awakenedchaos | 23rd Wheel of Fate [Written/Action]

[Now that everyone seems to be back to normal and ν-13's had a little bit of time to readjust again... there's something she'd been meaning to do for a while. Around noon, she'll be leaving the apartment to head to the western lake, leaving a note about where she's heading on the table in her room. Until she's actually out of the village, she'll be attempting to avoid running anyone as much as possible. This doesn't change once she reaches the forest; in fact, once she's there, she seems more on guard than before, as if on the lookout for someone or something that might try to attack her.

When she finally reaches the lake, she'll sit down at the edge of the lake and take out her journal, writing a short, filtered message.]

[Filtered to Tsubaki // 90% unhackable]

...Tsubaki? Do you think we can continue our discussion now?

[She'll stay there at the lake until long after nightfall, so if one should choose to go there, they might spot the silver-haired Murakumo idling around, blankly gazing out at the water.

...Even after everything that's been happening these past few months, she still likes this area.]

[ooc: Backdated to yesterday. ♪]

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[He turns around for a moment to lay the fish next to the rest of his catch, when he notices something odd at the corner of his eye. He instinctively looked up, spotting Nu and blinking in surprise.] Nu?

Affirmative. [Compared to how she normally sounds when using her mechanic tone, she sounds a little bit... cheerier, for some reason.

She'll walk over to Ted after saying that - no point in staying at a distance if he's noticed her, after all.]

How long have you been standing there?

...Nu arrived at the current location seven minutes and thirty-three seconds ago.

And you didn't come over? [Blink.] I wouldn't have minded the company.

[...As friendly as always. Heh.]

You... were occupied until now. [In other words, she didn't want to interrupt him while he was fishing.]

I still wouldn't have minded. There are plenty of fish in the lake.

[In response to that, she turns to look at the lake briefly, then returns her gaze to Ted once again.

... ] How long have... you been here? [She didn't really expect to see anyone else out here, considering how empty this area usually is...]

Half an hour? I was just taking a break. Want to join me?

[Not that long, then.]

...Nu is... currently not in possession of any fishing equipment. [That's not a no, though. She'd be fine with just sitting nearby, too.]

You can always use mine.

...Really?

Here, why not? [Handing you his fishing rod then.] I caught dinner already anyway, so I'm done.

[...Wait, really? Really?]

... [Well... if he's really fine with lending her his fishing rod, then she'll gladly take it for the time being. It's been a while since she last went fishing, anyway.]

[He'll even hand her bait and everything. The company's welcome anyway.] What are you doing out here anyway?

Nu was... waiting for someone. [Tsubaki, specifically, but she sees no need to mention her name right now.

...And while saying that, she'll carefully secure the bait to the hook.]

You were supposed to meet up at the lake, huh? [He'll just go and pay his fish some attention, make sure they won't rot and all.]

...Affirmative. [...Give her a moment, this is taking a bit longer than she expected.]

[He'll just watch her curiously for now, see if she'll succeed and all.]

[Oh, she's going to succeed soon enough, don't worry. She's just... having a little bit of trouble here.

...

...

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...There. Bait safely secured to the hook. Took long enough, all things considered.]

[He lets out a chuckle at that. How cute.]

[That? That makes her turn to look at him.]

...? [...Why the chuckle?]

It's nothing, don't worry about it.

...Understood. [If you say so, Ted. She'll just... cast the line in the meantime.

...Without flinging it into a tree by accident, thank you very much.]