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[gandere]

OOC: The general write up for Rin's AU can be found here. In short, she was sent to the Matou family over her sister, Sakura. If none of the prompts in the post strike your fancy, there's her log comment you could check out instead. Thanks!

[Action A (EARLY MORNING): 310 Miller Street]

[ Rin's not sure when she's fallen asleep, but when she wakes up, she certainly does feel it. The way her pajamas stick to her make her feel sick, despite the thin straps that barely cling. She's half dressed with bottoms that can hardly be called shorts, but the sweat that dampen her sheets makes her skin crawl. Another dark dream of blurs and overwhelming pleasure. The only thing that frustrates her is the fact that her Servant may have seen it, the girl rolling over onto her face to bury it in her pillow. Her alarm continues to go off, loud enough to wake up anyone else in the house, and she doesn't seem to be making any movement to turn it off. ]

[Action B (MORNING): Rec Center]

[ Now that there was a lack of school to attend, Rin found herself with a lot of free time. Maybe it was habit due to the first "father" she had in Mayfield, but as per usual, she left the house in the morning to spend the day out. What better way to do that than at the swimming pool at the Rec Center? She's a bit reluctant to enter though. The last time she was here was whenever one of the big heads of Mayfield was found dying and that conversation she shared with them kept itself in the back of her mind. A silent reminder that people will never leave this town no matter what. So she'll be lingering in various places such as outside the doors, the girl's showers, and the doorway to the pool. ]

[Action C (AFTERNOON): The Record Store]

[ Her adventures at the pool didn't last very long, so it was time for the next best thing: shopping. With little interest in baking, gardening, and sewing, this left her very few places she could go for actual entertainment. It's during her uneventful walk through Downtown does she notice the record shop. She'll be picking through the records, trying to make as many classical choices as she can because she was raised... wait, how was she raised again? She remembered it being classy, but she was a Matou. She can be found standing in confusion or giving the evil eye towards some rock record as she moves to the register. ]

[Phone (PRIVATE): Yuna Akashi, Hakuno Kishinami]

Good evening, my apprentices. [ Just going straight right into that title. Sure hope they appreciate it right now despite their AUness. ] I apologize for not setting a proper date to begin with since school has let out, but I intend to change that now. We'll meet up twice a week, days subject to change should I feel you need to study more, on Tuesdays and Fridays. That should give you enough time to study our lessons in between. Now, this week I will focus on what you already know and allow you to meet the other person who will be studying with us.

On that note, do you have further recommendations? I have decided I need a lot more distractions in my life, so I may as well see if I can help someone else out. Ideally, it should be someone who was capable of using magic to a minimal amount in their homeworld as I don't think it entirely possible to teach someone incapable of it. I recommend they learn how to battle with weapons.

[Phone (PRIVATE): Garviel Loken]

Garviel, I think there is something foul going on in this place again. Geez, I'm starting to sound like Lancer. That isn't the main reason I've decided to get in contact with you though. I've decided that while you're working out your answer, that we should work on replenishing the spirit to fight. Too many individuals have become dormant in this place and I don't think that's favorable towards us in the end. Is your friend still capable of making weapons? That might be where we start. Forging weapons and then giving them the skill to use them. What are the chances they would be used against us in all honesty?

[Phone (NIGHT): Filtered from drones]

I've got only one question for you tonight, Mayfield. Why are people calling me 'Tohsaka' and not by my proper last name? It's unsettling because the man who is the head of the family is now within this place and I really don't feel like drudging up bad memories. Although a proper confrontation would be a bit of fun. Lancer, are you free?

Comments

[phone, night] / Also because it's AUfield I'm deciding to go with more dramatic tags.

[brokiomi]

[After everything that had occurred between the two, what could he say? There weren't enough words in the dictionary to sum up what he was currently feeling. The way he gave Rin up, well... it was as if he were flicking a bit of dust off him. He certainly didn't expect to hear her again. Sending her off to the Matou was necessary, though the lack of reluctance could fool anyone into thinking he enjoyed it. Tokiomi Tohsaka was, for all intents and purposes, a family man, and he knew what was best for them. As much as it may have pained him, Tokiomi aimed to do whatever was necessary in keeping any attachment Rin may have had to the Tohsaka family weak if not completely severed.]

These past years have tainted you. Any willing to consider you a Tohsaka past that fateful day unknowingly besmirch the name.

WOW WHAT A RUDE ASSHOLE.... <3

[gandere]

[ So that's how it was going to be from this point forward, right? Even if she held a memory of talking happily with him, it was nothing more than a figment of her imagination. A fake memory implanted due to this town's sorcery or perhaps an enemy. Bazett? Marisa? Ciel? There are too many people she can think of instantly that hold a greater power than herself. People who keep their powers vague. ]

Besmirch the name I have earned for myself, you mean. [ Rin had grown a backbone. Even when she lived with the Matou family, she simply wasn't pushed around. If she wanted to see Sakura, she did so. If she wanted to punch Shinji for wanting to hit on her, she did so with great pleasure. ] I've surpassed the limits the Tohsaka family would have held me to and have achieved greater accomplishments.

What do you have to your name besides your failures of the Fourth Holy Grail War?

[ It pains her to speak so boldly against him, but he started it. So she'll finish it. ]

[phone] / CRANKING THE ASSHOLE UP TO 11

[brokiomi]

What is this...? You were handed off in place of your sister to a lesser Magi family to strengthen it, not to try and foolishly surpass the Tohsaka.

[Tokiomi's venomous tone might as well be hiding his worry. If Rin had truly surpassed the Tohsaka, the inevitability of her entering the war against her sister, each representing their host families, grew larger. From what Tokiomi had gathered in the past, the Grail War had ceased since the appearance of it's combatants within Mayfield, but that didn't stop him from being on his toes. After all, if things played out as Tokiomi feared, the two sisters would fight against one another as fate intended...

That sort of outcome was something Tokiomi could not stand idly by and allow to happen.]

The advancement of the Jewel Magecraft the Tohsaka family is known for, for starters... Though, if you are intending for me to surpass your deeds, you need only look at your sister. My most prized and renowned accomplishment, Tohsaka Sakura. She has far surpassed my skill level, and if you intend to say that you, of all people, have achieved greater means through your association with the Matou... Then that is a far too boastful claim for someone of so little importance.

Rec Center

[adventurerextraordinaire]

Cade is heading to the pool, clearly dressed to take a dip, when he sees Rin.

"Good day Rin! Here to get some exercise?"

[gandere]

No, not really. [ Exercise? Does she even look like she needs it? ] I'm just used to last summer is all. The father was very insistent I spent my time away from the house and outdoors instead.

So are you here to get some exercise?

[Phone]

[doesnotgetit]

That sounds fine to me! It's not like I'm going to be busy or anything without school.

Mm, I can't think of any other people who might want help... but I'll keep an ear out, if you want me to.

[gandere]

[ Rin's excited at least to spend more time with Hakuno. Yay besties!! ]

Great, that's great to hear. Oh, and you could do that. Let's try to not attract too many though. I don't want to be seen as a threat to the powers that hold this place together after all.

[doesnotgetit]

Yeah, I won't just go asking around. But if anyone's looking to learn, I'll let them know.

... Do you really think they'll do something, even if we're just training for self-defense?

phone (night)

[answerer_sword]

You are Rin Tohsaka, aren't you? Aren't you? After all, you remember me.

[gandere]

[ Yes and no. While she does know Bazett, to know her as 'Rin Tohsaka' is strange. ]

It must have been different in your world. [ And in a strained tone: ] I'm not from the Tohsaka family.

[answerer_sword]

From what I remember, you have never objected to being called Tohsaka, Tohsaka.

[She sighs and shakes her head.]

But...with my current thinking abilities, I can't dismiss memory problems.

[She knows by now that she has problems with mobility, vision, and hearing.]

What family are you from?

310 Miller

[on_bailes_strand]

Miss Rin?

[Connla pokes his head in to see why the alarm is so loud.]

[gandere]

Go away.

[ That's the usual morning greeting for her, Connla. Don't be too offended by it as she just covers her ears with her hands. ]

[on_bailes_strand]

[He frowns, and then steps into the room. The alarm is just too loud.]

[Phone]

[returntospring]

... Why would someone be calling you that? That's... a bit cruel.

[There's a bit of longing in Sakura's voice as she talks. For the longest time, one of her strongest wishes was for Rin to be returned to them, or maybe for the adoption by the Matou to have never happened. Even though they could converse normally in Mayfield... she still wanted nothing more than for her beloved older sister to be just "Rin Tohsaka" again.]

[gandere]

[ ... Well, she's on better terms now with Sakura than she was before, right? She can't argue that as she gives a sigh. ]

It is, but apparently that is how I introduced myself for the longest time here. It's problematic now that--[ Her father was here. ]--well, let's not worry too much about it. People will stop or I'll make them stop.

With my fists.

I'm good at talking people into doing what I want with them, you know.

[returntospring]

[Don't think your sister didn't notice that mid-sentence switch, Rin!]

... Do you want me to talk to him? It's... unfair, keeping things the way they are, when the rules of this place are so different from home.

Phone

[drank_the_milk]

Twice a week sounds good to me! I'll work the lessons into my usual practice.

[gandere]

You're the best pupil anyone can ask for. I really hope you set a better example for the newest one to join our team. Team... No, that's not quite right. We need a better term than that.

[drank_the_milk]

Haha, thanks! I'll try to live up to that. But what's wrong with team?

[Phone (PRIVATE): Garviel Loken]

[captainofthe10th]

Used against us? Pah, I can handle anyone I train or hand a blade too. I've only ever had one equal in this town, and she's gone now.

[gandere]

... Don't say things like that. Someone might take it as a challenge.

[ Herself included. ]

[captainofthe10th]

I'll accept any challenge, no matter what the odds. That's why you chose me as your champion, after all.

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[lettertomyfutureself]

-Fuck asking her to turn it off. Heather just walks right in and unplugs the thing entirely.-

[gandere]

Good morning, sunshine.

[ It's morning, right? Hell if Rin knows. ]

Did you have to unplug it though? It'll take me months to reset it...