(Card Story) An Odd Game of Cat and Mouse

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Card: [SR] (Enjoying My Food to the Fullest) Owen
Event: True Love for the Blossoming Forest
Characters: Owen, Rustica

Chapter One ✧ Chapter Two ✧ Training Episode

Chapter One

Location: Town, Flower Festival (Day)

Man: O, beauteous, fair maiden. May your future be rich with good fortunes and the most splendid of loves.

Owen: ... How dull. Everyone's just prattling on and on... It's ridiculous.

Hm? That's...

(Footsteps)

Owen: Hey, Rustica. There's all these cheap, imitation brides around, but your true bride's nowhere to be found.

Rustica: Owen! Your timing is just wonderful— Thank you for calling out to me.

Owen: ... Excuse me?

Rustica: I've been looking for a particular parlour, but I can't seem to find it... so I've been in a bit of a bind. What's worse, I've gone and lost sight of Chloe, too.

Owen: Hmmm. So what?

Rustica: If you would be so kind as to help reunite me with Chloe, I would be deeply appreciative— I'm not especially good at this sort of thing.

Owen: Heyyy... Do you really think you two were separated by chance? Maybe, the truth is... Chloe just doesn't want to be around you anymore.

... See you. (Leaves)

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Location: Side Streets, Flower Festival (Day)

Owen: He doesn't have his bride, and he doesn't have Chloe, so now he's all alone... Fufu, how sad.

Rustica: I've already searched for Chloe here, so I presume he's somewhere else.

Owen: ... Why did you follow me.

Rustica: I was hoping you might help me find Chloe. I can search over there, so I'd greatly appreciate it if you could search the opposite end. (Leaves)

Owen: Wait...

... What was that all about. I never should've called out to him.

≪Quare Morito≫

(Turns invisible)

If he can't see me, he won't be able to follow me.

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Chapter Two

Location: Town, Flower Festival (Day)

Owen: Ahh... Much better. Maybe I should go bully Sir Knight next.

Rustica: Oh, Owen, there you are. Thank you kindly for aiding me in my search. I didn't have any luck finding Chloe where I'd been looking.

Owen: Excuse me?

Rustica: But, really, we've been searching high and low for him and we still can't find him. Just where did he go...?

Owen: ... You found some way to follow me even though you couldn't see me.

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Location: Side Streets, Flower Festival (Day)

Owen: I'm sure I've lost him now...

Rustica: The Town of Rain's floral arches truly are beautiful, aren't they? The pure white petals look so much like powdered snow with how they dance and twirl through the air. They suit you exceedingly well, Owen.

Owen: ... Do you really want to play with me that badly? Why don't I make it so you can't come chasing me a fourth time?

Rustica: Oh, my, this is...

Owen: Now what?

Rustica: This is the tea parlour I'd been searching for. Thank you. I wouldn't have been able to find it without your help, Owen.

Owen: ......

(... There's something wrong with Western wizards.)

Rustica: Owen, would you like to join me? They serve the most delicious black tea here.

They have wonderful tea cakes, too. It'll be my treat.

Owen: ... (Sighs)

I'll go with you if you don't mind me eating all the sweets in the parlour.

Rustica: Ahaha, that sounds lovely, too.

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Training Episode: Tea Cakes That Bring Back Memories

Location: Manor Dining Room (Day)

Owen: Master, I want to drink that. The thing that's as hot as a blazing coal, and the color of diluted blood.

Akira: T-This is quite sudden of you, Owen. Could you be referring to black tea?

I'm not especially good at making it... Why don't we ask Rustica instead?

Owen: ... Don't wanna. Because it wouldn't be any interesting if we get involved with him.

Akira: Is that so? But I recall hearing the two of you had tea together during the Flower Festival.

Owen: He just dragged me along to some parlour. Do you really think I'm the type to be friendly enough with someone to casually go out for tea with them?

Akira: (But he's not denying he did have tea with him.)

I did think it was a pretty unusual combination. What sort of things did you talk about with him at the parlour?

Owen: Rustica was just talking at me the entire time. He just went on and on bragging about Chloe this, Chloe that... It was so boring. And he completely forgot that he was supposed to be looking for that very same Chloe.

Akira: That does sound like Rustica...

Owen: He doesn't react when you bully him, so he's boring... I'm sure you can offer me tea much more interesting than that, can't you? Master.

Akira: Ah, certainly. I'll brew some right away.

Oh, that's right— I got some sweets from Rustica. They're tea cakes from that tea parlour you went to!

Owen: (Sparkling) I'll eat them. Gimme all of them now.

Akira: (I feel like I triggered a good memory, somehow...? ... I think.)

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Thank you owenchanlovebot @ Twitter for the raws!