20th Scroll

[kirinofen]

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[The sound cuts in with silence. Abruptly it's shattered with an earsplitting crash of something breaking against the floor.

Yokuhi's voice cuts in, sounding startled and faraway.]

"Taiho?!"

[Her voice is followed by silence. There's a faint noise of movement and Yokuhi

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[revengeisalie]

[Rin has heard the crash and comes running from her room, telling her father that she'll be right back while she's at it.]

What's going on?

[kirinofen]

[Rokuta is crouched on the floor, carefully picking up pieces of broken glass. Rin makes him glance up.]

A-Ah... Er, sorry. I just... dropped something. Sorry to startle you.

[revengeisalie]

No, that's alright.

[Yeah, she notices the stuttering.]

I'll get a broom. Or the vacuum cleaner.

[kirinofen]

[Feel free to also notice that he's occasionally glancing to the side awkwardly before quickly looking back to Rin.

He glances at the few glass shards in his hands.]

Oh... uh, yeah. A broom would make this easier.

[revengeisalie]

[Notices and follows his eyes to the empty space, then looks back at her own father in the doorway, invisible to everyone else. WILL ADDRESS THIS LATER.]

Okay, I'll be right back.

[And off she goes!]

[kirinofen]

[SOB. This event is so traumatic. He watches her go off and in the meantime he'll dump the shards of glass in his hand into the trash, always careful not to cut himself. He is very pointedly staring at his feet. Maybe if he doesn't look at the apparition of his dad it'll go away.]

Sorry for the mess, Rin.

[revengeisalie]

[She comes back quickly with the vacuum cleaner in hand.]

Hey, that's alright! Uhm... how do I put this...

[The vacuum cleaner is put to the side for a moment as she leans down to him, whispering close to his ear.]

Are you seeing someone?

[kirinofen]

[Her words make him flinch. It's very slight but still noticeable. He visibly tenses and turns away from her, his voice tight and a bit snappish.]

No.

[revengeisalie]

[Oookay, so that wasn't good. She looks sad and a little helpless, but gets up and gets that vacuum cleaner.]

Alright.

[She turns to her father.]

Uhm, dad, don't be shocked - this thing's gonna make a lot of noise now.

[kirinofen]

[Sorry Rin, touchy subject is touchy at the moment. He make a face at the vacuum cleaner since he isn't very fond of it. He takes a few more steps away and then pauses when Rin addresses her dad. He looks over to where she turned to, but of course he sees no one.]

Your... dad is there, Rin?

[revengeisalie]

Ah... yes, but apparently no one but me can see him.

[She smiles a bit embarassedly at him, then turns on the vacuum cleaner and pushes it across the area where the glass fell a few times until she is satisfied and sure that the place is thoroughly cleaned. Then, she turns the thing off and goes to put it back where it was.]

[kirinofen]

I see...

[He tolerates the noise well enough, but is grateful when it's done. He sighs softly.]

Thanks...

[revengeisalie]

[Here she is again, back through that door.]

Sorry. I thought it'd maybe be more thorough with the really small shards.

[She is looking at him uncertainly.]

[kirinofen]

S'fine... Youko uses it all the time so I'm not all that bothered anymore.

[Awkward silence goes here. His gaze keeps dropping to the floor to avoid looking at the ghostly apparition of his father standing near him.]

I... I'm sorry I snapped at you before. I just... don't really like this curse.

[revengeisalie]

That's alright. Maybe... stay among company, today?

[kirinofen]

... Yeah. Distractions are good right now. [He glances back towards the door.]

Rin, what was your dad like?