video; Ishtar, March 13th

[trustheart]

[The video feed is a first person view of a bunch of purple stuffed goats, mounted on wheeled platforms, chasing after someone who's running. Some of them have ribbons around their necks, some of them has attachments connected to their platforms for a variety of jobs. For those that know of them, they'd be recognizable as Hibiki's spy goats.

The camera moves to show Chris's face, who looks both winded and angry as she shouts at her device.]

THEY'VE BEEN AFTER ME ALL DAY! SOMEONE SEND HELP!

SHIKYOIN, DON'T THINK I KNOW THAT THIS IS YOUR FAULT!

Comments

[trustheart]

... You'd... you'd know better than I would, I guess.

[Chris has gotten the opposite impression, but she doesn't wanna make things worse and dig herself deeper.]

Either way, I think she'd prefer it if they got sent back as is.

[reloves]

[ Well, Minako thinks Hibiki might actually appreciate getting more fabulous goats than before.. But at the same time she can't be sure since she's never seen Hibiki talk about her goats before. Maybe she likes them as they are now! ]

Then it's easy, right? If they're following you around, all you have to do is go to where Hibiki is and they'll be back with her, safe and sound!

[trustheart]

[Her reply comes back a bit delayed.]

... Actually, a friend of mine managed to convince most of them to head back, and I... sent the rest back on my own.

So no biggy in the end, I guess.

[reloves]

See! It's just like they always say, "it's no use crying over spilled goats!"

[ ... She may not have gotten that one entirely right. ]

[trustheart]

... I am 100 % certain that no one in the history of reality, time, space, and the multiverse has ever said that, Minako.

[reloves]

What? Of course they've said that!

[ In Minako's wild imagination land, that is. She seems so fully convinced of it too as she says it. ]

How would you know they haven't?

[trustheart]

I know because no one has ever spilled a goat!

[reloves]

Then what if you were carrying a lot of goats in your arms and accidentally dropped one? Would that not be "spilling a goat"?

[trustheart]

No.

That'd be dropping a goat.

Also how would I be carrying a bunch of goats?!

[reloves]

With the power of love, of course!

[ Without even missing a beat. Like this answer is 100% both natural and logical. ]

[trustheart]

... why would I be tapping into the power of love for goats?

[reloves]

Because the power of love can help you do anything!

[ Hey, it's kind of true where Minako comes from, even if she doesn't realise that since she can't remember.. ]

Just try it next time you're doing something! Do it with the power of love, and it'll go amazingly for sure!

[trustheart]

... Minako, this is going to sound like a weird question, but. Do you have a girlfriend, and do you have a weird preoccupation with holding people's hands?

[reloves]

[ There's a good few seconds of silence, where Minako just stares.

Then-- ]

C.. Chris.. Are you asking me out?!

[trustheart]

... What?! Hell no!

I'm trying to make sure you're not a friend of mine from home with amnesia or in a disguise!

[reloves]

W.. W-What's with that "hell no"? Are you saying there's something wrong with me?! Aren't I a super pretty and charming girl?!

[ Totally missing the point. ]

[trustheart]

That's not what I mean! I mean... you aren't my type?! And I'm not really the sort of person to just ask someone else out like that?!

[reloves]

I don't know! I'm not going to judge anyone for the speed or the intensity of their feelings!

[ Even if she just totally imagined them. ]

But fine, fine, I guess it's okay as long as the reason isn't anything about me.. [ A small, yet dramatic sigh. ] Either way, if I really was your friend, you'd know, right? It's not like the way someone looks changes just because they lost their memories!

[trustheart]

There are no feelings here!

... And yeah, you're right. It's just. You two are so similar it's kind of scary.

[reloves]

Isn't that just a good reason to become even better friends with me?

[trustheart]

Jury's still out whether my life can endure two of you.