NOPE'S PEAK - Day 12 date

[lacrimose]

[Akira feels heavy-hearted, knowing this will be his last day to spend with someone for a date, but he's glad he gets to spend it with Futayo. He's brought in a stockpile of food and snacks, some bottles of wine, and some board games from the rec room. He already has glasses poured for them both, and is snacking... a lot... to give himself something to do while he waits for Futayo to show up.

Once she arrives, he waves.]

Hey. There isn't as much science-y stuff in here as I thought, so I brought some games instead.

[...She knows how to play board games, right...?]

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[cluelesscavewoman]

[She brought sandwiches! They're cut really neatly but some seem to be missing filling that is in the others. She might have eaten some slices of ham and cheese while making them?

She's brought the baking soda and vinegar too. It's terrible but she might as well show him. And Akira's getting the most enthusiastic wave back as she jogs in.]

Jud. They removed it all after last time. Rin-dono showed me one, but is not very interesting... What games did you bring?

[Her experience with games is foosball and wii tennis.]

[lacrimose]

[how could you deprive akira of meat, even as a sandwich filling, 0/10 date rating for you]

I didn't know what board games you'd like, so I brought a bunch. Here.

[There's straightforward games like draughts, a stack of cards, Battleships and Monopoly, but he's also found some more complex games that seemed fun, like Pandemic. He pushes the entire stack of them over to Futayo so she can look them over and take her pick.]

Do you have anything like these at home?

[cluelesscavewoman]

[Jokes on both of them, I forgot there wasn't meat for a moment.]

Oh, is it like shogi?

[She's looking at the draughts box. The board looks similar? Not really. But it's the closest she can think of. All of these are so colourful.]

Mother had a shogi board. Father always lost to her and I lost to him. Kazuno was very good at it so father stopped playing once we got her. The game I played most recently was one of Adele-dono's rhythm games. But she said I am to forceful...

[Replacement robomom was too good.]

[lacrimose]

The rules are a lot more simple than shogi. I can teach you if you want.

[He's no good at shogi either, honestly, he prefers games that are more straightforward.]

Who's Adele?

[cluelesscavewoman]

Jud, thank you very much. I have not done anything like this for a long time because of my training. [She even bows, thank you friend!]

Adele-dono is a retainer. Her and myself were sent as bodyguards for Miss Suzu when we went to England. As we are Musashi's strongest defense and offense. The Treasurer says that means we make good hostages. But I do not think they were expecting three of us, as they only provided one bed...

[If it wasn't said so blankly, it'd sound like she was bragging, but she's not.]

[lacrimose]

You don't have to be so formal.

[No bowing needed! He's snacking as he listens, but soon there's a puzzled expression on his face.]

Hostages...? You mean you were taken captive when you were there?

[cluelesscavewoman]

Jud. I will not be formal with Fluffy. [Still speaking in that stilted voice. But that's going to take a lot to get rid of. She's going to start nibbling away too.]

No. Adele-dono used her mechanical shell to take miss Suzu to safety, I had to stay a while for my duel anyway.

[It's not being taken hostage if you beat them up before they catch you right?]

[lacrimose]

Your stories are always so random... [why did she almost get kidnapped, why was there a mechanical shell, who was she duelling?? why anything

more seriously, though, he's still kind of bothered that this is normal for her, so]

Hey, Futayo. If you last until the end, have you thought about going to someone else's world? Somewhere where you can do stuff besides fight.

[cluelesscavewoman]

...They are not stories. [Excuse you, that's her life you're talking about. She at least has the ability to scowl at that, more cause she thinks he's calling her a liar.]

...No. I did not think I would get to the end, so I have not decided.

[lacrimose]

It's a figure of speech. "Anecdote"... is that a better word?

[scratches his head, he'll try to figure out a way to explain it better later]

You should think about it, talk to people about what their worlds are like. Even if you don't like it, you can always go back to your world whenever you want.

[cluelesscavewoman]

I do not know what that means... [But she stops snacking at the other bit.]

Why? I am better off staying where I came from. People may be afraid of me there. But places like this are so strange that I am a nuisance to others.

[lacrimose]

Who says you're a nuisance? [he sounds a little defensive... does he need to have Words with anyone]

I don't think anyone here thinks that at all.

[cluelesscavewoman]

I do not remember his name. But he was very angry with me and yelling. I still do not understand why. Korekiyo helped me and said it was the other boy's fault for not explaining but... I do not think that I am able to go to another world without causing problems.

[She's just going to stare for a bit. Then clench her fists.]

I hate decisions.

[It's not as bad as having to choose if one girl's life is worth a war. But she doesn't like it.]

[lacrimose]

[gently puts a hand over one of her fists]

This decision isn't one that decides what happens to princesses or entire countries, though. This is just a decision to figure out what will make you happy.

[cluelesscavewoman]

[Ohhh hands, she just lifts it a little and ducks her head to stare at it. Then her eyes slide close to think.]

I do not have to worry about seeing Korekiyo again...Mmmm. Akira, Yusuke and Shuichi are from the same place. I do not know the latter two but they both seem to be nice...

[She's going to keep making hmmm noises as she thinks.]