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<IBUKI> hello!! ibuki mioda here!!! ﾟ.+:｡(≧∇≦)ﾉﾟ.+:｡
<IBUKI> if you're here to talk to ibuki, leave her a message!! okay?
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she's here for u snad
[Speech deflected or not, she's still worried about him. And, as usual, she's not frightened by him at all, either.
In fact - hearing him snarl just gets her to stand up straighter, her own mane of hair unintentionally raising a bit with the motion.
... And she's going to walk right up to him, too.]
Ibuki knew you had to be upset - [Said as she wags a claw in his direction -] and snarling at her just proves it! So... why?
What happened?
[At least she's not going to climb on him or anything.
Yet.
But after only the shortest pause, she does tack on something else.]
... You've never told me to go away, before.
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She'll only keep prying. He can be short about it still. ]
Jotaro and Josuke are gone. I need a break. I don't want to be around anyone.
When will you listen, Ibuki? When will you just shut up and listen?
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[Said with a deep frown, crossing her arms. She's just about a foot from him.]
All Ibuki does is listen, y'know? But that doesn't mean she's gotta agree with what she hears, too.
Friendship's really important to me. ... You could kinda say it's Ibuki's fatal flaw. [A joke at her own expense, though she does know better to laugh right now.]
But - you're a really important friend to me, too. So... even though you said not to come here or to work or any of that, Ibuki's here nonetheless.
[... He's right about her talking too much, though, and she knows it - so instead of saying anything else, she uncrosses her arms and gently places her paw-like hands on his tail.]
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[ He doesn't swat her paws away if that means anything. ]
Do you understand what's going on now?
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Mhm. Jotaro-chan and Josuke-chan are gone, like you said. Like how Ibuki's classmates all left before she got here, too.
[She doesn't know much beyond "they're not on the peninsula anymore", though.
But she does pause for a second, her ears going back as her gaze drops down to her hands on his scales.]
... U-unless, um - unless they're gone like Gundam-chan and Fuyuhiko-chan, you mean. But...
You'd be a lot more upset if it was like that, right?
[Hopefully he knows what happened to them, or at least understands her tone, because it's exactly as she's implying.
They're dead. Very much so.
She's kind of unsettlingly blasé about it.]
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I don't know, Ibuki. How or what isn't what I'm having to parse right now.
They are all I had left from home.
[ like, even Jotaro TECHNICALLY even though he was Weird Busted Timeline Jotaro. ]
They weren't the only positive things I had. Obviously. [ He motions VAGUELY to her. ] We worked... Really hard.
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[Even though it was vague, it was still at her - and though she doesn't let herself smile, her tails still start to sway a bit to show that she caught it.
Still looking at her hands, though, she rubs one against his tail a bit... before climbing over the loop of scales, settling with her arms around his stomach.
For once she doesn't know what to say. Well - she knows what she wants to say, but at the same time, she really, really doesn't want to get deep and philosophical with him.
Sure, maybe it'd be impressive, but it took a long time to trust Hinata with that side of her, and Rohan's not... there yet.
So, instead.]
... Ibuki's sorry you're the one who's gotta deal with all this. I... I know it probably really seems like Ibuki doesn't understand, or maybe doesn't care, but, like - I do!
Ibuki gets what's going on here, and...
I'm here if you need me.
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[ That HAS to be a compliment??? Right?????
He brings up a hand and pats the top of her head. RUFFLING HER HAIR A LITTLE... ]
I will be fine. Having setbacks get me down has never been my style. [ Yet he hasn't said that he can't draw. ] You believe me, right? Of course you do. You're one of my biggest fans, aren't you?
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And she can't help bonking her head against his hand with that hair ruffle, her expression stretching out into a big smile.]
BZZZZT - wrong!
Ibuki's not just "one of" your biggest fans! She is the biggest of Rohan-chan's fans!
After all... Rohan-chan is one of Ibuki's best friends!
[That's said without an ounce of hesitation, even followed with a little, fox-like laugh.
Almost like he's instantly drawn all that cheer she's been trying to stifle right out of her. Huh.]
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Ah... My mistake. [ His lips do pull into a little smile. ] I won't forget that next time. Forgive me.