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[awakenerd]

Who: anyone
When: day 57, afternoon
Where: anywhere it's a mingle

[This is a mingle but there is a comment in a Chain Chat to the whole train!]

Rean: A while ago some of us were discussing a festival where every team puts on a production, game, booth, whatever, maybe based around team bonds or interests.

What do people think? Maybe it's a good time to to talk about it again?

[Feel free to discuss with each other! Or just mingle as usual.]

Comments

[voreaciously]

[She, very discreetly bites the inside of her mouth and stiffens. They're clearly doing their best and it's a marvellous performance.

Which is why it hurts, especially after what's happened with Dusk.

She relaxes slowly by the time it ends, and appraises everyone, Towa included. By her humble reckoning, she is only able to conclude one thing.

Girl hot.]

This is a bet, isn't it.

[notice the lack of question.]

[bad_crowmance]

I can neither confirm nor deny that.

[ It's totally a bet. ]

[voreaciously]

[She has a good feeling that she knows what the terms are so she sighs lightly.]

My vote goes to her looking rather attractive, honestly.

[SORRY TOWA.]

You all do, in fact. That is a very good song. The concert is your handiwork, I take it.

[bad_crowmance]

Make sure you let her know that, too.

[ He grins and winks at 80H. ]

And I was a part of it, but it would've fallen apart without everyone there.

[voreaciously]

I will be certain to.

[She stares at Crow, hazards another guess.]

Crow-han, if I did not know better I would say this is your being humble.

[She's teasing, lightly.]

[bad_crowmance]

That has nothing to do with it! I just believe in giving credit where it's due and it was definitely a group project.

[voreaciously]

I'm sure it was, truly. You must have worked hard, all of you. Concerts are not exactly easy. [she does sound sincere.]

It looks as though you had a lot of fun, together.

[She does not realise she sounds a bit wistful.]

[bad_crowmance]

We did have a lot of fun together. I don't remember a lot about Towa, not yet, but I do remember that much.

[voreaciously]

[Her tone is very sincere.] It will come back in good time. [which is not a meaningless platitude and actually more literal, because he is working damned hard at making good time.

Which, y'know, even if it means they're having sex a lot that's fine! It's fine.

But she also...]

It is good to have memories like that, so I am glad you have that reminder along the way.

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow gives her a momentarily startled look before he laughs and rubs the back of his head. ]

Man, do you have any idea how sappy you sound right now?

[voreaciously]

[She returns the startled look.]

I-I do not!

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow lets out an amused laugh. ]

You didn't even realize how that sounded, huh?

[voreaciously]

No, because it was perfectly reasonable and fine.

[don't be mean!]

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow clears his throat, then picks up 80H's hand and holds it between both of his as he looks into her eyes. ]

"It's good to have memories like that, so I am glad you have that reminder along the way."

[ His voice is low and earnest-sounding. ]

[overworker]

H-huuuh?!

[You too, 80H?!]

I mean, yes, it was all well put together but...

[The first part. The first part is where she’s stuck.]

[voreaciously]

You cut an impressive and fitting figure in leather, Miss Herschel. You are lovely and it suits you. You've made it work very well for you.

[overworker]

[Forgive her of, for a moment, her mouth just hangs open a little. She’s used to hearing these kinds of things from Crow and Angie but— they’d say that kind of thing easily to anyone. And she was their friend so. They were probably biased.]

Oh... I— ah... th-thank you...

[Why is someone that much more attractive than her telling her this? What is happening.]

Maybe... the outfit really does help...

[You know. With her utter lack of sex appeal.]

[voreaciously]

It accentuates you in unique ways, but it would not be able to do so if you did not possess your own many varieties of appeal to start with. to whit, the gap moe is very strong with you.

[she speaks casually and politely like the sky is blue.

basically this is indisputable fact.]

[overworker]

[Towa honestly hadn’t expected this out of 80H. However— its kind of nice to see her giving it that kind of effort. Even if it is embarrassing.]

I’ve... never considered myself to be very attractive. And not for any lack of wanting to. I’ve just never been able to see myself as the kind of person that others would be attracted to.

[It’s a struggle even now to not view it as a kindness. However—]

But it would feel wrong to argue something as nice as that, especially coming from an attractive woman.

[voreaciously]

[80H literally looks around her to see if Towa is simultaneously talking to someone else because she is surely not being called an attractive woman and she's SO STUPID, MICHI.]

Oh, you were talking about me.

[She swallows her natural responses and answers a few moments later.]

...Thank you, Miss Herschel.

going into CS3 spoilers—

[overworker]

[Oh my god. Guess she’s both jealous of and attracted to an idiot. Towa has a Type as much as Crow does apparently.]

...I have a feeling that Crow would say we’re both severely lacking in self-awareness.

[She’s not admitting anything. She’s very much correct about herself. 80H is a different matter entirely.]

I wish you could have met Angie. She would have loved you.

[Understatement of the century.]

[voreaciously]

I do not understand how I am lacking in that department.

[like sure she can be dumb sometimes, but what's going on with her NOW.]

I am not especially lovable.

[Her tone goes a little flat, a little distant, not at towa, she hasn't done anything. she is just suddenly reminding herself.

That's right, the truth is, she really is not.]

But you know your friend better than I, of course.

[overworker]

[With a very serious, focused look on her face, Towa leans up on her toes and pinches both of 80H’s cheeks.]

That’s not true at all. I’ve only known you a short period of time and I think you’re quite loveable.

[Deal! With it!!]

[voreaciously]

Ah! Uwaaah!

[Weakpoint, Weakpoint!

Help someone, she's being bullied.]

Waaahh...

[She doesn't look at all like her distant, elegant, dignified self as this goes on.]

[overworker]

[RIP 80H. You showed Towa an adorable weakness.]

Heehee~ you’re just so cute I just can’t resist.

[Cute overload.]