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[reluctant10th]

(Voice post, filtered to the Vongola kids: Yamamoto, Gokudera, Ryohei, Kyoko, Lambo etc)

...has anyone seen Haru around?

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[Running around the city, making stops at cake shops and cafes - any place that Haru might like to visit. He was pretty sure Haru had left the city but with Byakuran around, he didn't want to take any chances.

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[demonicbookworm]

[sees Tsuna running around.

decides to stop him and ask what's going on.]

Tsu... Tsuna!

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[reluctant10th]

[At Ruca's words, Tsuna smiles]

Mm. Yeah. Thanks, Ruca-kun.

[looks genuinely thankful. It was nice, hearing this from someone else who looked like they experienced the same thing. A great confidence booster]

[demonicbookworm]

I see... [He made a thoughtful look.] Have I ever told you... that in the castle I live in there's suppose to be a living armor? I don't really know myself, since I've never seen it, but... I wonder if the same thing is happening with it. [He's not really good at telling the differences with the atmosphere, so...

As Tsuna thanked him, he looks away sheepishly.]

Ah, no, there's no need to thank me...

[reluctant10th]

I don't think you have. A living armour...?

[smiling]

I'm really glad I have you as a friend though.

[demonicbookworm]

Yeah, but... I've never seen it myself... In any case, could it be that Locals act... colder because of the increase of violence?

[At first he only looks at Tsuna, then he smiles back. It's good to know that there are people like Tsuna, who would want to be friends with someone like him.]

Me too... I'm glad we're friends...

[reluctant10th]

It's possible. Have you noticed an increase in people fighting?

[smiling happily. He wasn't really fond of Splendor, adapted to it as well as he could as he had his friends around him. But the people, the other 'visitors' like himself. He was glad to be able to meet them]

[demonicbookworm]

It's more like, earlier it was really rare to hear about people getting in some big fight, but now... it changed.

Not to mention that there still may be a lot of people who don't really care about the ban on violence. [Like Spada.]

[reluctant10th]

Now that I think about it...

--that's true.

[demonicbookworm]

...The Locals don't like violence, right? I can see why they started to act colder, when we're the ones who breaking the rules. [frowning] Even if it's not all of us, but just few people, that doesn't change anything...

[reluctant10th]

--maybe it does change things.

[demonicbookworm]

...What do you mean?

[reluctant10th]

A few violent people causing trouble means other people have to fight them to stop them. I don't think the locals differentiate between people willfully being violent and those acting out of self defense.

[thinking]

There has to be another reason why the locals don't like violence. Maybe it affects the locals in some way that we don't know about.

[demonicbookworm]

[sad smile.] If that's true then it would be yet another thing that makes them different from ordinary people.

[He's frowning again.]

...But, in any case, I can't disagree with you entirely. There are so many things we don't know about Splendor and the Locals, I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be true.

[He looks down.]

...But even if it wasn't the case, I still wouldn't blame them for acting like this.

[reluctant10th]

I wish they'd explain things to us.

[sigh]

I agree. This is their home and we're causing trouble for them, aren't we?

[demonicbookworm]

[nods.]

...Yeah. We're just trouble, nothing else...