[ITP: rainbows and sparkles and sunshine!!1]

[long_dragon]

[on this perfectly normal afternoon where the zombies are moaning and the gorillas mating, there is one Sohma Hatori taking a pleasant stroll by the lake~ SURELY NOTHING COULD GO WRONG!]

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[sets_mode_plusv]

[timespace what timespace, you were reporting in to me first, right?]

[riiip. . . riiiiiip]

[long_dragon]

[but. the cabin's door, and th- WHAT IS THAT SOUND]

... Akito? [knocking lightly on the door]

[sets_mode_plusv]

[. . . riiip]

[long_dragon]

...

May I come in?

[sets_mode_plusv]

Yes.

[rip, rip, rip]

[long_dragon]

[stepping in]

I'm sorry, I- ...

[WHAT.

MY BOOKS.

WHAT.]

[sets_mode_plusv]

[pausing mid-rip. . . oh. . . oops, holding his hands up and letting the half-mangled book fall off his lap]

What was that, Hatori?

[long_dragon]

[fffffffff]

... I'm sorry I went out like that.

[sets_mode_plusv]

[it's too bad you were too late for the other two :(]

. . .

[long_dragon]

[bowing his head slightly]

There was something I needed to do.

[sets_mode_plusv]

Really?

[long_dragon]

[nods]

[sets_mode_plusv]

[DID YOU INTEND TO SAVE YOUR BOOK BY HAVING ME THROW IT OUT OF RANGE? . . . OH, WELL]

Something more important than staying here?!

[long_dragon]

[b-boook, flinching just a the slightest, it's a reflex]

Yes. [nods again]

[sets_mode_plusv]

[are you. . . kidding me]

[sets_mode_plusv]

And what was more important than that, Hatori?