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[ Because SOME ASSHOLE is currently blowing through her prana pool for some reason, Rin decides to entertain herself by tinkering around on the network. That and she's been so bored lately without Shirou slaving around her apartment that she has to make an attempt to reach out to others one way or the other. ]

I'm bored. (⑅ ‘﹃’ )
You're bored.
I have an idea.

There was a website launched a few decades back where people would post a photo of themselves on the Internet.
Actually there were a number of sites of that nature, but the purpose of this one was different !!
People would vote on a scale of 1 to 10 on how HOT they were based on the photo chosen.
So if you've got the balls, you should post a pic and have people vote !!
BTW since I'm such a cool person, I made it so you could reply to people who vote.
I guess you could also post anonymously if you're afraid of the repercussions, but I'll know who you are ♡

[ TL;DR this is an in-character rating meme. Link a picture or post one, then have characters vote on a scale of 1 (ugly) to 10 (SUPAH HOT FIRE) and deal with repercussions. Spam away all you like. Rin can't actually tell who posts anonymously, but it's fun to threaten people. EDIT: Also if your character wouldn't post, feel free to say a NPC or Rin did it while making it look as if they posted it themselves. ALL THE MORE FUN. ]

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[sunshrouded]

[at least he's sober which means he's not toppling over again

but now he's just snorting]

Oi oi, but I don't have to be a stupid crabhead all the time.

Meanwhile you're stuck looking like a grouchy old man for eternity.

[deontology]

[......why are you his partner]

I don't care what I look like. It doesn't matter.

Why did you even submit my picture?

[sunshrouded]

[uh, well.]

I felt like it?

[no.... good reason....]

[deontology]

[He moves to get up to leave

NO HE CAN'T DEAL WITH THIS]

[sunshrouded]

[you can go ahead and leave Sousei, but Tenka's following after]

Hey, hey, who's the cute girl who teaches martial arts with you?

[deontology]

[...oh.

Her.

The girl who threw him to the ground for a demonstration without even introducing herself.]

Kamiya Kaoru.

[He likes her okay.]

[sunshrouded]

She's really nice! She tried to defend your honor.

[TENKA SOUNDS SO COMPLIMENTARY AND PLEASED

his best friend making friends.....]

Can she come over for tea?

[deontology]

[.........???

guess who doesn't know about the little additional message tenka added]

My honor? What are you talking about?

[sunshrouded]

[tenka is honest

but he doesn't want to get punched again]

She thought it was rude of me to put you up.

[and call you androgynous]

[deontology]

[...what does that have to do with his honor...

... ... ... oh well.]

She is right. It was rude of you to do so. If you want to have tea with her, ask her yourself.

[sunshrouded]

I will!

[but whatever, who cares about rudeness and all that]

I like her though. Why didn't you tell me you made another friend? You're on a roll!

[deontology]

[wh...at....]

We're not friends. We're co-workers.

We have hardly spoken at all.

[sunshrouded]

You should talk to her more then.

I think she'd be a good friend.

[deontology]

[...?????]

I'm not trying to make friends, Tenka.

[sunshrouded]

[and we're back to the clear difference between the two of them]

Why not?

[deontology]

It's not necessary.

[sousei is still bad at relationships]

Why would I?

[sunshrouded]

[Still so bad.

But Tenka just blinks at that. He's clearly confused. Sousei has grown a lot and included more people into his life, but could it be that they're still not his friends?

Still though, Tenka's response is probably more telling about himself than anything else-]

Don't... you get lonely?

[A serious question now, as opposed to when he normally just openly calls Sousei a lonely person.]

[deontology]

[That...is a remarkably serious question and it surprises Sousei. He blinks, and then shakes his head.]

No, I am not lonely. [...]

I am not alone here [he has Tenka], and back in our world, there are the Yamainu.

That is enough for me.

[sunshrouded]

[Well... he understands, he supposes. The Yamainu all live together and their numbers even added one more. Sousei never asked for much as a kid anyway. If he has his squad, they are likely more than enough.

Tenka's always wanted more. So he hums softly at that before laughing a bit.]

It still couldn't hurt to make more friends, though.

[It's easier to keep talking about what they were discussing before than addressing his own difficulty being alone.]

[deontology]

For me, it is enough.

[He feels the need to emphasize that, because he knows Tenka well enough to know that it isn't the case for Tenka. But for Sousei, who spent his first years without basically any human contact, who grew up alone until the Kumou family gave him his first taste of family, even the bare minimum is enough.

Even that still feels like quite a lot sometimes.

Especially having Tenka--that feels like enough to him. For Tenka, on the other hand...]

Are you not making friends yourself?

[sunshrouded]

I'm not you, Sousei. [Which answers... both of those statements. But he continues on with a bit of a laugh.] Of course I am.

[He thrives off of human interaction. He wants to know about everyone that he meets, he wants to keep them safe, and he wants them to be happy. A lot of the people here, he treats them like the villagers of Otsu who he watches over.

Then there are a couple that he genuinely considers his friends and peers - Sano and Shinpachi and Nesso.

But if he wasn't - if he wasn't getting so attached to these people and learning about them - he's not sure if it would be able to distract him from the lack of Soramaru and Chuutarou in his life.]

[deontology]

[He was just checking...from the way Tenka was talking--]

Then you aren't lonely?

[Or are you.

That's what he really cares about.]

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . . . Tenka seems thoughtful at that. Eventually, he settles on:] No, I'm not.

[Except as he breathes a soft sigh, he thinks about how quiet this apartment is. Sure, it's probably because they're about to head to sleep, but... there aren't the sounds of Soramaru and Chuutarou fighting amongst themselves.

(And even though he knows he shouldn't expect it, he doesn't hear Shirasu's almost inaudible footsteps as he prepares for bed as well.)]

I guess I was just wondering if you ever got lonely.

[Do you ever listen for the Yamainu like he listens for his brothers?]

[deontology]

[...He supposes he has to honor Tenka's thoughtful response with a thoughtful response of his own. He's quiet for a moment, thinking as well. He'd like to believe that he doesn't get lonely--that he doesn't require anyone else to do his job, or to exist.

But he does.

He does listen for the Yamainu. He does miss Takamine's gruff loudness and Takeda's confused chatter and Sasaki smoothing it all over neatly. He misses the quiet that came of Inukai and Shi both sitting with him--there hadn't been a need for words, then, to know the companionship was there.

None of that is here now.]

... It is quieter than I am used to, admittedly.

[Yes...sometimes he gets lonely too, but it's not a void he thinks can be filled by making friends with the people here.]

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . . so even the fierce Yamainu get a little rowdy -- is what he wants to say, but Tenka knows. They were such a loud and fun group in their youth. He remembers how quiet the house was after they had left the shrine, never to come back.

He knows what the lack of Yamainu sounds like too, if not as accurately.]

.... it is quiet.

[And after a minute pause:] We should invite more people for tea.

[It's not a matter of replacing people - Tenka's never believed in that. When Sousei left, Shirasu was never his replacement. But Tenka does believe in the power of distraction and trying to make up for whatever he's lost.]