013 ☀ Phantom Thieves, Magilou

[jokered]

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[jokered]

I'm a thief.

[casually!]

If I've already stolen your heart, all that's left is to steal your schtick.

[at least this should continue to be entertaining for futaba...?]

[spinatalltale]

[pinches his cheeks!! and stretches them out sort of like she was with Bienfu earlier, only less painfully]

You do know this means war, right?

[virtuale]

[Oh my god.

Futaba just rolls her eyes at this display, and then:]

So...what. Murder happened, and you picked up a witch girl from it?

[Weirdo.]

It's not like that's a very romantic setting.

[jokered]

Don't you know what war is good for?

[absolutely nothing, tbh.

so he turns his attention back to futaba, shrugging even as magilou is pulling at his cheeks. why is he like this?]

It wasn't. [a romantic setting, that is.] I guess you can say... the high stakes of the situation changes things, though. I didn't think it would happen either, but... it did.

[spinatalltale]

[why are they both like this, poor Futaba. YANKS ON HIS CHEEKS SOME MORE]

Honestly, I think he heard me call myself unshippable and took it up as a personal challenge.

[. . . she jokes]

[virtuale]

He should know better, fandom always takes the unshippable ones and runs with it.

[She doesn't even miss a beat with that. And then, to Akira:]

Oh well. If you like her that much, I guess it's fine.

[Shrug!!]

I can tolerate. [Probably.]

[jokered]

I think she proved herself plenty shippable.

[just saying.]

But I'm glad to have the Oracle seal of approval anyway.

[spinatalltale]

[stops pinching Akira's cheeks and just. settles herself against his shoulder. hmph]

Only tolerate. . .

[virtuale]

[A shrug.]

Tolerate. Maybe, maaaaybe "accept", depending on how things go and how annoying you are.

No promises though.

[jokered]

Futaba has high standards. Don't take it too personally.

[akira still accepts her, so it's probably fine.]

[spinatalltale]

[it's fine!1 Magilou seems to accept this for what it is despite the faux pouting earlier]

Uho! Challenge mode, accepted!

[virtuale]

[........ ... ...]

Eh.

[Eh!!

A point.]

You're 500 years too early to face me, Akira's girlfriend!

[jokered]

[akira's just going to sit back for a second and let them duke this one out.

of course, akira also has no idea about magilou's relative immortality so like. that 500 years thing might get dicey? whatever, it's cool.

he's entertained, at least.]

[spinatalltale]

[. . . WELL]

[SHE CERTAINLY ISN'T BRINGING IT UP WITH FUTABA AROUND]

Oh, please! I've fought and conquered a dragon. Bosses don't get much more difficult than that!

-- or are you a midboss?

[virtuale]

I'm unimpressed by your dragon-sized boasts!!

[HA!!]

I'm a bonus boss.

[jokered]

Ultra powered-up. She's got all the buffs.

[or.

something like that.]

[spinatalltale]

I've got something better: the power of the Normin Queen!

[NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THAT IS]

[virtuale]

Is that like--an in game title or something? [A SHRUG] It'd just give you some stats and maybe a few different Arts anyway.

["Arts", not "Artes", but close enough really.

She's too used to this jrpg life.]

[jokered]

[...

even akira has to arch a brow at how genre-savvy futaba is, since she went specifically for "arts" on this one, and akira does know that magilou's spells are "artes."

not that ones can tell the difference verbally, right?]

[spinatalltale]

[oh my god]

[FUTABA'S POWERS ARE TOO STRONG]

Heeeey, you've got to be careful about those titles, you know? Those stat bonuses can come in handy in a pinch!

[virtuale]

[Lots of games use "arts", okay, she doesn't even think anything of it.]

Sure, sure, but it doesn't make you that strong.

I'm still not impressed. No impressed. Negative impressed.

[jokered]

There she goes, the ever-savage Oracle....

[it's funny though, honestly.]

[spinatalltale]

. . .

I feel like we're quickly growing a rivalry, here.

[jiiiiiii at Futaba]

I mean, what's next? Trying to beat each other in eating contests?

[virtuale]

[... Eh.

Eh!!!]

I could take you.

[Oh.]

But the food in question's gotta be Sojiro's coffee.

[jokered]

[that sounds dangerous, futaba. chugging hot coffee....]