USER: #FF8080, 07/14 late evening

[queenofminiskirts]

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[Until she got home and it was just her and Shiho, she hadn't even realized that they'd been gone so long. Or well, she learned afterwards that Shiho did know but hadn't told any of them as she navigated them all home in a way that avoided everyone patrolling the harbour. Then Shiho told her when they were back and well, as much as she wanted to just go to sleep after everything she had to at least let everyone know they were fine.]

this is kaoru. me, shiho, midoriya-kun and ei-chan eijirou all made it back okay. i'm sorry if we worried anyone. i didn't think we'd be gone this long.

so anyway...there are monsters under the water too. and it turns out if you try to explore underwater the way we did when we went into the forest it does that creepy thing where it makes it so you can't see anything around you.

except there's no fog. because you don't get fog underwater! it just turns pitch black.

we ended up being kidnapped by these bootleg mermaids who don't understand that housework should be done regularly so they don't end up with a HUGE backlog of chores. i guess they did make it so we could breathe, but like, they're still kidnappers! and ugly! and terrible home-makers!

2/10 for hospitality, would not recommend for marriage.

anyway, we ended up back on the beach after we were finished and we have these neat pendants!

funny how this place keeps giving us clothing and accessories...but a lot of it is pretty ugly. if someone wore all of it together...i can't even imagine how that would look. it might be worse than the clothes we found in this place and i didn't realize that was even possible!

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[queenofminiskirts]

[...this was another reason why Shiho didn't say anything, wasn't it?]

well, it wasn't like we could tell. since we couldn't see the sun or anything!





...how mad do you think guren-san is?

#A5211F

[swordfucker]

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[Hey, kiddos. Nice to see you back safe.]

Guess.

#FFC100

[good_ideas]

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not mad at all??
You know if you get too angry in your old age that you’ll go bald prematurely

[Don’t worry guys, she’s got this.]

[swordfucker]

[ does she ]

You think this is some kind of joke? If you’re so keen on risking your life needlessly, then leave others out of it. Do you have any idea how much you risked? You think you’re invincible just because you lucked out, huh?

[ scolding... public scolding but he’s angry ]

[good_ideas]

[Actually this had all been Kaoru’s idea....

Which means she now needs to double down because how dare Guren make Kaoru unhappy.]

And would it be more or less risky if one of us went by ourselves? Don’t just go around saying anything you like


OLD MAN

[And don’t make her bring up that hole you had in your chest a while back, Guren.]

[swordfucker]

[He knows exactly whose idea it is, but he knows they all should have known better, too. Her temper tantrum isn't going to bother him at all.]

Less people put at risk means less risk overall. Don't act like you know everything when you're nothing but a spoiled brat who lucked out.

[good_ideas]

I don’t know everything and i never said i did

And you don’t know everything either

[inheritance]

[Oh, shit... this is legitimately terrifying and Guren's not even anywhere near them right now.]

Enough that you want me to stop by your place soon?

[swordfucker]

Now.

[ As soon as he can!! Come show up for the scolding!! ]

[inheritance]

Okay...I'll head over now.

[He's accepted his fate.]

[swordfucker]

[He'll be waiting!!]

[queenofminiskirts]

[Ah. She summoned him.]

before i guess...are you more angry about us not telling you or us being gone for two days?

because only one of those is my fault.

[Her fault because as the person who came up with the idea she plans to take responsibility.]

[swordfucker]

Which do you think? Which put everyone on that team in danger if anything worse had happened?

[queenofminiskirts]

so...the first one?

[...when was the last time she had been lectured like this? It reminded her uncomfortably of the time when they had been ten, the only time Minamoto had really shouted at them.]

can i come over to apologize?

[Not because she particularly wanted to be scolded in person but because she's 100% certain if she's being scolded somewhere where Shiho can see her best friend would just make everything 200% worse.]

[swordfucker]

Fine. Hurry it up, and don't waste my time.

[queenofminiskirts]

i'll be right over.

[And she's there as quickly as she can which between how fast she can fly and how this place isn't really that big pretty much means the time she spends travelling can be measured in minutes.

She knocks, a far more tentative sound than usual before she pushes the door open tentatively.

Look, she's accepted the fact that she's about to be scolded and she knows she deserves it even but like...she doesn't actually relish upsetting people (or being scolded).]

Guren-san?

[swordfucker]

I'm here.

[Surprisingly, there's no instant yelling when she opens the door. No violence, nothing like that. Just a too-calm Guren stepping down the stairs and stopping at the end, hand on his hip.

It's his eyes that have all the scolding held in them. He's disappointed.]

What do you have to say for yourself?

[queenofminiskirts]

[...honestly, yelling would have been easier to deal with.

She steps inside and shuts the door behind her. She has both hands at her back, her fingers laced together there. It's less a coy gesture this time and more a posture she's adopting because she feels chastised and unsure. Chastised, because she hadn't wanted to worry him, because she knows things could have gone wrong in so many different ways. Though she couldn't pinpoint exactly why she felt unsure.]

...sorry. I should have told you where we were going.

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[inheritance]

HE REPLIED...

On a scale of one to ten, we're probably at an eleven right now.

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[queenofminiskirts]

well, we were going to have to face them eventually...

do you think if we start crying he'd go easy on us?

[She's joking! Mostly.]

[inheritance]

He makes me cry all the time, so that's probably a no...

[If only he were joking.]

[queenofminiskirts]

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why does he keep making you cry?

[Is this another fetish...? She was feeling pretty guilty about all this right now but if needed she can still be mad on your behalf!]

[inheritance]

[It's not as bad as it sounds!!]

He likes to make me talk about things that I'd rather not to sometimes. He's really brusque about it, but I know he's doing it to help me.

[queenofminiskirts]

brusque huh. isn't that just a nice way to say he's rude about it?

[She means that in the nicest way possible.]

but i guess that's needed sometime.

i hope those talks help.

[inheritance]

I don't know if I'd call them helpful, but at least I know he cares in his own way.

As much as we hate being chewed out by him for this, I think we really worried him.