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post palace takeout! [week 5]

( at some point a bedraggled lot in yukatas manage to make their way to the dorm, shower and patch themselves up. and then mafuyu makes a very earnest request that they all go out for dinner, and, well, apparently many struggle to refuse her.

this is how they find themselves in something akin to a denny's or an ihop at like, midnight.

as one does. )

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( mafuyu giggles- she's been doing that a lot lately. it feels. weird? but nice. )

No, they won't, will they?

[Oh now that's a real good smile. He's gotta keep it going.]

Course not! Y'know, this one time when I was workin' guarding Katsu sensei, these three guys jumped us, right? I cut one guy down real fast, then shouted at the other two ta come at me if they dared!

And y'know what they did?

Did they run away?

Sure did! Realized they were way outta their depth, I bet.

I can imagine! You had me worried in that mindscape.

( enough so that she came up with a terrible ambush, even. )

[Ah right. he was threatening all of them.]

Ah. Hopefully didn't scare ya too bad?

... A little. At one point you made me mute. That was... probably the worst of it.

Mostly I was upset on your behalf, I think. And when you tried to deny it, I wanted to smack you.

[All of this he's like... yeah, fair.]

Sorry. I wasn't-
[No, no excuses.]

I mean, you were right. But I didn't wanna admit it yet.

You weren't in your right mind, Izou. It's okay. I got my bonk in, anyway.

... I shouldn't have pushed it so hard, anyway. I should know better.

Well, I'm just glad I muted ya. If you'd kept talkin' I think I woulda lost it on ya.

Yes, most likely. I was twisting the knife in the worst way.

...

Despite that, though... I'm not sorry.

[He laughs.]

It was somethin' I needed ta hear, probably. But now ya definitely owe me a home cooked meal.

You're right. I still need to do that... ... I don't get to cook often, since Mom prefers cooking, but- I know the basics at least.

I'll eat pretty much anything as long as it pairs well with alcohol!

[IZOU DON'T SAY IT LIKE THAT!?]

...

Yeah, I wouldn't know anything about that.

Next time I get some sake you can try some if ya want.

[He knows about the modern concept of drinking ages because Fujimaru refuses to drink underage but he is still going to try.]

... Maybe a little...

( granted. she's pretty sure her mother will manifest in this world and kill her on the spot. but that's a risk she's willing to take. )

[Mafuyumama just TRY and show up here. See what happens.]

That's the spirit!! You gotta break at least a few rules when yer still young, y'know?

I've never done that sort of thing before.

( that's probably very obvious, though. )

I can help ya break more if ya want.

[Nyehehehe]

Me and Ryouma got into plenty of trouble before we went off tryna change the country.

(

genuinely thinking about it. )

I feel like. My mother would manifest and kill me before I could.

Sounds like yer ma needs ta relax a bit. Kids're supposed ta get into some trouble.

...

We actually had a pretty bad fight, just before we all arrived here.

... Yeah? You wanna talk about it?

I think it might bring down the mood. ... I've been thinking about it too much, anyways. But... I appreciate the offer.

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