destinystrings | New Year's Shrine Visit

Who: Nano Shinonome and whoever else happens by
Where: The Naganaki Shrine, Capricon District
When: New Year's Day
Summary: Nano's making her first shrine visit of the new year

[It's a cold, crisp morning on January 1st in Hinoto-Ri, and after all the chaos of the events of the month previous, Nano's looking forward to spending a relaxing New Year's Day at home. There's just one thing she has to do before that, though - pray at the shrine for good luck and good health during the coming year. And so here she is at the Naganaki Shrine, dressed in a simple white kimono with a branching floral pattern running up the side as she approaches the steps. Fishing a coin out of the small change purse she has hanging from her obi, she throws it into the offertory box and claps her hands together. Anyone close by can probably hear her muttering her prayer our loud.]

I wish all of my friends will be happy and healthy in the new year, especially Hakase, Sakamoto, Naganohara-san, and Minakami-san back home.

[And then she draws a fortune from the box, unrolling it and smiling at the slip of paper in her hand.]

Medium blessing! It's going to be a lucky year!

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He... said he didn't feel like he deserved to be my friend anymore. Because of what happened at Tanabata.

O-Oh.

[Right.]

...If I deny that I ever felt like that, is he going to pop back out of me and cause more trouble?

I don't know... but it's all right. Really, it is. I don't hold it against you.

I guess accepting all the stupid parts about you just means you have more awkward messes to take responsibility for.

[Atsuro shrugs slightly.]

It's hard to explain. I didn't actually ever think that - not straight out. But it was... something like an echo in the back of my mind.

I think everyone has things they don't want to admit to thinking about, or things about themselves they don't like. I'm just glad you're all right.

...Did you end up with one of these things running around town? You seemed alright that night.

No, I didn't have one.

[Nano blushes, smiling a sheepish little smile.]

I think it's because I already faced my own trial.

[Atsuro will take that to mean his rejection of her and blanches slightly.]

Er...! That's... That's great. I'm glad you were able to... get past that stuff without the weird body double thing.

Atsuro-san...? What's wrong?

[She's not talking about that at all, so she's understandably confused at his reaction.]

Oh, it's nothing.

[Ah, misunderstandings.]

I think this is when we trot out those lines about becoming stronger people for having been through stuff like this.

[Well, okay then.]

Mm! I think we all are.

Pretty soon we'll be strong enough that they'll need to go through more than 12 astrology monsters to give us a challenge. ...They'll probably do Ophiuchus. I hear that's popular nowadays.

Maybe we can fight the Chinese zodiac next!

You'd think we'd have started with those, if we're still in Japan.

[Oh, well.]

I wonder if they'll rename all the districts if that happens.

We should use gratuitous Chinese if we do. It would be boring going to 'snake' district or whatever.

What would that be in Chinese?

...Erm.

[Atsuro doesn't actually know.]

Well. It's 'hebi' in Japanese, right? So maybe...

[He speaks in an atrocious Chinese accent.]

Hueh-bee!

...Actually, that doesn't sound much better.

[Well, at least it gets a giggle out of her.]

Maybe they should just keep the names they already have.

Maybe they should name them after us. Every time we beat an astrological sign monster, they rename that sign to Atsuroland or Nanotopia.

Nanotopia...?

[She looks amazed at the very thought.]

No, that's much too flashy!

You're right.

...Nano-ri La! The legendary city of perfection is finally here!

That's even more ostentatious!

I think for all our troubles, we deserve a little ostentation.

[Is that even a word.]

Anyway... I'm just glad it's all over with. For now. Maybe we can actually relax a little.

I hope so. We deserve it after that.

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