fourth saga

[diaf_askeladd]

To all of the women I said I was going to "date" while I was droned:

Not happening.

Askeladd. Grady can't be killed. Pick someone else.

[Thorfinn can be found outside his house, running a garden hose over his hair and scrubbing furiously.]

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[kurasuprincessu]

Thank goodness.

Are you feeling okay?

[diaf_askeladd]

Droning wore off. I'm fine.

[kurasuprincessu]

Droning? Is that how people behave when they're brainwashed? That was the first time seeing it for me.

[diaf_askeladd]

I failed to kill Grady. Doesn't matter. Forget the "date".

[kurasuprincessu]

Oh, but we should at least introduce ourselves properly now that you are back to normal.

[She starts to bow, but then realizes that she is in America and this man looks European rather than Asian, and immediately curtsies instead.]

I am Tsumugi Kotobuki.

1/2

[diaf_askeladd]

I don't care.

[click.]

2/2

[diaf_askeladd]

[TWO HOURS LATER god dammit god dammit:

ring ring ring]

[kurasuprincessu]

Hello, this is Tsumugi Kotobuki.

[diaf_askeladd]

Do you still want to go on that date. [he's practically monotone by now.]

[kurasuprincessu]

E-Eh?

[diaf_askeladd]

Yes or no.

[kurasuprincessu]

[This was scary. She should say no, right? But saying 'no' to a man in such an old-fashioned place like this might lead to...

Well! It could be a learning experience, right? What's the worst that could happen? She had never been on a date, so this would be exciting, even if it was with the wrong--]

...Yes.

[diaf_askeladd]

[dammit.] Fine. I'll pick you up tonight. [and sure enough, he'll be there that night!]