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[satanslash]

[So Rin looks a bit... different. Something has obviously happened to him, recently at that. He also looks incredibly tired and the background of his video shows that he's sitting up in a bed, teeshirt rumpled and that new hair a bigger mess than usual.]

Hey... everyone. Uhm. I know uh. I know Kohaku and some others were lookin' for me a few days ago. I went home for a bit.

[He really, really doesn't want to talk about it, but he figures he owes at least some bare bones explanation.]

'm back. Obviously. Not feelin' great, though. Niisan's Teppanyaki is still gonna be open but it'll be shorter hours for a bit.

[There's a long pause, gaze shifting off to the side at something.

Or maybe it's nothing.]

You can ask. I know people are gonna want to. But don't expect a big long wordy response.

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[force_a_change]

So like a rebirth or something akin to that, it's possible.

And I've had my fill of cryptic answers for things back home, I don't think I'll be pursuing such things here.

[satanslash]

Yeah, that!

[That was the word he was looking for.]

Probably a good idea. He's not exactly a fun guy to talk to.

[force_a_change]

[She chuckles, glad she helped him figure out the word then.]

Then I guess I'll have to avoid him then if he's no fun.

[satanslash]

[Thanks for that.]

Just be careful if you're an anime fan. He's a weirdass otaku and I'm pretty sure he's got some radar about that kinda shit.

[force_a_change]

[She's getting a weird mental image of this fellow from what Rin is telling her.]

I'm not, but I'll still be careful. Just in case.

[satanslash]

Good. I don't mind bein' the only one who puts up with him.

[They're actually kind of getting along right now? But he still wouldn't inflict Mephisto on anyone willingly.]

[force_a_change]

You're doing the world a service then.

[She says that with a giggle, since she means it in a joking way.]

[satanslash]

Totally!

[He knows she's joking, and he is, too, but it feels good to actually laugh a little after the shit he went through back home.]

So, how you been settlin' in? Everythin' goin' okay?

[force_a_change]

Things have been fine, considering the situation we're all in. I think I figured out why my abilities don't work, so there is also that.

[satanslash]

Oh? What's up with them then?

[force_a_change]

I need to be... Connected to a certain being, and since it seems it doesn't exist in this world that's why I'm unable to use my skills.

[A pause.]

At least that's the conclusion I've come to.

[satanslash]

Oh. Huh. Y-yeah I guess that makes sense. I know the Prismals told me early on that the crystals can kinda make-up for that in most cases but not all? I think the headmaster from my school that was here for a while had a similar problem because he couldn't totally get access to Gehenna.

[force_a_change]

Gehenna? Do you mean the valley? Or the place for the wicked?

[She'll keep the crystals information tucked away for now, if she can find something similar to her own powers as a replacement that would be awesome.]

[satanslash]

Uh, second one. It's a mirror world to Assiah-er, Earth. Demons aren't supposed't get through but they do usin' possession of objects and people.

[force_a_change]

... Huh. Your world sounds kind of dangerous.

[Understatement of the year, Asakura.]

[satanslash]

It is. I didn't even know how bad it was until I found out what I was. Even so... not all demons are bad. Some just really don't wanna be in a shithole like Gehenna.

[force_a_change]

Still, possessing someone is not a good thing to do. Or an object, I can't imagine having to be stuck in something that can't move just because it's in a better world.

[satanslash]

Possessed objects can move, though. It's freaky.

[force_a_change]

That does sound ah... Freaky, as you put it.

[satanslash]

Some of them posess somethin' for so long the object actually changes. A lotta Japanese legends are based on things actually bein' posessed by demons from Gehenna.