Nakahama

Agasha Sorato wrote: Sat Nov 15, 2025 2:17 pm "Aha. Whereas I'm a dirt crawler who incidentally spends some time up there." Sorato smiles. "Does that mean you're only down here temporarily? In that case, I see why your party planning is so... expeditious."

The size of the costume pile is such that Sorato doesn't catch on to Ochiba's move with his purchases until it's too late. "Wait! I--er. Well, I owe you one, then, Yoritomo-san."

Agasha Sorato wrote: Sat Nov 15, 2025 11:38 pm Sorato takes the bag with a slightly shy smile. Temple donations don't usually work that way... well, no, it's not so unusual to accept a meal or a gift as thanks for spiritual services, really, it's just that it doesn't often happen right at the cash register. Clearly Mantis do things differently!

"I'll remember that." He nods solemnly, hesitates for half a moment, and decides to go for it. Expeditiously. "Actually, I hadn't planned on hunting sharks, exactly. But there are some areas around the island with wildlife warnings that sound worth seeing."

Yoritomo Ochiba wrote: Sat Nov 15, 2025 11:41 pm "Heeeey! Now you are speaking my language Agasha-san, what you got? Giant spiders? Giant Sharks? Giant...mushroom monsters?" It seemed unlikely.

"If it's gonna be cool and you need someone watching your back." She pats her guns. "Count me in, but I ain't gonna do much science stuff unless it's like tagging things."

Agasha Sorato wrote: Sun Nov 16, 2025 4:27 pm
"I don't know of any spiders of unusual size." Sorato holds the shop door open for Ochiba, who is carrying rather more and bigger bags than he is. "Sharks... actually, yes, according to the planetary encyclopedia. Big ones. On land I'm more concerned about the volcano lizards, though. And there is supposed to be a kind of ambulatory plant in the deep jungle that's rather aggressive, which is interesting."

Agasha Sorato wrote: Sun Nov 16, 2025 7:59 pm "You've got it, Yoritomo-san." Sorato smiles and follows her out the door, letting it swing closed behind him. Greatsharks seem to be fairly well known, from what he recalls, so there's likely little mystery about their dentition... if something like that really does happen, Ochiba's prize would be well-earned and not begrudged by science. "As for the plant... all the pictures I could find are, well, indistinct. They call it a Jigoku flower, quite a superstitious name."

"Do you need help to your car?" Hopefully she has a car to move all that.

(fade out soon, probably, right?)