2025-08-28: Morning and Night
- Log: Morning and Night
- Cast: Hazuki Nakao, Kazusa Motojima
- Where: Shujin Academy, Tokyo / The homes of Hazuki Nakao and Kazusa Motojima
- OOC Date: August 28, 2025
- IC Date: July 02, 2012
- Summary: During the day, Hazuki is briefly bullied by Kazusa. At night, MorningstarGirl and NightPrincess play some games together.
<Pose Tracker> Hazuki Nakao has posed.
It is Monday. Normally, Hazuki would think about a fluffy cat who likes pasta, but right now, she's thinking about the humdrum of school with a gloomy countenance. Currently on her lunch break, she's standing at the school store near the trophies, in line for one of the rare and coveted yakisoba breads.
It seems there's one left... she'll go up to grab it, her gloomy countenance breaking just a bit. "I finally get to try it... <noodle bread>..." she says with her British accented English as she pulls out her wallet from her uniform and moves to pay.
Once she's away from the school store, she's so mesmerized by the idea of NOODLE BREAD that she's not super watching out for stuff like other people. Just let her feet move her to her destination: lunch!
<Pose Tracker> Kazusa Motojima has posed.
Some of those trophies happen to ahve a particular name on them, that of one Kazusa Motojima, feared at the school as the Demon Queen... at least to those who she voices her displeasure towards. She's chatting with another girl with short brown hair.
Nevermind the fact that they did just sort of stop in the middle of the hallway. Hazuki isn't watching annnnnd--
*bump*
Hazuki can't have been walking that fast, and Kazusa can't be that injured. But she whirls around, full of indignation. "Hey, watch it--" And then a smirk plays across her lips. "Oh, it's you. Are you lost, Nakao-san?"
<Pose Tracker> Hazuki Nakao has posed.
Hazuki isn't going that fast, no, but she isn't exactly looking. As she bumps into Kazusa, she suddenly almost falls back from shock, catching herself as she hot hands her yakisoba bread and has to juggle it briefly to prevent it from slipping out of her hand.
"M-Motojima-san! I'm very sorry," Hazuki bows her head, not really wanting to get into it, especially as that 'you' comes across. "Oh, no, I'm not lost... I mean. I don't think I'm lost." Is she lost? She tilts her head around, trying to check if she's in the right hallway to get to where she wants to eat lunch. (She is.)
<Pose Tracker> Kazusa Motojima has posed.
Kazusa crosses her arms as she watches Hazuki juggle the yakisoba, clearly unimpressed. The silver bracelets on her wrists clink and jangle a little with the motion.
"You're sorry? Tell that to my blouse. I swear, if you got any Yakisoba on it..." She turns, very slightly, as if expecting the girl next to her to check.
Wakana quickly looks, and nods. "Um... Looks good, Kazusa-chan."
Kazusa huffs and looks to Hazuki. "Lucky for you." Kazusa your family is rich the cost to clean it would be trivial to you. Also you forgot to thank Wakana.
"Yeah, I'm totally buying that you have a good sense of direction bumping into me like that. Why don't you pay more attention to where you're going?"
<Pose Tracker> Hazuki Nakao has posed.
"...sorry, Motojima's blouse," Hazuki bows her head again, as if taking Kazusa ENTIRELY SERIOUSLY because she's a mean girl and that's how you deal with them!!!
Though, she's gloomier, as if Wakana's reaction to Kazusa is noticed. Even so... lucky, huh? "Uh, yeah... sorry!"
Hazuki is looking for an exit. "I'll pay more attention, I promise. I'll become so good at it." She's anxious again, her mask up tight as she tries to say whatever will make Kazusa Happy instead of standing up for herself.
<Pose Tracker> Kazusa Motojima has posed.
Kazusa just stares at Hazuki for a full few seconds before she bursts out laughing. "Oh my god. Did you literally just apologize to my blouse? What a weirdo."
Wakana laughs along, but it's much more quiet and hesitant. "Yeah, that's kind of weird," she echos.
Kazusa just scoffs. "Yeah, whatever." She brushes some hair back behind her ear. "Come on, Wakana-chan. Let's get out of here before her weirdness rubs off on us." She turns and walk away without waiting for Wakana.
Wakana looks to Hazuki helplessly for a moment, like she wants to say something, before turning and following after Kazusa.
<Pose Tracker> Hazuki Nakao has posed.
Hazuki just sits there, staring, as Kazusa and Wakana start laughing at her. She frowns. As they move to leave, Hazuki just freezes, waiting a long moment for Wakana to speak before letting her go. Once they're gone...
She heads off to eat her yakisoba pan as fast as possible before lunch ends. It's enjoyable enough... but doesn't give the health bonus due to the sad debuff.
The rest of the school day is not very good for her... she can't wait to get home and game.
<Pose Tracker> Kazusa Motojima has posed.
LATER THAT EVENING
On the television screen, two figures frantically trade blows back and forth--one is an ice spirit, the portrait by her health bar labeled 'Yuki-Offa.' The other is human, elegantly dressed, wielding a whip, with the portrait labeled 'Kaguya-hime.' Both bars are blinking red.
Shards of ice from Yuki-offa fill the screen, keeping Kaguya-hime from getting in close, before Kaguya-hime jumps, and in mid-air, in between two projectiles, she snaps out her whip--
Suddenly Kaguya-hime is down on the ground right in front of Yuki-offa, and with a quick combo the princess senses Yuki-offa flying in slow motion.
"KAguya-hime wins!" announces the announcer.
Kazusa's bedroom is rather lavishly decorated, including a decently sized TV and console. Kazusa herself is stretched out on her bed, laying on her stomach with a pillow under her. Her black hair is drawn back into a ponytail, and until a moment ago her purple eyes had been intensely focused on the screen. She lets out a sigh of relief as the game goes back to the lobby.
She's got a little keybaord attachment for her controller, and she snaps it on and starts to type.
NightPrincess: hey, that was close
NightPrincess: good match
<Pose Tracker> Hazuki Nakao has posed.
Later that evening, Hazuki is sitting in her gaming chair, facing her also-decently-sized television and console. She's got a bottle of water on a desk next to her, which she sips from as they return to the lobby. She's still a bit gloomy, even at home in her sparse but otherwise a little decoarated bedroom. There's some cute anime movie posters up, and her bed is covered in stuffed animals. Even though the day wasn't great...
She gets to chat with a friend, so that's always nice, as she cracks open her keyboard attached to the console, full-sized.
MorningstarGirl: good match!
MorningstarGirl: nice teleport at the end there, gonna stretch my fingers for a sec but we can still talk
MorningstarGirl: how are you holding up today? get in your mandatory regulated 'decimate all of ranked' matches already?
MorningStarGirl: i didn't have time yet so i'll do them before bed, trying to farm the XP for that cool yuki-offa sticker still. i'm sooooo close
<Pose Tracker> Kazusa Motojima has posed.
Kazusa sits up, wearing a navy blue pleated skirt and a pink hoodie. She stretches for a moment, lacing her fingers and arching her back. She's got a few posters up but her selection is a bit more carefully curated. And there's only a few plushies about, too.
NightPrincess: thanks!
NightPrincess: i wasn't sure if it'd connect but...
NightPrincess: i think you were either gonna chip me out or time would run out so
NightPrincess: figured i'd take the shot
She gets up to move to her desk, where a tray with tea and some cookies waits. She takes a sip as she swings her chair around to face the screen. How's she holding up...
NightPrincess: eh, fine I guess. and no, my dad wanted to have a talk, so i gotta do that later. how was your day?
NightPrincess: niiiiice, that's gonna look so cute!
<Pose Tracker> Hazuki Nakao has posed.
Hazuki is stretching her fingers between messages, doing slow warmups to keep them good and healthy.
MorningstarGirl: always take the shot. you only live once...
MorningstarGirl: but yeah
She stretches out her arms, next, rolling her shoulders a few times before moving back to the keyboard.
MorningstarGirl: oh, you know. school sucks, people suck. the usual.
MorningstarGirl: but otherwise i'm okay? i mean, i'm gaming. and like. i'm gonna have a cute sticker soon, been thinking about getting some physical merch eventually too
MorningstarGirl: maybe one of those bakeduo plushes, if they ever come back in stock
<Pose Tracker> Kazusa Motojima has posed.
Kazusa's not doing the same kinds of stretches but... she stretched a bunch in club today.
NightPrincess: 1-1 with 10 seconds left... yeah, for sure.
She takes a sip of her tea as she waits for the reply. It's cold now, but that's fine.
NightPrincess: sorry to hear
NightPrincess: gaming's always good
NightPrincess: oh those were cute!
Those plushies... Kazusa leans back in her chair. If she really wanted to, she could probably track one down, but... then she'd have to explain to MorningstarGirl who she was, and... they both seemed to prefer keeping things online only.
NightPrincess: if i ever hear anything i'll let you know
<Pose Tracker> Hazuki Nakao has posed.
Taking another drink of water, Hazuki replies quickly, bad mood evaporating a bit from distraction.
MorningstarGirl: yeah i'm keeping the money in my back pocket
MorningstarGirl: i've got some trackers subscribed but yeah lemme know!
MorningstarGirl: hmmm i should eat something real soon but like. i wanna play more... uuuuugh. why do we require fuel to live
Sitting up, she rummages for a bag of chips. She finds one!
It's empty. Curses, foiled again...
<Pose Tracker> Kazusa Motojima has posed.
Kazusa finishes nibbling on a cookie, looks at a second one... and decides against it.
NightPrincess: good luck!
NightPrincess: yeah, i gotta do homework, too
NightPrincess: maybe one more quick match?
<Pose Tracker> Hazuki Nakao has posed.
Hazuki finishes her stretches, before typing.
MorningstarGirl: you're on!
However that next match goes... at least she didn't go to bed in a bad mood. It's nice to have a friend to talk to, no matter how little you know about them...