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Date & Time: April 20, during the blackout.
Location: Apartment buildings.
Characters: Rin Asano & YOU.
Summary: Wandering around with a slightly-flaming sword in the pitch dark. Nothing hazardous about this proposal.
Warnings: zip zero nada. At least at the moment.

[When the lights blink out she's surprised, but not too irritated - it's not as if she was doing anything important. In fact, after a startled interim where she goes groping around for her sword and some knives (like reaching for a security blanket, to be honest), Rin finds herself laughing quietly in the blacked-out apartment.

Okay. She should take this more seriously. What if this is an Initiative attack?! She should go join the fight. If there is a fight. Or, well, just get out of the dark. What's she going to do in the dark? Take a nap? No, it's time to go outside. Maybe she can figure out why this is happening, too.

She trips and shuffles her way to the door and doesn't even bother locking the apartment behind her. It's not as if - with her weapons at her side - she has much worth stealing, after all.]

Helloooooo? Is anyone else out here? Boy, it is REALLY dark out here... hellooo?

[She puts a hand on the wall for a guide, and after a moment of thought she draws her sword in her free hand and just - concentrates on it. Just a little. In but a moment a flickering corona of gold foxfire sparkles into being around the blade. Not much heat, at least at the moment, but enough light to squint by.

Rin stares at it and then shrugs internally. Not all that surprised. The thing has been growing for some time, in some way, she could tell. And if it'll light her way, she's not going to bother figuring something else.

With that she sets off to knock on doors. Maybe she can roust someone who has some idea what's going on, or how to fix it.]

Comments

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[Jesse's gone to explore, as well. Not so much knocking on doors, but skulking about and trying to get a sense of what's going on. It could be literally anything, from a simple power surge to the Apocalypse, Part II. With that in mind, he's got his gun - holstered, but it's there, and his hand is hovering close to it.

A door slamming shut somewhere behind him distracts him while he rounds a corner, and he ends up nearly walking right into... someone. With a glowing blade?]

- Jesus!

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[Rin leaps back, recognizing the voice as she does. The blade damps immediately and she slides into her sneak bubble and then hesitates.

:| What to do now? Not the person she was most eager to encounter in the dark. She stands at bay and waits to see what he'll do.]

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[Well, that's... a lot better than getting stabbed, at least. Too bad he didn't see who that was, in all the confusion.]

Umm, hey? Are you okay?

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[... Haha. She pussyfoots around him even though the sounds she makes are at least partly shielded by the stealth field too. On the balls of her feet, sliding her sword away and sneaking closer behind him. THIS IS A BRILLIANT THING TO DO WITH A NERVOUS GUY WITH A GUN CLEARLY.]

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[As if he could even aim the thing right now. His tremors aren't as bad as they were a few days ago, but they're still noticeable. Jesse doesn't sense her, exactly, but he's beginning to suspect that the person he just ran into up and vanished into thin air. Which is making him wonder if there are ghosts here. Which in turn makes him wonder if his power works on ghosts. If he can't touch someone...]

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[Don't go too far into that line of thought, Jesse.

Silently Rin lets the stealth vanish. She's standing behind him now, and she leaps for him.]

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HOLY SHHHIIIII -

[The sudden movement sends him halfway into a duck-and-cover (and what exactly was that supposed to do against a ghost?) before he realizes that whatever's jumping onto him is very small and non-lethal. For now.]

- iiit?

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[She shoves him, laughing under her breath, half kind of mean and half playful.]

Surprise.

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Oh, that's hilarious.

[No, it isn't. His heart leapt into his throat and now he feels like a fresh round of vomit is on its way to join it. He swallows as he straightens up, shoving Rin right back.]

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[She keeps laughing at him, stumbling back in the dark and then catching her footing. Chuckle, chuckle, pause, swallow. Get a grip.]

What are you doing?

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[Jesse leans up against the wall and shuts his eyes. Not that it makes a big difference, but somehow it helps with the dizziness.]

I was walking.

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Where are you even going? It's dark all over I've been. You might as well leave.

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Maybe, uh, I was about to?

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Good. Don't let me stop you. [She sets off again and makes sure to pause by where she can hear him to grab and give him another push.]

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[Ugh, no. He didn't want to move again so soon. He shoves back, blindly and weakly, then moves to follow after her.]

Where're you going?

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I dunno. Outside. Anywhere. [She had no destination in mind. Pausing.] What's wrong with you?

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What do you mean, what's wrong with me?

should I change it does he sound normal

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You don't sound so good. [And that was one wimpy shove, plus all of the other things that are in Rin's considered professional position wrong with Jesse. You know. Psychologically OOHHHH snap. She takes a step on, pauses, comes back. Takes him by the arm and kind of pulls at him. Sort of inspecting him, in the most useless way possible.]

no he sounds terrible

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[He can't really tell what she's doing, grabbing him like that, but he lets it happen anyway.]

I'm still sick. It's fine.

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Still sick? From that drug? But it's been days! [Guess who's not medically trained, she doesn't know what she's doing either. She keeps pulling on him, trying to get him away from the wall and standing on his own - considerate.]

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[He's going wherever she's putting him. It's too much trouble to resist. He ends up having to take hold of her side to keep steady, though. She can feel him shaking.]

It's gonna be like this... a while.

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[She gives him a testing poke in the ribs for no real discernible reason and then just stands and lets him put weight on her. Thinking about what that means for all the people under UE's thumb.]

Wow, that's sick. Do you know how long?

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I can guess, but not really... Could be weeks.

[He swats at her prodding fingers. He's already nauseous. He doesn't need provoking.]

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[Walking back and forth on the third floor of the building is Meliantha. She's apparently patrolling, but she sees Rin and her face softens, remembering the woman from her arrival. Her footsteps become much louder, as she comes into view.]

Hello.

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Ow! [She stops.] What did it feel like? While you were doing it?