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[martyrerkomplex]

[Krista looks a little nervous, fidgeting a bit as she addresses the webcam on her laptop.]

If I could ask... who's planning to go to the prom? I haven't really been to any school dances before, but it seems sort of interesting...

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[video]

[martyrerkomplex]

[Briefly, she's unsure what to say. She really hadn't been expecting it from Tenma.]

[But he's... well, she doesn't trust most people much at all, but even she can tell that he's genuinely sweet. There doesn't really seem to be any harm to saying yes, does there?]

Would you like me to?

[video]

[soccerwhisperer]

[he scratches the back of his head]

Only if you want to! You're really nice, and I'd like to get to know you better.

[plus, Krista's probably one of the few people Shindou won't try to cockblock]

B-but if you have someone else in mind, you should ask them!

[video]

[martyrerkomplex]

I didn't really have any plans, besides just going.

[The idea that someone thinks she's nice, and wants to get closer to her, is a little thrilling. It's working! People think she's a good person! Even people she hasn't used her powers on.]

So why don't we go together, then?

[video]

[soccerwhisperer]

It's a little hard to make plans for these kinds of things. An old friend described it like... riding a wave.

Okay! We don't have to stay together the entire time either. If there's something there that you want to try out, you should go for it. This is your first school dance after all, so you need to make good memories.

O--Oh, and if you see Shindou-senpai, you should probably run.. [He looks.. really embarrassed by that]

[video] Sorry for the late reply!

[martyrerkomplex]

Like riding a wave?

[Well, that sort of makes sense, she supposes. More importantly, though...]

...Ah... Why? Is he angry with me?

[She could probably just fix that...]

[video]

[soccerwhisperer]

Yeah. It's hard to predict how fast a wave will come and crash, so you just have to go with the flow.

[He scratches his cheek at that, still embarrassed]

No! He's just really protective. [Two hundred dollars...] He might try to ask you a lot of embarrassing questions.

[video]

[martyrerkomplex]

That's... well, what kind of questions?

[What did she just get herself into?]

[video]

[soccerwhisperer]

Like... what kind of secret plans you might have.

[video]

[martyrerkomplex]

Secret plans?

[You're a nice kid and all, Tenma, but no one is secretly plotting to ravish you.]

[video]

[soccerwhisperer]

[tell that to Shindou]

Yeah, so you should run if you see him.

[video]

[martyrerkomplex]

I'll... keep it in mind.

[What.]