Last week's proceedings have left you with a bit of time to kill this week. The minions you've acquired have seen to that. Mmh. The cute catgirl maids are so very eager to please. The minute you'd hinted at having your maids look into moving into a new lair, they scrambled to like the good girls they are.
Lupe was an especially good girl, barking out orders even as her tail waggled frenetically. Definitely a keeper, that one. You'll have to make a note to schedule her for extra bed warming duties when you get back~
Ooh, that good girl deserves all the head-scritches and tummy rubs. Hee~ It's really been so long since you've had a well-trained puppy to dote upon. This puppy's especially cute in her skimpy outfit and her frilly hairband to boot…
But that's something for future Alice to worry about.
Present Alice is currently satisfying another of her indulgences as she waits for her maids to finish moving house.
Specifically, food. Greasy, fatty, disgustingly filling food. Burgers with thick patties. Fries that've been seasoned with salt, and a huge cloying cup of fizzly soda on the side.
Why yes, you are at a burger joint right now.
Nova Space Burgers, to be precise. This particular burger restaurant's been around since the Resource Wars ended. Why, you remember coming to this specific spot during when you were newly Pacted. A brief tour of Terminus City with the rest of your original squadmates. The store might be grimier and more run-down, but...
You stride into the store, and take a deep whiff. Mmh. Oil, grease… And the scent of Nubeef patties getting thrown on the grill. Love that smell. Maker preserve the genius who came up with lab-grown meat. Cows might've gone the way of the dodo, but at least humanity still has beef. Delicious, artery-clogging beef.
Hmm. You'll have to do so much exercise to shed these calories after this particular meal... Is what you'd say if you weren't a devilishly sexy Magical Girl. You reach down, pinch a bit of your flat tummy… Then poke at one of your thick thighs. Your breasts sway and jiggle, obscuring your vision. You frown down at your creamy cleavage...
Yeah, it's not like the calories really matter. As a darker Magical Girl whose main specialties are stealth, biomancy, and some of the more sinister arts? Putting on weight in inconvenient places is a problem you've dealt with yourself already. As a result of your tinkering, fat just goes to your boobs and butt at this point and it shows.
You take a glance at your reflection in one of the store's windows and smirk. Affecting a quick pose, you turn and cock your hips so you can see your ass wiggle in the sheer shorts you're wearing. Mmh, you've gotten pretty delicious over the years. Like a fine wine, you only look finer as you age. Hee.
Well. It's the principle of the thing that you're concerned about. You kind of want to have an excuse to indulge in 'exercise'. Specifically, an orgy with the new maids you've acquired. Ooh, there's nothing better than eating a greasy, disgustingly filling meal and then attempting to burn off the burst of energy with a bout of intensive lovemaking…
Yeah. Another round of sex with the new maids is in order. Not that you needed that much of an excuse to play with your new kitties and your adorable silver-haired puppy~
But first, you've got to order your meal. Fortunately, there isn't a long line at this time of the day. In fact, the store's basically empty. There's one particularly bored clerk waiting near the auto-kiosks. Three other people are staying at the auto-kiosks, placing their orders on the touchpads. Which leaves one person in…
… In…
Time seems to slow as the woman in front of you turns to regard you. Her outfit's hardly flattering. Just a grey jacket on top of loose grey pants. It's the bland outfit you'd only wear if you had nothing else casual to wear.
But her face though. Those lips, those cheeks. That long, silky blonde hair. Those green eyes that regard you coolly… Gosh, that gaze. That disinterested, calculating gaze. You fell in love with this girl the first time you saw her because of that gaze, and now you're falling in love with her all over again.
That's… Hey, is… Is that Infinity Princess standing in front of you? One of the girls you're so madly in love with?
No. No way. It can't be...
You blink, but the beautiful apparition standing in front of you yet remains. You extend your magical senses… And then nearly choke at the sheer aura that's filling the air. Infinity Princess is known to be the most ridiculously overpowered of all the Magical Girls in Terminus City. Her mana reactor's of the highest grade. Its output gives her unlimited energy, enough for her to constantly remain on patrol 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The sheer force of all that raw energy spilling out of her nearly bowls you over. You choke and hastily slam your third eye closed. It's too late, spots have begun to fill your regular vision. Staring at her… The sheer radiance emanating from the soul… The sudden warmth that's suffused your body…
Staring at Infinity Princess is like staring into the sun. Being in her presence is like being bathed by the sun's rays. She's that blindingly, terrifyingly powerful. Her magical presence is just that looming and ominous.
… Kyah.
KYAH!
Holy woah, goodness gracious, that's Infinity Princess! In her civilian identity! In the flesh! Standing right there! Right in front of you! Have you died and gone to heaven? Is this the gorgeous angel who's been sent to pick you up?
What kind of serendipity is this?! Hee~! Oh, this day! This day is turning out even better than you expected!
You might… You might get to talk to Infinity Princess! Hold her hand! Her soft, cute hand! Her fingers betwixt your own...!
Oh gosh, you're fangirling so hard right now, but you don't even care; this is the best, this is the best, this is the best-
… Wait. Why is she taking so long to order a burger? You've… Been in line for some time now, haven't you?
You watch, tilt your head as Infinity Princess… Dithers, for lack of a better word. You've seen hesitant customers, unsure of what to order before but this goes beyond that. Even as the three people at the auto-kiosks finish placing their orders and go to take their seats, she remains in line. You watch from behind as she wrings her hands, jitters her leg nervously.
Wait. What?
Seconds tick away into minutes as Infinity Princess remains, head constantly turning to stare from the kiosks to the clerk… He's got his earbuds in and is engrossed with his phone, clearly not paying attention to the restaurant's interior or its customers. Infinity Princess's mouth works, her jaw clenches; she almost raises her hand to try and get the clerk's attention before deciding against it.
Morbid amusement seeps through your thoughts as you continue watching this girl dither. At one point she makes a half-turn as if she's about to leave the restaurant entirely before she turns back around and returns to dithering. You catch a glimpse of her face then. Her face is terse, her lips pulled into an embarrassed grimace. Shame, confusion, and nervousness cloud her gorgeous eyes…
What's going on?
That's when you see Infinity Princess turn to glare at one of the auto-kiosk terminals like the machine personally offends her. Just like that, all the pieces of this puzzle finally come together in your mind.
Does… Infinity Princess… Not know how to order a burger from an auto-kiosk?
Honestly, it'd make sense. She's spent her entire life in the field at this point, and those are a relatively new addition to this store. She literally wouldn't have been around when they were first introduced, she'd have been killing monsters or purging demons…
And she's not bothering the clerk because… Well, Infinity Princess is famously polite above all else. The girl's a saint in a world that doesn't deserve her, apparently, that attitude extends to her civilian life. Assuming she even has a civilian life…
Hold on. Hold… Hold on.
You look back at Infinity Princess, watch the almost imperceptible tremor of her lips as she continues to stare at the auto-kiosk, then a quick glance to see if the clerk's paying attention, then another wistful glance off to the side where one of the other customers has just picked up their food…
It's a struggle to reconcile the calm, collected beauty you idolize with this girl in front of you. She's… Shy? Uncomfortable? What, did she just forget how to order food?
... She forgot how to order food, didn't she?
That'd explain why she's so nervous about such a simple thing, she just must not get out that often in a casual context. She's just too busy with patrol. Come to think of it, she was always so terse in her interviews too...
Is she just... Hold on, is she socially awkward? How socially awkward is she if she's finding ordering burgers to be this difficult?
Hold on.
Hold on… Isn't this too adorable?
What the hell? That's just cute.
Isn't she too cute?!
That's too cute~! Who would've ever thought that the girl everybody idolizes would have this kind of a side to her!
Hee~! Gosh she's just so… So… Ooh, you just want to hold her to your chest and tell her everything'll be alright! You want to give her all the lap pillows and whisper soft nothings in her ear as you tell her everything'll be all right!
Hnngh. HNNGH! Your heart. Your poor, poor heart. It's unfair. Unfair, unfair. Unfair! How can a girl be this cool and cute at the same time? What even is this gap moe?! This juxtaposition between the paragon of knightly virtue and this shy, pretty girl who's finding it difficult to order burgers of all things?
Haaah~! You didn't think you could fall for her even more than you already did, but you are now~!
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