[video&action]

[undefines]

[A. Video]
[From the looks of things, Nue isn't dressed in her usual dark colors today. Instead, she's wearing the red and white uniform of a Hakurei shrine maiden, meaning she must have finally taken Reimu up on the punishment she had ordered a while back. The fact that the image's backdrop is the Hakurei shrine and she has a broom in hand makes this pretty obvious, too.]

[That isn't what she wants to talk about, though. She just got bored with sweeping, and there's been something else on her mind, too.]

So... Do you think that Pirate Queen is actually going to keep her word? [Her wings flick back and forth like tails behind her, the movement seeming somehow irritable. Apparently, she's incensed just thinking about it.] It's not like I gave her something I can't just make more of, but still. I'm going to be mad if she doesn't come back like she said she would.

[The truth is, Nue is just impatient. It's been a week and a half, maybe, and she's already getting antsy. But she asked for something she hopes will cheer Sanae up, so she's anxious to get her hands on it now.]


[B. Action]
[Alternately, you could come see her sweeping at the shrine in person. Or you could catch her around the fortress later in the day; she still isn't living at the shrine 24/7 now, so she has to go back there if she wants to change out of those stupid miko robes after she's done with her stupid chores.]

[In any case, people picking this option should BEWARE OF ATTACKING MISTLETOE!! Indicate whether or not you want youkai smooches in either an OOC note or a PM.]

Comments

B - Smooches are okay if she wants to give someone a heart attack

[shy_flier]

[ Ah. Florina's been exploring on her own a bit more lately, trying to improve her mental map of the gardens, and catches sight of the... interesting... winged girl. Wings? Those are wings right?

It's rude to stare but that's what she's doing. ]

I will consider this :Va

[undefines]

[They're...something, all right. They're definitely coming out of her back, at least, though they seem a little too strange and bendy to be proper wings. None of them actually seem to move in conjunction with the others, either, so the twisting mass can be a little disorienting to look at...]

[In any case, Nue is aware that she's being stared at. She puts on her very best youkai face as she glances in Florina's direction.]

Boo.

[shy_flier]

[ While they're in the right place for wings, they seem to behave more like... tails? Or maybe some kind of serpent. Or a serpent's tails, or a serpent's wings, she's from the frozen north she doesn't know much about reptiles.

Florina blinks for a split-second before flinching back a half step. ]

S-sorry! Sorry.

[undefines]

[She keeps smiling her most youkai-like smile, one of those maybe-wings of hers—they look awfully sharp, don't they?—making a gesture that resembles a wave.]

See something interesting? [Her tone only sounds a little teasing.]

[shy_flier]

[ Waving at her with... the wings? Maybe they're more like blades than anything else. ]

N-no, I just... staring is rude so I shouldn't...

[undefines]

[sliiides over]

Oh, I'm not bothered by that. It's natural to stare at a monster, isn't it?

[low-hanging fruit, etc]

[shy_flier]

M-monster? Um... wh-what are you... oh, um, sorry if that's rude to ask.

[undefines]

[She laughs at the apology, waving a hand dismissively. (At least she uses an actual hand to do it this time?)]

Oh, no, it's perfectly fine. I'm called Nue.

[shy_flier]

N-Nue. [ Florina bows slightly. ]

It's nice to meet you. I'm... Florina.

[undefines]

Mn, right. Nice to meet you.

[She casually slips a limb around Florina's shoulders. It's a wing, of course.]

So what were you doing, then, if you weren't looking at something interesting?

[shy_flier]

[ Florina is frozen to the spot. ]

E-e-exploring.

[undefines]

Ah, exploring, was it? You don't have to look so worried. There's nothing dangerous here... Usually.

[shy_flier]

O-oh, I've heard that, but I sure hope it's not too bad...

[undefines]

Eh. [Again, she gives another dismissive wave of the hand.] It doesn't happen nearly enough for this place to be all that exciting. Usually it's all just stupid things like forcing us to kiss.

[shy_flier]

W-well... yeah.

[ Florina edges away a little. ]

I like that better than, um, fighting though.

[undefines]

[Nnnnope the wing curls tighter.]

Do you? I'd definitely take fighting over being forced to kiss someone I don't like, but maybe that's just me.

[Or maybe she's just still mad at Reimu.]

[shy_flier]

[ Ah. Florina. Doesn't like that. She looks a little more nervous again. ]

Um... I... th-there's only one person I want to kiss, but... it might not... be too bad, compared to fighting?

[undefines]

I'd rather fight than have my emotions played with. [She shrugs, then, and lets her wings slide off of Florina's shoulder. She doesn't want to push it, all things considered, and just the topic is making her mood sour again.]

[shy_flier]

U-um... ...it's terrible if someone did that.

[ Even creepy wingtailspear girls shouldn't have their hearts played with. ]

[undefines]

Not someone. The Queen, or whoever is in charge of picking these stupid incidents.

[shy_flier]

I-I know I'm hoping... I don't get stuck with anyone else...

[undefines]

You probably will. That's just how these things work.

[She sounds a little bitter, yeah.]

[shy_flier]

...that's cruel, to treat a girl's feelings like that.

[undefines]

Right? That's what I've been saying.

[shy_flier]

The Queen... doesn't know... much about romance, does she?