haruhi suzumiya → catch-all (season of budding)

[uncommonsense]

Who: Haruhi Suzumiya and her pals!
When: Season of Budding, throughout March and April.
Where: Around the kingdom, a prompt localized in the Forget-Me-Not barracks and another in the Greenhouse.
What: She's got herself a quest! A couple quests, although one's more personal than advisory. Also, ~the melancholy~
Warnings: Shouldn't be any. Will update if so.

Comments

[nightwild]

Yeah, let's get the tail out right away. Is your balance okay?

[thank god she's reined in her impulsiveness enough to not just tear gold ship's pants off to free her tail.]

[goldship]

Oi, oi. Umas don't get concussions. I'm just a little rocked is all.

[ She shakes her head and to her credit, doing that has her looking a lot more alert and focused. Enough so that with their combined efforts she's able to sit on the bench and start undying her shoes. ]

I'll be fine, girls. But thanks. [ She smiles. ] I really can depend on you two. It means a lot.

[uncommonsense]

Of course. What are friends for anyway?

[ alright, time to head on out of the dressing room then. ]

And... yeah. I'm hoping I can ask the same of you two.

[nightwild]

Of course you can. I'll help you out, always. You're my friends.

[She pauses.]

... But I don't think that's right. That umamusume can't get concussions. You're still human enough, right?

[goldship]

Hey, just cause you haven't been put in The Sack doesn't mean you're not in the gang, Haruhi. Of course we're gonna have your back.

[ As she talks she starts to take off the belt keeping the trousers up. This isn't even a teasing seduction thing, Gold Ship has rapidly stopped caring about modesty since January. Also, you know, she's used to changing and showering around other umamusume so...]

I mean, we're a lot sturdier than humans. Some gals have bone or muscle issues but... well I've never had a concussion, and I get knocked in the skull all the time!

[ She's built different. ]

[uncommonsense]

Wait, does that mean you put Yayoi in the sack?

[ ...she seems so straightforward that she'd have probably done some damage to gold ship! it's actually hard to imagine.

haruhi should avert her eyes, but. shrug? she's used to a girl's form... ]

That makes sense, considering you said a lot about potential leg issues. If that happened, it'd be hard to keep running, right?

[nightwild]

[Yeah, Yayoi doesn't care in this case. She'll be embarrassed later, but right now, she's WAY more focused on making sure Gold Ship's okay. Nothing is more important than the immediate health and survival.]

Yeah... It's probably just that you're tougher, not that you can't have one. After all, it's...

...

What is a concussion, anyway? I just know you can't focus right after a hit to the head.

[goldship]

Pfft, you kidding? Yoyo-chan woulda kicked me into orbit if I tried to Sack her. She gets to skip it.

[ All said fondly. And then Golshi is pulling the pants down and kicking them off, freeing her tail with a relieved sigh. ]

Goddesses, m'never tail-tucking that long again...

[ Muttered. Her underwear? Simple black panties, nothing fancy. She keeps things practical, usually.

She begins to undo the buttons of the suit jacket. ]

A concussion's a brain injury. Your head gets hit or shaken too hard and your brain bounces around in your skull. [ Gold Ship raps a fist on the top of her head to emphasize, careful of the bruised spot she earned. ] Gotta wait it out and let your brain heal. Never really seen an uma at Tracen get one though.

[ A pause as she shrugs off the jacket, just in a drss shirt now. She stares down at her legs thoughtfully. ]

S'like I've told Haruhi, leg injuries are more common for us. Some gals are just unlucky, ya know? End up taking an injury, or born with a condition that makes them suspectible to it. Most of umas won't let it slow em down though, that's part of why Trainers are so important.

[ She folds her hands behind her head and sighs, looking up at the ceiling. ]

We're fast, ya know, and that's... well, ya end up stumbling and falling while burning up the track at 70 kilometers an hour, average? It ain't pretty. [ She winces. ] Broken bones, open fractures, that's if you're lucky. The unlucky girls... they don't make it. Never seen a concussion, but I've read about more than one broken neck or split skull.

[ Yeesh... ]

Buuuut! That'll never happen to your pal Golshi. I'm Unsinkable after all!

[ Wow the energy does uh. Not match her dour expression. ]

[uncommonsense]

[ as she'd heard and figured. it was dangerous, sounded dangerous anyway. haruhi listens intently, folding her arms.

that last comment doesn't inspire confidence. in fact, there are a couple things in that long description that pings haruhi as something to keep in mind. ]

...you know, I'm only technically acting as a trainer for Taiki right now, but... I don't want you overdoing it either. The Titanic was unsinkable too, and that didn't matter in the end. So...

[ she shakes her head. ]

You don't have to slow down, just... be careful. Don't hurt yourself.

[nightwild]

Oh, yeah, I'd have destroyed the sack.

[She's listening, and... She understands, getting too into something. But...]

I agree. I want you to be safe, and okay, too, remember? Don't get hurt... and I want you to be happy, too.

[goldship]

Tch. Titanic doesn't have a dang thing on me!

[ Aaaaaaaand that's the dress shirt coming off and being nearly folded, leaving Gold Ship in just a sports bra and allowing her to flex her arms and show off the full range of muscle.

It's... actually gotten more defined since being here, a weight routine with a callous disregard for her own safety has that effect. ]

I'm Gold Ship. I'll out last any coal powered vessel. I run on pure umazing internal awesomeness!

[ She doesn't actually believe that. She knows shes grinding herself into nothing slowly and surely, knows shes spiraling... but there's as of now no stopping it. All she can do is stall it with her friends' support and pay them back for that by being Useful.

She's not bare for long. She retrieved the top she came in and starts to redress herself. ]

Ain't gonna lie to you two, slowing down or focusing on my own stuff? Ain't my style. [ She shrugs but smiles. ] But I'm working on it. Honest. Just bare with me a bit, kay?

[ GASP, honest semi-vulnerablity from Gold Ship! It's a miracle!!! ]

[uncommonsense]

[ okay she knew gold ship had to work out, but damn. alright.

honestly though, she hears the bravado in gold ship's voice and can both understand and respect it. with a shrug, she decides to let it go. ]

Fine, fine. It'd be hypocritical of me to tell anyone to slow down anyway. If anything happens, it'll probably turn out okay anyway. What's the worst thing that could happen?

[ majorasmaskgong.wav ]

[nightwild]

Just try. That's what's important.

[Sorry, Gold Ship. Bestie isn't distracted by your muscles! Instead...]

After all, if you're my big sis, you gotta take care of yourself so I don't worry, right? Aneki.

[Pause.]

.... That felt weird to say.

[goldship]

[ What's the worst that could happen? A lot of things, really, like running herself down so hard that when one of her enemies comes after her she can't bolt. But she's working on that, it's fine. ]

Yeah, it's gonna be fine!

[ She pulls on her pants and threads her tail through the hole in the back just in time for it to start wagging wildly. "Aneki"!!! Yayoi called her Aneki!!!!

IT IS SO HARD TO RESIST HUGGING HER RIGHT NOW. But Gold Ship fights the urge down like the trooper she is. ]

Weird good or weird bad? Cause I don't mind it, Azukichin.

[uncommonsense]

[ okay, even that got haruhi. that's so cute, what the hell! this was actually a damn good idea! ]

Hurry up, you weirdo. [ said incredibly playfully. ] I'll change next.

[ and don't worry, she'll close the door. ]

[nightwild]

I'm not sure... Nicknames are hard.

[But she is smiling, so it can't have been that bad?]

Maybe I'll just keep it for when it matters.

[goldship]

[ SMILING YAYOI. This is a good day, any day she can get Yayoi happy is a great day actually.

Golshi, now mostly dressed, stands up and adjusts her clothing. She hasn't put her shoes back on just yet but there's something more important. ]

Ya know, saying stuff like that... you're just makin' it harder to keep from hugging you.

[ Her tail is wagging. PLEASE, bestie, let her do you a physical affection...! ]

[uncommonsense]

[ ......

does it help if haruhi turns around a bit. ]

Ahhh, maybe I will get this skirt too. [ SHE'S GOING TO EXAMINE IT A BIT. DOES THAT MAKE IT LESS EMBARRASSING. ]

[nightwild]

[IT'S NOT ABOUT EMBARRASSMENT..... but sigh]

Okay. I'm braced for it.

[goldship]

[ LOOK UPON HER BESTIE YE MIGHTY AND DESPAIR!!! Because Golshi is going in for that hug! ]

Right. Thanks.

[ She is very, very mindful of her arm placement as she always tries to be with Yayoi. Above the waist, arms under Yayoi's so Yayoi can move freely, and her hug is Careful. Firm, yes, but not Gold Ship Max Power. No Hurting or spooking her Yayoi.

Huh. Odd thing to think. Oh well. She's wagging her tail and her ears are fluttering so clearly Golshi is content. ]

You really are the best, ya know.

[nightwild]

[The hug she gives back is... well, it's gentle. Or, awkward. She still doesn't know how to hug people well. But at least... It's closer, this time.

It's comforting. Maybe... this really is what it's like to have a sister?]

... Do umamusume run warm, too?

[Or is it just that she's never felt this kind of warmth, a gentle hug, from another before?

[goldship]

[ Getting hugged back is, well, nice. Really, really nice. Inexperienced as Yayoi may be the gesture itself has Golshi sighing in content and her muscles relaxing. ]

Some of us. I mean, I do. But ya also always feel warmer when you hug someone you care about.

[ She gives Yayoi a squeeze, a very light one, and chuckles deep in her throat. ]

And I do. Care about ya, I mean. Ah, heck with it... I love you, Yayoi.

[ Platonicly of course! ]

[uncommonsense]

[ sorry, brief interjection as haruhi just kinda, looks at another blouse.

this is cute and all, but did they need to get this sappy in the middle of a store??

well, whatever. keep having your moment, ladies. ]

[nightwild]

I... I think I love you too? Is that... I mean, that's what a 'sis' is, right? I think.

[SORRY HARUHI. she just... sounds quietly confused.]

[goldship]

[ THIS IS WHAT ROSAVELLE IS ABOUT HARUHI! Emotions, closeness, LOVE. Get on-board the Love Train! ]

Yeah. That's what it a sister is. Someone you love and look out for who loves and looks out for you too.

[ GOD Golshi is just, blushing right now, because this is SO SAPPY but so nice. ]

Course... we're gettin' kinda sappy for public. Pretty sure we look like a couple of dorks right now.

[ But also she's oddly okay with that! ]