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"It's just... mochi?"[break][break]
All that trouble for a sweet...?[break][break]
Tsubaki pops one into her mouth, tasting the rich flavor of the strange herbs mixed in. It's strange. She really shouldn't be doing this, considering the fate of the Megalopolan who pounded the mochi, but that's neither here nor there, is it? [break][break]
As long as it's just regular mochi, then one bite won't hurt.[break][break]
... Well, it seemed to have killed the alien, but...[break][break]
"Ish Shour!!"[break][break]
Tsubaki recoils from the distinct aftertaste, but swallows the mochi whole before gagging a little.[break][break]
"I hate sour things!! What're you doin', trying to kill me!?"[break][break]
She turns and shouts at
howard slayte , but suddenly her eyes turn wide and she glances at the group behind him. [break][break]
At the signal from one of the captives, a turncoat, weird purple chains pop up from people's bodies, matching the infinity energy-brimming Nihilego from before's weird tentacles. Eyes glaze over, and they seem to be struggling to move properly. They're groaning like they're in one of the zombie movies Navy likes to lecture her about.[break][break]
"... Wait, no... they're trying to kill us!"[break][break]
The ghost on her shoulder's fur bristles in response. They're a threat now, for one reason or another. Something must've stung 'em somehow. [break][break]
Nothing simpler than that. All this mystery stuff is complicated, but a fight... that's real easy to figure out. Tsubaki grits her teeth and readies herself.[break][break]
"Fuck! ... Eris, cover your ears! Wait, no... listen, Eris, if you can hear me, repeat after me, alright!? FUCK!!"[break][break]
Tsubaki scolds
Eris Halla , before realizing she's struggling to restrain herself from lashing out at
howard slayte . Eris fares better than most everyone else, though. Especially the lumbering giant,
Kazimir Wynter , trying to take a bite out of
howard slayte while he locks lips and force-feeds
aaron faust some mochi.[break][break]
That's the key, right? The mochi?[break][break]
Or is Howard just going insane too? [break][break]
Maybe he's a lover and not a fighter, who the hell knows! This isn't the time to think about that![break][break]
"Consider this payback for before! Now we're even!"[break][break]
Loathe to owe anyone anything, she grasps a leftover ball of mochi and intercepts
Kazimir Wynter , shoveling the ball into his open mouth and down his throat while he's distracted by trying to eat the scrawny archaeologist. [break][break]
With her hand, of course. She's got her dignity to maintain, unlike the guy in the cowboy hat.[break][break]
Before she can register whether it took, she notices one
Isaac Merlo sprinting past her like a man possessed.[break][break]
"Oi, Merlo!! The hell!?"[break][break]
The fox on her shoulders snarls, and on her signal a blue flame made of
bitter malice pours from his fur and fills the air. This time, it's Tsubaki resentment that he channels. All this girl's inner turmoil and grudges spill out, plain for all to see. Her hatred manifest, the ugliness of all her suppressed feelings revealed, she finally unleashes all her emotions at once... like getting the wrong flavor of mochi from one
howard slayte ![break][break]
Take that![break][break]
A spine-chilling wall of flames erupts, cooling the hot air from
Isaac Merlo 's Eruption and flash-freezing his feet to the ground.[break][break]
"Nuh-uh, no way! You don't wanna head wherever that thing's headed! It's bad news!"[break][break]
There's no time to explain that she's seen this kinda ship before. A copy of it lies at the bottom of the Ultra Deep Sea even now, while this sister ship is probably headed somewhere worse. Something tells her this explanation would be lost on him anyway. [break][break]
Act first, ask for forgiveness later, right? [break][break]
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"The hell's everyone's problem!?"[break][break]
She vents, exasperated. Suddenly everyone's gone insane.[break][break]
It's worse than babysitting children.[break][break]
+ Baki's on
Path 2.[break]
+ Baki eats a
yellow mochi courtesy
howard slayte .[break]
+ Baki force-feeds
Kazimir Wynter some mochi, encourages
Eris Halla to swear.[break]
+ Baki tries to stop
Isaac Merlo from running straight to his doom with her
Zoroark's bitter malice by freezing his feet to the floor with icy ghost-flames.[break]