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[korekara]

WHO: Souji, Honoka and you poor unfortunate soul
WHERE: Recollé Square
WHEN: 2/21, late afternoon
WHAT: Rescuing cats from trees. or something like that.
WARNINGS: probably none?!? will be edited if needed

[ It's a nice, ordinary day in Recollé Square, isn't it? The weather's passable. Birds are singing. Cats are meowing.

Hold up.

That's right, cats are... meowing? Or that's what it sounds like, anyway. The distinctive nyaaa of a mildly distressed cat seems to be coming from the branches of one of the trees dotted around the park. It's followed by another meow, which suggests the presence of another cat up there. Weird.

Surely you wouldn't have the heart to leave a feline in distress up a tree, would you? ]

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[moribound]

[He doesn't look very worried, somehow... Minato could have left it like that, but for the lack of concern Souji shows about being stuck on a tree Minato doesn't feel like he should let things slide.]

Wait a meow-ment then. [It's not a long walk away to a shop and Minato decides to just say that he's rescuing a cat on a tree rather than telling the truth, but the ladder's big enough that it takes him a while to drag it back to the tree , placing it as close to the tree as possible before opening it up.]

I think that should do it, but...how did you get stuck up there, anyway?

[korekara]

[ Meowment. Finally, a savior who truly understands their plight. It's enough to put a grin on Honoka's face while they balance precariously on their branch. ]

Trying to help a cat down! Or uh. Well, he -- [ and here she digs an elbow into Souji's ribs ] -- was trying to help a cat down. I'm up here 'cause he kept texting sad emojis at me til I said I'd come help him down.

[ a beat. ]

I didn't really think it through.

[tarotcards]

[ Oof, watch your elbows, Honoka. That is a ribcage that Souji definitely needs, okay. Despite the assault, Souji will help Honoka carefully move over to the ladder and descend. ]

It got down. [ referring to the cat ] And at least we had a re-eel-ly good time.

[ ... okay, that joke is only for Honoka to understand, but it's true. They at least had fun meowing, but back to Minato. ]

Thank you.

[korekara]

Next time you get stuck in a tree I'm leaving you here forever.

[ SHE'LL DO IT!!

(she will not) ]

[moribound]

You're welcome, and I'm glad to hear the cat's okay. [He'd throw in a pun about it 'feeline' fine, but that's one too many puns for strangers.]

How long were the both of you up there, anyway? You seem pretty relaxed for strangers stuck up on a tree.

[tarotcards]

Honoka-chan... I'm hurt... I guess I just won't send you cute eel pictures anymore.

[ lies, he's probably going to do this exact same thing again to see if she'd actually get him down next time and it'd be great but back to minato ]

About an hour? Two hours for me. [ he says so casually while looking at his watch... ] This isn't our first time up in a tree, to be honest.

[korekara]

If you ever send me eel pictures I'm changing your name back on my phone!

[ this is yelled as she descends with a care that suggests she's expecting to fall and die literally any second now. once both feet are actually on the floor she leaps away from the ladder with the most ridiculous sounding yelp. SHE'S FREE...! ]

Next time you get stuck up in a tree, you're on your own!

[tarotcards]

[ Souji will just calmly climb down because that's just who he is. ]

King of Dongs is just who I am. Changing my name won't change who I am inside.