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[erbe]

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Reaching out to Rin is like stepping into a moonlit parlor. Everything is quiet, muted, and neatly tucked away. Almost like a "lobby," of sorts to keep visitors away from the rest of what goes on in her head... and her heart. This space is cool, and placid. Much like the surface of a lake in winter as it reflects the pale glow of the celestial bodies hanging above it in the sky.

A reflection of serenity rather the true thing. A mask of elegance to hide anything that may be unsightly. Anything that may betray her.

✧ Specifics

✦ Unable to block out: Harbinger
✦ Compatible with: Iconoclast | Advocate
✦ Discord Accrual: Exalt

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Comments

[helloween]

[ Dark straightens his back some, complying with the request. His hair now instead spills across Rin's lap both thick and strangely untangled. He peers back her way, curiously. ]

So...

[ Does she like the castle? Dark tries to fish for praise, but it's perhaps hard to guess as much since he's not facing her at the moment. ]

[erbe]

[Tohsaka moves the brush up every time she gets through his hair without a snag. Gently pulling the bristles through and allowing them to tickle his back and scalp.]

Do you like it? Changing the house around, I mean. It seems you have fun with it.

[helloween]

Kind of, though I was more interested in how you'd react to it.

[ He shuts his eyes and his posture relaxes that much more as his hair is brushed. ]

I can make it into just about anything. It's more exciting to see how it gets lived in or used.

[erbe]

The workshop and greenhouse are very useful. I can even make you something from the plants we have, if you'd like.

[A essence scent blend for him to wear, maybe? Or a medicine... maybe she should also grow vegetables for them?]

[helloween]

Oh yeah? Like what?

[ He creaks an eye open to peek back at her with curiosity. ]

I didn't know you liked gardening so much.

[erbe]

Hm, I don't know if I would say I enjoy it. My house was situated on an active Ley Line, so the plants grown on our property were more potent in potions and spells and other such uses. It was a necessary skill for keeping results satisfactory and costs low.

I could make almost anything herbal, I suppose.

[Idly she twirls a lock of that white hair around her fingers. It's soft... she wonders if a certain someone's hair felt the same way.]

[helloween]

And here I thought I'd uncovered a cute hobby or something. The real reason you wanted a green room was for potions and stuff. So witchy.

[ He can feel Rin twisting his hair in her hand. He leans back to gently rest the back of his head against the fronts of her knees. ]

Something on your mind?

[ Dark frowns, seeming to miss her usual energy and fiery spark. It's unusual for him to point out how others might be feeling. A strange display of empathy. ]

[erbe]

[Normally Tohsaka would deflect, but... what does it matter here? Does anything really matter? It's not as if she intends to keep in touch with anyone here when it's all over. She imagines she's just setting herself up for another painful round of "goodbye"s.]

Someone I used to know had white hair like yours, but they died.

[helloween]

Like mine? There's no way. My hair's too long and luscious.

[ It's hard to believe anyone would have similar hair to himself, and he's too obsessed with feeling special to allow comparison. Belatedly, though, he seems to notice that he's being an ass about it. ]

... But sorry for your loss, I guess.

[erbe]

[Slowly she starts combing through his hair with her fingers.]

It was different. Short, and pushed back away from his face. But don't feel sorry, he just... He was a familiar that I had summoned, and he died protecting me.

[helloween]

[ He sees Rin upside down when he looks at her, but Dark squints after a moment of deliberation. ]

You totally had the hots for him.

[ SO SUSPICIOUS OF HER RELATIONSHIP WITH ARCHER. ]

[erbe]

Does... that matter if he's dead?

[Like, she'll totally deny it still, but does it matter?]

[helloween]

Probably not if he can't resurrect himself.

[ Like this is normal to consider. ]

If he could do that, though, I doubt you'd be this gloomy about it.

[erbe]

I'm not gloomy.

[Tohsaka cradles his head in her hands as he continues craning his neck to look at her. She supports him as she leans down to touch her forehead with his own.]

I'm tired. I feel dull. Nothing is exciting, it's harder to feel angry, and it's like I'm numb. But it only lasts for stretches. It lifts and I feel manic, or especially angry. I think it's the same problem that is making my eyes darker.

[helloween]

[ As she leans over him, dark hair falling around the sides of his face, he feels a heaviness sink in his stomach. It's unfamiliar— unpleasant. A sensation that he absolutely reviles. Without saying anything, his eyes lock with hers, burning the sight of her dark scleras in deeply, thoughtfully.

Is this what it means to be powerless?

Dark collects Rin's hair in his hand, bundling it tightly in his palm and squeezing. Gripping. He refuses the situation. ]

Harbinger, right?

[ She'll need one of the two aspects compatible with her own. Someone who's harmonized with Meridian. If that's how it's going to be, he'll just force someone to fix her discord then. Anything to get her back to her usual, fussy self. ]

Don't leave the castle. I'll make someone help you.

[ There's a certain ominousness to what he says, a statement unthinking of the other involved party. ]

[erbe]

[But he's still holding onto her hair?!]

Um... I probably know someone. It's not that bad, is it? I haven't started growing any weird parts or tried to do something I wouldn't normally do.

[helloween]

Who? Give me a name so I can find them.

[ He continues holding her hair... ]

[erbe]

G—Gray! She's... she's a Meridian Advocate, and she's very nice so don't be mean to her!

[Oh no. Oh, Rin is probably going to have to apologize to Gray so hard when this is all over.]

[helloween]

So in Springstar somewhere?

[ Dark lets go of Rin's hair now, shifting away from the sofa. As far as he's concerned, now is as good a time as ever to go fetch this "Gray" person. ]

[erbe]

[Poor Gray. She should have asked for Vash and have Dark manhandle that idiot, but Gray was first on her mind as someone confirmed to be a good fit for her.]

Yeah. I've been to her place, it's...

[Quietly she spills the beans. Hoping that by doing so she'll minimize the potential damage and any havoc he may wreak when trying to find the other girl.]

[helloween]

[ Poor Gray indeed. Dark suddenly disappears into thin air as soon as he's given a location. Given such timing, it's probably quite obvious where he's headed... ]