[vinedeo]

[majin_fukushou]

-Hey kids! It's Goddess Shinki! And she's enjoying the company of tiny robots serving her some delicious and colorful looking sponge cake.-

Hmm... These little golems are quite talented pastry chefs. It's so tastey! I just couldn't help myself~

Oh, Yumeko, dear, I believe we are due for a trip to this library Alice told me about. I've been wanting to gather some new reading material, after all. Bring a satchel.

Also, a query... What IS this Christmas thing I heard whispers of?

-She takes another bite of her cake, giggling.-

[[ Chronologically speaking, the first person she's going to see for the effects of the cake is Yuuka ]]

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[majin_fukushou]

You definitely are. I've known you long enough to tell.

[swordthrowing]

[sigh] Fine, fine...

[majin_fukushou]

-The library finally came into full view, and Shinki looked appropriately impressed.-

It's certainly not as large as Pandaemonium's, but it will do.

[swordthrowing]

Not many things here are.

[But she does seem to brighten some at Shinki's reaction.]

[majin_fukushou]

-And now for the area Alice had actually recommended. There were the bears, as they had been told. Large, fuzzy, and imposing in the way a giant stuffed teddy bear would be. They allow both goddess and her maid to pass.-

Now... just what sort of mystery has my daughter lead us to, hmm?

[swordthrowing]

[Yumeko keeps eying the bears even as she plucks a random book off a shelf. What could they be there for...?]

Yes, I wonder. [Turning her attention back to the book in her hands, she flips it open to a page in the middle.]

[majin_fukushou]

-Shinki had done the same... and immediately regretted it, dropping the book at her feet. It was then she actually started to look around at specifically what was lining the shelves...-

[swordthrowing]

Shinki-sama...?

[She glances up at the sound of something hitting the floor, turning a page of the book in her own hands as she does so. Idly, she skims down a paragraph or so, and...]

[...Wait a minute. She huffs and blushes a little, pointedly snapping its covers closed and moving to return it to its place on the shelf.]

[majin_fukushou]

-Another book on the floor. And another. Shinki was bright red when she turned to her maid.-

Y-yumeko... What sort of books are you finding?

[swordthrowing]

Pornographic ones.

[It's rare that she says something like that so bluntly. She must be bothered. She scowls at the shelf of books in front of her.]

And you said Alice told you about these?

[majin_fukushou]

Was this her idea of a prank?! -They were pretty much surrounded by smut. Why on earth...-

[swordthrowing]

Maybe it was. Alice does seem to have a...particular sense of humor. [Yumeko rubs her forehead.] I can't imagine why else she would tell you to come here.

[Mostly because the idea that Alice actually enjoys these kinds of books is TOO HORRIFYING TO CONTEMPLATE.]

[majin_fukushou]

Oh she is in for such a scolding! Come, Yumeko, let's not dally here!

[swordthrowing]

Of course, Shinki-sama. There's no need for us to remain here.

[majin_fukushou]

-Of course her attempt to storm off is cut short as she just sort of... stops. With the entrance to the section still a ways away.-

[swordthrowing]

[. . .]

Shinki-sama?

[She sounds a little cautious when she speaks up.]

[majin_fukushou]

-... And then she starts hammering on the invisible wall.-

Oh what fresh hell is this, now?!

[swordthrowing]

[Woah woah woah hold on now. Yumeko will just...try to gently pull Shinki away from the barrier.]

Sh-Shinki-sama, please calm down!

[majin_fukushou]

I am sick of it! This queen, her games! How dare Alice subject us to this!

[swordthrowing]

Shinki-sama, I don't think Alice knew this part would happen.

[She says, awkwardly rubbing Shinki's shoulders.]

[majin_fukushou]

-She does start to calm, somewhat, but it would seem the frustration is giving way to sadness as her shoulders begin to shake.-

[swordthrowing]

[She keeps rubbing, anyway.]

...Shinki-sama...?

[majin_fukushou]

I apologize... for losing my composure. I just... I just wanted a nice day out. I had been in such high spirits. The whole day was planned. Afternoon with you, evening with someone else.

[swordthrowing]

I'm sorry, but that's not how things worked out. [Soothing tone to go with the soothing backpats.] We'll just have to make do with the situation as it is, Shinki-sama...

[She only didn't ask about that "evening with someone else," because Shinki seems so upset about the situation.]

[majin_fukushou]

And now it seems we can't even leave. A barrier keeps us from the exit.