Audience: Hanako

[becomemod]

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Week 0, Monday

[becomemod]

[ Mouse can be found by the ball pit! ]

Hello! Did you want to see me?

[hanaban]

Yup!

[ He'll join Mouse in the ball pit, picking up a red ball and lightly tossing it at Mouse's head ]

There were so many people around yesterday, I didn't get the chance to say hi! So I wanted to wait until we're all alone, with nobody else around. Just you and me.

[becomemod]

[ Bonk! It hits their head. ]

Huh? Did you want to play ball alone? It would be much funner with a lot of people.

[ They are going to pick up a ball themselves to toss at him. Catch? ]

[hanaban]

What? No-

[ He catches the ball with one hand, and almost immediately throws it back at Mouse, like they're playing Hot Potato ]

It's so we can have some privacy while you tell me all your secrets!

[becomemod]

[ Catches the ball. ]

Oh? [ Hmm ] If you want romantic secrets, I don't really have any. What about you? Do you have a crush on anyone? [ Throwing the ball back! ]

Week 0, Thursday

[becomemod]

[Okay, quick question to start: is this the Ox dorms or their HQ building in another district?]

[hanaban]

[ uhhh he'll try the HQ building itself first hoping that none of the other heroes are around, and then the dorms if Ox isn't there ]

[becomemod]

[Welcome to the arcade then! Yes, this is Ox's HQ. They love it.

It's also early enough that it's not open yet, but Cobalt Ox is milling about helping to set it up for the day. Making sure there's quarters in the change machine, booting up all the arcade games, that sort of thing. They do pause when they see Hanako though.]

Oh hey. It's not quite open yet if you came to play games, you've got about 15 minutes still.

[hanaban]

[ He's tense when Ox first speaks, still guarded when he isn't immediately yelled at or told to go away. ]

I'm not here to play games.

[ He will wait, though. He'll sit right there by the door and stare intensely at Ox finishing up ]

[becomemod]

[This gets their attention, so they set down the bucket of quarters and go over to talk.]

Okay. What's up then?

[They seem open to talking at least? They're not tense or guarded.]

Week 0, Saturday

[becomemod]

[The arcade is taped off because of the trial today, and Cobalt Ox isn't at the arcade. Want to message them?]

[hanaban]

[ is it just caution tape... he's going to push aside the caution tape to enter ]

[becomemod]

[There is a prinny inside guarding the arcade.

It's currently playing DDR and has not noticed Hanako's entry.]

[hanaban]

[ you go, little prinny! impressive if it can reach all the steps... Hanako allows himself a moment's appreciation before turning back to the task at hand, steps silent as a ghost. Security is usually in the back, he thinks, behind a door saying "AUTHORIZED PERSONELL ONLY" but he's authorizing himself so it's fine ]

[becomemod]

[There is a door that says "STAFF ONLY", that's close enough right?

The door is also locked.]

Week 4, Tuesday

[becomemod]

[ Goat can be found walking around the leisure district and checking in on the prinnies. ]

[hanaban]

[ ...


Hanako stalks Goat down the street from ten feet behind, hiding behind buildings like he does with Temenos ]

[becomemod]

[ They're preoccupied with talking to the prinnies and going through building completion. ]

[hanaban]

[ whispers "Halloween" into the breeze like some subliminal message for the prinnies. please, Nico is dying, ]

[becomemod]

[ Do prinnies even know what a Halloween is? ]

W6: Tuesday

[alphainforce]

[ She's just standing near Luxury Speedway. Can't even transform into a car.

Though when he approaches, he'll see that some of her body seems to be glitching out into blue squares. ]

[hanaban]

[ Snake just 🧍‍♂️

Hanako, for his part, looks delighted that Snake's still in her robot form, not too concerned about the glitchy squares except when he gets close enough he tries to stick his hand through one ]

How'd you get out of the courthouse?

[alphainforce]

[ The glitchy squares that are not directly on her body, Hanako can put his hand through. It feels like a static sensation until he takes his hand out.

She doesn't move away, and she doesn't seem all that bothered. ]

I had some assistance.

Does that feel strange to you?

[hanaban]

Hehe, did somebody take you apart?

[ Assuming the courthouse doesn't have a large Amethyst Snake shape hole where the door used to be ]

It feels kinda fuzzy... Like spirit lightning, but super weak. How does it feel to you? Itchy?

[alphainforce]

I didn't dedigivolve. [ The distinct vibe of somebody joking, even though her face does not articulate at all. ]

It doesn't feel like anything to me.