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[willnotwatch]

WHAT in person
WHERE the... cemetery?
WHEN day ""136""

[somewhere in cam... cour... uh, qm, there appears to be a new plot of land—some overgrown with weeds and other weed-adjacent plants, and some with towering oak trees and the like, and some with just perfect patches of freshly mowed and manicured grass...

also

there are tombstones every scattered all over this area, with the name of your father or father-figure on them, regardless of whether or not they are here or dead or here-dead.

yeeeeesh.]

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[flamingprick]

[Rin waits a bit for her to sit down and get situated, and then:]

Dad adopted me and Yukio right after we were born. Mom was never in the picture, Dad told us she abandoned us but I think she might have actually died or something. And our birth father...

[A demon. A monster. Someone who ruled through fear.]

...he's never been in the picture. So me and Yukio got raised by Dad. Even though he wasn't related to us by blood, I still consider him my REAL Dad. He taught me everything I know. I wouldn't be who I am today without him.

...

Dad died about a year ago. Something bad happened, and he- he saved me. But he died because of it.

[morethanyou]

...

I'm sorry.

[the way she says it, it doesn't sound like just an automatic response. there's weight to it.]

[flamingprick]

[He definitely notices that tone difference, and he appreciates it. Though it probably means she's lost someone too.]

...you know what it's like, huh?

[morethanyou]

[inclines her head in agreement]

I lost my father a couple of years ago.

[for a moment it looks like she might add something else on, but she just leaves it at that]

[flamingprick]

[He notices that pause, but he won't pry into it. He doesn't want to drag up bad memories for Shuri if she's not ready to share it on her own.]

So you know what it's like too, huh? Sorry, it really sucks.

[morethanyou]

It does.

...it seems like you were making the most of this... reminder, though.

[flamingprick]

...yeah. I don't know when I'll get to see him again, so it seemed like a good idea to say hi.

...

He...he was a really great dad. I don't think I could ask for a better one. 'More time with him' is all I'd want, really.

[morethanyou]

Around here... you never know.