thebastion | [Day 229] Well some one has to stay behind [Open]

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[Day 229] Well some one has to stay behind [Open]

Who: Everyone who didn't go on the trip
Open: Open
When: Day 229
Where: The Bastion
What: Not everyone is going to go search for the Core. Some people have to stay behind and tend to the daily things in the Bastion, after all.
Format: Any
Warnings: n/a

[Regardless of the Bastion's current state, there are still things that need to be done from day to day. Some one has to attend to those things, and not everyone can just up and leave. Some people might not even want to leave, and there are even a select few that just can't.

So for those of you staying behind, make sure you're not strangers to your fellow survivors!]

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There is progress! And he said he was going to talk to me about these things in the future and screw Hikaru.

[Thank goodness for the partition, though he audibly slaps a hand over his own eyes and drags it down his face. Nice one, Kaoru.] That is… uh. In the sense of finally stopping thinking that one relationship has to be sacrificed for the other; and to stop caring that they've… still not entirely warmed up to each other yet. And trust that he'll get there eventually.

[he heard that burble :/]

…everything all right in there?

[She's just half sunk under the water now because wow she made an ass of herself.

She comes up enough to mumble:]

Yes. And I know what you meant.

…that was you? I thought it was Kin-chan who'd gone under.

[…thank goodness you got it, Rin-chan. Thank you for not teasing him :/]

[She's only a pervert when the right moment calls for it.]

Nah, he's doin' okay. Tama-chan's got that handled pretty well. I'm just feelin' like an ass for gettin' so upset...

Like I said. It was tense. You guys were all packed in together with very little notice or preparation. Anyone would get upset.

[that kind of shows, though, that he's not quite aware of how ugly things got]

…though I am grateful. That you tried to fight my corner.

Yeah, well... we're friends. Even in this place I want my friends to be happy. And you're happy with him...

[She was friends with Seimei, too, but he was the one saying he would leave Kaoru for frankly really stupid reasons.]

... I know I ain't always the nicest person around and I probably said some things I shouldn't have to him but I just didn't wanna see him make a really dumb decision that was gonna hurt you.

It's just, it's very easy to decide things in the abstract. He was removed from the situation - from me - and he had a lot of time to worry solely over the facts as he saw them. As far as he was concerned, he failed. Never mind that it was unknowingly, unwillingly, as far as he was concerned, he did something that endangered me and others. And because he usually keeps to himself, he had nobody to snap him out of it. It was just that, and him, and his sense of nobility, of duty.

…I just don't think you were ever going to be able to talk him through He needed someone to, certainly, but it was probably only ever going to be me or Hikaru who would manage it. And even then… [a slight shudder, not that Rin can see it. Thank goodness they didn't have to see that particular scenario go down] Even then, it would have to be Hikaru on a very good day. Even I know he can be kinda... volatile. He might not have fared much better...

[He never kept anything from his brother but he had certainly… edited his account of events a little, when they had talked about it later. The relationship between Hikaru and Seimei was getting better, albeit gradually, but it didn't need any other cause for tension. Besides, everything had cleared up and they were back on solid ground. Figuratively, if not literally. The residual shock from a few days ago was still keeping him awake at night]

I still had to try. No one else was gonna talk some sense in to him.

[Even if she had gotten emotional and upset with him and the end result had been the two of them stomping out of the lobby, irritated at one another for different reasons.]

[with a soft chuckle and a smile that he hopes carries through into his voice] Yeah, but no one else has been following our relationship quite so keenly as you have. [he loves you for it, Rin-chan]

[though there is a slight, uncomfortable pause, before he asks]

…there was something I wanted to ask you, actually. If you don't mind? I only ask now because I'd be embarrassed to bring it up under other circumstances...

And it's just us here, right? Nobody on the other side there with you?

Some one has to look out for you two.

[And he is one of the few people left from her early days here. She's grateful that they've managed to maintain their friendship this long.]

... yeah. 'course. Just us and the Pokemon and Tama-chan.

All right then.

So, uh… [and that sure is an uncomfortable clearing of the throat there…] …if you don't have any experience with this kind of thing it's quite okay but…

Do half-demons usually grow extra appendages after, uh...

[come on, Kaoru. You can ask the question. Be a man]

Relations?

Uhhhhh. . .

[WELL this... turned interesting.

Rin lets out a cough, but no words come out for a good minute.

How the hell is she supposed to respond to that?!]

Iiiii... can't... say it happened to me but uh... I don't know that much about other demons.

[Ah, shit. Way to make things awkward...]

Well. I guess in some ways that's good to know. And yet not helpful at all. I'm just as foxed as Seimei is, at this point.

[realises what he's said and quietly presses his face into his knees. Wow. Good one, Kao-chan…]

[It was going to be awkward no matter what.]

Fo--

[Snort.

And now she's laughing.

Really hard.]

I-I'm sorry--!

[just a groan from the other side of the onsen. It was not intentional, Rin-chan, but he realised it the moment he said it]

Yes. Yes. Now literally as well as figuratively.

[The unintentional puns are the best ones, okay.]

Heehee... you walked right in to that one...

B-but. Seriously. Every demon is different so... I'unno. If it worries you maybe you should ask him about it?

[with another groan, but lifting his face from his legs so she can hear him properly]

I'm not so much worried, I just wondered if it was normal, is all. But at least the fluffy ears and the tail look cute on him, even if he insists on hiding them.

... fluffy ears and tail... ?

[Oh no, that is cute!]

My tail is already out, and I don't think I'm gonna get any other uh... parts any time soon. Seimei-san and I are two very different demons, though.

Fluffy.

They make him a little more readable, which is always a plus. [he should enjoy it while he can; before Seimei figures out how to keep the new appendages in check. It's kind of adorable, when his tail flicks, or his ears swivel about like little radar dishes. And it gives Kaoru an excuse to rearrange Seimei's hair when it shifts along with them]

Who knows how it works? It might work differently on different people.

Though… was it hard? Having to hide it all the time? [He is grateful that Seimei didn't have to deal with this until now - he can't imagine how much trouble it might have caused]

... that'ssocute.

[Oops did she say that out loud?

cough.]

It was, yeah... I had to wrap it around my stomach and hide it under my shirt. It was uncomfortable as fuck, especially right after it came in. My lower back hurt for a good week afterwards.

Right?!

[fear not, Rin, you have an ally here in vehement agreement]

Seimei will be Seimei and try to hide them, but I'm glad that at least he doesn't have to.

…I will keep an eye out for lower back pain, though.

[Good.]

Yeah. It's a lot easier to be ourselves here.

If it starts botherin' him just but somethin' hot on his back and give him some pain pills. It didn't last too long with me.

I will. [a fond, if not actually visible, smile] He's never objected to my fussing over him before, so long as it's in private. He seems to rather enjoy it.

I'm glad that in this place, nobody really needs to hide anything. If anything good came out of the end of the world, I guess there's that.

He's the kinda guy who likes to be pampered. I could see that even when I first met him.

[Not that he'd ever admit it aloud.]

Mn. Yeah. I'm still kinda upset that I never really got to prove to the Order that I wasn't gonna turn out to be like my dad, though...

I could tell from first glance he liked his indulgences. I didn't realise how susceptible he was to pampering - or flattery, for that matter - until I got to know him better.

…perhaps you'll get a chance somehow. Someday. You never know who's going to land on their ass out there next.

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