Flandre:>Flandre - "That's kinda rude y'know, today's one of my better days~!"
>She needs to just relax, all that stress can't be good for her. Wonder if we can break her stress..
>...Ah! Maybe she just needs something to eat! Big Sis always gets grouchy and stressed when she hasn't eaten!
>Wait...maybe she needs to take a warm shower? Ooh, China always says that works great for getting rid of stress!
>...Stress is a weird thing.
>"I know stress is weird, but don't go breaking anything at all near me. Like I said, breaking abstract concepts isn't possible."
>"Alright, calm down, Satori. Take it easy. Just take it easy."
>You're starting to think that you might be causing part of her stress.
>"Yes. Yes you are."
>_
Sakuya:>Sakuya: Of course we keep sufficient changes of clothes. We almost didn't have enough during the endless winter incident.
>"There's another thing. You don't store your knives with your clothes. That's common sense!"
>"The doll-wielding magician stuffs her dolls with gunpowder. She's not too sane either."
>Sakuya - "That is true, you have been especially stable today. I suppose she would be proud."
>And at least it's better than sitting around plotting or doing nothing. Someone has to be the levelheaded voice of reason after all. Powers maybe be crazy, but the people who use them aren't always that.
>"If she's on one of her good days, I'd hate to see her bad ones. You're right about the plotting. Last thing we need around here is another incident."
>"Like I said, you're only
relatively sane."
>Besides, it's just common sense to carry a few spare outfits, never know when you might need one after all.
>"At any rate, where do you want me to put this?" We'll set the shikigami where she says to.
>"Yes, but still... knives?"
>"Ah, yes. The shikigami. Just set it down anywhere. I can't read its mind, so I'll focus on it after you and your madcap crew go away."
>You put the shikigami down. Come to think of it, why can't Satori read its mind?
>Yes, I know you can hear these thoughts. It's rather obvious after all.
>"I wasn't going to point it out, but you know I can read minds, and that I can't read the shikigami's. You certainly are one of the more consistently smart visitors I've gotten here."
>She looks as Utsuho, who's rushing off to some other room of the palace.
>_
Utsuho:>Okuu - "Well...It kinda went weird..." So much for trying to be more competent...we try to help, but it's never good enough..
>In hindsight, standing in front of the maid when she's on a hair-trigger and it's pitch-black isn't a smart idea, even for us.
>"Maybe I put it in my room!" Let's check in there!
>It's no good thinking that you aren't competent! You may not be, but you can be if you try! Positive force does wonders!
>Although, in hindsight, you probably could have handled the cave better. Using nuclear fusion to break into a time-based storage system wasn't such a smart idea either.
>In the Human Village, Keine is desperately trying to piece together the missing years of 1637, 1202, and 1943 with the help of an army of Chibi Keines.
>You run to your room.
>Satori calls after you. "Yes, it's in your room. While you're going out, go ask the kappas for a new one, since you'll need another spare now."
>There we go! Control Rod equipped!
>_
>Koi-koi - She needs to chill out, huh? Let's see about making her a bit calmer and more mellow.
>Ah, not too much though, Just take the edge off. And in a way that she knows it's us. Like say, making her suddenly think of us giving her a thumbs up.
>We should be able to make ourself visible to her alone, right?
>Good idea. Satori going crazy isn't a good thing. One Koishi thumbs-up coming right up!>"Yes, but still... knives?"
>That's as calm as she's going to get. And even though I can appear only to her, I don't want to cause her more stress by making it seem like she's hallucinating her sister.
