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❝Maybe if I save him he'll be a good brother again.❞
Something seemed to explode out of the bottle and then a very familiar face was there. In her surprise Rin let her wings out, large and shimmering black as they burst out of her dress, the cloth once again tearing like they always did whenever this happened. "Oh, it's you. Are you okay? That blood doesn't look good." She had a silly grin, it was nice seeing an old face again, even if he looked as if he'd had better times. Sure, her wish did end up backfiring but she was still thankful for the help nonetheless. "Oh, are you saying you didn't want to see cute me?" She giggled, knowing full well that she wasn't cute. Breasts too small, wings too large, she was disproportionate for a harpy. Joel gave his sale old dry speech, sounding very bored of it all.
"I don't really know where he is. He left a while ago and never came back." Rin took Joel's hand, careful not to say anything like 'I wish' or anything considering how easy it'd be to interpret something as a wish. As such she lead the Genie somewhere with a bit more privacy, out of view of most people and the celebration as a whole. They went closer to the beach and calm tides. Well, she might as well tell Joel about what happened. Surely it'd make for an interesting story, right? "I used the shield barrier you gave me to lock Run inside of it and keep him safe, because I thought we'd be able to work together after that!" But, well, that clearly didn't work. Considering how he had glared at her that day, it did the opposite. "It only got him madder? Sorry, um, I kind of wasted the gift you gave me. I'm only free because someone rescued us." She kicked her feet, dust picking up.
Well, she knew he was still out there. There was nothing she could do about it for now anyways, so she might as well get headed back to the ship. The former princess was a bit tired of the celebration by now anyways. As grumpy as he was, Rin did like having a friendly face around again, it was like seeing an old friend after years! "How have you been? I hope I wasn't interrupting anything serious." She locked eye contact with him, sincerely hoping that she hadn't. "I didn't expect you, so it was a bit of a surprise." She sighed at her dress's tattered state. Even if she put her wings away it was too late to save it now, wasn't it?
Then she gave him not her royal smile, but a genuine one, eyes crinkling up. "Happy O'Stara!"
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❝Maybe if beat her the world will make sense for once.❞
Still muttering in frustration, Run grit his teeth. Everything was going wrong. Why couldn't he even just be a tour guide? Why did he have to fail at everything! It was probably Rin's fault somehow, she was probably mocking him nearby jinxing the whole thing. She just wanted to go back to the ship now, a bad taste in his mouth, when he saw something he thought he'd never see again. "It's probably not her, you should just ignore her. She hates you now anyways." The fake Yuna said with that sickly sweet smile of hers, looking positively evil as she snickered at his malcontent. For once, Tarun ignored the delusion and walked towards that figure who had just bent down to pick something up.
No, it was definitely her. It was Yuna, why was she here? "Yuna?" Run called out her name, almost wishing that it wasn't. But everything was the same, her adorableness, her big naive eyes, the plush unicorn toy that made her just so innocent. His hear thumped painfully against his chest. No, stop! Think, how to be cool? How to not get stupid and blushing? He tried to channel his inner Mickey, to be both casual and a womanizer at the same time. "You're cute as ever. How have you been?" He made a cool grin her way, stepping into the tiny unicorn's view. "So happy about a few coins. Look how rich I am! I guess I'll give you some charity." He opened his pouch and realized he didn't have much money at all.
...But he couldn't back down now, that would just be embarrassing! "Take it all, I've got plenty of cash." He put the money into Yuna's hand and tried to be all cool and smooth and awesome. Already the instinct to talk about all the amazing things he never did was rushing into his brain. That was when he realized that something was wrong. If Yuna was here... then clearly his utterly evil sister was here too. The smile turned into a scowl and then he saw it, a flash of energy. Someone had just let their wings open!
Time to do a sneak attack! Maybe then he could finally be strong! So Tarun snuck behind in the shrubbery, ready to jump out and punch his stupid sister right in her stupid smug face. And that's exactly what he did, bursting out to - wait, why was he being flipped into the air? Why was he on his butt on the sand of the beach? Rin had easily used his momentum against him, putting her hand against his side as he rushed at her, flipping him over with his own strength. "No violence on the island, brother." Rin said coolly, looking down at him. "Do you want me to help you up?" Run glared at her, cheeks flushed with embarrassment. Why was she here, and what was this stupid Genie doing here too? "No! Screw off! I let you beat me, that was just a warning attack!" He stood up, still dizzy from the judo-style throw.