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[findherway]

[having been out and about when the rainstorm started, Raine is indeed very wet and cold as she attempts to find her way back home. Unfortunately finding one's way home in normal weather is easier than in cold wet and rather scary weather. So yes she's a bit lost and jumpier than usual :(]

... ummm, no this way... m-maybe...

[jumps at a rather

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[expandyourworld]

[ Unfortunately for Raine, Neku provides an additional source of creepy noise. That's because, due to lack of an umbrella, he commandeered a large wooden board somewhere and now holds it up above his head in order to keep the rain away. Water hitting against the wood is noisier than one would expect. ]

Hey, lady... You okay?

[findherway]

[that noise does not help the jumpiness, no]

!!

... N-no like loud... want go home...

[expandyourworld]

...Oh, come on. It's just a board.

You're soaked, right? You can have it.

[findherway]

Still loud... [startled at the thunder again]

...? O-oh... really?

[expandyourworld]

My clothes are water-proof. [ And it's probably better to not know how he learned to endure such loud noise. In either case, he shifts his grip on the board so she can easily grab it. ]

Take it. You need it more than I do.

[findherway]

[carefully reaches up to take it] O-oh... thank you...?

[expandyourworld]

No need to thank me. I just... Ugh. [ With the spikiness of Neku's hair falling victim to the rain, he ends up having to brush it out of his eyes. ] I'll just wait it out in one of the empty buildings.

[findherway]

[headtilts at him]

O-okay ....

[expandyourworld]

...Will you stop giving me that puppy look? You're older than me, right?

Sure, I can't stop this rain with my Psychs, but it won't kill me.

[findherway]

... older? [headtilts]

[expandyourworld]

Don't tell me you aren't. You look at least five years older.

[findherway]

Oh... really? [And nope, she doesn't quite get it]