The More Things Change
Cast:
Cure Black, Misumi Nagisa - age 28
Cure White, Yukishiro Honoka - age 28
November, 2017
"Surprise inspection!"
"Eek!"
Nobody else is in Honoka's office to see Nagisa's hammy exclamation or Honoka's entirely forced reaction. This is just as well, as the pair dissolve into giggles immediately afterward. One could be forgiven for wondering why two grown women are acting so silly, but these two have been friends for about half of their lives now.
Honoka recovers first and wipes tears from her eyes. "It's a good thing you didn't do that during my office hours, Ms. Government Inspector. Somebody might have gotten the wrong idea!"
"Oh, like that would happen. My bosses aren't so cruel as to send me after my best friend and it's not like you'd do anything I'd have to report. Anyhow, your whole thesis is just a small part of Professer Taniguchi's franken-kelp project... Which is an ocean thing, and I'm a forests and streams person."
"That's a horrible name for it, you know. We're trying to make a tasty and nutritious kelp cultivar that will be resilient against diseases and hypoxia events, not bring seaweed back from the dead."
"Yeah, I know, but that is what they call it on the news. It'd be too much trouble to correct everybody who calls it that at work."
Honoka frowns for a moment, then blinks. "Wait, what's the actual surprise then?"
"The surprise? Oh!" Nagisa responds with a blank look. A moment later, she reaches into her purse, then pulls out a couple of movie tickets. "Girls night out. Afternoon. Anyhow, it's Ms. Shitataare's new psychodrama."
"Oh, that does sound like fun!" Honoka smiles. "Thanks, Nagisa. You always know when I need a break."