[And with that, he claps a reassuring hand on her shoulder, and disappears up the stairs two at a time.
There's a tiny, twitching purple tail-tip visible under a pile of spiderwebs, and Tsuzuki dashes towards it, readying his fingers. He skids to a stop a few feet away and slashes his hand down.]
Line!
[-- and, just as he casts, a little monkey-like creature, no bigger than a toddler's rag doll, claws its way up out of the hiding place. Its yellow eyes are saucer-round, and it licks its lips with a long, red tongue.
Smells good, it hisses, and Tsuzuki's free hand clenches as it flings itself hungrily at the borderline and bounces back.
And again, and again: he bites his lip, waits, and then drops his borderline and casts again, a little closer to the balcony's edge, just as it bounces back. This is going to take good timing, but the first one's gone okay. So that's good. Right?]
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[And with that, he claps a reassuring hand on her shoulder, and disappears up the stairs two at a time.
There's a tiny, twitching purple tail-tip visible under a pile of spiderwebs, and Tsuzuki dashes towards it, readying his fingers. He skids to a stop a few feet away and slashes his hand down.]
Line!
[-- and, just as he casts, a little monkey-like creature, no bigger than a toddler's rag doll, claws its way up out of the hiding place. Its yellow eyes are saucer-round, and it licks its lips with a long, red tongue.
Smells good, it hisses, and Tsuzuki's free hand clenches as it flings itself hungrily at the borderline and bounces back.
And again, and again: he bites his lip, waits, and then drops his borderline and casts again, a little closer to the balcony's edge, just as it bounces back. This is going to take good timing, but the first one's gone okay. So that's good. Right?]
Ready, Sakura?