rondo!!!!

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pinches his cheek (face)

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w0 saturday

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[hi rondo are you enjoying your food in the refectory.... lavi will pop up beside him, elbows on the table as he leans on his hand, single eye twinkling...]

Who's Sir Sazantos?

[AT LEAST SAY HI]

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[ oh!! rondo is absolutely enjoying his food, he is chowing down on whatever meal is currently in front of him, enough that when lavi pops up he almost chokes. he pauses, fork raised comically to his mouth, and is about to say something, and then lavi asks that question and by god does it stop him in his tracks.

all of his immediate and obvious bright energy like, freezes. he blinks, almost stunned? before he remembers the bulletin board, and... there's a long, long pause.

rondo looks down at his plate, his expression dropping, brows knitting together immediately as he considers the question, swallowing down the bite of what he was eating too slowly. ]

...

[ how does he even... when he finally speaks up, his voice is very quiet. ]

.... Sir Sazantos is... [ ... ] My mentor. And...someone very dear to me.

[ and then it's followed up with a small, sheepish smile. ] Why do you ask...?

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[Lavi waits for the inevitable kick to the head -- the pair of nice solid boots that belong to his mentor, who'd definitely take this moment to scold Lavi deeply for asking a personal question out of nowhere, and then apologize to Rondo on behalf of his stupid, foolish pupil.

but he's not here, so Lavi makes do with the apologetic expression on his face instead, looking sympathetic]

Sorry. My Gramps always says I'm too nosy for my own good. He's actually my mentor too.

[is he dear to him? perhaps! (he is)]

Let's start over. [HE STICKS OUT A GLOVED HAND] I'm Lavi! Nice to meet ya.

week 0, monday

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[ on this fine monday, lavi can find rondo... in a faceoff with one of the crows. he's staring at it. it's staring at him. they are both basically t-posed as if one of them is going to move at any second. rondo has a note in his hand.

(a tumble weed rolls by)

and then with a - ] Hrrraah!! [ he goes rUNNING TO TRY AND CATCH THE BIRD which immediately squawks, pecks him and flies out of his grasp. ] - Owowowow....Aw, no...

[ good morning ]

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[HELP

Lavi just watches this happen like it's free real estate, waiting in suspense..... to see who emerges as victor -- and oh, the crow's flying away...]

Making friends?

w0 sunday

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[Lavi is making a loose circuit around town to nosily see what people are up to, which obviously includes Rondo!!! Who he makes a bee-line for, clapping a hand on his shoulder once he gets near]

Hey. Wanna take a walk?

[rip to whatever rondo is in the middle of doing ig]

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[ who knows what he was doing... he was rondoing... anyway!!! his shoulder is clapped! rondo looks up from wherever he was in his head, spots lavi, and smiles at him. ]

I'd love to, Lavi. [ his smile's a little tired, but it's no less warm than usual, and he dips his head. ] I could certainly use the company.

week 1, monday

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[ it's island time! when lavi finds rondo, he will find him in the barn area, sitting on the ground with one of the barn cats he seems to have befriended! he's scritching it behind the ears when he notices he has company, and he looks up and grins. dani the sheltie is also here? someone just naturally has a good affinity with animals (its because he's a dog) ]

Good morning, Lavi. This is a nice change of pace, isn't it?

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[disney princess aesthetic wow]

I'll say. I don't think I've ever been this happy to see the sunset.

[he'll hop on over to join rondo!!! and fold up his leggies to sit next to him.

and then immediately start patting rondo on the head]

w2, monday

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[hi cyoa buddy IF YOU HAVE A MEM IN MIND FOR LAVI THEN GIMME

otherwise ig rescue, betrayal, or stolen??? ANY!!! forces you to give me a mem first bc it'll take ages for me to get mine up]

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[ god you're so valid.

when lavi and rondo get swallowed up by the void, the first thing lavi might notice is that it's hot. there's this awful, sticky, heavy feeling of humidity, fire, and...

then he gets a fun memory!

when it ends, rondo has one hand on his own throat, and he sucks in a sharp, awful breath. whew. ]

week 2, friday

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[ haha

well

rondo's really good at bouncing back from tragedy. he's used to tragedy, he's used to loss, but there's - there's just nothing that could have prepared him for this. for the first time, he's not running around looking for people after death has struck. today he's just sitting by the blue, blue pyre on the ground, his arms around his knees.

it becomes very, immediately clear that he's crying. silently, but he's crying. ]

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[i almost said SOOTS YOU for this tag but the fault is actually with ray and zia and ty so ill explode them instead

Grief is so well-worn and so very familiar, especially on other people -- not so much Rondo, though there are times when Lavi's seen it, when speaking of Sazantos, when discussing the others who have passed, but not like this. open grief, deep mourning. Lavi drops down to the ground next to him, pressing one hand on his shoulder as the other clutches a long bladed weapon.

he doesn't say anything. simply sits there with a hand on Rondo's shoulder, and waits]

w2 saturday

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[the emotional turmoil of this saturday compared to yesterday ain't worth it damn

anyway Lavi is heading over to try and find Rondo!! you said hard to find but he'S LOOKING!!!! WHERE IS HE]

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[ me, friday, naive: surely it cannot get worse surely another piece of my extremely close cr cant be the killer(s)
me, today:

ANYWAY YEAH he's a little harder to find than usual today, but, rondo pretty much always makes his way back to one place on saturdays - that blue, blue fire. he's far enough away from the camille bubble and the fire itself that he can't see either of them, but he's just sitting here, injuries glowing softly in the dim light, curled up with his arms around his knees and his chin on them.

weh. ]

w3 mon

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[they're in the academy library!! lavi wanders on over to wherever Rondo is, i assign him reading a book because this is MY PC starter.

anyway he slams his hand on the wall Rondo is leaning against, kabedon.]

Hey. Whatcha reading?

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[ okay i know it's alpha week but i just need you to understand how perfectly this move works on rondo by which i mean

his entire face goes SCARLET red when he gets kabedon'd, and he looks... down at lavi, shrinking a little, stunned, flustered, and ]

Huh? [ completely forgets he was asked a question as he nearly drops his book.

kyaa ]

w3, sat

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[ saturday again... so many problems....

rondo is out by the pyre as usual, though... today he's standing, hands resting on the hilt of his sword. he just looks really tired, lit up by the light of the blue flame, but when he sees lavi, he immediately nods his head in greeting. ]

...good evening, Lavi.

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[Lavi waves a hand back as he comes over to join him. he's also carrying a glass of water which he will hand over to Rondo, hydrate ]

...Hey. You gonna stay out here the whole night?

w4 monday

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[THE WAY ALL MY PCS ARE DATED TO NIGHT TIME...

horse man stands at the shore of the lake... Man..... he'll wave at Rondo when he sees him,]

Hey, Ronnie.

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[ man.... ]

Lavi! [ Junior? Wait stop thinking that think about anything else!!! ] You're back to normal, I see...

wk 4, tues

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[ ha ha ha...yaey....!!!!

rondo is out by the water after all that ended. it was great! it wasn't. he's got his hair down at the moment, falling in uneven, messy curls down his back, and he's playing with something in his hands - not avoiding company by any means, but letting people come to seek him if they would like.

he does not seem to have noticed he has company yet, though.... maybe he's fuming about laudna... whose to say ]

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[FUMING ABOUT LAUDNA. THE TIMING OF THIS CURSE IS SO FUNNY

Lavi will come straight up to Rondo and clap a hand on his shoulder, and then pass him a slip of paper.]

Probably should have shown you yesterday, but here. Think you might wanna see it.

—been monitoring everyone's conditions upon arrival, and after a month of consistent results, it seems safe to conclude this much: no one here has a connection to their monsters. They lose their power and forego the ability to grant themselves a wish, but in turn, can no longer be possessed and manipulated by the cult in such a way.

Could it have something to do with this place? Meanwhile, they've only been getting themselves into more trouble lately, which is a headache, but I can't discourage their efforts.

w6 weds

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[ HELLO

rondo's here! he's got a smoothie? its from some mysterious place called j*mba j*ice. he's also lost the top half of his kigu and his it tied around his waist. at the moment he's just kind of looking around and watching people interact - when he sees lavi, though, he smiles at him and waves. ]

Lavi! It looked like you all were having fun. [ your omegaverse... ]

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[NOT THE J*MBA J*ICE

Lavi will head over and abandon the omegaverse sign on top of the wine barrel,]

Don't tell anyone, but I still don't really get the omegaverse.

[HE WON'T CLAIM CREDIT FOR THE BOOTH]