Author Topic: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 3, Part 4 (Read 54859 times)

DracoOmega · « **Reply #930 on:** January 30, 2014, 07:37:30 AM »

>It is. Um, on both counts.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #931 on:** January 30, 2014, 07:56:33 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 30, 2014, 07:37:30 AM

>It is. Um, on both counts.

>Marissa shakes the snow out of her messy blonde mane before stepping inside.
>Maybe we should get her one for Christmas. Rin suggests with a silent grin as she follows Marissa in.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #932 on:** January 30, 2014, 08:14:56 AM »

>Might be a little out of my price range, I'm afraid.
>Go on in

Oldmansour · « **Reply #933 on:** January 30, 2014, 08:27:06 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 30, 2014, 08:14:56 AM

>Might be a little out of my price range, I'm afraid.
>Go on in

>"Now, as I was sayin'," Marissa starts once you're all in of doors. "You wanted to know how I knew good guys from bad guys, right?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #934 on:** January 30, 2014, 08:31:26 AM »

>"Yes?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #935 on:** January 30, 2014, 08:33:12 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 30, 2014, 08:31:26 AM

>"Yes?"

>"Well, there was another way I saw the difference, but I didn't wanna say it in front of the others. And yes, you can still stay, Rin." she adds quickly, closing Rin's mouth as it was opening, likely to ask. "Truth is, B, I met two of the good guys before."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #936 on:** January 30, 2014, 08:36:39 AM »

>"...oh?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #937 on:** January 30, 2014, 08:37:54 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 30, 2014, 08:36:39 AM

>"...oh?"

>Marissa nods. "Yesterday. At the CRA. The brunette and the winged one. Redhead was new, though."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #938 on:** January 30, 2014, 08:44:56 AM »

>"And... why didn't you want to mention this in front of anyone else?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #939 on:** January 30, 2014, 09:03:12 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 30, 2014, 08:44:56 AM

>"And... why didn't you want to mention this in front of anyone else?"

>"'cuz they might come to the same conclusion that I did, and I didn't want to worry 'em if I didn't have to."
>"What conclusion was that?" Rin asks.
>"That people fighting magical animals and ugly beasts in one place might have done it somewhere else, too. Like maybe at the CRA, for one. And that might be a worry for Byakuren here because of a young youkai I had the pleasure of meeting while I was there last."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #940 on:** January 30, 2014, 09:06:47 AM »

>"...oh?"
>This is a strangely uncomfortable conversation to be having.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #941 on:** January 30, 2014, 09:09:07 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 30, 2014, 09:06:47 AM

>"...oh?"
>This is a strangely uncomfortable conversation to be having.

>"Don't be coy, B." Marissa says with a half-grin. "You know the one I mean."
>I'd try to distract her, get her off-topic, but she's pretty hard to swerve. Rin replies.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #942 on:** January 30, 2014, 09:15:49 AM »

>"I, um..."
>Pause
>"Marigold?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #943 on:** January 30, 2014, 09:24:10 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 30, 2014, 09:15:49 AM

>"I, um..."
>Pause
>"Marigold?"

>Marissa nods. "The very same."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #944 on:** January 30, 2014, 09:26:30 AM »

>"I guess she mentioned me, then."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #945 on:** January 30, 2014, 09:36:52 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 30, 2014, 09:26:30 AM

>"I guess she mentioned me, then."

>"She did. And I'm gonna tell ya, Byakuren, there's a lot of you in that one." A part of your feels a touch relieved at Marissa's tone. You had been half-expecting your close friend to tease you to no end once she found out about your 'daughter', but her tone here is actually fairly serious, as is her expression. "She's smart, I mean real smart, and pretty, too." With a humor-colored smile, she adds, "And just like you, just a little bit out there."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #946 on:** January 30, 2014, 09:41:44 AM »

>Slightly wry smile
>"Oh? I'm 'out there', now, am I?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #947 on:** January 30, 2014, 09:54:56 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 30, 2014, 09:41:44 AM

>Slightly wry smile
>"Oh? I'm 'out there', now, am I?"

>"Now, she says." Marissa retorts, chuckling quietly. Sobering, she continues, "Marigold's different from a lot of the youkai I've seen come through there since I started. She has a.... a newness. 's kinda hard to put into words." Her gold eyes meet yours. "I think she got your purity."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #948 on:** January 30, 2014, 10:01:50 AM »

>"I am still not sure I wholly understand what role I played in her being... born."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #949 on:** January 31, 2014, 04:06:55 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 30, 2014, 10:01:50 AM

>"I am still not sure I wholly understand what role I played in her being... born."

>"Koishi's probably got a theory 'bout that." Marissa suggests.
>"The school shrink?" Rin asks, tilting her head to the side.
>The blonde chuckles, giving Rin a playful rub on the head. "Counselor, girl. Bit of a difference. But she works at the CRA, too." She snaps her fingers, making Rin wince ever so slightly. "Aiyah, forgot. You're probably gonna hear from her yourself before too long, Byakuren." she informs you. "Nothin' too serious, but part of her job is to have a talk with folks who were there when a youkai's born. Especially if said folks were part of it, like you and Lily White was."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #950 on:** January 31, 2014, 04:11:34 AM »

>"Do you know what sort of things she might want to ask?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #951 on:** January 31, 2014, 04:24:38 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 31, 2014, 04:11:34 AM

>"Do you know what sort of things she might want to ask?"

>"She's gonna want your version of how Marigold came about. What you were feeling, thinking, that kinda thing. And probably where you got the ring in the first place." She shrugs. "Beyond that, it sorta depends. Koishi doesn't have a set list o' questions, she plays her job by ear."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #952 on:** January 31, 2014, 05:42:57 AM »

>"Fair enough; I was just wondering."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #953 on:** January 31, 2014, 05:44:51 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 31, 2014, 05:42:57 AM

>"Fair enough; I was just wondering."

>"Where did ya find her, anyway?" Marissa asks. "Well, the ring. Y'know what I mean."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #954 on:** January 31, 2014, 07:36:41 AM »

>"Behind the school, actually. I had the engraving on it checked with a jeweler, when I was wondering if someone had lost it. It turns out it had been an engagement band, but the person it was intended for called off their wedding before it could be given, and the man who bought it threw it away. I don't really know the details, but it was a sad story."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #955 on:** January 31, 2014, 07:57:57 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 31, 2014, 07:36:41 AM

>"Behind the school, actually. I had the engraving on it checked with a jeweler, when I was wondering if someone had lost it. It turns out it had been an engagement band, but the person it was intended for called off their wedding before it could be given, and the man who bought it threw it away. I don't really know the details, but it was a sad story."

>"Yeah, no kidding there. Still...." Marissa trails off, scrunching her nose in thought. "How long was this? That buddy tossed the ring, I mean."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #956 on:** January 31, 2014, 08:02:07 AM »

>"I don't believe I know, now that I think on it."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #957 on:** January 31, 2014, 08:06:01 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 31, 2014, 08:02:07 AM

>"I don't believe I know, now that I think on it."

>"I'm just wonderin', now..." Marissa muses as Rin moves past her, knowing her, to put the kettle on. "With a story like that, you could call Marigold a tsukumogami, except, she don't quite fit the bill."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #958 on:** January 31, 2014, 08:11:20 AM »

>"Not resentful enough?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #959 on:** January 31, 2014, 08:25:40 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on January 31, 2014, 08:11:20 AM

>"Not resentful enough?"

>"Well, if ya wanna be blunt about it." Marissa replies with a wry grin. More seriously, she continues, "But yeah, every tsukumogami I've ever met that's that young's always been hurt by something, and it shows. Changes from youkai to youkai, but it's pretty consistent among the newborns. 'cept for yours."