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[A drawn out yawn before...] What did I even miss... [Rin is up now, for the first time in... a while. He'd been sleeping a lot before then with intermittent periods of being awake for short hours. And now, for once, he doesn't want to sleep more. Not the lead because he's really hungry, having not really eaten for the past three days... or seen Shiemi or Skarmy in the house. Or anything. Really, the thing which immediately stood out when he finally got up and wasn't sleeping was that someone (probably Eleanor) had put a huge stack of homework by his bad.

That said, he's eating cereal now, and isn't feeling the need to nod off again despite being up almost an hour (he even showered) which is why he's using his journal]

Sorry, uh, work 'n school people and Wolverine. My bad - I guess I got really sick or something. Shiemi was takin' care of me most of the time too so sorry to any of her friends. [A pause as he chews his cereal and...] Who wants to do... anything? I've actually been sleeping way too much and I wanna stretch my legs.

[ And anyone can tell him what he missed, win-win.

Which of course means there's sidebar action as he goes to Seventh Heaven, next door, the Dome, the Item Shop and other assorted places to see what's what.]

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[ Rin, of course, it burnt too. And his arm is damaged for a moment. But as the flames sear around him, the quickened healing his gets from his demon form kicks in. Even as he bends over to pick up Kurikara, the cut on his arm is already sealing up, and he manages to get a firm hold of it. The fire doesn't hurt him, though the synced up burns with her did - not that they don't heal up too even as he turns to look around for her as he gets up. He also exhales, to try to calm down. Don't loose control more, don't-- actually-]

Are you okay?!

[ He calls out to the air ]

[ The question makes her jaw clench. Concern. She doesn't need his concern. Even this damage is still on the level of what she can deal with, and she's far more mobile than he is; she can draw this fight out if she's pushed into a situation where she needs to take the time to heal.

He has more raw power than Saten is used to dealing with. The fire is a weapon she's never had to develop countermeasures for. But all she needs to do is avoid taking too many hard hits at once, and she can last. How long can he sustain those flames? ]

Don't mock me!

[ From this distance, she doesn't mind if he locates her, plus the trees remaining around her obscure her shape a little. She should have enough warning on anything he tries. ]

[ He turns in that direction, and snarls a little. Ugh. He was just trying to be nice, at least-! ] I'm not mocking you!

I'm just seein' if you got hurt too much! I lost my cool there!

Don't underestimate me either!

[ Sorry, Rin, she doesn't appreciate your attempts at being nice.

She's healed a good portion of the burn, though, which means she's ready to take to the offensive again. But how to get around that fire of his...

Might as well work with what she has for now. Trying to snag him again. ]

Okay, fine! [ He laps off the ground to rush towards her. He tries to force his way through and get closer to her. But it might not work - actually, he's fleeing with the snag closer behind him so it's not really that good ]

[ She waits a couple seconds for him to get closer. Suddenly she rushes towards him herself and throws up a wall between the two of them, hoping to if not have him collide into it at least slow him down enough to be caught. ]

[ And he does.. Boom. Or well, he might shatter it, might just collide - it's a wall of dark shadow things so who knows. Either way, if it doesn't just collapse to slow him he'll try to jump over it.

Either way, yes, momentum slowed ]

[ She's being more careful about how she balances where she puts her strength, so even though Rin hits it head on, the wall cracks but holds.

Which means she's going to redouble her efforts to snag him, especially given that the distance between them has closed a good deal with that move. ]

[ Ow- ow. Man she's such a hassle with these things He's snagged again, but tries to cut the tendrils there. Come on, come on... ]

[ Then she's going to try choking him like last time. ]

[ Sort of expecting that, his goal is to cut through the things with a flaming sword. He's cut through stone and metal with this technique before, but he doesn't know if there's something you can cut through the whole thing or...? Crap, he can't get caught here ]

[ That mostly depends on how close to his neck he's willing to put that sword. The ones holding him down aren't her priority so they can be broken pretty easily, but the ones she's focusing on are right up against his throat. ]

[ He is not. But he does cut the ones holding him, then tries to pull himself up while pulling it back with one hand to curl up and get out of it --- which doesn't work, of course, and now he's sort of hung himself a bit. Ach- ]

[ Yes, ow, she feels that too. Wow that was stupid of you. Saten steadies herself, then tightens the grip on Rin's neck. Give up already. ]

[ No he refuses. He keep struggling with the one hand while holding his sword and finally, a little desperate and low on air, he uses what he can of his strength to lift the sword arm up to the base of the thing around his neck. What if he tried to cut it lower-- not that he can see where he's going from this angle though - and he's getting blue in the face ]

[ It might have been enough to get through it, but it's about that moment when Saten's vision swims. She can't risk making herself pass out.

Around the time Rin swings, Saten lets the darkness dissolve and quickly inhales. The sudden oxygen comes in a rush, but she doesn't want to give Rin enough time to react. One... two seconds to regain her balance, and she's going for his throat again. ]

[ He inhales fiercely too - because he was getting woozy. The swing ends up missing even his neck, but more importantly - he against shoot fire in all directions for a wide area to hold off the immediate counter attack so he can leap up in the air - hopefully to avoid just being hung again ]

[ That one is going to catch both of them pretty badly. The moment the fire registers, she's moved away again, but there was a good solid second or two of sheer disorientation before she realized and got out.

She reappears by a tree, puts out her hand to support herself, and actually misses and stumbles before she catches herself again just in time to stay upright. Rin actually managed to burn most of her clothes off, and what little remains on her body is completely charred. It gives a very good view of the red skin now covering almost her entire front.

Fuck, that hurts. ]

[ Okay, that was just way too hard. He only wanted to break free, but it hurt her and hurt him. He can't believe that he burnt her that badly. He would normally never let his flames burn people, and as a result of that, he drops his sword and-]

Hey, we're stopping, now!

[ Despite being in not much of a state to fight, Saten is nothing if not proud, and pride leads very easily to stubbornness. ]

Giving up?!

[ Because she's not. ... Not just yet. ]

Fine, yeah, I'm giving up! This is beside the point!

[ This is totally the point.

But satisfied, Saten lets the darkness on the ground fade away, leaning a little more against the tree. She's in entirely too much pain right now and can't make it go away fast enough. ]

It seems you still need better control.

[ It's half said, half muttered. Regardless of Rin's control, the fact was he hit her a lot harder and a lot faster than she was expecting, and she hates being caught unawares like that. ]

I know, sorry.

[ And he makes to go and try to get both of his sword and scabbard, so he can then go back to his normal form and die down ]

[ She's going to be a lot less happy when the burns start to really set in, but for now it's holding steady at an even smarting. ]

Apologies are worthless. Do it better or don't bother at all.

[ He knows. Really, he can control what it does and doesn't burn perfectly here. It's just possible that the desperation caused it to burn more than it should have or... something. Maybe it's because he thinks of her as a demon like he might have Amaimon or something. Still, as he turns back to normal, he frowns and looks at her apologetically. Most of his burns from the sync are healing already. He almost looks back to normal already. Though now he's tired for it. ]

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