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HELLO

"My, is this perhaps Daoist magic...?"

GOODBYE

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you mean so stupid

[handfast]

[ wow stop calling him out like this, he has a disguise to maintain. even though he literally didn't change his voice. ]

Who's Hak? I'm the Dark Dragon. [ okay. ] And unless you [ a swish of his (prop) sword towards mr. prince) ] agree to my demands, this girl gets it.

[ actually......hm. on second though. the sword stays pointed at mr. prince while he wraps an arm around reirin's neck. ah yes, much more believable this way, so long as no one looks too closely at how loose his grip is. ]

HILARIOUS

[animatedly]

[it is like being hugged by a comfy, warm scarf, but it does the trick. it also helps stifle the giggle that threatens to escape reirin's mouth... the dark dragon..........

prince gyoumei is clearly furious, but his voice is measured and cool. what exactly are the dark dragon's demands????? hearing the words immediately make reirin tuck her face away, perhaps in a show of despair and fear...]

D-dark dra -- dragon...

[SHE'S TRYING SO HARD NOT TO LAUGH]

[handfast]

[ stop laughing!! stop it!!!! his dignity and perfomance are at stake here. right though. what are his demands again? he hadn't exactly gotten that far in his planning. ]

A million rin. [ or whatever equivalent currency they use here. ] Free room and board whenever I decide to drop in. [ huh? ] And lastly....

[ a long





dramatic






pause

before he scoops reirin up over one shoulder like a sack of potatoes. sorry about that but he still has to act the part of the dark dragon. ]

Oh yeah, and the lady right here.

[ HUH? however he does not give anyone time to protest before he's running away again. the real question is....how many people are following? ]

[animatedly]

[HE JUST POTATOES REIRIN AND RUNS

scarily enough the entire party starts running after him? JUST EVERYONE AT THIS PARTY YELLING AT HIM TO RETURN THEIR SWEET REIRIN!!! but luckily this stage does not last forever, and the scene disappears once Hak reaches the end of it. it's as if his dark dragon antics shocked the entire stage back to normal...

even Reirin is back to normal(?) as she dangles over his shoulder]

My, what an exciting kidnapping! This would make it my second one ever.

[handfast]

[ everyone is at risk of becoming a potato when in hak's vicinity.....

but sure, okay, they can all just go poof. he was expecting more of a fight but he'll take this too. why waste effort if he doesn't have to? but that does mean he will set reirin back down, more gently than he hoisted her up, while looking vaguely concerned. ]

Second one?

[ girl? ]

[animatedly]

[reirin's dearest goal in life... becoming potato... she nods!!!]

It was very similar to your attempt! Except that Unran and the others set the shrine and offerings on fire, and in the chaos, spirited me away, along with my brother. It was an excellent diversion.

[why is she praising the kidnapping]

[handfast]

[ damn. that's extra. although it raises a different point. ]

Why'd they have to kidnap you? Couldn't he have just asked to take you away?

[animatedly]

[soots u go to sleep,

she shakes her head]

He was under orders to make it look like a crime... And at that time, he believed Kei -- me to be the harbinger of all his people's misfortunes.

[handfast]

[ I SLEPT SO MUCH? I'M A CHANGED WOMAN NOW



also sorry but: ]

Harbinger of misfortune? You?

[ huh??? ]

[animatedly]

[val... im proud of u...]

Their magistrate was determined to make me the source of their hatred... That way, they would not suspect him of being the true culprit behind their ills.

[just a scapegoat for an evil govt official.... just like in any]

[handfast]

[ okay sorry but he hates this guy now and wants him to die ]

Sounds like he should have been the one kidnapped and set on fire. Did they figure out it was him?

[animatedly]

[HAK YOU ARE SO FUNNY. his comment immediately cheers her up....]

Not only that, but he should be trampled into the earth so that he may never rise his head even an inch above the ground!

[okay....]

That is, it is what I hope will happen -- but I arrived here before we could confront him of his crimes...

[handfast]

[ SO TRUE REIRIN ]

That'd be rude to whoever's trampling him.

[ but anyway. ]

How'd you figure out it was him?

[animatedly]

[hak.... her mentor, friend, kidnapper, and fellow cosigner of violence....!!!! stronger bonds have never been forged]

That is entirely thanks to Unran. While he kept me prisoner, he mentioned that the magistrate promised to lift their taxes if he subjected me to the cruelest of tortures. Fortunately, we reached a compromise instead!

[handfast]

[ YES..... VERY FORTUNATELY......back up a bit first though girlfriend ]

They were going to torture you?

[animatedly]

[IT'S FINE IT'S FINE IT'S FINE]

It was the main condition on the contract...

[AS IF THAT MAKES IT OKAY]

[handfast]

[ IT ISN'T FINE!!!!!!!! ]

You should beat them all up the next time you see them.

[animatedly]

[at that she attempts a villainous laugh,]

Do not worry -- I received ample recompense from them! In fact, I cultivated all of their rice paddies and weeded their fields. Hehe. I also forced them to gather muck to throw at me, which I then turned into a new strain of fertilizer! And then I repaired the leaky storeroom I was imprisoned in!

[handfast]

[ i'm losing my fucking mind and so is hak, who stares at reirin like she's lost her fucking mind. ]

That sounds like you paying them back instead of the other way around. You should have just asked for money.

[animatedly]

[SHE'S SO WEIRD!!!!]

Hoho, therein lies the trick...! For I value the chance to do farm work far more than I do money.

[said like a fcking RICH GIRL]

[handfast]

[ okay............................................. ]

Yeah, but you're just helping them out if you do their work for them. Then they'll just kidnap you again.

[ this is not a healthy cycle. ]

[animatedly]

[tries not to look hopeful at the idea of being kidnapped again and instead look appropriately scolded....]

You are right... Once we make the magistrate pay for his crimes, we can help the villagers finally live the lives they deserve without having to rely on others.

[handfast]

[ oh reirin you are such a freak (/affectionate) ]

Was that whole wedding thing part of the contract too?

[animatedly]

[SHE IS A FREAK!!!

for a second she's like WHAT WEDDING. the way i thought you meant reirat wedding at first and i was also like WHAT and then she (and i) remember]

Oh -- no! That was... A false vision. I have yet to marry the crown prince. I do not know why the stage decided to show that...

[bc reirin was fcking around too much in her memories]

[handfast]

[ my reirat wedding..... sniffles. my blessed cyoa content. ]

But you're going to?

[ why is this so depressing.....hak doesn't even know what kind of guy this prince is but so many of the nobility are a pain. she deserves better than to be trapped in some stuffy palace room all day. ]