[ ooc: Tsubakiko comes from Iwaihime, which is a recently-translated horror novel that contains a lot of triggering content, so I'd recommend checking Tsubakiko's content warnings in case there's anything you want to opt-out of. I'll be trying to avoid spoilers when I can, and I'll always warn for them & for triggering content, but please tread carefully if there's anything you want to avoid! ]
ARRIVAL
[ This… isn’t her bed. ]
Huh??
[ As Tsubakiko realises that she doesn’t recognize where she is… she slowly begins to panic.
This isn’t another one of her weird daydreams, is it? It’s hard to say. Just like how a dream always feels real when you’re in it, it’s possible that despite how real all this feels, she’ll wake up in a few minutes to find it was nothing but a dream…
Yeah, it has to be a dream, doesn’t it? One second, she’d been lying down in her bed, and now she’s on a couch, in a room she doesn’t know at all. There’s no other explanation for how she’d be here! Unless she’s been… kidnapped…
Tsubakiko tries to swallow down her growing fear and looks around. At least she’s not tied down, and the room itself looks pretty harmless… It’s fine! Everything’s fine!!
But as she spots you standing there, she practically jumps out of her skin in surprise. ]
W-w-w-who are you!?
START OF WINTER
[ Tsubakiko sighs as she shovels another heap of snow over her shoulder.
It’s funny, the fact that she’s doing community service, even here. Seems like the saying is true… the more things change, the more they stay the same. But there’s a stark contrast between the work she’s doing here and the work she did back home – that being that this time, she’s alone. None of her friends are here, and Suzumu is gone… It’s only natural that she’d feel lonely, isn’t it? Especially since she doesn’t know if she’ll ever get to see them again…
…No, she mustn’t think like that! A depressed attitude won’t help anyone, and it certainly won’t bring her back home. If she wants to see Suzumu again, she’s just going to have to find a way back to him herself! She won’t give up! ]
Yeah!! [ And with a loud cheer, Tsubakiko starts to shovel with renewed energy… only to lose her footing and slip right back onto the snow. ]
Waaaaaah!!
[ Ouch. That really, really hurts… It takes her a moment to recover, but when she does, she spots someone looking down on her from above, and blushes. So someone had seen her making a fool of herself… ]
Ahh… I'm sorry you had to see that.
CONFESSION NETWORK
I love snowball fights! But really, doesn’t everyone? There’s no beating the fun you can have on a cold winter day with a few friends!
But it’s nice to curl up inside by the fireplace with your beloved, too… not that I’ve ever gotten to do that, but! I can dream, right?
Tsubakiko Harumiya | Iwaihime
ARRIVAL
[ This… isn’t her bed. ]
Huh??
[ As Tsubakiko realises that she doesn’t recognize where she is… she slowly begins to panic.
This isn’t another one of her weird daydreams, is it? It’s hard to say. Just like how a dream always feels real when you’re in it, it’s possible that despite how real all this feels, she’ll wake up in a few minutes to find it was nothing but a dream…
Yeah, it has to be a dream, doesn’t it? One second, she’d been lying down in her bed, and now she’s on a couch, in a room she doesn’t know at all. There’s no other explanation for how she’d be here! Unless she’s been… kidnapped…
Tsubakiko tries to swallow down her growing fear and looks around. At least she’s not tied down, and the room itself looks pretty harmless… It’s fine! Everything’s fine!!
But as she spots you standing there, she practically jumps out of her skin in surprise. ]
W-w-w-who are you!?
START OF WINTER
[ Tsubakiko sighs as she shovels another heap of snow over her shoulder.
It’s funny, the fact that she’s doing community service, even here. Seems like the saying is true… the more things change, the more they stay the same. But there’s a stark contrast between the work she’s doing here and the work she did back home – that being that this time, she’s alone. None of her friends are here, and Suzumu is gone… It’s only natural that she’d feel lonely, isn’t it? Especially since she doesn’t know if she’ll ever get to see them again…
…No, she mustn’t think like that! A depressed attitude won’t help anyone, and it certainly won’t bring her back home. If she wants to see Suzumu again, she’s just going to have to find a way back to him herself! She won’t give up! ]
Yeah!! [ And with a loud cheer, Tsubakiko starts to shovel with renewed energy… only to lose her footing and slip right back onto the snow. ]
Waaaaaah!!
[ Ouch. That really, really hurts… It takes her a moment to recover, but when she does, she spots someone looking down on her from above, and blushes. So someone had seen her making a fool of herself… ]
Ahh… I'm sorry you had to see that.
CONFESSION NETWORK
I love snowball fights! But really, doesn’t everyone? There’s no beating the fun you can have on a cold winter day with a few friends!
But it’s nice to curl up inside by the fireplace with your beloved, too… not that I’ve ever gotten to do that, but! I can dream, right?