(Accidental) Text. un: kensei

[keihatsu]

[ For no reason, a new user just posts this in the network: ]

DO WARM-UPS!

BARBELL SQUATS (SUMO STANCE)

- FIRST SET 10 REPS

- SECOND SET 9 REPS

- THIRD SET 8 REPS

BARBELL GOOD MORNINGS (HIGH BAR)

- FIRST SET 9 REPS

- SECOND SET 8 REPS

WALKING LUNGES (GLUTE FOCUSED, BARBELL)

- FIRST SET 24 REPS

- SECOND SET 24 REPS

LEG PRESS

- FIRST SET 16 REPS

- SECOND SET 13 REPS

BODYWEIGHT SQUATS

- 10 REPS

DO COOL-DOWNS!

- USE POOL IF NOBODY IS AROUND!

HOW DO YOU
DELETE
DELETE!
DAMN IT DAMN IT!
IGNORE THIS!

[ Shizuka is still getting used to the network, now her schemes of building a bakery is made public. She sits in panic alone in her Revelation bedroom. Oh no. She made an ass of herself. Now she's gonna be the butt of every joke. She can never put this behind her. ]

Comments

[keihatsu]

Hope is for the weak

[ She mentally typed that without really thinking. A bit of bitterness stirs in her chest. She wants to correct it or tell March to forget that, but she's curious what this bubbly girl will say. Something inspirational, perhaps like in those annoying motivational posters? A well-deserved insult? ]

[bowtography]

[ There's a short pause. ]

If you really believe that, then you must have been really badly let down before.

[keihatsu]

Everyone eventually does.

[ Always one of a few words, Shizuka feels her own gaze fall when she sent that reply. Lingering pain of her past life clutching at her heart in that moment. ]

[bowtography]

Then you need better friends!

[keihatsu]

[ She'll need friends first. Shizuka feels like she can't argue with March. She's not good at that, and March seems like the determined type. ]

And where can I find these "better friends"?

[ She doubts it. She knows she's difficult, and she knows these people she's forced to live and work with won't care about her. After all, none of them are here willingly. ]

[bowtography]

Start making them here, of course!

[ March will not be fazed by your uncertainty, ma'am. ]

[keihatsu]

Friendships are already fickle in our worlds
Yet you think it's possible here?
Any of us could disappear at any moment.

[ And yet Shizuka's uncertainty remains. Still, credit to March for making the grump feel a tug on her lips. March's positivity is infectious, she'll give her that. ]

[bowtography]

So do you think friendships aren't worth it if there's a chance you might not see someone again?

[keihatsu]

[ Shizuka's eyes fall for a moment, thinking about that question and how to answer it. After thinking it through, all she can muster are three words: ]

I don't know

[ Honestly, she was expecting to be blown off or ghosted by now. Not expecting to even get this far, Shizuka doesn't know how to respond to that. March really is stubborn... ]

[bowtography]

[ March, for better or worse, can't leave people alone. In her own way. ]

Okay, then.
First step: test it.

[keihatsu]

Test what?
You're being too vague.

[bowtography]

We can be friends!
You can decide for yourself whether it's worth it or not after a while!

[keihatsu]

[ There's a long silence after that message. Shizuka wasn't sure how to reply to that. Someone actually willing to be her friend? That's something she couldn't wrap her head around so her mind took it in a way that's easier to swallow. ]

I accept your challenge.
I'll give you the honor to decide the first course of action

[bowtography]

You're really bad at this, aren't you?

[keihatsu]

That isn't a good way to talk to your friend

[bowtography]

I talk to all my friends like this. Honesty's important.

[keihatsu]

Good. Then we have something in common.

[ Shizuka, your only friend was a dog ]

I don't know how to proceed.

[bowtography]

We figure out your hobbies and we do that and go shopping.

[keihatsu]

I like martial arts
And training.

[ She has no life ]

[bowtography]

[ help ]

Okay, so maybe we go look for a cute training outfit.

[keihatsu]

[ If Shizuka is a dog, her tail will be wagging right now despite her expression remaining stony. ]

I would like that.
Do you wish to meet in person?
I've been to Tokyo before but it is different than this one.
I'm not certain the stores I knew would still be here.

[ Getting 4 sentences out of Shizuka is a sign she's excited! ]

[bowtography]

Sure! Shopping trips are better done in person, anyway.
I'll meet you outside the base.

[keihatsu]

[ Shizuka didn't reply to the text message. She assumed this means immediately, so she just got ready instead. She's trying on some workout clothes just now, but she takes them off to wear something more acceptable in a shopping trip. Something boring, like a white button-up shirt and a black pencil skirt then some flat shoes.

Shizuka is by the entrance and exit of the base, arms crossed like she's been waiting a while. The guards are nearby, right behind her on the checkpoint gate. They'll give March the go-ahead before they let her out and see Shizuka waiting outside. ]

...

[ She's kind of jealous of March's appeal, now that she's looking at her in person again. ]

[bowtography]

[ And there she is.

Looking very serious as ever, so she tries to break that up a bit with a wave. ]

All set? It'll help if you let me know your favorite colors, and no, "white" doesn't count in this case.

[keihatsu]

[ She was seriously going to answer white too... But Shizuka gives it a thought, closing her eyes with her hand on her chin, then answers: ]

Red...

[ She opens her eyes and nods. ]

In my culture, red is the color of a hero. The army's champion.

[ Which was the role she filled, back when she was still alive. But given she's dead from a duel she doesn't really feel mighty anymore. ]