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[ Rin woke up late today, no surprise. It's also not (generally) a surprise when Shiemi out and at them before him. Because she got up earlier and tended to go out and train before he was really out the door, especially now that school is less of a factor fight now. He feels a little bad to be shelving that onto Aleos, particularly when he should probably be trying to find more people willing to work at Seventh Heaven... they have a good crowd now, but Prim hasn't shown up in a long while and-

Really, the unusual thing ends up being that Skarmy is still there. This confuses him, and he's not sure if Shiemi's kidnapped (again, but--) or not. But when he goes to look in her room- No. Many of her plants are still in the main hall, perhaps as a joke. But now her room itself, her bedroom. That's empty.

He's alone.

There's no one who knows- but... He's not sure how to respond. In the end, he ends up hugging Skarmy, looking for some sort of solidarity with the bird who has just lost her partner. Skarmy, ever an arrogant sort, and not one who ever liked Rin all that much, visibly, initially seems to recoil... but seeing how pathetic the boy was being, leans dow towards him a little and rest her head on top of his. Rin doesn't go into work that day, instead sort of looking around for something, anything, she might have left behind. Notes. There isn't really anything. And so... ]

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Shiemi went home. [ It's much later in the day when he says this ] ...'N she's gonna be okay there so... so it's fine, but 'm sorry for all her friends. [ He swallows. He's okay. No one should be here. No one deserves to be here ] I don't know the names of all've her plants as well as I oughta, or how you care for all've 'em... but uh. If anyone wants to have one of her plants here, I can tell you what it's named and what I know about lookin' after them.

[ If you want something to remember her by. That's... that's okay, right? ]

'N... the house is too big for me. It was kinda too big for just me 'n Shiemi too, and we was always looking for a roommate. Does anyone wanna come here? [ I don't want to be alone-- but he wouldn't be alone, Skarmy and Midori are here at least. Is it right for him to have Skarmy with him though? He's not that trainer thing... ] Like. Friends of mine, I guess... or hers?

[ A beat. And he snarls, even if he said he wouldn't lose his temper here ] Nevermind. That's all I got.

[ He's going to go back to seeing if reading manga can be good now. But even that reminds him of someone else from his home who went home. Someone who is important to both him and Shiemi, but- ... but at least she isn't that much older than him anymore. Unlike him. ]

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[ She sniffs at the offering.

...

And then she takes it. Hope her beak didn't mangle your hand she doesn't really care. But she knows this guy, and she backs off now. Rin, for his part... ]

Sorry 'bout her, she's more moody than usual.

[He's careful to pull his hand back at the right time so he doesn't get poked by her beak too much, but. Ouch. At least his gloves took some of the hit. He shakes his hand a little- if it bleeds, he'll take care of it later.]

It's alright. I don't blame her. [She just lost her trainer. How is she supposed to feel?]

Yeah, I don't either.

[ He wishes she could be a little less violent about it. But eh, who cares... okay he cares a little. But mostly, he just lets Silver in the room. Same tacky couch, same plants. One or three might be gone and a lot are shifted around so people can take them, but it is still a forest ]

[A forest is no exaggeration. Silver takes a few steps in and looks around...

...Despite all the life, it feels kind of empty. There's too much space for too little people- especially now that Rin's alone...]

...I could take a few outdoor plants, if you have any. There's room in Kaori's garden.

Edited 2014-06-30 07:10 (UTC)

A lotta these were probably meant to be outdoors. We got these big heat lamps [ And he knocks the big huge solar lamps here ] So she could keep growing 'em in the winter too, 'cus it gets so cold here.

[...That's actually pretty cool. ...Well, it's pretty warm, but- the point stands.] She took her plants really seriously.

'Course she did. Her dream's to see the Garden of Amahara

The Garden of what?

[Amawhatta? Is that some nice garden from his world?]

Amahara. It's this garden where God gathered up all the flowers and other planets in the world, and put some of all of them in there. No one's ever found it, but Shiemi's granny believed in it, and she wants to too.