Natalie pets Toko as Kota cleans his knife. The things about huntsman weapons is that the maintenance is two to threefold. I have to do the cleaning of three weapons for one, how fun.
she purrs, kneading her lap.
Natalie looks at Alice and pats the space next to her.
Alice moves over to Natalie “yes?”
“Nothing, I just wanted you to sit by me,” she says, smiling.
Kota thinks to himself. So, it’s a waiting game, huh? Whatever, I’ve been stalked before.
Alice returns the smile.
how unusual, his nightly routine has changed. does he know? wonders Ace.
Kota sniffs before coughing once. He looks at Natalie. Natalie glances at him before turning her attention to Toko. Kota extends the blade to a sword and continues cleaning it. “You know, with all the excitement out there, it’s nice to kick back once in a while,” Natalie says.
“agreed.” replies Alice.
Ace watches from afar.
“Hey, Kota, I haven’t done a stunt in a while. Any ideas?” Natalie asks jokingly.
“I’ll let you know if I think of something,” Kota says, switching to gun form to go through the routine one more time.
Natalie sticks her tongue out before trying to think of something.
“stunt?” asks Alice.
“Yeah, I’m thinking maybe racing on the rooftops,” Natalie says.
“that sounds dangerous” Alice tells her.
“That’s the fun of it. Besides, Kota’ll catch me if I fall, right, pup?” Natalie says.
“Only if you stop calling me ‘pup’,” Kota says playfully.
“Ah, a futile request,” she says, mocking a condescending tone.
Alice looks at them confused.
“Uh oh, what’s on your mind?” Natalie asks her.
“uh, nothing.” she says, before heading to her room.
“If you’re heading to bed, then have a good night,” Natalie says. Kota stands up and sets his weapons at the table.
Alice walks back out with her train.
“Oh,” Natalie says.
“Why do you guys always play with that train in particular?” Kota asks.
Alice replies “because it looks beautiful.” as she sits back down.