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XXVIII
[ 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. ]
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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[And true to his word, after a jog and a few minutes he's there. Knock knock.]
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Which is why when Rin opens the door, behind him, there's a sevenish foot tall metal bird there looming over his shoulder to glare down at Caius, to judge his legitness. ]
Hey.
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[It's rude to glare Skarmy. Not that that stops Caius from staring back for a moment or so. What. What. Don't you judge him.]
Guess you didn't have any luck finding it while I was coming over.
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[ OH OH YOU WANT SOME SON.
... Bird laugh. She spreads her wings and uses Taunt on Caius. You look like you could fall for pokémon attacks just like Rin does. Take that, come on bro ]
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... Does she want to start a fight or something?!
[Finding the pokeball is forgotten for the moment as he takes a few steps forward, nudging Rin out of the way a little so he can stare Skarmy down for real... Or stare up in this case because Skarmy has some height on him. Even though he's aware of just how tough Skarmy and those razor sharp feathers of hers are, man is he tempted to deck this bird in the face right now.]
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[ Wait, Skarmy, you didn't, did you...?
The bird, meanwhile, gives a little trill. She can't quite fly off now like she's like to, but she can jump back further into the house, laughing at the guy and flapping he wings, posing a bit to show how much prettier she is than he ]
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[She spread her wings and made bird noises at him. Which somehow, he's not really sure how himself, is making him all sorts of ticked off. It's like Skarmy wants him to attack her or something.
... He can't punch her, his hand would end up being sliced to ribbons. Perhaps he can kick her instead?! Kicking metal would probably still hurt though. WELL WHATEVER he can work out what he's going to do after he's followed her further into the house. You want to fight and now you're going to back off, huh? Is that what this is? Torchicken.]
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[ Shouting! Or well, he reaches out to put a hand on Caius's shoulder, to question what's up with him. Skarmy, meanwhile, is posing back here. HAHA. HAHAHA ]
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[He shrugs off Rin's hand and runs at Skarmy because you know what SCREW YOU you big dumb metal bird don't you laugh at him!!
When he's close enough he's going to try and kick her. Apparently he decided a kick would be better than a punch after being Taunted. It probably doesn't matter what he goes for, either way is hitting metal, but anyway.]
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And this is lame Rin is like what r u doin ]
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If he was in Rin's shoes and he was watching something like that? Yeah. He'd think it was lame too. Good grief.]
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[Don't 'dude' him, he knows what he just did okay... He's not exactly sure why of course, just that he suddenly felt compelled the wallop Skarmy something fierce.
He remains on the floor for a few seconds, because ow, before getting back up onto his feet and looking around.]
... She started it.
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[IT'S ALL THE BIG METAL BIRD'S FAULT BLAME HER FOR EVERYTHING OKAY]
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