Rin Okumura (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
pinnedbangs) wrote2013-08-19 07:01 am
pinnedbangs) wrote2013-08-19 07:01 am
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7th Struggle [Action/Video] New Bark Town ... Again
[SUN. BRIGHT, SUNSHINEY SUN. It's so bright, it's almost as bad as getting blinded by snow. But that lasts for only a minute before the gear swings into focus on a face.
A very familiar looking face. Or maybe he wasn't familiar at all and those bright blue eyes, wild black hair, and somewhat sharp teeth were a new and unusual sight.
That person with the familiar looking face had an equally familiar looking Poochyena that had, lovingly, sunk her jaws into his skull. He's dealt with worse before, but he obviously wasn't too happy about his situation.
The Poochyena on the other hand, looked absolutely thrilled to be gnawing on her trainer once more.]
She's been doing this for fifteen minutes... [Fifteen minutes before he was just getting kicked out into New Bark and realizing that he had not dreamt up his time in Johto.]
... How do I make her stop? I can't feel much of my head anymore.
A very familiar looking face. Or maybe he wasn't familiar at all and those bright blue eyes, wild black hair, and somewhat sharp teeth were a new and unusual sight.
That person with the familiar looking face had an equally familiar looking Poochyena that had, lovingly, sunk her jaws into his skull. He's dealt with worse before, but he obviously wasn't too happy about his situation.
The Poochyena on the other hand, looked absolutely thrilled to be gnawing on her trainer once more.]
She's been doing this for fifteen minutes... [Fifteen minutes before he was just getting kicked out into New Bark and realizing that he had not dreamt up his time in Johto.]
... How do I make her stop? I can't feel much of my head anymore.
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-- that was the last thing he expected to hear. He was ready to go grump somewhere, cool his head (WITH POOCHY STILL ON IT), and then move on and away but. But names had to happen.
BRILLANT.
Most peeps in Johto hardly ever asked so. He just went with it???? And then there was Shiemi but. She was flan. Flan was special.]
Whichever? Any? I don't know, whatever you want... It's my name either way. Is Maka your whole name?
[If so. Then. That would make her pretty bad-ass. Or something. Like a samurai. The "they call me Maka. /whips out twin blades from hair" sort of samurai.]
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[She didn't realize the full name was so important.]
I'll call you Rin. Okumura's a mouthful and it seems weird to call a friend by his surname. [Even if she does it with Ishimaru. Ishimaru is...special. Not special like flan, special like crazy.]
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Huh. Cool beans.]
Sure. How's it -- [HOLD THE PHONE] -- friend? [And suddenly it hits him like a ton of bricks.
This is a girl. Who wants to be his friend. Who isn't Shiemi, Paku, or Izumo. And who doesn't think he's going to juvi.]
Seriously?
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[She blinks, seeming honestly perplexed that he would question it.]
You think because we had a disagreement that we shouldn't be friends? My friends hold no qualms about punching me in the face, what makes you think a little argument's going to scare me off?
[Well okay by "friends" she means Black*Star, but everybody else in Death City is so casual about violence it's kind of an unspoken thing.]
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[He's had disagreements before. And yeah, he did sorta think that she was going to be upset but he was willing to be her friend, even with that. It wasn't like a barrier or anything...
...It was more along the lines of how hard it was for him to make friends. And even though he had so many now, it was still a joy to make more.]
Just. Forget about it.
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[Ah, she sees now, somehow he's not a person that's used to the friendship thing. Not as bad as Crona, but still present.]
The way I see it, everyone needs a friend, and there's no excuse to reject making bonds with others. Particularly not in a place like this, I mean...I'm the only one from my world here.
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But wow, she was a mind reader. Or a shonen protag. One or the other.]
I just thought that you'd be... ["ew no delinquent I only talk to nerds with big, thick glasses"] ...y'know. ... What're your friends like?
[Subject change? What subject change?]
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[A beat.]
Another one's a ninja but she's the only sane one out of our group and two others are twins that came from a thuggish background in New York.
[Another beat.]
That's who I mainly hang out with anyway, we're a team. [She can save the "also some of them turn into weapons" thing for later.]
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And in your world, people eat souls and fight the humans who eat souls? [Making a hypothesis here since she mentioned something like that and she seemed to be against things that were bad.]
So what does that make you? So since you hang out with ninjas and thugs, does that make you a samurai?
[He really should talk about himself. ...Maybe.]
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[She blinks. Samurai?]
No, I use a scythe.
[Obviously, silly, samurai are swordsmen.]
It doesn't matter, does it?
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Especially that annoying bit about demon weapons. Didn't she just say her world didn't have traditional demons or whatever? But he's not going to get his boxers in a knot over it.
But. Truth be told. He's yet to meet a girl who wielded a scythe.]
That's really cool! But what is it that doesn't matter, the scythe part?
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[The history behind them is just so convoluted and look at his face already, he might be exceeding brain capacity.]
Who I hang out with or what I'm called. It's not special or anything.
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They - what? That doesn't even make sense - [Damn, she might explain anyway BACK UP.] - and I don't want to know right now either!
[He reaches up to scratch his head, but gets a handful of poochyena fur instead. Poochy has shifted her weight so she's resting on his head and shoulder. Her jaw isn't viciously clamped to his head, but she's letting him know that she's just taking a break. He scratches her behind the ear and under her chin.
Rin never really thought he would be asked. He contemplates his answer for once before speaking. Poochy was more than happy to have his attention.]
... I wanted to know more about you. [Don't mind him feeling all awkward. He's new to this whole GIRL WHO ISN'T ONE OF THE THREE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED. And he didn't want to be so closed off with a friend.]
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["When you recover."]
I think I've already talked about myself enough, what about you?
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I wasn't here when you got here and I'm not gonna look back in time. You're here now, so why not?
[There isn't anything interesting about him that's with mentioning.
Me? 'm an exorcist in training. [brief explanation time:] We save people from demons.
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[Pshaw.]
Oh yeah? That's cool, it sounds like my work as a Meister. Do you go to a school for it, too? ...Is your headmaster not-human, too? [Clearly one of the most important things to ask.]
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[Gosh, way to be like Yukio. Was she going to start leaving him notes now about washing behind his ears and making sure he flossed too?? What was she, his self-proclaimed sister?!]
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Yeah, I do? [He's not too sure anymore. No wait. Yes he is.] It's a cram school, so it's not like anyone can get in.
[Heck yeah, he feels all special~ He goes to a fucking prestigious school with rich kids
but he can't afford to eat like they do, damn brats... -- ahhhhhh, should he say? Well, he didn't have to get specific... It would be easier to just tell her. Hm. He wasn't home anyway. What was the worst that could happen?FAMOUS LAST WORDS]...Yeah, he's no where near human.
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[Der.]
...I mean, I know it's not fun listening to me talk and I can't draw, but it's not reading.
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Ah, I see. Ours is Lord Death, so I'm going to guess yours is a demon?
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I haven't even seen your stuff so you can't just go on an' say your drawings suck! [Sh-She didn't say that...] And it's not like what you're saying is boring, either! Send it later, or whatever. [Much later. Like in 20 minutes. Or 20 days.]
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She was like a Ouija board.
ABORT MISSION. ABORT ABORT ABORT.]
I -- I didn't even say anything!! N-Not that he isn't b-but -- [DID SHE ALREADY GUESS ABOUT HIM WHAT IS THIS MADNESS. He didn't know what was up or down at the moment, but he was about ready to guess that Maka was just one of those weird as hell people who just knew things and maybe practiced fortune telling.
A Shark-finned, Samurai, twin-sword scythe wielding, fortune teller.]
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[Sigh.]
I already know I'm boring, okay? I know that people don't appreciate academics, I don't like hanging out with the ones that do anyway. ...And I already said I'd send it later! Geez.
[Really, his expressions don't help her guesses and their accuracy.]
Why are you freaking out so much? It's a logical conclusion, I mean, you wouldn't expect the god of death to be running a school dedicated to training people with special abilities to protect the world from anomalies, right? Why not a demon running a school that protects people from demons? You said yourself that some demons don't want to hurt people.
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He's going to have to wear a mask for the rest of his life. Or. He could tell people to keep their secrets to themselves.]
I never said you were boring... [beat] ... all lectures are boring. I suck at academics anyway. [wait a - ] So you want to be my friend because I have bad grades?
[He just doesn't want her to suddenly say OH YEAH I GUESED IN AN INTELLIGENT WAY THAT YOU MUST BE A DEMON TOO and that would be okay?? Just awkward as all hell??]
You make it sound pretty damn logical... But Mephisto doesn't care all that much. He's in it for himself, so he's not a good example. [He probably owns the school so that he could feed his otaku obsession.]
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But that's a subject for another time.]
I didn't say that, it's not like I can magically look into your head at your report cards. I'm just saying that the only other person that competed for grades with me in class was a stuffed shirt until his girlfriend loosened him up. I'm saying people that are into studying and achieving like that? Their personalities are different, less easygoing and friendly.
[She shrugs. Yes, basically she's saying she wants to befriend Rin because he seems friendly.]
But I still guessed right, didn't I? Mephisto...that's an interesting name, I wonder if he's the same as Mephistopheles?
[...wait Rin wouldn't know that reference, no reading.]
Never mind. He'd have to have a certain fascination with humans anyway if he's taking the trouble of living among them. [But that's all speculation and--] I'm not interested in him, though, this is supposed to be about you.
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