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[bossybrows]

[Action]

[When Izumo finds herself back in the village post-mallynap, the first thing she does is head home--she'll talk to Rin and Shiemi if they're around, but regardless she doesn't wind up staying too long. Why? Because after searching the house, she's come to realize that the fox kit she got for Christmas is missing. Hoping he hadn't been gone for too long or gotten too far, she'll wander the village asking people if they've seen a tiny gray fox in town lately.]

[Video]

[Later in the day Izumo sits in her room, making sure to keep the fox close now that she's retrieved him--after a lot of searching, she found him with Ran Fan.]

I've had a long day and I don't think going to the library would do me much good anyway, so I'm just going to ask--does anyone know what kinds of foods are best to eat when you can't smell?

[Izumo lets out a sigh, pausing for a minute as the baby fox tries to crawl up her and onto her shoulder...which frankly wouldn't make a very good perch for him.] Get down...

[Grabbing him and placing him in her lap, she returns her focus to her journal.]

...Anyway, before anyone stupid asks? Yes, smell and taste are connected.

Comments

[fierybluebird]

Hah. My family's one of the strongest in the world I'll have you know.

[bossybrows]

If you say so. I guess I'll have to judge for myself another time.

[fierybluebird]

You can do that if you meet Ace for yourself. He's my little brother, and he's here in Luceti.

[bossybrows]

Maybe I'll just have to seek him out some time.

[fierybluebird]

Oh good. He could always stand to meet more pretty girls near his age.

[Even super tsundere ones. Who knows, maybe Marco's just trying to torture his little brother. Definitely.]

[bossybrows]

...Wait, first you suggest I should go fight your brother or something and now you're trying to set him up with me or something?!

[Oh boy, here we go...]

[fierybluebird]

I said meet not fight! What are you, suicidal?

[That is either overconfident in Ace's skills, or lack of confidence in his ability to hold back. One of those.]

[bossybrows]

That's what it sounded like you were implying!

[fierybluebird]

Why would I tell you to fight my little brother?

Even if he wasn't one of the strongest people in our world, it'd be my job to protect him, jeez.

[bossybrows]

I don't know, you already seemed kind of weird and crazy to me anyway.

[fierybluebird]

Oi. If I was going to tell you to fight someone, it'd be me. And I don't think you can handle me, so you wouldn't be able to handle Ace either.

[bossybrows]

Then be more careful about what you say!

[fierybluebird]

Or maybe you could just try to listen. But perhaps that's asking too much.

[bossybrows]

I was listening!

...This is a stupid argument.

[fierybluebird]

Agreed. I wouldn't recommend challenging Ace. I'm pretty sure he's learned a lot more restraint over the years, but it still seems like a bad idea, eh.

[bossybrows]

[It's definitely a bad idea, considering the only way she knows how to fight is to summon her familiars and...well.

No summoning in Luceti. Oops.]

Going out of my way to do something like that would be a pain, anyway. Especially with someone I don't even know.

[fierybluebird]

Aye. Besides, he needs to meet more people, not fight them, eh.

You ever had a friend like that?

[bossybrows]

I'm not really the type to keep a lot of friends, so no.

[fierybluebird]

Aha, so you are that kind of friend.

Normally I'm that way myself, but the little brat conned me into meeting more people around here and then somehow got out of it himself. Punk.

[bossybrows]

Wow. Your life is fascinating.

[Sarcasm. Oops.]

And I'd have to say I'm no kind of friend if I don't really have any.

[fierybluebird]

None at all?

[bossybrows]

...Just one, but it's not like I really see her anymore or anything. Even before I came here, we...had to part ways, for awhile.

[fierybluebird]

I see. And here?

[bossybrows]

I don't have any here.

[Which isn't true, she definitely has a few at this point--plus the two from her world she lives with--but tsunderes gonna tsun.]

[fierybluebird]

Do you want to?

[Everyone has friends. Even if they don't want to. But he wants to get a good beat on her thoughts about it first.]