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奥村 燐 | Okumura Rin ([personal profile] keepsthefire) wrote in [community profile] vatheon2012-07-27 08:43 am

I've been believing in something so distant, as if I was human...

Who: Rin, Shing, Kohaku, Vanitas [Open thread here!]
Where: Starting at Shing and Kohaku's apartment
When: Early evening
Style: Prose
Status: CLOSED
WARNING: Character death, blood, violence, all the things that go with having Vanitas involved

Grocery bags on his arms, sword on his back, Rin walked through the city to a familiar apartment complex not that far from his own. After what had happened at the ice cream shop and his visit to them, Kohaku had given Rin a key to their apartment, saying that if he ever needed to go some place that wasn't his own home or Maka's, or if he just wanted to come over and cook without having to be invited, he could go there even when they weren't home. And it really had become like a second home to him. It was familiar, comfortable, and reminded him of when he still lived at the abbey, cooking meals for the priests.

For all the things that had been tripping him up lately, Rin was feeling surprisingly optimistic with his current situation. He had good friends, a great girlfriend, and had managed to hold down a job for longer than a month for the first time in years. Vatheon had it's fair share of annoyances, sure, but it had been a surprisingly good place for Rin. Even if he did miss his brother and other classmates back home.

These were the thoughts that kept him moving, and the thoughts he was going over when he approached the apartment and headed to the floor where Shing, Kohaku and Beryl lived. Something made him stop, though, his hand hovering above the door handle. A strange feeling came over him, like the crawling sensation of being watched.

He wheeled around, but nothing except the empty hallway and the dulled yellowed lights greeted him. One flickered down the way, some three or four doors down, but nothing else moved. There was no noise, no movement, absolutely nothing that should have given him that feeling.

Yet it was still there.

His blue eyes narrowed at the flickering light, but after a few minutes he sighed and shook his head.

"Damnit... get it together..." he mumbled to the air, finally turning the key in the door and heading inside.

It was nothing... right?

((ooc: Alright, this is the log for
the plot that was recently discussed on the OOC comm! Obviously it's closed, but there should be room for reactions and other things at a later point! ))
spiria: (⌠ distant ⌡)

[personal profile] spiria 2012-07-28 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
The feeling of being watched was actually very much mutual between the three of them ... not that Rin had known how Kohaku was feeling. She had even tried to keep it from Shing, not wanting to worry him more than he already was worried, though she suspected that her boyfriend had noticed something off in her behavior anyway.

As she heard voices coming from the front door, Kohaku poked her head out to look at them from the kitchen, having been in there cleaning up a little when Rin had come back to the apartment.

"Maybe we have it already? If we don't, I'll go with you to get it from the store. Y'know, so you don't bore yourself to pieces because you have to go get just one more ingredient ~" Kohaku was teasing, of course, as she usually did with Rin ... though it was kind of also a front to keep them from knowing how uneasy she was feeling. It was a feeling that had been on and off since she had seen Rin in such bad shape after his fight with Vanitas.
spiria: (⌠ time ⌡)

[personal profile] spiria 2012-07-29 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
"A-Ahaha, yeah, we should probably just go to the store before it gets to be too late!" Kohaku half-laughed in agreement with Rin. Shing knew her well enough that he would be able to tell right away that she wasn't being totally honest about how she felt, and her obvious dodging from the subject would be even more confirmation on that end.

"Come on, Shing," Kohaku said, grabbing his hand and gently squeezing it, giving him a smile.

"Hey, if you want to feel like you're being watched, I'll watch you plenty ~" She said, partly to tease him and make him blush, but also to further try and convince him that everything was all right, and that this feeling the three of them seemed to have was completely unfounded.
spiria: (⌠ calm ⌡)

[personal profile] spiria 2012-07-29 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
Kohaku watched after Rin, tugging on Shing's hand a little so urge him to follow.

"Let's just get to the store and back," Kohaku said in a calmer, more serious tone than she had been displaying before. There really was no point in hiding that she felt just as uneasy as the rest of them did now; after all, it was made pretty obvious that something seemed wrong.

"After all, we've got a nice dinner planned for tonight, right? Why prolong that?"

Even with that being said, though, her tone hadn't changed. She was still worried.
spiria: (⌠ shoulder ⌡)

[personal profile] spiria 2012-07-29 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
Kohaku stayed close to Shing, holding his hand and walking practically in step with him. She seemed to get more worried as they continued onward.

"Hey ..." she finally said, staring straight ahead at Rin, though addressing her boyfriend beside her.

"... it really does feel like we're being watched, doesn't it? It's kind of creepy."

No point in hiding it from him now, not when he already knew.
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[personal profile] halfhearted 2012-07-29 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
It was almost tempting to take the sword as a little souvenir from this skirmish. It would require removing it from the pair of lovers though. “I should look in to getting one of these.” He tapped the handle of the sword a moment before stepping away. “One without the dead weight.” Vanitas gave a laugh as he nudged the female’s lifeless foot.

Opening a portal as he cocked his head towards his friend still restrained by his Unversed. “I would have loved to have prolonged this little get together but the entertainment ended too quickly. It’s up to you if there will be a next time.” He’ll saunter with all the cockiness of a jaguar right through that portal. It’ll close right after him, his critters finally letting go of the demon. They will slither after Vanitas the long route.

Do you...
>Kill the critters?
>Follow them to their Master?
>Jar of almonds?
>Other


No matter what Rin does or if he flips all the options out the window, Vanitas will be nursing his wounds in his favorite tree in the park. The dream couple definitely hit him fast and hard.
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[personal profile] halfhearted 2012-07-29 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
Three guessed who has been watching you and the first three doesn't really count? Strolling out of the shadows from behind Rin was this guy in a helmet.

His keyblade appeared in his hand as he kept up his leisurely stroll around the pile up of Rin. "Whoops. My bad. Didn't know someone was there." Recognized that voice? If that didn't ring any bells then stepping between the interloper and the happy little couple would.

"Don’t get up on my account. This position suits you better.” His attention was on the pair now. “Sorry, but dinner plans have just been changed.”
spiria: (⌠ elrond ⌡)

[personal profile] spiria 2012-07-29 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
Kohaku stopped as she saw Rin pinned down, growling a little as she let go of Shing's hand and whipped Elrond out from where it was held in her anklet. She had been about ready to rush forward and try to knock the creatures' hold off of Rin, but then Vanitas walked in-between her and Rin. She stopped abruptly, eyes narrowing at the sight of him.

This guy ... even if she couldn't feel quite the same things Rin could, she knew that he was trouble. And now ... their feelings of being watched had been confirmed, with what he said.

"I'm sure we can still make the reservation on time ..." Kohaku said with a bit of a smirk as she took her defensive stance once again.

Someone she may as well have considered a younger brother had been injured badly recently, and she suspected that this was the guy who had done it. Kohaku wasn't going to wait for a confirmation on that; no, she was rushing forward, Elrond bursting into flames on both ends as she did so.

"Kasenrin!"
bootsweremadeforcasting: ({MASK/00})

{action} Jade needs more things to do

[personal profile] bootsweremadeforcasting 2012-07-29 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
Just because Jade had left Auldrant didn't mean he had no instinct to continue his duties, specifically given the current circumstances. As the rampage went on and moved around, Jade left the apartment and went outside to see the issue. With that bundle of rage and currently unknown power, Jade wasn't too keen on letting it get to close to the apartments. Peony and Anise were still in sleep comas, and civilians were going to get injured if they hadn't already. If anything he'd try to deflect the screaming... whatever.

When Jade could see him, he fired off a spell, ice cold water tempestuously shooting at the boy. He was still a ways away, Jade leaving himself enough time to move around.
Edited 2012-07-29 04:13 (UTC)

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