lucetilogs | Hot springs, hot springs ♪

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Hot springs, hot springs ♪

Who:

liketofu, and all their CR that wants to come (family and friends alike)!
What: Girls'(?) night out. Plural!
When: ~~September~~ OCTOBER 15th to ~~September~~ OCTOBER 20th or so. :'|
Where: See title!
Summary: With Souji's departure amongst other things, it's time to blow some steam with a couple relaxed nights out of the village~
Rating: PG-13 at most

[After discussing the possibilities of a trip to the Hot Springs together months before, it was finally time to set their plans into motion!]

(( OOC: Feel free to add more sections as we go? I'm sure there's something I'm missing, haha. ))

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[Don't worry, Minako, unless you asked more about it it's hard you'll get another hit in. Keiichi laughs lightly.]

That's true, though supposedly hot springs are enjoyed the best while it's cold outside. I'm glad I can come, though, if I had still been a bear I would have had to stay at home.

Even with the teleporter and all, it's still pretty far. I kind of wish it were closer, that way everyday could be a hot springs day.

... Heh. You made the perfect teddy with that soft fur of yours, though! I wouldn't have scheduled it regardless, knowing you couldn't come.

[~~Every day is great at your hot spring.~~ Keiichi chuckles and pats her head.]

Just imagine how long it took before Leon made the teleporters and it won't seem that far now with them.

[He laughs loudly at the teddy bear remark.]

Yeah, that was a good part of it, I don't think I've ever got so many girls to hug and cuddle with me. Gotta miss that, to be honest. But I won't miss being almost unable to talk.

I've heard. It would take at least three hours to get there, right? Everything would be done by foot, seeing as there aren't any cars or other methods of transportation. This Leon-san must be an amazing person, to be able to come up with an invention like this.

Hehe~ I think almost any guy would've been jealous of you in that situation. At least you still have the memories to go on. I don't think I'd trade in the current you for any other.

[Keiichi just laughs at her protest.]

He's pretty much a genius, I don't think there's much he can't do honestly. It's a pity there aren't more materials and things or I bet he could have made a lot of other things. If Haruhi's demands left him some free time, that is.

Those are certainly sweet memories to keep going on. One day I'll get a girl who won't need me to be a giant teddy bear to want to hug me... And who isn't old enough to be my little sister.

[The last part is added with a resigned sigh, after all there are girls who would hug him but mostly are too young, lolita jokes aside.]

But yeah, I wouldn't trade this me for any other, even if the Malnosso keep showing me possibilities.

This whole time, I thought it was something the Malnosso conjectured up themselves. Knowing that it was someone from Luceti this entire time is really something amazing...

I'm sure you'll find someone eventually! Keiichi-kun is a good catch, I'm surprised you don't have more girls after you.

Pff, don't give the Malnosso that much credit, we have pretty awesome people locked here. People who are here only because of mere bad luck or something, I doubt most of them would be captured by the Malnosso under normal circumstances after all.

[It's part of why he does believe that the Malnosso aren't the ones taking them to that world, locking them? Yes. Experimenting on them? Of course. Using them as cannon fodder? It's not as if they see the villagers as anything else. But taking them from their worlds and later returning them randomly... That just doesn't fit. The knowledge that outside the barrier people would have their powers at full strength also makes it hard to imagine they being unable to defend themselves from the Malnosso and their droids outside there.]

[He smiles as she leans against him. No, he doesn't mind it, it's Minato's sister after all, if it was another girl he could mind it, but then again Keiichi isn't shy to physical contact so it's all fine.

Until she adds the last part. Minako seems to have a talent with hitting critical spots, or maybe it's just chance and Keiichi's own fault for thinking the wounds are healed when they were just covered and hidden. His smile freezes a bit, tensing before he looks ahead, for a moment he seems to be looking at something in the far distance, further than to where his eyes can reach, worlds and universes away...]

... Maybe it's better this way. The girls here probably notice how dense I am and see it's not worth of it to be after me when there are a lot of other great catches.

[The first part is said with a low tone, almost a painful whisper. But for the next part he's looking at her again, smiling and laughing as if nothing had happened.]

Like Minato, for example. I can't believe he still doesn't have a girlfriend, sure he may look boring and all with that constant lineface but he's not a bad catch, right?

When you look at mine and Nii-Nii's situation, it just gets all the more complicated.

. . . Do you have someone you like?

[It gets complicated, indeed. But they aren't the only ones like that, if he thinks about it like that, the times Rena was there... She wasn't from his same world, but from dead ends. The was once in which he thought she could be from his same world but he never confirmed it... She was gone before he could.

He thinks for a moment at Minako's question. Someone he likes. He actually has to think about it, it's only then when faces and names come to mind. There's Rena, of course, he had been in love with her, hadn't he? Not just in this life but in many others... There was Mion as well, as insensible as he was at times, if he ever stopped considering her as a "guy" then he probably would have been able to fall in love with her. It wasn't just girls from Hinamizawa, though, there was Haruhi and even Ami, even outside of the experiments he had for some time kind of liked her as he got to know her. But... No, those things didn't hold on anymore.]

I've several girls that I like but... Not in that way anymore. So no, I don't have anyone, why?

Ah, it's nothing really. I think I misread something along the line.

Mm! Let's say I was pretty curious, since there's a whole lot I don't know about you yet, Keiichi-kun.

[Keiichi smiles a bit.]

That's true. I'm sorry, I know so much of you but you don't know much of me. I suppose the very least I can do is answer any questions you want to pose to try to fix that.

No, no! I should be the one to say sorry. The one to say thank you, too, for humouring me. I guess... I'm not sure how much you know about me though, but if you have any questions too, I'll try my best to answer them.

Truth is I don't know much about you. But given Minato's situation and yours... I know a lot in general. About what happened on Earth, about the velvet room, about shadows and personas.

[The whole story, but only from Minato's point of view.]

But that's just from what Minato has told me. You may be twins and have similar stories but I'm sure some things must have been different from you. One has just to look at you to know it. I suppose I would like to learn about those differences and such, know about you properly.

It still seems unfair that I know so much and you know so little.

[Though he told her about the syndrome and Bernkastel and what happened back in Hinamizawa so they aren't so unbalanced.]

I've never actually spoken to him about it directly, but I'm sure there's not much that could've changed. We started and ended at the same points, after all. Mostly... What should change is the people we get to know, but when talking about the main plot, there's no way it could've differed.

What do you know, anyway? Maybe I could fill you in on my version of the timeline as you go. We still have another hour before the others start showing up, after all. I'll definitely be sure to ask my share of questions after all this is done too, because Keiichi-kun is someone I definitely want to get to know better.

[Keiichi makes a face at her first comment.]

Don't talk about a main plot, you make it sound like a videogame. I don't like the idea of you two being just videogame characters even for a metaphor.

[Anyway, what he knows of the timeline?]

Well, I know that you lost your parents and Minato at age six, in a car accident that was actually caused by the Dark Hour when Aigis fought Death, a Shadow that had escaped. And that was sealed in you... Or Minato in his reality's version. After that... Minato spent his years passed from one relative to another as no one seemed to want to take care of him for real... Did that happen to you too?

[One thing is clear, he's well informed.]

Sounds about right. I take it he's told you all about SEES, then? I think that's the only difference between our stories, really; that I was the one who took over the leader position instead of him.

What SEES was, why was it formed and what you did... How you were fooled as well, yes, he told me. I suppose the major difference would be how you guys dealt with things... I mean... I doubt the way you treated people was the same as Minato does, it just doesn't add.

... You choose to fight too, right? When you were given the option of fighting even if it may serve for nothing or just wait for the end.

[He's not sure if him knowing it all would make her feel better or not. It still feels awkward for him. Because technically he knows almost all of her, while she doesn't know that much.]

I probably didn't handle it as well as he did at first, but... There was only one sensible option to take. I mean -- it's better to try and not succeed, than to not try at all isn't it?

[Keiichi smiles a bit and nods.]

Yes... I would have done the same, then again I'm just bad at accepting things as being predetermined and such.

... I hated it. I hated being the determining factor in everything, honestly. And as leader, I couldn't exactly show that weakness of mine, could I? But -- you have to do what you have to do. It was either sacrificing the world or not.

[He snorts lightly.]

You know... There are many guys and girls out there who dream their whole lives with being special, being the determining factor in something no one else can be so. As if being that key piece is something great and awesome. But when you're there, it's not really that awesome and even if you don't want it, it's there. It's a bit ironic.

... I don't think anyone on their right mind would have chosen to sacrifice the world, though. We are selfish like that, at one moment we with death for anything and everything but if death actually comes for us when we call it, we just back down and want to go on living no matter what.

... Thank you.

[But aren't those the logical words to say? They are for Keiichi at least. How many times did he see other children playing superhero and what not, as if being inside one big adventure was exciting. He has been in one, he has been the key piece to manage to break destiny if the things Rika said were true, and they all were. And he hadn't liked it. He doesn't like it even now that everything is over. Even if he won, there are still loses along the way, even if he were to ignore those other failed worlds, there are still sacrifices in the history he wrote that they had to take, things they lost and that only God knows if they will be recovered. Rika's parents, Oiishi's friend, Satoko's parents and brother... Even Takano herself.

His story is way different from Minako's and Minato's stories, but he can venture a guess about how it feels to lead a somewhat normal life and suddenly be dumped into a fate determining event, learning about it all just as things go. Though in his case, the understanding only comes after it's all over and he's here.

He didn't expect her reaction and for a second he wonders if he has said something wrong. But she's thanking him, people don't thank others when they make a mistake. Still, having her like that right there isn't good, what if the others decide to show up at that very moment? This is supposed to be a fun gathering, seeing Minako holding back her tears right at the start isn't a good way to go. Still, rather than try to make her stop, Keiichi moves to stand in front of her, effectively blocking her figure from any curious eyes. If anyone comes he'll see them in time and will be able to warn her, she can let her teas go if she so wishes to. No one will bother her.]

... If you make those expressions here now and everyone comes, they will think I'm bullying you or something. I'll keep an eye on it so that doesn't happen, so... Just relax, okay? I only said the truth, there's no need to thank me for that.

Y-yeah, yeah.

Keiichi-kun. ...you're amazing, you know that? Honesty isn't something that comes that easily -- even if you can be indirect at times, you still manage to say whatever it is in your mind or heart when you need to.

[He remains where he is anyway, blocking sight of her as extra measure. It doesn't really matter what kind of tears they are, he doesn't like the sight of a girl crying, specially when he's the responsible one. It makes his stomach twist and brings back bad memories he would prefer to keep locked down.

He's glad they are facing opposite ways when she speaks because he still can't help but feel awkward when people compliment him. Everyone likes to me complimented and it feels good, but part of him still feels wrong when people do that to him. It lasts only for a second, though, but had they been looking at each other she probably would have picked on it and... Today isn't a day for that, really.

He chuckles as the second of awkward feeling vanishes from him.]

Maybe that's why Mion called me the 'Magician of Words'... I prefer to be direct, to be honest, but I've had enough experiences to know that sometimes being indirect or taking the long way works better. Not everyone reacts positively to direct things, specially when it's something honest or straight from one's heart.

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Hot springs, hot springs ♪

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where'd this notif go :| so sorry ;;

;; /huuugs

/tackles

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