Bringing some cheer

[roundandaround]

WHO: Rinku, you
WHAT: Assorted post-event silly things
WHEN: Last few days of July
WHERE: Around the city
WARNINGS: None so far

[1) Mecha Suit Hangar]

[Rinku's Ellympic showings may have had the occasional wipeout, but she's back and happily cheering for the Ellympic Mecha Judo competitors in the stands. And... sometimes just at ringside.

Yes, she's dressed as a cheerleader and waving pompoms and doing cheer dances.]

Go! Go! Do your best! Ehe, this is fun! I saw it on TV once.

[If someone approaches her, she'll wave, still jumping around.]

Hey, why don't you cheer too?

[2) Underground Mall Aquarium]

[Hey, did you know the Underground Mall has an aquarium as part of its ocean-themed tourist-trap hotel? And that you can swim in it? Because that's what Rinku's doing!

She's using her Mermaid Necklace, swimming around with a shiny tail that has the same gold-and-orange gradient as her hair. There are all kinds of fun things to do! Wave at passersby! Swim in circles! Watch the fish! Nerd out about the fish! ...Actually, mostly that last one --]

Whoa, look! An Atlantic Spiny Lumpsucker! Those live in really cold places, so I've never seen one in real life! They use their spines to stick to rocks while they're hunting!

[3) Summer Guild]

You poor guys must've been hurting ever since the cold winds came in... Are you gonna be okay?

[Is she... talking to the marshmallow bush in the guild's weapon yard? And the cactus Hijikata transplanted from the desert last week? Yes, apparently.]

I dunno a lot about plants, but maybe we can get some Spring people in here to help you... Their plant powers can heal damage, right?

Comments

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[yersavior]

[Aaaaaand here's Megumi--]

The plants're prob'ly fine since the cold winds actually didn't affect 'em at all, if yer talkin' about the weird magic wind.

[She might not be a Spring person but she is a psychic with some important info.]

[roundandaround]

[immediate wave of relief]

That's good! I know it was magic wind, but cold is cold, so I got kinda worried about these guys. Especially since we went to the trouble of planting them. Do you wanna marshmallow?

[She picks one off the bush and eats it.]

[yersavior]

Sure, I'll take one.

[She can't say no to free handouts.]

It was some shitty magic wind, that's fer sure.

[roundandaround]

[Have some marshmallows! They're surprisingly normal for having grown on a bush.]

Yeah! At least there's a cure, but there was so much going around and so many people were sick... I kinda ran out of magic for a bit just taking care of everyone.

[yersavior]

[Definitely taking some now.]

I should be lucky I ain't got sick... but I wonder who even did that spell ta begin with.

[roundandaround]

I thought it was just a sickness that goes around sometimes. Except magic.

[yersavior]

It ain't. The magical winds're specifically targetin' Otherworlders.

[roundandaround]

Just us... So you think someone did it on purpose? Then the last time this happened two years ago, it would've been on purpose too, right?

[yersavior]

Maybe.

[She says it nonchalantly.]

I ain't a magic expert though, so yer gonna have ta find someone who can track spells or whatever.

[roundandaround]

I hope it doesn't happen again. I dunno why you'd wanna make everyone sick anyway.

[yersavior]

[Hmmmmmm.]

If I were a criminal, I'd do it so that I could take advantage that people're sick.

[roundandaround]

We just had that big riot a couple months ago, though. But I guess... Even though I didn't see anyone doing any crimes.

[yersavior]

Just 'cause ya didn't see it doesn't mean that somethin' didn't happen.

[roundandaround]

I guess not. There's lots of things people don't notice, probably.

[yersavior]

No kiddin'. I'll have ta try'n see if anyone else's good at magic stuff ta figure this out.

[She says as she pops a marshmallow into her mouth.]

This's pretty good.

[roundandaround]

Right? I thought it would grow donuts, but marshmallows are great too! I planted one here and one in my front yard.

2 - I'm sorry Eva's like this

[onesurvived]

[Rinku wasn't the only one with a mermaid necklace who'd taken the chance to swim! This place was nicely out the sun, so it didn't bother this vampire, and she needed a chance to cool her head after organising her dojo's opening. Thankfully, her frozen heart symptoms had started to fade, too.

Eva's own tail had the wide frill of a betta fish, with other decorative frills and speckles of colour running up her body- the orange-red colouration flicked with gold was certainly striking.

...Oh, that sure was a familiar voice. Eva glanced up from where she was lurking near the bottom of the tank.]

Huh- you've actually researched these things?

[Eva had always written Rinku off as a little stupid, but this time, she seemed to know what she was talking about.]

[roundandaround]

Yeah, I love animals! You can learn all kinds of cool things about them, and different ones live in different places, so it's like a whole new start every time you're somewhere new, right?

[onesurvived]

And here I thought you weren't the type to study.

[looking up at the fish swimming above her, flitting around their mer-forms...]

But you're not wrong, most animals are pretty fun, right? I guess it helps you with your shapeshifting if you read up on them too.

[roundandaround]

I'm not, usually... But if it's fun and interesting, then I can't help it! I wanna see as much as I can!

[She reaches out and giggles as a fish inspects her hand.]

Do you know a lot about them, Ushiromiya-san?

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[abnormalizes]

Oh, I left my cheerleading uniform in my lingerie closet, sorry.

[roundandaround]

Eh? I didn't know you had one of these too!

[Rinku blinks. She tilts her head mid-pompom wave.]

Why there, though? It's for cheering on a sport, right?

[abnormalizes]

...Well, I've never actually used it for that...

[Does she tell her or not.]

[roundandaround]

Really? You should, it's fun. [blink blink] Wait, didn't you see this before when I let you borrow my clothes?

nsfw mention

[abnormalizes]

Yeah, but I thought it was a costume for sex? That's what mine is.

[roundandaround]

[Well.

It's not like she doesn't know about sexy roleplay. Paulo told her a little about it last year. But the thought still comes as a system shock. Rinku's eyes go blank, she freezes in her tracks, and she slowly turns red while making a long, drawn-out kettle noise.]

???????????????????????????????

[abnormalizes]

[Evangeline waits patiently for her to get all the kettle noise out.]

...Should I not have said that?

[roundandaround]

[Rinku deflates to the floor and shoves her face into her pompoms.]

Do people usually assume that?

[abnormalizes]

Well, I mean, if you were an actual cheerleader like at school, I wouldn't have assumed anything? But if you're just dressing up as a cheerleader for fun then I'd probably assume it was a sex thing.

[roundandaround]

[Embarrassed noise.]

I guess that would be pretty fun too but that's not what I came here for, I just wanted to cheer everyone on...