caughtinanetwork | ninth flame : video/ various filters

[Rin looks surprisingly distant and thoughtful today. He's lacking his two usual modes - growling and pissed off or cheerful and derpy. He's just sort of... there.

As much as he wanted to believe it wasn't going to bother him, what Maka revealed is getting to him. And it's not even necessarily the relation to the other two that's bothering him. It's more the other questions he has on his mind.

But for the public post, he has a purpose aside from that.

Oh and he totally has a Kuro sleeping on his head]

Hey uh... if anyone wants any free lunches already made and you don't wanna bother with the lines at the restaurants today, I grabbed a buncha leftovers from the ball we had frozen and made some. I got way more than even everyone in the Villa is gonna eat, so I figured I'd just give 'em away.

[He holds one up. It's got a rather interesting assortment, not strictly Japanese since there was a pretty good assortment of cultures represented in the food at the masquerade. But whatever, they still look damn good. And Rin has enough bento boxes behind him on the counter to feed about twenty people. How the hell does he do that?

Aaand here comes the next part.]

video//filter//away from Amaimon and Mephisto

Also uh, if anyone sees this guy?

[Rin holds up a picture Amaimon.]

And he's harassin' you or whatever, just send him my away, okay? I'll deal with him.

[He pauses, then continues with with quite a bit of reluctance in his voice, with a tone of some one who is struggling to accept something but knows that he has to sooner or later.]

Just... just tell 'im "little brother" is lookin' for him.

That's it.

[He goes to turn off the SFC, but stops and frowns, switching the filter one last time.]

video//filter//to: Mephisto

Oi. Clown.

We gotta talk.

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Just... keepin' an eye on him. Tryin' not to piss him off too much. That seems to set it off the worst. Makes sense, I'm the same with my flames...

I would think that sets off anyone, Rin. [Orvus knows he's guilty of that himself, but shh.]

Tch. If he wasn't such a stuck up jerkass all the time he wouldn't get so damn annoyed with me!

[Yes... Rin... that's exactly why your brother gets annoyed. Oi...]

Do you think there might be a reason he's a 'stuck-up jerkass', as you say?

I'unno... we've always been different. He was the quiet one, the one who was good at school and never got in to trouble... but I was always defendin' him when we were little.

[As irritated as Rin sounds, there's a strange fondness underneath it all. But it fades as he continues, gaze going to the floor.]

... it wasn't until I found out 'bout who I really was... that I also found out he knew all along. And that he'd been trainin' as an exorcist every damn day since he was seven. 'cause of me.

...you don't have to automatically be someone to achieve greatness. True accomplishments are worked for, not given. And I can already see a lot of greatness in you.

You're willing to save his life. That's all that matters now.

Yeah... well...

[Try telling that to Yukio...]

He's the only brother I've got, s'far as I'm concerned.

...at least you still have a brother.

[And his tone says to leave it at that, the Elder starting to rise to his feet.]

...

[He almost says something.

Almost.

But for once Rin actually takes the cue left and doesn't.]

Now. Were you going to give me something?

O-Oh! Yeah!

[He goes scrambling, picking his sword up first and then pushing the bento box over.]

[A distraction, at the most. He knew Rin was concerned about his brother, and it was wise to plan ahead. But considering what was already going on, it would be pushed aside for now.

He takes the box, giving it a look of confusion.]

And what did you say this was again?

[Rin is alright with a distraction. It's really best to keep his mind away from it for now. At the rate he was going he was going to overload himself yet again.]

Uh... bento?

Which.... would be...?

[The word of the day is: senile!]

I just means like.. boxed lunch or somethin'.

[Ehn! Wrong! The translation of Bento is "convenience."]

Perhaps you should join Ratchet in his studies. I've been trying to teach him Lombax.

Ehhh?! N-no way! I don't wanna do any studies here! Work is enough for me!

'sides even my Japanese is pretty horrible...

Ahh, that is too bad. If I'm gone, who's to carry on the legacy? With Ratchet's feeble attention span, the future is looking bleak.

Don't look at me! I'm probably worse than he is! I'm a middle school drop out!

[Who is technically re-enrolled at one of the most prestigious academies in the country. Thank you Mephisto.]

--how in the Vartan Nebula is that even possible? Surely you must have made some effort to succeed?

Yeah I did! I'm just... not any good at sittin' around and learnin' shit! I gotta be hands on, yehknow?

... and I kept gettin' in to trouble...

I hated it, okay? I couldn't wait to get the hell away from those jerks at school.

--ahh. So this is a bullying issue.

You know, if you allow them to get their way, they're only going to do it more. That's when you fight back, and damn the consequences.

I wasn't the one gettin' bullied. I was tryin' to stop the bullies from harassin' other people!

Rin, you can't always be the hero. People are going to get hurt, no matter what your involvement and...

Well, sometimes it's just better to leave them to fend for themselves.

... I ain't--...

[Except that he was. He was and he knew it. Hadn't his friends yelled at him about the same damn thing?

He seemed to keep forgetting about that.

He snaps his mouth shut, hands curling in to fists on his lap. He looks away, muttering something that Alister wouldn't likely pick up.]

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