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[ Voice ]

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. ]

[ Voice (SOME NEBULOUS DAY PROBABLY DAY 11 (APRIL 19th)) ]

'Ey! Anyone got any quests to be done... or wanna join me on quests? I've been feelin' like I should go on an adventure lately, and it'll be easier and more fun with more people.

[ Action (Day 11 (April 19th) -> Day 13 (April 21st), technically, but he'll also have been at this for Day 9 (april 17th) -> Day 10 (April 18th) too probably. Maybe. If anyone wants.) ]

[ And after that, Rin will be on his quest! Or well, he will be wearing a silly knight hat and looking around for some things he can nobly embark on, be it RPG style or fairy tale style. Really, he doesn't have a story for himself yet. (so basically feel free to tag in with anything and everything)

But his horoscopes, which he's been getting since the start of the event, do not seem to bode well today.
• The only thing to fear is fear itself.
• The termites in your skull are making more noise than ever this week.
• You will inadvertantly shoplift several times this week. (which he will, by the way - both in the shops and wandering into people's homes like a true RPG protagonist to look into their vases and drawers and stuff so feel free to do that too)
• Your socks don't match.

Well the last one is definitely true at least. But the first two are unsettling to him, particularly given how jumpy he's started to become about his own powers... (which is leading up to some log I'll put up in a few days this)

Bonus!: What he was up to last week which I didn't get up until now! Which is why it's linked! I might edit in a comment on the second log if I feel inspired but probably not! ]

[Video]

Hey guys, guys! I managed to work out a new attack up here! See, check this out!

[ The video shows Rin excited... but anyone who hasn't seen him while his sword is drawn might be a little surprised. His fangs and ears are both longer, and he also has blue "horns" on his head made out of blue fire. He's also got a rather large demonic aura right now, but you can't sense that through the book. And once he steps back from the video, he's got elongated claws and the end of his tail has flames too.

He's set the book up against a boulder and he's clearly somewhere up in the mountains. He's shouting at the book so that it's more clear what he's doing. But first things first, he surrounds himself and his sword with some of his blue flames ]

Okay so I did work out how to control my flames a while back [for the most part... the barrier's given him some issues when it coms to very fine tuned things] and I can also do stuff like this!

[ And at this, pointing out a decent sized rock over here, he slices it with his flaming sword - and the sword slices the rock clean in half. While he does this he also lets out a bit of an echoing shout, to focus himself. In the aftermath, though, the rock does still seem to be on fire still (blue fire) oops. But either way!! ]

See? But now I worked out something else, so check this out.

[ And he steps back, pulls his sword back, and focuses. The camera angle isn't great to see it, but in the distance there's several cans set up to stand on top of some big rock. And then he brings his sword in a downward arc and calls out: ]

Satan Slash!

[ And with that, a wave of blue fire which may or may not be semi-solid flies out from his sword (like so) and -- while he intends to knock over the cans alone the wave is too big and sends them flying back a bit. But they are not lit on fire, nor was anything else.

Either way, he turns back to the camera, grinning ]

So uh, sorry for bein' out in the mountains for a while now, but I pulled this off! I'll try no to bring any bears back to town, and I'll be back soon.

[Voice]

Ossu, it's me, Rin. I uh, finally found my journal. [and he's not talking about where it was because he feels very foolish about where he ultimately found it. In fact, he coughs before moving on-]

So how many've you have heard of exorcists? Exorcists are basically people who save normal people from demons, when demons are causing problems or hurting people. [It's been too long] I'm an exorcist in training and so're the two girls I live with, Shiemi and Izumo. [I've been here a year] So if anyone's got some demon problems, or I guess any kinda evil spirit or stuff like that, you should know to call us. We can handle it quickly. [Please, give me something that makes sense again] ...So that's all, I guess.

[Action]

[And after that, Rin was thinking he'd sit around, surfing the journal now that he'd been without it so long, but he got bored with that after doing it three minutes. Plus with how much snow he'd had to suffer in the Ice Age, it not getting any warmer, really, and his impending birthday... he's just settled for a long walk all over town. Picking up a new coat at the clothing shop, going to see both the bridges, skirting the forest's edge. He's really all over the place, thinking about how it's been far too long.

Run into him in the course of any of that, he's a bit lost in thought and it doesn't really suit him.

[Action]

[So after running into Izumo and getting properly dressed, Rin sets out to complete his sweep for Kurikara in the item shop before heading back "home" to House 15. Possibly with Izumo he goes back there but maybe not. Either way, he ends up going there in the relatively early morning. Run into him en route, while he's looking for Kurikara, or when he's there.]

[Voice]

...Ossu. It's me, Rin Okumura. I got sent back. [And I've been informed my brother went home.

I'm apart from Yukio. I know I upset a lot of you. He bites his lip and then shakes his head. No, he's not saying any of that]

Pity it's too cold, h-huh? I wanted to go swimming in this pool, now it's kinda too cold for it...

[...Haha...]