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Open Log +July Catch All

WHO: Kaoru and you (and various quest partners)
WHERE: All around town
WHEN: Throughout July
WHAT: Quest! Some Serious Conversations! Also Forest Shenanigans!
WARNINGS: Some violence against forest monsters but probably nothing graphic

I: Tree Roots are Tripping Hazards But Not Like This

[Well, now the forest is being temperamental. Which means Kaoru's...hanging about. Making sure people are safe. So if you end up being tripped near the forest, you may find yourself being caught by an invisible force before you hit the ground and then you find yourself being righted and places back on the ground.

Or maybe a branch was swinging for you only to be stopped by an invisible barrier. Either way, the event is very quickly followed by Kaoru coming closer.]

Are you all right?

II: So About Those Scorpions...?

[She had her arms crossed as she stared into the forest with a frown. Maybe she's contemplating the forest's progression...or the distant mountains that suddenly have colour...?

She brings a hand to her chin.] ...do scorpion tails grow back?

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What do you think psychic powers are?

[Honestly...]

I tie things all the time with my powers! This has never happened before!

[ ....

He reaches up and tries to peel the dress off (from the top). ]

Ah.

[ Ah. ]

Looks like this is one of Mister F's little jokes.

[ He folds his arms. ]

You've very much got the better end of the deal!

[...well.]

I did.

[Making him wear this for a day is acceptable, but a whole week is a bit...she hadn't really thought that'd happen.] Maybe we can find you some shorts.

"Shorts."

[ He reaches up and gives the end of her ponytail a little tweak. ]

Is that going to work with my "equipment"?

[ He was thinking long pants, honestly. ]

You just want to see my legs, that's all this was! I'll bet you knew about this in advance!

{Wow, this is the last time she tries to do something nice for you!]

On second thought, your balls can just freeze.

Also don't just casually touch a girl's hair like that.

Freeze? In the middle of summer? They'll be delightfully cool!

[ How is it that he's talking about his junk in front of a maiden? As shameless as he ever was in his first life, this is an entirely new experience. On the other hand, she brought it up first, so... ]

You, on the other hand—well, try not to sweat too much!

[Welcome to ZKC.]

Only a pervert would tell a pure maiden about the state of that thing between his legs.

[Says the person who brought this whole subject up.]

...can this be washed in water? It doesn't need to be dry-cleaned, does it?

[ Gaily: ]

Did you do the body swap quest? If you did, and you switched with a gentleman, all I can say is that it was a very good thing that quest was in cool weather.

[ Yeah, he's not going to mention sweaty balls; instead he'll leave it to her very active imagination. ]

Er—what's dry-cleaning?

[ Of course water is fine, what else would one wash things in? ]

I only did that quest with two guys. [Since her powers have limitations with very devastating consequences if they're exceeded...

She's pretty sure she knows what he's implying but she does her best to look innocent (except not really, no).]

Ah~, I have no idea why that would be! If you have something to say, just say it clearly!

[If you don't want to mention it then she's going to make you mention it!]

Dry cleaning is for clothes that can't be washed with water...I have no idea what they actually use though. But you have to take it to a special store to get them to clean it.

[ "Only" and "two guys." It hadn't even occurred to him to swap with a maiden.........he should have asked more people. OH WELL! ]

What I want to say clearly is....

[

wait for it ]

....why would you make clothes that can't be washed in water?

[ There's lots wrong with everything she's said, but this one is the real puzzler. ]

[She actually finds it pretty funny that this is the part he's most bothered by. And since it's him she doesn't bother to hide her laugh.]

You know, I have no idea. But a lot of fancy dresses tend to be dry clean only. I guess it's because they're made of fabric that get ruined if it gets wet?

[ It's a strange world you live in, Kaoru. ]

Well, I guess we're stuck wearing these for a while.

[ He rolls his shoulders, trying to stretch the fabric a little, to get more room in the fit. Then he grabs the chest of the dress, which is gaping. ]

I'll have to put something in here, to fill it out. Steamed buns, maybe.

[...see, now she's glad she brought one of the dresses she's not very attached to.]

What a waste of food. You should just give me those steamed buns instead.

You can have them after I'm done with them—they'll be all warm after sitting next to my chest. Perfect, right?

[ He's not getting anywhere trying to stretch the shoulders, and it occurs to him that it's because the sleeves are too narrow as well, Kaoru's arms of course being thinner than his own, so the dress isn't really going all the way on.

Yes that's right, hope you don't like this dress too much, Kaoru, because it's getting more alterations. He picks up a knife and cuts the sleeve open along the seam, so it has a bit more room to slide along his arm. ]

Ah! That's better!

That's gross. Don't involve me in your weird kinks. And if you get first degree burns don't come crying to me afterwards.

[Then again, something like that was probably something he could heal on his own.]

Shouldn't you ask before you go doing that to someone else's clothes? What if that had been my favourite dress?

[It wasn't, but still!]

[ A beat. Another beat. And..... yet another beat. He dips his chin at her, with his eyebrows raised. ]

If it was your favorite dress, would you have given it to me to wear?

Even if I would have, I wouldn't now. Just look at what you've done to this one!

[She pouts, but it's hard to stop herself from grinning.]

What have I done? Hardly anything! I just let out the hem and cut the...

[ .....................

ah. ]

Ah... hahah.

[ He rubs the back of his head. ]

I'll... I'll sew them up again. When this is over.

[.............hm.]

What is it? You were on a roll there and suddenly stopped. That's not like you at all.

[She's grinning now.] So what is it?

[ aaaaaaaaaaaaa ]

[ Honestly, though, the more he tries to evade, the more she'll zero in on him. It's better to be thick-faced about it. He waves his arms about, so the ragged cut edges of his sleeves will flap around. ]

"Cut sleeve." It's an expression. Based on a story. An ancient emperor had to get up, out of bed to go to court. But didn't want to disturb his concubine, who was sleeping on his drifting sleeve. So he cut it off instead.

[ He considers leaving it like that, this story, but he has the instinct that if he does, it will come back to haunt him. Not only that, but he doesn't want her going up to other cultivators—particularly not Lan Zhan—and possibly making some comment or joke about cut sleeves. ]

The concubine was a man.

[That was a cute story! But there had to be more to it since he'd cut himself off earlier.

...hm.]

So the emperor and the concubine are like Big Bro Caramia and Kyrie?

[A few months ago, it would have been 'so they're like Muscle'. Now though, she's just imagining someone else in those roles.]

But then why'd you cut yourself off?

[That's the part she doesn't really get...?]

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