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[keepsthefire]

"Yo. Okumura here. Missed your call, so leave a message or whatever..."

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[lionson]

It's 'good' in that it's about the best you're going to get out of a place like this.
So do you want that first, or the bad news?

[keepsthefire]

i guess

whichever

[lionson]

Good first, then.
I managed to liberate a bunch of stuff to fix up the greenhouse.
So if you're still trying to do that, you won't be lacking for tools.
Also, crayons.

[keepsthefire]

... thanks

what would i need crayons for

[lionson]

Artistic expression?
A little color could liven up your living space.

[keepsthefire]

i get the feeling sons of stan arent really gifted with artistic talent

mephisto's looks like a two year old drew it and i aint much better



what's the bad news

[lionson]

That fruit cake is just lazy, with time and effort you can do anything you put your mind to.

[The next part comes after a couple minutes, as Shiro ends up typing-and-deleting a few times before finally settling on a way to say this bad news.]

I may have said some terrible things to Yukio to get him to help me break the quarantine.
Which ended up being pointless because the person I was breaking the quarantine for ended up dying anyway.

[keepsthefire]

he is a fruit cake

[He actually agreed with you!]

that sucks

explains a lot though, hes been quieter than usual

whats that gotta do with me tho

[lionson]

I haven't lived the years with you two yet.
Help me fix it.

[keepsthefire]

[Whoops that sure is a long, long silence from Rin.]

this isnt the place for it

you cant be that person here




im sory ive been such an asshole t you

but this isnt true cross

were never gonna have tha relationship

[lionson]

[There's a pause on Shiro's side too, because he's realizing how much he's fucked everything up.

Though he should have expected that. He can never do anything right.]

I guess not.

[But there's no time to be upset. He has other things to take care of.]

A woman named Yuri is going to be coming back to life in the next couple days.
Could you pick her up for me?
I won't be back to Northtown in time to do it myself, and she's new, so she could use the help.

[keepsthefire]

[It's not even that Shiro has fucked things up. Rin just knows they can't recreate 15 years worth of experiences and life in a place like this.

A part of him feels guilty for rejecting Shiro, but he's already said it...]

yeah i can do that

[lionson]

[Shiro would have liked to say that it doesn't have to be the same, that it could be a friendship, just something that's not all the fighting they've been doing so far.

But Shiro is terrible with his words. It's why he had gone to Rin for help with Yukio anyway.

It's ironic that, when he's finally ready to actually build some kind of parent/child relationship with them, they don't want anything to do with him. Such is Shiro's lot in life.]

Thank you.

[After that message, he's just going to end up disappearing for a few days to go do other things. Like smoke. And possibly acquire booze from shady people.]

[keepsthefire]

[They're both terrible with words. And Rin just isn't sure where all of his feelings sit with Shiro right now, which isn't helping in the least.

Maybe once he's had a chance to talk to Yuri (and things are figured out, as they are likely to be sooner or later) they can come to a better impasse with al of this...]

dont worry about it