Rain on the Scramble
Story · 5 characters · 4 places · chapter 3 of 12
Cast, places & continuity
The 23:40 train
Shibuya · rain, 9°C · crowd 9/10
Chapter 3 · The 23:40 train
The last train out of Shibuya pulls away with the platform still half full. On the crossing above, the light changes four times and nobody moves except Rin, who is enjoying the rain.
Rin TsukishiroShibuya · 23:39
"You're the one who called this. Five people, one night, no train — I've had worse ideas, but not many."
YouIn character
"I called it because you said Kaede would come. She hasn't moved in ten minutes."
Kaede ArisugawaShibuya · 23:40
She finally steps off the pillar, and stops at the exact distance where a conversation can still be refused.
"I came because you asked, not because she did. Get those two facts in the right order before you talk to me again."
YouNarration
The rain doubles. Three of the four of us are now standing under one umbrella, which is the closest this group has been to agreement in a year.
Now
Reina SonozakiShibuya · 23:42
"Nobody's buying anything. That's how I know this is serious."
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