WHO: Kaoru and you!!
WHERE: All around town
WHEN: Early August
WHAT: Brooding. And denial of brooding.
WARNINGS: None so far.



i: At the Frozen Lake

[She has a mirror that could show her Shiho but...it seemed selfish to use it. She knows what's happening back home and...maybe other people would need it. And if she uses it then no one can for a month.

But it doesn't stop her from coming to the frozen lake. If you're close by, even without looking you can probably hear this news report.

Which frustrates Kaoru but maybe not for the reason you'd expect...]

This isn't even new! What's with these re-runs!


ii: Mirror, Show Me...

[She's sitting under a tree, holding onto a pretty silver hand mirror. She's frowning at it like she's deliberating on something serious. But then you arrive and she startles, pulling the mirror against her chest with a laugh.]

Haven't you heard you shouldn't creep up on girls? That's a good way to get kicked, you know.

[Even if you weren't hiding your footsteps she was deep enough in thought to have been surprised.]


iii: About Those Trees...

[She's standing at the edge of where the trees have been encroaching. She knows she can't just destroy them (and she shouldn't. Knowing that they were home to the dryads) but...]

...maybe we can replant them somewhere else.