I decided to give this a try, and I probably shot my chances of getting any work done, but ... whatever. This felt nice to get something out.
Fandom: “The World Ends With You” (General)
Sentence set: Gamma. from
1sentence 01. Ring
He stared at Tsubasa, the D+B clerk, for a long moment before pointing at an item in the display case; this year’s logo ring would look really nice on Shiki’s finger.
02. Hero
While Neku thought Beat was being silly, the kitten snuggled to the blond boy’s chest thought he was a hero.
03. Memory
They were sitting on a bench in the crowded square by Hachiko’s statue when she looked up at him and said quietly, “I’m sorry I forgot you.”
04. Box
“I don’t know what his problem is,” Kariya drawled, sucking on his lollipop, “I thought Sho would like a box of pie.”
05. Run
Hanekoma slowly sipped his coffee and murmured, “you can’t run from your feelings, Yoshiya.”
06. Hurricane
Beat glared at Neku as the pair hung on as tightly as they could to the edge of a dumpster and yelled, “you jes had’ta pick a fight with da Grindcore Minks, didn’t ya?!”
07. Wings
Hanekoma’s eyes widened slightly when Neku quietly asked from behind him, “Can I touch them?”
08. Cold
Beat looked over as Shiki shivered, and glanced away for a moment before putting his heavy coat around her shoulders, muttering about how fashion was stupid.
09. Red
Konishi’s scream of incoherent rage thundered throughout the halls as she discovered the black fabric of her stylish one-piece had been dyed bright red.
10. Drink
“D’ya ever notice…” Beat started, looking over at Neku as they sat in the food court of the mall, giving his cup a shake, “dat the girl at da fast food place only gives you da fresh cola?”
11. Midnight
Shiki slowly and tiredly opened her phone as it beeped, and smiled to herself as Neku’s text apologized for spilling cola on her skirt earlier in the day.
12. Temptation
Eri bit her lip as she looked at the gigantic slice of chocolate cake in the display case; finally getting the slice when Shiki teased she could use it.
13. View
Minamimoto’s fingers lightly trailed along an errant pipe sticking out of his junk pile as he sat atop it, quietly enjoying the absurd aesthetic of Scramble Crossing.
14. Music
777 panted heavily and released the microphone, and as he stepped back to look at the screaming fans, as well as his band-mates BJ and Tenho, he knew he’d made the right choice.
15. Silk
Kitaniji leaned back on his red couch and swished the wine in his glass, quite enjoying the feel of his black silk robe against his pale skin.
16. Cover
“Now, let’s run through this again,” Hanekoma started, “you wanted to jack Shibuya while still alive…”
17. Promise
“If we meet in the final, Yammer, we go all out! Okay?” Shooter said, grinning.
18. Dream
Beat stared out at the skate park from atop the ramp and made a promise to himself he’d make good on the dream that gave Rhyme hope.
19. Candle
By the soft light of the candle’s flame, Uzuki’s enraged expression became increasingly demonic as her eyes came upon Kariya’s refusal letter for the position of a Reaper Officer.
20. Talent
Looking up at the new addition to the wall in Udagawa, Beat turned to Neku and with a grin, said, “Not bad at all, Phones.”
21. Silence
The silence was deafening as Makoto’s face warped into absolute terror, while Neku mischievously wondered how best to take advantage of this.
22. Journey
Yosh Ishino pulled a weird face as he was going through old stacks of vinyl records, wondering how the hell a Journey record made it into the pile.
23. Fire
(Flammable, non-flammable … you gots to be a damn dictionary to know what burns,) Beat thought irritably as he waited in the principal’s office.
24. Strength
His fingers tightened around the revolver and as his eyes met Joshua’s from across the room, he felt any resolve to pull the trigger leave him.
25. Mask
“I’m saying it again,” Neku muttered as he pulled on the Black Slammurai’s mask, following Beat who was dressed as the Dead Slammurai, “this is stupid.”
26. Ice
Yuu Narumi sighed as she rested her chin on her palm, indulging in a far-off fantasy of receiving a beautiful diamond ring from that cute boy with the purple headphones.
27. Fall
Minamimoto grinned maniacally as he looked down at the roughed up Composer at his feet and couldn’t help but say, “miscalculated your escape, you overbearing ellipsoid?”
28. Forgotten
As he watched the tightly-bonded group reunite at Hachiko’s statue, Joshua’s lips curled into a frown; he’d been forgotten, and quite happily so it seemed.
29. Dance
Mina panted heavily and hunched over, her palms resting on her kneecaps as a voice in her head demanded to know why she agreed to go against Eri in DDR.
30. Body
Green sighed contentedly as she found the centerfold picture of the Prince, shirtless, in the newest issue of “Idol Weekly.”
31. Sacred
“Hey!” Beat yelped, grabbing the “diary” out of Neku’s hands, “Don’tchu know dat something’s are jes’ sacred, man?!”
32. Farewells
Joshua’s pale lips curled into a small smile as he watched Kitaniji accept his fate, and softly murmured as he raised his hand, “Thank you for your work, Megumi; this was fun.”
33. World
Neku’s hope that he had found a shop where there wasn’t a creepy shopkeeper was blown out of the water when he heard HT Masuoka’s voice cheerfully greet him with a “what a small world, hon!”
34. Formal
Deciding to take pity on the fidgeting boy in front of him, Hanekoma asked, “wouldja like me to show ya how to tie that tie, Phones?”
35. Fever
As Kariya rang that infuriating bell, Uzuki had the sneaking suspicion he was faking the fever.
36. Laugh
Shiki blushed as she realized that the thought that Neku had a really nice laugh had crossed her mind.
37. Lies
Konishi smiled at Kitaniji as she said, "Of course, sir; I am loyal to both you and the Composer."
38. Forever
Neku didn’t know what eternity felt like until he was stuck in Cadoi City’s Natural Puppy store watching Joshua try on pastel pink dresses.
39. Overwhelmed
Shigemi was frustrated to the point of tears as the accidents, mistaken orders and angry customers piled up, but then she saw that cute headphones boy enter the restaurant, and it all went away.
40. Whisper
Jun Odajima smiled thinly as he leaned over and with his lips just barely touching a female customer’s ear softly murmured, “you look absolutely stunning in this dress, miss.”
41. Wait
Neku paused in his steps and turned his head to look incredulously at an embarrassed Shiki, who explained after her outburst that she forgot Mr. Mew in a department store.
42. Talk
Shiki bit her lip and squeezed Mr. Mew as she walked up to Eri, tapping her friend on the shoulder.
43. Search
Miki groaned as she stared at the pile of boxes that was that week’s shipment and she wondered how much that customer wanted that hoodie.
44. Hope
777’s eyes widened as he spotted a familiar microphone within the wreckage that he, Tenho and BJ had spent the last couple of hours tearing through.
45. Eclipse
Joshua hated eclipses; the thought that something small could overshadow something bigger and obviously better never sat well with him.
46. Gravity
“Any tree can drop an apple, I’ll drop the freaking moon!”
47. Highway
Minamimoto gripped the handlebars of his motorcycle, growling with the same intensity as the engine as he tried to forget the miserable experiment in Udagawa.
48. Unknown
Beat and Neku shared a hesitant look before they turned their sights to the black corridor that awaited them beyond the Shibuya River’s entrance.
49. Lock
“It’s for da stats!” Beat defended, as he tightened his grip on the Darling Lock purse that he had purchased from Pegaso.
50. Breathe
Neku looked from May Kurokawa to Beat, who gave a helpful shrug, then relented and leaned in to take a sniff of the cologne that the Pegaso clerk had sprayed on her wrist.