"Student brigade roll call!"
"I'm Wriggle!"
"Mystia!"
"Rumia!"
"Tewi!"
"And I'm….Cirno!" Cirno grinned. "Kay, we're all here. So, this meeting is to talk about….what're we supposed to talk about again, Tewi?"
"This meeting is to discuss the relationship between our regular teacher, Miss Keine Kamishirasawa, and our substitute teacher, Miss Marisa Kirisame." Tewi smiled, placing a drawing on the table. "Miss Kirisame seems to like Miss Kamishirasawa."
"Well, duh! Everyone likes sensei!" Cirno grinned.
"Well…more like….a crush."
"A crush? With a boulder?"
"No, no, no! A crush as in….near love, but not quite."
"Ooh, a crush…" Cirno thought. "Sensei's grumpy a good amount of time….maybe having Miss Kirisame around would make her more happy!"
"That's what I hoped for. Except…"
"Except what?" Wriggle asked. "It seems like there's not much to be bugged about."
"That's just it. Sensei doesn't seem to want to have Miss Kirisame around." Tewi frowned lightly. "So, I thought we'd help her discover Miss Kirisame's feelings and help her accept them." She smiled.
"Ah, so we play matchmaker!" Rumia smiled.
"Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match~ find me a find~ catch me a catch~" Mystia sang lightly, pleased with the idea.
"Exactly!" Tewi smiled. "So, plan A. Plan A is for Miss Kirisame to shower sensei in gifts. Flowers, candy, that sort of thing…" She waved her hand. Cirno stared, but nodded, getting it.
"Ah, so things girls like?"
"Exactly."
"I'll freeze her a frog then."
"I don't think that'd be a good idea." Tewi grabbed Cirno's arm before she could go fly off. "It has to be traditional. Everyone has their….special presents, I know, but I don't think sensei would be too happy with a frozen frog. Plus, you'd get into a fight with Suwako again."
"I always escape before she can hit me!"
"What if one day you do get hit and punished badly?"
"Then that would be bad…"
"Exactly, so don't do it." Tewi sighed, being with her friends seemed to be a babysitting job at times. "Wriggle, please go look for flowers. You do know where a lot of them are, right?"
"Yes, I know a good amount around various locations….should I try to get sunflowers, too? Miss Yuuka wouldn't mind if it's me." Wriggle smiled lightly, as Tewi shook her head.
"No, don't risk it. Rumia, you're in charge of candy. Get sensei all of these." Tewi handed Rumia a list, and she nodded.
"Alright! I'll go do it, you can count on me!" Rumia's darkness orb grew, as she stumbled out the door, Wriggle trying to guide her behind her.
"So, what's my job, boss?" Cirno smiled.
"Not yet, Cirno. Mystia, can you do a special thing for me?" Tewi asked. Mystia raised an eyebrow.
"What do you want, Tewi?" Mystia smiled.
"Gifts have to be given in proper atmosphere. Can you please go find a good date location? Something elegant….some place sensei would like."
"Ah, alright! I'll do that, then! Where would you like to go, my darling, where would you like to go, my love~" Mystia flew off, humming. That left only Cirno and Tewi.
"You're really good with dates and stuff, Tewi…" Cirno grinned. "They're probably fun, so I'm really curious what they're like…"
"Mmn, yeah, I guess. I've only heard from Reisen how nice they are, considering she's been dating Youmu-san for quite a while…" Tewi sighed lightly. "Alright. Cirno, I'm going to have you go look for the Prismriver sisters. They should be able to handle the date music and understand the situation…and don't go looking for Lunasa in particular, okay? You might run into Suwako and she might punish you."
"Go look for Prismriver sisters, especially Lunasa, got it!" Tewi held Cirno back.
"No. Do not look for Lunasa….go look for Merlin or Lyrica."
Cirno nodded, then broke free and flew off.
"If she comes back with imprints of a metal ring on her face, I'm just going to tell her that I told her not to…." Tewi sighed lightly. "Have to cover for 'em…"
Meanwhile, Mystia was looking for a date location in the human village, her wings folded back.
"Mmn….so hard to find a good place…" She frowned. "Maybe I should ask someone." She grinned widely, then slipped her hand into the first empty hand she saw. "H-Hey….do you know any good date locations?" She blushed lightly while asking this. The man (Mystia now noticed that he had white hair, glasses, and a confused expression) looked down.
"Why are you asking me…? We haven't even met, and…"
"Oh, yeah….m-my name is Mystia Lorelei. I'm looking for a perfect date location for my two friends…" Mystia said.
"I'm Rinnosuke Morchika….uh….would I know these two? Ideal locations depend on personality." Rinnosuke smiled weakly. Although he lacked much knowledge in this area, it was worth a shot to try and give advice.
"Ah….Marisa Kirisame…" (The man turned pale and his eyes widened) "And Keine Kamishirasawa."
Rinnosuke was quite taken back by both of the 'friends'. The sheer fact that Marisa was considering taking the most mature and elegant woman in the village on a date, much less a serious one, was troublesome by itself, but being so desperate as to send a 'friend' of hers to search for the ideal date material was very worrying.
"Y-Yes, I do believe I know both of them….let's see….maybe a small hillside picnic with a slow boat ride afterwards as the sun sets?" Rinnosuke tossed the suggestion out, and Mystia nodded quickly.
"You sound like you know this quite well, mister. Thank you for the suggestion." Mystia grinned widely.
So smart about this stuff….wah, it's cool…..
"No problem, no problem. The ideal location should be…..somewhere off to the northeast, not too far from here. There's a hill and a stream running under it." Rinnosuke calmed at Mystia's reaction, although he still worried a bit.
Guh…..Marisa….and Keine. This does not bode well at all...it's in fact very worrying. Though I hope I at least got the little girl's hopes up….mine are sunk.
Mystia flew away, her job complete.
During all this, Wriggle and Rumia collected the chocolate and flowers. The only thing left was Cirno recruiting the Prismriver sisters.
Mystia flew in, excited, only to find her friends in a panic. "…What's wrong?"
"Cirno. Have you seen her?" Wriggle asked, clearly worried.
"N-No…"
"Oh no, oh no, oh no…." Tewi seemed to be in a state of eternal panic. "She's missing and it's all my fault….she's missing and it's all my fault…."
"No, it's not…."
"YES IT IS! SHE PROBABLY GOT CAPTURED BY NAUSSICCA!"
Marisa walked over, hearing the commotion.
"Oi, oi, what's going on, ze?" She asked, looking at everyone. "Why do you all look so panicked…?" She smiled weakly, clearly unaware.
Tewi twitched, as Wriggle spoke up.
"W-We….we were organizing the perfect date for you and Keine during our spare time…" (Marisa smirked, blushing lightly, amused and grateful) "And….I got flowers for you to give to her, Rumia got chocolates, Mystia found a perfect location….and Cirno was supposed to find the Prismriver sisters to do light music to help the mood, but….she's not come back….we even checked the Moriya shrine and Suwako said she hadn't seen her all day…."
Marisa turned pale. "You don't think…?"
"….We think she's been taken by Nausicca."
Marisa swayed, finally regaining herself slowly.
…Too many complications ahead…..g-guh…..
As their substitute sensei wobbled out the door, the student brigade could only declare their first mission….as a failure.
