call me out RP post

[flamingprick]

Because I needed a new one.

Respond with the character you want in the subject, and we'll do something!

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more time skipping because thats how this au rolls

[circumsutus]

[There's no way Stein's bringing it up. He doesn't understand it, doesn't know why Shiro is looking for comfort from someone like him unless the boy's so unsettled he's looking for anything he can find.

The Australian summer is brutal, raw heat and blistering sunshine, and getting off the boat is absolute hell. They're shoved into a cargo container for over an hour, dealing heat that drives up their core temperatures and gets them both too close to heatstroke for Stein's liking, but it's necessary. Once they're out, they have to get away from the docks quickly, sneaking their way out and hiking a few miles into the nearest town and it's so damn hot and they don't have enough water but they don't have a choice.

Finally, they get there, and Stein has money already, more than enough to hand over cash for a room at a cheap hotel. He locks the door, turns on the window air conditioning unit and the fan in the corner of the room, and turns to Shiro.]

Go shower. Use cold water. [It's too hot, and while Shiro's showering Stein's going to lose as many layers as possible and start drinking water.]

timeskips ayyyy

[futurepaladin]

[Shiro doesn't have to be told twice. Somehow he managed to get sunburnt through the sunscreen he was wearing, and the cold water is one of the few reliefs he can get from hot ache he has everywhere. It's left him exhausted, and he almost falls asleep in the shower itself. It's only his sunburns themselves that save him from falling over, because touching anything with them hurts.

So Shiro does shower and get mostly-dressed, but he's going shirtless now. And he's using that aloe on his burns too before stepping out of the bathroom to go flop down on one of the beds. He has to lay in a weird arrangement- belly-down but with his chin propped up by a pillow- to keep the skin-to-blanket contact to a minimum.]

If this is how I die, then this is one of the worst deaths ever.

[He's just being a dramatic teenager, he'll be fine.]

[circumsutus]

[Stein laughs, an exhausted breath of sound before he drags himself into the shower. When he comes out, he's shirtless too, because even with the fans going it's too damn hot to wear more clothing than absolutely necessary. He's sunburnt too, not as badly as Shiro but his cheeks and nose and the back of his neck are pink despite the sunscreen.]

Get used to the heat, we're heading into the Outback as soon as I can find us a car.

[futurepaladin]

The Outback?

[Shiro lifts his head just far enough to shoot Stein a confused look.]

Isn't that all wilderness and death and stuff?

[circumsutus]

That's right. Wilderness, death, and ranchland. The person I'm taking you to meet runs a cattle station in the Northern Territory. Tomorrow, we need to find a reliable enough car to get us there, and supplies for the trip.

[futurepaladin]

So we get to take care of cattle for the rest of forever.

[This SUCKS]

[circumsutus]

I wasn't planning on staying in Australia forever, but if you think you're ready to spend your life wandering around the desert looking for angry cows, I won't stop you.

[futurepaladin]

No.

[Flat and annoyed right there.]

I don't think I can anyway. The sun's going to kill me here.

[circumsutus]

What we're going to do is spend a few weeks with someone who has experience resettling people who need to get away from demons. We need to get you more used to the world, and make sure you're ready to start living on your own.