OPEN RP POST DEUX

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This a post where I'll RP anything with you and that means ANYTHING. Except smut because I suck at that Got a scenario in mind? I'LL DO IT. Here's some prompts below to help get things moving along if you don't have an idea to play out. The prompts are just prompts, if you have something specific, just let me know either at sweethymns or my AIM (rainsweets). Have at it! ➢ 01. AMUSEMENT PARK: Disneyland? Knotts Berry Farm? Six Flags? A made up amusement park with knockoff characters? Who cares, let's just ride that roller coaster or that giant swing ride! ➤ 02. PARK: Benches, trees, grass, maybe a lake and a basketball or volleyball court. ➢ 03. SNOWY DAY: Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful... or the level of snowfall can be any you wish! Light or heavy, there's going to be some winter related activities somewhere. ➤ 04. DINER: I love food, I really, really, really love food. And so do muses if they like to eat too! This diner seems to have a very HUGE menu with a large variety of dishes! Let's bond over food stuffs! ➢ 05. SICK DAY: Either your muse or my muse is sick. Who's taking care of who? ➤ 06. SEVEN MINUTES IN HEAVEN: Our characters are stuck in a closet and can't get out until there is some kissing, so they better make good use of those seven minutes... DON'T YOU DARE JUDGE ME. ➢ 07. SCHOOL: High school never ends! Or any type of schooling really. So whether it's in class or in the gym, let's try to endure mandatory education! ➤ 08. SURVIVAL HORROR: That old mansion/creepy town/underground science lab/zombie infested city ain't going to be survived by itself. Grab your medicinal herbs and shotguns, let's survive the horror. ➢ 09. WILDCARD: Let's make up shit.

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[emotive]

... I think... I think I wanted to fly.

[onoir]

[ DON'T LAUGH, DIARMUID... he doesn't because he's polite as hell towards his Master, but he does, again, look slightly less stoic. ]

I hear many do.

[ this insubordination... kayneth would have his head. ]

[emotive]

[She turns pink and hides her face so she isn't looking at him.]

I-It was the first thing I could think of! S-Somehow nothing else came to mind and-... Geez, what was I thinking?!

[onoir]

[ this is like the beginning of that episode of einzbern consultation room... ]

I apologize. I meant only to say that it's a charming wish.

[ not helping ]

[emotive]

[SIGH...]

It's okay. Kind of overreacted there. My sister would tell me that I was overdoing it.

[onoir]

[ He's about to say something about how he should have chosen his words more wisely, but! ]

You have a sister? I wasn't aware. You don't live with her, I take it?

[emotive]

Ah, yes! I didn't mention her at the time because we were introducing ourselves. She lives here in Fuyuki while I stay with my sensei in America.

If I'm being honest though, she prefers to be solitary. [She has a very sheepish and regretful smile.]

We're twins you see. But we don't really share a strong bond as some people would expect.

[onoir]

I see.

[ Perhaps he shouldn't have asked... he knows family can sometimes be a difficult topic. ]

If you ever feel inclined to visit her, I'll respect your space.

[emotive]

Actually, a visit might be necessary. But that might be for later.

[Trying to avoid Lien? Maybe...]

[onoir]

Is your sister also proficient in...

[ And Diarmuid pauses, stopping for a moment to poise Gáe Dearg by his side. ]

...Master. I sense something foreign— please, stay alert.

[emotive]

[Thao tenses up and nods, taking a step back behind Diarmuid. She doesn't want to use her Eyes if possible - she trusts in her Servant after all.]

[onoir]

[ There seems to be some sort of disturbance in the air, which he can't quite puzzle out; he's sure that Ai Thao would be better suited towards figuring out what's going on, but first things first.

These fucking shadow monsters again. ]

—I ask you to stand back. This will only take a moment.

[emotive]

R-Right!

[Thao thinks about how she could set up a Bounded Field, so she wouldn't have to get in his way. Instead, after taking another few steps out of his way, she turns around so they won't be attacked from behind.]

[onoir]

[ A moment passes where Diarmuid counts down the number of enemies he'll have to take down— four, five, not even a threat. After that split second of consideration, his lips curl up into a fearless smile that he knows she can't see from where she's standing. ]

Master. My only request is for you to watch your Servant at work.

[ And with that, he kicks off, gracefully cutting through the first shadow with his first strike, pivoting and slicing through two more with his second. If ever the word "effortless" could be used to describe anything, it'd be this. ]

[emotive]

[She turns to see Diarmuid make quick work of the creatures... And for a moment she feels her heart stop.

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There's a memory. Sensei was giving her physical training, no magic, and no Eyes involved. It was the most basic of self defense techniques and yet she kept falling over, getting struck, messing up. As hard as she tried, some tears fell and she cried, asking why, why was this necessary? Sensei was strict that day, but he comforted her.

"The world of magic is brutal. You of all people should know that. You need to learn this so the chances of danger ensnaring you won't happen again."

Ai Thao sniffled, hugging her knees. None of this was good. How could such a thing that hurt her or others be a good thing? Sensei smiled.

"It's an art you know! You think battle can't be beautiful? And that's the great thing about life. People have the power to turn the most ugly things into something that can make your heart stop and your eyes widen at its beauty."

"You'll understand someday."

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She totally gets it now.

This wasn't a cruel sight she was seeing. Diarmuid took something that was all too often if not all the time an ugly art and had made it his own. She thinks there's no one else in the world who wield the spears and move in the same way he did. So she watches, entranced, not because of any enchantment, but for just this one singular moment that engraves itself into her mind.]

[onoir]

[ It's hardly a challenge, and the "fight" is over as swiftly as it began, leaving only the fog and faint traces of shade that descend and fade into nothing as they hit the ground.

He's reminded, vaguely, of dark nights spent running with Grainne at his side— quiet, faceless assassins that he felled without blinking, all for the love of a single woman.

The memory is a dull ache, but he knows that he would have protected her from anything, either way; a fearless princess that chose him over everything else.

When he turns around and points his spear-end on the ground, Diarmuid's expression is a mixture of calm and melancholy; there's no honor in killing creatures with no living will. ]

There doesn't seem to be anything else standing in our way. Please, be at ease.

[emotive]

Ah! Yes.

[Ai Thao realizes she was still staring awestruck and she looks down at the ground for a few seconds, afraid he would assume she let her guard down and was getting enchanted again. Looking up with a determined look on her face, she makes her way to his side.]

I'll be more alert this time! If we follow the path where they came from I'll be able to sense the nearby leyline.

[She strangely seems re-energized all of a sudden!]

[onoir]

They seem to be heading from the docks.

[ Which is something he can sense. A little tilt of the head indicates that he sees how much she's trying not to look at him, but he says nothing about it when her gaze moves up again, steady and strong. It's a comfort, that she tries, but he quells that thought as something imprudent.

He turns on his heels towards the direction of the whispers, and starts moving again. ]

Do you often take it upon yourself to investigate such things, Master?

[emotive]

Mm.

[She starts walking towards the direction of the docks, wordlessly. Thao looks up at him when he makes his inquiry though.]

To be honest, I think this would be the first job I took on that turned out as serious as this.

[She looks ahead, looking thoughtful]

I'm not Sensei's main apprentice... The fact that he took me in so that he could instruct me in the use of my Mystic Eyes is something I'm very grateful for. So in a way, if he sends me out to do a job he isn't available for, it shows he has faith in me. There's no other way I could repay him for all he's done.

[She smiles, mostly to herself.]

Putting that aside? I still would do these investigations even if he didn't tell me to. I might be made for this kind of work if only because I'm a little stubborn.

[onoir]

[ The response is a sliver of a smile, hidden by the fog that still curls from beyond the path leading to the water— there's something quietly powerful about this girl, he thinks, as he listens to her talk about herself and what she'd like to do.

"Stubborn". It rings true, somehow, but it's a pleasant descriptor. ]

Perhaps a better word would be "diligent". Are you always so humble?

[emotive]

Oh? Do you really think so?

[Thao looks at him again, puzzled. His question does make her think a little more deeply.]

... You might be right! I might have always been that way.

[When she was younger, she was more prone to crying. Ai Thao was frightened, clinging to her silent sister, wondering what their future would be. But when asked questions, Thao was quite shy, finding she didn't lash out against the people who took them in even though mistrust in adults, much less adult magi, would have been expected.]

[onoir]

[ She acquiesces so easily, which is another thing to privately smile about; perhaps not the best time, since they are heading towards something that may be dangerous and this isn't a game, but, well.

If the air around him gets a little softer, it's because he's settling. ]

To your credit— and I realize this is forward of me— your humility is a coveted trait.

[emotive]

[That's an intriguing thing for him to say. She's mostly been called a pushover, compliant, easily swayed... Or as her twin dryly put it, "you make people want to pick on you until they find out it's too late..."]

I'm glad you think so... I don't consider it my best, but it's just who I am as of now.

Although, if I happen to change, I hope it's for the better.

[onoir]

If you strive towards betterment, I've no doubt you'll find it.

[ Listen man... after a hard lie, finding someone humble is a breath of fresh air.

But as they near the port, his smile fades and he sets his expression to something more neutral, alert for changes in the air, changes of density in surrounding prana. ]

I sense that we're getting close.

[emotive]

[Ai Thao is sensing the same changes and it gives her pause.]

It's... Yes. This is similar to the first night.

[She even shudders, her arms clutched around herself.]

I don't know why, but... It feels so wrong. Normally, if there was a disturbance, I wouldn't feel so...