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From:

lefthandpath

[Rowan just kind of follows Rinkou around, looking expectantly at Allen also.

and Allen... is a bit at a loss, but still sits himself at the edge of the bed where Rin's facing. brings up a hand to brush his hair out of his face. hates himself a little for feeling relief that it turned out this way--what a terrible thing to feel when he knows Rin's grieving terribly.]

From:

aono

[At least Rin's not from the canonpoint where he knows his mom's last words were "Rin...Yukio...take care of each other."?

But Rin's hair is long, and brushing it out of his face makes it so he can see Allen more clearly. His eyes focus as he glances up to Allen, though he's not sure what to say. He's so exhausted from crying, but he's tired of sleeping too. And he's going to be stuck in this emotional limbo for a while yet.]

...he's just like Dad.

[His voice is raw, but calm.]

From:

lefthandpath

[at least he's talking. Allen knows personally how sometimes, there really aren't words, and that's when it's most dangerous.]

How so?

[so he'll encourage more of that, even if it hurts. letting it hurt might help, in the end.]

From:

aono

Stubborn. Always thinking they know best. Not- not asking before they go and do something stupid.

[Dying to protect him.]

From:

lefthandpath

Too smart for their own good?

From:

aono

Way too smart for their own good.

[...]

I...guess I'm more like Mom. I dunno though, I never really met her. She died when me and Yukio were babies.

From:

lefthandpath

Your dad didn't talk much about her, huh.

[sounds about right for that kind of character.]

From:

aono

I dunno if he even knew her that well. He's the head priest at a church attached to an orphanage. He always told us that Mom left us on his doorstep when we were babies and that he took us in and adopted us.

...knowing the demon thing, there were probably a few more steps involved. But she could've been a stranger to him.

From:

lefthandpath

In my experience, parents and guardians and the like don't tend to let on a whole lot.

[but he'll allow that probably it wasn't like they were familiar. he doesn't know their lives.]

But that how you grew up? Under the Church's watch?

From:

aono

Not exactly the Church. I mean, it was a church, but I don't think the Vatican was spying in too much on what Dad did. Dad tried to hide it, but I was pretty obviously a demon from when I was a baby. Not only that, but Yukio had his Mashou ever since he was born, which only would've happened if he was born with a demon brother.

Dad wasn't really that religious anyway. I always got the feeling that he used the church and prayers as a means to the end of 'helping people', and that he didn't believe in it all himself.

From:

lefthandpath

[long stare about "nonreligious dadthing who was somehow still a priest"]

... my master was a bit like that--the nonreligious part, I mean. I don't really know much about him helping people, even though people he knew spoke well of him--mostly. Within reason.

[he shakes his head thought.]

What's a "Mashou"?

From:

aono

Was he really good with guns too?

[He says this almost-jokingly, not expecting the answer to be 'yes'.]

A mashou is the, er...you know. The special demon-wound, the one that lets you see them?

[He reaches up and taps the spot right above his left eyebrow, right about where Allen's mark would be on his own face. He definitely always thought that was Allen's mashou.]

From:

lefthandpath

... his Innocence was in the form of a gun called Judgement.

[Cross Marian, everyone.]

Ah. That makes... a little more sense.

From:

aono

[Cross Marian...]

Yeah. We were in our mom at the same time, so he got his mark from me then. And I'm part demon so I can automatically see demons anyway. And actually I can understand them too, whereas most people just hear screaming and monster noises.

[Rin Okumura, Akuma-whisperer.]

From:

lefthandpath

I see...

[and Allen didn't fail to notice the positioning of the marking, so he. touches the star over his left eye.]

It's just my left eye that's been cursed. And rather than seeing demons... I can see the soul tied to the machine of akuma in my world. Other people can't. And akuma... tend to hide in the skins of the people the Millennium Earl uses to call down the souls to create the akuma.

From:

aono

[wat]

The...the skin of...is this some kinda metaphor for possession?

From:

lefthandpath

No.

... but probably. Talking about such a terrible thing isn't the best just now.

[apologetic hairpets. Allen's tolerance for Terrible is so high, sometimes, he forgets that other people just don't know the true extent.]

From:

aono

[...he will allow the hairpets, because they feel nice. But Rin is also going to pap him on the cheek with the poof ball of fur at the end of his tail, because this is what you have extra limbs for.]

Later, then. We can talk about all the disturbing stuff that comes with fighting demons.

From:

lefthandpath

[a little startled by getting papped by a tail, so he might. catch it? gently? out of reflex.]

Right, later.

From:

aono

[The tail is caught! Rin, curious, lifts his head up a bit to see what Allen is doing.

The tail moves like a cat's tail btw, so it'll slowly swish around and possibly escape if Allen doesn't keep a hold on it. The short bristles on the length of the tail feel like the fur on a shorthair cat, but the puff ball at the end is much longer and fluffier. It also hasn't been brushed in a while and is looking a bit untamed.]

Cool, huh?

From:

lefthandpath

I guess so.

Though... you should brush it more often.

[gently pulling at a bit of hair?]

From:

aono

[Yeah it's got some tangles. A comb might be needed.]

Why? It's not like anybody sees it normally. Though...I guess there's not much point in hiding it anymore, huh?

From:

lefthandpath

That, and it's just good hygiene. If it gets matted, it'll start pulling at the skin, and that'll get painful, won't it?

[hoboliving. he knows what's up.]