thebastion | Pre-Day 61: pre-game threading

[Oh god. This just jumped up about a thousand levels in horrifying.

Bon doesn't mean to look, but he can't help it and suddenly he goes bright red in the face while holding up an arm to block his vision. He can't handle this Rin is supposed to be a boy what is this madness.]

Why are you a girl? You're not supposed to be a girl!

[Normally she wouldn't care about some one staring because what is modesty, but with Bon utterly freaking out over it she instinctively jerks her torn up skirt down between her legs, her own face going bright red to her pointed ears.]

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A GIRL! WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM?!

[And with Rin yelling, that only makes Bon yell too. They're in a freaking out noise feedback loop right now.]

YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN A BOY! THERE IS NOTHING GIRLY ABOUT YOU AND THERE NEVER HAS BEEN!

[At least he's not in shock, right?]

DO I LOOK LIKE A BOY TO YOU?!

[Even so, they're making a lot of ruckus.]

[Yeah, the other residents are probably staring by this point.]

NO! THAT'S WHY THIS IS ALL WRONG!

IDIOT!

[Remember that first aid kit Rin went and got? Yeah that's now flying at your head, Bon.]

[Yep he's getting beaned by it. Good job Rin you knocked him over.

It did stop the yelling, though.]

[... oh.]

... shit! I'm sorry!

[She crawls over to where Bon crumpled, brushing scattered supplies off his face and chest, the beat up tin box laying open a few feet away.]

[Being already injured, dodging was pretty much out of the question. And while Rin brushes the bandages and such off of him, he's just holding his head while he hisses in pain.

When he speaks again, he sounds a lot less angry.]

Damnit...

You have good aim.

... eheh... wasn't even aimin' for your face.

[Girl or not, she probably sounds a lot like the Rin he knows. But there's a tiny, apologetic smile as she tucks hair behind her pointed ear.]

You okay... ?

Edited 2013-04-16 21:11 (UTC)

[That's the most disturbing part of it all: she sounds just like the Rin he knows. Not in tone, she's got an obviously female voice (how did he miss that earlier? He must have been distracted), but the words she uses are what he would expect Rin to use.

It's just like the Rin he knows suddenly turned into a girl. Except not really, this Rin acts like she's been a girl all along.

It's so confusing.

Bon sighs and relaxes, letting his arm rest on his forehead as he closes his eyes.]

What is even going on here?

[It's not just Rin that's confusing, it's the whole thing. The world, the Bastion, everything.]

[That's pretty much it. For her, it's always been this way, but Bon was still like the Bon she knew back home, which makes it even weirder.

She sighs and sits back on her knees, shaking her head slowly, tail wrapping around her midsection.]

I wish I knew...

[So Rin doesn't have any answers either. Great. They'll both have to be ignorant about it until they find out what happened to the world.

There's another question Bon really needs to ask. He's not so sure he wants to hear the answer, though. He has his fears, and he doesn't want them to be confirmed.

But it's better to ask than to never find out, right?]

Who else is here?

[If Rin made it here and Bon made it here, then the others did too right? Bon doesn't care if they're changed like how Rin is, he just wants his friends to be here damnit.]

[Rin shakes her head to his question, eyes darting away and back towards the entrance of the Basstion. None of the statues looked like any of their classmates, but that didn't mean they were okay.]

[Bon's eyes go wide for a moment as he realizes what Rin is insinuating. Then he quickly turns his head and looks away, to cover for the stabbing pain he feels in his chest. Koneko, Renzou, his parents, everyone...they're all gone?

No. Not gone. They just haven't been found yet. Until he finds statues of them, he's going to keep believing that they're out there. He can't bear to think of any possibility.

Still, he's visibly upset at this, which is why he's not looking at Rin. He doesn't want to show his anger and pain to anyone right now.]

Damnit...

... we have to keep lookin' for 'em.

[She's been thinking along the same lines as him, though with each passing day a little more doubt worms its way in to her heart. It's in her voice, as much as she tries to hide it.]

[Rin is right, Bon knows she is. But he and Rin are pretty much the toughest two students in their class, and Bon himself just barely made it there. How could anyone of the others survive?

But no, now wasn't a time for negativity. If it was just them, then they would have to go rescue the others, once they found them.]

You're right.

[So Bon sits up finally. He's got a red mark on his forehead from the medical box, but he doesn't seem to care. He's got to be strong, not only for Rin's sake, but for the sake of everyone else.]

We'll find everyone.

[Rin turns back to look at him, a momentary look of surprise on her features. It wasn't that she didn't expect him to say it - it was hearing him say it after twenty long, arduous and tiring days of trying to keep her own hopes up only to have them erode under self doubt and the loneliness of not having anyone from home there.

Even if the Rin he knew was male, he's still Bon to her, and hearing him say the things she's been trying so hard to hold on to drags so much of that lost faith back up, giving her something to hold on tight to.

A relieved smile finally replaced the surprised blinking.]

Mhm! ... c'mon, we should finish gettin' you patched up.

[It's funny, Rin's smile is positively infectious. It's not because she's a girl either, Bon had found himself grinning as a result of Rin's goofy smiles long before their world had been broken apart. Sure, they got into yelling matches a lot, but during those rare moments when everyone was calm and not flailing over some test or assignment, it was hard not to smile.

Which is why Bon finds himself smiling as well, if only a little bit.]

Yeah, I guess so.

[Then he looks down at his arms, and whoops they're still bleeding all over his clothes. He really needs to get bandaged up before he loses too much blood.]

[Infectious positivity is a trait all Rins have. It's just been harder for her to tap in to that as of late, though she has a feeling with Bon here she might be able to hold on to it a little more.

She starts picking up the spilled supplies.]

Uhm. If you wanna take care of it yourself you can. I just started 'cause you were dozin' off.

Yeah, I should be able to manage it.

[Whoops asking for help is too much for him.]

...thanks. For saving my butt, I mean.

[Damn it, Bon. B|

But... she'll let him take care of his wounds himself and focus on reclaiming the first aid kit.]

Hey, no way I'd leave you out there. Just be glad you didn't run in to some of the really nasty ones!

If they're as annoying as those little ones, I don't want to see 'em.

[He's actually pretty competent at taking care of his own wounds, and he doesn't even have to strip to do so! Mercifully they didn't get through his pants and scratch his legs.]

They're... a lot more than annoyin'. They're fast. And they hit hard. Some of 'em even have weapons.

[She stops picking up things, fiddling with a small bottle of some sort of ointment that some one found on the skyway a while back, gaze to the ground at her feet. She hated admitting this, but he needs to know how truly dangerous it is out there.]

They've almost killed me a couple'a times...

[Bon had just finished bandaging his arm, and he looks up sharply when Rin says that.]

If they're that dangerous, then you shouldn't be going alone.

[Even though this Rin is different, Bon is assuming that she is a capable fighter. Which makes the 'almost killed' comment that much more meaningful: Rin is the strongest fighter by far out of their little group. While he isn't the best at strategy, he's sill part demon and far more resilient than any human could hope to be. It must be serious, if Rin was almost killed.

Once he's recovered, Bon fully intends on going out to the Skyway to find his friends. He and Rin will just have to stick together.]

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