Day 169 |[OPEN] Waiting in the wings, your courage sings

[hellpyre]

Who: Rin Okumura and open
Open: Open
When: Day 169
Where: Various
What: Time to get back to life as usual...
Format: Any
Warnings: Rin is a warning

morning - dragonfield

[Life for one doesn't stop when the death of another happens. For a time, things do slow, directions shift, mentalities change and grief sits heavy in the heart, but nothing stops. Even at the end of the world, so long as there were still beings breathing, life never stopped.

And in time, a return to things as "normal" (as normal as they could be anyway) was needed. Rin had already given in to fear of the skyway and her own abilities once before, and she refused to do it again. Nightmares would still haunt her, probably for months or years to come, bleeding in to the memories of Shiro's death. That much she knew, and she accepted that. But she refused to accept any renewed fear of the Skyway.

Colin was right - they couldn't just shy away from what was needed because one life had been tragically cut short.

So Rin would finally be emerging from her apartment on day 169, dressed somewhat more conservative than normal (capri pants and a plain teeshirt), going with Kurikara to the Dragonfield.

Should anyone come across her during this first part of the morning, well... chances are you'll see blue flames first. Why? Rin has the sword out, and is practicing with it alone, trying to get some measure of the level of control she had in Kyoto back. She can't really do this in the training house that Duke set up because of course things would wind up burning, but the Dragonfield works well enough without making a full on trek to the Skyway.

She can be interrupted, just watch out for blue flames being launched about.]

afternoon - kitchen

[Working in the kitchen was finally not so difficult for Rin now. The arm that had broken was healing quickly thanks to her demonic nature, still sore and a bit weak (something she found out during her work out with her sword and flames), but usable once more. She didn't want to return to the kitchen full time just yet, but she did some in for work after noon had rolled around, and once again the familiar scents of her cooking could likely be smelled near the kitchen and a good distance away.]

evening - forge

[When night falls over the Bastion, Rin will make her way not to her apartment from the kitchen, but to the forge. A recent trip to lost and found had her stumbling on a fairly nice blade sharpener. Not that she had any idea how to use it (and it wasn't Kurikara that needed it but her other, non-enchanted blade) but she was sure going to try. Of course Stewart was no where to be found, and she wasn't really willing to go on the hunt for him.

So she sat there, blade across her lap, attempting to sharpen the thing and doing a fairly poor job of it. The cuts on her fingers were indication of that.]

Comments

dragonfield

[daughterofursa]

[Blue flames. It's no surprise she's reminded of her sister; they were her trademark, a skill Zuko's never seen from any other firebender.

Admittedly Zuko is not very social, but she's been avoiding Rin since Night's death. She was so insensitive about it before it happened, but she wonders if Rin even remembers.

It doesn't take long to realize this isn't really much like firebending, but she stands and watches for a while before speaking.]

What do you call that?

[hellpyre]

[Considering it's coming from a sword, and completely surrounding her... yeah it's quite different. There's also notable physical changes about her - elongated ears, sharper teeth, a much more prominent red at the center of her pupils. She's far more demonic in this form, but controlled to a point where she's not going to lash out at anyone approaching her.

Zuko's voice catches her attention just after she sends a swath of blue flames in to the air, skirting just above the grass, high enough to barely singe the tips of the blades. The flames vanished after that, leaving behind faint curls of smoke as Rin turned and brushed the mess of her bangs out of her face.

She seemed... mildly surprised to see Zuko, but given what had happened in the time since they last talked she didn't see any reason to jump down the other girl's throat. Enough time had passed anyway, there was no need to dredge up a poorly worded conversation.]

... it doesn't really have a name.

[Or rather it doesn't have a name she agrees with.]

[daughterofursa]

[After seeing Ryu go through one of his transformations? Rin's doesn't seem like that big a deal. Still strange, but not strange enough for much of a reaction.

She's glad Rin has decided to still be civil with her, though.]

You invented it yourself?

[hellpyre]

[Her talk with Colin at the funeral drilled home even more than before that getting along and working together is essential to making sure no one winds up like Night.]

No, I was born with it, actually.

[She takes up the scabbard for Kurikara and slips the blade back inside. With a click, the flames vanished, and her features went back to normal.]

It was sealed in here when I was born, though.

[daughterofursa]

Your ability was sealed into a sword.

[Give her a second to process that one.]

That's... weird.

[hellpyre]

Yeah. I'unno how. Dad did it when I was born and I didn't even know until I was fifteen.

[And the only one who would have known method here would have been Night...]

[daughterofursa]

Was it sealed.. because no one could teach you?

[If it doesn't have a name, then it stands to reason it's pretty rare.]

[hellpyre]

Uhm... [well that was one issue that came up when she was older, but] No, actually, 'cause I'm not human. Walkin' around with flames like that woulda been a problem where I'm from.

[daughterofursa]

I've never seen fire quite like yours, but it wouldn't have been so strange, where I come from.

[hellpyre]

... really?

[That was a surprise.]

[daughterofursa]

I come from the Fire Nation.

[See where she's going with this?]

There... were a lot of firebenders there.

[hellpyre]

[Fire Nation... kind of makes sense. But...]

Fire... bender... ?

[daughterofursa]

...it might be easier to show you.

[So she'll turn and run through a few simple firebending forms, making sure the flames just go off into the air.]

[hellpyre]

Whoaaaa...

[Rin is... impressed. More than. If she had that level of control over her flames--!]

Th... that is so cool!

[daughterofursa]

[Well, that's definitely the first time she's gotten that reaction. Zuko turns back to look at Rin, the surprise showing on her face.]

Really?

[hellpyre]

Really! Man, if I had that kinda control, no one would ever bitch about my power again! I've never seen anyone with power like that before, not even higher ranking exorcists! It's amazin'!

[Yes Rin is fangirling.]

[daughterofursa]

[Zuko... doesn't know quite how to take this. About the only praise she's had was from her uncle, and his words were usually simple, and often following hours of instruction.]

My sister was the prodigy... I mean, I'm still pretty good, I guess, but it took me a long time to get where I am. I don't know if I could call myself a true master.

[hellpyre]

[Rin is far more used to dealing with demons having that level of power, not humans. She thinks its pretty cool.]

Still! That's way better than me! I only just got my flames to not burn what I don't want 'em to.

[daughterofursa]

Well... You didn't even know about it until recently, right?

I've been training since I was a child.

[hellpyre]

Oh... y-yeah, not until last year. The uh... seal. On the sword. It kinda... broke.

[daughterofursa]

[Zuko tilts her head in confusion. The flames are gone and Rin looks normal so...]

Isn't it working now?

[hellpyre]

Not how it used to.

[Her tail moved so it was more visible, and she turned her head to point to her ears.]

This stuff showed up when the seal broke. 'course back home only people with demon wounds could see 'em, but I still had to hide my tail. And I didn't have any of the powers until I got older.

[daughterofursa]

Oh.

...what sort of wound is a demon wound?

[It might be clear from the way she asks that she's really not clear on the word "demon."]

[hellpyre]

Just that. A wound from a demon. Could be somethin' as simple as a scratch, could be a whole big nasty thing. So long as it comes from a demon, it makes a normal person able to see 'em.

[Rin gets that, after her explanation of course. She motions at her tail again.]

I'm half. Basically... in my world there's Gehenna and Assiah. Gehenna is the demon world, and sort of the mirror side to Assiah, the human world. Demons aren't supposed to cross over, and neither are humans, but... it still happens.

[daughterofursa]

Sounds like the Spirit World.

[Maybe demon is just Rin's word for spirit? Although the only person Zuko might categorize as part spirit would be Aang...]