Mission: Building the Future in Pagoda

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Who: Anyone who volunteered
What: A very special mission that will fill you with a youthly sense of purpose. Or something.
When: July 20th - July 24th
Where: The enclosure of Pagoda
Summary: Mission detailed here. There are survivors to help and buildings to repair, and plenty more to keep the volunteers on their toes.
Rating: PG-13 for reasons

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Comments

[rashness]

[ Someone who's good with kids... wait, wait, what's that mean?! His face flushes ups a little and- ] Huh?! What'd make you think that?! Kids can be real jerks, and 'm not that good at it myself?!

[ribbonbon]

I dunno...You're just kind of...big brother-ish sort of, you know? Like, you're always trying to help people out and look out for them.

[Not that she has an older brother of her own, but she's been around enough big brothers to make an educated judgement.]

Like I said. Big Brother-ish. Sort of.

[...Ish.]

1/2

[rashness]

You think so?! [ And he leans forward now, taking ahold of both of her shoulders with a look of manic pride. His eyes are alight the blush hasn't totally faded! But he generally looks like he's on the ball and feeling good about this now. ... So good he is perhaps putting too much pressure on her shoulders. But that's besides the point, because- ]

[rashness]

Well, that's not surprising, [ and that is in contradiction to his first reaction but shut up. He says this smugly as he leans back and tilts his nose up, with pride ] After all. I am a big brother.

[ HEH HEH HEH take that Yukio someone said he was legit. ]

[ribbonbon]

[She's a little surprised when he grabs her shoulders like that, especially with how hard his grip is. Still it's nice to see that his mood has lifted a bit; he just seems so proud of himself. It takes some real effort on Pilouette's part to not laugh, but she can understand what he's feeling.]

That's right, you mentioned you had a brother before...Well, if he has a big brother like you, I think he's pretty lucky.

[After all, even if Rin is kind of a dork sometimes and sort of weird sometimes...and kind of stubborn...he's pretty reliable and he's a good friend. At the end of the day, she knows that she can count on him.]

[rashness]

[ !!!

!!! ] If he shows up here you've gotta tell 'em that!

[ribbonbon]

O-Okay!! Uh, if I ever meet him, I'll tell him! I'll tell him right away! [She's a bit startled by how intense Rin's getting about this.] B-But I'm sure he probably knows...right?

[Not that she knows anything about Rin's brother, but...]

[rashness]

He could be reminded about it! The guy's a real jerk sometimes, you know!

[ But he does call him Nii-san so that's... something... ]

[ribbonbon]

Well, all siblings are kind of jerks and annoying and stuff sometimes. That's what my friends back home said, anyway. Still...I bet it's nice having a brother, right?

[rashness]

Of course it is! ... Probably?! But the guy's always tellin' me the study more and tellin' me to so this and that too! [ But... but he misses him so much here. It's just easier to reflect on it negatively. And it's that, more to whatever frustrations he's voicing here, which makes him clench a fist. ]

[ribbonbon]

...Maybe it's just his way of saying he cares about you.

[Pilouette doesn't have siblings of her own, but she starts to think about her closest friends back home and how they would nag her about little things here and there. As much as she would pout about it, she knew they were usually right.]

Some people are weird like that. You know?

[rashness]

'Course it is! [ But there's bigger problems with Yukio but... no, no. He's much better off not being here. Rin somewhere between groans, growls, and sighs before he closes his eyes and runs a hand over his face ] I mean, we're brothers.

[ribbonbon]

It's like I said, I bet he's really glad to have a brother like you, even if he doesn't say it all the time. Like, even if he did show up here, he probably wouldn't need me to tell him how lucky he is.

[She would hope so, anyway. She doesn't actually know anything about Rin's brother beyond what he's told her. Really, she probably shouldn't assume so much, but...]

[rashness]

But if you say it, it's not like he can even deny it.

[ Why is she being so defensive of Yukio...

Does she know something he doesn't... ]

[ribbonbon]

...Okay. If I ever meet him, I'll be sure to tell him. And I'll make sure he really knows it!

[She had actually been trying to reassure Rin, but...the way the conversation has gone reminded her of a conversation she had had earlier. Spending all that time trying to convince Rin that his brother just doesn't say how fortunate he feels to have Rin as his brother reminds her of how many times she's only remembered to tell her friends how fortunate she was to have met them when it was too late to do so.]

...Hey, Rin? I'm...I'm really glad we're friends. Just so you know.

[rashness]

[ Good, so she acknowledges it! And she'll do it, so that'll be?! --- No, he doesn't want Yukio to show up here. But then he hears the second part of that, and he blinks a little bit... and flushes ]

O-oh uh... me too!? Yeah, me too. I'm glad we are too.

[ribbonbon]

No, like, really! I just like...I don't say it enough. So I just wanted to make sure and say it while I had the chance.

[She wonders for a moment if it was weird to just say that out of nowhere like that. It probably was. She can't help but feel the tiniest bit awkward.]

A-Anyway, you probably want to like, take a breather or whatever. After all, you've been doing a lot so...um, yeah.

[rashness]

You've been doing just as much. [ right? yeah? Of course they've both been working hard out here. But he swallows, knowing he made it awkward and... ] I mean, not any less or more than me, right? We're together in this. [ ... ] We're teammates, here.

[ribbonbon]

Teammates... [Pilouette smiles a little. Friends and teammates. She likes that.] Yeah, I guess we are! Maybe that means we should both take a little break! ...Or does it mean we should both get back to work...?

[rashness]

[ He holds up a fist for a fistbump, here ] Let's have some sort of snack and then get right back to it.

[ribbonbon]

[Pilouette returns that fistbump. She still doesn't fistbump much, but...it's kind of cool. She could get used to it.]

Sure!! I...might have some stuff in my bag. Gimme a second...

[She walks to a table with her messenger bag sitting on it and starts fishing through it. With everything going on, a few minutes just sitting with a friend could be just what she really needs to perk up.]

[rashness]

You do?! Awesome! Let's do it!

[ and he licks his lips here, getting up close to her, wagging his tail behind him. He actually follows her closely, eager to see what she's got, so they can eat... and get right back to it.

AND THIS IS A GOOD POINT I THINK TO END A THREAD THIS OLD they ate and had fun and then the sunset ]