{ 𝓉𝒶𝒷𝓊𝓁𝒶 𝓇𝒶𝓈𝒶 } 𝓉𝒽𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓀𝑒𝓇

[pinwheels]

2020

JUNE

↳ pinwheels | TDM #1 | 2020.05.31

— believeprotector · "It's gotta be this place, right? Things don't seem to be exactly normal anywhere else, either..."
— halloflamer · "I noticed you joining in with them, too. It was a relief to see that the fire wasn't able to hurt you..."
— ateaist · "...but not thirsty, even after hiking up that huge cliff. I guess that's weird, right?"
— bridge_princess · "Big fish? Sounds kinda like a Fastitocalon... They're called "sharks" where you're from?"
— symbolofstrength · "Thanks. And, um, sorry for questioning you."
— kiboutraveler · "Either way, if you're feeling stressed, it'll probably help!"

↳ starshower | WHATEVER YOU'D RECOMMEND | 2020.06.01
"Not because she's actually exhausted. That's another weird thing she's noticed missing. No, she just knows she should be exhausted, and so she is."

↳ memorate | STUNG | 2020.06.01
"She jogs to his side, instinctively reaching a hand out to send healing magic his way, but once again, it doesn't come, and not for the first time since arriving in this place, a frown creases her brows. That's right. No magic."

↳ anciently | IN SEARCH OF FLOWERS | 2020.06.01
"No hope here, though, just cracked concrete walls with graffiti decorations."

↳ viciousmaukeries | BODY SNATCHERS | 2020.06.07
"A creature a whole foot taller than her that crashes into her, and she staggers, barely keeping her footing, only to find her shoulders grasped in lavender-toned hands. Rinoa blinks up at the red-eyed demon practically shouting in her face, and her eyes narrow, the girl shrugging him off as she takes a few small steps back from him, hands falling to her hips."

JULY

↳ pinwheels | THE CREATION OF THE WORLD | 2020.07.20

— bachagain · "Not a break. It's just... There's someone I'm waiting for."
— blue_eyed_obsession · "Um. Hi. Sorry, I didn't mean to ignore you...!"
— bridge_princess · "Hey. Are you okay?"
— starshower · "Must've been important though, right? If he has a whole memorial here..."
— crystaltower · "You don't have to apologize for not seeing me, you know. I didn't see you either!"
— symbolofstrength · "A man in a lab coat is not her idea of a good time, not since the Sorceress Memorial."
— kanbai · "I guess I haven't looked around yet as much as I probably should have. Is that weird?"
— memorate · "It's good to see you again too, Cloud."
— forethinking · "I saw some like this up higher, but they all ran away. I think this guy's just friendly."

↳ simulatio | CLUELESS | 2020.07.24
"Without her wings, or her magic, or even a Chocobo, it was a long climb down from the top of the mountain. Rinoa's pretty sure her muscles should be aching right about now, and yet there's nothing; her legs feel no worse than if she's taken a stroll down one of Garden's many corridors."

AUGUST

↳ pinwheels | AUGUST CATCH-ALL | 2020.08.05

— bridge_princess · "Would it be a problem? If things started showing up from your home?"
— starshower · "Yeah. It's gonna take a lot of work, I guess."
— bachagain · "Unless whatever they're mixed with is, you know... not friendly?"

↳ anciently | FIRST GLIMPSE OF FLOWERS | 2020.08.09
"Her heart soars - they're not her flowers, but it hardly matters to her right now - and she crosses the wooden floor, pausing when she sees the girl in the pink dress crouched among them."

↳ theforgottenboy | GHOSTS DON'T KNOCK | 2020.08.09
"She's actually just in the process of peeling off her duster jacket and unstrapping her blaster edge when Felix chirps to announce the presence of someone else, and she turns on her heel, caught off-guard and with her weapon hanging uselessly from her left arm."

↳ simulatio | A SOFTER SIDE | 2020.08.12
"Akechi comes to mind, with his not-quite-right smiles, dislike of small talk, and his apparent determination to keep the conversation on their situation."

↳ forethinking | A NICER SORT OF HUNGER GAME | 2020.08.19
"Remembering the stalls in the market, she was able to pick up some food for each of them, and now while she rests, she's letting her companion do a little hunting, insofar as her throwing small chunks of meat for the creature to run after can really be called hunting."

↳ blue_eyed_obsession | A WALK ON THE BEACH | 2020.08.19
"...as they get nearer, Felix makes a sound unlike any she's ever heard him make before: a chirp that sound suspiciously like one of alarm. She stops in her tracks, frowning. Whatever Kaiba's working on seems to be... moving?"

↳ gardenerofavalon | ARE YOU OKAY? | 2020.08.23
"...she remembers all too well how hard the first pang struck her, some unspecific amount of time earlier, how bad the second one was that followed, even though it seemed like she'd only just eaten."

↳ metachrosis | SUDDENLY, SNOW | 2020.08.30
"She whirls, weapon raised, but it's a trick of the Void, apparently, because her apartment is empty of everyone except for her and her animal friend - who appears not to have heard a single thing. Still..."

↳ grandsparks | SHELTER IN MT. SILVER | 2020.08.30
"Another victim of the storm? It seems like it, from the fine white coating on what looks like it's meant to be a brown suit, the hunched shoulders of the man who slips into the cave, silent except his footsteps. She's not seen this particular guy around the place before... is he new?"

↳ sefirot | BITE HERE, BITE NOW | 2020.08.30
"It's not her usual, friendly tone that greets him; instead, there's something harder in her voice, narrowed eyes waiting to meet his. Her right hand moves to rest on the trigger of her blaster edge, ready to fire if she needs to. She doesn't know if he intends to hurt the creature, but there's something unfriendly about him, and if he tries..."

SEPTEMBER

↳ simulatio | STUBBY ATTACK | 2020.09.05
"For now, Rinoa shakes her head, refusing his order as she steps up beside him instead, lifting her left arm and showing him the weapon strapped to it. At first glance, the feathers on it might not seem like much, but they're as much blade as his sword. Not to mention the dog and the catbunnybird thing that flank her, both ready to take the aptly-named Stubbies on."

↳ pinwheels | SEPTEMBER CATCH-ALL | 2020.09.06

— bachagain · "They're really happy tears, I promise!"
— bridge_princess · "Hey, you read the rules, right~?"
— symbolofstrength · "...it's a little too much of a job for one person, you know?"
— forethinking · "Ren, this is my partner, Angelo! Angelo, this is my friend Ren."
— anciently · "This is my first time here, actually... I guess I've been busy too!"
— memorate · "Are you always like this?"
— king_in_dreams · "I kind of need someone who can help me drag this back to the apartments."

↳ menaretrash | CALM AFTER THE STORM | 2020.09.13
"None of them are anywhere near used to it yet, and from the look of her, Rinoa's pretty sure she's new, too. With a smile, she puts herself in the booth across from her, a hand reaching out to take one of the girl's."

↳ sefirot | FLAMES | 2020.09.18
"It's with a violent shudder that Rinoa shakes herself out of the intruding thought, looking up the the white-haired man in silence. Until now she's seen him as creepy, mostly, but..."

↳ bridge_princess | A DAY IN THE LIFE | 2020.09.20
"Before Rinoa looks for Parsee, she stops by Heavenly Blanc, getting a bottle of liquor from the shelf before heading back down toward the other's bridge. She may not be Yuugi, but something about the memory stood out to her - Parsee was grateful for the company. Perhaps Rinoa can provide it along with helping the other to get her memory back."

↳ blue_eyed_obsession | STRENGTH | 2020.09.24
"The memory surfaces in her mind like it was always meant to be there, so strong that for a moment she almost believes it really is hers. But she never had a brother, and it's the others who lived in an orphanage, not her. Nor would she ever hide her emotions behind clenched teeth. Really, there's only one person she's met in the Void who would do that..."

↳ starshower | PROMISES | 2020.09.27
"The memory comes from nowhere at all: a sudden glimpse of the night sky, a water tower, a promise. It's not hers, but the sight of the young man in the white shirt is enough to tell Rinoa in whose mind it belongs. Aerith told her once that she only recently met Cloud and Tifa, so..."

↳ simulatio | BLOODLUST | 2020.09.27
"The bloodlust in his voice, the singing heat in his veins, the manic laughter, the sword that she remembers seeing on the beach - serrated for a reason. There's something about the memory that sends a chill down her spine."

OCTOBER

↳ pinwheels | LUCID DREAMING | 2020.10.17

— bridge_princess · "Of course he would. He—"
— king_in_dreams · "Do you need help getting down from here?"

↳ gardenerofavalon | FLOWERSCAPE | 2020.10.17
"Rinoa's fingers curl around a petal as it drifts past, the magic flowing through her as easily as it did the first time. Her eyes close, her fingers open, and any onlookers will see the flower petal gone, a single white feather in its place."

↳ forethinking | A FIGHT AGAINST SHADOWS | 2020.10.18
"When the shadow creature disappears, destroyed so easily under the power of Ren's firearm, she shoots down to the ground, Angelo and Felix in quick pursuit, a flurry of feathers around all three as she lands."

NOVEMBER

↳ blue_eyed_obsession | RISE AND SHINE | 2020.11.08
"She doesn't really know what happened, or how long she was out for, if the dream was just hers or if it was one they all shared. So when she makes it to the foyer and hears Kaiba talking to himself, a tired smile forms on her lips, and she crosses the floor to his side."

↳ tabularasa_rp | BRAWL IN MERLAUT | 2020.11.09
"How lucky for her, to walk in just as a kick from a man she's never seen before manages to hit Kaiba right between the legs, sending the man sprawling onto a knee. She doesn't know how the fight started, or who started it... but one man she knows and the other she does not, so she moves for now to the blue-eyed man's side, a concerned hand falling onto his shoulder."

DECEMBER

↳ bridge_princess | DEALING WITH IT | 2020.12.06
"It's that thought that somehow shakes her out of it. Friends, but she has friends here too, friends who went through the same difficulties as her and now are being completely ignored and avoided. And so it's with some guilt that she goes out in search of them, leaving her animal companions curled up dozing on the couch, her apartment near-dark from the deep of their sleep."

↳ kimihiros | LET'S EAT | 2020.12.06
"Probably the best thing she's smelled in months, if she's honest. After a while, the repeated meals of sushi and barbecue meat and mushrooms - about all you can eat in the Void when you're incapable of doing much more than boiling water - have become sort of bland."

2021

JANUARY

↳ pinwheels | JANUARY CATCH-ALL | 2021.01.03

— bridge_princess · "I think I'll take it back to my apartment, you know?"
— activatingcombatmode · "If you can do a better job, then you should help me!"
— thats_it · "Be careful. It's really sharp."
— halloflamer · "Oh my God, who is this?"
— anciently · "You're welcome to join me if you want!"
— starshower · "I think it's safer being in here than being outside somewhere where I could accidentally hit someone, you know?"
— metachrosis · "But— I'm sorry, do I know you?"

↳ simulatio | BIGGER PROBLEMS | 2021.01.27
"Her voice is sharper than she intends it to be, something panicked fraying at its edges; There's so much blood - is he hurt? is he in danger? is he causing irreparable harm to the Void itself? - the whole situation seems like a mess."

↳ anciently | LOSS AND THE VOID | 2021.01.27
"She recognizes the voice in her head almost instantly, although a frown takes Rinoa's face at the sound - it's not the usual bright, energetic tone they share, but something softer and sharper, something sad."

FEBRUARY

↳ pinwheels | FEBRUARY CATCH-ALL | 2021.02.03

— blue_eyed_obsession · "It's Parsee. She's not here."
— theforgottenboy · "She's not here, or anywhere else, either. I'm worried."
— forceofnature · "I don't want it to be true, you know?"
— indigloaming · "A lot of them together... I'm sure that would be enough."

↳ bridge_princess | ROSES | 2021.02.12
"Are you okay? What can I do to help? The words were there, ready to be spoken, but dying on her lips before she could voice them aloud. Not that Rinoa was sure she could do anything at all - she'd never seen anything like this before now."

↳ symbolofstrength | RETURNING FRIENDS | 2021.02.23
"...she thinks she recalls hearing that the Felix creatures, as she tends to think of them, are part Pokémon, although that's hardly a surprise - many of the creatures around here seem to have taken their influence from the trainers' world. The Moomba-like creatures are part Pokémon too, aren't they...?"

↳ abeautifulgame | WHEN LESSONS WON'T SUFFICE | 2021.02.23
"Rinoa, who is already trying to think of ways that she could possibly help him with the problem he's having. Despite the division of the space, the rules don't seem to force men and women to use different sides; maybe she could complete the game for him? Or maybe one of the more scientific minds in the place - someone like Kaiba, or the Professor - could put something together to hold, so he could play with his hands, or..."