She Really Did It
Tachikawa had a lot of movie theaters. Shifu had thought it would be nice to casually pop in and watch something before or after they went shopping, but…
"Hmm. With a title like Apache, I was expecting something about America's pioneer period, so that attack helicopter movie took me by surprise."
"Its English title was Fire Birds, which feels even less explanatory to me. And I feel like that was a helicopter version of Top Gun or something."
"I-I didn't really understand that Gremlins 2 movie we saw before, but it was still fun."
"I loved how it was even more over-the-top than the first one."
What are you even talking about?
At any rate, it did help to have Balancer as a guide or exposition machine. There was a lot they did not know about the food rules and such, so they could sometimes end up getting into unwanted conflicts with the gods of other mythologies based on their religious rules.
They were currently taking a break in the café across the road from the Tachikawa Central movie theater. They were talking about having a cookout party the following day since they had to help the Mesopotamian group move in.
The girls were discussing what they should buy as a moving in gift, but…
"So anyway, how are things between you and Sumeragi-chan?"
"Eh!?"
"Well, um, it's normal and the same as always. The most I hear from the neighboring room is him making weird noises or the thud of him suddenly falling to the floor."
"How are we defining 'normal' here?"
Hey, everyone has their own definition.
"But, anyway, have you done the thing yet? Y'know, running into him in front of your rooms."
"You really did that?"
"Um, why the very different moods when asking about that?"
"One of us is excited to hear about it and the other is asking if you're sane?"
"Wait, wait, wait."
"Oh? What was it like?"
"Well, we returned to the apartment building we use as a dorm and then he went into his room first."
"And when you started going to yours, the idiot came back out and you ran into each other? But you wouldn't have had any luggage, so it doesn't quite fit the scenario, does it?"
"We changed the scenario to say I had already put my luggage in the room, gone out to go shopping, and then forgot my wallet in my room."
"Why does that idiot get so detailed about the most unnecessary things?"
"Anyway, I was supposed to wait three minutes and then climb the stairs, right?"
"Why are you asking us? You're the one telling the story."
"Just roll with it. So you waited three minutes? Okay, the three minutes are up and you're climbing those stairs! What happened next?"
"Yes, I was climbing those stairs, and, um…"
"Yahoo! I can't wait a second longerrrr!"
"So, um, I was rushing since I was a little overeager as well, but then the door flew open in front of me and he charged out."
"Wait, don't tell me…"
"His head got stuck between my chest and the open door, so instead of a Kabe-Don, it was more like a Boobs-Don or a Door-Don. After trembling in a weird way, he fell to his knees and I have to admit I panicked."
"So could we call your boobs a deadly weapon?"
"…"
"Oh, don't worry. I am not irritated about the boobs part. I am irritated at the thought of having to do a rollback for that, though."
"Ohh, Kuwajiri-chan, that's awfully mature of you. Anyway, what happened next?"
"When he woke up, I said 'well, we screwed that up, didn't we?' and he said…"
"Screwed it up!? Don't be ridiculous! We boobsed it up! Oh, excuse me. What I meant to say is that it was a critical hit! And that's A-OK from time to time!"
"I wish he had died."
"I mean, if he's satisfied, I guess that's fine. So what happened next?"
"Well," said Senpai with a nod.
"We decided we had an excuse to do it again later if we said we screwed it up this time, but then I realized we'll meet each other outside our rooms every morning and we can try out all sorts of things."
"…"
"Oh, don't worry. I can bear with it."
"Saying that's only making me more worried."
Tooru's Belt Page[edit]
"So about Tooru's belt. I feel like they would sell that thing in stores. And I think they had a lot of things like that in this era."
"I love when a transformation belt has a ton of gimmicks, but sometimes the batteries are so heavy it slides down on you."
"I know what you mean. And when you use all the gimmicks that light up and it starts to heat up, you end up thinking, 'wait, am I in trouble here?' "
"Mayyyybe equipment that makes sparrrrks or that's made of wool would be a baaaad idea."
"Eh? Eh? So when I hear a weird mechanical buzzing sound coming from Sumeragi-kun's room at night, is he using a transformation belt?"
"Sumeragi, what have you been doing?"
"Wait, wait, wait, wait! You could call it a transformation belt of sorts! When it spins, it changes form and makes noises! Noises from my mouth! Ahahhhn! Wait, no! It's not that! Oh, and to change the subject, how did you like wearing Kamen Raidou's transformation belt?"
"Well, when Thor's Hammer separated from it, it popped up and hit the bottom of my chest, which popped it right back in. I'm pretty sure that's a design defect."
"Wh-why is that so easy to imagine!?"