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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4
« Reply #120 on: March 16, 2015, 11:54:16 PM »
>"It can be a surprisingly small world sometimes."

>"Especially in a city this big." Letty adds. "You never told us you knew Kanako-san, Byakuren."
>"Well, we haven't seen her much these past couple of days." Minoriko points out quietly.
>"... Touche."
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Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4
« Reply #121 on: March 17, 2015, 12:04:51 AM »
>"We ran into each other at the Tortoise Shrine a couple nights ago."

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« Reply #122 on: March 17, 2015, 12:16:43 AM »
>"We ran into each other at the Tortoise Shrine a couple nights ago."

>"You've got a knack for making friends in high places, don't you?"

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4
« Reply #123 on: March 17, 2015, 01:04:39 AM »
>"I just try to be a good neighbour to those around me - um, typically in a less literal sense than this one."

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« Reply #124 on: March 17, 2015, 02:49:46 AM »
>"I just try to be a good neighbour to those around me - um, typically in a less literal sense than this one."

>"Well, I for one am pleased, and pleasantly surprised." Kanako intones. "The last neighbors we had back in Hai-lan proved to be... less genuinely accommodating."
>"That's one thing you won't have to worry about, Kanako-san." Letty assures her. "All of us here are nothing more than who we are."
>"Indeed." the tall woman says, directing her gaze at Nitori, who is busy ignoring the blue haired woman's attempts to shoo her away from her bike. "That is her usual level of technological enthusiasm?"

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« Reply #125 on: March 17, 2015, 03:01:29 AM »
>"I do think she's actually restraining herself somewhat, believe it or not. She's very... exuberant when it comes to engines and automotive work."
>Point to Nitori's shed
>"That's her workshop over there. If you ever glance inside and think a bomb must just have detonated within, let me reassure you: it always looks that way. She's very good at what she does, though."

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« Reply #126 on: March 17, 2015, 03:30:22 AM »
>"I do think she's actually restraining herself somewhat, believe it or not. She's very... exuberant when it comes to engines and automotive work."
>Point to Nitori's shed
>"That's her workshop over there. If you ever glance inside and think a bomb must just have detonated within, let me reassure you: it always looks that way. She's very good at what she does, though."

>"Amen to that." Letty says with a nod.
>Kanako chuckles warmly. "A Kappa through and through." she says with a smile. "I don't recall ever meeting one that wasn't prone to getting a bit carried away, at the expense of their rooms, or what have you. Tell me, does she buy and sell motorized vehicles as well, or simply work on them?"

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« Reply #127 on: March 17, 2015, 03:33:27 AM »
>What do we know of her habits in that regard?

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« Reply #128 on: March 17, 2015, 03:37:33 AM »
>What do we know of her habits in that regard?

>She has purchased old scooters and at least one motorcycle before, but exclusively for parts to use on other machines. So far as you know, she's strictly a garage, rather than a dealer, though she obviously knows one or two.

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« Reply #129 on: March 17, 2015, 03:47:41 AM »
>"She's bought a few old ones for parts, every now and again - mostly small things such as scooters and the like. I've no doubt there's all manner of fancier things she'd jump at the chance to work on, though. I mean-"
>Jerk a finger meaningfully at Nitori's current target of fussing
>"The amount she knows is not to be scoffed at, though I could also hardly blame someone who doesn't know her for being nervous with her orbiting their expensive machines. This scene may have happened once or twice before."
>Grin a little

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4
« Reply #130 on: March 17, 2015, 10:28:54 PM »
>"She's bought a few old ones for parts, every now and again - mostly small things such as scooters and the like. I've no doubt there's all manner of fancier things she'd jump at the chance to work on, though. I mean-"
>Jerk a finger meaningfully at Nitori's current target of fussing
>"The amount she knows is not to be scoffed at, though I could also hardly blame someone who doesn't know her for being nervous with her orbiting their expensive machines. This scene may have happened once or twice before."
>Grin a little

>Kanako frowns thoughtfully. "Something wrong, Kanako-san?" Minoriko asks her.
>"My Sanae has been asking, rather insistently, for her own bike for some time now. I have been rather reluctant to accede to that request, but living next door to a dealer would have made me rather nervous, I must confess."
>"But on the bright side," she says with a nod in your direction, "If she does circumvent me, at least I can rest assured that she lives close to a reliable mechanic."

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« Reply #131 on: March 17, 2015, 10:43:41 PM »
>"I'll vouch for that much."

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« Reply #132 on: March 18, 2015, 12:15:17 AM »
>"I'll vouch for that much."

>"And Minoriko here knows her way around a first aid kit." Letty says, clapping her neighbor gently on the shoulder.
>"Oh?"
>"I don't know if I'd go that far." the young woman replies modestly. "But I have taken a few lessons from our school nurse."
>"A mechanic, a medic, an author and a model." Kanako replies, bemused. "An impressive array of skills, especially for ones who have so much life ahead of them."

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« Reply #133 on: March 18, 2015, 12:20:32 AM »
>"Minoriko's an excellent cook, too."

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« Reply #134 on: March 18, 2015, 03:06:52 AM »
>"Minoriko's an excellent cook, too."

>Kanako nods. "So your friends have told me."
>"And it'll be on display later today." Letty informs you. "For Sanae's welcoming party."

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« Reply #135 on: March 18, 2015, 03:13:24 AM »
>"Oh? A party?"
>Smile
>"One would almost think you were expecting this."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4
« Reply #136 on: March 18, 2015, 03:39:21 AM »
>"Oh? A party?"
>Smile
>"One would almost think you were expecting this."

>"Well, we did ask Reimu about it yesterday." Letty says. "Didn't you talk to her before you left yesterday?"

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« Reply #137 on: March 18, 2015, 03:47:02 AM »
>Shake our head
>"No, I never saw her yesterday."

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« Reply #138 on: March 18, 2015, 04:06:17 AM »
>Shake our head
>"No, I never saw her yesterday."

>"She turned up yesterday with Kohaku and Kokuyo to clean out the empty apartment down here." She jerks her thumb over her shoulder at the open apartment door, through which you can hear Suwako humming a bit tunelessly.
>"That guy still gives me the creeps." Nitori adds, demonstrating her own hearing skills.
>"That guy?" Kanako asks.
>Letty, more diplomatic than Nitori, fills her in, "That's one of Reimu's bodyguards. He's the tallest of them, and, while I wouldn't put it quite like Nitori, he is a bit intimidating. Anyway, we all sort of wandered down to find out what was going on, and we learned that Sanae was coming."
>"We would have liked to have moved in yesterday." Kanako says solemnly. "But the incident at school delayed our plans a bit."

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« Reply #139 on: March 18, 2015, 04:09:49 AM »
>Frown
>"Yes, that was rather distressing. Do you know if anything more has come to light about it?"

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« Reply #140 on: March 18, 2015, 04:39:16 AM »
>Frown
>"Yes, that was rather distressing. Do you know if anything more has come to light about it?"

>"Only what my daughter told me happened. She was there at the time."
>"When you say 'there', do you mean caught up in it?" Minoriko asks, concerned.
>The taller woman nods. "Obviously she is fine now, but she was wounded in the incident." She pauses and glances up at the sky for a moment. "Perhaps we should take this conversation indoors, girls. It is rather cold out here."

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« Reply #141 on: March 18, 2015, 04:41:05 AM »
>"Oh, of course."
>Let's do so

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« Reply #142 on: March 18, 2015, 06:11:22 AM »
>"Oh, of course."
>Let's do so

>The empty apartment is anything but, now. Numerous boxes and crates and milk crates are stacked along the walls, as well as the other accoutrements of one moving into a new home. You find Suwako kneeling on the floor, one of her wooden casks placed between her legs as she appears to be measuring it with her thumb, her tongue sticking out in concentration. Then she curls up her fist and bashes in the top of the cask expertly. She smiles in satisfaction, then looks up at your approach. "Beer's on!" she calls out.

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4
« Reply #143 on: March 18, 2015, 06:18:49 AM »
>Are we even of legal drinking age here?
>Whether or not that is the case, have we or any of our friends here engaged in said, that we know of?
>Putting aside, for the moment, the fact that it's still the start of the morning

>Smile a little awkwardly
>"I'm afraid I'll pass."

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« Reply #144 on: March 18, 2015, 11:48:40 PM »
>Are we even of legal drinking age here?
>Whether or not that is the case, have we or any of our friends here engaged in said, that we know of?
>Putting aside, for the moment, the fact that it's still the start of the morning

>Smile a little awkwardly
>"I'm afraid I'll pass."

>Of course. You've partaken before. Even to excess.
>Of course. The only one who hasn't, so far as you know, is Patchouli, and that's only because her parents have forbidden it.
>This is also true.

>"I'll have some of that!" Nitori calls out, jogging into the room, the annoyed looking blue-haired man following behind her. Though, now that 'he's' closer, and affords you a better look, you see that it's actually a woman, merely one whose 'obvious' assets are much less obvious than other women's. Plus she looks rather masculine when she's scowling.
>"I could use a mug of that myself." she says to Suwako as two more women emerge from the bedroom, these two being Reimu and Kohaku, both carrying metal tankards. Kohaku takes Reimus from her and offers them both to Suwako.
>"Help yourselves!" the little blonde declares as she retrieves a dented tankard from a tote box next to her. "Plenty more where that came from!"

>Kanako, catching your look, gives you a slight smile. "This I'm afraid is how Suwako greets the neighbourhood when we move."

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« Reply #145 on: March 19, 2015, 12:07:35 AM »
>"It's meant in good spirits, so I shan't complain at the sentiment."
>"Although I am starting to suspect she's got a little oni in her."

>And where in the world did Reimu and Kohaku get those tankards from the bedroom on cue?

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« Reply #146 on: March 19, 2015, 12:27:57 AM »
>And where in the world did Reimu and Kohaku get those tankards from the bedroom on cue?

>Good question.

>"It's meant in good spirits, so I shan't complain at the sentiment."
>"Although I am starting to suspect she's got a little oni in her."

>"A suspicion you would not be alone in having." the tall woman says with a sigh.
>Nitori, after dipping her cup into the broached cask, looks around the room before asking Kanako, "Where did Sanae go?"
>"Oh, she went next door."
>"Chasing the white rabbit." Suwako adds as she knocks her tankard back.

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« Reply #147 on: March 19, 2015, 12:46:53 AM »
>Is Patchouli's place next door, by any chance?

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« Reply #148 on: March 19, 2015, 12:50:38 AM »
>Is Patchouli's place next door, by any chance?

>Yes.

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« Reply #149 on: March 19, 2015, 12:52:28 AM »
>"...Reisen?"