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[dawnrise]

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aprincess is playing on a large playground, wearing an adorable dress. There's all manner of outdoor toys with her, and she's occupying herself blowing bubbles into the wind.

dawnrise is... well, she's not in a dress, but she's not in jeans. It's a black skirt. For once. Before anyone panics, she's wearing a normal t-shirt with Mickey Mouse on it, and her legs are covered. They're just covered by thigh highs. She's hanging out in the kitchen, which is piled with a mess of ingredients for pizza.

And then there's this guy. hallowedshore has been gone for a couple days, but he's back now. He's walking down the hallway headed toward his room, dripping water all over the place. There's a steady trail of it from a nearby shower, and it looks like he took one fully dressed. His expression is blank and he smells unpleasantly of blood (which has stained his clothes), ash, and smoke, but not nearly as much as he did. ]

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[crownofembers]

[well, when he gets there, Inaya's leaning in the open doorway of her own apartment, arms folded. her expression is inscrutable, especially for someone normally so expressive, but her ears are flat against her head. she may be a bit unhappy with you, Aden.]

[hallowedshore]

[He's noticeably surprised to see her, so deep in thought that he hadn't even recognized that she was actually there. He stops walking several feet from her, standing frozen where he is. He looks uncertain, and doesn't even know what to say.]

[crownofembers]

[and what if she marches up to him, what then? there's not much left of her wounds except some bruising – the one on her arm is some lovely shades of green and yellow – so she has no trouble at all giving him a good solid slap once she's reached him.]

[hallowedshore]

[That was probably rather loud. He realizes what she's going for when she raises her hand, and only has a split-second to brace himself. It's not much, but he stays tense after, shoulders drawn up and head lowered. He doesn't blame her for that slap at all, and believes he very much deserves it. He feels like a monster.]

[crownofembers]

[he did deserve it, but she doesn't even lower her arm, instead darting in closer to latch onto him in a tight hug, her head butted up under his chin. she's trembling slightly, though not out of anger.]

You stupid jerk, I was so worried about you.

[before]

Nice stockings.

[Very nice. The skirt is nice, too. He'll just be leaning against the doorway.]

[dawnrise]

Look at how surprised I am that you'd think so.

[Believe it or not by her behavior, she put them on without any help from the DR. She's sweeping mozzarella cheese into her hand from off the counter. She's kind of made a mess.]

[before]

You definitely seem very surprised.

[He'll make his way in, moving to chill in a chair.]

What brought it on? Not that I'm complaining, clearly.

[dawnrise]

[She slows down a little, then shrugs, moving to take the mess to the garbage can.]

They were there, and I felt like it.

[before]

What are you making?

[Yep, he's totally just going to drop it. Who's he to complain if she wants to wear thigh highs and a skirt??]

[lightyin]

[Riku's going to be joined by another Riku. Surprises surprises. He's got his hair in a messy braid today and a couple of dirt smudges on his clothes. He heads straight for the fridge, glancing at her, then pauses before opening the door to glance again.]

Nice outfit.

[dawnrise]

[A butcher's knife is shaken at him in a halfhearted threat. She doesn't actually mind.]

Nice dirt.

[lightyin]

[Onoes. Not really scary, actually. He grabs the first juice-looking thing out of the fridge and pushes it closed with one foot.]

Not my fault. What are you making?

[dawnrise]

Pizza. You want some? It won't be finished for a while, but...

[The offer's there.]

[lightyin]

I'll take some, if it doesn't have any weird side effects.

[That's not a dig at her cooking ability, just general caution.]

[clockworknomore]

[here is Aden's 'beloved' older cousin striding down the hallway; Riku is wearing his forging leathers and is somewhat surprised to be running into Aden]

I thought you'd be gone longer.

[hallowedshore]

[Damn. He stops walking and shakes his hair out a little, looking down.]

How long was it?

[clockworknomore]

Only a couple days. You look like a mess.

[not so subtly checking Aden over]

[hallowedshore]

I feel like shit.

[He doesn't mean that physically. Physically he's in perfect health. No injuries, no problems whatsoever.]

[clockworknomore]

Let's head on over to my place so you can get cleaned up. Kira's been hunting the hallways for you, and you need your cover story.

[maverickblades]

[ Welp. Here's someone Aden hasn't seen in a hot minute. Given that he was advised to find him anyway, Rikka steps out of the shadows and gives Aden a once-over, not sure how to start a conversation after so long. ]

[hallowedshore]

[He actually freezes mid-step when he senses him, whipping his head up to stare. Normally there might not be such a look of total surprise on his face, but he's not in the mood to play it that casual. Still, it's Aden, and his expression smooths out only seconds later.]

Long time no see.

[maverickblades]

[ His blue eyes drift up from Aden's wet clothing to his eyes, Rikka may look a bit different, several inches taller and many muscular pounds heavier. ]

No kidding. I was advised to come say hi.

[hallowedshore]

[He can tell. Aden's going on 6'2" himself, but he's got nowhere near the muscle mass. Rikka looks pretty good. Better overall than the last time he saw him.]

You had to be advised?

Now that I finally have a few icons uploaded on this account...

[missingcrayon]

[:o A Kairi roughly her age? How curious. She's going to wander over to see what she's doing.]