2273/So I can surf now

So I can surf now
Date of Scene:	26 January 2025
Location:	Dorms #1
Synopsis:	Hinoiri tells Sayaka about the loop, the things she'd done and, most importantly, Equivalence... And agrees that the two of them will definitely need to go surfing again later. Preferably when it gets warmer.
Cast of Characters:	Hinoiri Kirara, Sayaka Miki

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Hinoiri Kirara has posed:
Hinoiri Kirara had made tea! Well, she visited Sayaka enough that she knew where it was. And keeping busy helped her. So when she'd come over, to talk with Sayaka and Ula? Well... she'd... asked if she could start by making tea. Which was now made. And now? She was sitting at the table and looking towards Sayaka. Trying to figure out where to start.

"... So... I guess... I should start with the big thing. During he loop, you... really helped me. We spent a day... well. A lot of days... having fun. You helped me relax. I uhhh... I can surf now, thanks to you. Your aunt taught you, and you taught me. I drank a lot of sea water," she said with a light, nervous chuckle.

"... And... I told you I lied to you before. Blue... knew, I think. That I'd lied. I was... Equivalence. It wasn't right, the device I had was... cobbled together. Out of some magic stuff I found and something I'd stolen. I returned what I stole, but... when Dee got attacked, I turned to Sunbreaker's power, not Equivalence because... I was scared."

She took a sip of her tea and sighed. "For all the good it did me in the end... but... I was scared to disappoint you. Of not being as good as you. And... I shouldn't have lied to you."

Sayaka Miki has posed:
After they came back from KiraKiraFantastica, Sayaka had thought a lot about Hinoiri. About the loop. About Double Trouble. Her concerns about her friend's wellbeing were slowly abated after the big sleepover, and they had made sure there was always at least one of them Hinoiri could turn to if she needed it.

The Dog PreCard didn't provide great results. Even in the rare moments she thought she caught a trace of Double Trouble, it led nowhere significant. Soon after, she gave up on that, concluding that the reptile was in the Dusk Zone, and she wasn't going to hear anything from the shapeshifter themselves.

In the present time, she is sipping the tea, letting Hinoiri set the pace. Maybe it was the chaos of the last days, or maybe the knowledge of what Hinoiri had been subject to, but when the unicorn reveals everything, she is not particularly upset. It helps that the redhead had admitted to having done some things.

"You owe me a surfing hangout to the beach", Sayaka ribs Hinoiri with a small smirk. "I really want to see if my pupil is ready to leave the nest in a brave new oceanic world", the bluenette concludes with a sip of the tea.

"Thanks for having chosen to tell me the truth a second time." She can only imagine how hard the first one must have been, all the more so with her behaviour during the loop. "Did loop-me tell you I am really not perfectly good?", Sayaka decides to ask in the end.

Hinoiri Kirara has posed:
Hinoiri Kirara couldn't help it. She snickered at the joke... before... she began to full on laugh. Just laugh. She couldn't stop it. The idea of leaving the nest like that, that reaction from Sayaka... oh. It warmed her heart. And it made her feel relief, in a weird way. Knowing she was... well... Able to make jokes about it.

"Well, I don't know if I'm quite that good, but I can at least hold my own and not drown too quickly. And... she did. She told me a lot of things. Just... sometimes... you really do live up to that noble knight so well. I... really hope I can live up to them. But... it's... good. It's really good to know, even if I don't... I'll still have you to support me and drag me back if I need it. Everyone, honestly. I feel more at peace than I think I ever have."

"... I feel... like... I'm able to finally move on. For real, this time. No dark energy. No more terrible choices. Just... me... and my friends. All I have to be from now on."

Sayaka Miki has posed:
Sayaka smiles widely, finding Hinoiri's laugh extremely contagious. Objective secured! And she waits happily for Hinoiri's laugh to end. The bluenette takes Hinoiri's words to heart. This is really the start of something new for her, and she couldn't rejoice more. In the end, that sleepover party wasn't just to help her feel better, but also a celebration for all she had done, no?

She grins with a bit of embarassment at being told she lives up to the image of a noble knight. She really owes it to everyone, but that's really where her path led here in the end. "Thank you", she accepts the compliment. "And I have no doubt you will be able to. Just because you are really open about relying on others now."

Sayaka gives Hinoiri a thumbs up. Decidedly uncerimonious. "Let me give you the approval of a modern day knight then, and also the thanks for being my friend. Now, did you happen to happen to meet my aunt? What do you think about her?" And so, the questions about the loops started.