What are you doing? Why are you doing it?

[fujimaru]

But let's be real, when have any of us actually known that?

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[fujimaru]

Oh.

[ Oh, that's... almost normal, for Kiyohime. In fact, that seems safer than most of the potential options.

After a moment of thought, Ritsuka sets her tablet aside and pulls the scrunchie from her hair, using her fingers to comb it loose over her shoulders. ]

I usually don't worry about what I'm doing with it that much, but if it makes you happy, go ahead. --No cutting it, though.

[bellfry]

I don't have scissors, so any cutting with have to be with my teeth. And sorry, but for how much I love you, I will have to decline any offerings to chew your hair.

[She has standards!]

But before we begin, let's talk about what we can do. How do you feel about twin tails? It's a mirror to your usual style, but I think it could work.

[fujimaru]

Twin-tails?

[ She fluffs the ends of her hair for a moment, considering. ]

I think it'd be cute on you. That's the sort of thing that looks better with longer hair, right? But if you really wanted to match, I'd try it.

[ Hopefully flattery will get her somewhere safe. ]

[bellfry]

Master... I'm obviously not asking you to lie, but please try and keep such comments to yourself.

I do not need short haired girls trying to kill you for saying that.

[She's crazy and delusional, but she certainly understands that hair is an important thing to most girls.

What about Ritsuka in regards to that? ... uhh work in progress]

But yes, I want to match as much as we can. Do you have anything else to tie hair in place here, or do we need to look elsewhere?

[fujimaru]

Ah... my bad, my bad.

[ Even before Chaldea, Ritsuka had been pretty bad at keeping up with cute fashion, going for whatever was easiest with her hair the length that it is. And after Chaldea, playing any sort of comparison game was just that much more pointless. What's a normal human going to do, comparing herself to actual goddesses? ]

And I've got some hair ties in my desk. Somewhere. [ Probably. ] Do you have something in mind beyond just "matching"? I don't want you disappointed if the twin tails don't work out...

[bellfry]

You can say some really dumb things at times. It's not that easy to love such an idiot.

[Hey don't worry, she calls you an idiot but Kiyohime thinks you look great.

At least you can dress modestly UNLIKE those goddesses.]

Like now. You need to have confidence that this will work. Especially because one half of this is quite literally in your hands.

[fujimaru]

[ No pressure, right? Phew. ]

Yeah, I'm pretty dumb. [ Sometimes, at least. She's not going to be the one who defends herself there. ] But I'll give it a shot.

Come on, sit down. You can test on me first, if you want.

[bellfry]

[Well it IS in your hands! You have to use your hands for this!]

I'll take that offer. Since your hair is shorter, do you want them in a specific place?

[But really now, please stay calm as Kiyohime circles behind you. This may be a tall order.]

[fujimaru]

[ Well. To be fair, Ritsuka does trust Kiyohime with her back in battle on a semi-regular basis, but that's also usually from a distance, and doesn't involve hands near her head or neck.

So she goes very, very still as Kiyohime moves behind her. ]

Maybe just higher up, on the sides? I think that's what's traditional.

[bellfry]

[Kiyohime begins to what she said she'd do, mess around with hair. She is fiddling around, trying to get angles right, amount of hair right, all that sort of stuff.

She pauses after a bit.]

I suddenly realize a mirror would be nice to have.

[fujimaru]

[ Don't laugh, don't laugh, she's trying her best so don't laugh... ]

I've got a compact in my desk, but anything bigger that that -- we'll need to ask someone to loan us one.

[bellfry]

[If laughing makes you love Kiyohime, she can accept that.]

Okay, please give me a moment.

[And then she releases the hair down as she goes to root in her Masters belongings.

Are you sure you thought this through?]

[fujimaru]

[ It's slowly occurring to her that maybe this is a bad idea, but at least she doesn't have that many incriminating belongings.

Actually, in honesty, Ritsuka's room is fairly tidy, because it had taken her a long time to really feel like it was her room after the Grand Order began, and even after that she hasn't entirely given herself free reign to take over the space. There's the other Mystic Codes that aren't in use, hung up; there's a small assortment of other scrunchies and hair ties; and then an assortment of small souvenirs picked up from various Rayshifts.

There's probably SOMETHING in there that she can be angry about, but for the most part it's pretty benign in her desk. ]

[bellfry]

[First order of business, the easy to find and grab hair scrunchies. 3... 4...? There's already one out there right now... but lets take 4 anyway!

Mirror though... mirrors could be lots of different things, now Kiyohime has to search. And search. Who knows what else she could find... clearly not fishing for ideas here

Of course she will eventually find the mirror.]

[fujimaru]

[ Alas, Chaldea is not a great place to pick up casual fashion magazines. They'll have to rely on the power of imagination. Good luck, you two. ]

Finding it all right?

[ In the meantime, Ritsuka has tipped over to be flopped on her side on the bed. Her guard is down, her complacency up. ]

[bellfry]

I think? Mirrors in this age are weird. [Which is true, Kiyohime has found something that reflects her image, confirming that she is not a vampire. But it certainly doesn't look like anything she has seen before.]

... By the way, why is there an empty bag of chips in here?

[Sadly for Kiyohime and her powers of creep, she has succumbed to tunnel vision and cannot see an obvious chance. Your attempts to woo the dragon have not been noticed.

Now we're deep in mirrors as this is clearly a mirror world.]

[fujimaru]

--Ah. Is that where I put it?

[ She's not as bad as Roman, sneaking snacks and stashing them away here and there, but also she's sometimes completely careless about where she puts stuff. Mostly she's saved by finding that stuff first. ]

Is it really empty? I could've sworn there was more left.

[ Snacking sometimes happens, okay. ]

[bellfry]

First off, you have an entire Cafeteria that is essentially at your beck and call... and this is what you eat?

[Wow. Please stop worrying your wife. She wants you to not waste away like Osakabehime.]

As for it being empty... let me check closer.

[A Japanese girl from olden times has her head hovering just above the opening to a bag of potato chips. Is this modern art?]

Ah, it seems like there is still some left. It looked flat when I first saw it. My apologies for giving the wrong idea. But not about my thoughts on what you partake in.

[fujimaru]

I don't want to bother people every time I get hungry!

[ For one thing, it means less people judging her junk food habit. For another, it's still a weird feeling to have people so willing to step up if she asks for something. After so long being self-sufficient, old habits die hard.

Embarrassment is not enough to distract her from the inherent humor of Kiyohime looking into a chip bag, but Ritsuka is still flustered. ]

If there's stuff left, you can just leave it on the desk. Don't worry! I'll throw it away properly when it's empty!

[bellfry]

It wouldn't be a bother if you wanted to eat me!

[That wasn't a slip.

But she won't be placing them down, not just yet.]

How long have they been in there for? Are they still... "good"? Don't go try and tell me you would eat old and stale food just because it would be convenient.

[fujimaru]

...

[ Well. There's probably a workaround to this. ]

Can I not answer that, because you won't like it, and also if I lied about it you wouldn't like that either?

[bellfry]

Then I'll answer for you.

[Because the mere fact her Master said that... is telling.]

"Yes my beloved Kiyohime, I would and have eaten old food I found lying around my room. I can't remember when I got these but I will eat them anyway. The idea of having my beautiful wife make me plain rice fills me with so much anxiety that I bury my face into my pillow and try to eat it as well."

[fujimaru]

I wouldn't go that far.

Besides, sometimes it's late and I don't want to bother anyone when I want a snack. Chips are fine once in a while, right?

[ Right?? Let her live, Kiyohime, she's still a modern-day teenager...! ]

...also, they're pretty good...

[bellfry]

Oh I've heard this before. It'll start with you only having them once in a while, the time will grow shorter and shorter until you suddenly find yourself hiding entire bags in a corner so you don't even have to leave.

Then I'm going to find you staring at a monitor, slouched over, reading about illicit trysts between handsome men with the only light being the screen that you are glued to.

[... is she a nagging wife or an overbearing mom...?]

[fujimaru]

[ How did you know about that?! --No, no, she can't actually say that aloud! Her internet usage is probably monitored, but she has to believe that only Da Vinci has access to those records! ]

Wh, that's, who has the time for something like that?! I don't know if you've noticed, but the only person who really did was the Doctor!