Rebel 26 [Action!]

[not_meatbuns]

[After a long recovery period and reading every single book in the house several times over, Litchi is finally back on her feet. She's still a little slow, but her cough is gone and her strength is mostly returned. So how best to celebrate?

A trip to the bar, of course.

Hey, she's missed the company. Really. Totally not just a boozehound.So here

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[yellowthirteen]

[And here's another bar regular showing up, a little later than usual. His guitar is strung over his back. He hadn't suspected Litchi had gone to the bar herself, but either way, he strolls on in and gets ready to take one of his usual stools around the bar...]

[not_meatbuns]

Hakumen. I met him once, actually, although I can't say it was the best introduction.

[She claps her hands together suddenly.] Do you think you could say "I am the white void, I am the cold steel" for me~?

[yellowthirteen]

Hakumen, huh?

[...Well, he'll humor her. Just this once.]

I am the white void, [And he points his prop sword forward, as though issuing a challenge] I am the cold steel.

[cry_camellia]

[Right up next to you. Suddenly. With this face.]

[not_meatbuns]

[Suddenly, Tsubaki. Litchi pauses just long enough for her brilliant idea to hatch before striking.

Two of the Heroes down.]

[yellowthirteen]

[Thirteen watches, the typhoon that is Litchi swiftly act, and shove Tsubaki into a costume. She's like lightning; almost in the blink of an eye before he could process it.

He's left standing there blinking, kind of stunned. Of course, this is all hidden behind the mask, so it probably looks more like this version of Hakumen is wordlessly, cautiously watching like a sentinel.]

[cry_camellia]

[Hasn't noticed. What else is there to notice.]

[not_meatbuns]

[Well. That went even easier than she expected. So she just loops an arm around Tsubaki's shoulders and hugs.]

He looks just like the real thing, don't you think~?

[yellowthirteen]

[Thirteen takes a look at Tsubaki's outfit. And doesn't get it. But she seems to have a starry look in her eyes, which kind of confuses him.

Maybe Litchi wasn't kidding about the Six Heroes.]

[cry_camellia]

[Tsubaki, now somewhat aware of her surroundings, actually hugs Litchi back. This masterpiece was her doing. This isn't the real Hakumen, but as a true fangirl, it doesn't even matter.]

It's perfect.

[not_meatbuns]

[She's so proud.]

I'm glad you approve, Tsubaki~

See, David, it's not so bad. ♥

[yellowthirteen]

[Okay, that gets him to smile when Tsubaki is happy, at least. Of course, that's hidden behind the mask too.]

It's not, I'll grant.

[He does kind of feel more heroic, at any rate. It's silly, he knows.]

[cry_camellia]

[He should wear it ALL THE TIME.

P.S. This may well be the happiest Tsubaki's ever been in Luceti.]

[not_meatbuns]

Now I just need the other four... or maybe just three.

[Litchi is looking around the bar for her next victims.]

[yellowthirteen]

So Tsubaki's one of the Six Heroes now as well?

[Calling attention to her outfit now, of course. That hat is something else.]

[cry_camellia]

P-Pardon? [Confirming this would require tearing her eyes from Hakumen. To put it another way, it would be impossible to confirm.]