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Who: Everyone! New Feathers especially.
What: New Feather welcome party!
When: Thursday, 5 pm.
Where: Battle Dome
Summary: IT'S A SUMMER PARTY
Rating: Worksafe, I reckon!
It's cold out there today, isn't it? Sure, it's not snowing but once you get into the Battle Dome, it'll be comfortably warmer. Warmer, not warm. Follow the tiny paper arrows and you'll probably find yourself in, well...summer!

It certainly looks convincing enough (a pool, a volleyball court, deck chairs, everything that you'd think you'd find at a pool party) and feels convincing enough (take off that coat! Aren't you hot?) so why not not step in? The barbecue's sizzling and there's some nice cold drinks at the cooler.

C'mon in, the water's awesome!

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[rashness]

Then go get one? Unless you're gunna- ... Just get one.

[etudes]

[ ... ]

Unless I'm.. what?

[rashness]

...Nothing! Unless nothing!

[///]

[etudes]

[ completely oblivious.. ]

'Unless nothing'? I don't think that's possible, Rin-kun..

[rashness]

It's totally possible! Just forget it already!

[etudes]

[ There's a long pause, almost as if she's in the process of forgetting it, but then she just.. speaks up about something completely and randomly else. ]

... Is that tail yours, Rin-kun? [ as if it.. could belong to anyone else.. ]

[rashness]

... Yeah.

[His face pales a bit in spite of himself though]

[etudes]

I didn't know Rin-kun had a tail like that.. [ headtilt. ] And I didn't even know it was possible for humans to have a tail.

[rashness]

[...Well they don't, usually. But he'll just be abjectly astounded by Kotomi over here, as usual]

[etudes]

[ There's a few moments where she just stares, but when she slowly starts to realise she's not getting a response, that's when she waves her hand at him a little. ]

... Rin-kun, are you still there..?

[rashness]

[ . . . ]


Of course I'm still here, where the hell else would I be?!

[This is a loud splash-oriented outburst]

[etudes]

[ good thing she wouldn't care either way if she was within splash-outbursting range.. ]

You weren't saying anything, so I thought maybe you feel asleep.

[rashness]

Who's sleeping?! I don't even have my eyes closed! What the- Are you even watching?!

[etudes]

I thought maybe Rin-kun suffers from nocturnal lagophthalmos.

[rashness]

What does that even mean?!

[And his tail as well as the rest of his body whips forward, getting closer to her in the water]

[etudes]

[ she seems unfazed by the movement, just calmly and blankly explaining - ]

Nocturnal lagophthalmos is the inability to close the eyelids during sleep. It is often caused by an anomaly of the eyelid that prevents full closure. It may reduce the quality of sleep, cause exposure-related symptoms, or, if severe, cause corneal damage like exposure keratopathy.

[rashness]

[He leans on the pool's edge now, looking up at her... Who does this, sigh]

Look, Kotomi, just go get a swimsuit or somethin.

[etudes]

[ apparently her random ignoring filters turned on this time at the mention of just 'Kotomi'.. so she's just looking around her slowly and blankly, as if she doesn't realise he's there and talking to her. ]

[rashness]

Kotomi...?

[Girl, what even]

[etudes]

[ nope, still completely oblivious. ]

[rashness]

Kotomi?! Kotomi I am like a meter away from you!

[etudes]

[ even if you were right in front of her face she won't notice as long as it's Kotomi and not Kotomi-chan!

... oh, that one deck chair over there is probably really interesting with the way she's staring at it (rather than at Rin).. ]

1/2

[rashness]

[WHAT THE FUCK]

[rashness]

[Okay you know what he's going to vault out of the pull now. Or well, pull himself up with his arms, get up to stand over her and walk right up to in front of her face with a look like this, no shirt (saggy) swim trunks, and his tail going every which way]

[etudes]

[ Her head does move back now, although it seems to be more by coincidence than anything else, since.. even though he's right in front of her there, she's still staring at him blankly as if she's looking through him rather than at him.

No response at all. ]