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[1stguardian]

All right. What's the plan now?

Or don't you have a plan? You don't, do you? Can't say I'm surprised. You never know what you're doing.

Whatever. Just don't take forever figuring it out. I've still got a lot left to do and I don't have time to wait on you.

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[repelling]

[ Due to the Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Mask reference, he'd meant to imply she could be the Usagi to Kurosaki's Mamoru. Not a very strong suggestion, maybe. Well- ]

Are love interests necessary? I suppose for the story. Of course, he does have a rival, so love interest is the only slot that needs filling.

[ Go on.

Ask him who the rival is.

It might be just a little too obvious he's waiting for it. ]

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[faeth]

If it's true love, then I think it'd be better to be with it than without it. [ sincerity, hope, and wishful thinking all manifested into a rather wistful tone. ] Because it's the stuff that can save heroes from death, right? Even if it seems hopeless and they're battered and bruised and lying on the ground, they can think, "no, I can't die because my beloved is waiting for me!"

[ although it doesn't quite work that way for her -- maybe she was never meant to play the hero. ] Through the power of love, they'll instantly receive a power-up. A stat-boost.

[faeth]

-- Ah.

[ and then she's peering up at him with inquisitive eyes. ]

Would his rival be... [ eh. head-tilt. ] Tatsuki-chan?

1/?

[repelling]

[ Listening to Inoue-san, to the sentiment in her voice, sentiment mirrored in her eyes and the slope of her mouth, her mind clearly filled with one person - it's one of those moments. One not entirely clear to him, because of his inability to understand a pang in him, a foreign and always brief emotion, that mostly leaves him with an inexplicable desire to shake Kurosaki, if not outright strike him.

It should be more fantastical talk, but the way she says it-

... ]

... Then, true love it is.

[repelling]

[ Rival.

Yes, this is it, this is his mo- ]

[repelling]

T-Tat-

Arisawa-san?!

[repelling]

Really? Inoue-san didn't think of... I mean, I suppose Arisawa-san could certainly give Kurosaki a run for his money, but I'd thought the clear choice was...

5/5

[repelling]

Me...

[ definitely not the dramatic pronouncement he'd had planned. He'll try to pull it off anyway!! ]

'The... Archer!'

[ ...


...

yes of course because archers and roaches are natural enemies, very creative.

but he wasn't going to be 'The Gecko' or 'The Centipede'! ]

[faeth]

[ oh, perhaps she'd been thinking small-time, here. childhood rivalry was what she'd first mused about; Tatsuki-chan and Kurosaki-kun, arm-wrestling underneath a grand old oak tree and sipping lemonade.

but a true rival? one that came from out of the blue? no one would see it coming.

so yes, that albeit weak proclamation begets Orihime's fistpump of approval. ]

'The Quincy!!'

1/2

[repelling]

[ Much better, good, he pushes up his glasses in righteous acceptance of his obvious (yet out of the blue?) role- ]

[repelling]

[ no. wait. ]

Er-

only, it can't be 'The Quincy'. Then he'd have to be 'The Shinigami'.

[ and he rather likes making Kurosaki 'The Roach' /halo ]

[faeth]

-- Oh, that's right! You'd have to be slightly similar, but your core values need to differ by just enough for the two of you to be at odds with each other. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a pure rivalry, and more of a battle of good vs. evil.

[ ponder, ponder. a finger presses up against her forehead as her expression scrunches, deep in thought. ]

[repelling]

[ no, no he doesn't like where this is going, at this rate, he'll be a bug too. ]

We should be- our values should differ more than a little, I think... He will need to fight evil at some point, right?

[ What a conundrum. Is it better to be evil or named for an insect? Not that all such names would be unacceptable. ]

[faeth]

Ah, but Ishida-kun couldn't be evil! He doesn't even have a goatee.

[repelling]

Evil doesn't need a goatee.

[ Aizen hadn't had one, but he's not about to dredge that up. By name, anyway. ]

It's all the worse if he doesn't look the part, and fools everyone.

[faeth]

[ ...! ]

I-Ishida-kun, I never knew... How dastardly...

[repelling]

But- no, Inoue-san, I only meant that I could be evil, not that I am.

I'm not evil.

[faeth]

But what about in a parallel dimension? [ welp, this possibility is going to take her mind captive for the remainder of the day. ] If it's Ishida-kun, he'd probably have the entire universe beneath his fingertips by now, I'd bet.

[repelling]

[ ...

...

... ]

I guess, in a parallel dimension, I... could be evil...

I can't say it's impossible, the theory certainly suggests that to do so would be limiting, I can't possibly know... My fingertips? No, Kurosaki would have foiled my plans... something like that...

[faeth]

... Eh-heh. If it weren't for those meddling kids...?

[repelling]

And their little do-ll too?

[ Kon. ]

[faeth]

[ he'd do it for a booby snack WOW NO FFFF ]

Either way, as long as Ishida-kun is fighting on our side, there's absolutely nothing to worry about! [ because if he's evil, then they'd all have to be evil, too, right??? ]

1/2

[repelling]

[ slkgmdgdlsgkdmsgls oh no ]

Of cour-

[ wait, he's evil, and not only that: he's Kurosaki's rival. ]

[repelling]

[ she must

have forgotten the start of it, but

even if she didn't mean to imply he'd absolutely beat Kurosaki, he'll take it ]

Of course there's no question that I would eventually devise just the right plan to take "The Roach" down.

But, I think Inoue-san would be on the hero's side.

[ he might just be getting a little too into this ]

I must apologize for my evil counterpart. I don't think he'll go easy on you.

/2

[faeth]

[ ! ]

W-Well, I'm sure your prior battle against the giant armadillo-warrior legion must've taken out quite a good chunk of your hit points before the final battle. So we'd still have a chance as long as we win at the coin toss and get to move first!

Even if it's a little odd to be thinking that we'd be risking it all in a fight with Ishida-kun...