Rindo Kanade | 奏 竜胆 (
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Even though Swallow had been on his mind already, hearing her mentioned out loud makes him do a double take. Could they have met by chance while Shoyo was dealing with his changes?]
O-Oh. Did it catch you off guard? The… changes? Lucky she found you, then.
[…No one should go through changes alone.
Rindo peers at Shoyo's fingernails, lifting his own hands for Shoyo to compare them to. His black claws glint in the sunlight. They look like they've been clipped very recently; their edge is blunt. For now, they're harmless.]
…Are yours thick nails, or clipped claws?
[Looks like the former to him, but might as well confirm.]
cw body horror mention
I clipped them! [ he bends his fingers to his palms and checks the edges, which were still okay for now. ] It’s dangerous to have them big in volleyball. Like, when you try to spike or block or even dig, the ball can go zing and kablam it off—
[ then sheepishly: ]
One time’s enough. Do they, um . . . Look like any you know?
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…Yeah, I bet it must hurt like hell.
[No matter how he looks at them, these fingernails are just… not claws, though. Or if they are, they're way different from his own. So Werewolf can't be right. Unless…]
Uh… disclaimer. I read the monster guides a ton, but sometimes stuff is… weird. [Rindo glances down for a second. Having roots is normal for a Nymph… but them being shaped like talons is unusual.] And it's not like I've actually seen tons of monsters, so this isn't, like, practical knowledge. I could easily be wrong.
[Hopefully there's no harm in just sharing the facts.]
Most monster types get claws. There's only two that get thicker fingernails, and that's Kelpies and Minotaurs, so you might be turning into either of those.
[…and neither can escape having to kill.]
…Any other changes?
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My hearing’s really good? But that’s it right now.
[ they were just some days too early for more to pop up!! ]
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Better hearing doesn't really narrow things down, unless…? No, wait, there's subtle differences…]
Okay, so both options get improved hearing, but Kelpies' works better underwater, and Minotaurs' is like… more about being able to tell exactly where noises are coming from. Does that help?
[Nymphs don't get any changed senses, just an extra one, so he's not really sure how it feels…]
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[ yeah. no 😩 no eureka moment. just . . . blank confusion!! that sounds like the same thing as “good hearing” to him. but there is one thing— ]
I haven’t tried in water yet. M’not a really great swimmer.
[ he doggy paddles. not afraid to swim, but it’s not the first thing he thinks about doing. ]
But I can try it?
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[…This is silly.
Speaking of apartments though…]
By the way… How are things going with your roommate?
[Rindo's not really thinking about the pizza anymore. Photosynthesis gives him energy… which means he doesn't get hungry if he's out in the sun for too long. If Shoyo wants to eat, he's going to have to move things along!]
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Sunny? [ that’s right, he mentioned him in a text. considering shoyo’s big birthday bash at the amusement park . . . well. now he knows. ] He’s going outside with me more.
[ there’s some unspoken happiness there, in the small quirk of his lips going up. ] Have you met him before?
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Basil had called Sunny his friend. That does significantly reduce the odds of anything going horribly wrong if they were to meet, but… Rindo himself had lashed out at Swallow, before he realized who she was. The last thing he wants is to be responsible for something like this happening again, or worse, something like the Coco incident.
Little does he know, though, his worries are unwarranted: Basil and Sunny have already met again, and in Shoyo's presence at that—so him sharing what he knows wouldn't have any ill effects.]
I… haven't, no.
[…]
I've… actually heard about him before, though. Before you mentioned him to me, I mean.
[Is this vague enough…? He's trying to come across as neutral and level, but the result is somewhat artificial-sounding.]
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From Basil—?
[ that was the only choice. he and sunny were friends, going through something complicated. ]
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The mention of Basil's name makes Rindo relax visibly. No need for dancing around the topic anymore. If Shoyo already knows of their relation, then there's no risk that Rindo revealing it would make things worse.]
Oh, you know Basil? Yeah, I heard from him… Are they, like… okay?
[Rindo doesn't even have the slightest clue what's going on between Basil and Sunny—he's just being overly cautious, scared of the worst possible outcomes.]
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[ that's the best he could do, especially for privacy's sake. ]
I dunno. But I do wanna help somehow?
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You… don't think they're gonna try to hurt each other, right?
[Kind of an alarming question! But please soothe Rindo's worries!]
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he and kageyama have gotten into fights, some on the more physical side, but . . . . they never wanted to hurt each other or tried to. ]
N . . . No. Basil cares for Sunny. And Sunny, [ doesn’t remember. shoyo’s hesitation comes from surprise, not from doubt. a flash of memory comes to the forefront of shoyo’s mind: sunny laying on the couch. sunny huddled up in the corner of a dark room. always shy. sheltered. afraid. ] wouldn’t.
[ but why would he be asking? ]
Did something happen?
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So… Sunny wouldn't. And Rindo can't picture Basil wanting to hurt anyone either. He wishes he could say that's enough to completely assuage his fears, but he's pretty sure worry has never left him ever since the day he woke up in that sewer, so this'll have to do.
Rindo sighs.]
…No. It's just…
[The temptation is strong to change the topic, here. What stops him is the sense that Shoyo deserves better than evasiveness when Rindo's the one who brought up the topic in the first place.]
A while back, I found someone from my world here, and brought her to the house to meet her friend. But it… it went badly, because I had no idea that another one of my housemates hated her guts.
[The admission is heavy with regret, and reading self-loathing into it would not be a stretch.]
I didn't want to make the same mistake again.
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They don’t hate each other . . . I think.
[ he thinks. it’s something else. he just doesn’t know. what comes now is a reluctant silence, even as their medium sized pizza is served right in front of them. the waitress adds some extra sets of monster fries on the side for good measure, luck and peace. shoyo can’t keep quiet for long, anyway, and even in sight of his belated birthday pizza, he doesn’t feel like digging in. at least not immediately. ]
I invited them both to the amusement park for my birthday, and . . . I didn’t know they knew each other.