Summer 16 - Dreary Day Mingle

[kollomods]

[ It's another calm, quiet day on the island. Swedish summers are like this, from time to time. Cloudy, too cold to spend outside but not so cold that you can really cosy up under a blanket. Another gray, endless summer day, the kind school children dread. Even the birds are quiet.

The Community Center lies mostly abandoned, the only sign of activity being the steaming pots of coffee and hot water set out on the counter, alongside a small assortment of cinnamon buns and shortbread cookies. The locals are busy elsewhere. Come, sit. Spend some time together. ]

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[sparkandburn]

Have you seen any rules posted about? [ Genuinely. ] Besides, sometimes rules are made to be broken.

[burntviolet]

[ ... First point is taken, but the second one is kind of. Not. ]

I wouldn't like to make o-our hosts unhappy. Though...

[ Though I'm a little curious. She trails off before saying that, not wanting to sound like she'd be a delinquent for such selfish reasons. ]

[sparkandburn]

[ He raises a brow at that. In all honesty this started as just snooping around but now that he's got her hooked, this could be more permanent fun. ]

It's curious, right? Couldn't hurt to have a look around. We're not doing anything wrong.

[burntviolet]

[ Hanako takes a deep breath and then sighs, shoulders sagging.

Though she strongly doubt they're doing nothing wrong, the decision is made as questions keep drilling in her head. It will bother her all day if she doesn't scratch that small but annoying itch.

So he wins. Hanako pushes the book into her bag and stands up. ]

I'll come along... j-just to look around, alright?

[sparkandburn]

[ He closes the fridge door with a grin when she agrees to go with him. That worked out better than expected. ] Of course! We'll just take a look. No harm in looking.

So... where should we look first?

[burntviolet]

[ ... As much as she hates being appointed the duty of choosing the location, she slings the bag over her shoulder in resignation. ]

Since the kitchen s-seems to have part of the issue... we could start from there?

[sparkandburn]

[ Hey, he needs to know that she's on board with all this! ]

Alright. Let's continue our snooping then, shall we? Maybe set up a trap of our own, see if we can catch something.

[burntviolet]

For now, l-let's stick with the snooping part only.

[ Really, she doesn't want to end up hurting... whatever creature might scurry around these parts. She'd feel pretty bad about it.

Whenever Spike gets to moving, she will follow. ]

[sparkandburn]

Alright, alright... [ He rolls his eyes but lets her be. ] Kitchen, then. See if we can find any more traces of shenanigans.

Unless you have a different idea of where to look?

[burntviolet]

I have none. I'm r-ready.

[ She just wants to look around, see if they find something, then leave. As quick as possible. ]

fade out?

[sparkandburn]

Alright. You take that side, then. I'll continue over here.

Oh- and watch out for cans.

okay!

[burntviolet]

[ WHY CANS? She... won't ask. Just nod along, Hanako, it's fine.

Except it's not so fine. Welp. ]

A-... Alright.

[ And off they go on a super exciting adventure! ]