Kohala Coast, Hawaii - Morning & Afternoon - Friday - February 25th

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With only two days of vacation left, time was running out for the guests to enjoy the blue skies and warm ocean breeze of Hawaii. Luckily, there were still plenty of things to do at the resort, for anyone who wasn't worn out from all the fun yet!

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Re: The Orchid Court

[angelo_wings]

Rinoa was feeling, if not great, then certainly better than she had been yesterday morning. Her shields were better, and she'd had some actual real sleep.

She spotted Bobby at breakfast and waved.

"Are those any good?" she asked.

No, Rinoa. He was scarfing them down because they sucked.

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[longislandiceme]

"I had no idea banana-macadamia-nut was even, like, a thing, but these are pretty much amazing," Bobby shared.

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[angelo_wings]

"I don't think I've ever had banana-macadamia-nut anything," Rinoa said, considering it. "But the scrambled eggs are so fluffy. I hate when you get runny eggs."

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[longislandiceme]

"Runny eggs are just sad," Bobby agreed. "You wanna sit down?" he asked, gesturing to the empty chairs around the table.

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[angelo_wings]

"I think I will," she decided, setting her plate of non-runny eggs down with a smile. "Thank you."

She was going to take a moment to fidget with her orange juice glass before adding, "I, uh, wanted to thank you for letting us kick you out of the room last night."

Re: The Orchid Court

[longislandiceme]

Bobby shrugged. "It was no big deal," he said with an easy smile. "...That came out wrong," he said, after a pause. "I don't mean that whatever she was helping you with wasn't a big deal." Not that he knew the details, but it didn't take much deductive reasoning to figure out what sort of help his telepathic girlfriend had been offering. "Just that- finding an elsewhere to be wasn't, you know?"

Bobby was rapidly approaching full-on babble mode, here.

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[angelo_wings]

"I didn't think you meant that," Rinoa said, waving a hand. "Although it wasn't ... anything all that major, either. Something about spring cleaning? She promised it wasn't ... that she couldn't go in and ..."

Rinoa was going to let that trail off and poke at her eggs.

"Anyway," she said, with a forced brightness, "she cheered things up a little and I'm feeling better."

And therefore, everything was totally fine. Honest.

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[longislandiceme]

"I'm glad," Bobby said, noticing that trail-off, yeah. "It can be hard letting someone in there, I know."

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[angelo_wings]

She nodded, quickly. "She mentioned that ... you had trouble with that, too," she said. "She didn't go into details, or anything. Just that sometimes people have ... bad experiences, and it makes them nervous about letting people in, later. Even ones they trust."

Similarly, water was a bit damp.

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[longislandiceme]

"Bad experiences sums it up pretty much," Bobby said wryly. "Telepathy by itself doesn't bother me, you know? But I've had people... twist things around, until it wasn't me in control anymore."

[ooc: REALLY REALLY GOING TO SLEEP NOW I SWEAR.]

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[angelo_wings]

Rinoa's fingers reached up for her rings, feeling the same soothing cool metal that always reassured her. One ring was her mother's, and the other Squall's. Both would protect her.

"Someone ... invaded," she said, softly. "It wasn't ... as insidious. She wasn't interested in subtlety. She made me a puppet, and used me to do her bidding, and then she ... threw me away, once it was over."

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[longislandiceme]

Bobby winced a little at that. That sounded... exactly like what Rampage had done with him, actually, only Spider-Man and Warren had managed to snap Bobby out of it before he'd carried out his mission.

"She still out there?" Bobby asked with a frown. Still a threat? he meant, really.

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[angelo_wings]

Rinoa shuddered, suddenly glad Bobby wasn't a telepath. 'Out there' wasn't her worst fear, at this moment.

"Yes," she said. "I have shields. I'll be okay."

He might be able to guess she wasn't that great a liar, though.

"How did you ... when it wasn't you. How did you get yourself back again?"

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[longislandiceme]

"...Promise you won't laugh?" It may have seemed an odd question, given the serious tone of the conversation, but- well. It had been fairly ridiculous.

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[angelo_wings]

"I promise," Rinoa said solemnly. "Whatever it was, it worked."

So if magical fuzzy woodland creatures had hugged the bad presence out of Bobby's mind, then she was going to ask if he still had the phone number for their special forest.

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[longislandiceme]

"A friend shoved me through a carwash," Bobby shared. "Shocked me back to my senses. Of course, I also smelled like car wax for a week afterward," he made a face.

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[angelo_wings]

"The carwash?" Rinoa asked, frowning. Not mocking! Not laughing! Just trying to follow along, and not quite managing it. "So ... kind of like slapping someone to get them to snap out of hysterics?"

She might be taking notes, here. Mentally, anyway.

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[longislandiceme]

"Essentially? Yeah," Bobby nodded. "I don't actually remember anything that happened while I was controlled. Just... anger," he pushed a bit of waffle around on his plate absently as he spoke. "And then, there I was, soaking wet and covered in soapsuds."

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[angelo_wings]

Rinoa shivered. "I'm so sorry," she said, quickly. "I didn't mean to make you ... relive all of that."

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[longislandiceme]

"It's okay," Bobby said, looking up and flashing her a little smile. "I hate that you had to experience that too," he added. Though at the same time, it was... not comforting, exactly, but maybe reassuring? That someone else understood his feelings about letting people in one's mind.

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[angelo_wings]

"I know," she said. "Me, too. I mean, for you. It made it easier for me to explain. I was worried ... that it would look rude. I kept wanting to ask for help and panicking and making her promise she wouldn't do anything. Not that I don't ... trust her, I just mean ..."

Well. He'd understand.

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[longislandiceme]

Bobby nodded. "Sookie's the person I trust most in Fandom." Well... she was probably tied with Warren, really, but not the point. "And, rationally, I know she'd never do what Rampage did. But it's not always easy to be rational when you're afraid." Something that the past few months with X-Factor, playing off mutants' fear of humans and vice versa, had seen fit to remind him of repeatedly.

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[angelo_wings]

Rinoa was nodding, vigorously. "Because people you trust can hurt you," she said. "My ... my ex, back home. He isn't himself, and he ... used me. I feel so stupid."

The worst part was the inky black voice of doubt. The one that said if she was unwise in trusting Seifer, maybe she shouldn't trust anyone else so easily, either.