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writetomyheart2019-03-26 08:37 pm
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[Team sonic] battle preparations
This is a part of a larger ridiculous hsj fic I'm working on which is affectionately titled "angry wizards coffeeshop au". So it probably makes no sense out of context!
First words from As Thin As Glass
The battle was to begin at dawn, as all proper battles should. It had been a tradition for generations that armies gathered on the battlefield and waited for the first hint of sunrise before making their first strike. Most notably was at the Battle of St. Frigidaire where the rebels fighting against the king's army had tried to trick the soldiers into starting the battle early by getting a rooster to crow before the crack of dawn. The ploy almost had a chance of working until the rooster itself, having been annoyed by its interrupted sleep, decided to rally his fellow hens into laying eggs on top of several soldiers' heads, creating mass chaos all around.
Needless to say, the rebels were in a bit of a sticky situation by the time dawn actually rolled around and the battle with the king's army had properly begun.
Takaki vaguely remembers reading about that incident in a textbook one time. On accident, of course. He had opened it thinking it was his sister's diary, assuming any book entitled A History of Important Battles was her record of arguments amongst their siblings.
"Maybe we could, uh, just do this right now?" Hikaru says, interrupting Takaki's thoughts. "I was supposed to be somewhere like three hours ago."
Everyone in the coffee shop pauses a moment to contemplate the suggestion. Inoo purses his lips as if he's weighing all the options, and Yamada just scowls. Though that seems to be his semi-permanent facial expression.
Takaki warily eyes the chicken resting in Yuto's arms.
"Great idea," Chinen chimes in with a cheerful voice that doesn't match how anyone else is feeling. "It's an informal battle after all. More like an exhibition, I suppose. We could go ahead and get it over with."
"I suppose that'll be acceptable," Yamada shrugs. "I'm going to win anyway."
Inoo laughs. "You'll regret underestimating me! I never lose."
"What about that time in Calemonia when the wicker baskets caught on fire?" Daiki speaks up. He had mostly been ignoring all the drama in favor of sampling all the pastries.
"That was cheating. That doesn't count," Inoo sniffs. "And I don't think I'm responsible for that tiny little fire."
"The police report labeled it as a literal inferno," Daiki points out, and then politely gestures to Chinen for a refill on his coffee mug.
Takaki is beginning to worry about his safety. He wonders if he could slowly inch his way to the door and escape before anyone could stop him.
But before he can try, Yamada clears his throat to catch everyone's attention.
"Are we going to do this challenge or not?"
Inoo claps his hands together in anticipation, suddenly looking every bit the villain he declared himself when he walked in 15 minutes ago with Daiki. He places two steaming cups of coffee into each of Takaki's hands.
Takaki sighs.
"The rules are simple," he says to Yamada. "We get a cup each. Best transformation without injuring the cup holder wins."
"Deal," Yamada agrees.
"Be sure to lie and tell my family I died heroically," Takaki's says to Yuto.
Takaki had seen plenty of accidental magic explosions from his neighbor over the years, that he was pretty sure he knew how this magic battle was going to go down.
"I'm beginning to think we never should have stopped at this coffee shop."
First words from As Thin As Glass
The battle was to begin at dawn, as all proper battles should. It had been a tradition for generations that armies gathered on the battlefield and waited for the first hint of sunrise before making their first strike. Most notably was at the Battle of St. Frigidaire where the rebels fighting against the king's army had tried to trick the soldiers into starting the battle early by getting a rooster to crow before the crack of dawn. The ploy almost had a chance of working until the rooster itself, having been annoyed by its interrupted sleep, decided to rally his fellow hens into laying eggs on top of several soldiers' heads, creating mass chaos all around.
Needless to say, the rebels were in a bit of a sticky situation by the time dawn actually rolled around and the battle with the king's army had properly begun.
Takaki vaguely remembers reading about that incident in a textbook one time. On accident, of course. He had opened it thinking it was his sister's diary, assuming any book entitled A History of Important Battles was her record of arguments amongst their siblings.
"Maybe we could, uh, just do this right now?" Hikaru says, interrupting Takaki's thoughts. "I was supposed to be somewhere like three hours ago."
Everyone in the coffee shop pauses a moment to contemplate the suggestion. Inoo purses his lips as if he's weighing all the options, and Yamada just scowls. Though that seems to be his semi-permanent facial expression.
Takaki warily eyes the chicken resting in Yuto's arms.
"Great idea," Chinen chimes in with a cheerful voice that doesn't match how anyone else is feeling. "It's an informal battle after all. More like an exhibition, I suppose. We could go ahead and get it over with."
"I suppose that'll be acceptable," Yamada shrugs. "I'm going to win anyway."
Inoo laughs. "You'll regret underestimating me! I never lose."
"What about that time in Calemonia when the wicker baskets caught on fire?" Daiki speaks up. He had mostly been ignoring all the drama in favor of sampling all the pastries.
"That was cheating. That doesn't count," Inoo sniffs. "And I don't think I'm responsible for that tiny little fire."
"The police report labeled it as a literal inferno," Daiki points out, and then politely gestures to Chinen for a refill on his coffee mug.
Takaki is beginning to worry about his safety. He wonders if he could slowly inch his way to the door and escape before anyone could stop him.
But before he can try, Yamada clears his throat to catch everyone's attention.
"Are we going to do this challenge or not?"
Inoo claps his hands together in anticipation, suddenly looking every bit the villain he declared himself when he walked in 15 minutes ago with Daiki. He places two steaming cups of coffee into each of Takaki's hands.
Takaki sighs.
"The rules are simple," he says to Yamada. "We get a cup each. Best transformation without injuring the cup holder wins."
"Deal," Yamada agrees.
"Be sure to lie and tell my family I died heroically," Takaki's says to Yuto.
Takaki had seen plenty of accidental magic explosions from his neighbor over the years, that he was pretty sure he knew how this magic battle was going to go down.
"I'm beginning to think we never should have stopped at this coffee shop."