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[oathbreakers]

[At first, Riku wasn't going to say anything. But being that he is, in fact, an arrogant awesome brat, he can't resist. So when he speaks, you can hear the smirk in his voice.]

Hey. Nice job yesterday, guys. That was a pretty good game.

[And he's even being sincere! How about that.



Riku's a bit bruised up from his bout with Pamela; you won't be able to see the long bruise on his side from where she hit him, but the two dark stripes on his neck from her broom are readily visible, and Riku's not making any attempts to hide them at all. These are his battle scars, his badge of honor; they're something that tells the world that he is one badass kid. Or something, who even really knows.

Riku won't be taking a break though; the game might be over but he's still on the move. You'll be able to find him all over the ship today--he'll be in the forest on deck 3 first, just wandering the forest a bit, then he'll be on deck 12 looking through the luggage for anything that might be helpful in building a tree-house. (Hey, maybe next it'll be a little boat they can sail around the caverns! That might be fun...) He'll be checking out the statue on deck 18 (cautiously, though, things aren't always what they seem), wandering around the flower-field to see if there's actually anything interesting (hey, graves? Hmmm...), and of course hitting up the Coffee Shop for breakfast and later on The Cool and Kuma-Ko for lunch and dinner.

Feel free to run into him anywhere; winning capture the flag has put him in a pretty good mood!]

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[rdmcatpaw.livejournal.com]

[Once she was finishing rubbing her eyes free to sleep, she blinked at Riku.]

No, its okay... I was bound to be up again anyway.

[She waved her hand a little, but still looked very tired.]

What are you looking for?

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[Riku won't answer right away, instead looking close at her.]

Why aren't you in your room? You didn't lose your key, did you?

[Okay, well, maybe he's not -entirely- minus the snark...]

[rdmcatpaw.livejournal.com]

My key? Its right here.

[She dug in to her pockets for the item and held it out. It read: deck 12, room 1251.

She wasn't in her traditional Red Mage gear either today, more of a grey-ish doublet assamble.]

See?

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Then why are you sleeping out here?

[It's not asked meanly--Riku is genuinely curious.]

[rdmcatpaw.livejournal.com]

[She put her key away and stretched a bit with closed eyes, once she was done she re-opens her eyes. The Mithra glances over over to her door with a frown.]

I felt like sleeping outside, its been a while since I've done that.

[Although something was obviously up, easily given away by her tail and ear motions.]

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Really.

[Riku won't outright call her on her bluff, but he -will- give her that unimpressed look of his. It's okay, he'll wait!]

[rdmcatpaw.livejournal.com]

Yes! I am -- well was an adventurer before I arrived on this boat.

[Oh there goes her ears, folding down as she looks at her hands.]

I've spent several nights sleeping outside, so I'm used to it.

[Although this is the middle of the day, most likely. She sighs and looks over.]

I'm not lying.

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All right. But it's a bit later than that. [Don't make him pry, Cat, he can't be both nice aaaaand pry.]

There something else on your mind?

[rdmcatpaw.livejournal.com]

Is it...?

[She glanced around for a window but her attention was drawn back to Riku.]

I guess my ears and tail give it away, don't they?

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[He's smirking, but it's all good-natured.]

A little bit.

[rdmcatpaw.livejournal.com]

[She sighed.]

Just... something from the game, that's all.

[Not that she was tricked by Reno, but that Pyramid... She didn't like being in there.]

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[Riku's going to stop sorting through the suitcase now, instead coming over to lounge on the floor near Cat--this is gonna take a bit longer than he'd expected, since she's beating around the bush so much. He's imagining that it's not the fact that their team lost--most people would get over that fairly easily. So...]

Yeah? What part of it?

[His expression is half-grin, half-smirk, and his tone is teasing.]

It's not that I wouldn't hold hands with you, right?

[rdmcatpaw.livejournal.com]

[She blinked and shook her head.]

No, its not that. It was after that, when Reno came to rescue you.

[The mage made a triangle with her fingers, just using the thumb and index fingers of both hands.]

After he used that... ability of his that locked me inside a cage.

[She barely knows Riku but here she is, opening up to him like he was a good friend.]

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[Well, teasing's out. Cat had barely seemed to notice the jibe. Riku's not sure why she's opening up to him like this--it would have been easy for her to say she didn't want to talk about it. And he would have let it be! He's not -used- to people opening up to him; ever since he'd left the islands the closest he gotten to other people was when he'd -retrieved- Jasmine from Agrabah. And he certainly hadn't wanted to know anything about her then.

Being confided in is an entirely new experience for Riku. He's only used to Kairi doing that, and he's not quite sure how to react to Catpaw's words.]

But it was all part of the game, right?

[rdmcatpaw.livejournal.com]

Yes but, it brought back some unpleasant memories.

[She finally realizes what she's saying and her ears fold back.]

I'm sorry, you probably don't want to hear any of this. I'm distracting you.

[oathbreakers]

[Riku's going to ignore that last line. But he isn't looking at her as he responds.]

Who knows? He probably didn't know. You should talk to him.

[Blunt? Yup, that sounds about right.]

[rdmcatpaw.livejournal.com]

[There was a nod but she brought her knees to her chin.]

I can't bring myself to tell him, it might upset him. I don't want to do that.

keywords :|

[oathbreakers]

So you'd rather mope on your own. The problem won't go away if you don't do anything about it.

[It's tough love. Really, it is.]

;_;

[rdmcatpaw.livejournal.com]

[That's pretty close to the truth actually.

She lowered her head and sighed.]

I know that. It could get worse and I might turn in to a monster.

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[Oh, Riku's looking at her now. He's got four words.]

What did you say?

[rdmcatpaw.livejournal.com]

That I could become a monster?

[She looked up with a frown as she explained.]

The Twilight God, Promathia; cursed the children of the Dawn Goddess, Altana; with a negative trait to their personality. If that certain trait gets the better of them, they can transform in to a monster or if fail to face their inner beast after accepting the conditions of being a Blue Mage and become what their magic came from.

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[Yeah, okay, so most of that? Flew right over Riku's head. But he got the main part of it, the part that's important.]

So. If you let yourself sit around feeling sorry for yourself too much, you'll turn into a monster?

[Well, that's one way to keep people from turning into buckets of angst, he supposes...]

Well, then you know what you need to do.

[rdmcatpaw.livejournal.com]

[Yeah, that was bound to happen.]

Or letting one kind of emotion build up for too long. Envy is the bane of my race.

[Her ears flickered a little.]

I believe it was arrogance for yours, so be careful.

OH SNAP XDDDDD /can't stop laughing now

[oathbreakers]

[Whoops. In warning him of being arrogant, you've triggered it! Riku glances over to her, raising an eyebrow.]

Thanks for the concern. But I'll be fine.

[He always is.]

WAIT WRONG RACE! XD

[rdmcatpaw.livejournal.com]

Wait, no I got that wrong. That was for Elvaans.

[She scratched her ear.]

Apathy. Yes, that sounds right.

[She sighed.]

I'm sorry, for giving you the wrong one.