🎧 homophonic | pcs | rin matsuoka

[silicone]

You'd better watch your back... You don't want to get bitten.

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[silicone]

[ it smacks of teenage rebellion. ]

Yeah. His name's Aster. Lives back on the Klein Continent...

[damp]

The Klein...? [ ??? ] What's that?

[silicone]

It's... the place I ended up before I was here!

[ dont just say it like that ]

[damp]

[ ??? ]

So you've been to other worlds than Earth?

[silicone]

[ he nods a little sheepishly. ]

It was an accident. And i've only been to the one. Earth, then Klein... and now here, wherever we are.

[damp]

So you didn't really have a typical life back in Japan, huh? [ EVERYONE IS SO COOL ] Going to university and then starting work...

[silicone]

I... [ he pauses. ] Yeah, I did for most of my life...

[ his fingers tug at a leather cord looped twice around his neck and he glances down at it kind of sadly. it's just a cord that looks like maybe it used to be tied around something. ]

Work was the thing that got me in trouble, though. This guy wanted a specialty toy designed for him with this really stunning gemstone in it...

And it ended up sending me to a completely different world? With magic...?

[damp]

[ tied around like... a dog? he had to leave his dog behind?? ]

The gemstone was magic...? [ he looks thoughtful ] I wonder if there's magic everywhere.

[silicone]

[ IM SCREAMING ]

You know... that wouldn't surprise me. He had to have gotten the gemstone somewhere...

[damp]

[ RIN IS SO SAD ABOUT THE POOR DOG ]

You think he knew it was magical? I wouldn't just hand it over if I knew.

[silicone]

[ NO! RIN! HE DOESN'T HAVE A DOG HELP ]

Yeah, and he's commissioned us before, I designed something for him previously... so I'm not sure why he suddenly ended up with a rock that was magical. Much less why it didn't send him away or something when he handled it.

[damp]

Maybe it has to do with your special powers?

[ eiden your spit ]

[silicone]

[ he shrugs a little helplessly. yeah. the SPIT. ]

Honestly, I've stopped trying to think too hard about it...

Besides, we actually all have powers here now. Don't we?

[damp]

Yeah, it's. [ he doesn't want to say cool but... IT IS!!

He summons a nearby pebble into his hand, smiling. ]

What's yours?

[silicone]

Oh! That's really neat!

[ what the fuck, he is so easily delighted. i hate him. but when rin asks, he does grin. ]

Photokinesis. Light stuff!

[ as he says this, he holds out his hands and his fingertips light up hehe. ]

[damp]

[ EIDEN IS SOOOOO CUTE lifts him up ]

Oh, that's pretty nice! Have you used it much already?

[silicone]

[ wah... ]

Not enough, I think... I'll definitely need some more practice.

[ with a fleeting, sheepish smile he then tilts his head. ]

Your turn now. [ for The Game. ]

[damp]

[ hehe ]

Oh. Ah... [ struggle ] I... specialise in breaststroke, I have a little sister, and I've lived in Japan all my life.

[silicone]

Oooh...

[ hmmm. if he had a tail it would be wagging. ] Hmm... did you grow up somewhere else? Or go to school in another place?

[damp]

[ oh!! ]

Wow, you're good at this. Yeah, I studied in Australia for five years.

[silicone]

It was just a guess! [ he laughs, but rests his chin on his hand. ] Five years is a while—Australia... what were you there for?

[damp]

I went there to swim. [ hehe ] There was a really great program, and I wanted to go pro so... It was a really lucky opportunity.

stabs spoon angrily as i tag

[silicone]

[ he is enthralled, genuinely. but that's his personality so. ]

Sounds like it, that's really cool. It's so far away...

... Did your sister miss you during that time? Are you guys close?

noooo

[damp]

[ Eiden is so cute!! Rin seems a little embarrassed at the attention, but he answers, ]

... She did, yeah. She always messages and reaches out to me, but I'm pretty terrible and responding so.

We're not as close as we could be. I definitely regret it now. [ Clears throat. ] Do you have any siblings?