my eyebrows are not expendable

[shipwrecking]

[Murasa's not a troublemaker, per se, she just... tends to make trouble. sometimes. sort of. look, being an honor student is for chumps, alright? and Murasa's not about to waste her teenage years being a NERD.

she'd been booted from the water polo club weeks ago for her shitty academics. that's where the bulk of her schoolwide reputation comes from, sadly enough, so now most students know her as that former captain who needs after school tutoring. it's only funny because Murasa doesn't seem to care much, as long as she skates by on the minimum and eventually graduates.

life is an anime... or something!! something about hedonism, maybe? point being, Murasa gets her kicks out of being a shit when teachers look the other way.

for example, today she somehow managed to sneak a goat into the school and lead it into the student council room. it's eating all the paperwork jfc why is this happening—]

Comments

[ballot]

Who caaaaaaaares!

[ she taps her foot in what she knows to be a cliched manner, arms folding across her chest. ]

So long as he's out of our hair, let him free! I mean, that is to say, you are probably the worst thing that happened to him...

[shipwrecking]

Shut up! I take good care of that goat!

[nah she just lets it eat whatever the fuck it wants. is that not excellent caretaking??]

I'm gonna go find him first before I clean the room!

[or she's just trying to find any way to weasel out of it...]

[ballot]

Hmm...

[ seriously, she thinks mu-chan is way overcomplicating things!! she's determined to get what she wants from this (AKA, the shit out of the room), but is beginning to think that might have to come later, in other ways.

this is too much.

continues to strategically block the door. ]

No, no... We're gonna do somethin' else.

[shipwrecking]

[no....... step aside... she crosses her arms, trying to look tough (it isn't really working).]

You wanna fight? I'll fight you. Fight me.

[fight!!!!]

[ballot]

Nope...!

[ even if those are fighting words.. it's more "maybe later" promise than a complete refusal. it's hard to resist a challenge! but instead, she dodges forward to link her arm with Murasa's. ]

You can buy me lunch instead!

[ PUNISHMENT TIME. ]

[shipwrecking]

[stares down at their arms

stares at Prez

stares at some unseen camera off-screen]

... I think I'd rather fight you, honestly.

[cough. cough.]

[ballot]

I won't indulge you, not right now...

[ smiles wider, latches on tighter. ]

It wouldn't be punishment if you wanted it, now would it!

[shipwrecking]

Yes?! Yes it would?! [THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE Murasa stop trying so hard.]

What're you trying to do, rip my arm off?! Let go!

[ballot]

It's so you don't run away! [ the "duh!" is thoroughly implied.

she tugs them both toward the door. ]

Having to chase after you would be a pain...

[shipwrecking]

Right, right, because I'm way too fast and you wouldn't be able to keep up.

[why is this happening, someone save her, HOW COULD THE GOAT ABANDON HER IN HER TIME OF NEED....]

[ballot]

Because it'd be a waste of both our time, more like. [ snapped.

because damn murasa knows how to be irk her, she'll give her that. :T continues to drag her down the hall. and adopting a cheery tone again: ]

We're goin' to a ramen shop, by the way... You do have money on you, right?

[shipwrecking]

[while she's being dragged (AGAINST HER WILL!!!) Murasa looks around, trying to catch a glimpse of the goat. where did he even go.]

Yeah, but— come on, I don't get any more money than that until next week! Can't you pay for your own ramen?

[no, that would defeat the point...]

[ballot]

You have a job?

[ woops, didn't mean to sound so surprised about it. murasa isn't the slacker here... or is she. ]

... Wait, were you gonna sell off the goat?

[shipwrecking]

[she was actually referring to her weekly allowance but



yes, let's go with a job.......]

Uh, yeah, no, I work for my dad? And the goat's too important to sell.

[who knows when the goat will come in handy again??]

[ballot]

[ dragdragdrag. provided there aren't any impromptu goat sightings, it's through the school's front doors they go!

she frowns, glancing to her. ]

What's that? Is it your only friend? [ a completely serious, if likely condescending, question. ]

[shipwrecking]

I have friends...! Don't look down on me!

[she hangs out with a weird bunch of kids. modern AU Touhous. that enough should be a flashy warning sign.]

[ballot]

You make it hard not to...

[ is she done with the catiness? no? okay!! ]

I'm glad to hear you do, though! I wonder, what kind of people they are?

[shipwrecking]

More tolerable than you, that's for sure.

[naw they're all shitheads. including Murasa. birds of a feather flock together?!] Does that answer your question?

[ballot]

Soooo...

[ thinks on what that could possibly mean. ]

They're boring, in other words. [ boy, that couldn't be farther from accurate. ]

[shipwrecking]

Wrong! Totally wrong! Once time we accidentally set someone's lawn on fire! You can't say we're boring!

[but why tho]

[ballot]

You—

[ actually ALARMED?!?! she jostles murasa's arm in her grip. ]

You set a lawn on fire?!

[shipwrecking]

It was an accident! An accident! And no one got hurt!

[ballot]

[ hmmgnhh ]


[ ... ]

Then that doesn't make you not boring, that just makes you klutzy...!

[shipwrecking]

Whatever, it's better than being boring. [wow, she accepted it]

Unlike you.

[ballot]

[ NOT GOING TO ACCEPT IT ]

Hey...! I'm not klutzy! [ she is, actually, but she's going to deny everything anyway ]