idolpro | Kino's Heart Game

[Ganba, Kino.]

[Cobalt doesn't want to interrupt, so he will slip back out the door and wait for Kino outside.]

[Cobalt has been spared from a very, very boring talk.

Where would he like to go? There's the main road he can walk down, if he wants to check out the country.]

[Yeah, let's do that. That seems like a good place to start.]

[Time for a stroll.]

[It's not an especially large population for a country, with the majority of the land being dedicated to agriculture. He can probably check out some farms if he wants, or the warehouse at one end of the road.]

[Oooh. What's going on at the warehouse?]

[A woman nearly crashing into him on accounts of attempting to run out of it with a bicycle, is what!]

Oh- excuse me!

WHOA!

[He staggers backwards to get out of the way, but doesn't stop her - though try to get a good look at her]

[She's got to be around her late twenties, wearing oil-stained overalls.

She's also looking him over in surprise.]

Hey, wait a minute... are you a traveler?

Oh... yeah. I guess so!

Hello.

Did you just get here today? You aren't with the chief? I thought he always kept travelers busy talking about our grand history for ages.

[Clearly sarcastic, but only at the chief. She's peering curiously at Cobalt otherwise.]

Does he?

You guys get travelers that often that you have a protocol for it?

Not really. This chief just loves talking about his accomplishments like he's done anything.

[She makes a face!]

But since he's the chief, I need to get him to agree with me. Do you know where he is right now?

He's in the reception hall.

Is everything okay?

[She grins.]

The reception hall? Great, I'll go meet him there. Oh, but - come back and see me later, would you?

[She is now hopping on the bike to BIKE ALONG TO THE RECEPTION HALL.

He could probably follow or snoop around the warehouse or something.]

[...Huh.]

[Well, he's going to snoop a little, since he's here.]

[Once she's out of sight, he takes a peek inside the warehouse. Is anyone else home? What's insiiiiide]

[There's a ton of construction machinery. But most importantly, at the center of the warehouse is...

A flying machine.

Its structure is primitive, but flight-worthy - likely the first of its kind in this world.]

[Wow!! Holy shit??]

[Did you know that Cobalt has NEVER BEEN in a flying machine?! The closest he's gotten was flying on the back of Blue Eyes White Dragon, and the one time he was a harpy for monster bingo and flew with his own two wings. But despite being from a relatively futuristic and modern society, he himself has never been inside an airship of any sort.]

[NEATO!!]

[He sneaks inside to admire it a little better. Is there anyone around...?]

.......

[...THIS AIRSHIP ISN'T GONNA START TALKING, IS IT??]

[It's not!

And there is no one around, either. He can poke at it all he likes! Careful not to break anything...]

[Wow! It's so cool! Amazing! He wonders if someone will give him a ride in this if he asks very nicely]

[...asks who? Probably that girl with the bike...?]

[Oh yeah, he should probably go check up on her so he can see what that was all about.]

[Once he's done oogling the airship, he starts off down the path back to the reception hall to follow up on whatever that was.]

[He gets there just in time to hear shouting from the inside.]

“We won’t know if we don’t try!”

“We know even if we don’t!”

“We won’t!”

“Good grief, please come to your senses!”

“You’re the one who ought to do that!”

[It sounds like the woman is yelling at the chief inside.]

[Hmm.]

[He's going to wander in and see if Kino's still in there too]

[Kino's just sipping their tea watching the chief and the woman go at it.]

“Enough!”

“I won’t give up! Eh… wait! Let me go!”

[Some men have finally caught her, grabbing her by the arms to drag her out of the building.

Kino continues to watch.

Siiiiiiiiip.]

[He sidles over to Kino]

Psst...

...Is this about the airship...?

The what?

[But now that the woman's been removed, the chief turns to Kino - and Cobalt, too, apologetic.]

“Ah, that was unsightly. But it was decided that the chief had to listen to the citizen’s appeals no matter where or when.”

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