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[flameguard]

the placing of these next to each other is exquisite

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[flameguard]

That would be embarrassing...

[ he says, with a laugh, resting the tip of the sword carefully down in the ground. ]

Good morning. You're nearly the opposite of me, I think...! [ when it comes to drawing attention. also she's half his size ] That's not the first time I've heard that one.

[allomantic]

Force of habit, I suppose.

[sometimes you just have assassin instincts]

Either way, I wouldn't recommend letting your guard down.

[flameguard]

Haha. "You can't ever sneak up on someone when their guard is never down."

[ rondo repeats, like perhaps.. this is a phrase he's heard many times... ]

I'm really bad at sneaking up on anyone, but I guess I never thought about it in the reverse, either...

[allomantic]

It doesn't seem like something you'd be skilled in, no.

[she doesn't actually say that in a particularly mean way but also vin please]

Who said that to you?

[flameguard]

Mhm.... Well, I've learned not to yell "you're wide open" when rushing someone for a surprise attack anymore, so, there's room to improve!

[ HE JUST AGREES

anyway - he brightens a little at first, and then it fades, and rondo sheathes the sword, looking down. ] ... Someone very dear to me.

[ vin can see as he says that, some ink forms on his chest, on his heart. Not being able to stop him. ]

[allomantic]

[he does seem like the kind of person who would do that but there's still a moment where her expression is like ??????. sir. the wording is a distraction, and it's clear from the look on her face that she saw it even if she doesn't comment on it.]

I see. Well - they were correct.

[flameguard]

[ listen ]

Haha... yeah.... he... [ ..... ] ...well, there are a lot of things he was correct about.

[ there's a beat, as he reads vin's face - his expression goes ?? and then, he looks down at himself - spotting the ink splat, his expression falls a little, and he reaches up to touch it with two fingertips, absently. ]

...Ha. This is a strange curse, isn't it...?

[allomantic]

...It's very annoying.

[but she thinks Many Things are annoying, so.]

[flameguard]

I'm mostly just amazed it goes through my clothes...

[ he prods a little at the spot again, seeing if it'll move. it does not. ]

... um, it's... fine. It's not a big deal.

[allomantic]

[watches him do this]

Is it uncomfortable at all?

[as she asks, ink reading the collapse spreads across her arm]

[flameguard]

No - honestly, I didn't even notice it until...

[ he trails off, because he looks at her arm. ]

....um, Miss Vin. [ nodding his head a little to her arm... ]

[allomantic]

[looks down with a sigh, but rather than commenting on it directly:]

'Miss' isn't necessary.

[flameguard]

...Vin, then.

[ ... ]

Do you want me to pretend I didn't see it?

[allomantic]

[she shrugs]

If you're not actually able to forget it, I don't want you to pretend you did.

[flameguard]

[ frowning... but, after a moment, he smiles? reassuring? ]

-- Well, if it helps, I don't know what it means. [ ehe... though he does want to ask, but he can be respectful. ]

[allomantic]

I hardly know what it means, either. It's a historic event where I'm from, but not really a negative one.

[frowns, as usual.]

It doesn't matter. Like you said, it isn't painful.

[flameguard]

[ vin why is your brain soup ]

A historic event...? That is really strange... [ ?? ??? rondo touches his own again, frowning. his is definitely extremely personal. ] I think they change, too... Mine said something different, earlier.

[allomantic]

[her brain is fine don't worry about it]

What did it say earlier?

[flameguard]

[ i love her just asking. SHE GETS FREE LORE THOUGH because he rubs the spot, absently. ]

... It was about my sister.

[allomantic]

[some people here talk so easily and she's stinky so she will take advantage of it]

I see.

[she sounds curious, but she doesn't say more than that for now.]

[flameguard]

[ dumps lore into her arms ]

Mmm. [ the words seem to melt and change as if they're responding - the phrase shifting into new words, now. leaving her behind. ]

... My little sister - she's a little younger than you are. I haven't been able to see her in person in a long time. Years, now.

[allomantic]

[hesitating for a moment, her voice going a little tenser.]

...Why?

[flameguard]

...Because I joined the Knights Ardante.

I wasn't going to - even though I really wanted to, I had a responsibility to my house. Not only that, but, when we were kids, I swore to protect her from anything and everything I could. But... Cordelia was the one who convinced me to go. [ rondo says with a little bit of a laugh, ducking his head. ]

She said that I was being considerate of her feelings, but she could tell that I wanted to join the Knights. So... I gave up my last name to begin training to be the Flameguard with her blessing.

I think about her every day. [ his baby sister 🥹 ]

[allomantic]

[this is so cute lifts my son up

but unfortunately she's just silent for a long moment, the ink on her arm fading before it's replaced with one word - "reen".]

I suppose that's a good reason.

[flameguard]

[ ME POINTING I KNOW THAT NAME ]

She's also far smarter than me - she's a better head of the house than I ever would have been. [ he really just says it

there's a long pause, and after a moment, he chances, some of the normal rondo enthusiasm fading away into something softer, more gently concerned: ] ...Who's Reen?