[WEEK 1, WEDNESDAY SOMETIME: Akira]

[spinatalltale]

[hey Magilou is doing cartwheels on the beach!! why?]

[BECAUSE SHE CAN, THAT'S WHY]

[she's also wearing this now because eventually people have to see how bad her fashion senses are]

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[WHAT THE HECK]

And a negative ten bazillion for your terrible judging.

[lifts a hand to adjust her hat. hmph!]

Except for when it comes to the hat. Which, by the way, was featured in Witch's Weekly magazine as the trendiest item of this season.

[jokered]

I'd almost buy that you're a real mage. The skirt still needs work, though.

[he shrugs.]

One of my friends is a model, I've seen a thing or two. [he trusts ann's fashion sense more than magilou's tbh.

he's also just being a punk because he can.]

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[he's so rude. this punk. THIS PUNK]

[but today she isn't letting it get to her, so she just. huffs and smiles at him, lazy and languid as always]

Witch, not mage. The difference in semantics is important! And this skirt isn't only fashionable, it's perfectly functional, too.

Now there's no way I'll lose my handy-dandy flower pressing book. ♪

[handy-dandy flower pressing book. . .]

[jokered]

[sure, magilou. whatever you say.]

Flower-pressing book.

[well, now he's going to have to ask more questions, probably.]

Most people have a bag of tricks. You have... a book-skirt of tricks.

[girls are weird.]

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[links her hands behind her head, walking past him so her back is facing his back now]

That's right! It's unique. It's utilitarian. And every book has a dedicated purpose. Although. . .

[cranes her head over her shoulder to raise her brows at him]

Somehow, I don't think you came here to ask me about my skirt.

[jokered]

[he shrugs.]

I wasn't particularly looking to ask you about anything.

[what he was doing really didn't have all that much to do with her, after all.]

Asking about your skirt seems like an okay way to pass the time. [they're alike in that way—not talking much about themselves or what's on their mind in any sort of serious manner.

and boy, does he have a lot on his mind.

but he doesn't want to tell her, and she doesn't want to know, so it's fine.]

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. . .

Well, I'll give you points for your not asking me about the weather.

[JUDGING YOUR PREFERRED CONVERSATIONAL TOPICS A LITTLE, KURUSU]

But, fine! If that's how you prefer it. Ask me what each book is for. Go on. Do it.

[jokered]

Great weather we're having.

[he's not serious, it's fine.

still, he arches a bit of a brow at magilou—clearly, he's not entirely trusting of the desired result here, but even still, he makes a vague hand gesture before shoving it back in his pocket.]

Tell me about all the books on your book-skirt, Magilou.

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Why, I'm so glad you asked, glasses-wearing audience member on the front row!

[as. though she didn't request he ask, first. with a dramatic flourish, she indicates each book with a wiggle of her hips]

This one on the right: my household ledger! The other one: my trusty magic encyclopedia!

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[spins around once JUST FOR EFFECT before tapping her fingers against the books on the left]

On the left there's this big thick one, which just so happens to be my flower-pressing book! It's full of Bienfu's angsty poetry--you don't want to know.

And then, of course I can't forget my super pop up book!

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But most importantly. . .

[claps her hands together and waves her arm through the air, and suddenly she's holding?? another book?? this one has a quill sticking out of the binding and isn't attached to her skirt]

This is my new novel! I'm thinking of calling it Tales of Beach Episode: A Murder Palooza. What do you think?

[jokered]

[it's probably a bit dubious how truthful she's being about the contents of her books, but he'll take it for now. she seems enthused by it, and it really doesn't matter.

it just keeps the topic off him, and she seems to be having fun with it.

so what the hell? he can play along.]

I think you should hold off and then see if your friend Bienfu has a better title in mind.

[sorry magilou, that's a terrible name.]

Unless you're going for a light novel, then the title needs to be longer and have more exclamation points.

[which would still be terrible, but at least easier to make fun of.]

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[wow]

You too?! If both you and Laphicet are vetoing the name, then I must be all out of truly witty one-liners.

[. . . GASP]

Is this the end?? Am I all washed up??

[jokered]

Well, you are on the beach of a deserted island.

[akira.....]

So. Probably.

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. . .

[cracks open her book and immediately scrawls something down]

[jokered]

[headtilt.]

Hm?

[spinatalltale]

Name: Newt McGecko aka Baby Trickster aka obligatory canon name Akira Kurusu.

[dictating as she writes]

Notably qualities: Very. Bad. At. Puns.

[jokered]

[wow?]

You walked right into the bad pun. You only have yourself to blame for that.

[his sense of humor is fine. also, keywords.]

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[as though she can talk she suggested the island be named Fronds Not Anemones]

Don't hate the critic, just step up your game.

[snaps her book shit and flashes him another sharp smile. she's full of those]

[jokered]

So I can be on your level?

[he shakes his head.]

Nah.

[her puns are terrible and he's unfazed by her sharp smiles.]

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Ooooh, so you'd rather create a level of your own? Well, as a fellow comedian, I can actually respect that.

[balances her journal on the tip of her finger as she talks]

Be~sides, there should only be one Magilou in the world.

[for everyone's sanity]

[jokered]

I'm not really sure the world could handle a second Magilou anyway.

[that's too exasperating, though akira doesn't say it with any malice. he's teasing? she's easy to snipe at without feeling like he's being legitimately insulting.]

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[he could be legitimately insulting and she would STILL take it in stride]

That's right! The universe would implode on itself. And golly gee wilikers, I'm sure no one wants that to happen.

It'd be such a mess to clean up.

[jokered]

And you'd probably be the one who has to clean it up, too.

[probably.

sure, we'll go with that.]

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Ew, no thanks. I'd leave it for the night cleaning staff. It's their job.

[. . .]

Speaking of jobs. . .

[yanks her hand out from under her book, but she manages to catch it before it drops to the ground]

Have you ever tried writing a novel when half of the plot is being hidden behind a curtain?