Kiss From A Rose (A valentine's day special!)

[way_of_vengeance]

Ah, valentine's day! A beautiful occasion to celebrate love and romance! What a perfect time for a reunion.

[A possibly familiar huge woman has arrived on base, accompanied by an old lady in a butler uniform. For some reason the 6-foot or so pink-haired lady is in a maid costume, and has a bow and quiver with her.]



Mistress, far be it from me to question your motives, but is this really absolutely necessary?


Sayo, you should know by now, everything I do is absolutely necessary. Now, magical sniper Kanae is off to spread love and beauty throughout the world!

Of course, mistress...

[And indeed, Kanae can be found trying to be stealthy throughout the day, though at 185cm* that's not exactly fruitful. Additionally, arrows with little messages and packages tied to their tails start appearing all over base-sometimes narrowly missing people as they fly to their targets.]
*height figures totally guessed at

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[jianai]

[Ever the one keenly attuned to matters of love, Ren catches an arrow mid-flight like a kung fu master.]

Hello, what's this? What could it arrive from, I wonder?

[Pretending not to see the giant woman visible from around a corner, Ren examines the message.]

[way_of_vengeance]

Sayo, look look, we hit our first target!
[Kanae and her maid can be seen peering out from around the corner, scooby-doo style.]

The message reads: "Stop trying so hard."

A small chocolate is attached to the end of the arrow as well.

[jianai]

I appreciate your concern, mysterious cherub-like person. But I'm afraid it's not going to happen.

Well, maybe a little.

[Ren pops the chocolate into their mouth.]

Pistachio? My favorite!

[empress_without_a_throne]

[Thunk. An arrow collides with the wall not far from where Mizuki was milling about, enough to make her jump.]

-Of all the...

[And looking down the course of that shot, lo and behold she can see the gigantic woman who no doubt was the cause.]

... You're kidding me...

[way_of_vengeance]

Ohohohoho!

[She is definitely not.]

And a wonderful valentine's day to you too!

[empress_without_a_throne]

[And oh hey. Chocolate was also on the arrow too.]

... And did you forget I can't even eat this?!?

[way_of_vengeance]

Ah, so cold...if your food allergy is that bad, why not give it to someone else?

[empress_without_a_throne]

I'll pass.

[Not many people she really can think to give it too, either.]

[actuallyselfish]

"Whoah!"

Dido dodges out of the way of the arrow by instinct. "Thank god for Sifu Hetepheres's training..." She mutters.

She picks up the arrow, then notices it's shooter. "Uh...hey Kanae!" She says. "You haven't snapped and decided to slaughter us all, have you?"

[way_of_vengeance]

[She nocks another arrow.]

[actuallyselfish]

"Oh, Fudge-Skittles!" Dido wails, running towards the nearest fire-alarm to pull it down. "I don't want to die by French Maid!"

[mistaken_for_monster]

[THUNK.]

Thhhbthhhht.

[Interitus calmly pries the arrow from where it landed and helps itself to the hilariously not to scale chocolate.]

[way_of_vengeance]

...That's new.

[keep_your_dignity]

[There's a presence behind you. And when you turn around, you find... one of the fairies from Graveyard, arms crossed and glaring at you with those cute, huge eyes locked in a frown. Yeah, you don't sneak on someone with radial tele-empathy. And it looks most definitely not happy to see you.]

[way_of_vengeance]

Oh? Look, mistress, it's a Misteltoe.

And a happy valentine's day to you too, little fairy!
[Smiling widely, she digs around in the base of her quiver, and hands out a tiny package. "tiny" in this case being about half of the little fairy's entire body mass.]



...Is your partner around nearby? Are you lost?

1/2

[keep_your_dignity]

[As the fairy tries to grab the package reflexively, it starts going down from a weight she can't hold. Kagura's body is far weaker than that of a standard Mistletoe and she just can't carry something like this.]

2/2

[keep_your_dignity]

[An instant of surprise later, though, she just lets go before reaching the ground, letting the package fall to the ground with a crash, and directing a narrowed gaze with her glowing eyes at the two women]

1/2

[way_of_vengeance]

...I see. Sayo, this killing intent...This oppressive aura of fearsomeness...

Indeed, it is unmistakable...

...It's been a long time...Major Kagura.

2/2

[way_of_vengeance]

You...you were a mascot weapon the whole time, and you didn't tell me...truly, there is no trust or beauty in the world...

[gold_four]

Ha!

[With... rather surprising reflexes, Ataru snatches the arrow from the air. How-]

Yeeeees! I knew it was coming!

[He is literally bouncing for joy.]

My first valentiiiine!

[way_of_vengeance]

Ah, what a happy occasion!

[Kanae twirls, then prances off into the distance, leaving Ataru with her message and chocolate. Dare he learn what that message says...?]

[kill_all_vagans]

[Singles' Awareness Day... is not a good day for Flit. What with Yurin dying and all.]

... Not up for this.

super-late response but whatever

[abugslife]

[Plink. The arrow hits the shaft of Heph's staff and stays there.]

Surprisingly good aim for someone who never opens her eyes.

[She removes it and reads the message.]