let's backdate this to Monday, whoops. Precisely 72 hours after her last post, in fact.

[payback]

[people who care]

[Dictated levelly.]

Um. I'm back, you know, in the sense that I remember anything again. I'm... sorry if there was any confusion caused. I was under a loss, I hadn't gone home.

[Yamada]

[Ah yeah, she remembers her conversation with you, and... well, even if it was just one of those things people say just to say! She'll check in anyway.]

Hey?

[Abel]

[No hesitation here, but quietly - restrainedly - hopeful.] You're back?

[Duty done by the journal... Rin is not much of one for brooding on the roof. But somehow she felt like going up top on the castle and spending some time looking quietly out into the distance. She's just sitting right in a wall-nitch, with her feet dangling over the side, hundreds of feet above the grounds and one wrong move from falling off.

Is she worried? No. She has the Justice League ring Brainy gave her, of course, and though the air is chilly she alternates between looking quietly off into the distance and looking at her hands, turning the ring around on her fingers, which are reddening in the cold.

Open post eh.]

Comments

[assassino]

Are other people's lives not at risk?

[payback]

The townspeople are the ones here who die permanently. You'll find few who think or speak much of them.

[assassino]

[Unimpressed, at that.]

So we, the nobles of Paradisa, who live in luxury in a grand castello, allow our own to inflict danger and damages upon them?

[payback]

More or less. A sad state of affairs, isn't it?

[assassino]

Very sad, and very sorry. I would change these affairs myself, if I understood more of how this place works.

[payback]

The townspeople don't like us much, but I can't blame them, given that when people go on rampages it depends to be the town that's the target.

Are you a human?

[assassino]

[He has to laugh a touch, at that.]

Excuse my laughter, bella, but that is not a question I ever would have imagined hearing. Yes, I am human. Does that complicate things?

[payback]

[A small smile in return.]

Well, kind of. A lot of people who do go on rampages are superhuman in some way - not that they're unbeatable but it takes careful thinking, and just... [A small shrug.] Care in general. And one can't always tell by looking.

[assassino]

[A shrug and a smile.]

I'm not concerned. I will outthink them.

[payback]

Don't get too cocky, hmm? It might cost you your head.

[assassino]

Me? I'm never cocky!

[Laugh. Says the guy who dangles off buildings because he can :)]

If I die, I'll come back, and I shall make sure not to repeat the mistake.

[payback]

That's a pretty flippant attitude to take, don't you think? [SHE DOES NOT LOOK IMPRESSED. :|] Death is tough, even here where it's not the end all be all.

[assassino]

[Alright, he'll be a bit more serious.]

Many things are difficult... but that does not make them impossible to handle.

[payback]

You should be careful anyway! [Severe.] If you take it too lightly, the castle will probably find ways to make it cost dearer, and that much is very serious even if nothing else is.

[assassino]

[Alright, alright. Hands up in defense.]

Trust me, I have no plans to die.

[payback]

As if anyone plans it. [But she's letting it go.]

... Thanks for your help when I was on my loss, anyhow.

[assassino]

[He's more than happy to change topics.]

Any time, dolcezza. Though I'd hope that you aren't left stranded without memories often.

[payback]

That's been the only time, thanks. [Well...] The last time, the castle cleaned everyone out for memories, so.

/boomerangs you B)

[assassino]

Then I hope it does not happen to all of us! [He puts an arm around her shoulders for the briefest moment, for a playful squeeze.] But if I lose my memories and you keep yours, you will pause to help me in return, won't you? [That's definitely a sly smile on his face, and a mischievous glimmer in his eyes.]

/is really slow ;;

[payback]

[She blinks, shifting a little, startled - and her face is already getting a little hot, coloring with a blush. It has been FOREVER since anyone flirted with her and she's not used to it, to the point she kind of can't even tell he's doing it.]

Well - of course I would, if it happened.

that's okay bb /cuddles

[assassino]

I'm flattered, Rin.

[He doesn't comment on that blush, but the smile sticks.]

I'll just keep pluggin'

[payback]

[Ahaha, she doesn't know what to do. She kind of frowns and then smiles a little. The blush stay.]

Don't worry about it.

[assassino]

[He doesn't seem to notice. Still playful:]

Until then, though, I'm glad we're becoming friends.

[payback]

[Hrrn! She appreciates it, really.]

Right, of course... don't worry about it!