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[nebenstimme]

[ ...and say hullo to young lady barely covered by a flimsy coat, currently posing leaning by charity collection box and a rather large wooden sign saying - ]



[ ooc: a few minutes of scouting through the network + no money + trolling despair = ...help the cause? :D The physical sign is, of course, always available if anyone wants to... rip it up. Draw on it. The likes! ]

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[nebenstimme]

[ of course it's bullshit. of course everyone can tell. of course that doesn't matter.

one foot touches the ground - she hesitates - then the second. ]

I'm going back.


[ a statement, not a matter of debate. ]

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[crowing]

Whoa—?! What?

( yeah, that's not what he was expecting. )

To where? There's no where else right now.

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[nebenstimme]

[ the thing about ikki is, you have to spell everything out.

hands find strands of hair, fussing, pulling it up - and having nothing to pin it with, letting it down. ]


You live with your team mates here, don't you?

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[crowing]

Well, yeah.

It doesn't change the fact that you have no clothes and no place to stay.

You can stay the night, tomorrow we'll get you some actual clothes and a place to call your own.

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[nebenstimme]

[ she tilts her head back, tossing ikki a look of almost muted impatience. ]

...no way. They're your team mates, you know? I'm tired of showing up like a beggar before them, if it can be helped.

[ mumbled - ]

It was different before, when you guys were just playing around. Since you were like fledglings, barely finding your way, anything was acceptable. But Kogarasumaru's a real team now, tried and true. I have to take you seriously. I have to impress.

[ and now, the (hopefully) winning smile. ]

So... when I see your team mates again, it can't be looking this pathetic! It can't be looking anything but my best. Because it won't be a meeting of children anymore, and... the 'Migratory Bird' has her pride too.