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- here? Really? Don't you think you should stand a little closer to the bed? - That way if you fall, you -

Ow! Fine, fine. Just stand here, then. I don't care.

...Are you sure - OW!

[A long pause. A wet cracking noise, like someone being hit over the head.

A huge sigh. Little grumbles. The scrape of a chair being dragged across the floor.]

[Doa has bullied Rin into knocking her out, in the hopes that it will send her home, at least temporarily. Rin doesn't really think it will work... but hey, Doa's fists are pretty persuasive.]

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1/2 nooo my unconscious icon expired

[thatlittlepest.livejournal.com]

[is unconscious]

[for a little while]

[thatlittlepest.livejournal.com]

[finally, she stirs, blinking against the light]

[sits up slowly, rubbing her head]

Uugh... Ouch.

1/2

[payback.livejournal.com]

...ohh? Already?

[payback.livejournal.com]

Did it work?

[thatlittlepest.livejournal.com]

[looks genuinely sad for a moment]

No...

[payback.livejournal.com]

...We knew it wasn't a big chance.

[thatlittlepest.livejournal.com]

[keeps rubbing her head; has a HUGE bump now]

Why'd you hit so HARD?

[stands, a bit wobbly on her feet]

[payback.livejournal.com]

I thought if I did it well once, I wouldn't have to hit you again.

[thatlittlepest.livejournal.com]

[doesn't reply; knows Rin has a point. picks up her sword, weighing it in her hand]

Your turn now.

[payback.livejournal.com]

.........

2/2 lul

[payback.livejournal.com]

...can you do it... so I fall on the bed...

[thatlittlepest.livejournal.com]

Yeah! Stand there.

[and without further ado; KLONK]

[payback.livejournal.com]

[falls over. UNCONSCIOUS TIEMS]

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[thatlittlepest.livejournal.com]

[crouches beside her, waiting]

[thatlittlepest.livejournal.com]

[actually...starts feeling a little worried. knocking Rin, her friend, out... what if she doesn't come back? then what?]

[panics slightly, patting Rin's cheeks] Rin? Rin?!

[payback.livejournal.com]

[mumbles and squirms around a little bit, not wholly awake yet]

[thatlittlepest.livejournal.com]

[lightens up immediately] Rin! [wishes for some water and dabs some in her face, uncharacteristically gently]

[payback.livejournal.com]

[mutter... eyes slide open... blinks a couple of times, still waking up]

[lifts a hand]

...Doa.

[thatlittlepest.livejournal.com]

[smiiile 8D also, hugggg]

[or, well. more like a tackle. but a loving tackle!]

[payback.livejournal.com]

[kind of sluggishly hugs Doa back ♥ feel the love!]

[thatlittlepest.livejournal.com]

[huggg <33 looks at her eagerly]

Did it work? Did it?!

[payback.livejournal.com]

[brushes her hair out of her face kind of carefully.. and braces herself. >___>]

...No..

[thatlittlepest.livejournal.com]

[kind of falls backwards, hands covering her face in frustration]

AAUGHHHH!

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[payback.livejournal.com]

[IS SURPRISED SHE'S NOT BEING HIT]

[sits up and gingerly touches Doa on.. the knee]

...I know. I know.

[payback.livejournal.com]

We knew... that it was a long shot.

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[thatlittlepest.livejournal.com]

[stares at the ceiling]

Why NOT! Why's it...

[thatlittlepest.livejournal.com]

[bolts upright, staring at Rin with DETERMINATION written on her face]

Again.

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[payback.livejournal.com]

Ah...?

[payback.livejournal.com]

So what? We just take turns bashing each other in the head until something happens or we're both too concussed to see straight?

[thatlittlepest.livejournal.com]

[not answering; has picked up the sword. uh-oh]

1/2

[payback.livejournal.com]

[TRYING TO COVER HEAD AND SCRABBLE BACKWARDS ALL AT ONCE]

[payback.livejournal.com]

Doa! D'you really think this is the kind of thing that you can force?!

[thatlittlepest.livejournal.com]

[still no answer; taking a couple of steps towards her]

[payback.livejournal.com]

Doa! The castle does what it wants. You know it's not a normal place. If we keep it up we'll just be wasting time!

[thatlittlepest.livejournal.com]

Then what! What're you gonna do?! I'M trying!

[payback.livejournal.com]

I don't know! I don't know what to do. This is beyond anything I've ever seen. Something out of a story. I can't even begin to imagine what we can do to fight it.

[thatlittlepest.livejournal.com]

[plops back down again, still clutching her sword]

[payback.livejournal.com]

[hesitates...]

[...sits down next to her and puts her arm around her shoulders..]

Yeah...

Somebody did tell me that while we're gone, time stops, though... or, like, we're put back in right at the second we left. Somehow.

[thatlittlepest.livejournal.com]

[doesn't hit or bite or shout or anything. :( just leans her head aginst Rin's shoulder, hiding her face]

Who said?

[payback.livejournal.com]

[leans her cheek against Doa's hair]

Her name was Ino...

She said she'd been back and forth lots of times, and that every time she went home it was like she'd never even been gone.

[thatlittlepest.livejournal.com]

Ino? [frowns] Like a pig.

[gasps and starts whe she hears the rest, probably bumping Rin's cheek pretty hard. BUT ON ACCIDENT] Lots? How?!

[payback.livejournal.com]

[actually laughs a little before stopping herself]

She was pretty kind, anyway.

Ah - she didn't say! It sounded like it had just happened. Randomly, whenever the castle decided to send her home.

[thatlittlepest.livejournal.com]

[gigglesnorts] Kind pig. Pig of a kind.

I'm gonna ask.

[payback.livejournal.com]

Okay.

[rememberwhy.livejournal.com]

...You guys really went through with it?

[payback.livejournal.com]

She was pretty determined to have it done.

/jumps thread

[thatlittlepest.livejournal.com]

Go away. No one likes you.