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[foolishwren]

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[wtf he just got home and already his laptop is beeping at him with a private message. What even?

...oh no. It was heather. why was it heather??? Had he been found out so soon?!]

uh yea. sure. of cours. y??? is something rong??

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[foolishwren]

come thru the window i think som1 might be watching the door

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ummmm. o... k.

[now he's not sure what this is about after all...

Well, at least it doesn't take long to get to her apartment. He alights on the little plant balcony outside the window. It's a tight fit, so he quickly raps on the glass with one of his tail telsons]

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[foolishwren]

_{[The curtains-- or, well, aka a blanket that Heather tacked up over the window because there WERE no curtains-- are drawn, but at the tapping, she whips them aside and opens the window to let him in.]}

Quick, before someone sees!

_{[Her voice is hushed and the second he's inside, she shuts the window and smooths the blanket back over it again.]}

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Um... Yeah, sure.

[Now Rin REALLY doesn't know what's going on. He hops into the room and brushes himself off] What do you mean, before someone sees? I don't think anyone cares, Heather...

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[foolishwren]

_{[She peeps out through the crack between the blanket and the windowframe before turning back to him, her expression dark and DEAD SERIOUS.]}

No.

I think someone's been watching my apartment.

Maybe even the whole BUILDING.

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[o... kay....

Heather has always had a loose screw but this is... um.

He blinks and purses his lips when she stares him down with that look. S-scary...]

Ah... What... what makes you think that?

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[foolishwren]

_{[She moves aside and gestures with a wing, revealing.... the flowerpot and the dead squirrel.]}

They left THIS at my door!

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[Rin's face turns as white as a sheet when he sees the flowers and the dead squirrel.

She didn't even eat it!!

He stares for a moment, then he shakes his head quickly]

Eh...? W-well... it looks like a present to me! A really thoughtful present! [ahem. He approaches the gift he'd parted with less than an hour ago and reads the tag, as if he didn't know what it already said] From a secret admirer! I think it's kind of sweet.

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[foolishwren]

<sub>[IT COULD HAVE POISON OR LIKE... ROOFIES IN IT!!!!!!]

[Only in this freakin' place would you need to worry about someone slipping you roofies via dead squirrel, but THIS IS THE WORLD THEY LIVE IN NOW.]

[She huffs in exasperation, clearly frustrated that Rin doesn't find this whole thing as alarming as she does.]</sub>

Dude, seriously? It's ME. Someone like me doesn't wind up with secret admirers! Not normal ones!

THIS is... this is a threat. It's gotta be!

No one leaves me shit like this except-- ... augh, never mind!

You gotta help me stake out the building.

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[of course he's not upset!! HE THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT WHAT TO GET HER!! He even got a damn POTTED plant so Henry wouldn't bitch and complain about his "poor, chopped up brethren" or whatever he had said.]

Well... I don't think it's so strange, I mean... [he mumbles something under his breath]

[stake out the.... what?! Is she KIDDING?]

Wait! We don't... have to do that!! What if.... what if I told you... um... that.... I.... I knew... who left it!

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[foolishwren]

_{[Okay, THAT makes her pause, and she stares at Rin with big gold eyes.]}

... You do?

You know who left it?

Who was it?!

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I can't just TELL you!! They... they swore me to secrecy!! I mean, that's the point of a "secret" admirer, isn't it? But I can tell you for sure... it's not a stalker! A stalker would like... send pictures of you taken from bushes and stuff, right? Not a super thoughtful plant and a snack. [Rin why are you blushing. He can feel the heat on his face, so he turns away]

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[foolishwren]

<sub>[Poor Rin. He is getting more than he bargained for.]

[Completely disregarding the manticore's blustering, Heather has started to pace, tapping her talons on her chin.]</sub>

If it's someone we both know, that narrows things down... it can't be Ginko, he's like... old... same with Henry...

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[way, way more...]

Why do you have to try an' figure it out? Can't you just let it be what it is?

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[foolishwren]

Oh, come on!

_{[She huffs, gesturing to the flowerpot.]}

You're telling me that if you got a secret admirer letter, YOU wouldn't try to figure out who it was?

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W-well...! I might! A little... but o-obviously, if they're secret, they don't feel comfortable coming forward directly!

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[foolishwren]

Well if they LIKE you, why should they feel uncomfortable? Why sneak around??

_{[... Gee I don't know Heather, MAYBE IN CASE THEY GOT A REACTION LIKE THIS?]}

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Uh... well... You know. Maybe because sometimes people react like this?

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[foolishwren]

W- well-- I'm reacting because of the anonymity! If someone handed me something like this to my FACE, well-- I'd still be a little freaked, but I wouldn't be SUPER freaked!

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[Rin just sighs. This turned out just... terribly.]

Well, for what it's worth, I don't smell anything off about the squirrel, so it's safe to eat. Just try and relax, huh?

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[foolishwren]

_{[You couldn't have known, Rin.]}

Don't tell me to relax!

_{[PUFF PUFF PUFF.]}

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[flashover]

!! I uh!! I didn't mean anything by it. Just like... you know... for your blood pressure. And stuff.