Yes, I'm still alive.
Life has been relatively lowkey – I caught a mild case of COVID in very late January, a few weeks after the previous update I made on ANYTHING, and for the first time earlier in April, I did taxes, and thankfully it was all done digitally because technology is wonderful.
I'm gonna be real with you, I had barely any ideas in stone in terms of new Shin Nihon Shitposts content, and my considered solution was a new set of 'Quick-Bursts' – however, the most I managed to do was two different 'bursts' and they're both not exactly super-tiny like with the previous 'Quick-Bursts' chapter, so instead it's more like a 'double-feature' chapter.
Just Hanging Out With A Friend
Timeline: Roughly a little bit after the NESTS Saga ended.
"Kula, did you leave the fridge door open again—"
As he re-entered the loft that he shared with his former rival, K' stopped himself when he noticed Kula offering – and then smearing – ice-cream onto her robot companion Candy's face.
Correction: onto the face of what was left of Candy's head, and not much else. Ever since the Zero Cannon incident a couple years back, that poor robot didn't really have a body to be re-attached to.
"Eat up... there's plenty for both of us," she rambled to herself, with a tone that made her sound almost hypnotized within her own self-imposed imagination.
"Plenty... plenty for..."
The moment she noticed the unnatural flame-bearer entering the room, Kula went silent and turned her head, with a smile that was maybe a bit too wide for comfort.
K' was perplexed, even if he didn't want to show it through his expressions, as usual.
"You do realize that thing isn't gonna eat, right – especially looking like that?"
Kula's smile stayed – yet a slight tear of something held within, dripped slowly down her face.
"Please don't ruin this for me."
It was clear, that she simply didn't want to let go of a friend.
Missing Out on the Circus
Based on Team Superheroines' team ending from KoF XV.
"I know it probably seems a bit strange, but when you're like me and you have all sorts of creative thoughts, it helps to try and get most of them past the 'thinking stage'..."
Athena insisted on feeling a bit proud about her most recent 'idol output' following the end of the latest King of Fighters tournament; on one end of a phone-call, from one part of Asia to another, she was banking on the feedback of some of her friends through what she had posted online, before going forward with her 'creative conquests' within the entertainment world.
On the other side of the conversation was Kensou, back at the mountainsides of China for the time being; he had said no to being a potential 'pop idol' because, through social-media osmosis, he was aware of more than a few J/K/whatever-Pop horror stories. In a way, it was almost his fault that Team Superheroines became how it was in the latest tournament.
And when faced with photos posted online, of Mai's unarousing lion onesie and Yuri's goofy clown gimmick, he realized there were others who were more ill-fitting for the Psycho Soldier's idea.
"What do you think, Kensou?"
"...Do you think I would've done better?"
"...As the lion or the clown?"
"Either one's fine. Maybe both."
The comments that had already been posted by the time Kensou got to take a peek were another layer of feedback for the whole team of heroines:
RyoSakazaki – "I take Yuri off the team one time and this is what happens?"
MalinNolastname – "i'm mainly into dudes, but Ringleader Athena tho"
MaiShiranui – "DELETE THIS"
And that's it for now, I dunno when I'll update SNS next, but if I manage to get another new idea worthy of a chapter, I'll try to get it onto a document to ensure it eventually gets out.
See you then.
