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Meduka 4.xx: Tension

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  1. [17:39] <Sakata_Ginko> Ginko had to peel her clothes off of her. It was rather painful: dried syrup stuck the fabric to her skin and took with it hair she didn't know she had. Having stuffed the sugar-caked clothes into the washing machine, she sank into the freshly-drawn bath.
  2. [17:44] <Raitaki> Meanwhile, Akiko prepared dinner in the kitchen. It was good that Ginko had momentarily calmed down, but...still, that sudden outburst really surprised her. "...Midorikawa-san, do you have any guesses as to why Ginko-senpai became so incensed back there?"
  3. 03[17:44] * Raitaki is now known as Shirayuki_Akiko
  4. [17:47] <Midorikawa_Misao> "Uh... Iunno, Akiko-sama," Misao leaned against a wall, pondering about when she'd change back to her normal self. "Maybe she thought that the dead person was someone she knew."
  5. [17:49] <Sakata_Ginko> Even in the almost scalding water, Ginko shivered and pulled her knees closer to her until her nose was touching them. Then, she pushed against them with her forehead. All of that was done without a single bit of noise, and she remained like that for quite a bit of time.
  6. [17:54] <Shirayuki_Akiko> "Hmm, that does make a bit of sense..." Yeah, it was most likely some personal reason, which meant Akiko technically didn't have the right to interfere...The correct course of action for now was probably to form a plan to hunt down these void youma, as soon as possible. "...I'm not trying to put you on the spot, but...I think I want to help Ginko-senpai settle this grudge, or whatever it is. We might not be able to convince any
  7. [17:54] <Shirayuki_Akiko> other magical girls to help us, so we might be facing all those things just with our meager numbers. So...if it comes to that, will you two be willing to come along..?"
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  9. 06[18:12] * Midorikawa_Misao takes a moment to consider Akiko's offer, then nods in acceptance. "I'll help out onee-san, too. She needs our help... especially yours."
  10. 06[18:14] * Yuna_Mizuno "I'll help too... We're friends, after all..."\
  11. [18:19] <Shirayuki_Akiko> ...'Especially yours', huh. Akiko told herself to keep that in mind. "I see...Are you sure? At worst we might have to handle six against four. Maybe even more if that doesn't turn out to be all of them. Are you both sure that you are willing to risk your lives over this?"
  12. [18:26] <Midorikawa_Misao> "Heh, we can take 'em," Misao asserts, folding her arms in an attempt to look more awesome. "Those thingies are no match for /us/."
  13. [18:29] <Sakata_Ginko> Ginko sank her face into the water. It tasted sweet and bitter at the same time. She spat it out and stood up for a shower, letting fresh hot water flow around her. She used neither soap nor shampoo, turning off the tap several minutes later to wipe herself clean with a dry towel.
  14. [18:31] <Shirayuki_Akiko> Akiko sighed. "No, no, that's the wrong attitude to have at the moment. This is going to be fairly dangerous, you know."
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  16. [18:46] <Sakata_Ginko> The door to the bathroom almost violently opened. That is, it swung open, crashed against the wall, then bounced back against a foot that kicked it open, then bounced against the wall again. It made quite the racket. After the steam had cleared, Ginko--dressed in nothing but a towel around her waist and a towel draped around her neck to hide the im
  17. [18:46] <Sakata_Ginko> portant bits--emerged, and she wordlessly strode into her room.
  18. [18:51] <Shirayuki_Akiko> Akiko cringed a little at the racket echoing from the bathroom, but decided not to comment on it. "Alright, dinner is done, everyone take your seats," Akiko said as she finished setting the table, then took a seat herself. "Ginko-senpai, do you want to talk about it over the meal, or after this?"
  19. 06[18:53] * Midorikawa_Misao wordlessly takes a seat, somewhat cowed by Ginko's sudden opening.
  20. [18:53] <Sakata_Ginko> The only answer was the slam of the door shutting behind her. It wasn't particularly loud; it was, after all, just a careless way of closing the door, but somehow the entire apartment trembled for a split second.
  21. 06[18:56] * Yuna_Mizuno stares wordlessly at the door as it slammed
  22. [18:59] <Shirayuki_Akiko> Akiko swallowed in response to that. This...was going to be a difficult evening. Right, after dinner then. She politely waited for Ginko to take a seat, feeling quite crushed by the unfathomable amount of tension in the room.
  23. [19:01] <Sakata_Ginko> Ginko never took a seat. The door opened minutes later. She was dressed in her school uniform--a set of sailor suits that didn't quite contain her bountiful assets--and walked briskly past the trio straight toward the exit of the apartment.
  24. [19:02] <Shirayuki_Akiko> "Wait a seco- Senpai?" Akiko called out in alarm, rising from the table.
  25. [19:03] <Sakata_Ginko> Ginko didn't bother turning around to even glance at her, but instead put on her shoes at the lobby. The iron door of the apartment swung open, and night spilled into the room through it.
  26. 06[19:03] * Yuna_Mizuno stares at Ginko's outfit, blushing slightly at it
  27. [19:05] <Shirayuki_Akiko> "...If you two haven't changed your minds, let's go." Akiko quietly urged, and followed after Ginko outside. She didn't even waste time or energy on sighing, this time.
  28. [19:07] <Midorikawa_Misao> "Right, right," Misao almost falls out of her seat in rising from the table to follow the leader.
  29. 06[19:12] * Yuna_Mizuno follows the group out of the apartment
  30. [19:16] <Sakata_Ginko> Ginko knew that they were following. She just wasn't paying much attention to them. Taking out her cell phone from her skirt pocket, she dialed a number, and began to talk in an almost uncouth accent: "Yo. Yeah, it's me. Been a while. Listen, I'm callin' in that favor. What do you mean, you son of a bitch? You really want me to pay a fucking visit
  31. [19:16] <Sakata_Ginko> to your little shithole, huh? Yeah, that's right. Yeah." This went on for a while. "Kay. You know what I'm gonna do to you if you don't pull through on that, right? Good. Just so we're clear. Kay."
  32. [19:20] <Sakata_Ginko> That was one call. She made about half a dozen similar calls to different people, all laced with threats and various expletives.
  33. [19:22] <Shirayuki_Akiko> "..." Ginko's phone conversations gave Akiko a bad foreboding feeling, but she wasn't sure what it meant. Perhaps it was the knowledge that Ginko was pulling all the stops for this? It was hard to tell. As Ginko finished a call, Akiko started to speak up, only to hold her silence as she realized that Ginko was making another. This repeated several times, and at the end, after the final call, Akiko could only give Ginko a small,
  34. [19:22] <Shirayuki_Akiko> affirmative nod, conveying that yes, you can go ahead, and yes, I am following.
  35. [19:24] <Sakata_Ginko> They were then at a dark intersection, leading to the shadier part of the town. Ginko turned around with her phone in her left hand, her right hand on her hip, and her eyebrows tied into a knot: "Just how far do you fuckin' paparazzi want to follow me for?"
  36. [19:26] <Shirayuki_Akiko> Akiko startled a bit at being addressed, but her answer came soon enough. "...I've already told you, Ginko-senpai. We're going to do this with you."
  37. [19:31] <Midorikawa_Misao> "Yeah, you can't do this alone, onee-san," Misao frowns. "And we won't let you!"
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  39. 03[19:35] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao ApatheticForestFairy ApatheticForestFairy
  40. [19:37] <Sakata_Ginko> ...... "I'm not out here to hunt for those fuckers," Ginko sighed with a shake of her head, her entire stature loosening up a bit. "I'm just blowing off some steam. Go home; I'll be all right."
  41. 02[19:37] * &ApatheticForestFairy ([email protected]) Quit (Connection reset by peer)
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  43. 03[19:39] * ChanServ sets mode: +ao ApatheticForestFairy ApatheticForestFairy
  44. 03[19:40] * ApatheticForestFairy is now known as Hayasaka_Kumiko
  45. [19:40] <Midorikawa_Misao> "What're you doing, then?"
  46. [19:42] <Shirayuki_Akiko> "......" Akiko really didn't see that one coming. Well...it...sounded kind of plausible? It was quite reasonable to want to vent on something, considering the situation, but...Akiko didn't really approve of Ginko's choice of activities or company, judging from the phone conversations earlier. ...There was no telling if Ginko actually intended to shake her, Yuna and Misao off to deal with these youma alone, though.
  47. [19:46] <Sakata_Ginko> "... Calling up my contacts. They'll look for things we missed, like corpses and stuff." Ginko sighed. "They'll come back with results in the morning. Cause if they don't, they know I'm going to personally take a garlic crusher and--" she stopped there. "Anyway, I won't get any results till the next morning, so there's really no point in me hunting
  48. [19:46] <Sakata_Ginko> for stuff right now. Go home; it's dangerous outside."
  49. [19:49] <Midorikawa_Misao> "Then let's go home together, onee-san."
  50. [19:49] <Shirayuki_Akiko> "...Alright. Take care, senpai." Akiko conceded, thinking 'I'll trust you this time.' "If something comes up please call us."
  51. [19:52] <Sakata_Ginko> Ginko watched them leave. "Good," she muttered under her breath. Strolling around the corner, she carefully checked if she was still being followed. Satisfied that she wasn't to the best of her knowledge, she transformed in a puff of smoke and started sprinting. There was something she had to do for one of the favors.
  52. [19:54] <Midorikawa_Misao> "... hey, Akiko-sama. Do you think onee-san will be okay?" Misao asks as they return to the apartment.
  53. [20:00] <Shirayuki_Akiko> "...I don't know for sure. I don't think she was lying, but..." Akiko's forehead creased as she distractedly tried to unlock the apartment, taking several tries before she inserted the right keys. "...How about this, I'll stay here and wait to see if she comes back, and try to call her at about 11 if she hasn't come back by then, and call you two to go look for her together if she doesn't answer. Does that sound right..?"
  54. 06[20:02] * Yuna_Mizuno nods, "Sounds like a plan... I worry about her, and not just because she's sweating syrup..." she pauses briefly, "Though it does mean we could just use her to cover our pancakes..."
  55. [20:04] <Midorikawa_Misao> "Hey, I won't let onee-san be used in such a cruel and unusual way," Misao glares at Yuna. "... but yeah, I'll go with the plan."
  56. [20:07] <Shirayuki_Akiko> "Alright." Those two didn't seem to be affected by tonight's events that much...Akiko wondered, was she the only one who was really nervous? Somewhat envying their calmness, Akiko stepped into the apartment. "Have dinner here before you go home, though. Give me a moment to tell my parents I'm staying out late."
  57. 06[20:08] * Yuna_Mizuno baps Misao lightly, "You know I'm joking, of course
  58. 02[20:09] * Sakata_Ginko ([email protected]) Quit (Quit: http://www.kiwiirc.com/ - A hand crafted IRC client)
  59. [20:11] <Midorikawa_Misao> "Oh... r-right, yeah, I knew that," Sheepishly, Miso looks down at her feet. "Be safe, Akiko-sama."
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