something could be difficult with how everything is.

[dishevelment]

I know. That's why we need to help eachother any way we can.

I'll keep an eye on Tiger U. for you, and make sure nothing happens.

[giglio_madonna]

And I'll update you when I can find out anything about Lian.