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[gentilitea]

Who: Rin Okumura & Jakob
Where: Henir’s Temple
When: July 28 (December 28)
What: Just some good old-fashioned shinki bonding
Warnings: None; will update if necessary

[ It’s not as if he needs a lot of time to adjust to the place—despite all the changes that have happened in his absence it appears that this temple is as confusing and mutable as ever. The only difference is that it holds a few more occupants than what he’s used to, but that’s fine. It’s about time he starts paying more attention to the other shinki around these parts anyway, especially as he’s the only responsible adult on the premises…

So he does look a little surprised when he finds someone else in the kitchen so early that morning. ]

Ah, you would be Rin, correct? [ Poor thing, to share a name with one of Add’s more annoying inventions. ]

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[hellskitchen]

I guess so.

[Rin laughs at that. He has to agree with Jakob on their god being unpredictable.

Though when Jakob asks how long he's known Add, Rin has to think about it. Somehow it feels longer than what it's actually been. Yet, thinking about it, it hasn't been long at all.]

Maybe about four months. It feels like it's been longer.

[gentilitea]

Yes, he does have a way of inspiring that feeling in others.

[ And honestly it’s exhausting. At least it’s never boring around Add, but honestly, he’d rather do without all that excitement to begin with. ]

And yet you’re still terribly energetic after all that. I envy you.

[hellskitchen]

[ Rin laughs. Well Jakob is funny in a very blunt way.]

Energetic? Yeah? Well, I try not to sweat the small stuff. And if it's big stuff, I don't keep quiet about them either. It makes it easier to stay upbeat if you don't have things bottled up inside.

And I know if you have certain thoughts it can be dangerous to gods, so if I can't talk to Add about it, I know there are other people I can talk to.

[ Rin goes over to check on his frittatas. They look about ready and they smell really good too. He takes out the muffin tray and sets it on the stove to cool.]

[gentilitea]

A friendly sort as well, eh? [ And a responsible one too, judging by the way he looks after the cooking without having to be told to.

Yes, he has potential. But still he wrinkles his nose at Rin’s reply. ]

Ugh, how tedious. I don’t know how you can stand baring your heart out to others. [ Because clearly bottling it all up inside is the healthier option!! Yeah!!! That’s not going to backfire horribly on him or anything. ]

[hellskitchen]

[He's not that responsible, but with certain things, he can easily get into the routine. He's still very much a teenager with selfish desires and lazy tendencies.]

Bare my heart? Well, sometimes there are things I can't hide, even if I tried. People often say I wear my heart on my sleeve, so I feel if it's already showing, it's more exhausting to hide it, right?

[His way of thinking might be a little odd for someone like Jakob, but it makes sense to Rin. It always makes him feel better to talk about things, and people usually offer really great advice.]

Like the whole demon thing. I made sure I talked to as many people I could about how afraid I was.

[gentilitea]

[ Jakob will beat the lazy out of him one way or another if he isn’t careful… ]

The demon thing? [ Well that is way more important than the perfectly healthy way Rin’s handling his emotions! ]

Is that another bit of trouble Add has unleashed upon the Far Shore?

[hellskitchen]

[ Beating the lazy out of him will probably be a hard task, even for Jakob...]

[At that responds, it dawns on Rin that Jakob doesn't know! Rin places his hands up as if in surrender as Jakon guesses this must be another of Add's antics.]

Nah! It's not about Add, it's about me! It's not his fault or anything. Short story, I turn into a demon whenever I draw a sword. Although, even without drawing it, I still have some lasting effects.

[ If Rin really needs proof, his tail does unravel from underneath his shirt and starts waving at Jakob.]

[gentilitea]

[ A demon? For a shinki?! That’s news to him, though then again, with Ain being here…he supposes it’s not as farfetched an idea as he might think.

Still. He’s actually taken aback at that tail, as if Rin had just shown him a bug he’d picked up from the outside. ]

That’s…truly one of the strangest things I’ve ever heard. And I’ve been in the Far Shore for a good deal of time.

[hellskitchen]

You think? I thought the same thing. Like why would I be allowed into Heaven? Though it must not be so weird. I know of, at least, three other demons in the Far Shore. Though most of them are gods.

[ Does that count? Not too long ago there was even a boy his age who was filling in for Satan as a god.

Rin allows his tail to wrap around his stomach, so he can properly hide it under his shirt again.]

Well, if it helps. I don't bite.

[gentilitea]

I suppose it doesn’t matter. In a strange way, your demonic nature probably suits Add’s tastes quite well.

[ He recalls that, a long time ago, he’d once stumbled into a strange place ostensibly from Add’s past, and shudders. ]

Though he operates under the cold and practical auspices of modern science, I fear that he has a certain sense of…superstition, or rather a sense for the morbid, or somesuch.

[ Not a fun thing to talk about at this early hour, come to think of it. ]