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[negativegate]

[Waving at the camera...is a tiny, silent doll that looks like Tyr! Next to him is a Rita doll. They just might be familiar to some people (yes, these dolls are still around). Their stubby little hands--with their magnets inside--are stuck together like they're holding hands, while Rita-doll's other magnetic hand has a little metal disc stuck to it. A couple curious cats in the background are very unsure about these living dolls.

And then comes one (1) real Rita who angrily grabs the device away from them.]

S-stop being such a pain! You're acting like-

--just like we normally do, and it's weird...

[Because it's just her right now and she isn't even pretending to not be bothered that Tyr's portrait was in the Hall of the Missing. And she can't quite bring herself to kick the sappy dolls.]

I'm just gonna lock you in a room until this stupid thing's over. Who made these things, anyway...?

[ooc: Tyr is gone from the City for just a week since Wednesday! But of course, Rita doesn't know how short is disappearance will be.

Also I have some errands to run so I might be a little slow with tags today. ;v;]

Comments

[oceantrauma]

[He thinks they're kinda cute, but he isn't going to go there since it's obvious something isn't quite right.]

Rita-san, are you alright?

[negativegate]

Ken?

...He left the City a few days ago. And now this thing's walking around...

[And doing all the things that Tyr does, and it's a really painful reminder.]

[oceantrauma]

He...left...? [Immediate sympathy and concern.]

Would you like some company? Maybe get out of there, away from the...are they dolls?

[mortemscintilla]

Rita.

Are you okay?

[sickbeat]

uh
is this a curse

[negativegate]

I'm not really-

[-In the mood to do anything, but she hasn't spoken to Ken since that curse, and she's a little concerned about him, too.]

If there's somewhere you want to go, I guess...

[negativegate]

Of course not!

[negativegate]

They don't walk around on normal days.

[oceantrauma]

[Of course. He should've expected she might not want to get out, but it might also be good for her.]

Why don't we just meet at Cafe Satine? Something simple. A little tea, and maybe some sweets?

[negativegate]

[She knows she can't just hide in the house forever...especially on a day like today. She still hates how this ended up, though.

But at least sweets are something she won't refuse.]

Well, if you like sweets that much... [And Rita loves them, even if she hasn't mustered much excitement.] All right, I'll meet you there.

action or assume?

[oceantrauma]

Thank you, Rita-san. [He says that, even though he's very aware this isn't being done for him so much. It might make it easier for her to think that way?]

action is good with me if you'd like that! \:3/

[negativegate]

[It just might be a little easier, even if part of her knows she's in denial.

She arrives at the café as promised, in her fall coat with the cat ears on its hood. Just because it's chilly...and maybe because Tyr gave it to her.]

[mortemscintilla]

[ He winces. ]

I-I was just asking.

Please don't be angry.

[negativegate]

...I'm not angry at you, you know.

[Just being the one who saw the portrait, Rita isn't going to blame him.]

[mortemscintilla]

[ He is the Bearer Of Ill-Tidings. He expects backlash. And tsun-ing. ]

...I know.

I just wanted to check how you were doing.

[negativegate]

[And she is moody and grumpy as hell with Tyr gone, but she recognizes that it'd be pretty horrible to take it out on Li.]

Well, thanks and all...

I'd say I'll get over it, bu--I don't know about this one.

action, then, so they can air out some of this and Rita doesn't have to worry about him anymore;

[oceantrauma]

[He's already at the cafe, enjoying a tea. When Ken sees Rita, he waves to her, then ends up smiling a little bit. Cat ears?]

You really do like cats, don't you, Rita-san?

[mortemscintilla]

Well.

There's no set time to 'get over' something like this. Everyone should be free to do that at their own pace.

sounds good!

[negativegate]

[She...doesn't exactly smile, but she stops frowning when she sees him and starts over to his table.]

Just a little--a bit more than a little.

Don't you?

[negativegate]

I-I know that...

I hate that it happened all of a sudden--at all.

[mortemscintilla]

That's just how the City is.

Are your other friends with you? It's important not to be alone at a time like this.

[negativegate]

[It was inevitable that it would happy someday, but she really, really didn't want it to.

She feels so stupid.]

Yeah, they're still around.

I guess you didn't really get a chance to know him that well, did you?

[mortemscintilla]

[ Emotions have a way of turning you stupid. Easier -- cleaner -- to erase them completely. ]

I didn't. But I liked what little I did know.

He was a great guy.

[negativegate]

[Rita just can't do that anymore.]

D-don't talk about him like he's dead!

[mortemscintilla]

[ Sigh. ]

I never said he was.

But he has left the City.

[ He might return. He might not. Why waste time agonizing over possibilities until then? ]