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Rin Okumura || Blue Exorcist

[devilsfire]

[Network]
[There's quite a bit of static and rustling around at first. Like Rin doesn't really know what he's doing, which is the case. He's completely hopeless when it comes to technology.]

This thing workin' right? People can hear me? [He clears his throat.]

Students of Xavier's this is resident overlord spe-- [Oh he can't even finish. He thinks he's too funny with his introduction. So he's just going to laugh for a little while.]

Okay...okay. Uh, anyway. I'm Rin and I've actually been here a while but I can never figure out these computers so hey. Sup. Also to that kid who's book I accidentally set on fire earlier today, sorry. M'bad.


[Prose]
Rin normally stuck to himself. He had always been kind of a loner before coming to the school and even after that remained the same. For the first year or so he was just too dangerous around others. His flames were set off by the tiniest provocation. Luckily he'd been learning control. He rarely flared up when angered anymore. It really took a lot to get him to go all blue flames on someone.

But sometimes it still happened. Sometimes his concentration would lapse and something as simple as a sneeze would cause him to set something on fire. And at that moment he was having quite the sneezing fit.

[arcwind]

With this specific sneeze fit Rin seems to have set some poor kid's book on fire. Said book must weigh almost as much as said reader and it goes up like kindling.

Soren (said reader) stares at the blue fire for a moment with little in the way of surprise, and with a vague gesture blows it out with his own wind powers. Then with a 'thud' closes the heavy tome and turns to look at Rin.

If distaste could have a pure undiluted look he'd be getting it now.

[devilsfire]

Rin sniffed and rubbed his nose as she looked over at Soren's books. "Uh, sorry. I must be comin' down with something." Which was impossible really. Rin's immune system was impeccable, he'd probably never been sick a day in his life.

[arcwind]

He stares for another uncomfortable moment before holding out his hand, palm up.

"$200."

[devilsfire]

Rin's eyes nearly popped out of his head as he jumped up. "Tw-two hundred?! Do I look like I got that kinda money?!"

He shoved his hands into his pockets and pulled them inside out. Nothing but lint...

[arcwind]

"It doesn't matter if you 'look' like you have anything. You destroyed an imported book. 200 is me being generous."

He seemed to almost smirk. "People who can't control their powers shouldn't be allowed out in public. You're just another example as to why."

[devilsfire]

"Maybe ya shouldn't have been readin' yer damn book outside." Rin was clearly irritated at this point. His tail had unwound itself from around his torso and was sweeping back and froth behind him.

"Fuck you! My powers are controlled but sometimes a sneeze sets them off."

[arcwind]

"And you could have sneezed in the library. You're grasping at straws." He finally fully turned toward the other young man, really to argue this with a bit more attention.

"...as for 'sometimes'... sometimes a man trips while cleaning his gun and kills his children. You're not any more special then any other idiot refusing to accept responsibility for how dangerous they are."

[devilsfire]

"I wouldn't even be caught dead in a damn library!" Yes, he did just admit that.

"That's like comparing apples to oranges! My fire isn't even that dangerous, not unless I'm angry. I'm sure you damn expensive book is just fine, maybe only a little charred. Still readable!" What was wrong with this guy?! Did he want a fight?

[arcwind]

Rin's anger didn't seem to even faze him- or at least he didn't seem to show any obvious signs of being angry in return. If anything he just looked annoyed, like Rin was a overly loud child arguing something he couldn't fully understand.

"And when you get angry? What then?"

[devilsfire]

Which was pretty much the case. Rin was just a loud child that didn't understand a lot of things. He did understand how dangerous his flames could be, after all he'd nearly burnt his home down before coming to the Institute. And once here he'd hurt a lot of people.

"Then if I let it out I could hurt someone. But I've learned to control that." Although he still hadn't controlled the fiery aura that would start to envelope his body when angered. While it didn't do anything but protect him and look intimidating it was still worrisome. And that's what was happening now.

[arcwind]

"Yes, you look very controlled right now." That look of disdain? By this point had become outright contempt. "I'm very impressed."

[devilsfire]

Rin stopped and looked at his hands. "Ah, shit!" He shook his hands and took a few deep breaths, in doing so the aura died down.

[firedragonslayer]

Normally, seeing a shrub on ones immediate left burst into flame would startle, even frighten most. For Natsu though, his eyes lit up at the strange blue flames and began looking about for the source. As there didn't seem to be anyone else nearby aside from a guy sneezing up a storm, Natsu closes the distance between them in no time at all.

"Were you the one who made that blue fire?"

[devilsfire]

Rin blinked, rubbing his nose as he looked up. "Blue...fire? What where?" He quickly looked around and spotted the bush. "Shiiiit!" It took a moment of concentration but the blue fire died down leaving a slightly singed bush in it's wake.

After that was taken care of he looked back at the other boy. "Yeah, it was me." He smiled sheepishly and rubbed the back of his head.

[firedragonslayer]

When Rin looks back, he would be met with a wide, fascinated grin upon Natsu's face. He had seen all kinds of flames before, but it wasn't often that they were blue. Looking between the bush and Rin, it was apparent from the look in his eyes that Natsu's interest had been piqued.

"That was pretty awesome! How did you get them to be that blue?"

[devilsfire]

"Eh?" Rin blinked a few times before lowering his head. That was certainly a question he'd never heard before. "Uh...well, they're always blue." Could other pyros change their flame colours? He didn't know if that was possible.

[firedragonslayer]

"Ah damn. And here I thought you were able to change their colors."

He huffs, almost disappointed at the possibility of seeing (and possibly tasting) a whole variety of fires. He pauses after that thought, taking a moment to look Rin over, as if appraising him. After a moment, he leans in, his tone and manner almost serious.

"How do blue flames taste?"

[devilsfire]

"I didn't know people could do that."

The sudden violation of space left Rin leaning away a bit. And the question, well it pretty much got the most what the fuck face he could muster. "Taste? Like?" Who the hell eats fire?!

[firedragonslayer]

"Yep. I've never eaten a blue flame before, so I thought you would know."

The reaction wasn't what he was expecting at all. The screwed up look, the shift in distance between them, and the change in tone all cause Natsu to blink curiously for a moment. He had always lacked a certain level of tact, but having met another fire user, however different their flames may have been, he seemed to let his excitement get the better of him.

"Haven't you ever eaten fire before?"

[devilsfire]

Rin simply continued to stare in disbelief. He couldn't imagine someone eating fire. How does that even work?

"No!"

[firedragonslayer]

He scoffs, looking away as he shaking his head.

"Tch. You're a strange one, aren't you?"

[devilsfire]

"Me? Strange? I'm not the one eating fire! You don't eat fire! It has no nothing of value in it!" Fire was only good for cooking and burning things.

[firedragonslayer]

Natsu just crosses his arms, looks at Rin, and in a rather blunt and as-a-matter-of-fact tone says--

"What the hell are you talking about? Of course I eat fire. Why else would I ask how blue flames tasted?"

[impersonal_space]

Isn't Rin lucky that Yukari was present to save him from committing a random act of arson? Of course, to do that, she had to manifest one of her gaps and push his face into it from behind, but it wouldn't be so bad.

...this means that, until she feels his head stop jerking to and fro, he'll find that the rest of his body is back with her, but his head is through a portal that has him staring at the sky starting a few feet above the roof of the same building they are in.

Once that's done, she pulls him back inside with her hand and then the abyss-like portal closes up right after. It was a strain to hold it open that long, but she hides it well.

"My goodness, what a show! You wouldn't be coming down with something like a 'dragon flu', would you?"