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rei 「玲」 ✿ niko「ニコ」 ([personal profile] flowerclips) wrote in [community profile] cetana2019-07-26 06:05 pm

[OPEN] clever titles are for squares

ɪ. ʟᴀᴛᴇ ᴀᴛ ɴɪɢʜᴛ

[ it's a little after one in the morning when rei is back on the streets. coming from the direction of the hospital, her shoulders are hung low, her head is cast downwards, and her steps are slow. it's as if she's just simply dragging herself along. perhaps it wouldn't be anything to be concerned about. after all, maybe it was just a long night in the dungeon. ]

[ ... maybe that would have been the case if she wasn't covered in dried blood. ]

[ her shirt and skirt are ruined with a dark crimson colour and there's a very unfortunate small blood splatter across her face (cover your mouth when you cough, terry...). whether or not the blood bothers her, it's not like she can do much about it right now. she just continues to walk down the street, almost as if in some sort of trance. she doesn't pay attention to where she's heading and it's honestly more than likely that any of the following would happen: ]

[ a: she walks straight into a pole. ]
[ b: she walks straight into a person (you). ]
[ c: she walks right into the forest because she's not paying attention and i guess i'll have a bear eat her or something. ]


ɪɪ. ᴇᴀʀʟʏ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏʀɴɪɴɢ

[ the next morning, rei isn't doing much better. she has thrown out her clothes so she's back to wearing her original school uniform, but she has thrown on a black and tattered cape over herself, though. hm. well, whatever she's happy with. ]

[ she's still in a trance, though, so the following will happen again: ]

[ a: she walks into a person (you) (again).
[ b: she walks right into a food stand and well, i guess there goes 'em apples and oranges all over the floor. she's already getting yelled at so help. ]
[ c: courtesy of card, all 'em apples and oranges actually go into rei's face later on in the day. a kind npc has given her an orange but she's so tired and not really paying attention that she just bites down onto it like an apple and i guess she's eating the skin of the orange and getting orange juice everywhere. thanks, card. ]
[ d: she actually trips and falls flat on her face because the owner of the cape was actually 30cm taller than her so, of course, it's much longer on her. she falls quite heavily onto the floor and well, everything sucks. this sucks. life sucks!! ]


ɪɪɪ. ᴛɪʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴏꜰ ᴊᴜʟʏ

[ over the course of the next week or so, rei hovers near the entrance of the dungeon but she doesn't actually go in. she looks extremely uneasy and just hovers around. when she spots someone trying to go through the front entrance, she walks on over and grabs them by their sleeve or end of their shirt. ]

... please don't go in.

[ it's a small and sad plead. ]

ɪᴠ. ᴛʜɪs ɪs ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴀ ᴄᴀᴛᴄʜ-ᴀʟʟ

[ if you want to thread anything else with rei (backdated or slightly forwarddated) or with kokichi, just lmk and i will be there. this is literally just a post for me to throw threads into because it'd be so much easier for me to track, laughs. ]
laconism: (pic#5725700)

iii

[personal profile] laconism 2019-07-26 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[The night after Kokichi forces Red to go take a rest, he's back at the dungeon entrance with Pikachu and Blastoise. Even though he had spent the majority of the day sleeping, he probably needs another day or two of rest to truly be back at full strength but does he care? Nah, so he's back here whether Kokichi likes it or not.

But before he can enter the dungeon, he's suddenly stopped by a hand grabbing his sleeve. He looks back to see who the hand belongs to, and soon enough Rei has three pairs of eyes staring curiously at her.]


...Why not?

ii.c.... I guess I'll take responsibility

[personal profile] reveilation 2019-07-27 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ Moping and wandering and all that isn't all that strange to Kido, who makes a habit of that sort of thing too, but although she's been watching Rei go about her business for a while, she draws the line at Rei eating the orange peel.

She lowers the orange from Rei's mouth before she can take another bite, suddenly appearing as if she'd been standing there all along and Rei was just too out of it to notice. ]


Hey, let me peel that for you.
laconism: (pic#4929367)

[personal profile] laconism 2019-07-27 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Airi would be so proud of him.

Red frowns. It makes sense that such a young girl would be afraid of a place like this and would worry about something like that, but it doesn't change his own burning desire to get back to the Daitengu's chamber as soon as possible. Fighting with the Daitengu reminds him of the intense battles he's had with various legendary Pokémon. It's exciting, plus he can't sit back and do nothing while so many others are also working themselves to their limits to take the boss down. The only reason he even rested as long as he did is because it's not possible to enter the dungeon outside of Lockdown hour.]


I'll be fine.

[He attempts to gently pry her hand off of his sleeve.]

[personal profile] reveilation 2019-07-27 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ She's... not quite sure that's how it works, but maybe? If you can get past the bitterness without crying, maybe that'll toughen you up and you won't cry about other things. Maybe she shouldn't be entertaining this train of thought, actually. ]

It can't be too tasty like this, though. Why don't you eat the fruit first, and I can save the rind and make candied orange peels? Come on, let's find somewhere to sit...

[ Though, with the way Rei looks, Kido goes ahead and takes her hand instead of offering it and waiting for Rei to respond. ]
trabryu: (fuck)

i:b

[personal profile] trabryu 2019-07-27 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ Like a fallen warrior, Mondo walks out of the school, defeated. The battles he had with the Shadows have never been this tough before. He feels completely powerless ー none of his attacks seemed to be effective against the Daitengu. He too, is dazed enough not to notice someone walking on his direction, until there is a soft bump to his chest.

Slowly, he looks down, finding-- ]


Rei...? You okay?

[ He takes a step back, bending down so he can have a good look at her. Blood. There's blood all over her. The sight freezes Mondo on the spot, but not for long. ]

Rei?! What happened?! [ The Daitengu? Did she go in there alone and got hurt? ] We need to get ya fixed up! Let's go to the hospital!!

[ Wait... the direction she came from... isn't it the hospital? ]
trabryu: (khghhk)

[personal profile] trabryu 2019-07-27 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He calms down a little when Rei says that she's not hurt, but all these blood on her can only mean someone else is. She's obviously out of it ー something real bad must have gone down back there. He thumbs over her bloodied cheek, though dry, it smears his finger a little still. ]

Rei...

[ There are many things that he logically knows they need to do. Get her cleaned up, get her some warm drink, get her somewhere comfortable and safe to rest, and some more--

but he doesn't. He lets himself do what he feels like the most important thing to do this moment.

He puts his palm over the back of her head, and pulls her close to his chest. ]
trabryu: (losing control)

[personal profile] trabryu 2019-07-27 04:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Mondo doesn't expect her to say anything. He doesn't want her to relive what had gone down in there. Not now.

More often than not, he's useless when it comes to comforting someone, as his first reaction to someone crying is to panic. But this time, anger and sorrow overpower that. Rei's quiet sob pierces his heart, every single sniffle of hers is like a machete slicing his skin. Even if he doesn't know who and what, the pain is excruciating.

Deep down there, his gut feeling tries to tell him something, but he pushes it back, telling himself: It'll be okay. It'll be okay. It'll be just fine. Like a spell, he repeats it, over and over. He lets the building up anger fester instead, hoping it will drown out all the 'what if's that are threatening to pop up.

He'll make them pay. Whoever hurts Rei. Whoever hurts his friends. He won't forgive them.

His hand over Rei's nape tightens, protective, his teeth gritting. ]
rabbeats: (🎧 106)

ii:a

[personal profile] rabbeats 2019-07-27 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hibiki happens to see her first and waves his hand at her, but it seems like Rei didn't notice and just keeps moving forward until they bump into each other instead of dodging her. ]

Rei-chan?

[ This cape...is this her emo phase? It could be. ]

Perfect timing, I was looking for a place to eat breakfast.
trabryu: (what ya lookin at)

[personal profile] trabryu 2019-07-27 05:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ When she pulls back, he too loosens his grip, eventually pulling his hand back. He uses his knuckles to wipe off any remaining tears on her cheeks, careful with every touch. ]

Don't worry 'bout it. It'll dry off soon enough. ...Where do you stay?

[ He doesn't feel like leaving Rei on her own. At least not tonight. ]
laconism: (moron)

[personal profile] laconism 2019-07-27 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Red could teach Kokichi some survival life hacks probably... Meanwhile Kokichi can just taint Red with his dirty humor. Totally a fair trade.

God, he honestly isn't sure how he should deal with this at all. He's not good at comforting people, but he doesn't want to be too forceful with this girl either... Ughhhh. Guess he'll just have to give the comforting thing a shot anyway. Red glances at his Pokémon.]


My friends here... are really strong. They've been protecting me for a long time. They won't let anything bad happen.

[Blastoise and Pikachu nod at his words.]

Pika~!

[Pikachu then flexes his little arms and discharges electricity from his cheeks in an attempt to look tough.]

[personal profile] reveilation 2019-07-27 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's a park bench that Kido guides Rei over to, backs to the park where some kids are playing around, laughing and screaming as the background noise that doesn't quite fit the mood, but she has Rei sit down and then Kido sits next to her instead of across from her, as somebody to lean on. ]

Do you feel sick, or tired? Everything that happened back there was... a lot... so your body might just be coming down from all the stress. If you want to sleep a bit, that might help too.

[ That sort of unwell is understandable, and Kido feels it too- drained and shaken and trying to cling to normalcy to rid herself of the uneasy feeling. It's a sort of unwell that she might be able to help more with, rather than Rei having food poisoning because she's eating orange peels. ]
16lab: (☁ a little unsure)

ii-d

[personal profile] 16lab 2019-07-28 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, dear. RO walks up to Rei when she sees her trip and fall over that cape. That cape is a health hazard now. RO deems it so. Anyway, she doesn't see Rei getting back up, so she'll stand in silence for a second or two before picking her up quite easily. Up you go, little flower girl. ]

Are you hurt anywhere...?
overstrain: * (pic#13280459)

iv lets get some happiness up in here by the person who caused rei the most misery

[personal profile] overstrain 2019-07-28 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ Terry has been feeling better by the next day, but mostly because he's on so many painkillers. Fortunately, or unfortunately, he's still awake despite how much he took because of his stupid endurance levels and for his conscience wanting to stay awake so much so that he doesn't miss Rei coming. He's still bedridden as before, since it's only been one day after all.

He's gotten himself a piece of string and he's doing something like a single player cat's cradle with it--making an Eiffel Tower shape by biting on the top point and spreading the figure as its base. So this is the reason why Terry has a string in his mouth when Rei comes in, in which he perks his head up to greet her, along with a muffled "hi".
]
trabryu: (you ok?)

[personal profile] trabryu 2019-07-28 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
I'll go with you.

[ Mondo gives her head a gentle pat.

It's not difficult to see that she's fighting back tears, and he wishes he knows better things to say to her. But in exchange of being terrible with words, he'll stay by her side, for as long as it's possible, as long as she wants him to. ]


If you don't feel like going back there tonight, I know a place to stay.

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