[center][img]https://i.ibb.co/ZBBcRq2/sorairo-banner2.png[/img][/center][hr]Just as Mavis expected, she didn’t get out so easily, after coming back from another mission with an easily preventable injury. Not that a cracked bone was much for her, but a certain Lieutenant Colonel forbid her from any for at least the next weekend. Not only that, but the redhead was required to wear a medical exoskeleton on her so that her treatment could be done in time, while also being promised a ‘proper education’ when the two of them were back at home.

[color=de3163]“Well, I guess that all’s well when it ends well,”[/color] Mavis said to herself as she got ready for the ‘dreadsome’ prospect of a free weekend. Before she went out to hit the city and enjoy the day before the unavoidable earful she would get later in the night, Mavis left a note for Subaru in their room talking about her plans. She knew that the other girl was going to expend most of her time in the lab with her mom — Mavis’ mom, that is — but couldn’t stop herself from inviting her anyway.

On her way out, Mavis stopped by Kuni and Mila’s room to tell her other teammate, and her roommate, that if they would be welcome if they wanted to join her later. Not that she would blame Mila is she wanted to spend more time with a cutie like Kuni.

Nevertheless, Mavis would be spending most of the rest of the day in the mall. Between movies, junk food, games, and much more, she had enough to keep herself busy for a while. However, if she didn’t leave soon, she would miss the best part of her escape.

And… sure she didn’t miss it. And probably no one else would miss a slightly tall — when compared to the rest of the [i]actual[/i] children around her — redhead waving her arms and shouting excitedly during a cheesy live-action superhero show happening in the mall. She couldn’t help but feel something pretty familiar whenever she looked at one of the actors, but she shrugged it off to the fact that repetition was a common thing in these kinds of semi-improvised spectacles.

When the time for the handshaking event that usually follows such performances came, Mavis was one of the first in the line, waiting with her autograph book and phone, ready to take some good photos with the show’s crew.

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Meanwhile, at the Taiyoujima Water Park…

[color=silver]“Wow! You handled it like a pro,”[/color] said an impressed voice coming from not very far away from Lucia’s spot in the artificial beach.

If the Striker cared to turn toward the source of it, she would see a girl relaxing at a beach chair while having an ice-cold glass of melon & mint juice, looking right back at her. [url=https://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=2760211]The girl[/url] was wearing a fashionable, dark one-piece which contrasted well against her fairly pale skin and silvery-white hair. Such a monochromatic look making the only spot of color in her appearance — her ruby-like eyes — stand out even more.

[color=silver]“I’m — hmm… sorry for interrupting you,”[/color] the girl followed up, as a light blush found its way to her face, regardless of whether she was being looked at or not. [color=silver]“It’s just that… the boys around here are so pushy, but you dealt with that one like it’s no one’s business. That was, well… very cool... I think?”[/color] she said, looking at Lucia in an apprehensive way, hoping that she didn’t get told off as well.
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