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[Whoever that kid was, the one covering her face and giving Rin absolutely no answers to actually work with, is so gonna start talking! NOW!

That's Rin's motivation for coming back to the mysterious little shop - pretty much immediately after leaving the first time, really, because he's not one to stand for a lack of answers to his questions about something as important as showing up in freakin' outer space!!

Except he doesn't enter the shop. He's back in space. ... For about one second, he realizes he probably should have been expecting that, but then he gets distracted by the Plane itself. And he immediately gets dizzy.]

N-Not this agaaain--!

[But he manages to steady himself, slinging his sheathed and covered sword from his back and bracing himself with it until he can sort of get a handle on up and down while he's standing here. There's a solid floor after all, right? So what if it's invisible? Ugh...! He lets out a huge, audible exhale as he scrubs a hand through his hair. His next expression is a scowl, as he look all around and tries to spot that hooded little kid.]

Okay, where'd that brat go? Hey!! Who's here?! C'mon, I know someone can hear me! Are you even listening?!

[Silence. One second, two, three... And then he growls, annoyed and petulant.]

Tch. Figures. Well, since I'm here, I guess I'll just have a look around myself!

[Mind made up, he slings his sword back onto his shoulder, starts walking forward. Because forward is as good of a direction as any, right?]

There's gotta be something else around here, huh? I mean, why would it just be a bunch of stars and nothing else?

[A little more walking, a lot more silence... And it's all just way too much for him to handle! So he lets out another growl, throws his head back and yells!]

Aaugh!! What even is this place?!?

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( zack has been through some shit lately. complete with italics and everything. and now that things have settled down a bit, he's managed to convince himself that he doesn't need to be wary of turning a corner and coming face to face with the embodiment of his deepest secrets, hell-bent on laying him bare.

he's just kind of meandering around when he hears someone talking – talking to themselves, it would seem – and he follows the sound of it until he comes within eyesight of rin trying to get his balance on the starry floor. ( man, does he remember how that felt. ) of course this means there's a new kid on the block, and he immediately perks up. )

There's a lot of stuff around here. You just gotta know where to look.

( he comes in a little closer, hands braced on his hips, and he's about to open his mouth to say something else about the stuff that one can find on the astral plane when he notices a particular swishing appendage, and cuts himself off. ) – Whoa. Is that a tail?

( i'm so sorry. )

[Yeah, this little newbie has no idea what kind of hell the lot of you has been through lately - or ever, for that matter. He's brand new here! Whoops. Someone should really give him a good warning...

He blinks when he sees someone approach - part of him hopes it's that little kid, but it's more than clear that it's not! So he sighs, disappointed for all of a split second, before he's abandoning those thoughts in favor of actually talking to this person, whoever he is.

And he's about to ask just where he should be looking, when the guy goes and points out... his... tail.

Oops.

Since he wasn't at school, he didn't even think to hide it under his shirt like he usually does... Crap. Now what?

Rin's brain snaps into panic mode. He visibly freezes in place, tail sticking up straight behind his back like he can totally hide it there even though it's already been spotted!

... ... ...]

What tail?

( he is like. really darn pleased that he isn't the newest kid on the block anymore. and it might just show in the way he's grinning from ear to ear on his approach. sure, it's also got a lot to do with the fact that there aren't rampant clones of people running around and causing a great big ruckus, but truth be told, down at the heart of everything, zack fair is a Helper. and Helpers need someone to help.

or just plain bother. who knows what this is going to end up being.

THIS SURE AIN'T NO LITTLE KID. there is nothing little about zack at all, despite the fact that he's only sixteen. he's just short of literally towering over rin ~~and his short self, sheesh kid even your younger brother is taller than you, what's up with that~~ when he finally comes to a stop, and –

… dude your tail is sticking straight up and he can still see it. what on gaia is going on here. ( and can you make a question mark with that thing, he really wants to see that. ) his eyes narrow, like really, i've already seen you, are you seriously trying to hide that thing?, and he makes a noise that sounds a bit like downright incredulity. )

Um. The one you're trying to hide? The one sticking straight up behind you?

( A-DUH. )

[He does need help. In many ways.

~~Oh my God Zack you can't just ask someone about their tail AND HE'S NOT THAT SHORT DAMMIT~~

Tower over him all you want, it doesn't bother him - he's ~~used to it~~ totally fried bigger fish when he's had to! Yeah! No, currently his only problem is that he's already been outed as having a tail when he... probably should have made sure it was hidden before he came stomping back in for more answers. Eheh... heh.

Crap... what's he gonna do now? He can't exactly point to a fake distraction and run because there's nothing here. Looks like he's stuck.]

Oh yeah! That tail! Uh. ... It's... part of a cosplay?

[Rin...]

( wow, what a yell.

this is the first time he's been on his own since … well. since things had gone horribly wrong and ended even more wrongly. and wouldn't it just figure that he runs into some loud-mouthed teenager along the way.

he's still not wearing his armor, but thanks to all of the shadow and angel business, he's got a magnum tucked into the back of his jeans. not that he thinks he's going to have to use it or anything, but with the way rin is yelling, he's about to start thinking something is going on.

except he realizes that it must just be someone new, and lo and behold, it is. )

It's called the Astral Plane. ( and have a mock little salute for your trouble. ) Welcome to hell.

[Who're you callin' a loud-mouthed teenager?!

... Anyway. Rin looks over when he hears someone speak up, squints a little.]

The what? [beat.] Isn't hell supposed to be like nine circles and lots of fire and stuff?

[Ah, the things you selectively pick up on while growing up in a monastery.]

( you!

york gives a small shrug; he hadn't exactly been raised in a religious household, but he does remember that much. ( and maybe he'd read a couple of different translations of dante's inferno over the years, but don't tell anyone he told you. ) ) I think this place has been known to have fire … I dunno, I haven't seen Eithan lately. ( shout out to my homie! )

Maybe it's more of a personalized hell.

[Don't go callin' names, pal!

~~Dante's what? Oh he was supposed to read that at some point, wasn't he? Probably.~~]

Personalized hell? What's so hellish about stars? They're no big deal. [He looks all around, like maybe he just missed something up until now, and that includes looking down. And he immediately regrets that, has to close his eyes and rub at them with his fists so he doesn't get dizzy again.] Ugh. Okay, so the no-up-or-down-immediately part sucks. But still.

[Beat.] Who's Eithan? Someone in that shop thing?

( you're asking the king of name-calling not to call names. let's see how that works out for you, hm?

not that he'll ever call you anything but a nickname he takes to think up all on his own. he does that, you know. well. you'll figure it out the longer you hang around him. which … we think you might end up doing a lot of. you just wait and see.

… you haven't – of course you haven't read that. why isnt' anyone surprised. jeez, boy. ) Try figurin' out which way is up when you're drunk off your face. ( he's probably had to do that more than a handful of times since he first started coming here. also, york, he's fifteen. sheesh.

but he grins. ) Nah, friend of mine that tends to make shit explode when he's in a bad mood. Comes in handy sometimes.

[about as well as everything else works out for him. so not at all. noted.

YEP. Never been drunk. Too young, grew up in a damn church. ~~He totally would have given it a shot already otherwise, man.~~ But he does snicker, because the mental image is funny. Especially because it means whoever it is would look even stupider than he does when he gets dizzy just looking down in this place! All the better.]

Explode? [His eyes go wide, and he grins too.] That sounds freakin' awesome!

[What have you done.]

[Linda is in her uniform, walking around the Plane trying to get a better idea of what's on it. she only actually notices Rin when he begins yelling while wandering. in fact, the yell starts her running in his direction--but she slows when she hears what he's saying and realizes it's not an emergency. by the time she actually approaches, it's at a jog. but just to be safe, she looks him over as she gets near] Hey! Are you okay?

[Why... is a cop... hurrying toward him?

... What the hell did he do already?!?

He stiffens immediately when he notices her coming, straightens his posture and narrows his eyes - defensive, like he's just waiting for her to start barking at him or something. He braces one foot behind him, in case he needs to start running!

But then she asks if he's okay, and that throws him off enough that he's just going to blink up at her, a little wide-eyed.]

Huh? Me? Uhh, yeah?

[she blinks back at him, noticing that defensive posture but assuming it's just another sign of a scared kid] You were yelling. [she realizes how silly that sounds even as she says it, as if he didn't know that already. but since he hasn't said anything about what exactly it is that he's afraid of, she offers:] I'm Linda. What about you?

Yeah, well, I didn't think anybody else was here. [He runs a hand through his hair, glances off to the side and shrugs. No big deal, right? Right. Yeah.]

Rin. Hey, so what do you know about this place? 'Cause I don't think I'm gonna find that kid again. [He makes a face!] Wherever the hell she is...

[she smiles a little at that] Yeah, I can see how you could make that mistake in a place like this.

Hi, Rin. [she's glad to see him relaxing, but she's surprised by his comments and frowns a little] You mean...you saw a kid when you first came here, too, right? Are you new here?

Yeah, I did, but she didn't help at all. Just stood there looking creepy and said, "Welcome to the Plane," or whatever. [He rolls his eyes.] That's why I wanna find her again - I want answers!

[she makes a face] Yeah, she did that to me, too. But I haven't seen her since then. [she pauses, considering what to say now. she knows that if he can come to this place, he needs to know about it, but she also knows how unbelievable the explanations she's gotten are. she's not sure where to start or, admittedly, exactly what to believe herself yet. and so she's a bit hesitant when she says:] I can tell you a little about this place. Just...get ready. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense. More like a movie than real life.

[her disclaimer given, she takes a breath and then dives in] But basically? This place is called the Astral Plane. Only certain people can come here--but we can go back to our homes when we want, too. You just have to think about your home, or about this place to come back. [she pauses before adding:] I know it sounds crazy, but trust me, I've done it a couple times now.

[Yeah, not a heck of a lot about that makes sense, and he can't really think about how to begin wrapping his head around it. He does latch onto one particular part, though...]

What kind of certain people?

[He sounds a little hesitant in asking, but... it's an important question. A very important one.]

[she frowns, disappointed that the one question he asks is one she can't answer. she shakes her head] I don't really know. I'm new, too--you're actually only the second person I've met. [and she really can't think of any overarching similarities between her, Wash, and Rin] You went in a weird shop, right? If you can see the shop, you can come here. But...I don't know what makes that possible in the first place.

[trying to be reassuring, she adds:] But don't panic, okay? Like I said, you can leave if you want to.

Hey. I'm not panicking.

[Indignant squint!! But in all seriousness, he isn't. At all. There's not even the vaguest hint of it! Probably just an adult-cop-person-being-all-showy thing, telling him not to panic... please. But he ignores it, otherwise.]

And I don't really wanna go back yet. There's gotta be more to this, so I'm gonna look around. Someone's probably been here longer than us, right?

Oh...sorry. [she's surprised by his reaction; she'd misread the hesitation in his question as fear. because while Linda has a good read on surface reactions and--she likes to think--immediate intentions, she's not very good at reading people deeply. and maybe her assumptions about his reaction were colored by her own fear of this place, but he's certainly made it obvious now that he's taking this news very differently than she did]

Yeah, there is more. And there's supposed to be more people here--at least, according to Wash. He told me a little. [she pauses, considering him] But if you want to look around, that's actually what I was doing. Feel like coming with me? I could tell you what I know while we're at it.

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[Oh, there's reason for his hesitation! But the second he realized that his being able to come here probably has nothing to do with the whole hey-guess-what-you're-actually-a-demon thing he's currently still trying to wrap his head around... he's back to being your run of the mill bratty kid who you'd better not insinuate (Rin do you even know that word? No? thought not) is panicking! Tch!

But no, really, his bark is worse than his bite. You'll get used to it.]

Wash? Who's that? [Curious! But then she's offering to let him come with her and... while he's not sure, he's also still curious enough that.. ah, hell, why not.] Uh, yeah. Okay. I've got nothing better to do. [Playin' it cool~ nbd~ (ugh, Rin.)] So what've you already seen?

He's a guy here--part of the military where he's from, I guess. He was wearing gray armor. [she's not really sure how else to answer that question when she's only met Wash once and Rin hasn't at all]

Well, there's a kitchen over there. [she points] And a forest that way. But that's all I've seen so far. How about we take a look over here? [she gestures, starting in the opposite direction to the one from which she came]

[Yeah, the answer does nothing for Rin. Which figures! But that's okay, because he's latched onto something else she's said.]

A kitchen? Seriously?

[She's walking off, though, and he's just stuck staring for a second. If he looks a little wide-eyed and cautiously excited, you are totally just imagining things. Really. ... But then like the smart (ha.) child he is, he does start following her! He quickly moves up to keep pace with her while they keep talking.]

What the hell's a kitchen doing in space? [Beat] How the hell's a kitchen in space? Wait - and a forest?!

[she continues forward, somewhat bemused by his obvious excitement. and at his question, she nods] Yeah, full of food. [but she shakes her head when he begins to ask the same questions she's been wondering since she first got here] No idea. None of this makes any sense, but...well. It's definitely here.

[she glances at Rin] You were asking about food. Did you want to get something to eat instead of explore?

[Full of food, huh... well, he'd hoped so, if there's a kitchen! Now he just wonders if there's enough to cook with...

But she's answering his question (sort of) so he focuses on that instead, until she mentions food again. ... Okay, back to confused. This lady is weird...]

Huh? No I wasn't. And anyway, I'm not hungry. I was just wondering why there was a kitchen and how it got there.

[Linda is starting to feel grateful the teenagers in Chester's Mill aren't like this one because she wouldn't know what to do with them if they were. Rin is not reacting at all like she would expect a person who has just been ejected into space to react, and she just isn't sure what to make of that--or him]

Well, you're probably going to feel the same about everything else around here. Gotta admit, I don't know how this place exists at all... [because let's be honest, as far as she's concerned things being in space is weird, but all of them being teleported into space in the first place? even weirder]

[she continues forward, wondering what sort of impossible building or place might be in this direction]

[The teenagers in Chester's Mill aren't constantly dealing with demons. Or, you know, being one. It does things to a kid~

And to be honest, he has no idea what to make of her, either. She seems like your average adult-cop-person, but she's... not trying to apprehend or lecture him, so that's an immediate dissent from what he's used to. Maybe things are different in space.

He does roll his eyes, though. Because that sounds like a typical adult response.]

Yeah, okay, geez. Something wrong with thinking out loud? [But then, he does back off the abrasive, a little. ~~He did learn a little about respect in the monastery, after all. But only a little.~~] But... yeah, something this impossible probably has more to it than just weird places.

[she ignores his abrasive response and just continues forward] I guess we'll find out.

[it's at about this time that the library comes into view in front of them--not that it's immediately apparent that that's what it is from the outside. Linda looks up at the large, multistory building curiously]

Whatever this is, it looks like it could be important...

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sets holidays on fire and crawls back to rp land jfksdl

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