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thirty third flame: video; { siblings

Stop fightin’ me, bro!

[Rin’s SFC turns on to a view of somewhere in the Villa, near-ish the living room. There’s some scuffling happening off screen, as he’s trying to get Yukio in front of it. It sounds like the younger twin is doing his dead-level best to prevent that from happening, but as the brief flashes of flailing elbows grow longer and slide of socked feet against the floor grows louder, it becomes apparent that Yukio’s is a losing battle.]

Niisan! Let me go!

No!

[A losing battle, indeed. Rin is just too strong for his younger very much human brother, and soon enough both of them are in front of the SFC, panting and a little frazzled. Rin lets out a huff and forces the mess that is his bangs back out of his face, all with a terribly mischievous grin.]

HEY! I know we’re all doom and gloom right now for… reasons, but seriously you guys gotta check this out!

[Whatever Rin is doing, it’s clear it involves throwing Yukio under the proverbial bus. He turns his younger brother around forcefully, showing that Yukio has… gained a tail. Exactly like Rin’s. It’s presently lashing to and fro in an obviously agitated manner, mirroring the protests of its owner. Yukio lunges to one side, still determined to escape his brother’s grip.]

It’s not funny!

[You’re not going anywhere. Rin’s grip is way too tight.]

Lookit! It’s totally cute! Hehehehe! Cute little taaaail~

Niisan...

[Yukio growls under his breath, and the careful observer might be able to pinpoint the exact moment that he decides he is 1000% done. Rin receives no warning before his little brother lashes out, bending one long leg with every intention of planting a knee in his midsection. An attempted headbutt follows immediately after.

Rin might be stronger, but Yukio still has just a little more reach and (currently) absolutely no sense of humor. Thank Night for this one, bro.]

URGHF--!

[The noise Rin makes isn’t even remotely dignified. Yukio’s strikes hit as they’re intended to, and the half-demon goes down like a sack of bricks, collapsing off screen.

He groans loudly, lifting a hand shakily.]

Worth… it…

[Yukio wrenches himself out of Rin’s grip before the other boy can take him down with him, stumbling for a moment and reaching up to cup his forehead with one hand. As hard as the hit was (because let’s be honest, Rin defines the word “blockhead”) he’s sure to have a nasty welt there pretty soon, but he shakes off his own discomfort pretty quickly in favor of attending to more important matters. Like the camera that’s still recording.]

… Idiot.

[Two long strides close the distance between Yukio and the camera, and then the feed goes black. Sorry, folks, show’s over.]

((ooc: Green is obviously Yukio (

doctor_dragoon ) and replies can come from both once Rin picks himself up off the ground))

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'kay!

[He can certainly try to.]

Ah damn it--!

[Rin swears, and it's followed by several dull thuds on the floor. The water bottles got moved recently and to a bad spot for anyone trying to grab just one.]

Ugh... gonna be another minute! Sorry!

[Yukio sighs and chuckles a little to himself, slowly sitting up and setting his feet on the floor properly. When Rin finally returns he'll find Yukio back to his usual collected self.

Plus a big red lump on his head.]

... nice bump.

[He hands a bottle over first, then a bag of ice wrapped in a towel, a second in his own hand for himself. Not for his head but for his stomach because seriously bro, his gut is a lot more squishy than his head.]

[He accepts both, setting the bottle on the cushion beside him and carefully pressing the ice to his forehead.]

Don't make me do that again.

[No pity for your stomach, Rin.]

[Why do you think he's taking care of himself instead of whining about it?]

I won't, I won't... I got it outta my system.

Your self control needs work.

[Because that tail's gonna be there all week, man.]

[It might get poked a few times before the week is out]

Doesn't it always?

[He's going to have to hide it in his shirt or something. He's not really crazy about the idea of being seen with it anyway.]

So maybe you should get moving on that.

[Just do what Rin did and wrap it around you. Works great under shirts.]

Mn... nah.

[Just gonna flop down in to an arm chair and put the ice on his stomach.]

[Rolling his eyes at you, bro.]

You need to train more, I think. I shouldn't have been able to do that.

Only because I've never seen you move like that before! Used to be if I had a hold of you, you'd just wiggle until you could get free or slip out from your shirt or somethin'!

[He pauses, though, and adds quietly]

You're right, though. I do. Especially if... whatever happens comes down to a fight...

I haven't had to do that since I grew taller than you. Before that.

[Nodding, gaze falling to the carpet.] You never know who's going to be able to do what. It's better to be prepared.

[Rin's own gaze falls, and his free hand picks at the leg of his jeans even though there's not a speck of dirt to be found on them.]

I'm... gonna have more time now. I should go talk to Night.

He mentioned something about possibly working with the both of us together.

Did he? ... might be worth bringin' up now then.

Maybe.

[Though Yukio's not sure what the point is of him training with two people with such ridiculous strength. They'll only have to hold back for him.]

You don't sound so sure.

[Frowning.]

We're not exactly on the same level.

Well uh... there might be somethin' we can learn from each other.

In a real combat situation, I don't stand a chance against someone as strong as the both of you without a weapon in my hand.

[Not "wouldn't". "Don't", because he knows that for a fact.]

Okay, yeah, I get that.

[Rin shifts again, sitting turned so he can prop his chin up on his hand, elbow on the arm rest while staring at Yukio.]

But like... go back to when you were peltin' me from the roof top. I sucked at dodging anythin' even remotely long range. I'm too used to gettin' up close and personal. And you said it yourself, but it's not a strength issue it's that you never really dealt much with gettin' in a demon's face as much as I have!

What you did today proved that your time with Night is already helpin' that, but you and I both know from one fight to the next it's not just gonna be you verses one enemy! And it's not always gonna be some one or somethin' that likes to get all up in our space. Next time it could be two or three targets. Next time it could be some asshole shootin' fire from three buildings away!

Look at you, being logical. [Good boy, Rin.]

I don't get "in a demon's face" because I know my own strengths. Maybe against a normal opponent things would be different, but against a demon? My place is behind a scope.

[His tail is totally not going all happy-wag right now.]

I know that! And I'm not sayin' don't ignore your strengths cause that'd be stupid. Like me-level stupid and I do plenty of dumb shit in fights.

But, c'mon. It's not always gonna be that way. Sometimes you're gonna be shoved in to a situation where you can't rely on that. It's happened to me, too! Y'ever try beatin' up an armored dark god with just a sword? Doesn't fuckin' work that well!

Besides that... what's to say what we wind up facin' at the end of all this ain't gonna throw us completely out of our element more than we already are?

Believe me, I know. I'm only saying that I don't understand the point for someone like you or Night to train physically against me unless the idea is for you to learn to hold back.

[Yukio, stop talking yourself down in front of your brother. Must've hit his head harder than he thought.]

... since when are you so negative about yourself? Don't tell me you already forgot you're one of the youngest and highest praised exorcists at the academy?

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