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Name: Natsuru Senou
Date: Nov. 17
Format: Photo + Text

[In the late afternoon, a photo of a young woman standing in what looks like a local apartment is posted to the network. Her face is cut off, the picture focusing on the swimsuit she's posing to show off instead. The sepia tones of the watch photos even obscures her hair color; though the hint of fae wings and light catching on the sparkly patterns on her skin would be pretty obvious tells for anyone familiar with Natsuru. Did she seriously just post a bikini selfie in Noveuer?!]

Hey, does this belong to anyone here? One of those flying saucer things brought it to me, which was kinda weird, but I didn't know they were supposed to be delivering things from our mirrors!

[She... might not have thought through the kind of attention this might get...]

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[Monika had been absolutely okay with her own little private-viewing of the swimsuit.

This network post, however...

Less so.]

Um, Natsuru? Honey?

Are you sure this was the best way of finding the swimsuit's owner?

[This isn't what he expected to see on the network today, or ever, but who is he to complain about a—

Wait.]

You put it on without knowing who it belongs to??

[Mikasa has many questions.]

One of those machines gave you someone else's underwear and you wore it?

[MIKA......]

It's a swimsuit!!!

And I didn't know it belonged to anybody when I tried it on!

I said I didn't know it belonged to someone!

[Well. She didn't, but she thought it was implied.]

It was my size and everything...

[Well that's slightly better, but still? Still???]

Maybe you should have taken a picture of it by itself instead of on you, at least? If it does belong to someone else, they probably won't want it back, now.

So you just wore random underwear?

[If you thought her semi-middle ages world had swimsuits...ha]

we get delivery now?

( last time he had to queue up for the wrong thing! )

I guess someone made these things to try and find who these items belonged to.

I didn't know that's what it was doing, but it wouldn't leave me alone until I took it.

IT'S NOT UNDERWEAR!

Besides, it looked like my size! And... Monika wanted to see me in it...

I thought it would look better on... like a mannequin. Besides, I was already wearing it.

Wait, why wouldn't they want it back?

[Natsuru......]

Huh?

[She is blushing a little, so there's some embarrassment over the post already. But at the same time, she seems genuinely confused.]

But if they didn't get it, they wouldn't know it even came through the mirror. And it's easier with a picture, right?

[He might get back to the "would look better" part, but for now—]

Are you fine wearing someone else's used swimsuit??? [He usually doesn't use that many question marks, but he is Concerned.]

I would say "they don't know where it's been," but now they definitely know, and it's not sanitary.

[Oh...]

Obviously, I'd clean it first!!!

I even wore something underneath, in case I needed to return it to a store or something!

[She's not being the smartest here, but that doesn't mean she wasn't thinking of that! Never mind how she'd managed to wear something under it that isn't... at all visible...]

Leading with that would have been better, but it's still not great.

[Consider Ferran as having assumed the worst due to the aforementioned invisible underwear.]

Someone who wanted their swimsuit back wouldn't really need a picture that "looked better" as long as they could tell what it was, you know...

[Natsuru, you beautiful and wonderful moron.]

It's just, now everyone out there saw and...

[Granted, she didn't show her face, though it was pretty obvious.

Okay, she needs to be honest with this, and with herself.]

I'm not sure I really like that.

[She's trying to work on her jealousy, she really is.]

Edited 2020-11-26 07:54 (UTC)

It looks like underwear.
That strange fancy stuff.

Why did you show us if this person wanted to see?

[squinting, no matter what Nacchan said she was going to keep calling it underwear. It was too funny not to.]

I know it looks kind of like it, but it's different!

[If only Mikasa could see how much she's blushing right now.]

Monika still saw it first! I only shared a picture to find out if it was supposed to be delivered to someone else.

I-It's just a swimsuit, though...

[The first time she wore a swimsuit, she was super embarrassed. Nowadays, she's really trying to adjust to all these... normal girl things. Compared to Caren taking pictures of her in lingerie way back when, she really thought this was something she should be comfortable with! ... In theory...]

[Honestly, Natsuru would have been more embarrassed mentioning that in the post than she was about the photo. Which she was a little embarrassed about, but still went through with!]

I mean, I was already wearing it... and the contrast made the patterns really stand out...

Maybe you shouldn't listen to this Monika person.
If they make you wear things like this and show it.

[Okay. The girl's anger was pretty funny. But also Mikasa was doing a slight concern from not knowing who some of these people were, and that there had been some weirdos on the network before.]

[He's not buying this explanation...]

It's starting to sound like you wanted to show off.

well, that's better than last year.

( barely, because how are they still messing this up? )

it would be easier if they simply came on this network themselves and posted the items...

Here's a question, then! I get that you wanted to try to find the swimsuit's owner. I understand that part.

So why not just... take a picture of just the swimsuit laid across a table, or our bed, even?

Everyone would still get to see what it looks like. Right?

I didn't say she made me! I didn't mind wearing it for her.

She doesn't seem happy that I posted a picture, though.

What's that supposed to mean???

[Okay, part of her knows exactly what he's insinuating there, but her denial drive is working overtime to keep from acknowledging it!]

Maybe they think people might not find the right things anyway? Sometimes clothes aren't even the size they should be.

[Don't ask her how she knows, okay? ~~Or do, she can't stop you.~~]

If you say so.

Are you still wearing it?

[Because Mikasa wouldn't be, not that she realised how her question might have sounded.]

( he won't ask such things. in fact, such things barely cross his mind. )

they can't even find the right owners with their magic.

( see? waste of time. why is he a Witch again? )

Come on, I'm not judging, but this isn't the first selfie I've seen.

[He's CALLING YOU OUT]

You don't have to act shy if you want compliments.

[Cue a long pause as it finally dawns on Natsuru what he's saying...

A long pause...]

Wait, no!!! That's not it!

Maybe I was trying to be a little more confident and posting something like a normal girl? But it really wasn't like that!!!

Honestly, if I didn't know better, I'd think it was mine too. The fit is almost perfect.

[Excuse her while she tries not to think about having typed that sentence.]

Weird that a magic gadget thing thought it belonged to me, though.

Maybe?

[If Mikasa could only see her blushing.]

It's more comfortable than you might think!

I guess underwear has to be.

[And with that she's running.]

The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

[Man, why couldn't what got dumped on him be this fun? At least he gets to take advantage of what some other people found...

And alright, maybe she wasn't intentionally looking to fish for compliments—he didn't miss that "normal girl" comment, and wonders what's behind it—but it could easily be a subconscious thing. Plus, a little teasing is harmless.]

Confidence is good! And you do look great. But maybe think a little more about the context next time.

I told you it's not!!!

[She can't run from a network conversation!!! ... Except she totally can. Natsuru will just be over here flustered and embarrassed for like, the rest of the day. No big deal.]

( things Steak doesn't seem to care about: this rando wearing someone else's bikini.

things Steak does care about: )

didn't you recognise your own clothes?

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