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Tweak says, "I'm a tweaktron!"

Ikeda Kiriko | 池田妃凛子 (apathyisboring) wrote in disappear_rpg,
@ 2010-01-10 17:55:00

Entry tags:

open thread, renju

Obon Obon Obon Obon Obon
WHO: Everyone
WHAT: Obon
WHERE: The Shrine
WHEN: Obon
WHY: It's Obon!

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	giantfruitbyday 2010-01-13 12:10 am UTC (link)
	"I don't know the details, we don't really talk about it but they asked him to go back. Returning at obon's the compromise they reached, I suppose." Maeko said, paying for one of the paper scoops. She frowned in concentration then swiped at a fish. Nothing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	zealousemperor 2010-01-13 12:14 am UTC (link)
	"Ah. Well, I guess it's something. I can't blame him for wanting to go back. It's like Kozue-chan." Kanaye shrugged. "I can't blame her if she wants to run away from those idiots." Kanaye tried not to laugh. "Keep going as long as you need, Maeko-chan." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	giantfruitbyday 2010-01-13 12:28 am UTC (link)
	"Family are...not really easy to detatch yourself from, I suppose." Maeko sighed, partly at that and partly with irritation at her failure to catch a stupid fish. "Yeah, I'm sure to get one if I keep trying!" She said, paying for a third try. After her sixth attempt she threw the scoop into a nearby litter bin, sulking. "Fish are stupid anyway." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	zealousemperor 2010-01-13 12:33 am UTC (link)
	"Well if you can't you're not trying hard enough!" Kanaye nodded. Shaking his head, Kanaye smiled at Maeko. "It's ok, Maeko-chan. Those games are designed to get as much money as possible out of you. I don't think it's even possibly to win!" He laughed loudly. "I have to admit, if anyone could do it, it would be you, Maeko-chan! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	giantfruitbyday 2010-01-13 12:45 am UTC (link)
	"I suppose. Family's kind of..." Maeko trailed off, shrugging. "Kind of werid like that, you know?" She continued her sulking. "I know, right? It's a stupid game. Fish are dumb anyway and festival fish are all sick and die after a few days." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	zealousemperor 2010-01-13 12:48 am UTC (link)
	"I guess so..." Kanaye shrugged. Kanaye leaned down towards Maeko and smiled reassuringly. "Don't worry about it, Maeko-chan. We can go do something else! You'll definitely win at that!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	giantfruitbyday 2010-01-13 01:04 am UTC (link)
	Maeko continued her sulking, though did so a lttle more quietly. She spoke again after a few more seconds, nodding. "Yeah, let's try some game that's not 5000% dumb." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	zealousemperor 2010-01-13 01:11 am UTC (link)
	Kanaye smiled and laughed. "Yes, let's!" He offered a hand up. "What should we do now?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	giantfruitbyday 2010-01-13 01:19 am UTC (link)
	Maeko took the offerred hand and stood, thinking. And then, after a few seconds' thought. "I don't think I actually know any other games." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	zealousemperor 2010-01-13 01:33 am UTC (link)
	Kanaye nodded. "Ah. Well, I doubt you just wanna hang out and talk to me, so..." He looked around. "Let's go find something!" He started walking off. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	giantfruitbyday 2010-01-13 01:52 am UTC (link)
	"If that's what you wanted it wouldn't bother me." Maeko said, shrugging. "But a game sounds fun, too!" She followed, wobbling. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	zealousemperor 2010-01-13 02:01 am UTC (link)
	Kanaye laughed. "I could hold your hand if you want, Maeko-chan. Or we could get started on those lessons!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	giantfruitbyday 2010-01-13 02:18 am UTC (link)
	"I don't need that." Maeko said, after a few second's surprised, flustered what. She considered the second thing and shook her head. "I'd fall over. And there's people." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	zealousemperor 2010-01-13 02:23 am UTC (link)
	Kanaye laughed. "Ok, Maeko-chan. Let's go find another game, then!" He went off to find another game. Then. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	giantfruitbyday 2010-01-13 03:50 am UTC (link)
	Maeko followed, looking around. "Ah, there's a target game over there. I don't think I ever tried one of those before." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	zealousemperor 2010-01-13 03:55 am UTC (link)
	Kanaye nodded. "That sounds great!" He walked over and paid for a few shots, waiting for Maeko to arrive to actually play. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	giantfruitbyday 2010-01-13 04:41 am UTC (link)
	Maeko finally caught up (would anyone even notice if she wore normal sandals with the yukata?) and paid for her own shots, taking one of the pellet guns and trying to imagine the target at the other side of the stall as a zombie. She frowned with concentration and calmly pulled the trigger. She missed, of course. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	zealousemperor 2010-01-13 04:48 am UTC (link)
	Kanaye noticed and also missed on purpose, trying to make it look like he missed on accident. He laughed. "Whoops!" He then took another shot. He missed. Again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	giantfruitbyday 2010-01-13 05:15 am UTC (link)
	Maeko was managing to miss completely accidentally. Her last shot managed to hit someone else's target. She placed the gun down and glared daggers at it while she waited for Kanaye. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	zealousemperor 2010-01-13 05:17 am UTC (link)
	Kanaye noticed how bad Maeko was doing. He wanted to help her, but... Dink. The pellet hit the target dead center. The owner clapped and gave Kanaye a stuffed cat. He looked at it, not sure what to do, before looking at Maeko. "...You want it?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	giantfruitbyday 2010-01-13 05:29 am UTC (link)
	It was a nice gesture. And it was a cute cat. And it was pity and consolation and being given something because she wasn't good enough to get it herself. "I don't need your pity." She snapped, resgretting it almost instantly but gritting her teeth to keep her face from falling at having just done that. Again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

zealousemperor
2010-01-13 05:31 am UTC (link)

Kanaye sighed. "Maeko-chan, it's not pity. I don't need it. I don't want it. I'm asking if you want it. I get that you want to be strong but if you try to do everything by yourself you'll burn yourself out."

Honestly. This was the one thing about Maeko he disliked. She was stupid about things like this. "You're a master at hard work. I'm sure if you had time to practice, you could do anything you want. I just want to do something nice for you. Please?"

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giantfruitbyday
2010-01-13 06:03 am UTC (link)

Apologising was hardly new territory for Maeko. Calm, soulless apologies whenever she struggled with something or did somthing wrong were the norm. Apologising through anger and meaning and letting it displace what dignity she liked to think she had? That was new, and it had only been Tom who provoked it before and even that was belated by a few months.

So while the mumbled 'Sorry' was only different in tone from any other, it sounded irritated and unwilling and not entirely sincere, or by the way averted her gaze and tugged uncomfortably at her yukata sleeve and tapped the front of her left geta against the ground a few times it was a world of difference between them.

And she continued sulking for a few awkward seconds. More because she could than anything else. She didn't get to sulk at people normally. It was nice.

"I-I could have won it myself eventually." She said after a few seconds.

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	zealousemperor 2010-01-13 06:07 am UTC (link)
	Kanaye nodded. "I'm sure you could, Maeko-chan." He smiled. "I'm not doubting you in the slightest. You're the strongest person I know, really. You don't let anything get you down for long." He held out the cat again. "So? Do you want it? Or am I going to have to give it to some kid?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	giantfruitbyday 2010-01-13 06:13 am UTC (link)
	Maeko seemed to attempt to make words happen a few more times before just snatching the cat away from Kanaye and clutching it tightly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)