#andiwillarriveviolently

          There was a stranger not too far away from him that Hinata had his eyes on for a while. Were they cosplaying? Was this common folk now, to be dressed up like a knight in shining armor? But they were a girl—a really pretty girl, in fact. Why did Koi have such pretty girls? It overwhelmed the orangette, but at least he can tell his friends about it later.

          What he really wanted to know about though, was her cape. It was stunning. Flowy. Fwooshy. His fingers twitched, and he took the opportunity to step forward. Be brave, Hinata. Be brave. It isn’t that hard to talk to a girl.

          ❛ M-miss! ❜ was that right? She wasn’t much taller than he was, though, so should he be using something else? Trying to stay away from Japanese was hard, too. ❛ Y-your fwooshy flowy swoosh thing! Can I—can I um—I wanna wear it! ❜ oh, he admitted his thoughts out loud. He totally screwed that one up. Way to go, Hinata.

One, two, one two –

Slaine was concentrated on the weapon in his arms. He decided to try out a sword for the heck of it, and it certainly felt a lot different than a gun. He had watched a few videos and copied movements from people, but they were more advanced than him. 

The pose that he was currently positioned in felt off to him, at least when he swung the blade in the air. He sighed, and wondered if it’d be different with hitting a tree—which he did, but… it still didn’t feel right to him. Perhaps he wasn’t used to it yet, or he really was off.

He leaned against the tree and trailed his hand across the blade (while being careful), a look of uncertainty on his face. Maybe he really wasn’t meant for this type of weapon, and a gun was a better choice for him. This sport was picked up for fun, so Slaine wasn’t sure why he was taking this seriously—

But his thoughts were cut off when he heard someone nearby. Were they watching him?

Just across from Riverside Flats, Riverside Apartments challenges it. Well, there’s no indication of that, but really, why else would they share a name and not a location?

Why didn’t Riverside Flats, the larger of the two establishments, simply eat the apartments? Unless they were really owned by the same company and were just suited to different types of people?

Rosa-Mei, muttering incessantly under her breath, dead to the world around her, barely felt it when she bumped into someone. Actually, she didn’t feel it at all, she only felt the ground under her palms as she failed to catch herself.

She blinked, genuinely startled now, and still a little out of it, then looked up at the smaller but sturdier woman she bumped into, a sheepish smile curling at her lips, hesitantly.

          Hinata decided to take a break from the games for the festival today and instead, work on tying balloons. There were plenty of crafts to do just as there were games, and he didn’t have a chance to try everything yet. For someone so full of energy, one would think he’d done everything at the festival, but time was running out for the little crow.

          Speaking of crows, he really wanted to make one out of balloons, but it was too hard for him. He struggled with tying the latex balloons together. Somehow, one managed to make a loud ‘POP,’ causing everyone at his table to jump—including him.

          ❛ Ahhhgh I can’t do thiiiiiis…. ❜ He flopped his head on the table and watched the crowd of people wander. There was someone in the large crowd that he recognized, and his head immediately fwooped into proper position.

“Welcome to Remitty!”

At first only the narehate’s large ears were visible, but Nanachi would quickly hop onto her stool so she could see over the counter and wave. The bells had alerted her to the door opening.

     『 Jesus malarkey, woman, is that a sword?! 』

Harbon had made it a personal goal to not be around many weapons, all things considered, but she knew what a sheath looked like when she saw one, and that was definitely a sheath. She really couldn’t help but blurt out her thoughts in the heat of the moment, pointing at it and  covering her face as if it was some poisonous creature.