Chasma: Allen

[aono]

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[aono]

[Rowan noooo!]

...oops. Uh, sorry? But I still wanna be friends.

[lefthandpath]

Is this really the time for that...?

[it's still not a no]

[aono]

If it's not the time right now, then I'll ask again on Monday.

[lefthandpath]

[this guy really is that lonely, huh...]

As you like...

Though you should be thinking more about the situation we're in than something like that.

[aono]

[Yeah, he is.]

I'm thinking about the situation plenty, don't worry. Allies make the work easier, right?

[lefthandpath]

... right.

[said slowly like he's not sure where Rin might be going with that.]

[aono]

Great! Glad we agree.

[I'm sorry he's such a shounen protag.]

[lefthandpath]

... you do realize that they have us divided into teams, right?

[aono]

Well yeah, but it's just a game. It doesn't mean we can't cooperate.

Besides, maybe we're on the same team and we don't know it.

[lefthandpath]

We could also be on opposing teams and saying so would obligate us to act against each other the same way those Watchers are obligated to not say or do certain things.

[aono]

Well let's find out: I'm a Celestial.

[Yeah he. Just came out and said it like that. So much for keeping secrets.]

1/2

[lefthandpath]

[this stare. just. staring.]

2/2

[lefthandpath]

Wh--why would just tell someone that?!

It really could be dangerous!

[aono]

If I told the wrong person it could be! But I don't think you're the wrong person.

[He says all of this while grinning his big goofy grin, like he has no cares in the world.]

[lefthandpath]

[except this person is saying NOTHING. no confirming, no denying.

Rowan gives a small whine, though.

after a moment:]

... I don't care about teams.

[aono]

See? I knew it'd be fine.

[How does he trust this guy he just met. It is a mystery. But Rin's usually a decent judge of character, so.]

Besides, I'm not so sure the teams matter anyway. They put a half-demon on a team of Celestials after all, and that makes no sense.

[lefthandpath]

That's 'cause it's probably arbitrary or something like that.

[he pets Rowan both to soothe her and to regain his composure a little.]

But if they didn't matter, then they wouldn't have done it.

I wonder, actually, if what happened with Qi Rong is part of it.

[aono]

[He sees the gesture! So much anxiety in Allen, wow.]

You think he acted out and killed someone because of teams?

[lefthandpath]

I dunno. Probably not. It's just an unsettling thought.

It could just be that he's a murdering bastard like Xie Lan said.

[aono]

Well...with how many people there are here, I guess there's bound to be one or two bastards in the bunch. It really could just be a one-off terrible thing and we won't have to worry about it anymore.

[That's what Rin wants to believe.]

[lefthandpath]

... one of the Watchers told me that worlds may be at risk.

So I wish I could be a little more optimistic, but it's really difficult sometimes.

[aono]

Worlds?

[Yeah it's like his heart suddenly stopped there for a moment. That's how shocked he looks to be learning this.]

Like, our worlds?

[lefthandpath]

[he shakes his head]

I was a little too shocked when I heard it to ask specifics, but I plan to get clarification.

It was "some worlds". So even if it's not ours, it... could be like this place. And... it was only one Watcher. Maybe asking others about it--they might show favoritism, let a little more slip?

[aono]

Maybe. Even if they're angels they're bound to play favorites. Who were you talking to?

[lefthandpath]

Yomiel was the one who said it.

But, Rin, you really can't say who told you this. Okay? I don't know who all knows or if it's something that the Watchers are playing around with. I don't really trust that they don't know some of what's going on.