Author Topic: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3  (Read 46924 times)

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #330 on: January 09, 2016, 11:40:05 AM »
>"I'm sure you must loathe me right now, but I pray you not let that stand in the way of helping someone you care about. I was unable to forestall things this morning, but I am here now because I mean to put them right."

>The look the blonde club owner gives you in return is a very peculiar one. She looks like someone that's just swallowed a mouthful of sour milk. "No, I don't- I don't hate- I, I can't, I can't deal with that now, I'm working." she stammers as she turns away from you. Her distracted, subdued voice and mannerism is like one that's more afraid to face something than angrily denying something.

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #331 on: January 09, 2016, 05:40:14 PM »
>Gently: "Please. We won't take much of your time, but it would help a lot."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #332 on: January 11, 2016, 07:44:25 AM »
>Gently: "Please. We won't take much of your time, but it would help a lot."

>You're not even sure Suwako hears you as she walks away from you. Or rather, flees from you? She doesn't run, but her body language gives you that impression.

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #333 on: January 11, 2016, 07:51:32 AM »
>Well, that... could have gone better.

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #334 on: January 11, 2016, 08:18:08 AM »
>Well, that... could have gone better.

>Something was really off with her, though. I might be wrong, but it almost sounded like she was afraid of you.

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #335 on: January 11, 2016, 08:24:32 AM »
>Afraid of me? You really think so?

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #336 on: January 11, 2016, 08:45:47 AM »
>Afraid of me? You really think so?

>I could be wrong. Rin says quickly.

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #337 on: January 11, 2016, 08:59:19 AM »
>Well, I agree she seemed afraid, at any rate. I'm not sure what best to do now, though. Perhaps we should wait here a little while, in case she changes her mind?
>It really would be convenient to have a phone number to leave people. I should make that the very next thing I attend to, after we're done here.

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #338 on: January 12, 2016, 05:49:32 AM »
>Well, I agree she seemed afraid, at any rate. I'm not sure what best to do now, though. Perhaps we should wait here a little while, in case she changes her mind?
>It really would be convenient to have a phone number to leave people. I should make that the very next thing I attend to, after we're done here.

>What about Kanako? She might be less... Whatever Suwako is.
>So I don't need to remind you?

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #339 on: January 12, 2016, 06:05:32 AM »
>Well, how are we to even reach Kanako directly, under the circumstances? I would rather have spoken to her initially, but if she's keeping to herself and we can't even enter at present without causing a fuss...

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #340 on: January 12, 2016, 06:26:45 AM »
>Well, how are we to even reach Kanako directly, under the circumstances? I would rather have spoken to her initially, but if she's keeping to herself and we can't even enter at present without causing a fuss...

>Every place has to have a back door, right? Maybe we could sneak in.
>"Now wait just a minute here." Yuugi growls out. "You've got something to tell her about her daughter and she just walks off?"

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #341 on: January 12, 2016, 06:49:25 AM »
>Not the best way to ingratiate oneself with someone, by sneaking into their home.

>Frown
>"It's... complicated, I'm afraid."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #342 on: January 12, 2016, 07:07:42 AM »
>Not the best way to ingratiate oneself with someone, by sneaking into their home.

>Frown
>"It's... complicated, I'm afraid."

>Yeah, but if it's the only way to see 'em...

>Yuugi casts a dirty look the way of her employer. "I oughta give her a piece of my mind." she states, cracking the muscles in her neck to emphasize the point.

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #343 on: January 12, 2016, 07:14:44 AM »
>"Please don't. She's had a very rough day already. They both have."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #344 on: January 12, 2016, 07:24:08 AM »
>"Please don't. She's had a very rough day already. They both have."

>Yuugi clicks her teeth together. "If you say so." Then she shrugs. "And I suppose I shouldn't make a scene either. Naz gets mad at me when I do that." After she chuckles quietly at the mention of her mouse, she then looks back at you. "Well in that case, ladies, I suggest you try Kanako."
>"Yeah, but-" White Rose starts, but Yuugi interrupts her with a waggle of the finger.
>"I can't let you indoors, but I happen to know that Kanako ISN'T indoors. Last I heard, she was up on the roof."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #345 on: January 12, 2016, 07:29:56 AM »
>"The roof? Really?"
>Glance up. How high is this building, anyway?

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #346 on: January 12, 2016, 07:43:56 AM »
>"The roof? Really?"
>Glance up. How high is this building, anyway?

>Yuugi nods.
>Three stories.

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #347 on: January 12, 2016, 08:06:45 AM »
>"And you won't object if we go take a look up there?"

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #348 on: January 12, 2016, 10:57:46 PM »
>"And you won't object if we go take a look up there?"

>"Just take the fire escape up." She pauses, then gives you a somewhat serious look. "You said it was important. And I believe you."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #349 on: January 12, 2016, 11:19:39 PM »
>"It is. Thank you."
>We can manage a quicker ascent than the fire escape, though. Let's go fly up and see Kanako. Hopefully she'll be more willing to talk.

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #350 on: January 13, 2016, 05:31:48 AM »
>"It is. Thank you."
>We can manage a quicker ascent than the fire escape, though. Let's go fly up and see Kanako. Hopefully she'll be more willing to talk.

>Yuugi gives you a shoulder clap of camaraderie. "You're all right." Then she mimics the gesture for Rin, who perhaps somewhat surprisingly, doesn't fling from the gesture of affection from the towering Oni.
>Stairs are for chumps. You and your kasha conjure up your respective flying discs, and take off up into the air. You hear Yuugi whistle. "Damn, girl, you never said you two were magic!"
>There are a fair number of unorganized tables and chairs up here on the roof, as well as a fair amount of material and tools used for construction. The two owners may have been planning on using the roof here as an extra level of business, but that hasn't come about yet. The only person in evidence is Kanako. The blue haired woman is sitting on the western-facing edge of the roof, watching the sun start to sink towards the horizon. There are a number of bottles arrayed next to her, and judging from the smell on the western breeze, none of them are of the non-alcoholic variety.

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #351 on: January 13, 2016, 05:41:41 AM »
>Approach Kanako
>Gently: "I hope we're not intruding."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #352 on: January 13, 2016, 06:01:28 AM »
>Approach Kanako
>Gently: "I hope we're not intruding."

>The woman doesn't look up as you approach, simply cradles the small clay cup in her hands. "I knew you'd come." she replies distractedly before she takes a drink.

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #353 on: January 13, 2016, 06:05:09 AM »
>"I am very deeply sorry I was unable to prevent what happened this morning."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #354 on: January 13, 2016, 06:12:00 AM »
>"I am very deeply sorry I was unable to prevent what happened this morning."

>"Why? It wasn't your fault."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #355 on: January 13, 2016, 06:20:24 AM »
>"Perhaps not, but a bad thing happened to good people, and I was unable to stop it. I'm sorry."
>"But that's why I'm here. I want to set things right. I don't truly understand what happened to them, but you recognized something in what Sanae said after her transformation. You know something about this, don't you?"

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #356 on: January 13, 2016, 06:23:21 AM »
>"Perhaps not, but a bad thing happened to good people, and I was unable to stop it. I'm sorry."
>"But that's why I'm here. I want to set things right. I don't truly understand what happened to them, but you recognized something in what Sanae said after her transformation. You know something about this, don't you?"

>"It doesn't matter." the older woman says as she grabs a bottle labeled 'Rolante Gold' and pours herself a drink.

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #357 on: January 13, 2016, 06:28:37 AM »
>"It does matter. Because, one way or another, I intend to bring her back. Her, and Patchouli, and whoever else has been likewise affected. Anything at all you can share would help."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #358 on: January 13, 2016, 06:42:31 AM »
>"It does matter. Because, one way or another, I intend to bring her back. Her, and Patchouli, and whoever else has been likewise affected. Anything at all you can share would help."

>"She IS back." Kanako retorts, tossing her drink back. "And she'll find me and Suwako soon enough." She pauses long enough to grab the bottle again, and only then does she look up at you with haunted eyes. "And that's right."

Re: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3
« Reply #359 on: January 13, 2016, 06:49:27 AM »
>"Please, tell me what it is you know. Because all I saw this morning was a kind-hearted woman become something else."