Light years away from home, just my demons and I alone

[hellpyre]

Who: Rin Okumura and anyone else in the Bastion
When: After Groups A and B return and the Core is installed
Where: Near the apartment building
Style: [these fun things]
Status: OOOOPEN

[So hey. There's this girl. She's been in this place for a while, helped out with a lot of things, and today she got to help do something awesome! Cores are important to the Bastion after all, so that's a good thing.

Except she kind of... lit herself on fire and a lot of people saw it.

Anyone want to talk to her about that?

In all seriousness, Rin can be found after all that hubbub taking a break near the apartments, outside because she really doesn't want to be in her room right now. She's nursing a bit of a wound on her thigh from sliding on her legs under the bird earlier, but whatever road rash she got from doing so is starting to fade finally. Her sword is lying next to her in the grass, and she's just on her back, watching the odd sky above the Bastion quietly.

Mostly because her ears are still kind of ringing from what Crona did.

Ringing ears won't stop her from holding a conversation, though, if anyone cares to bother her, and she's in a decent mood given their accomplishments.]

Comments

[hellpyre]

[No come back D:]

Well uhm-- ... okay 'enchanted' might not be the right word. Actually I'unno what is. 'cause... magic doesn't really exist in my world? Other powers do, though. Its-- ...

[confusing]

Complicated. I don't actually know what my dad did to the sword to make it the way it is... and I can't ask him now anyway...

[Rin's gaze shifted to the ground, and her ears even seemed to drop slightly.]

[blackblooded]

[Crona stops, listening and accepting. But the meister doesn't make a move forward.]

What does it do?

[hellpyre]

[That's fine. Talking is keeping her mind off of her dad and other sad things. She really doesn't need to burden Crona with that.]

Well, when it's closed like it is right now, I'm normal. I can still use my power it's just a lot weaker. When the blade is out though, it unlocks it completely.

[blackblooded]

... that doesn't make sense. Why would you lock your power away? That's dangerous, you know.

[hellpyre]

Well...

[Rin's hand reached over, tugging the sword closer in order to rest it on her lap.]

Demons aren't really accepted in my world. So I had to be hidden, and raised like I was human.

[blackblooded]

... you can't hide the fire?

[hellpyre]

Not without the sword, no. See... half-human half-demons aren't that uncommon in my world. That's what a friend of mine told me. But a lot of 'em... they just look like normal people with maybe sharper teeth, or pointed ears, or even a tail like mine. But me...

Well... it's because of who my father is.

[blackblooded]

... is he a good father?

If he's not, I don't think that I want to talk about him.

[hellpyre]

... no. He isn't.

[For a lot of reasons.]

He didn't raise me, though. A man named Shiro Fujimoto did. He was... kind of a pain in the ass, but he was a good man. If anyone was my dad it was him.

[blackblooded]

Mmmmm.

... If your parents are bad people, you don't owe them anything.

You're... really lucky that you had someone nice to take care of you.

[hellpyre]

I know. I don't owe him shit. I never will. And my flames are my own. It doesn't matter if they look the same as his.

[As much as she wishes she could say that with more confidence, there's always going to be that hint of uncertainty tinging it. It isn't as if learning the truth of her heritage has been easy for her.]

[blackblooded]

It's not the form that matters, it's the soul. They teach you that at school.

[hellpyre]

I don't really know anythin' about souls. Marie said... she thinks I have one, but I'm not really sure. Demons aren't supposed to have souls, but I'm also half human, so...

... she said I should ask Maka, but--

[But she's actually afraid to find out she's more like her father than she realized]

I don't wanna bother him with it.

[blackblooded]

.... I can see them too, you know? Most meisters can. [But there's a limit to how many times people can use their powers in one day.]

[hellpyre]

[And Rin knows that.]

That counts as a use though, doesn't it?

[She holds up a finger.]

You already used up one.

[And another]

If you do that, you'll be down to one. You shouldn't use it on somethin' like that unless it's really needed, right?

[blackblooded]

... I think... maybe we get six. [No, but Crona doesn't know that.]

And if you think you don't have a soul, someone should tell you the truth.

[hellpyre]

[Rin almost puts up the 'but what if you don't?' argument, but there is the chance they won't be going back out again...]

I--... well... only if you want to...

[blackblooded]

[Crona nods. Rin will probably feel Crona focusing on her, observing.

That one looks tasty.]

... Ragnarok, you can't eat it.

[hellpyre]

[Rin tenses. She definitely feels that. It's not bad just... unnerving and odd.

But Crona's out loud comment makes her jump.]

What?!

[blackblooded]

[Crona shrugs.]

Your soul.

[hellpyre]

Why would Ragnarok want to eat it?!

[Priorities, Crona]

[blackblooded]

[Crona can't deal with screaming. Which means Crona's flinching back away from Rin.]

... He's a weapon... weapons eat souls.

[hellpyre]

[Whoops sorry]

... oh.

Well he can't have mine. ... and... sorry I yelled...

[blackblooded]

He's not allowed to eat any souls that aren't on the list.

[hellpyre]

W-well... I hope mine never winds up on that list then...

[Sliiightly uncomfortable shifting]

... s... so what's it like... ?