[009] ♥ [action] [the quad!]

[derped]

[Being seventeen really, really didn't feel all that much different from sixteen (especially when he hadn't really felt like he was sixteen in the first place). As birthdays went, it'd been better than others; at least here school had already started, and some people had ... wished him a happy birthday (a thing that didn't happen so much when you

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[carmineblight]

[Axel will be passing by, eating a hotdog, apparently from the cafeteria. And wait, wasn't that the mousy guy he was rooming with?]

Gambling?

[derped]

[...yes. Yes it was. Rion looks up at his roommate and just sort of shrugs, then puts the cards down to write.]

They're Triple Triad cards. I don't really know how to play, though, so...

[carmineblight]

Triple Triad? And playing alone?

[Sounds vaguely familiar. But give Axel old-fashioned cards any day. Luxord taught him the best ways to cheat.]

[derped]

I'm not playing alone. I'm just looking at them.

[... really, though, he frowns at the thought. Is he even going to have anyone to play with? That'd be a little depressing, having cards and yet not being able to play with anyone.]

[macgyvered]

[ here, have an einiona (who undoubtedly was one of those birthday-wishers already, and in fact is passing through the quad after doing a rather more public birthday-wishing than rion probably could ever conceive of someone perpetrating on his behalf), doin' that thing she does where she rests an arm on his shoulder and peers down at what's in his hands like she's not invading his personal space at all (and, weirdly, she really doesn't think of it that way with rion, it's just "oh hey it's a rion /leans on", and that is how it goes).

[ it's ... a card game. huh. ]

What you got there, birthday boy?

[derped]

[...really, he'd been thinking about putting them away. Rion is noticeably less enthusiastic than before. He puts them down for the moment to reply to her, not really casting a second glance at them.

(He also doesn't appear to notice/mind Einiona's invasion of his personal space; this is, er, normal.]

Triple Triad cards. My mom sent them, but I don't know how to play, so...

[macgyvered]

[ well, it is normal. for, you know, einiona. ]

Yeah well, don't you go looking at me for help, I'm as lost as you - hm.

[ she frowns and leans down and in just a bit, not really nudging him with the motion but almost. she also doesn't ask "hey, you okay?" on his birthday - god, what do you think she is, rude or something? it's his birthday, he doesn't need fussing. ]

Maybe we can learn together, something like? I'm sure they've got manuals in the library. It could be a thing. You could invite Minako ...

[derped]

[He nods a little bit in reply, though it doesn't look like he's entirely paying attention. He'll put the cards away for now, so he can reply properly and without ... being distracted.]

It'd be fun to learn. I know a lot of kids play it, at least.

[...he's not going to respond to the last bit because it's pretty easy to see he's picked up on that as being teased, and he really is not in the mood for that anymore.]

[fierybluebird]

Having fun?

[derped]

[Noncommittal shrug, for now. Rion would not call what he's been doing 'having fun'. He was earlier! ... not so much now.]

[fierybluebird]

Little birdie mentioned it was your birthday. These presents?

[Because Marco is in the card club.]

[derped]

Yeah, but I don't really know how to play.

[To be honest, he doesn't seem so enthused by them as he was earlier. They're kinda neat and all, but... having people try to *take* them kinda puts a damper on how neat they are.]

[heartlinks]

[ Target spotted!

Hiding the surprise behind her back, Minako sneaks up quietly behind and calls out only when she is a few feet away. ]

Rion!

[derped]

[Rion jumps and then looks around - despite him having been looking somewhat :/, he does smile when he notices Minako. He waves a little shyly towards her, not really ... noticing that she's hiding something behind her back.]

[heartlinks]

[ She's going to walk forward, pretending all is normal and she's not really hiding something behind her back. At all. ]

Is something wrong?

[derped]

[... he doesn't really want to answer this, and doesn't really know how to answer it without writing a lot anyway, so the most Minako gets is a sort of half-hearted shrug. He doesn't really want to explain it here, anyway, or really whine to her (that would make him look like a baby, which is not a thing he'd like to do even if he would like to be able to confide in her).

Dilemma.

He has noticed by this point that she's got something behind her back, but he doesn't really ... think anything of it, or ask about it. The fact that it might be something for him is not something that crosses his mind.]