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Date & Time: 06.18 and on;
Location: Asch's basement, outside, anywhere;
Characters: the Dan, their uncles, anybody else involved?! I am losing track. people. six degrees of separation. tag yourselves!!
Summary: as usual, anti-spam mingle log due to numerous interactions between numerous people. action, voice, text, video, post-its.
Warnings: bombs?!

They thought that trips to Alaska and getting shots would be the beginning of a relaxing break. Instead they got quarantines and bombs and people getting mad at them. Big. Sigh.

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... Yeah. Thanks.

[He hesitates, his hand raised a little. He wonders if she could keep up, or if it would be him struggling to keep up with her. Maybe they can just walk.]

... Let's go.

[In the end he holds his hand out to her.]

[ She grabs his hand, because it would be rude not to.

Because really this is not the time for touchy feely stuff right? He can't possibly be thinking about that, not now. She's making him worry about her, as she always do.

Ayano bites her lip imperceptibly as they start walking. ]

...yeah, let's go. Is Momo-chan there too?

[He grips it back, frowning momentarily before he turns and steps forward. It's only because it would be easier to navigate through the city this way. Because it'll be quicker to tug her around the corner than it would be to tell her about the next left turn, the alleyway two buildings away... It's convenience.

(But it's a relief to be able to feel her hand.)]

She's there. I left her with the others.

Oh, okay. I'm glad.

[ She just follows, not bothering to ask who 'the others' are, because that couldn't possibly be important in any way or shape, nor it could probably shed some light into the confusing lives of the Mekakushi Dan, nope.

She's just glad she can feel his hand, too. ]

It might be a little crowded, but you'll be able to get food and water there more easily than the catacombs. And they're good guys.

[He doesn't really know what he's reassuring her for. Ayano, unlike him, was good with people. He remembers this. He's quiet the rest of the way there, walking briskly but cautiously and not too fast, eyes always on the sky for anything falling down. As they enter Asch's house and he opens the door, he calls out]

Kido. Kido... there's an extra person. Can you make some room for her?

[Kido was putting her efforts towards finding enough blankets for when they inevitably need to sleep. She tried to bring as many as she could with food...

Hearing her name, she calls back 'Hang on!' and comes downstairs. When she sees that familiar red, a relieved smile breaks over her face and she hops down the rest of the way.]

Hey, you brought Sis! Good job.

[Kido breathes out a sigh before looking at Ayano.]

We were worried about you. Are you okay? Did you get lost again...?

[ Ayano blushes a little and scratches the back of her neck. When she speaks, she does with the familiarity of old friends. Or family. ]

Aaah, you know, sometimes I wander, but I was helping people! [ Her eyes shine with the flames of heroism! ]

So is everyone else around too? [ Hey Shintaro this is weird at all, is it now? ]

[Wait, what?

Shintaro's mind blanks the moment Kido reacts in a way he wasn't expecting. He blinks, and any questions he was prepared to answer or even ask Kido are out the basement door he was just about to close. He doesn't even glance between the two girls.]

... Huh?

[... They know each other? Did Kido just call Ayano her sister?]

Heh, still a hero... [Well, even if she wants Ayano to be careful, she has to approve of cool actions like that.]

We're all here so don't worry. I'll let the others know you're here so they don't worry, though. Kano might've run out to look later otherwise...

It was just you and Shintaro missing, actually. Took you long enough. He didn't do anything uncool like throw up, did he? Thanks for taking care of him, Sis.

[She's just teasing, Shin, don't worry.]

Kano and Seto too, then? And I met Kaede-chan, as well. I see you have been taking care of things, Kido. [ Approving Sis smile GET.

She turns to Shintaro for a moment. ]

He didn't throw up! But I think Shintaro needs to do more exercise. But don't worry, I made sure things were safe on our way back. He did find me, though, so please go easy on him.

Wait.

[His brain is finally catching up. He must be tired, he thinks in some nonchalant part of his mind, that he was comprehending information at roughly the same speed that Momo did. He holds up his hands in a "hold up" gesture, taking a step back from the girls like they're speaking some foreign language or something. (If only he knew Hibiya, he could've asked if it was a language related to the Indian culture.)]

You know each other?

[Kido is busy enjoying the approving smile when she realises Shintaro has a question. She blinks at him like he just asked something really, really stupid. Because he did.

She jerks her thumb at Ayano.] She's my sister. Ah, mine and Kano's and Seto's. I don't randomly call people 'Sis'...

[A beat.] Oh, she founded the Dan, too.

Member number zero and all! But Kido is the leader now, so you better listen to her.

[ Everything makes sense, right? It's not like she needs to explain anything.

Ayano you huge baka. ]

Uh, no, that doesn't make any sense at all.

[Guys he's tired his head hurts he just ran like a lot. What's going on?

He rounds on Ayano.]

Oy.

[Hey don't 'oi' at her sister that's her job.]

It makes sense. [Right explain better.] We're all orphans. But her parents helped us out. They knew about our eyes and took us in.

[Blah blah eye researchers and mom died in a landslide sis jumped off a roof things got weird-]

Geez, Shintaro, you didn't listen much to Sis when she talked, huh?

Ah, it's not that!

[ Now Ayano is the one rising her hands. ]

I really didn't want to bother Shintaro with things like that so I didn't really talked...much about that.

Uh, I somewhat assumed he already knew.

[Kido's last comment causes Shintaro to jump. Flinch, almost, but he tries to hide it as he glances the other way. Immediately uncomfortable, he wants to press himself against the wall behind him. "Didn't listen," huh...?]

... I see. [His voice is quiet as he responds, staring at the end of Ayano's scarf like it's the most interesting thing in the world.]

So... you knew each other. [It's hard to process anything past that.]

[What's with that reaction? Things took a sudden, weird turn. It feels...tense? She doesn't really get it. What's so bad about knowing her?

She sticks her hands in the pockets of her hoodie.] ...It's fine. It's not like you could've known if Sis was being an airhead about it. But, you're number seven now so you're part of us, too. Don't worry about it.

[That seems encouraging, right? Even if she isn't sure why he seems upset now. If it's because he didn't know about her life, well... this makes up for it, kinda.]

We know each other, yes. [ Oh no the mood. It is ruined. ]

Don't worry Shintaro, we're going to have the time to talk about this all more calmly.

[ While they, you know, bomb then. ]

[He has a feeling even if Ayano talked about this more, he would only be more confused. He lowers his gaze even more as he nods. If Kido knew, she might be revoking his membership right then and there. He's almost convinced of that.]

... You said there was space, right, Kido?

[He forces himself to look at the Leader though. Ayano said to listen to her. It'd be easier not to ask questions right now. He glances at Ayano's scarf, not willing to meet her eyes.]

It's fine.

[She frowns. He's still acting so weird.]

Yeah, there's space, but... would it be better to go upstairs and talk about this? If we need to take care of something, it's better to do it sooner than later.

[She looks at Ayano. Ayano knows him better. She feels so clueless right now.

Really, she just doesn't want Shintaro moping and making Ayano sad for no reason.]

[ Ayano nods silently. This isn't the way she wanted things to go, but then again, she didn't really do anything to make it different. ]

We should probably talk, yes.

[ Welp it seems the time to skirt the subject has finally ended. ]

So- let's go.

[He looks alarmed. His instincts tell him to get out of the conversation. What's the point in knowing? Even if he knew anything, once any of them left this world, none of it was going to matter. Even if he knew Ayano's or Kido's past, there was no point. So why?

But he can't say no. Even if the word crosses his mind, his mouth won't open, his jaw straining to stay shut. He can't say it, so he slumps his tensed shoulders and sighs]

... All right. Let's go. [He'll start up the stairs again.]

[Kido follows. Well, leaving it to Ayano probably isn't the best idea but Kido isn't sure what's important and what will help to know. Where does she even start? With her eyes? It's safe to tell Shintaro anything now, she knows he's a good member and won't hurt any of them.

Thinking about it... there are parts she can't explain. What happened two years ago. If they get into that, then...

She winds up just sitting down in a chair, arms folded.]

...It's all because of these eyes so I guess I'll tell my part there. Me, Kano and Seto all went through the same basic ordeal.

[Pause.] Ah, to explain the context, my dad slept around and that's why I was born. He was a really careless idiot. Eventually he ran out of money and burned the house down. That's how I died the first time. Since you've seen me die all of this is anticlimactic... [Does she sound irritated? Yes. She doesn't even get to make this a cool story geez.] Anyway I saw these gaping jaws and not too long later I woke up. Everyone else was still dead and I had these eyes. Since Kano and Seto were the same we stuck together and, well, we couldn't control our powers back then so it was obvious to someone like mom. Ah, Ayano's mom I mean. So they took us all in. You know her dad, right? They're researchers.

But Sis being sis, raising us was probably a huge pain for her. [She doesn't really know what Shintaro knows about Ayaka and Kenjirou or that whole situation so Ayano can step up to the plate there.]

[ Hearing the explanation of how she got her eyes again makes Ayano cringe a little. Could Shintaro deduce she was going to do something along those lines? Probably. She's not sure if she should mention it, because it's not that simple; if it was just for the eyes...then it wouldn't be an issue. ]

I don't think I mentioned any of that to Shintaro...at that time I was worried to burden him any further with my own life so...

[ Yeah, she had kept the whole deal away from him in an attempt to keep herself focused, or so she would tell herself. ]

Shintaro and I were classmates, and I've known him since we were little. A-and it was not a pain! Furthermore, I feel like I must apologize for being a lacking Big Sis!

[ Cue a little bow because yeah, sorry kids. ]

To think Shintaro would be dragged into the Mekakushi Dan...I should have introduced you guys w-

[ "While I was still alive."

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