>>5708946Pepper doesn’t strike you as the jealous type, so you waste no time in filling her in on what you learned from Mina. By the time you’re done with the whole recap, the young journalist is practically <span class="mu-i">SALIVATING</span>!
“Y-you mean…” she stammers as the color in her cheeks almost matches her hair, “Th-there might actually b-be…”
Some sort of <span class="mu-i">SCOOP</span>, yes, you sigh as you run your fingers through your hair. She’s probably being paranoid, though-
“Ah ah AH!” Interjects your partner as she presses a coffee-scented finger over your lips! “What did I say earlier about speculation, chief?”
You’ve spent way too many updates talking to this girl to think you can argue with her now. Pushing her hand aside, your face scrunches up a bit as you stare at the hanging High-Schooler. Can she <span class="mu-i">speculate</span> what’ll happen if Mina finds out she was snooping around, then? HM?
“Nope,” she shrugs with a polite giggle, “Never been caught!”
Well tonight would be a <span class="mu-i">really</span> bad time to start, you huff, so if she wants a chance to back out, well…
Here it is.
“No dice, sandcrab!” She counters with a twinkle in her eye! “I’m getting my story with or without ya. You’d have to cut my head off to stop me now!”
Then you guess you’re working together, you sigh as you take another sip of the drink. But she’s not publishing <span class="mu-i">JACK SQUAT</span> unti-
“Until <span class="mu-i">you</span> sign off on it, yep yep yep, you’re the boss with the big britches…” She grumbles as she uses her hand to mimic you talking! “Take it easy, sport, or you’re gonna start sounding like my <span class="mu-i">BROTHER</span>...” Her face contorts as if you’d just fed her a bowl of caterpillars. It seems like a rough subject, but now that she brings it up…
If you’re gonna be working together, you add in a cautious tone, you want to know what her deal with swimmi-
“Don’t like it.” She snaps as she snatches the drink from your hands and downs the remains. Yea, bu-
“<span class="mu-s">Don’t. Like. It.</span>”
She might be way shorter than you are, but the way she repeats her sentence gives you Mina vibes-the ones that say ‘<span class="mu-s">DANGER: DO NOT CROSS</span>’.
Then again, she <span class="mu-i">does</span> owe you a fa-
<span class="mu-s">-CRNCH!-</span>
>ROLL ME 1d100 (+5 SPEED ROLL, -5 DISTRACTED) NOW! I’LL TAKE THE BEST OF 3 ROLLS! 