[closed] Despite the interminable distance, in a brumous and sunny path

[onehundredswords]

Date & Time: March 8th; 8pm
Location: Somewhere outside the city you have a good view of it all
Characters: sensei and student
Summary: goodbye

[He'd arrived a little earlier considering he wanted to be there before she was. Seated on the ground and looking out to the city, his memories of these place really were fond. A lot fonder than anything he could remember in the past 100 years.

That in itself was kind of sad, now that he thought about it.]

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Oh, don't be ridiculous.

[She gives him a pointed look. She knows he's just kidding around.]

You could just lie around there if you really wanted. And you'd still be able to go home.

[onehundredswords]

[how do i lie my way out of this. He doesn't regret organizing this meet up, he wanted one last little talk, but the conversation topic is less than ideal.]

Aw. You'd miss me, huh? Is that it?

[payback]

[Good move, Gin - she makes a face.]

Don't make it like that! I just think you're being stupid.

[onehundredswords]

I guess I am.

[You don't know the half of it.]

But it's just important I go home, alright? That's it.

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But... I mean... you still could. Through that world. [She fiddles with her cookie.]

[onehundredswords]

I'm not going anywhere else.

[He almost sounds a little annoyed by how insistent she's being.]

Being here was great an' all, but this is it. Show's over, alright?

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[She's almost fiddling with the cookie more than eating it, now.]

... So what do you have to do...?

[She knows she should stop... but it's sort of become her business, hasn't it? He invited her here and sort of horned in as her teacher without ever giving her a chance to say no. So now she gets to ask.]

[onehundredswords]

[On that day, all he wanted to do was annoy her a little. He never expected to end up wanting to teach her how to fight.

He never expected his decision to backfire on him either.]

I have to go confront someone. My person I hate.

[He'd said it to her once; one person to hate and one person to protect as a means of motivation.]

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[This, though, is what she understands more than anything. She ducks her head down immediately. Cookie crumbs fall out of her hands.]

... Who is it?

[onehundredswords]

[Explanations, huh...

It'll take more than just a name.]

Someone who hurt a friend of mine. The only friend who matters to me there.

[He's quiet for a moment, but then-]

When I was a kid, I didn't have any family or friends - though the friend bit was more my own choice than anything. But I found her out on the street one day, really badly injured. I ended up bringing her back to my place and nursed her back to health. She was my first friend...and my best one ever since that day.

So when I found out this guy was the reason for her being the way she was when I found her, I decided I'd kill him...but not just for her. At this point, he's hurt everyone one way or another. He's even worse than the United Earth.

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[One part of her goes, shit, I knew you were an okay guy. Most of her just bows down a little more. She stuffs the remains of the cookie in her mouth and chews and swallows it quickly, then looks at him out of the corner of her eye.]

That sounds pretty important.

[onehundredswords]

Yeah.

[He takes a bite out of the one in his hand, nodding...he doesn't speak again until he's swallowed his food.]

Before I got here, I had a plan to kill him - he was only able to plan against everyone cause everyone else is stupid enough to blab about what they can do.

But not me. I kept my weapon's real ability a secret from everyone, lied about what it can do. He couldn't possibly know about it either.

[He's wording this all very carefully.]

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Okay...

[She's just... listening. Rin is still a sucker. If he's careful, she really won't pick up on the parts he's sliding by her.]

You mean how your sword gets longer?

[onehundredswords]

[He turns his head to look at her, his more typical grin returning.]

Nope! You-

[...hah.]

No, before I move on, how long do you think my sword can extend to?

Don't say you don't know. Take a guess.

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Um... [She blinks. It's, in a weird way, reassuring to see him leer like that. She was getting pretty serious there and this feels so much more normal.]

I don't - [He already told her not to say that. She'll just spit out a random number.] Um... six miles.

[onehundredswords]

Close! So close. It's eight.

Now - how fast do you think it is?

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I don't even know how to talk about that! As fast as a cheetah.

[onehundredswords]

[Laughing! Oh Rin, never change.]

Not even close.

[He claps his hands once all of a sudden, pauses briefly, and then-]

500 times that.

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[A

pause.]

So pretty fast.

[onehundredswords]

Pretty fast.

But the real question is - which one's the secret?

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What, so... I have to guess?

[onehundredswords]

Yup.

It's fun to watch.

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I don't want to! Why can't you just tell me?

[onehundredswords]

I'm trying to prove a point.

Now I'm telling you - one of those is the secret. Which is it?

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[she ROLLS her EYES. Gin Ichimaru is a pain in the ASS. At random:]

How fast.