Rebel // 65 [Action] forwarddated to evening

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[Four days. Four days since her return, and Noel hasn't stepped foot outside of House 19. Frankly, she's a little terrified of what could happen, as paranoid as it sounded. ...then again, she probably had good reason for it, too. Murdering four and injuring dozens more doesn't come without its consequences, whether you could control it or not.

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[whydidisaverick]

[Oh, he notices them walking around town all casually. And he nearly instantly recognizes Noel. He didn't forget the face of the woman who tried to kind of murder him a week or so ago. His heart rate started to rise after thinking about that particular incident but he restrains himself.

Instead of a fight, he decided to go a more casual way about this. To see if that had somehow been the Malnosso's doing.]

[whydidisaverick]

[Hey guuuys Bruce gonna be runnin' over now.]

Uh, excuse me! My friend told me she stays in House #27? But I'm kind of new here, so would any of you happen to know exactly where that is? [Complete lie, but hey! WHATCHA GON' DO.]

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[...yeah, and she remembers the guy she tried to murder. Just seeing him approach and try to speak with them actually scares her, as indicated by the gasping and stepping back without really thinking much. Way to blow your cover, Noel. Seriously.

Okay but for real RAGNA HELP D8]

[black_onslaught]

[Noel gasping is never a good thing. And he heard that guy running up, but he was just asking a question, right? That can't be too bad. Nope. Noel, stop overreacting. He'll just take charge for this, by simply stepping up a bit next to Noel.

... House 27 was awfully close to their house.] I think I have a general idea.

[dreamfandom]

[OH HAY Pascal is out for a night-time wander to the shops when she runs into Ragna and Noel. She recognises their faces from a while back when they had a conversation over the journals. Well, mostly Ragna telling her to shut the hell up and stop bothering everyone. Details, details.

Also, Noel promised to play with her sometime. Well she didn't really, Pascal kind of made that promise herself. CLEARLY THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO PURSUE THAT.]

Oh, hey hey! Long time no see!

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[YES, THIS IS CLEARLY THE RIGHT TIME.] Huh!?

[Okay, she knows this girl. She remembers her from that entry, but did she...?

What was her name again?]

P-Pas... cal?

[dreamfandom]

Yep! That's me!

Whatcha up to? Where you goin'?

[black_onslaught]

[Pascal? That sounds familiar.

... Oh. It's that girl. The annoying one. He didn't even know that Noel and Pascal knew each other, but Ragna isn't going to just kind of forget how annoyed he was talking to Pascal for the short time that they spoke. She was so goddamn loud.

Whatever. Noel can talk to her. Ragna can opt for staring at her like he doesn't give a damn. B|]

[not_meatbuns]

[Noel, you know you can't go for a walk in Luceti without running into everyone, right? Because Litchi is out for a walk as well. Seeing Ragna out with Noel is just reassurance that things seem to have returned to normal, and a small, relieved smile starts to twitch onto her lips.

She'll just give them both a short nod in greeting. If anyone understand the levels of awkward that can ensue after powers from home go overboard, Litchi definitely can. She won't push Noel to talk if she doesn't want to.]

;~;

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[... Miss Litchi.

So maybe it's true. Maybe seeing her out there initially scares Noel because of what she remembers what happened that day -- when she attacked both her and Mr. Dave. After everything that's already happened between the two of them... how could Noel still interact with her normally after this?

But dat smile. Through thick and thin, she's still smiling at her and Ragna (maybe it's just ragna she's smiling at).

Noel looks away, obviously still ashamed. You don't need to be so kind to her, Litchi. 8(]

[black_onslaught]

[Yeah, only smile at Ragna. The guy who murdered her. He doesn't really raise an eyebrow or question Litchi's intent when she nods in greeting towards them. He doesn't know what happened between Litchi and Noel during the fateful day, so he wouldn't guess otherwise. Litchi's always been nice to Noel.

He won't say anything. It's up to Noel to pursue a conversation here. It's not his place.]

[not_meatbuns]

[Litchi perfectly understands the glance away. She could hardly bring herself to look at either one of them after what happened last year, after all. And even with all that happened, she knows it wasn't really Noel who attacked her. The Murakumo, yes, but not Noel.

And so, trying not to push too hard, but still wanting to say something, she settles on:] I'm glad you're both alright now.

:|;;;;

[my_yoke_broke]

[H-hey. How's it going. Walking down a path, are you? Well, how would you feel if a figure just FELL OUT OF NOWHERE WITH A VIOLENT THUD RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. Nothing to worry about: it's just Ian following out of the treetop directly overhead.

... He was trying to get something back from a neighborhood squirrel.

It didn't work out. :|;;]

1/2 8| WELL WELL WELL

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[ALL THESE SURPRISES]

Ah!? A-Are you--

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[...it's instinct to ask, okay.

But... doesn't she recognize that green hair from somewhere? And no, not Hazama. No. It's not just somewhere, but she's sure she...

Does she? Either way, her insecurities are what immediately shuts her up, which is weird considering how she'd usually run up to help the guy.]

...

Still contemplating tagging with Elicia JUST to ruin her day more :')

[my_yoke_broke]

[He looks up, rubbing his head with the sheepiest of looks. Familiar face, Noel? Well, he's not bright enough-or knows you well enough-to put two and two together and recognize you, however difficult the puzzle is.]

Aha, I'm fine, I'm fine!

[Typically, a broken nose isn't fine. But it's okay, because it just sorta resets and is super duper. Such is his life.]

Just had a little trouble tree climbing. You'd think I'd be much better at it by now... e-eheheh...

I hope you love miserable moments, Noel

[asobouyo]

[Oh, look who it is, suddenly running by; Elicia's playing in the front yard with the fake sword Law'd given her, 'training' like he showed her how. Of course, she doesn't even notice the blond just yet, in her focus.]

She'd better. Right?

[black_onslaught]

[Since Ragna is kind of hanging around Noel like a bad odor, he sees Elicia first. Because he's a pro.

And immediately recognize her. Not from story time, but from that big ass poster that Hughes was carrying around the plaza. Nothing too serious. It just puts Ragna into a WAT mood.]

B| /TRAUMA

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[And not a moment too soon, Noel will see her as well! Unfortunately, Elicia is one of those people Noel was hoping she wouldn't run into again for a long, long time.

She immediately averts her eyes away and keeps her focus on the ground. Please don't look this way, please don't look this way.]

1/? I don't even know

[asobouyo]

[She doesn't even notice Noel first. She notices the figure from her small journal screen, looking silly in her direction.]

Hey-!!