> Death glare.
> "If what I suspect is true, the last place you want to be right now is in your bedroom."
>Marisa's eyes widen. "... whatddya mean by that, ze?" she asks, eyebrows raised.
> Back to normal.
> "Anyway...I'll give the lab a try. And...thanks."
> Assuming no response from Marisa that requires a response from us, head to her lab, as we apparently already know where it is.
>Hustle toward the lab. Close door.
>You calm yourself again and thank her.
>Marisa's grin takes a little longer than usual to form. "Ah, no problem, ze."
>You figure that she wouldn't insist on more detail than that, and switch direction to head for the door to the lab, picking your way along a less-traveled route through the front room. The blobby-head yukkuri shies away from you as you pass by, still hiding in that silly smock Marisa made a while back.
>You enter Marisa's lab, a fair-sized room off of the entrance, only slightly less sloppy than the front room, and shut the door tight behind you. You get the impression of some sort of method to the madness here, but you've never really been able to figure out what it is: Your best guess is that she does most of her work on the half-cleared table by the window, and stuff on there is for her current project, but it can be difficult to tell. The more volatile spell components are hidden away in the closet off to one side, easily the most organized area in Marisa's entire house, but not somewhere good to visit without a reason.
>The room is covered with spell components and half-made or half-charged magical artifacts, along with a lot of mushrooms, a lot of soot, and numerous burn marks from Marisa's many explosive failures. Interestingly, there are also a couple of half-disassembled outer-world items here as well, covers pried off to reveal messes of wire hidden inside. Odd - but at least that's the only noticeable difference here.
>Make certain there's no one around the windows. Close curtains.
>If all is clear, check.
>But that's not the important thing right now. The important thing is making sure Aya never, ever hears about this. Thankfully, poking your head out the window for a thorough search of the area gives no hint of her presence.
>You close the windows, and pull the curtains tight down over them. Normally a magician would want good ventilation in a good lab to avoid getting suffocated by the fumes that a lot of projects make, but Aya's disregard for privacy makes it important to have a way to cover up anything sensitive that you're up to.
>So you do.
>After closing up Marisa's lab to your satisfaction, you take a deep breath, pull up your dress, and peek down into the front of your bloomers.
>...
>Yep. Koishi gave you a penis.
>_
