>Let the swarm go past.>"Well, to be honest, I'm surprised your rheumatism can handle it. Though you wouldn't be caught off guard by a storm like this, at least. The roof's doing just fine.">Probably.>"And I guess you'll want some tea?"
>Call out, "Yeah, that's her.">Resume prior activities.
> That's unlikely: we'd need about five hundred or so candles to do THAT.> Well, probably more. She's gotta be older than Ran, and kitsune are a hundred per tail, right?> Let's tell Akyuu that a place is ready for her whenever she wants to turn in.
>Have a seat and resume dinner.
>Is there anything around we can can make into a proper projectile to toss through the gap? If so, let us send it airborne.
>"So, do you want anything or what?"
>Get tea, then ask what Yukari really wants.
>"Oh, whatever. How have you been, Yukari?"
>"Well, it's not as though that isn't an achievement for you these days. Are things keeping dry over there? The humidity isn't getting to Ran's tails, is it?"
>"Chen's not bothered by the thunder, is she? Oh, speaking of, do you know how to get the lights back on?">What Akyu and Suika up to while we're shouting into a gap.
>DO NOT THROW SU-eh, whatever, have fun with that.> "So, you're just bugging us 'cause you're bored? Well, Akyuu's writing more stuff now, I bet she'd love to hear what you know."
>DO NOT TAUNT HAPPY FUN SUIKA>How do the Mini-Suikas seem to be taking it?>"And do you have any idea how long the storm is going to last?"
>"I wonder if you could sleep through a hole in the roof just over your head, though?"
> Toss a mini Suika into Akyuu's lap to get her attention. "Oi. I bet Yukari can fill in the g-... can tell you all about those incidents."
>"Do you?"
>"How grateful you must have been, then."