homo: libby

[damp]

itp: two people just doing their best

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week 0, monday, selfie shop

[damp]

[ Rin waves to Libby when he spots her, making his way over to where she's standing.

Except.

He doesn't stop getting closer once he is an appropriate distance away and just hugs her? ]

Uh.

[medeian]

[she looks like she's about to deck him in the face for a split second before the touch effect hits and this feels weirdly normal to her? hug returned. wild.]

Um...

[damp]

[ okay well, they're doing this now. rin is a mix between mortified and embarrassed. ]

What's happening?

[medeian]

Um. We're hugging?

[help]

[damp]

[ okay ]

I don't... really want to be hugging?

week 0, friday, streets

[damp]

[ Hello! Rin is shuffling toward IKEA, looking depressed. He looks happy to see Libby though! ]

Ah, hey. [ He tries to think of something else to say. ] ... Hey.

[medeian]

[giving him a little wave, looking troubled herself.]

You alright...? Or at least - not hurt?

[damp]

Not hurt. [ Not commenting on the first part. ] What about you?

[medeian]

...Not hurt, either.

[but she seems disappointed and frustrated, even if this isn't exactly a shock.]

week 0, sunday 2

[damp]

[ Rin is on his way to the gym to sweat away his pain.

He does stop for Libby though!! ]

... How are you?

[medeian]

...Frustrated and confused?

[that seems like a good summary.]

I didn't think anything really thought it would be - like that.

[damp]

[ He's silent for a bit before, ] Yeah.

Everything else has been... frustrating too. But I could understand it as the rules of a "game". But that just seems cruel. For no reason.

[medeian]

The whole thing is pretty fucked up, but this seems like a new high, yeah.

[ugh]

Maybe it's better to skip out on them from now on.

w1, monday.

[medeian]

[standing near the eiffelffe tower, looking up in appreciation. when she sees rin, she'll give a little wave.]

Pretty cool, right?

[damp]

[ in better spirits today, ] Yeah, I never got to go to real France so... this isn't bad!

... You're from Earth, right?

[medeian]

[nodding]

Yeah. Most recently I lived right outside of London, but before that I lived in New York for a couple years for college. I've never been to Paris either... I wish my parents could see it. Without, um, being here to see it, obviously.

[damp]

[ help ]

... Me too, now that I think about it. My mom and sister would love it. They'd be so excited about the pastry shops and how romantic the lights are. [ It makes him laugh. ] They'd probably want to go to London too... See all the old castles.

w4, tuesday.

[medeian]

[here they are in the void... and unfortunately for the both of them, here is also a pig noise running at them in the void.]

What the—

[they get bubbled before she can finish that thought.]

[damp]

[ Hey, Libby. Thanks for being one of the few humans in the graveyard.

Rin doesn't even get a greeting out before they're getting bodied by a memory that sends them back to a high school in Japan, where two boys are sneaking in a visit to the vending machines past curfew. ]

[medeian]

[she blinks a few times as the memory ends, but seeing as they're the only people in this bubble, it seems safe to assume:]

That was - yours?

[damp]

[ Well, that's awkward. His whole baggage just laid bare to poor, unsuspecting Libby. ]

Uh... yeah. Back when I was still in Japan.

week 5, sunday

[damp]

[ LIBBY!! He will look for her when things have died down slightly. Where is she... Is she still running. ]

[medeian]

[she's not still running! she's gotten cleaned up and changed and now she's in the cafe with an emotional support muffin that she's just kind of picking at. she glances up when she sees him, hesitating for a moment.]

Rin...?

[damp]

[ She's so valid for this, and he's kind of relieved to see someone coping normally instead of insanely. ]

Hey. How're you feeling?

[medeian]

Really, really tired. Confused, and just...

[rubbing at her face for a moment.]

Just, you know. Trying to keep it together.