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"Put a little more strength in your swing." The white haired girl instructed, leaning against the wall and watching.Aoshiru looks at Sabitsuki and nods, then back at the steel pipe she lent him in his hands. Standing on shaky feet, he winds up and tries to swing the pipe. It collides against a wall, chipping it; though, the force of it makes him lose his footing and fall. "Ow... I, I don't think this is working for me.""Maybe you just need a different weapon." Sabitsuki said, standing over him, yanking him back to his feet. "Maybe a gun - what do you think?""I, I'm not sure..." he said, giving her trademark weapon back. "Say, um... why do you want to help me learn to defend myself? I thought Urotsuki was your gir...""I can't handle seeing the sick and weak get abused." she said bluntly, an unhappy expression on her face. "Friend, girlfriend, whatever, I don't want her abusing ill people.""Ah... but, um, why don't you ask her to... not hurt me?""Pfft. Do you think that I control her? I tell her not to do wheelies while we're riding on a motorcycle - and guess what? Fucker does it anyway."He nods, while looking at her pale complexion and hair. "...did you need to defend yourself before?""Hm?""When you first got Rust."The room experiences a brief, awkward silence. "...Not me, but..." Sabitsuki closed her eyes, reminiscing, a frown on her face. "...there were all sorts of children like me, that needed help. ...the damn world screwed them over as often as the disease did.""...I'm... sorry for asking -""It's fine." She said, trying to dispell unfriendly memories from her mind. "So, what do you think of knives? I've got a friend that can hook you up..."
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The first thing Madotsuki does when she wakes up in the morning is to go out on the balcony and get some fresh air. She's careful not to wake up either of her girlfriends as she left the bed, which was a big one that they all chipped in to buy when they moved in together.Stepping outside, she looked upon the skyline and is greeted with a mid-afternoon sky, a bustling city below. In the past, she wouldn't really care about what goes on outside, but in recent days, she's been in a better mood to appreciate the view.After a few minutes of watching the world below, she goes inside and saw that Urotsuki's awake, sitting on the bed, putting her shoes on. "Afternoon, Maddy." She greeted while she ties her shoelaces. "Had good dreams?""Better than usual." Madotsuki replied; she had to remember to record it in her journal."Good to hear. I'm off on a food run, do you want anything?""Um.. no thanks.""M'kay." She stood up and hopped on over to Madotsuki, kissing her on the cheek. "Be back in a bit~" With that, she skipped away and out the front door.Sabitsuki rolls in the sheets, barely awake. "I want some chi- damn it, she's gone." She groggily sat up, reaching for her diary on the nightstand."She always gets your chips, you shouldn't worry about it."While she was out, Madotsuki joined Sabitsuki on the bed with her own book and they started writing in them, sitting next to each other. Ever since the move, all three girls often sit down and writes out their dreams together, sharing each other's dreams and comforting one another's nightmares. "Dreamed of fighting one of those Kaibutsu last night." Sabitsuki said, openly reflecting on her entry."Did you beat them?""...course I did. Those guys are weak shit."Madotsuki peers over her shoulder and frowns. "That sounds painful for you.""Go away."Madotsuki instead throws her arms around her. "You don't have to act tough around me, you know...""...hmph..." despite the sound of annoyance, she didn't mind the sweatered girl's hug."I'm back!" They hear Urotsuki call out in the hallway. She entered, carrying a grocery bag; before heading to the small kitchen they had (another perk of their combined money), she waltzed over to Sabitsuki, handing out a bag of chips with a smooch on the cheek. "For you, Sabby~""Thanks, Uro..." she replied, pale cheeks flushing."Ah, um, are you going to be cooking breakfast today?" Madotsuki asked; they all take turns making food every morning (or when they wake up)."...if microwaving stuff counts as cooking, then yep!""I don't mind." Sabitsuki said, already digging into her bag."Me neither, but I'm cooking us a real meal tomorrow." Madotsuki commented.
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Sabitsuki sits on the sidelines, watching the argument between Madotsuki and Urotsuki unfold. The pale girl was surprised: she had never seen Madotuki act genuinely angry before. The closest she's seen her act angry was when she was mildly annoyed by Urotsuki when she put an empty orange juice carton in the fridge.Though, what surprised Sabitsuki more is how petty the argument is."I'm just saying, 1st person battles are hella lame." Urotsuki said, shrugging."They allow you to use your imagination!" Madotsuki shouted, "You just have a weak imagination!"Urotsuki rolls her eyes. "Have you seen my dreams?""Tsk, you just don't understand the MOTHER games."It had all started when they sat down and had a casual talk about video games. Madotsuki had brought her Famicom to their apartment, but she had lost all her games except for Nasu, which, quite is, quite frankly, a shitty and depressing game. Urotsuki and Sabitsuki promised to buy their girlfriend more games to replace the ones she lost in the move; when asked if she wanted something specific, she stated her fondness for the MOTHER games, to which Urotsuki replied:"That overrated series?"And now they were duking it out verbally, as if it were some internet slapfight."It's just a Dragon Quest clone!" Urotsuki insisted."It turned into something much more than that, you just don't understand.""I understand… that you have shit taste in Famicom games.""Fight me."Sabitsuki isn't sure whether to step in or not. It's not as if their relationship would be threatened by some video game - that's what Mario Party does. She just hoped that neither of them would drag her into their argument.
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"We can make this work." Urotsuki said to their girlfriends. Madotsuki, Urotsuki, and Sabitsuki are standing outside of their apartment , ready to go out on one of their rare outings. A picnic at the park? Maybe a romantic dinner between all of them? Regardless of the Point B, Urotsuki wanted their method of getting to Point B to be a sweet motorcycle ride for all three of them.Obviously, the problem was that Madotsuki and Sabitsuki weren't sure if they could pull it off. "No, we can't. Can that thing even support three people?" Sabitsuki questioned."Hey, don't doubt the power of love. Love will make it possible.""Stop watching anime, for gods sake.""You could just take Sabi." Madotsuki tried to compromise. "I can take my bike and try to follow, it'll be fine.""But it's not the saaaaame." Urotsuki whined. They try to think of how to sell them on the idea, because they thought that it would be too cute/cool to pass over. "…mmm… imagine the selfies we can take!""Um… we don't have phones. None of us do.""Oh.""Urotsuki, please understand that your idea might… hurt us."Urotsuki mulled it over. And they admit that putting what's cool before the personal safety of their girlfriends is awful. "Yeah, you're right…""Hey Uro, don't sweat it." Sabitsuki pat their datemate on the shoulder. "Maybe one day… maybe in some shitty cyberpunk future, they'll invent a motorcycle that supports three people, and then you could take us out on joyrides without getting us killed.""…or maybe… I can invent one! Imagine it, poly couples will never be left out on motorcycle rides, it'll be fucking great."The next few minutes was spent with Urotsuki riding down the street with Sabitsuki wrapped around their waist while Madotsuki biked behind them; though, Urotsuki also spent the time imagining a cool cyberpunk future where Madotsuki wouldn't have to exhaust herself biking, where they would invent a motorcycle for multiple people for not just their lovers, but for all poly couples everywhere. Urotsuki decided that the dystopian elements that comes with a cyberpunk setting would be worth it.
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Madotsuki, Urotsuki, and Sabitsuki stood outside of the haunted house attraction, a popular fixture of the local amusement park. The three were next in line, waiting to be admitted."Ya know, Gakuran told me about this place, said that he came here on a date with Aoshiru." Urotsuki rambled with a faint air of excitement. "The place was so scary that they ran out of screaming - well, Aoshiru's mute, but you get my point.""That sounds… fun." Madotsuki murmured, beginning to have second thoughts on going."Aw, don't be scared. It's just going to be lame animatronic stuff, like that… five nights at whatever stuff." Sabitsuki reassured her, acting confident."You know, if you're scared, you could always hold onto us~" Urotsuki flirted. They look ahead. "Oh nice, we can go in. Care to hold my hand~?""…only if Sabitsuki does too." The pink sweatered girl said."Oh fine. Come on, I'll show you that there's nothing to be afraid of." Sabitsuki said, taking one of Madotsuki's hands; Urotsuki took the other and they headed inside.—Though Sabitsuki initially led their romantic posse, she was now the one at the very back, holding onto Urotsuki fearfully. As for them, while they were going down a dark hallway…"…their footsteps march without rhythm through the darkened halls. The spirits linger around them, the air cold, searching for prey through sound alone." Urotsuki narrated."T-Then shut up!" She shouted.Then a shitty animatronic descended from the ceiling, screaming. Sabitsuki yelped, holding Urotsuki tighter - not that they would complain."The spirits found them! Oh, how they shall feast on their flesh tonight!" The blonde datemate laughed, much to the un-amusement of their girlfriend.As for Madotsuki, she was now at the front, no longer fearful and is in fact looking at things in curiosity. She looked at a haunted portrait that had people with distorted faces. "Oh, this reminds me of Poniko and Uboa!" She pointed at a looming figure in the background. "Hey, that looks like Big Red!"The portrait began laughing, presumably because of noise emitting from some speaker. Not that Sabitsuki knew. "Madotsuki, stay away from that!""Madotsuki's soul has been eaten by the phantom portrait… it's truly a dark day." Urotsuki declared ominously.