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[gandere]

[ Being a mother... isn't as easy as it sounds, Rin's painfully discovering. While the boy she adopted is a sweet little thing, he is also a boy and Rin is lacking in experience when it comes to boys that age. In Japan they were proper and didn't mingle much with girls so there's minimal experience from her childhood to go by. Growing up, there was a baby sister for a few years, but she doesn't like to think about those times either so it's no good. She's been a mother for a week and she's already crawling to her locket after asking around. Turns out most of her close companions either suck at parenting (thanks Saber for everything Mordred) or just planned to never have children at all (because that's helpful, Waver), leaving her in the dark. If only there were self help books available, but of course there's not.

Plus this gives her a reason to actually pester people. See what's been going on now that Caer Scima is rubble and everyone is scattered throughout the world. Let people know she's alive. Give them a chance to speak with her before she shut her locket for good. So here's one Rin, dressed tomboyish for her poking around for all to see. ]

Boys are really a handful, aren't they? No--before you ask--I'm not having relationship problems. I mean little boys. I'm not sulking, but it's really kind of hard to think of activities for someone his age-! [ She's brooding pretty fiercely by now. ] When I was seven years old, all I ever wanted to do was study, so why won't he?

[ Just in case anyone in Allaidh Darach needed further proof that Rin Tohsaka was a nerd. ]

I don't even know what to feed him since Emiya left. [ Yes, that's a public jab at his departure today. She's still a bit sour over it. ] He's a stupid boy, so he knows what boys need! What if I don't have enough of the right vegetables and his growth is stunted as a result. That can happen, can't it?!

[ There's a sound in the background that causes her to nearly drop her locket, the magus fumbling with it for a few seconds before it lands solidly in her palm. ]

Crap, crap, crap! What if he heard-?! Oh no, he's going to think he's an inconvenience and—[ Snapping the locket shut. It'll be a couple minutes to confirm it's clear before she replies to anyone. ]

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[gandere]

[ Huffing up. Don't call her a harpy when she's clearly more feline in nature. ]

A babysitter? I suppose I could force Rider and Saber to take him camping... is that adventure enough, king?

[babbylon]

[Look, if he's King of @#$%ing Flowers, he'll call you a harpy whenever he wants. Dem's the Drabwurld breaks, kiddo.]

Those two? Their idiocy combined will lose twenty of your children. Pass.

[gandere]

[ SHE'S THE ARTIFICER OF TRADE. Respect the title! ]

I'm not going to have twenty children. Can you imagine how I'd look after that-?!

I'd die!

[babbylon]

Can't go ruining that flawless figure, hm? Smart woman.

[ohboyherewego]

[gandere]

[ Game recognizes game. ] See, you understand.

Even birthing one child might possibly ruin my good looks.

[babbylon]

That seems doubtful. You're awfully light as it is... or shall we say "spry"? Slender? Superb?

[He'd say some other things that aren't Quite Appropriate for public ears, but he's minding his business and distracting himself with food. For now.]

[gandere]

If you're trying to get on my good side, you're going the wrong way about it.

[ A lie.

Complimenting her goes a long way. Continue to inflate that ego. ]

[babbylon]

[Gilgamesh licks a bit of that food off his finger with such cattiness, only an Archer could ever hope to pull it off.]

The King renders his judgment thus, above any dispute: I find all angles of you pleasant and all sides of equal importance.

[gandere]

Next you'll tell me I'm the fairest in all the land. [ She teases a bit before reality hits her.

Conversing with him publicly wasn't good. What if Saber were to see this? Then again, it wasn't as if Saber view his presence as troubling earlier on, but maybe she misunderstood. ]

Don't you have something better to do than to pay attention to these lockets?

[babbylon]

Don't I "belong" to you, pretty heiress?

[And that's also spoken with deliberate exposure. Not that Gilgamesh adheres to the claim in the slightest, and she should know it even outside their little agreement, but he has no issue leveraging whatever he pleases in any venue he pleases.

Let her watch. It's not as if his reputation hasn't taken his fair share of dings already, courtesy of one fallen king.]

Fairest in all the land isn't much of a compliment. I suspect that's not what you want to hear, anyway.

[gandere]

What is it that you think I do want to hear? [ Dangerous, dangerous territory, but she won't change the subject.

Doing so will only expose a weakness within her, one that the sovereign of this world might see fit to exploit. ]

It does please me to hear you've accepted that.

[babbylon]

Words that no one could give you.

[Not anymore, at least. His smile turns chilly.]

Not even from a King's lips, Rin Tohsaka. They are not mine to deliver.

[gandere]

[ There remains a slim possibility that in some alternate world, he didn't meet his end. That at some point in her future in Allaidh Darach he could come here and their paths will meet; father will recognize heir and together they will do incredible things. ]

So you don't know. [ Rin manages to say (meekly) around gritted and bared teeth. ]

[babbylon]

What I know you wouldn't understand, magus.

[And still he skirts around the topic. But he had his fun, confirmed Rin for the huffy, puffy not-so-big cat underneath all those boyish clothes, so he settles back with a shrug and a loosening of his brow.]

But however you live your life here, and whatever you might do with it, I'm intrigued. If an heir for an heiress might soothe her...

[It won't. It'll never fill the gap. Doesn't she realize that? Back to smiling in that secretive way again.]

Well, I can't really raise complaint. Mine is the spirit of adventure, so call upon it again if you're unsure.

[gandere]

[ It's too close for comfort for her and instead of standing her ground, Rin fumbles with the locket until she can snap it shut. He's right, accurately so, and it leaves her filling unfulfilled as well as sour with her situation. ]