TAT PLOT PART THE 2

[justanimitator]

[Fresh off this thread, Len is wandering around the area where he could swear the mansion was. He doesn't have a nifty GPS like some robots, but he actually is pretty good at finding his way around...

So where is his home?]

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[treatandtrick.livejournal.com]

Ah! So this is where you were!

[Though she had, as usual, come from seemingly nowhere, Rin was now peeking out from behind a tree that Len had only just walked by.]

We were starting to get worried, you know!

[justanimitator]

Rin-san I... I got lost!

[treatandtrick.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, I'm not surprised. [Rin waves a hand dismissively as she comes out from behind the tree, walking over to Len.] That seems to happen to most people. I can't imagine why!

I suppose the trees all look the same. But don't worry! [She comes up along side Imi and wraps both her arms around one of his.] I'll just lead you back myself!

[justanimitator]

S-- so I am not the only one?

[he feels a little less... what was the term Miku-san used? slow-witted? now]

Thank you!

[treatandtrick.livejournal.com]

Nope, it happens to just about everyone except Dearest Brother and I. Oh, and Rini of course.
It takes a while to get used to these woods, I suppose!

[She smiles.] Of course, Len!

[justanimitator]

Oh!

Um, I do u-- usually follow Rini-san...

Sorry you... you had to come find me.

[treatandtrick.livejournal.com]

It's alright; you'll just have to be a bit more careful about not wandering off on your own, right?

[justanimitator]

I'll be very careful, Rin-san!

Um, but what it happens again when I am taking a... a walk?

[treatandtrick.livejournal.com]

You take Rini or I with you, obviously!

[justanimitator]

I-- if it doesn't bother you!

[he feels bothersome. a lot]

[treatandtrick.livejournal.com]

Don't be silly, I can always make time for a Len ♥!

[justanimitator]

[she's so nice!]

...

[treatandtrick.livejournal.com]

[Oh yes, the absolute nicest.]

Oh, will you look at that? Home already!

[oideoide.livejournal.com]

[Once Len is inside the house and off on his own, everything settles into the eerie quiet the place always carries, not even letting the sounds of the forest outside penetrate its walls. Not that the forest offers many sounds to begin with.

So, when a voice casually calls out from the shadows, the breaking of that silence is quite abrupt.]

Get lost?

[justanimitator]

[startled, Len jumps a little. he wasn't expecting someone to suddenly speak]

L-- Len-san!

I... I did...

[looks a little embarassed at that]

[oideoide.livejournal.com]

[This Len stays where he is, leisurely leaning against a wall.]

Silly thing. You know that's what happens when you wander off.

[justanimitator]

I-- I know...

I was... was trying to stay near the mansion.

[oideoide.livejournal.com]

Dearest Sister would have been quite distraught should you have gotten too lost.

[justanimitator]

D-- 'distraught'?

[doesn't know that word]

[oideoide.livejournal.com]

Upset.

[He takes a step forward.]

Troubled.

[Step.]

Anxious.

[Step.]

Concerned.

[He finally stops, about an arm's length away.]

[justanimitator]

[with each word, Len looks more and more guilt-stricken and unhappy]

I-- I wasn't trying... I... I mean, I don't want her to feel... feel...

[oideoide.livejournal.com]

Worried sick because of you?

[justanimitator]

Yes.

I-- I'm not... not worth...

[oideoide.livejournal.com]

[Go on, little one.

Say it.]

[justanimitator]

I don't... don't deserve it.