#they are all still stuck on hamas

[redvelvetwishtree]

@ pro-Israel and Zionists, is what's happening in Gaza enough to qualify them for self-defence against your murdering, genocidal state? Or do you want them to come out of this all cool and chill and forget what happened? At what point are self-defence and resistance movements/groups okay?

Or does that point never come because you've always wanted them completely wiped off Earth?

Because this time, Israel's acts were majorly exposed. You've always acted like h@mAs eViL without knowing any history. This time, you can't ignore what Israel did. Do Palestinians have your permission to avenge themselves after this? Or is that something only you and other white countries are allowed to do?

How do you now view the situation? Btw all this may be new to you but Israel has always done this every Ramadan, and generally every few weeks every year since decades. You've always conveniently ignored it or stayed oblivious thanks to propaganda machines in your countries but this time Israel's barbarity and cruelty are laid out for you to see.

[happybirthdaydarling]

I’m sorry but Katara should have been integral in rebuilding the culture of the Southern Water Tribe. She should have become the chief based on merit, and she should have ensured that their traditions remained alive and well. A leader in her own right, protecting them and teaching girls and boys alike how to fight.

She should have brought Hama back with her and Hama could have received a simple “banishment” as her punishment for locking up the village people - after all she already did a couple of decades as time served - and Hama could have helped educate in the old ways. Katara will never let another water bender be stolen from their lands again.

Katara deserved to be a diplomat and leader and cultural preservationist who communicated with Republic City (council still headed by Sokka) and traveled often, but always came home to the southern water tribe.

She did not deserve to be stuck in a mommy role, remembered as a healer, whose biggest accomplishment was birthing the next airbender. She should have been a mythical figure, the last water bender of the southern tribe who resurrected the avatar and stopped the cycle from being broken, a healer and fighter. She should have been revered.

[xclowniex]

I truly think that the majority of goyim simply do not know what it has been like for jews in the diaspora since Oct 7th.

When the news first broke, I did not know how far hamas had gotten into Israel, my family in Israel was on a trip somewhere in Israel too and I had no clue where they had gone for a holiday. Whilst I knew they did not live anywhere near the Gaza border, I had zero idea where they were when it was happening. I had zero clue if they were alive or dead. I was stuck in limbo watching all the reports.

Then on Monday, I had to go into work like nothing fucking happened, like I didn't just spend the weekend worrying if they were dead or alive.

When I came into work, my manager who had heard the news who knows I have family in Israel asked me what had happened. I was still processing the news myself. All I told her was that there was an attack on Israeli civilians and she said that she hoped my family was safe.

In the coming days I saw all the protests, all the protests BEFORE Israel had even retaliated. I saw the antisemitic protest in Australia where people were chanting "gas the jews" and thinking "oh my fucking God, Australian culture is similar to New Zealand culture, is a similar protest going to happen here?" I spend so long worried that something like that would happen where I lived. I planned what I would do if I got caught near one, picturing all the common places people protest and planning my escape routes. Thankfully nothing on that scale happened. I was lucky.

None of my friends at the time asked me if my family was safe, but they all posted about Palestine. Keep in mind that all bar one knew I have family in Israel as I've spoken about it multiple times.

I watched support keep coming and coming for palestine when Israel hadn't even retaliated yet, and no support for the Israeli lives lost. I pushed my feelings aside, giving people the benefit of the doubt, maybe just maybe they didn't know the extent of Oct 7th that was released at that time.

After Israel retaliated, I ended up unfollowing so many content creators online because they refused to talk Oct 7th and only talked about Palestine. Were my family just chopped fucking liver to them???? Did my anxiety that I felt about their safety just not matter? Did all Israelis dying not matter to them?

I went to my first Halloween party. It was fun and I enjoyed myself for the most part, but on the way there I kept worrying that someone was going to say something antisemitic, that someone was going to bring up the war and dehumanize Israelis, dehumanize my family. I spent the whole evening on edge, worrying that it would happen. As a result, to calm my nerves I ended up getting super fucked up. It did not work and I overdid the alcohol and weed and I just felt terrible. The next day I felt immense guilt. How could I party? How could I dance when those at Nova were killed when they were dancing?

Then the antisemitism started online. I watched antisemitic tropes just start flying around social media. It's what made me start posting about the war and antisemitism online. My blog turned from clown posts, my special interest, to a space where I could get my feelings off my chest.

Then the antisemitism started in real life. Whenever I wore my magen david, I would get called slurs. I had to start avoiding certain parts of town because of it.

I also felt highly isolated at work. I didn't know who I could speak to about what I was going through. My office is made up of mainly leftists. No one really spoke about the war at work, which in a way made it worse. I didn't know who was normal about jews and Israelis and who weren't.

The harassment got so bad that my partner at the time was begging me to stop wearing or at least hide my magen david as he was afraid that I would be physically attacked.

There were times which I hid it, and I still experienced antisemitism because I have a very jewish nose.

I experienced this for MONTHS.

At one point in time, I tried venting to my friends at the time about the antisemitism I was facing. One of them said that they hadn't seen any antisemitism so they didn't know what I was talking about. I called what they said weird, and they started on this whole tirade that I'm only calling them antisemitic because they're arab. I think this was in November. I looked at their blog and found posts denying oct 7th, saying it didn't happen. I took screenshots in case i needed them in the future. Oh the foreshadowing.

About two months ago, a new person was invited to the friend group discord server. This new person made some pro hamas comments and said they were a resistance group. I explained with proof that Hamas has said that they wanted to kill jews. This was the start of a downfall of my friendship with my ex friends.

2 weeks after that, one of my ex friend vents about the war, and in their vent they dehumanized Israelis. I decided to check all my friends social media posts. I found post after post after post with blood libel, oct 7th denial, antisemitic tropes, dehumanization of Israelis and jews, and posts in support of groups which want jews dead, such as the houthi which have "curse to jews" in their slogan. That new person added to the discord server literally sent a few messages explicitly saying that they support the houthi.

I take a few days to process things and decide enough is enough, and that I need to unfriend them all. I email my local synagogue and get accepted to join after being screened by them to verify that I was in fact jewish and not some antisemite wanting to harm the congregation. I end my friendship with my ex friends with an essay of a message stating what they said, why it was antisemitic and that I do not feel comfortable or safe being friends with them anymore.

Two of them reached out to me to try to fix things. One hasn't really done much, she only didn't ask if my family was safe after Oct 7th + never called out any antisemitism the friend group did. However our friendship could not be repaired as her boyfriend was one of the worse perpetrators of antisemitism.

The other one who reached out supported groups who had tied to Hamas. I asked them to no longer support SJP, and they refused with the excuse of "I already avoid so many activist groups because of white supremacy, it's too hard to avoid SJP. I had to bite my tongue. I wanted to scream at them "why the actual fuck are you attracted to so many groups who engage in white supremacy that you need to actively avoid them? How hard is it to avoid one more! Write a fucking list if you need help remembering!" But I didn't say any of that, I just told them that if that's their choice then we can no longer be friends anymore and I blocked them.

Going to synagogue was amazing. I felt so welcomed and have made some new friends. Reconnecting with my jewishness after not going to synagogue for years was good. It was exactly what I needed. However, it was the cause of the end of my relationship with my ex.

He had his parents force his culture on him since he was a child and hated every second of it. When he immigrated here, he assimilated and wanted nothing to do with the culture from the country he was born in. Whilst he was fine with me participating in jewish culture, he didn't want it brought into the relationship at all. He was fine eating jewish food if i cooked it, but he didn't want to learn about jewish culture or do anything regarding it. I wasn't expecting him to convert, all I wanted was for him to learn the basics about jewish culture, maybe surprise me with some recipies from my childhood like I've done with sri lankan recipies from his childhood when he told me that he's craving them, attend jewish markets when they happen. I did not at all expect him to convert or to become immersed in jewish culture, I just wanted him to make an effort to support my jewishness.

We were looking at marriage and children in the next few years and were discussing how to raise them. I wanted them to learn about their jewish culture as children and it would be up to them if they participated in it or not as they got older. He didn't want that at all. He viewed it as them being "indoctrinated" into judaism. I told him that I feel like he just wants to date some white girl who has a default culture of our country and that I could never be that, I would never throw away my jewishness to be that. And he agreed that he did want someone who just had the default culture of our country. So we broke up. To be fair, I had been thinking about breaking up for months due to other issues, but that was the one which made me go "this relationship cannot be fixed, it has to end or I will be unhappy forever".

On its own, it doesn't seem too bad, but after going through so much antisemitism, the one person who is support to support me, who is suppose to love me, couldn't do that as long as I was actively jewish and participating in jewish culture.

And that's not even a complete list of everything I have gone through since Oct 7th. And I can't make this post without mentioning the amazing jews in my phone, who have been there for me since the start. You have made this hellscape bearable.

Like I said, goyim don't know what it has been like for jews since Oct 7th

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I refuse to be told to "move on" from October 7th. I simply refuse.

You know the thing about trauma? You don't really get the choice to move on. You may be living in the future, but at least a part of your mind is trapped in that horrible moment. Sometimes that part of you can never escape.

Right now, as I'm writing this, I am sitting at my desk in my room. But right now, as I am writing this a part, huge part, of me is still in that airport. That part of me is still staring at my phone, trying to catch its breath but failing. That part of me is still watching in shock as the death count rises, the videos of Hamas's atrocities are broadcasted everywhere I see, the celebration of my people being massacred is burning my eyes. My ears are hearing the wailing sirens from when I was last in Israel. My hands are still feeling the shaking of the walls as the Iron Dome intercepts attempts upon the lives of my family and me. My heart is hurting for each life lost and each family left broken.

My body is here, in January 10th. My mind is not. My mind, and the mind of nearly every Jew is still stuck in October 7th.

Do not think we chose this. If I could choose indifference, if I could choose apathy, if I could choose ignorance, I wouldn't feel so constantly triggered and in pain.

But nobody gets to choose trauma.

This wasn't a unique trauma, a first-time event. Pogroms are nothing new to us, genocides and attempts at such against us aren't anything new, hateful libel and lies are near-constants.

That's part of what made October 7th so much worse.

I grew up hearing about how my great-grandfather lost his entire family to the Holocaust, how my ancestors survived pogroms, how my parents faced systemic antisemitism in the USSR.

We all grew up hearing our parents and grandparents tell us about antisemitism.

And do not think we were ignorant of it. I was well aware that the world is not even close to shedding its deeply ingrained antisemitism.

I was aware of it when I wrote a speech about discussion of modern antisemitism and being told it was "well-written but controversial". I was aware of it when my teacher said I was responding "emotionally, not academically" to an author claiming antisemitism and the Holocaust weren't "that bad".

I was aware of it when a synagogue near me got shot up, a synagogue I've been to. I was aware of it because I had no other choice.

But it had always felt like it was "winding down" from what my parents had told me. Yes what my teacher did was bad but at least he didn't explicitly single me out for being a Jew and intentionally fail me. Yes the feedback for my speech was hurtful but it wasn't like I was being violently censored. Yes the shooting was awful but it wasn't a full-blown pogrom.

I'm not saying my logic was correct. Far from it. But that's how it felt before October 7th.

When October 7th happened I saw that nothing was "winding down" as I had previously thought. People were still just as keen to gleefully cheer on the killing of Jews as they had been. The world is just as slow to act when Jews are being forcibly held and tortured and killed. Blood libel and ideas of the "doctor's plot" are alive and well.

Oct 7th triggered old trauma, Oct 7th was traumatic in its own right, and for most of us, Oct 7th proved that antisemitism isn't going anywhere. It isn't winding down or getting better.

And that kind of pain? That kind of trauma? That sticks with you.

You wouldn't tell any other person to get over their trauma. So what makes it ok to say it to traumatized Jews as we are still processing the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust?

That behavior is horrible and inexcusable.

Trauma is trauma, you don't get to decide who does or doesn't have the right to be traumatized. You don't get to decide how people discuss their trauma.

[kiaramemes09]

Thinking about the friends and families of these dead students.

SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRETY OF TETRO DANGANRONPA PINK BELOW

I sincerely apologize in advance.

Isono is never going to be able to repair her strained relationship with her sister. Her mother is running around, panicking for her youngest child. Her millions of fans, people she made smile, perhaps more people like Wada who were uplifted by her streams, they’re left to wonder where on earth she is. Is she okay? Is she taking a break? Is she quitting? Why without warning? Is she safe?

Sasaki’s parents cherish her. It’s unimaginable the guilt her parents must feel for failing to protect her horrific things she was going through thanks to her teacher, from having her innocence ruined. And now, she’s gone. Their only child, who they wanted nothing more than to be happy, is gone without a trace.

All the friends Chiba made along the way in her career, all wondering where that girl, the sweetest of young ladies went. Her TV family, her TV mom, TV dad, and TV big brothers, her cosmologist, she really wanted to see them again. Chances are, so do they.

Harada’s parents love him and are naturally searching for their child. His girlfriend, a girl he might’ve spent the rest of his life with, from their high school years to old age, was stated to might end up going with him. She can’t even remember him by the tiger cub he cared for.

Kamimura’s aunt had to of reported him missing a little while ago, when his rent went unpaid. Maybe she’s wondering if she failed him. Did she fail her sister’s beloved child, and is why he’s gone? He’s never going to see her again, or tell her how much he missed her when he was stuck in there.

Tsuno’s parents must be searching high and low, desperately trying to find their sweet baby. Knocking on doors, begging someone, anyone, to give them information. Her little brothers, nine year olds, probably can’t even begin to comprehend why their big sister isn’t home.

Okazaki’s former roommates have no idea that anything’s even wrong. She must’ve gone off on an adventure again. Maybe she’ll drive in with another stolen van. Maybe she won’t be calling herself Okazaki Hanano and they’ll be calling by yet another one of her aliases when she crashes on one of their couches.

Watari’s little siblings, they relied on her. She was forced to parent them, to take care of them. She held a more motherly role in their lives than their own mother, who’s probably scrambling now that her daughter isn’t thanklessly doing her job. That baby on the way, that baby will never know her. That baby will never be able to recall the wildfire girl that will be so dearly missed.

Hama’s mom and little sister, they were nothing short of close with him. They did need him. They needed their kind boy there with them. They pray day and night that their Ran will come home, that he’ll be back unhurt and God will comfort him through whatever is separating them right now. The old ladies in the neighborhood adored him, that kind, helpful young man. He should be home right now.

Hayashi’s parents will never. ever. give up on their daughter. Their crazy stubborn daughter will be found, whether it be in a few more days, weeks, a year, or several, she’ll return. Surely. They’ll find her, maybe more scarred than before, but they’ll be there for her, ready to hold her in their warm embrace. If there is even a chance what they find won’t be a body, they will hold onto it and believe that as the case regardless of the odds. She’s still out there. She has to be.

Hasegawa’s got a family at home, but it doesn’t matter anymore. Their family broke apart, but Hasegawa was in an at least civil relationship with them all. His mother loved and supported her son to bits. His sister, his best friend, must’ve started digging the moment he disappeared. His dad and dad’s girlfriend must be worried sick. They lost little Reina eleven years before, in a regrettable accident that should’ve been avoided. The Hasegawas can’t be losing another precious child, can they? They can’t. They just…can’t.

It’s not fair.

[tamamita]

How will the state of Israel be dismantled if the USA refuse to back down as a funder and ally? This is where I’m stuck.

The thing is that Israel is still getting weaker despite of that, the more people that get radicalized the more we have a unified consciousness that leads to revolution, and yes, inevitably through violence. This occupation definitely weakened Israel in terms of PR, international and national reputation, and Israel's government is already pissweak as it is and its citizens have no confidence in it. Hamas couldn't have chosen a better moment to strike because of that. You've seen the protests all around the world, Israel is just getting more and more enemies by each day that passes and people are seeing a genocide unfold. Israel is not gonna recover even if it somehow managed to defeat the resistance groups.

[starlight-bread-blog]

It's Zutara Month 2024 So I'm Gonna Discuss (See: Fangirl) Them and Emotional Labor

Katara cooks, sews, but most of all: she gives unconditional emotional support for her brother, and later the rest of the Gaang.

Illustrated after Appa was stolen, the Gaang got stuck in a desert without much water, food or any means of transportation besides their legs. Katara gave everyone her bending water, without drinking any herself, responded to everyone with compassion, and by the end she helped bring Aang back to himself while he was out of control in the Avatar State.

Even after the episode is over, next episode and she helps delivering a baby, and still makes sure to look after Aang.

Sokka too testified that Katara did a lot of labor for him:

Sokka: Actually, in a way, I rely on [Katara's bossiness].

Toph: I don't understand.

Sokka: When our mom died, that was the hardest time in my life. Our family was a mess, but Katara, she had so much strength. She stepped up and took on so much responsibility. She helpwd fill the void that was left by our mom.

Toph: I guess I never thought about that.

And appropriately, Katara is the one doing the vast majority of the emotional labor in her relationships. She takes care everyone, comfrots them, and protects them. Take "The Deserter" as an example: Aang was being extremely careless with his new found fire bending ability, to the point where he accidently burns Katara's hands.

Katara herself never express her anger at him, she ends up healing her own wounds. Sokka does the scolding. A\ang felt incredibly guilty, but still – by the end, Katara is the one comfroting Aang when he wants to give up on fire bending.

Katara takes care of everyone in the Gaang, making sure they're well, helping them heal their scars. Moreover, Katara often brings up her own grief to empthize with other people's loss. It's a pattern of sorts:

1) A character talks about their past with the Fire Nation

Haru: Yeah. Problem is ... [Close-up, earthbends two stones in a circle above his hand.] the only way I can feel close to my father now is when I practice my bending. He taught me everything I know.

Jet: The Fire Nation killed my parents. I was only eight years old. That day changed me forever.

Hama: I'm sorry. It's too painful to talk about anymore.

2) Katara brings up her own grief, sympathizing with their loss

Katara (to Haru): See this necklace? My mother gave it to me.

Katara (to Jet): Sokka and I lost our mother to the Fire Nation.

Katara (to Hama): We completely understand. We lost our mother in a raid.

A\ang is a bit of an exception, given that she brought up her grief to prepare him for the loss of his people. (Ad they all respond sympathetically). Still, she brings it up to sympathize and help. There is nothing wrong with that, of course. but here is how it went with Zuko:

1) A character talks about their past with the Fire Nation

Katara: You have no idea what this war has put me through! Me personally! The Fire Nation took my mother away from me.

2) Katara brings up her own grief, sympathizing with their loss

Zuko: I'm sorry. That's something we have in common.

It's Zuko who responds to her grief this time. It's him empathizing with her. It's him doing the emotional labor for her. And it's this sympathy is their first real civil conversation, establishing that in their relationship, Zuko will do some of the labor needed of him.

In The Southern Raiders, Katara opens up to Zuko, compleyely unprompted, while she is yet to forgive him, about the precise events that led to her mother's death.

A thing she has never done with anyone, and is doing now with someone she considers untrust worthy. Zuko responds with "your mother was a brave women". She, once again, is on the reciving end of the emotional labor – and in a way that is deeper than any other intance of her in the show.

In rest of the episode, Zuko is the one thinking of her and taking care of her.

Exhibit A:

Exhibit B:

Exhibit C:

Katara takes care of everyone, but it is with Zuko that she recives the help she deserves.

She put herself in danger to help A\ang, she helpped him after he'd burnt her, and she stepped up when her mother died. But with Zuko, he is the one reaching out. He's the one taking care of her needs.

[adaonline]

*KICKS DOWN DOOR*

ALRIGHT EVERYBODY LISTEN UP

I don't wanna hear one more word of slander against my girl Nishino 'cause let you tell ya, her plan was 4D chess levels of genius and ya'll just ain't ready to admit it!!!

Self-immolation is a hell of a way to go, and Watari knew this. The other's got it wrong when they assumed she burned down the school to kill them all. Watari loved each Hama and non-Hama equally and would trade her life for theirs at a moment's notice.

Because here's the thing. She wanted out of the school. EVERYBODY wanted out of the school. As far as she knew, there was sky just behind the balcony on the third floor, all they needed to do was tear down the walls around them and boom, freedom, but because INTENTIONAL property damage would result in execution or the Kan treatment, she had to be smart about how she went about it. And thus, the plan began to form.

Here are her options:

Watari sets school on fire, which would result in her death or torture, and the rabbit might quell the flame before any severe damage could be done. Nobody is better off for it. OR, major damage in done and they can escape. Very risky.

2 Watari kills herself in the blaze, but the flames may still be put out before any major damage, there is no trial because suicide, and she only succeeds in traumatizing her friends and leaving them worse off for her efforts. Flames could cause severe structural damage, and lead to the other's escape, but still very risky.

3 Watari sets someone up to kill her, they go to trial and vote wrong because nobody knew they were the blackened to begin with, one person escapes, the game ends.

4 Watari sets someone up to kill her, they go to trial, somehow they decern who she set up to kill her, and they execute them. They only have one trial left and the motive is nullified, giving relief to Wada, Tamba, Ojima, and Hasagawa.

5 This is the best outcome in her eyes. Watari sets someone up to kill her, the walls come down, and the students and the blackened escape together.

Options 3 through 5 have the greatest chances of success in her eyes. If her objective of tearing down the school fails, then at least she can save one person, and who better than her best friend, the one who's stuck by her side since chapter 2, who has a mom and sister who needs their son and brother. Her plan is nigh foolproof, there's a good chance it works. If they hadn't found the battery, there's a good chance Tetro Pink could have ended right there and then.

And here's the thing. Watari had no way to know the school was underground. Her plan worked. The wall came down in front of Ojima and Hiroaki, if they weren't underground they would have seen the sky, just like she wanted. It was the one variable in her plan than caused Option 5 to fail. She almost got them out.

She even ensured that no one would be on the third floor except for her when the blaze erupted. The other's would be okay on the lower floors, after all, they had the pool.

Watari played the ace up her sleeve in a desperate attempt to get as many of her classmates out as she could. She put the safety of the students over her own life, LIKE THE DAMN HEADMASTER SHE WAS. AND I WILL NOT STAND BY TO SEE HER BE VILLANIZED ANY LONGER.

HEADMASTER WATARI, rest in peace, I hope you and Okazaki find each other in your next life. You certainly left a hell of a flame for her to follow...

[cartoonverisimilitude]

Apparently Trump has said that the U.S. will take over Gaza - and like - I wonder how those “THESE CANDIDATES ARE EQUALLY HORRIBLE SO I WONT VOTE. KAMALA SUPPORTS GENOCIDE” idiots are feeling now. Cause like, did you expect Trump to …not support genocide?

Or were you hoping the rest of us sane people would vote for Kamala, she’d win and you could rest peacefully knowing that you didn’t “sacrifice your morals” but could still reap the benefits of a candidate you knew was “the lesser evil?”

Like you don’t have to sacrifice anything and still get to feel good about yourself ? You thought the rest of us were going to take care of the issue for you.

But you didn’t vote. Or you voted for Jill Stein. And maybe the voting machines were rigged - but maybe if you voted for Kamala we would have had an argument, a court case.

But no.

And now we’re stuck Donald Fuck and Elon Shmuck who are literally dismantling the government and who will probably start WWIII over fucking Greenland , reinstall slavery , lock the borders and cause another Great Depression… all because you were pissy that Kamala Harris had no plan to solve the most notoriously complex land wars in history. She couldn’t solve the issue in the Middle East, bitch if it was simple and American wasn’t run but evangelical Christians who have a vested self interest in Jews returning to Israel to trigger the end times, if the world wasn’t so antisemitic, or racist or sexist or if Hamas hadn’t slaughtered hundreds of innocents and taken over a hundred people including children hostage - yeah, may be there could be a solution on the horizon.

But there fucking isn’t.

And you aren’t asking the government to end relations with China despite them LITERALLY having concentration camps for Uighar people and erasing their culture. You aren’t asking Kamala to fix that.

No. You asked a black woman to solve a 2,000+ year old issue because it’s the topic du jour and you wanted to hide your racism and sexism behind a veil of progressivism.

You couldn’t possibly vote for the lesser of two evils - that’s just wrong.

Now, you want people to do something. Now when they’re making it more difficult to protest, to earn a living, to earn an education - you want us to do something

Or you want to be a hero. You want things to get bad so you can play Katniss Everdeen and be the face of a Revolution. But Katniss never wanted to be the mockingjay.

It just happened and then they forced her to continue the role

You want things to get bad and the current system to burn to the ground because you assume whatever will pop will be better than before. Or at least you’ll be in charge.

You’re hypocrites and idiots. You’re naive and uneducated. I’m glad you see good in the world and have hope for a better future.

But that doesn’t happen overnight or in violence. A lot of the times, it’s small - like voting for a person you don’t want to, because they’re still better than the alternative

[quillthrillswriting]

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︵‿presenting...quill's kataang week!‿︵

︵‿︵︵‿︵︵day two: protectiveness/ bodyguard︵‿︵︵‿︵︵

︵‿︵︵︵‿︵︵‿‿hosted by @kataang-week︵‿︵︵︵‿︵︵‿‿

summary:

stuck in her tower for all eighteen years of her life, katara had come to peace with her own lonely, repetitive existence, her only company being her mother, hama. at least, she *was* at peace, until a certain airbending thief happened along her tower, caught her eye, and forever shifted the path of her destiny. OR: kataangled. and yes, i came up with that brilliant wordplay all on my own.

:D the following are excerpts from "all at once, everything is different, now that i see you":

In all of her eighteen years of gazing out into the same meadow, the same night sky, Katara had never quite managed to piece together why every year, on her birthday, the night sky came alight with glowing lanterns in hues of soft silver and blue. As much as it tugged at her, she didn’t mind the element of mystery too much. After all, a girl who grows up never leaving the confines of her tower is a girl used to looking out into a world of mysteries. Katang spent her days pouring over old scrolls, gleaning bits and pieces about the world from what she could see through her window.

To be entirely honest, it wasn’t all that much. A modest meadow, a bubbling brook, the occasional frog-squirrel or cat deer. Still, it was more than enough for her to feel utterly enchanted by. Each and every time that an animal walked by, Katara would imagine how it would feel to be one of those wild things, chained to nothing, bound by your own will. 

Katara certainly wasn’t.

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Aang made quick work of the tower walls, the uneven brick providing natural foot and handholds as he scaled the rough, mossy stone. When he finally reached the summit of the spire, he heaved himself over, his breath rough as he dusted off his palms. He tugged off his thin overshift, revealing his one-shouldered monk’s robes as he did. Aang scratched his neck absentmindedly as he took in his surroundings. He was surprised to see that the tower was furnished, lived-in, even. He recognized waterbending forms painted on most of the walls. There were even lit candles softly flickering away in various nooks and crannies, casting warm light over the room.

Wait. Alarm bells rang in Aang’s mind, urging him to further examine the situation he had found himself in.

  If the tower is abandoned, then who lit the-

The next sound he heard was a deafening thunk as a thin sword buried itself in the wall next to his head, leaving a deep cut along the shell of his ear. 

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She wanted a reason to snap back, to make some snide comment, but Aang’s eyes were so open, his expression so… trustable that she simply couldn’t stomach it. 

Katara knew that should’ve been telling him to leave. She should’ve asked him to apologise, to be on his way. In all her years of solitude, she’d never dreaded being alone, but something about Aang leaving and her never being able to see him again sent a pang of something like homesickness straight through her. 

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“I see that you need time to process all of this.” Aang stood, his eyes shining with sympathy that only made Katara feel more guilty over how heartbroken Mother Hama would be were she to find out about her new doubts. “I’m happy to give that to you.” She trailed like a ghost behind him as he strode to the window, tugging a wooden glider from his back before standing atop the edge of the terrace, grinning at her softly as she clung shyly to the carvings of the doorway. “And I understand that you don’t know me, that you have no real reason to believe me.”

He turned to the side, saluting her teasingly. “So I’ll be back, same time tomorrow, so that we can get to know one another a bit better.”

“Aang!” She shouted, rushing to the edge of the terrace as he snapped open his glider, plunging downwards. “No, you will not .”

“I can’t hear you! But I totally agree! I’m looking forward to it as well!” His whoops echoed through the field as he did a couple loop-de-loops. 

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Aang stepped through her window, right on schedule, with an injury he claimed he had gotten while sparring, Katara’s only response was the word “Again?” 

“Hey, If being injured is what it takes for you to let me stay even a few minutes longer, I’ll take it.” Aang grinned, shrugging as he tugged up the end of his top to reveal the bruises patterning his ribs. Katara did her best to focus on the injury itself, and not the muscle rippling over Aang’s side, as she settled into the stool next to him, leaning over to run her hands over the purple-and-blue skin. “I like your company.”

I like you. The response materialised in Katara’s mind before she could suppress it, and the longer it sat there, the more right it felt. I like you.

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“So, what else does a thief carry with him in his bag?” Katara had been strangely curious about what Aang considered precious enough to carry around with him in his satchel, but after fishing through playing cards and a set of spinning marbles he’d been very proud of, her interest was considerably less piqued.

“Oh, I don’t think I ever got a chance to explain what I took to end up in your tower.” Aang fished around until he tugged out a velvet box, passing it over to her with both hands. He continued on, talking about the castle security and his plans to pawn the necklace to feed and house children displaced by the ongoing conflict with the Fire Nation, but his words faded away as Katara opened the box.

I know you.

There, nestled in silk, was a pale blue pendant on a deep blue velvet ribbon. Just looking at it for a moment was enough for her to feel entirely off balance. Vague memories hit her, one after the other, of looking up at a ceiling of moon symbols carved in diamond, a hanging mobile of seals and icebergs. The ornate arches of a castle, the corridors and gardens of a grand estate. 

I know you.

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The world tilted, and suddenly, neither Katara’s will, nor her body, were her own.

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[r1zingclouds]

Today, while I can still remain here - Nishizono Renga Birthday SSR Card Story Translation

Happy Birthday, Renga!

(Translation notes at the end)

Renga: (Today’s the birthday of “Nishizono Renga”.)

Renga: (I heard from my manager that there's a leading role lined up that only I can play.)

Renga: Alright, my looks are on point.Time to go.

Yukikaze: Renga. 

Yukikaze: Target secured.

Renga: Hah!?

Renga: …

Muneuji: Hachinoya-san. Excuse me, can you raise the rightmost decoration by 2 millimeters? It’s sloping ever so slightly.

Nagi: Got it. Still, it’s really pretty, this ornament.

Muneuji: According to Lu-senpai, it’s customary for celebrations in China. Certainly, the golden glow creates a festive atmosphere.

Renga: ………..

Kafka: Chief-chan, is that the last dish? The drinks have already been brought over.

Chief: Yup. All that’s left is the cake! Yuki-nii is doing a final inspection on it.

Shuumai: Woof. Woof, woof.

Renga: What’s going on?”

Renga: Chief and Yukikaze brought me to the living room all of sudden, sat me down on the sofa with Shuumai, and now a party’s starting!?

Ten: Renga-san, looking good~ That “Today’s protag” sash suits you.

Renga: Hey, Ten! Don’t tell me… No, there’s no doubt…!

Ten: That’s right~. Everyone’s been working hard all night to celebrate your birthday, Renga-san.

Ten: Your manager did us a favor and freed up your schedule for today. Man, everyone’s going at it.

Renga: My manager was in on it…! I had no idea at all…

Renga: (Just when I thought I wouldn’t be able to celebrate today because of work…! So this is what my manager meant with the “leading role only I can play!”)

Renga: That means… all this food and decorations are for me?

Toi: Need to align them by height a bit better… there. Acrylic stands and Uchiwa fans go over here…

Renga: …Hm? What is Toi doing?

Kafka: Making a shrine. It's a custom among fans who want to do something extravagant for their favorite celebrity's birthday, and Toi can relate all too well.

Kafka: Hand-making goods and amassing official ones... He’s been arranging merch and fan letters that arrived at your office since morning.

Renga: Since morning!? Then I should he…!

Liguang: Hold it.

Renga: Uwah! What’s wrong with you, Liguang, pushing me onto the sofa all of sudden!

Linguang: Stop messing around and sit down like a guest of honor should. It pisses me off to look at you.

Renga: You, you didn’t have to put it that way!

Shuumai: Woof!

Renga: …Are you saying I should sit down too, Shuumai?

Shuumai: Woofwoof!

Renga: …! I, I see. Got it.

Renga: (Since I’m playing a role no one else can do, I should act the part… everyone's be happier that way, right?)

Renga: …

Toi: Whew… Is this the last one?

Toi: Ah? There’s still one box left! I need to open it quickly!

Renga: That’s it, I can’t do it anymore!

Renga: Toi! Let me give you a hand!

Liguang: Tsk.

Ten: My, my.

Yukikaze: Sorry to keep you waiting. Please, give it up for the “Golden Sunrise Celeb Rose Cake”.

Kafka: We’re all finished here, what about you?

Toi:  All done! Thanks to Renga-san, we’ve completed the shrine!

Chief: Then, let’s get the party started!

Chief: Renga-kun.

HAMA Tours: Happy Birthday!

Renga: Tha…thank you.

Ten: Here, for you. It’s a dog toy.  Go nuts and play with Shuumai until it breaks. 

Nagi: I chose shears for pruning roses. Feel free to ask for gardening advice anytime. 

Yukikaze: My present is a travel bag. It has a large capacity and many pockets, so it can fit  plenty of snacks, tissues and the like. I hope it comes in handy for both studio and location shooting.

Renga: (All of these presents have so much feeling behind them. I can tell how much they thought of me when choosing these.) 

Yukikaze: …Is someone at the door?

Toi: Ah… I’ll get it!

Toi: Uwah!?

Muneuji: There was a huge noise.

Renga: What happened, Toi?

Toi: We’ve a p…problem! The gift box got stuck in the door!

Courier: A parcel for Nishizono-sama. Please sign here. 

Kafka: With this volume, it can hardly be called a present, can it? It’s more like a shipment of goods for a sales event.

Nagi: The door is creaking. Better use the front entrance.

Yukikaze: It’s from Renga’s father. The note says “To Renga, and the HAMA Tours employees who always look after my son.”

Yukikaze: What a kind parent.

Chief: Amazing, Renga-kun! You received such a huge present!

Renga: Well, I guess? Once you get on my level, that's normal…

Toi: I wonder if I can carry it somehow…

Renga: Hey, Toi! Don’t try to carry it alone!

Ten: Is it okay for today’s protag to be such a busy bee?

Liguang: Tsk, he doesn’t realize he’s just causing extra headaches on the organizers’ side.

(the Live 2D animations (wordlessly) show that Renga tries to help Toi, starts shaking, probably because he can't handle the weight, but Yukikaze and Nagi catch and stabilize him)

Chief: Ahaha… Isn’t that just like him, though?

Part 2

Renga: Nom, nom… The cake Ushio made is really tasty….

Renga: I feel like I’ve heard enough “congratulations” today to last me a lifetime.

Renga: The birthday party was fun, too.

(flashback)

Nanaki: Then, it’s a promise. On our next day off?

Renga: Ah, yeah. Thanks for the invite, Nanaki. Can’t wait for the live soccer match.

Nanaki: I’m glad you’re on board. I have two replica uniforms, so let's wear them when we go.

Nanaki: Sunglasses will be a must for you, though… It’d be something else if people realized you’re at the venue, Nishizono-san. 

Shuumai: Woofwoof, woof!

Renga: What’s up, Shuumai, you want to go, too?

Renga: Too bad, you can’t enter the stadium. Cheer up, I’ll toss you the ball I got from Ten…

Yachiyo: R-R-R-Renga-san! Renga-sa-!

Yachiyo: Uwa-!?

*sound of things falling over*

Nanaki: He fell head first into a cardboard box…

Renga: Yachiyo, you alright?

Yachiyo: S-sorry! I tried, but I couldn’t pull the brakes fast enough!

Renga: Why’re you in such a hurry?

Yachiyo: W-w-well, there was a letter for Renga-san left at the door, so I wanted to deliver it…

Renga: A postcard? Wonder who sent it…

Renga: (Happy Birthday to the both of us)

Renga: …!

Renga: I see. Thanks for bringing it to me.

(flashback ends)

Renga: It was a good day.

Renga: Who’s it?

Kinari: Nishizono-sama, excuse me for bothering you during your rest.

Kinari: I have been designated as your gift-giver as a part of the Random Gift System.

Renga: I-it’s time!

Renga: Much appreciated. Well, come in.

Kinari: Understood. Then, if you would accept this item.

Renga: A rose shaped… earring?

Kinari: After receiving the order, I discovered it while searching for a gift that would be suitable for Nishizono-sama.

Kinari: The initial search returned 27506 results. Subsequently, the list was narrowed down to 18549 options.

Kinari: I’ve heard from the Master that Nishizono-sama is partial to roses, which is why I’ve chosen this accessory.

Renga: You also put lots of thought into it. I really appreciate that.

Kinari: Happy Birthday, Nishizono-sama. May you be loved by many people from now on, as well.

Renga: I-idiot! That much is a given!

Renga: After all… After all, I’m Nishizono Renga!

Renga: (Up until now, I’ve always tried to act in a way that’d befit [Nishizono Renga])

Renga: But today is a little different than usual. I feel like they’re also celebrating [me]).

Renga: I’m glad I could stay here.

Staff: Time for a commercial!

MC: Renga-kun, wasn’t it your birthday the other day? Congrats.

Renga: Yeah, thanks.

MC: I’ve been wondering, are these earrings something you brought from home? They look great on you!

Renga: Right? It’s because they were chosen by an important friend… as a gift that suits me best! 

You can read my translations of the Mayors and Yachiyo's voice lines for Renga's birthday here!

Translation notes:

The card story title: ここにいらえる今日を, is cut off: it's missing a verb that should go after を, so the information what is exactly done with/about this day (ここにいらえる is modifying, or describing what kind of "today" it is, instead). This is possibly to make it more ambiguous in meaning and slightly foreboding. You could put fill the blank in different ways, but since there's no clear indication and the difference in sentence structure would place the missing verb at the beginning, I decided to leave it out altogether to avoid further confusion.

Some possible ways to complete the title would be, for example: to celebrate, to cherish, to remember; or it could also be a toast, if you added 祝して、乾杯 at the end, as in "Cheers to today"

Renga's manager: As far as I know their gender isn't known, so I tried to avoid personal pronouns.

Renga shrine: Japanese fans are known for their extravagance while practicing this custom, such as renting a whole studio room and lining up hundreds of items, so I took some liberties with Kafka's first line to emphasize that - he only mentions fans who "want to celebrate" and that doesn't really relay the scale of what seems to have been going on, what with Toi having multiple boxes of stuff prepared.

[auguryofjellyfish]

more thoughts about today so far

okay, so my predictions were completely wrong. i'm never predicting shit again lol. what the hell. though i did start to think it could be hama yesterday.

i wonder if we will still have more episodes today. there's the entire rest of it left...

the moments in the trial that stuck with me:

-when ken was like 'i was in my room, at least it locks' and hiroaki said 'that doesn't really matter that much anymore' and ken said don't. joke about that. dude. if a tone of voice could kill, hiroaki would have been eviscerated right then and there.

-ken was fucking self-harming, spilling his blood to light up his room using luminol. what the fuck? ken, what....how would that work? that's such bullshit, how would that be in any way more effective than glow in the dark stars? you...it wasn't just for the light. right?

-overall everyone being at each other's throats. hama completely losing it on wada, then hiroaki, whooh. reminded me of ken doing that last chapter.

-"tamba. tamba tamba tamba tamba.... oh tamba tamba. you. literally. saw me.

IN THE STAIRRRRRWEEEELLLLLLLL❗❗❗❗❗❗❗❗"

-after i've seen people claiming she didn't, tamba knew what flint and steel was after all LOL

-when ken said 'you don't know how it feels to love someone so much you'd be willing to die just so they could live.' he said it. he actually said it....sigh. i'm sorry, ken. i believe him. if he could, if he had to, if he had gotten the opportunity, he would have. always.

-overall ken carrying the trial and doing the closing argument, that was cool. he really took the the lead here. it was nice to see...i've missed him.

-when hama started praying.

this was gutwrenching. i'm so fucking sorry.

wada crying. mai crying. and i was crying too. i'm very culturally christian, but i'm not a believer. but this is making me want to go to church and pray.

lord, divine fire, have mercy.

he was crying out to god, but in his last moment, he just wanted his mom.

...........hhh.....siiigh.......

ok. i'm gutted. this was....goddamn, von babbitt. jesus christ. great work though. fucking. hell.

fuck kan and yonekura, i hope they rot forever. so painful...he didn't deserve it. he didn't deserve this at all.

hama....

and wada was trying to break through to him, hiroaki had to hold him back...even after hama went off on him, it didn't matter at all. that was his friend. wada's so kind. he's just so kind. he still doesn't really know how to express it to people. he was never shown how, before. but he feels it. he cares, so much, and he loves, loves, loves.

fucking hell, wada...more friends gone. bright souls gone. the school staff is gone. everything's gone...and hiroaki pissed off everyone again.

complete and utter devastation. howling void.

our father, who art in heaven. hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. amen.

rest in peace.

[thekatydids]

my wonderful beautiful non-despair au for tetro

Where nothing bad ever happens ever probably

Fujioka Memorial High is a normal if not prestigious school that has close ties to KFTI. Most of the staff also work research jobs in KFTI aka they were banished to teaching duty and its not strange for a teacher to trade places with a colleague for a week bc they’re needed in some lab. Don’t worry about it❤️

There’s also a credit system option which the cast is all a part of. It works nicely for guys like Tamba & Yanagi who have practice they can’t work around and Kamimura & Isono who just don’t want to go. so despite them all being in the same grade technically, there’s some guys they don’t get to see a lot

Kamimura in particular has a bit of a complex about having to be in the credit system with all these famous ppl and ppl who seemingly have their lives together. he forms a similar bond with hasegawa as he did in the kg for being a Normal guy

Okazaki and Watari are in the drama club 😎 there’s a consistent problem of okazaki taking her role way too srsly and involving random people (wada, tsuno) in her Method Acting. But watari says shes working on it. also shes technicallyyyy not a part of the club bc of her parents but Tamba loves going to their meetings anyway and playing with their props

Isono does not like to show up and she misses online learning Very much. But she must. Because in her first week she made friends with Wada and Tsuno and when she doesn’t go outside for too long they start texting her like two sad puppies who were abandoned by their owner

Sasaki is still student council president 🔥 Hiroaki still butts heads with her over her attitude. Ojima is still stuck in the middle about all this. It’s wonderful. He has no idea how he got in this position except that Sasaki took a look at him and decided he was the second most capable guy in class and Hiroaki is just like that.

Out of the class, Kamimura and Chiba are the ones who don’t show up the most. Kamimura for kamimura reasons but Chiba gets dragged away by filming and acting a lot. When she’s on campus she tries to maximize her time there for as long as possible and is almost always with Hama and Harada. Sometimes Harada also has to skip bc the wildlife center wants him for something so Hama is All Alone. It’s during one of those days when he got into shoujo manga.

Monomoko is here too. It is a class pet (technically Yonehura’s pet). for the most part it barely moves, just sits there and watches everyone, and everyone finds it kind of unsettling. on top of that, no one’s allowed to let it out of its cage on Yonehura’s orders, so its just kinda there. It seems to like Ojima though, bc he’s the only one it reacts to. Strange rabbit

[demaparbat-hp]

Hey, follow up on the Dandadan ask, with some of the character suggestions.

I am not sure if you want a suggestion based on the role the character had in the story or based on their personality. I will assume is by the personality first.

I think Toph would work well as Unji Suma.

Sokka would be Kinta. Both are nerds who like machines, make bad jokes, and try to be a lady's man and fail.

I was thinking Mai could be Kouki Yukishiro. She has a similar vibe and indifference to attacking people with sharp objects.

You could make Suki Rin Sawaki, and have her Guardian Spirit be Kyoshi?

Azula as Aira is really interesting! And you could still have the "crush" situation, but have her crush on Aang? ? ?

I was also thinking that Aang could fit Vamora, as they have similar backgrounds, but his personality and power is just Jiji. Look at that Face!

Maybe have Yue be Vamora? But invert Yue's situation. Instead of her turning into the Moon, she is the Moon who turned into a human.

At first, I was thinking of having Suko be possessed by the Blue Spirit like you mentioned, but turn Hama into a Yokai that cursed Katara, giving her blood bending. Then have Hama become Turbo Granny, stuck on a plastic statue.

But Having Hama and Iroh become the stand-in for Seiko is interesting. Are you also having the "Too young and pretty to be your gramps"?

But yeah, the story does not need to have 1:1 roles with the cast, some can still be themselves.

But I do think Koh would be great as Count Saint Germain.

I loved all of this! You make some really, really good points here, and it's great to see things from a different perspective.

I've been working on matching characters through their roles rather than personalities, though it's always great to take it into account as well. Character dynamics make for very interesting matches!

When I thought of Mai as Rin Sawaki I was about twenty or so issues away from finishing the Manga, so I hadn't gotten to Kouki's backstory yet. Once I did, however, I found myself agreeing wholeheartedly with you—Mai and Kouki are a match made in heaven.

I have quite a few plans for my girl, including an earlier introduction, some initial antagonistic/chaotic neutral energy, and her connection to a particular spirit.

Mai, after all, is linked with Koh.

But more on that later.

Sokka would be a great Kinta! He's there from pretty much the start of the story, obviously. He's Katara's genius, if quite dumb at times, older brother. He's a skeptic through and through, which is kind of funny once you learn that he's spent years obsessing over a mythical library said to have been built by a spirit of knowledge.

Sokka does field research sometimes, going on long excursions he's sure will bring him to the remains of the library.

Wonder how that'll work out for him.

Toph is Unji Zuma. No questions asked. In any other AU, that would be Zuko's role. But he's already busy running around as Okarun, so Zuma's spot is open, and Toph is willing to take it.

(I love Zuma, alright? He deserves the very best and Toph is it. I still need to figure out how to make that particular match work, but Agni strike me where I stand if I don't.)

Suki as Rin is something I didn't see coming! It's a really interesting idea, though. Perhaps, much like Rin, Suki has been watching the Gaang's movements for a while, quite suspicious yet well-intentioned. That sort of angle could work, if given more thought.

Also yes! Azula's crush was always meant to be Aang! I love Aira and Jiji's dynamic in canon, even if I don't particularly push for a romantic relationship for them. They're so precious. And there's something very sweet and funny about collected and antagonistic Azula having a crush on silly ol' Aang.

Now.

The bit I've been waiting for.

Yue.

I. LOVE. THAT. SO. MUCH.

The Moon spirit taking human form because #reasons and then befriending this insane Found Family in hopes of remembering/finding out what it's like to be human? That's such a gutpunch and I'm in love with it. Yue as Vamola is something I'm not sure I could've ever thought of, but it's canon from now on. No questions asked. Canon.

Oh! Hama and Iroh!

Splitting Seiko's role was such a wild and fun choice that I'd love to delve on later. Most of my inspiration for Zuko and Iroh's initial dynamic draws from Momo and Seiko's own relationship in canon. Iroh is one of, if not the most spiritually enlightened characters in ATLA, so he was obviously going to be a very important player in this AU.

And it's also fun because, instead of "She's too young and pretty to be your grandmother!" we get "But he's so nice and funny! Are you sure you two are related?" And I find that hilarious.

As for Count Saint Germain...

Stealing energy and abilities from others is the Avatar's thing here. But manipulation and the eternal search for power using whatever means are necessary... Sounds like someone else, doesn't it?

[pukanavis]

Kiroku Kinugawa SR "A Collaborative Escape Mission" Track 2

Location: HAMA House ・Storage Room

Kiroku: Um…Azekawa-san? Hello…?

(...He's not waking up. It's like he's turned to stone…)

Is it…safe for him to stay like this…? What happens…when his battery completely runs out…?

Dewawa: “Isn’t he basically as good as dead once his battery shuts down!?”

Kiroku: !

Rouzel: “𝐻𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝓃𝑜 𝒻𝑒𝒶𝓇, Kiroku! Sir Kinari is an 𝒶𝓊𝓉𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓉𝑜𝓃! The only thing his recovery calls for is a nice long charge!”

Ripris: “But…if you don’t get out of here…ZZZ…you’re gonna…end up like him too…ZZZ”

Pinfu: “Aren’t you gonna starve to death at this rate!?” 

Kiroku: I…hope not…

KB: “According to my judgement, the best course of action is to look for a power source and resume searching for an escape once he is recharged.”

Kiroku: (...Right, okay, I need a power source…is there anything I could use in here…?)

(! Is that…an emergency power generator?)

(If I turn this handle, it’ll generate electricity…okay, I can work with this.)

Here goes nothing………

ーSome time later

Kinari: —Battery sufficiently charged. Deactivating sleep mode.

Kiroku: !

Azekawa-san…you’re okay…

Kinari: Did you recharge my battery, Kinugawa-sama?

Kiroku: I-I did…

Kinari: I see. I am incredibly grateful.

Kiroku: You’re welcome…now, let’s find a way out of h—

*Beep beep*

Kiroku: …W-What does that noise mean…?

Kinari: I have detected a heat signature outside of the storage room.

Kiroku: Really…!?

Kinari: This is our chance to call for help. Kinugawa-sama, please be ready to yell.

Kiroku: Huh?

Kinari: On three.

Kiroku: …I-I, uh…!

Kiroku & Kinari: HEEEEEELP!!!

Kinari: It is truly da bomb that you happened to be passing by the storage room, Master.

Momiji: It’s a good thing you called for help or else I would’ve had no idea you two were trapped in there. The door on the storage closet is kind of shoddy so sometimes it ends up getting stuck, annoyingly enough.

Kiroku: Azekawa-san…is the one who got us out.

Kinari: Not at all. We would still be trapped if you hadn’t recharged me, Kinugawa-kun.

Kiroku: …That was nothing. You’re the one…who did all the hard work.

Androids…really are incredible…

Kinari: You are mistaken.

Kiroku: ?

Kinari: By now, it has surely been proven to you personally that I cannot function without another person’s assistance.

Kiroku: But still…

Momiji: Fufu, you two are so sweet.

Kiroku & Kinari: ?

Momiji: Why don’t we say you two found a way out together?

Kiroku: To…gether…?

Momiji: Yep. Things only went so smoothly because of your combined decision making. Imagine if only one of you had been trapped in there—it probably would’ve been a whole different story, right?

Kinari: Master is correct. Today, we made it out together.

Kiroku: …We did, didn’t we?

Thank you…Azekawa-san.

Kinari: And thank you, Kinugawa-sama.

Kiroku & Kinari: …Fufu.

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