[x] Ask Mokou if you can get a pair of pants like hers
“Hey, Mokou. There's something I want from you.”
“Yeah, what is it?” She nonchalantly replies.
“About your pants. Where can I get a pair like them?”
“Ahaha, you want a pair of pants like mine?” She laughs as if she just heard a really good joke. “So would I really, this pair is totally messed up!” She indicates the discarded pile of textile that once were her awesome pants.
You feel a certain sadness, seeing her once-magnificent baggy red pants reduced to such a state. No more pants, huh? It feels like the end of an era.
“And what are you going to wear in the future?” You ask.
“I don't know yet. I guess I'll borrow something from Keine while I get another pair made. Just like last time.” She says and Keine sighs. Apparently this happens often enough for Keine to be weary.
“Made? Then there's a tailor that makes them?”
“Yup. A nice old lady in the village. I get a discount too since I'm a repeat customer. I just need to pay for the materials now.” She says with a careless smile. That's some discount. She must give the lady quite a lot of business. “I tack on the charms myself. I've got a huge stockpile. Cute touch, huh?”
'Cute'? Well, that's not the first word that you'd use for describing the pants. But they certainly do give a distinguishing touch to them.
“I guess.” You say. “So if I wanted a pair made for myself, I'd need to go talk to this lady?”
“Yup. Make sure you tell her that I sent you, she'll surely give you a discount as well.”
“I'll keep that in mind.”
Well, there you have it. You now know where she gets her pants. And you think that you've seen the shop as well, to boot.
“Well, thanks. That's handy to know. My own clothes are severely lacking.”
“I'll say. Even without the blood those pants fail on a lot of level. And that shirt, it's way too generic.” Mokou thoughtlessly criticizes your attire.
Hey, these are clothes that Reisen made! ...You feel slightly hurt at her comments. But you don't let it show. You just reply with a lazy 'yeah' in order to placate her.
You decided that it was more than high time to get the hell out of here. You feel that you don't have much time. You bid your farewells to the two ladies. Keine tells you to confirm if you want the teaching job later, and Mokou just shrugs at your announcement. Well, you don't let that capricious girl intimidate you and leave with a smile.
You don't even have time to check out the outside. You start running as soon as you exit the house. You feel that if you don't hurry up, bad things will happen to you. You first run back to the village, the route that you know to go to Eientei starts there. You run at an accelerated pace through the tall grass and the rural area. You're not very good at running, but you're pushing yourself hard to cut down the travel time. Villagers that are working in the fields stop and stare at you. You must be quite the spectacle, a young man with tattered blood-stained clothes running at full speed. If you were them you'd assume that you were either escaping an angry farmer whose daughter you just slept with or you just murdered some one. Either way, you'd steer clear from yourself.
The sun is high up in the sky, and the heat is overwhelming. Most objects are failing to cast an elongated shadow, confirming Keine's estimate of it being around noon. You reach the village proper in a record time due to your speed. Your throat is dry and you're sweating, but you're making good time here. The people of the village are scurrying about to and fro, minding their own business. You ignore them, and the shops, and just head right for the forest. You think that you recognize the tavernmaster sweeping in front of the tavern as you pass it, but you aren't very sure. You're wholly focused on pushing your body to get back to Eientei. You unbutton your shirt as you run, exposing your chest to the wind. It feels good and refreshes you. This gives you even more incentive to keep up your fast pace.
You run along the forest, following the fastest route that you know. You think that you've been running for at least twenty minutes now. Wow, that's gotta be a personal best. You've never been the best runner around but it seems that your distress and adrenaline is more than enough fuel for your legs. You do, however, contemplate slowing down a bit. It is getting harder to breathe. But, on second thought, you think that you can hold on until you reach Eientei. You start mentally cursing yourself for even thinking of slowing down. This self-depreciation gives you the boost to reach the goal. About five minutes later you spot the familiar structure just ahead. There are some random rabbits loitering at the entrance. Quite the far cry from the ninja rabbits that you had pictured. You run towards the front gate and successfully reach Eientei.
You stop for a moment at the entrance. You try to catch your breath (you're wheezing now like an asthmatic – wait, maybe you are asthmatic) and change your shoes. You swing by your own room first instead of going straight to Kaguya. You've got to charge your PDA. You plug it in and sit down for a bit. Beads of sweat are trickling down your forehead. You wait about five minutes or so until you're breathing is more or less back to normal. Ideally, you'd like to take a bath and change your clothes before you go in to see Kaguya, but circumstances dictate that it's best if you just go in like this. You don't really want to make her angry, a gut feeling tells you so.
“You're a moron, you know.” A voice says. It takes you a moment to realize that it's a familiar voice in the inside of your head. You thought that you had heard the last of him? “Not a chance. I had to dig my way out, but I'm free. Now listen here and listen good, bub!” The voice begins to preach to you.
Luckily for you, voices in your mind can be easily dealt with. Before the voice knows it, you've mobilized your Internal Affairs department. They arrive on scene quickly and arrest the troublesome dissident. You tell the boys to detain him in some far away hellhole. And if an accident were to happen, then... you guess that it wouldn't be so out of place. “Enjoy your stay at Lubyanka, comrade.” You think to yourself, satisfied. That small diversion gave your body enough time to completely recover.
You get up. There's not much to do now but go see Kaguya. You exit your room and head down the corridor.
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Writing next bit soon. Went with 'go to eientei' since that was the second most popular vote. It looks like you'll have to take a bath or get those pants at some other point.
>>7689 Congratulations. A lot of people are turned off at the beginning of the story (eh, their loss?). I hope you enjoy your stay.
>>7700 "Take me now!" hehe. Who knows how she might react?
