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[The new curse has resulted in the Villa gaining one (1) formidable-looking resident Responsible Adult(TM), a nine-foot tall being shrouded in a full-length black cloak and cowl, his face obliterated by mask in the shape of a characature of a skull (as depicted).

Behold, Vatheon, the visage of your new Death Personified, the identity of whom is only revealed when he at last speaks, raising two hands out of his cloak to clap them, twice.]

All right, children! It's the beginning of a new week, and I trust you all know what that means--

[For those who know him, this is Death the Kid, all "grown up". By his recollection, he's been kicking around for hundreds of years, and Death City, the place of his birth, is a distant and fond memory.]

--It's time for our field trip to the coral!

[And it seems he's taken to caring for a Villa full of young children like a fish to water. The apple, it appears, didn't fall far from his father's proverbial tree.]

Line up single file in the foyer, please. If we're done early, we can all have hot chocolate in the Plaza. Don't be late, punctuality is a virtue second only to cleanliness!

[ooc; open to action threads, too, both in the villa and around the bubble.]

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... yer that guy Maka-chan was talkin' 'bout huh? Death-sama?

[Oh god an age where Rin actually used honorifics. My how time can change some one in to a bitter disrespectful teenager.

And the hand on the head doesn't bother him in the least. His father ruffles his hair constantly.]

[Putting a fingertip against the base of his mask, there's a soft click, and he lifts it up, as if it was a visor somehow fixed to the inside of his cowl.

The adult male behind it has sallow skin, gold eyes, and white stripes run completely around a head of black hair, like a trio of halos.]

That's right. Have you been getting along with Maka?

[Wow. That's even cooler than just the mask.

Rin nods, tiny little fists clenched in front of him all excited like, those bright blue eyes of his just as big as anything.]

Uhuh! Maka-chan is so cool! Ain't met a girl as cool as her 'fore!

[Rin, as a child, is like the man's exuberance distilled with innocence.

Reminded, perhaps, Kid's smile is chased away from his face, but only for the span of a single, surprised blink.]

And I can guarantee you'll be hard-pressed to find another. It's so good to have both of you here.

[He straightens up, lowering his mask.]

Well, shall we go find her and visit the coral?

Uhm... what 'bout Kitty? Is he gonna come too?

[He means Night, because he doesn't actually know the boy's name and Night doesn't yet have one at that age.

Maka is wonderful, of course, but he doesn't want to leave their shy, frightened little friend behind on accident.]

Kitty? Do you mean Kuro?

[His other constant companion through the years aside from Asakura, the nekomata is getting a bit gray, but is by now a cherished friend (and, to a limited extent, confidant).]

[Rin shakes his head slowly. He's never met some one named Kuro before, but it doesn't seem to fit his friend any.

Not that "Kitty" does but what else were they going to call him? "Hey you" is rude even for some one as abrasive as Rin will eventually grow up to be.]

Nooo... Kitty! He looks like me but has a tail that looks like a kitty tail!

Kit--

[It doesn't take him long to realize -- finally -- just who he means.] Do you mean little Night?

Of course he's coming! [Even if he has to carry him there.]

Night... ? He said he didn't have a name so we called him Kitty.

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