Nakahama

There was perhaps a moment when Umiko didn't even realize the tears from her eyes until her cheeks were wet. Umiko wouldn't dare interrupt Honoka, well, until it was too late. She let out a small gasp and gave her eyes a quick dab with the back of her hand before smiling at her once more. However ...

Umiko closed her eyes and sniffed back a sob as she gave Honoka's hand another squeeze. She merely gave a few small nods without giving her answer audibly. Yes, you're being a little foolish...Then again, I've been really foolish myself...

She found herself thinking of the Festival of the River of ...

While it didn't last for years for Umiko, this gentle and affectionate connection with Honoka was a refuge from the present. It just felt comfortable and right , the long years apart, then this reunion. The moments they shared together, the subtle gestures and the glances that Umiko sensed in Honoka ...

"Yes. Yes , Honoko-chan," Umiko couldn't help but let out a giggle at her reaction at first. Her smile was a happy one, but tinged slightly with a sort of bittersweet sadness to this all. Honoko's energy was infectious; this all started with the shaking of her hand and the speech that followed. The ...

So there it was. While Umiko was often "politely oblivious" about such matters, perhaps years of living the idol squad life, followed by years in the informator show business, this was quite clear to her. That wasn't to say that she found out just now, certainly by the little shows and signs from ...

When Honoka looked down, Umiko would look up instead and her gaze would fall on her friend. She mustered a smile, certainly wanting very much to be brave when it came to walking into the unknown, both in her future travels and an uncertain destiny. Honoka was the brave one here not too long ago, and ...

Umiko took another sip from her can and looked at the countertop surface in momentary thought. She bit her lip as she formed her thoughts before speaking. "That's not the only issue. It's less about what I wanted from the position, but rather allowing my thoughts to get in the way of my duties. A ...

Umiko would be more than happy to join her at the nearby seat and smooth down her yukata afterwards. She took a small gulp of the soda and let out a happy sigh, feeling almost parched after the night's late-minute proceedings. Yes, there was an abundance of tea, but it didn't quite hit the spot like ...

Umiko placed a hand on her lips and let out a giggle when Honoka ran off to get her request for pop. The enthusiasm caught her off guard, and she would really walk over to join her on the island so that she didn't have to run back and forth. "I could-uhm, okay, this is fine. Really, thank you," she ...

"Heh, really?" Umiko would say with some delight and smile ruefully with an apologetic tilt of her head. "It's a bit unfortunate that I had to miss much of it, I was looking forward to showing up in public! But! I'm glad that the Public Works office and the volunteers were able to come together to ...

Umiko was almost unsure if she had the right place at first, but the appearance of Hiroto acted like a sort of lighthouse on an island to show that she was indeed at the right place. Her smile was small, earnest but perhaps tinged with a faint bit of tiredness from the late hour. However, seeing her ...

"Yasuki Haruto-san?" Sorato asks with surprise. "So he wasn't with... ah... them?" A look over his shoulder at the injured criminals being rounded up. Despite being unsure about how Haruto ended up in this state, however, Sorato is not at all confused about how to assess an injured patient. He ...

Umiko would be more than happy to accept Honoka's invitation. After the events of the last few days and the big disaster that followed at the Temple of Dawn, it was good to see things getting back to normal. Okay, that wasn't true. It was as close to a temporary normal, for now.

She would arrive ...

"A little bit," Umiko admitted with a sheepish smile as she stood up as well. "Thank you for dropping by, Kitsune-san. It was good seeing you and the detective once more."

Umiko didn't look like she was unharmed, considering she had a good amount of blood on her hands and forearms as she tried her best to do what little she could do without medical training. A bit shaken in many ways, considering all of the violence and dead people around them, especially inflicted on ...

Umiko, Honoka, and Haruto would finally leave the warehouse in short order! Freedom!

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Complex Action, start dragging Haruto!

Defensive Stance
ATN: 17
Wounds Taken: 0
Void Used: 0

"Moto-san, WAIT!" Umiko would call after her before she zipped off to battle once more. Wait, wait for what? Did she expect her to carry Haruto off when he was still bleeding like this? She wasn't sure what to do without medical training. She only played a medical professional once or twice!

"Oh ...

With the Kuni keeping an eye on them down, this side of the warehouse seemed safe at least. She couldn't be sure yet, considering everyone had guns and could shoot anyone at any time.

"Moto-san! Can you stabilize him?" Umiko called out to the samurai on the bike.

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Defensive Stance
ATN: 17 ...

"I'm sure if you do some of the retro classics, cover? You'll get a few local people in the audience appreciating that. A bit embarrassing to say...but, in the few performances I've done ever since coming back home, it seems that I found they seem to like that over the music of my last album." She ...

Meanwhile...Umiko was floored by the sudden kiss that she received from Honoka! Did that just happen?! She would only watch her in stunned silence as she watched her dart off to the palette, then lost sight of her. Then a bike rolled in?!

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