Video - Middle of the Night of August 23-24

[guitar_case_vagabond]

[Raye being in a sour mood on one of these network posts of hers isn't a rare sight by any stretch of the imagination, but this time she's not ranting or raving or looking even particularly grumpy, but she's definitely not happy as she stands out in the street, leaning against a wall. She definitely doesn't look good though and when she speaks up at least there's almost a tremor in her voice.]

Hey. So, uh, I was doing pretty good about keeping stuff under wraps around home and all but... I guess somebody picked up what I looked like when I was grabbing that teleporter thing. So, that... kinda just blew up.

[She blows out a breath and rubs the back of her arm across her eyes, shaking her head and growling a bit.]

Look, fuck the details but does anybody out there have a couch or something? Me and Senketsu are gonna need a place to crash for--

-- for awhile.

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[guitar_case_vagabond]

[She's marching along now with a grim expression. To where she's not really fully decided just yet but she's just gotta be doing something right now rather than just standing around.

Maybe the mob's out tonight. Pushing some goon's face through the concrete doesn't sound so bad right now.]

Yeah, I'm fine.

[She is not fine.]

[charcoalfeather]

[No, she isn't. Is she.]

Raye....

[Rakka was worried, very worried. She had just been through a mess of trouble, and now so was Raye. She couldn't bear to see her friend like this.]

Raye, if you need anything...

[And she means anything.]

[guitar_case_vagabond]

[... Yeah, that's right. Rakka's loaded, isn't she? It's easy to forget with her living at the Dians' and just being... well, being Rakka. Not what you'd expect a rich girl to be like.]

Thanks, but... I'll figure this out. I'm not gonna start mooching off my friends just cause I'm in a bad spot.

[charcoalfeather]

[One of those rare spoiled sweet types. Rakka never really did talk about her wealth much, since her family life was sort of troubled.]

It wouldn't be mooching... [Okay, maybe it would be, but... yeah.]

And, you helped me out a lot. I have to return the favor somehow.

[guitar_case_vagabond]

[Rich or not, she's her friend first, end of story.]

It... kinda would be. And you don't owe me anything anyway, alright?

[She actually... smiles. A little bit. It's not very convincing.]

I'll figure... something out.

[charcoalfeather]

[Yup.]

But, I don't want to see you... like this...

[She has this problem, you see. It's called caring about her friends really hard.

But, hard as it is, she does seem to understand.]

...Okay. But, if you don't... I'll be here, okay?

[guitar_case_vagabond]

[She pauses, blinking and then looks down, nodding slightly. She's still not... used to all this. People worrying about her. It's different.]

Yeah.

[Another pause, and she glances up.]

Hey, uh, you wanna hang out or something? Maybe watch one of those cartoon shows of yours?

[She's suddenly about to find herself with a lot of spare time to fill up.]

[charcoalfeather]

[It's different for her as well, which is why she's making sure to do this.

She yawns, it was the middle of the night after all, almost not hearing Raye's question. It does catch her as a bit odd, but she wasn't going to complain.]

Uh, yeah, sure. Any time.

[guitar_case_vagabond]

Not right now or anything.

[Cause, y'know, it's the middle of the night and everything.]

Just, y'know, later or whatever.

[charcoalfeather]

Uh, yeah.

[She nods dumbly.]

Of course. Later.