nightchild | does roxana know of my love for her....

... They said this place was imbalanced. That will reflect with love, too.

[ She thinks it's going to super out there or more monsters. ]

[both of those things are true.

Itsuki considers her answer, then he walks over to the boat bobbing in the water.]

You won't know for sure until you see it for yourself, yeah? [he glances at the boat then turns to Roxana, offering his hand tp her] What do you say, Ana-chan? Wanna take a chance on us?

I'm not going to shy away from it. Even if I find the experience unpleasant, it's still finding out more about how this place operates.

[ She gets into the boat gracefully. She ignores his hand because there is no us, I'm very sorry. ]

[(shywon voice) yet......

Itsuki grins and follows her into the boat. once they sit the boat starts moving along at a sedate pace... it'd be nice if they weren't.......... in a tunnel........ that's probably dark? still,]

Would have been nice if we weren't in an actual tunnel. [what happened to sight-seeing? date spots?]

[ shywon knows what roxana's type is like. is itsuki anything similar?

Roxana is trying to peer through the darkness. She isn't that impressed. ]

I suppose we should be happy that there's even a tunnel at all.

[CLOSES EYES... HE CAN BE A SIMP TOO...]

Actually, I take that back. This kind of ambiance is nice once and while... [itsuki has really low standards when it comes to anything re: love,

as if on cue, the boat judders forward like it's being jostled forward]

[ that's not what she needs.... but she doesn't mind simps.

Unfortunately, this is where her dex kicks in, and she stabilizes herself quickly. ]

I don't think there's much in the way of romance with this.

[ There's a hush of whispers in the distance. Faint kappa mutterings now that the ship is on the move. ]

[THIS IS HIS FAVORITE PART... he looks amused,]

I was going to offer you my arm... [that would have been romantic? but it looks like she's got it handled? whatever come-on itsuki's about to say is interrupted by the kappa peering at them over the railing of boat... it's just a tiny thing, just a little corgi thing

it points at them then puts its fleshy fins together]

[ The fuck? Roxana has no idea what that means.

She looks at Itsuki with a slightly bewildered expression. Does he knows what that means? ]

[itsuki has in fact learned what that means, (from only ONE PERSON out of the 15 THREADS i have),

he leans in so that she can hear him better over the cries of SHIP SHIP SHIP in the distance,]

Short for relationship. [and because he cannot resist, he winks]

[ yaywon your threads

There's a pause. ]

I see. They are in for a disappointment. Can we escape them?

[this is the part when you find out that im not playing a real slut.... im so sad

itsuki puts a hand to his chest dramatically, but otherwise]

Loud noises should work? Or hitting them with something, punching them in the face...

[coincidentally, these are all things that would work on itsuki]

[ is itsuki also a kappa?

She looks from him, to them, back to him. ]

Can I rely on you for this?

[ Guard her from the kappa, free her from this tunnel. ]

[i wish...

he turns his dramatic hand at his gesture into less 'woe is me' and more 'cross my heart and hope to die']

You don't have to worry about a thing.

[and true to his words, he leans down and immediately scoops up a corgi kappa before it can tread on the hem of Roxana's dress,]

Okay, okay. [it's just like "SHIP? SHIP?"] I get what you're saying, but as you can see, I've been turned down.

[he tosses it gently over the side, and then as a flash of purple coalesces around his hands, an image of a sky filled with fireworks appears, complete with the sound effects. it's very pretty!! but more importantly it scares the rest of the shippers off the boat,]

[ She applauds the nice view of fireworks and how it keeps the kappa way. ]

Good work, Itsuki.

[ More reliable than he likes to seem. ]

I'd like this better if you didn't have to drive creatures away.

[roxana perceived him so easily...

He lets it linger a little longer, and the last firework that shoots up in the sky is in the shape of a butterfly.]

Hey, I'll take what I can get. [that's why itsuki stays losing actually,] Plus we won't even need a tunnel the next time you want to see something nice.

[ He told her that another country wanted him to work for them......

She sighs softly, but at least the ship is making its way through the tunnel without kappas to creep on them. ]

Do you make it a habit to speak that way?

[ It's asked in a way that sounds more like a curiosity than a criticism. ]

[shaking that roxana is the only person who has that lore,

for once Itsuki doesn't have a quick rebuttal. His expression is thoughtful, but maybe the surprise is obvious in his silence.]

In what way exactly?

[ help all she did was ask a question

She glances at him once it's clear no kappa are going to come back to sing kiss the girl. ]

I don't think that you've missed what type of language you use.

[ The come-ons that borderline as too much. ]

As if despite how you act as if you want to be with others, you speak to keep them at a distance.

[ara is that ur way of telling me that u want them to come back,

Itsuki sits back, wow... sometimes you want to kiss a girl and she tells you that all of your self-defense mechanisms are obvious and that u need to git gud...]

I think I feel seen for the very first time... [the usual line, then he laughs.] Did I really make it that obvious, or are you just used to that kind of behavior? Either way, I'm kind of embarrassed.

[ no that is just roxana being vigilant. i am fine if they come back or stay away i go with the flow.

She shakes her head. ]

It's not that obvious. [ Maybe it's because she knows what that's like. Maybe she's just observant. Maybe she was throwing a shot in the dark to see where it would land. Maybe it's all of the above. ] But I'm not pushing you to be any which way.

[he fans a hand across his chest like he's going to say yet another line, something like 'ana-chan you really get me....'

then he laughs and drops it]

Not even if I annoy you?

[so he knows that his behavior can be annoying....]

You wouldn't want to annoy me.

[ :) ]

[mark me down as scared and horny...]

Dunno, I think I'd be kind of interested...

[ goodbye, itsuki.

roxana is walking away. ]

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