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[closed] I think I prefer to stay inside.

WHO: Rin Faolain, Asami Fukuzawa, Tohru Fukuzawa
WHAT: An awkward car ride.
WHERE: All over Falner! (In a car!)
WHEN: 8 April 2066, after this
SAFE FOR WORK? Tohru is never safe.
OTHER NOTES: backdating awyeah

[ Today was not a good day. Rin was about six hours from recovering from the trauma of this morning, almost five minutes into being kidnapped by a crazy space mage with a spaceship, and approximately twenty seven seconds on being stranded a million miles away from home (which is... sort of a charred husk of an orphanage now, really).

He also pretty much got himself kicked out of said spaceship and onto a space port with nothing to his name but the clothes on his back, the dragon on his head, and the satchel he brought with him containing the last few possessions he has: a new-yet-overworked laptop, a mobile phone, a few copies of his CV, a bunch of colored pens, a notebook, a book on the history of underground tunnels in Europe, some loose change, a year-pass for the transit expiring on his birthday, and lint.

Worst.

Day.

Ever. ]

That was fun, Erin, wasn't it? [ His dragon, Madge, ever the optimist, is swishing her tail along his back now. ]

Yeah, right. [ He frowns and grumbles. ]

Where d'you think that funny man went to, now? Can we pleeeease ask him for another ride? 'Cause that was fun!

No, Madge, we're not asking for another ride. We're going to find a way back home. [ Somehow, anyway. Sure, he was told to stay put and wait, but-- but!! That statement could be very loosely taken. He wasn't clear that Rin should stay put on the exact spot he left him. He could have meant "stay put in this general area" or "stay put inside this spaceport" or something similar. Which is why Rin is looking for a guidemap of the area, so he could figure out where the exit is. ]

Are you suuuuure? He might return and look for us where he left us back there you know. And then he'll take us back home!

I don't really trust him.

But what if he comes back and looks for us and we're not there?

Then I'll tell him I needed to pee, and had to go look for a rest room, and got lost.

Ohhhh, okay. But what if--

No more "what-ifs," Madge.

...Okay.

[ He doesn't end up too far away, though. He finds a vicinity map, memorizes the exit routes, then settles down on a bench near where he'd been dropped off. There is a file on his laptop that he wanted to check... except he isn't sure if he's ready for that yet.

Currently, he's wondering if he could remotely hack into Dublin PD from here and start his search over. ]

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[ You're going to be there for about thirty minutes before one Asami Fukuzawa - nobody you know yet, but she will look like a sweet, Japanese lady in her forties - is coming around. She spots you in the distance, and - after checking something on her phone, walks right over.

I think I have found him, anata! ]

You have.

[ This fucker is outside and well beyond your perception for the moment, Rin. He's killing his cigarette and pushing himself off of the side of his car. ]

I will bring the car around.

[ In the meantime, Asami is approaching you. She smiles once she's got your attention.

"Hello. Rin Faolain-kun, correct?" ]

[ When he looks up from the blinking cursor on his laptop, he sees the woman walking over. He doesn't think much of it at first, she might just need the bench, too, or something, but she stops in front of him and smiles.

For a moment, he's smiling too because finally someone's calling him by the name he prefers to be called. But then he remembers he knows absolutely no one in this place, except this lady seems nice, but still. ]

Yeah, that's me. You are...?

[ "Asami Fukuzawa."

Cue brief bow.

"I am Estanislao's adoptive mother. He asked my husband and I to pick you up."

Said husband is quietly rifting through your computer from a distance.

Yep. He's just minding his own business, k. ]

Oh.

...did he say why? [ Because anything Crazy Spaceman says and does is suspicious to him now, okay. ]

[ "You will be staying at Falner now, and you are going to need a legal guardian who can handle the paperwork and living arrangements."

Asami's smile goes a little shy at that point.

"I will be the one taking charge of you for the moment, at least until you are settled."

Tohru, in the meantime, is a little pleased that his wife did not say "My husband and I". This boy still needs to be assessed. ]

[ There's a short flash of anger where Rin wants to tell her that he never asked for this, that Estanislao is a crazy madman who just kidnapped him, that he didn't need anyone to take care of him-- but this woman reminded him of Ma (his first memory of her, this big warm presence kneeling in front of him and telling him she would be his Ma from then on, it's okay love, come cry on Ma's shoulder). It just made him sad.

He waffles for a bit. ]

I'm not... going back home, aren't I? Home, to Ireland. [ It's not until he says it that he realizes how greatly homesick and scared he is. He's never quite solved his little mystery yet. The longer he delayed, the more pessimistic his thoughts became of his missing siblings. ]

[ She's getting a pretty accurate reading of the boy's moods now, and her expression immediately grows concerned.

"No... it's not safe for you yet, or so I have been told."

Asami.

"I think my husband might be able to explain things better. He'll be driving the two of us back to our home. Would you like to go now?"

The car is already waiting for the two of you at the driveway. ]

[ He sighs and shuts his laptop close, shoves it into his bag. ]

Not like I have much choice, do I?

[ His smile is apologetic, though. If... if this had happened in different circumstances, he probably would't be so suspicious and prickly about everything. He'll let her lead the way. ]

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[ She'll only smile back at that, looking equally as apologetic. Then she's leading you out --

-- to where this stern-faced man is in the driver's seat of the only car idling in the driveway. Asami opens the back door for you, and then slips into the passenger seat.

"Rin-kun, this is my husband Tohru Fukuzawa. He is a Mage like yourself."

He glances at you through the rearview mirror as he takes another drag of his cigarette, then, once all of you are settled, he pulls out of the driveway. ]

You have questions. Ask.

[ That might feel like an order. ~~Because it kind of is.~~ ]

[ He nods to Asami's husband, Tohru, when he gets in the backseat. He looks, and sounds, like a man who doesn't play around. Huge disconnect from him and Estanislao, really. Figures; his kidnapper was adopted.

Madge, in the mean time, curls herself up on Rin's lap. ]

Why isn't it safe for me to go back?

The Pleiades suspect that there may be some foul play involved with the deaths of your adopted parents. There is also a pattern that we are having difficulty ignoring, related specifically to you.

[ Saying this matter-of-factly as you're all making your way out of the port area. Asami, in the meantime, is reaching into her purse for her tablet. The light screens that pop out into the air in front of her show what appear to be forms and documents, all with Netsach's insignia on it. ]

[ He frowns. ]

So, what you're telling me is that a bunch of you guys [ meaning Mages and the Pleiades, and also assuming that Tohru is part of it ] are investigating the fire because there's more to it than what the fucking police file says? And that there's something fucking wrong with me.

[ Because this is what he's getting. ]

Yes and no.

[ Glancing at you in the rearview mirror again. ]

I have not found any anomalies in your Pattern.

[ ...Not yet, anyway. ]

[ He leans forward on his seat, shifting closer to the driver's seat. It dislodges Madge from his lap, who yelps and hops on to the space next to him. She looks at him worriedly. ]

Who the fuck would want to kill Ma and Pa? They're good people!

That is what we are trying to determine. They worked well for us.

[ ...Which might definitely be news for you. ]

[ Wait what ]

They what?

[ ????????? ]

Your adopted parents were allies to the Pleiades precisely because they ran an orphanage. They helped us flag supernatural children, especially if they happened to have special needs.

[ Pausing there, to glance briefly over at what Asami is doing. It seems as though she is almost finished making arrangements for you. ]

They were not Keepers of the Vigil, per se, but they certainly were friends, from what I have read.

Huh. [ He leans back on his seat, looking incredulously at Tohru. But it... sort of made sense? Since he never quite understood what Pa did, so... ]

For how long?

Fifteen years. This year would have been their sixteenth.

[ And since he's just broken out of the forest roads and is at the first stoplight... turning to you now with a solemn look. ]

I am sorry for your loss. We will see what we can do about this situation.

[ He blinks at Tohru then. Sixteen years. That's about as long as he was with them...

He shakes his head, and looks down at his hands, motionless on his lap. ]

It's... still kind of surreal, you know? I had breakfast with them that morning, then went out to town to look for a part-time job... And when I came home, they're all gone.

It feels like I'm dreaming and waiting for myself to wake up, but I know I'm not dreaming...

[ He's quiet for some time after you speak, and turns away in order to get back to driving. Asami reaches for his arm and curls her fingers around it. ]

Such is the nature of loss. It comes in waves.

[ It sounds a bit like he's speaking from experience. ]

[ By nature, he's curious. He wants to ask how or why or who he's lost, but... Not now. He sees the way Asami touches her husband, and it tugs at his heart because he's seen the same with Ma and Pa. Everything just wants to remind him of home, and he can't... go back. Probably not anymore.

...Which reminds him. ]

So, uh... Where exactly are you taking me?

Our home. You will stay with us until the stewards of Falner have prepared a room for you, and finished handling the finer, legal points of your residency here.

[ Asami turns around to smile at you at that point.

"Have you ever eaten Japanese before, Rin-kun?" ]

...Alright.

[ If this was how he'd met Taning, he wouldn't be so tetchy about suddenly being transported to the Philippines. Seriously. Asami and Tohru are way, way better. ]

Um... well, once? But I don't think the restaurant was as authentic as it claimed to be.

[ "I see! Well, I shall make sure that the meal I will make for you will be better than whatever you tried."

#ProudMom

Granted, Asami's cheer is enough to make Tohru smile just a bit. ]

Is there anything that you need Netsach to secure from your home country?

[ He smiles at Asami, too. He mutters a thank you, because really. She's been very nice, so far. Her, and Tohru. He liked them. ]

... I don't know... The House looked-- [ Done for. Absolutely fucked. ] I mean, if there's anything that survived at the House? Don't think there's any, but it won't hurt to check...

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I will check and secure whatever I can by tomorrow.

[ It won't be too long before you're all at the house now. ]

Do you wish to discuss anything else?

I'd appreciate that, thank you.

[ He'll smile, sheepish, but totally grateful. ]

No, no, I think- I think you covered most of it. [ Because Taning didn't. #stillbutthurt ] If anything comes up, I can just ask you...? [ He means both of you, Asami and Tohru. (Or, uh, Mr & Mrs Fukuzawa???) ]

[ Nodding at that. ]

Do not hesitate to approach me at any point from here on, up until you stop staying with us.

[ Since he is pretty sure that will happen. Not that he and Asami mind taking on more children, of course... ]

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[closed] I think I prefer to stay inside.

yo man tohru is totally child-friendly.

tohru fukuzawa = former mage killer = assassin of the searing wind = child-friendly????????????

TOTALLY.

#okay

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wow uh so depending on how this goes, Tohru might talk.

should we be scared

:3

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Roll Intelligence + Politics (specialty: Awakened applies) to identify the Pleiades.

int 3 + politics 0 (brilliant, negates -3 unskilled penalty) > 0(7) 9 6 > 2 successes

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