Now that the Brassholes have turned you loose, yourKANT-O-CELKANT-O-CELLE QUEST: BOLLIO BADMINTONLE QUEST: BOLLIO BADMINTON first priority is Naka. You'd hoped to delay this for a bit - give her some space, some room to let the morning-after humiliation of spilling her guts while drunk wear off. You remember how mad you were when you said a little more than you'd intended to when Goto got you buzzed in his office; how humiliated and exposed you'd felt. You can't begin to imagine what Naka felt like as she sat up in bed this morning and hit her head on the hangover.
But -
- she was right.
The lie you told to Thomas turns over and over in your mind - the delphinium flare in Shigure's eyes as she struck; the signature of an abyssal's gaze. You'd denied it to his face - treason, some might call an omission of that magnitude *treason.*
But after what you saw in the cell block - the young Marine who risked his very life to save her just because he was the only one that could - you couldn't bring yourself to utter it. After Shigure's violent and final demonstration of the futility of containing a rogue shipgirl, future responses will go straight to killing.
You think of Naka's guilty face, voice thick with tears as she tells you about leaving a part of herself on the other side of the veil. An icy spider crawls down your spine and nests in your gut.
You won't allow it. There's a lot of things you can't affect, but this isn't one of them.
>>43601149
inb4navyfag
The dorms are quiet when you reach them, aside from the faint strains of music floating through Harder's door when you walk by. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mYBSayCsH0
Naka's room is completely silent. Hesitantly, you knock.
“Come on in!” comes the bright reply.
You open the door timidly. The hall light spreads over the bare hardwood floor and unadorned walls, lighting the lingering gloom cast by shuttered blinds. The light keeps rolling over the bare chamber till it spreads across Naka's followed a moment later by a smile so big her eyes wink shut as she flashes it, flipping you a crisp finger-V to boot. “Hello, Admiral~”
Naka's sitting in the middle of an almost empty room. The government-supplied furniture is there - a bed and a cheap nightstand - but everything else seems absent. There's no lamp on the nightstand; the bed has been stripped of its linens (which are stuffed haphazardly in a hamper by the closet) and that's about it. You see some vertical bars on the left that are slotted to hold shelves, but the planks are missing.
Planefag is wrong
Your secretary is sitting on the hard floor underneath the shuttered window, knees pulled up to her chest. She's wearing some cut-off jeans, a loose t-shirt that says “MEGADEUS” on it and flip-flops. She'd almost look casual if not for the hairbuns; still neat and tightly coiled as always; too perfect for a product of casual effort.
“Hi,” you say lamely, stepping inside and closing the door behind you. With the gloom returned you reach for the light switch, but it just clicks forlornly, no answering hum of fixtures to reply.
“Aahaha, I got a little carried away cleaning and broke the light,” Naka says. “Still my old clumsy self, I guess. The janitor said he'd be by to replace it, but till then -” she reaches up and twists the blind-rod to let the summer sun stream into the room- “it's a sunny day outside!”
The slanting sunrays sparkle in minute particles on the floor - like little crumbs of glass, they seem like. Naka notices your noticing and giggles a little harder. “Ahaha, yeah, I didn't have a broom, so I had to put on shoes, see?” She lifts her foot and shakes her dangling flipflop a bit. When she sizes up your expression she smiles again, tilting her head and winking as if she's playing at flirtation - but it looks like a stained glass window after a rock's gone through it; empty and false.
An awful dread is creeping over you with sure certainty, your breakfast curdling into a cold lump in your stomach.
Something has gone very, very wrong.
[ ] Naka. Stop with the act. Stop it right the fuck now. That's an order.
[ ] You enjoy titillating Harder too much to pass as a monk, Naka. What's going on?
[ ] I just came by to ask why you resigned as my secretary. It's gonna be hard replacing you.
>>43601184
>[ ] Naka. Stop with the act. Stop it right the fuck now. That's an order.
>>43601149
Why do twintails make her look so young?
>>43601184
>[x] Naka. Stop with the act. Stop it right the fuck now. That's an order.
>>43601184
>[ ] Naka. Stop with the act. Stop it right the fuck now. That's an order.
>>43601184
>>[x] Naka. Stop with the act. Stop it right the fuck now. That's an order.
>>43601184
[ ] Naka. Stop with the act. Stop it right the fuck now. That's an order.
>>43601184
>[ ] Naka. Stop with the act. Stop it right the fuck now. That's an order.
>>43601184
>[ ] Naka. Stop with the act. Stop it right the fuck now. That's an order.
>>43601184
>[ ] You enjoy titillating Harder too much to pass as a monk, Naka. What's going on?
>>43601149
Been too long since we last saw shoukaku.
>>43601157
Like I give a fug. It's Veteran's Day, and I 'volunteered' to work.
>>43601184
>[X] You enjoy titillating Harder too much to pass as a monk, Naka. What's going on?
Let's not start off too confrontational.
>>43601184
>[x] Naka. Stop with the act. Stop it right the fuck now. That's an order.
>>43601184
>[ ] You enjoy titillating Harder too much to pass as a monk, Naka. What's going on?
Though I'm torn between that and the blunt route, fuck
>>43601184
>[x] Naka. Stop with the act. Stop it right the fuck now. That's an order.
Enough is e-fucking-nough.
>>43601184
YA GOT SOME ISSUES, NAKA.
>>43601184
>[x] Naka. Stop with the act. Stop it right the fuck now. That's an order.
Let's hope he has better luck fixing things.
>>43601184
>[ ] You enjoy titillating Harder too much to pass as a monk, Naka. What's going on?
Lets ease into her.
We see from sendai that being too confrontational doesn't work.
>>43601184
>[ ] Naka. Stop with the act. Stop it right the fuck now. That's an order.
>>43601184
>[X] You enjoy titillating Harder too much to pass as a monk, Naka. What's going on?
Don't be so blunt, for fucks sake.
>>43601184
>other
"Why."
>>43601184
>[ ] You enjoy titillating Harder too much to pass as a monk, Naka. What's going on?
>>43601184
>Naka, if I wanted to talk to the idol I would have called your agent
>>43601184
>[X] I just came by to ask why you resigned as my secretary. It's gonna be hard replacing you.
>>43601149
>Now that the Brassholes have turned you loose, yourKANT-O-CELKANT-O-CELLE QUEST: BOLLIO BADMINTONLE QUEST: BOLLIO BADMINTON first priority is Naka.
what the fuck bro
>>43601184
[ ] It was not your fault.
>>43601184
>[ ] You enjoy titillating Harder too much to pass as a monk, Naka. What's going on?
>>43601184
>[ ] Naka. Stop with the act. Stop it right the fuck now. That's an order.
Because you were right.
>>43601184
>[ ] Naka. Stop with the act. Stop it right the fuck now. That's an order.
>>43601184
>[x] You enjoy titillating Harder too much to pass as a monk, Naka. What's going on?
tease harder. c'mon tease harder.
DO IT
fucking faggot idol i fucking hate you
>>43601184
>[ ] Naka. Stop with the act. Stop it right the fuck now. That's an order.
>>43601184
>[ ] You enjoy titillating Harder too much to pass as a monk, Naka. What's going on?
[X] You enjoy titillating Harder too much to pass as a monk, Naka. What's going on?
>>43601273
Votes aren't the only thing that slip into Settle's mind, I guess
>>43601266
Nice lack of vote there.
>>43601184
>[ ] Naka. Stop with the act. Stop it right the fuck now. That's an order.
>Settle's face when
>>43601184
>Naka, you've already told me the truth. Stop. This is pathetic. You're fooling nobody.not even Harder.
>>43600045
'cept the Vikings thought their fate was predetermined, so there was no rush to meet death. Whereas you're hell-bent on headbutting an Abyssal to death and you're the first one to opine that anyone can facefuck Fate if they can channel enough Hate and/or plastique (preferably through a copper plate with the proper spacing.) For the GLORY OF YOUR CLAN, no less. FOR HONORABU OF DER CORPS! Shit, you even carry that fucking ka-bar and pistol around everywhere like a jarhead daisho set or -
- ah.
Ahahah.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA
AAAAAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAA
>>43601184
>[x] You enjoy titillating Harder too much to pass as a monk, Naka. What's going on?
I don't know if being blunt and direct is going to work.
>>43601184
There is literally nothing wrong with being Abyssal.
>>43601184
>[ ] You enjoy titillating Harder too much to pass as a monk, Naka. What's going on?
"You know, if you wanna talk, I'm here for you."
>>43601184
COMPROMISE!!!!!
>[ ] You enjoy titillating Harder too much to pass as a monk, Naka. What's going on?
FIRST
BUT IF SHE KEEPS UP HER BULLSHIT
THEN
>[ ] Naka. Stop with the act. Stop it right the fuck now. That's an order.
SOUND GOOD?
>>43601184
>You were right. About how close you girls are to the other side.
>>43601184
[X] You enjoy titillating Harder too much to pass as a monk, Naka. What's going on?
[X] And don't think that yesterday was your fault either. Arizona's still mad at me for doing the stupid thing.
>>43601184
[ ] Naka. Stop with the act. Stop it right the fuck now. That's an order.
>>43601273
shit happens
>>43601323
>>43601184...A Cutter...
>>43601184
>[ ] You enjoy titillating Harder too much to pass as a monk, Naka. What's going on?
>[x] You enjoy titillating Harder too much to pass as a monk, Naka. What's going on?
>>43601184
>You enjoy titillating Harder too much to pass as a monk, Naka. What's going on?
>>43601361
The Jokes on you! We're Settle, which makes us Brassholes! Ha! Wait a minute...
>>43601184
>[ ] You enjoy titillating Harder too much to pass as a monk, Naka. What's going on?
>>43601184
>[X] You enjoy titillating Harder too much to pass as a monk, Naka. What's going on?
>>43601362
Among their weapons there are DESS, DESS and DESS.
>>43601361
>>43601361
>shit happensToo You.
>>43601369
The expression on his fucking face is the best part. "Great, THIS clown again."
>>43601184
>[ ] Naka. Stop with the act. Stop it right the fuck now. That's an order.
I'd drop the "that's an order" but though. We can always bring the hammer of authority down if she doesn't respond, but I think giving her the opportunity to get lost in proper protocol and procedure isn't the best idea. We'll need to catch her off guard to get through the mask ...
>[X]You enjoy titillating Harder too much to pass as a monk, Naka. What's going on?
>>43601273
rolled 57-64 on the critical paste failure table. a part of his open document warps, and reappears in a random location within 50 characters of his current post
>>43600228
>innocent whistling
>>43601410
>>43601475
I tried to tell them Planefag!
They didn't want to listen!
>>43601448
What the fuck happened to that poor bastard?
Made a Pastabin of Pastabins of all my writeups thus far: http://pastebin.com/bz0MPTyU
After re-reading some of them, Jesus fuck those first three or four are BAD. I just might have to re-master them someday.
>>43601475
Kongou thinks YAFfykins is a faggit but This Shrine is a totally good story dess!
>>43601475
K.
We'll never vote for it.
>>43601475
I remember that story.
>>43601475
Yup. Either Willie accidentally sodomized Poi with her five-incher, or Sammy's taking on all of DesDiv 6 just for kicks. I *knew* we should have gone there first...
>>43601499
FYI I'm only posting that 'cause I need to sleeeeeeeep.
>>43601499
It's the only way to get better! The only problem is hunting down every copy of your early efforts and dumping them in a mineshaft later.
>>43601531
"Nanking never happened"
>>43601475
PILLOWFORT.
THEN WE'LL TALK.
>>43601519
>or Sammy's taking on all of DesDiv 6 just for kicks
"ORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORAORA!"
>>43601519
No it's far far worse...Sammy's corrupting DesDiv6.
>>43601501
Still disappointed that you didn't react to
>>43601107
>>43601511
>>43601519
Hahahahaha!
>>43601499
U-47 when?
>>43601531
We need to start dumping the first threads of SWQ in these threads.
Bring planefag face to face with his shame.
>>43601542
Say it again.
I dare you.
I *double dog* dare you.
>>43601571
pillow
fort
>>43601571
pillowfort when?
>>43601571
DesDiv6 pillowfort.
I dare you to destroy theirs.
>>43601571
Pillowfort dess!
>>43601184
>[ ] Naka. Stop with the act. Stop it right the fuck now. That's an order.
"Now don't panic. But I may have seen what you were talking about the other night in Shigure."
>>43601571
PILLOW
FORT
>>43601571
Can we have ice cream instead?
>>43601571
Can haz dezzie hijinks?
>>43601571
Pillow fort.
>>43601497
>>43601184
[ ] You enjoy titillating Harder too much to pass as a monk, Naka. What's going on?
>>43601571
PILLOWFORT
NOT SO FUN IS IT NOW DEMETRIOUS.
KARMA IS A MALICIOUS BITCH AIN'T IT?
>>43601305
Oh no. No no. Don't you start with that fucking shit right the fuck now, fucker.
And what do you know of the skein of my life? Not a damn thing. Maybe I'm fated to constantly chase death and never find it? it'd fucking suck but there it is.
Tl:dr: Eat a bag of horsecock.
>>43601571
BIG
FLUFFY
PILLOWS
>>43601571
How many sidewiders can fit in a B-52 planefag? FUEL OR ROCKETS??
>>43601497
Bone cancer. Have fun imagining just how painful it would be to suddenly have your bones be covered in thousands of tiny sharp spikes underneath your skin and muscles.
>>43601562
I would bring up AWiY, but that's legitimately his best work.
>>43601571
CHOOSE THE FORM OF THE DESTRUCTOR
>>43601571The Edmund Fitzgerald was built in 1957. You had martians steal it in a story set in 1944.The USS Arizona has 4 turrets. You wrote she had three.You pretend you know everything, but you don't
>>43601475
>filename
Que?
>>43601723
marshmellow
>>43601571
>>43601571
>>43601723
PILLOW FORT
>>43601723
16"/50 cal. naval rifle.
>>43601639
>>43601723
>>43601184
>to pass as a monk
I can actually see some emos going monk because they don't deserve things.
>>43601723
Kongou dess!
>>43601723
5"/38cal shell spam
Sammy B's hickory baseball bat
>>43601723
Lt. Hate
>>43601723
This'll work nicely, I think.
>select all images of donuts
IT KNOWS
>>43601723
>>43601723
Musashi
>>43601723
>>43601723
Kongou
>>43601723
A hellbore
>>43601724
>a guy named planefag doesn't know shit about boats
HEADLOO ONE-ONE CALLING SHERLOCK ACTUAL, WE ARE WINCHESTER, REPEAT, WE ARE WINCHESTER, OVER!
>>43601723
What part of PILLOW FORT do you not understand?
>>43601723
Sammy and Hate.
>>43601723
Pt Boat Corgis
>>43601723oh wow is that a PILLOW FORT?
>>43601767
She's accounted for.
wait shit.
>>43601767
Nice thumbnail
>>43601767
What is this, a battleship for ants?
>>43601723
>>43601785
AHAHA, WE HAVE YOU NOW GHOST!
>>43601770
>threatening littorio with a fritz-x
THE CHOICE IS MADE
>>43601723
Edsall
>>43601795
Yes, and now what do you want?
>>43601789
>>43601790
>>43601810
A new quest.
>>43601810
Kant-O-Cell '89
>>43601685
Really, all it needed was more Cirno
>>43601723
Your favorite
>>43601819
More brown girls when
>>43601808
Get back to writing planefag!
votes called btw, yeah I should say that
>>43601810
A better written quest.
>>43601810
Sammy B Hitting a shell back to owner using her baseball bat.
>>43601824
>>43601833
Hahaha. not happening gents. I'm busy writing something for KCQ!
>>43601833
>Kant-O-Cell '89
Seconded. I don't know why, but seconded.
>>43601834
all it NEEDS is a fucking writer that gives a shit.
>>43601784
HNNNNNNNNNGGG
>>43601808
hooray the real planefag is back
>>43601841
>>43601833
>>43601856
>Kant-O-Cell '89
>It's the same as this quest except all the of girls are wearing 80's workout gear and leg warmers
>>43601808
>>43601808
What form has the Destructor chosen?!
THE PEOPLE DESERVE TO KNOW, PLANEFAG!
>>43601844
I mean, who doesn't like little chocolate
>>43601866
SHITSHITSHITSHITSHIT.
>>43601723
Hey, I've arrived.
And what a surprise, we didn't fuck everything up today!
Thus far. I'm not holding out hope, even when there's at most an hour left for the thread.
>>43601866
And now Demetrious unleashes... the Destroyer of Pillowforts.
>>43601885
And where Admiral bishop saves the world while being unable to decide which ship he'll waifu?
nui nui bodyguard when
>>43601184
[x ] You enjoy titillating Harder too much to pass as a monk, Naka. What's going on?
>>43601895
/pol/ doesn't like chocolate.
Faggots, all of them.
>>43601919
>>43601866
>>43601921
... Wow.
>>43601921
Are you the VPN anon? You might wanna hold off from voting.
>>43601410
Who is the angry tsundere girl handing you the gift?
>>43601931
Her expression looks more like "Is dis nigga serious?" than homicidal insanity.
>>43601841
>>43601866
What have you done. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!
Anon, you fool! You have unleashed the horror that is CRUNCH upon us! Pray that she shows up as a mere Cameo, for we shall know no peace if she is summoned into the Canon!
>>43601946
Zuikaku aka Cardiv5 #2 aka turkey
>>43601946
Zuikaku. Shoukaku's sister.
>>43601946
zui "barely appearing in this quest" kaku
>>43601946
Turkey.
>>43601915
Still no shou though.
>>43601930
/pol/ doesn't like anything
>>43601950
No, that's not her. That's Erika. The detective. The Witch of Truth. TheIntellectual Rapist.
>>43601866
>GIF
please take this webm
>>43601970
I think what she's done so far is
>Beat Kaga with a branch from the Humility tree
>Was there with all the other carriers for the southern fairy tale
>Is being a cunt to Kaga and Akagi about Bat Lead
>>43601999
THE DEVIL'S IMAGE FORMAT.
>>43601970
bog standard tsundere trollop
git
out
>>43602010
More Batlead when
>>43602026
When the mail comes.
>>43601948
The two are sometimes similar in certain individuals.
>>43601950
Well, there was hope she wouldn't.
Until you voiced the possibility out loud. Now there is no hope.
>>43601979
It's been merely 24/48 hours in-quest since Settle last saw her.
That said, who can guess what will happen next? She'll turn up.
>>43602023
She's not even fucking tsundere for the admiral, she has the cutest SANKYU~ line ever.
It's with KAGA that she's tsundere, because blah blah interservice rivalry.
Fucking dammit people always think that because of the goddamn twintails.
THIS QUEST NEEDS A V2 NUKE FOR A TOTAL RESET.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY I WANT TO FIRE THE V2. I HAVENT EVEN READ THE QUEST AND I STILL WANT TO FIRE OFF THE V2.
>>43602041
Surprised she didn't pop up right after the Yak incident as Ari certainly did.
>>43602082
>V2 NUKE
The V2 was never nuclear.
Fluff! I gots a picture for you!
>>43602041
>Well, there was hope she wouldn't.
>Until you voiced the possibility out loud. Now there is no hope.
Not even planefag can be this cruel, Bentus. C-can he?
>>43602086
https://ask.fm/planefag/answers/132419348448
>>43602104
>Kongo
>heart pupils
>yes pillow
>>43601765
Why is she so cute?
>>43602096
Next you'll say borders have done anything for us.
>>43602086
I'd say that Shoukaku guessed, rightfully, that Settle would be in no mood for recriminations right after the incident, no matter how well-founded they might be.
Thus, she left him his space for a time. She'll turn up soon.
>>43602107
Yes. Yes he can.
He's always been this cruel. Because we've always been this cruel too.
>>43602107
TRUST PLANEFAG
BELIEVE IN PLANEFAG
>>43602128
Because whatever the fuck is bringing all of them back wants to bring all of them fucking back as hot chicks or little girls. You ever fucking notice none of them are ugly, they're all at least solid sevens?
Yeah. Fucking, I don't know either.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8HzGrB9WhY
>>43602160
Fuck boarders.
They always scrape all the fucking snow off the hill.
>>43602169
Even the little ones Hate?
>>43602169
I mean, except for all the body horror ones. Right?
>>43602179
I wouldn't say that.
I'd say those who lack skill scrape the snow off the hill. The ones with skill don't.
There are far too many boarders without skill.
>>43602169
Kongou's definitely an Nine.
>>43602197
I mean, look, they'd be fucking hot if you were into that sort of shit, I'm sure. Even they've got waists and hips and tits.
well, sometimes. almost always tits though.
Fucking, look, point I'm trying to make here is none of them are ugly, like, fat or anything.
>>43602214
Hate if you ended up trapped in a room with one, Who'd it be?
>>43602194
what the hell is this? I can't even stand the slight distortions on the body proportions! ugh!
>>43602210
>Not Dess/10
>>43602228
Dess rhymes with less, girl.
>>43602214
They eat inhuman amounts because of the whole ship thing, without getting fat.
And yet, Ise and Hyuuga being gym rats implies that their bodies aren't set in stone.
This shit's just too weird
>>43602023
still a better character than alice
>>43602239
>This shit's just too weird
Yeah. Fucking tell me about it.
>>43602224
>>43602214
It is ideal being imposed unto reality. The ideal cannot be ugly.
It can be flawed, yes. But it cannot be ugly, for it is an ideal.
It's quite in line with Platonic though.
>>43602239
There is both, yes. Very strange.
Then again, Plato himself said that Ideals were never meant to be incarnated, only striven for.
>>43602228
Sorry I prefer blondes or platinums.
>>43602124
Ah, Urotsukidōji. I once found that and Ninja Scroll in the kid's shelves of my local video-rental store (because cartoon = for kids, right?). I didn't clue them in. I always wondered how long it took them to realize....
>>43602264
Just because a waifu is a good example of a Platonic ideal doesn't mean it applies here
>>43602264
Plato was a cunt.
>>43602214
check your privilege shitlord
>>43602228
9/10 isn't a bad number, especially if it's a commonly shared opinion (not true for various other ships)
What Sendai has planned for Settle tonights night battle.
>>43602254
>underboob
>nice use of perspective.
>tits are a bit big, but still acceptable size
>no panties
yes/10
>>43602282
Never said he wasn't. I much prefer Xenophon amongst Socrates' disciples.
>>43602281
Does it not? The Ship Girls are not the ideal representations of the souls of the ships?
I would say so.
The weirdness comes from a Platonic ideal being incarnated.
>>43602287
Lose some weight, landwhale.
>>43602299
>Insinuating a woman is not a dess/10 and is thereby less attractive than other women therefore there are others that who are more attractive and appealing who will steal teitoku away from Kongou because they're dess/10, unlike Kongou, and they'll steal teitoku and hold his hand, and then they'll get married, and go on dates, and live a happy life together while Kongou rusts alone and unloved in a shipyard.
YOU'RE NOT HELPING DESS.
>>43602319
Shut up with the shitty faux philosophy.
>>43602335
Wouldn't a fat shipgirl just be a whale?
>>43602344
Oh FFS look we get it you want his dick, so shut the fuck up already.
>>43602344
Can't you find another teitoku?
>>43602344
ow my head
Kongo slow down
>>43602344
>Kongou rusts alone and unloved in a shipyard.
If you're lucky. If not, well, damn the torpedoes...
>>43602210
Unf. These shipgirls have great sterns.
>>43601903
That is an amazing idea.
“You enjoy titillation torturing Harder way too much to pass as a monk, Naka,” you say, glancing pointedly around the bare room. “What's going on?”
Naka's bright smile fades - but she keeps a pleasant expression plastered on her face as she hugs her knees to herself. “I just felt like simplifying things a bit, that's all.”
You frown, managing to loom disapprovingly at her from the middle of the room. “Simplify?” You're watching her face carefully, searching desperately for some hint of emotion, some flicker of warmth in those glassy eyes, a hint of the Naka, not this damnable doll-face Naka-Chan they stamp on the concert flyers.
“It's hard to focus in a cluttered room, Admiral,” Naka lilts as she wags a finger at you. “And I have that big concert coming up soon, so I need to practice my best. And the less stuff in a room the better the echoes are so-” she shrugs. “I just cleaned house a bit!”
>>43602370
>>43602350
There's already a whale!
A big, useless, whale
No warmth - but some color. At the corner of her mouth. The bare boards creak forlornly underfoot as you limp closer. Naka cinches her arms a little tighter and turns her head to look at you sidelong, pursing her lips coquettishly. “Admiral Settle, you're so forward-”
The tip of your cane sweeps out and pushes her chin to face you square. She bats it away violently, knocking it from your hand - but you're already turning the blind-rod to cast light downward, towards the little niche of shadow created by their prior angle. Naka's smile has fallen off her face completely now.
In the light, there's no mistaking it - the redness on Naka's cheek, the one she turned away from you every time she did a cute head-tilt with her smiles. This close you can even see a spot of blood at the corner of her mouth.
“Naka,” you say, voice low and hot. “Who hit you?”
Naka brushes her bangs back for something to do as she fixes her eyes on the door. “Arizona-san had a few words with me earlier.”
>>43602344
Kongou calm down, Jesus jumping titChrist.
Have you been drinking coffee again? All that caffeine is burning your brain out. You need to mellow out, girl--be cool.
>>43602344
Kongou.
You are a lovely lady and I'm sure your teitoku thinks so as well. He will never abandon you.
You hiss involuntarily as the pressure in your skull skyrockets. “She was angry at me, Naka, not you.”
“Oh, I think she was angry at me,” Naka says, a melancholy undertone poisoning her lyrical lilt.
“No, I hared off again without calling ahead-”
“Which you might've remembered if someone hadn't pressured you into drinking,” Naka adds mercilessly.
“Naka-”
“Settle,” she says, voice suddenly brittle. “Please. Please stop.”
[ ] Considering how you slew the *hell* out of those SOBs, this kid-glove treatment is starting to royally piss you off. Naka's not the only warrior missing the front-lines, dammit. You belong on a battle bridge, not a conference room.
[ ] Some things only come out when you're plastered - and what you said last night was vital, because not two hours ago, you confirmed it with Shigure. You were right, Naka. You were *right.*
[ ] ... stop. You avoided ripping away her Idol facade in the first place because you suspected that thin veneer was the only thing gluing her together, and now you're chipping at it. If trained therapists can't just talk away deep-seated depression, you've got no chance. But you *are* a man of action.
>>43602395
Hahaha, welcome to the club Naka
>>43602395
Aw shit.
>>43602395
Oh. Ari.
We are going to have fucking words.
This is not ok.
>>43602393
She'll look like a whale soon enough.
>>43602417
>[ ] Some things only come out when you're plastered - and what you said last night was vital, because not two hours ago, you confirmed it with Shigure. You were right, Naka. You were *right.*
"Shigure almost went Abyssal."
>>43602417
>[ ] Some things only come out when you're plastered - and what you said last night was vital, because not two hours ago, you confirmed it with Shigure. You were right, Naka. You were *right.*
>>43602417
>[x] Some things only come out when you're plastered - and what you said last night was vital, because not two hours ago, you confirmed it with Shigure. You were right, Naka. You were *right.*
Welp wasn't expecting the Ari part.
>>43602417
>[X] Some things only come out when you're plastered - and what you said last night was vital, because not two hours ago, you confirmed it with Shigure. You were right, Naka. You were *right.*
>>43602395
... Well. That is a bit much, Arizona.
>>43602417
>[ ] Some things only come out when you're plastered - and what you said last night was vital, because not two hours ago, you confirmed it with Shigure. You were right, Naka. You were *right.*
>>43602417
>[ ] Considering how you slew the *hell* out of those SOBs, this kid-glove treatment is starting to royally piss you off. Naka's not the only warrior missing the front-lines, dammit. You belong on a battle bridge, not a conference room.
>[ ] Some things only come out when you're plastered - and what you said last night was vital, because not two hours ago, you confirmed it with Shigure. You were right, Naka. You were *right.*
Both of them need to be said. Probably in that order, too.
>>43602417
>[ ] Some things only come out when you're plastered - and what you said last night was vital, because not two hours ago, you confirmed it with Shigure. You were right, Naka. You were *right.*