I am the Magical Detective Loveline!

[welcome_home]

Who: Temple Nanshe and Anyone!
When: Evening of June 1st
Where: Temple Nanshe
What: Nanako is hosting a Magical Girl Anime Night and Sleepover! Everyone is invited!


A. We're on the case!

[ Every since Nanako's conversation with Hibiki a few weeks before, she'd been on a mission to locate the entire series of Magical Detective Loveline to have a showing at her temple for friends who had never seen it before. Which is, in her opinion, a Great Tragedy. But finding out that several of her other friends also liked watching similar things, she has since decided to make an entire Event of it.

Temple Nanshe is decorated in a possibly absurd amount of Pink and pastel rainbows for this anime night/sleepover. One of the rooms has been prepared with giant cushions and pillows and blankets for people to sprawl and be able to watch the anime on the large TV set against one of the walls. There's plenty of room for everyone to get comfortable however they like.

The dining room table is laid out with a variety of brightly colored foods including cupcakes cookies and candies, as well as an ice-cream bar with all sorts of colorful toppings. Nanako might have taken this whole Magical Girl theme a little too far, but she's clearly had fun preparing everything for her friends so they could enjoy themselves and tonight's Magical Adventure.

Either way, the Temple is opened up and decked out and ready to host all of Nanako's friends - even the ones she might not have made yet. In honor of the occasion, the hosting goddess herself is dressed up in her very own Magical Detective Loveline cosplay, which people who have known her for a while may have seen her dressed in before.

Show up, mingle, munch, and make yourselves comfy! ]

B. Stop or I'll put a cap in ya!

[ Anyone who has known Nanako for any amount of time has probably heard that Magical Detective Loveline is her absolute favorite person and she takes her fangirling of said Magical Detective very seriously. Which is why she's hosting tonight's party, after learning that several of her friends have never been lucky enough to experience such prime entertainment.

The series itself is about a pink-haired girl who transforms into a magical detective to solve crimes and mysteries in a Sherlock Holmes fashion along with her dapper dog sidekick, who wears a monocle, top hat and cape.

If you weren't expecting the resulting magical shenanigans and ridiculous mysteries that accompany such a premise, you are clearly in need of more magical girl animes in your life. Either way, Nanako hopes you enjoy watching the adventures of her favorite hero with her! ]

C. Sweet Dreams!

[ Knowing the anime viewing could run late into the night, Nanako's temple has been prepared for an all-night sleepover for those who just want to crash after the anime ends. There are bedrolls and futons available to be laid out in the large open living area where they'd all gathered to watch the anime, but there are also several guest bedrooms available, as Nanako's temple is set up like a Japanese B&B. There are hot springs outside should you like to soak and relax before sleeping. Feel free to seek out Nanako or one of her shinki if you need a little help in where to get settled.

Feel free to make yourself at home! ]

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[priforprince]

[ Un ]

[ Making good on one's vow to locate the entirety of a piece of entertainment heretofore unknown to Shikyoin Hibiki is one thing. But inviting Hibiki to a watch party? With snacks and a sleepover portion?

Absurd. Ridiculous. Who on Earth would attend? This certainly doesn't merit Hibiki's personal presence. A proxy is perfectly....maa-cceptable.

Which is why there's a small herd of spygoats in attendance as the watch party gets underway. Perhaps they're bringing you a drink or snacks (old maa-bits die hard). Perhaps they're just...all in a pile surrounding the hostess, who gives good hugs. Wherever you may least expect a goat, a goat is there.

And they seem quite interested in this maa-nime. ]

[ Deux ]



Move.

[ THERE WAS NOT A COUCH HERE FIFTEEN SECONDS AGO

BUT NOW THERE IS

BEHOLD, THE POWERS OF A GOD OF FORTUNE or, okay, any god

Yes, Hibiki is here now. For some reason. Bearing tea. And an entire couch of her own. Which she has teleported here, depositing it in the Best Spot for Watching.

The Best Spot for Watching is directly behind you. Or, potentially, directly in front of you.

Who's in whose way? ]

[ Trois ]



Don't!

[ Hibiki has been making various derisive grunty noises as she watches this cartoon, seemingly pooh-poohing the detecting abilities of the characters onscreen. (If there are any particularly swashbuckling thief-like antagonists, she appears almost to be rooting for them instead. Mysterious!)

And yet. At this dramatic moment! ]

That's a red herring! The culprit is----

[ Someone stop her before she makes a guess that might be spoilers. ]

[ Deux ]

[welcome_home]

[ Nanako had been curled up on Tamaki's lap, surrounded by a literal pile of goats who'd gotten distracted and come to cuddle her. Or at least get hugs. She'd tried to make sure that each goat had gotten at least one hug in greeting because she didn't want any of them to feel left out.

But hearing a familiar voice from somewhere behind her, Nanako's head cranes around. And then she blinks wide eyes when she spots an unfamiliar couch in her living room. ]

Hibiki? Where did that come from?

1/2 i enjoy my icons too much, sorry

[priforprince]

Ghk—

[ THE GOATS ARE TALKING ]

2/2

[priforprince]

[ - Oh, wait, Nanako is in there, never mind.

Hibiki puts a hand over her chest, as if that will quell her still-pounding heart. ] ....I supplied it. Those provided were insufficient.

[ She certainly is managing to take this entire couch up all by her slender self! ]

never be sorry for that lmao

[welcome_home]

[ Nanako blinks for a long moment, absorbing that, before giving a crooked smile and nodding. ]

Okay. I'm glad you could bring your own couch then, if it's your favorite. Are you enjoying Detective Loveline? [ Her face lights up at this hopefully. Hibiki had been one of the reasons she'd really wanted to host this tonight, after all. ]

[priforprince]

It’s certainly an inexplicable program.

[ ....If it helps, Nanako, Hibiki can’t take her eyes off the screen. Perhaps that’s a better answer? ]

[welcome_home]

In... inex... inex-what?

[ Nanako tries out that word, her face scrunched in confusion.

Is that a good thing? Or a bad one? ]

[priforprince]

[ Hibiki sighs.

It is a deeply heartfelt sound. ]

Don’t speak while the television is playing.

[ The goats look at each other, confused. Maa-ster talks at the TV all the time. It maa-y even seem like the reason she watches TV. ]

deux

[myblueskies]

Um

[Suddenly a couch! A whole couch and now Romeo can't see from where he is sat on a cushion!

But... That's miss Hibiki's voice! He stands up to lean over the back of the couch and grin at her.] Hello miss Hibiki! I didn't know you liked anime shows!

[Your couch landed in the best place, clearly!]

[priforprince]

[ —What, even from above now?!

Hibiki turns her attention to the show fairly quickly, however. A genius misses nothing. ] All entertainment falls under my domain. The likelihood of my failing to assess a property is lower than a flea hiding beneath a worm under a rock in a dungeon.

[ Now that We have decided this is worth Our time, there is no shame.

There is never shame. ]

[myblueskies]

Well it's really good so far! [He's sure Hibiki will like it! He clambers over the back of the couch to sit next to her, since he can't go back to his spot on the floor, he won't be able to see!]

She is magic and a detective and can stop all the bad people because she's really clever!

[priforprince]

[ Hibiki’s legs may cohabitate the couch with you, Romeo. Or else you’ll wind up on one of the ends. A royal sprawl is in effect. ]

So I gather.

[ She’s distracted from the conversation by the show itself. Someone has just been found with their energy drained! WHO COULD HAVE DONE THIS TERRIBLE THING?!

Hibiki snorts. ]

[myblueskies]

[He budged up to give Hibiki's legs room, she took up lots of this couch. He goes back to watching, wide eyed as someone if found with all their energy drained. That's terrible!]

Who do you think did it miss?

[priforprince]

Not whomever is first suspected.

[ Hibiki sighs. ] What passes for genius in such works is sorely lacking....

[ This doesn’t stop her from being riveted, however. Or from accepting a box of fancy flavored popcorn from this spygoat (which, its duty discharged, trundles off to joint Mt. Nanako.)

Another goat baa-ring the same burden approaches Romeo. Popcorn? ]

trois

[reloves]

[ Minako was a little unsure about coming here so soon after the whole mess with Zelda disappearing and her finding a new temple, but there's something about Hibiki just interacting entirely too much with the series out loud that feels amusing and familiar that it's actually oddly comforting.

Even when she's about to spoil the whole thing. Honestly, it's pure coincidental timing that makes Minako speak up right at the exact time Hibiki would've shouted out a name-- ]

Oh, Hibiki, have you already seen it?

[ Coincidental, but perfect timing. ]

[priforprince]

[ Ah...a soldier of love to the rescue. Just not onscreen, yet. Hibiki remains oblivious to the cardinal rule of TV she just almost broke, being preoccupied with...other regulations. ]

The constraints of genre demand at least one such trick from the villain!

[ Hibiki is leaning forward now, exasperated. At this rate, that idiot Loveline will....!

It appears she’s new to this particular show. But not....to serial TV. Hardly. That. ] To not recognize such obvious pitfalls - in what sort of story does this heroine believe she’s starring?!

[reloves]

Aren't you being a little too critical of her? She's cute! [ And also feels strangely familiar to Minako in a way she can't quite put her finger on.. But the feeling is still enough to definitely make her side with the cute pink magical girl over the villain, unlike Hibiki. ]

Even if she's not always the brightest, she has a good heart! That's the key element in these kinds of stories!

[priforprince]

The two major components of the work are at odds with each other....?

[ Having her trope gripe countered with an equally irrefutable argument about different tropes is food for thought (and of a sort the Ultimate Actor can digest, no less). Hibiki sits back to ponder the intricacies of this pioneering piece of entertainment. ]

What an uneasy blend.

[ Says the person who had been on the edge of her seat re: Loveline’s safety. ]

[reloves]

[ Hibiki's pondering over genre actually makes Minako ponder over genre as well - but in a slightly different way that mostly occurs to her when she watches the other think like that. ]

.. Hey, Hibiki, what kind of movies do you usually watch? [ If Minako had to guess.. well, obviously something dramatic. It wouldn't be very Hibiki-y otherwise.

Maybe she just watches videos of herself. Minako could 100% believe that, and wouldn't even really be judgey of it. ]

if minako ever wants to binge hibiki’s greatest hits, she screens them in her movie theater shrine

[priforprince]

My cinematic knowledge is comprehensive.

[ Hurry, Loveline, grab your transformation item - ]

Naturally, I’m drawn to Parademy Award-winning classics, but a god of performance must be omniscient. On all manners of film, my judgment reigns supreme.

[ The spygoats, most of which are in a Nanako hug pile, shift in a nod of agreement. Maa-ster watches everything. Even the things she critiques.

Especially the things she critiques. ]

un

[kokuyoyo]

[Even with all the goats around, some of them might have missed just how in the heck a giant pillow fort got constructed. Is there a pillow fort master present? Are the nekomata being cheating bastards? It's probably that second one but, if the goats were all preoccupied with getting hugs, who can say?]

[...Well, the nekomata can definitely say. As well as whoever else is in the pillow fort.]

[The cats can regularly be seen dipping in and out of the fort. Should one of the robogoats try to follow after, a plethora of shining eyes peek out, accompanied by... shining glasses?]

[priforprince]

[ Oh, this fort maa-rits investigation! Where could it have come from, and who constructed it? The goats are curious by nature, being built to spy. They Must Know.

And thus it is that one does its very best to silently follow a nekomata into the fort. Nothing.....to see here....

But as cover, it brings snacks on its tray. Besides, one never knows when one will encounter someone in need of hospimaa-lity. ]

[kokuyoyo]

[Truly, the robot-goats are smarter than they are given credit for. Snacks are always a good plan when it comes to cats, and the people who own them. One of the cats, a sphynx whose weird split tail is mostly hidden by the fort, pokes his head out.]

"You bring us offerings, one of wheel and horn?"

[The glasses shine shifts enough, and Chikusa actually adjusts his position so that he's actually a little bit visible in the shadows. Oh, he knows these weird things...]

...Oh. One of the idol's....

[priforprince]

[ ITS COVER IS BLOWN! But the goat does not paa-nic (much). Instead, it tips itself forward so the nekomaa-ta and their human compaa-nion may take their pick of snacks. All of which are fancier than the ones Nanako provided.

Maa-ster has long stopped baa-nking on anything worth eating being at Far Shore events unless she brings it herself. ]

[kokuyoyo]

[Chikusa and the nekomata have eaten, honestly, literal garbage at times. Such fanciness is truly lost on them, if anyone is adhering to the truth. Unfortunately, the nekomata like to pretend they deserve it, and so various shows of telepathy are demonstrated as the indeed take their pick.]

[Chikusa grabs a snack as well, but that's less a compliment on the food and more that he'll shove just any damn thing in his mouth.]

[Satisfied with their new minion, the nekomata begin to slink out of their whole and start to nudge it further inside the enormous fort. Later, Hibiki will get video of nothing but darkness and audio full of purring.]

[Hopefully Rosalie doesn't get jealous about that.]