Kogarasumaru-Mafia Picnic

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[It is a beautiful day. The sun is shining, the lake is downwind, the sound of the birds is only occasionally drowned out by screams and shotgun blasts, and beneath the spreading branches of the large tree at the edge of camp, under the shadow of the Kogarasumaru's base and near the sealed entrance of the mafia cave, there is a picnic blanket, several lacquered containers filled with small snack foods -- rice balls, sausages shaped like octopi, rolled omlettes, a multitude of preserved vegetables, simmered meats, and even a few with fruit, dango and other sweets -- and a Nobody pouring a cup of green tea from a thermos]

This is, perhaps, overdue, but welcome to the neighbourhood. Now, if we could perhaps discuss the recent accumulation of rocks on the front lawn...