Officer Kawayanagi

Sonoe Kawayanagi SHSL Intelligence Officer The Despair Experience Student Reporting for duty | KIA

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Don't Play Hide and Seek With a Hufflepuff | Hideo | Closed for Sonoe

[silkenflight]

Oh god, oh god, of course she was upset. Of course she was. He was supposed to be her friend and he hadn’t been there for her, he hadn’t even been able to solve her murder- Eri had done that. If anything Hideo had just obfuscated the issue. Her voice is so angry, so vicious, Hideo is stricken badly enough that he has to actually sit on one of the desks.

“I-I-I’m s-sorry…!” He barely manages to get the words out, hindered by hiccups and sobs. Weak, pathetic, annoying. No wonder she doesn’t want you around, doesn’t even want you to look at her. Not that he could see her anyway with the tears streaming down his face. “I-I’m s-sorry, I’m s-so useless…! Y-you’re s-so b-brave and strong, y-you stopped him from hurting anyone else, a-and I f-failed you and-” And now he can’t stop crying, can’t stop apologizing even though that’s not doing any good. Hideo buries his face in his hands and sobs. He doesn’t know what to do. Maybe he should have stayed away after all.

“Y-you’re a h-hero and I’m j-just a stupid crybaby, I’m s-sorry.” He should leave, he should stop bothering her, but he can’t stop sobbing long enough to find the strength to stand up and walk out.

What a loser.

[shslintelligence-blog]

“...I’m no hero.”

Sonoe muttered the words under her breath, anger slowly fizzling out and giving way to...something else. Something more somber. Desolate. Why couldn’t she just be happy? She’d normally eat that stuff up. It was praise like that that fueled her all this time, wasn’t it? That’s what she wanted to hear, right?

Did it even matter anymore?

Well, apparently it mattered to Hideo. Why was he crying like that? Again. She didn’t have to look to tell. He’s leaking from his face. He’s leaking and it’s your fault, Sonoe. ...He shouldn’t be crying like that. He’d never done any wrong by her. She should probably at least try to make him stop crying.

“Stop doing that...”

Nice.

She was never trained to handle this sort of thing.

[shslintelligence-blog]

TDE Talent Swap

Aiko Tsukino - SHSL Knife-Thrower Akemi Saito - SHSL Reserve Course Student Ayame Higuchi - SHSL Street Fighter Bard Whitw - SHSL Intelligence Officer Chouko Kimura - SHSL Rapper Clausen Andreas - SHSL Heavy Metal Star Eri Yamamoto - SHSL Marionette Maker Gingham Cage - SHSL Storyteller Hideo Nakano - SHSL True Crime Enthusiast Jean "Remy" Remington - SHSL Ping Pong Player Kaede Matsuda - SHSL Snake Breeder Lars Storstrand - SHSL Journalist Liling Shi - SHSL Magician's Assistant Lydinyk Nox - SHSL Geneticist Mari Yanagi - SHSL Archaeologist Nelly - SHSL Defense Attorney Popiko - SHSL Folk Musician Rex Coleman - SHSL Nature Artist Saki Smith - SHSL Background Dancer Seth Shiratori - SHSL Matchmaker Sonoe Kawayanagi - SHSL Hitman Tanja Yilmaz - SHSL Horror Star Travis Dell - SHSL Mangaka Tropi-co - SHSL Puzzler

[shslintelligence-blog]

i cannot believe that sonoe kawayanagi, shsl meme, is dead after the first week

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To kill me | Lydinyk | Chapter 1 | [Re: Motive] [Closed for Sonoe]

[lydinyk2]

Lydinyk nods a couple of times in understanding.

"I see, I see. Intelligence division, huh? That’s pretty impressive for someone of our age! As for me? I’m nothing special, just a story teller who travels the world telling his stories~"

Lydinyk pauses after that before continuing the conversation.

"So… You have nothing to worry about with this situation, do you? I mean, with your training, you could easily anybody who would try to attack, right?"

And Lydinyk was not one of those who witnessed Sonoe getting beaten up on the train, so he wouldn’t know.

[shslintelligence-blog]

Thank goodness. Maybe that meant he would believe her when she said--

"Of course. I'm a military trained officer, it would take more than someone coming at me with a weapon to kill me. Though I would hope that won't be an issue."

She smiles with pride. It looks like it's pretty easy to win her over. Nice.

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Finish Him|Remy Motive Reaction|Open

[shslstreetfighting]

eriyamamoto:

The mirror ticked him off, and it personally worried him with the other’s and the motives they had been shown, but his own wasn’t something that could change his thoughts on what utter bullshit this all was. Promise him something impossible. Yeah, good job headmasters. Trapping a bunch of pseudo-celebrities in a virtual world really was impressive, but his desire would require a different sort of contacts. Eri wasn’t wrong when he was concerned about the other’s motives apparently. He flinches when a certain tall woman starts spouting her vicious commands, but mentally calms when he realizes she was talking to the officer lady. Seriously? Pipes? How cliche could she get? He laughs.

"Pipes? Are you going to steal some pipes? Guess we’ll know where to look if we find someone’s head bashed in."

Apparently being pissed off made reckless. Or maybe he had reasons to not like Remy already. He would be embarrassed by his actions either way later. Though, if they were really going to be stuck in this game, might as well get to know his fellow inmates here.

The first words out of Remy’s mouth are venom as she focuses her eyes on Eri. Not on Sonoe certainly.

"Shut ya damn mouth Sonoe. I’ll beat the shit outta yo masochitic ass when I got the time but not fuckin now, heard?"

She stares down the laughing boy, eyes alight with all manner of wicked deeds a plannin in her eyes. She holds up her blood-dripping fist in front him.

"Don’t care if its cliche. Don’t giiiiive a shit. I wanna pipe, never done me wrong in a fight. An I dun trust no magic to protect me like somethin metal I kin make better."

She glares down, feeling Sonoe’s daggered gaze needle into her skin. Like Remy gives a shit. That smile… If It makes you weak Remy. Imagine what its doin to these other kids. They prolly got it bad, huh? Don’t matter much. You don’t fuckin trust ‘em anyway.

"So you gonna lead me towards somethin to protect ourselves with, make a friend? Or you gonna be dumb as hell?"

[shslintelligence-blog]

Sonoe was glad to see someone sensible jump into the mix, though they could surely stand to be less light-hearted about the situation. Was this a joke to them?

The puzzler didn't keep her attention for long, of course. Not when someone as obnoxiously daunting as Remy was in the fray.

"I'm quite sure you can protect yourself without destroying the property. We were all given spells, yes? Besides, if someone were to kill, I highly doubt anyone would go after you anyway..."

Back to narrowed eyes and paper-thin tempers. It was all she could do not to go off on the giant again. What gives her the right to roam around doing whatever she pleases? Trying to scare people into doing what she wants. Forget that noise! She would force her attention back to the boy with the white hair.

"No one will have their heads bashed in."

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To kill me | Lydinyk | Chapter 1 | [Re: Motive] [Closed for Sonoe]

[lydinyk2]

Ah! Well that definitely explained it!

"An officer huh? Who would have thought that there’d be a military officer among our ranks~"

Yep. That definitely explained why he felt the way he did when he saw her, and quite frankly, knowing did nothing to soothe him. If anything, it worried him further.

"Well, that definitely helps me feel safer in this situation!"

He smiles, hiding his concern.

"So, You’re an officer…"

Now he seems to be openly pondering it.

"Tell me- What exactly does that mean? As an officer, what exactly do you do? I’m curious, Yawakanagi-san."

There he goes, intentionally and casually butchering her name. He doesn’t think twice about it, and acts like he didn’t notice at all.

[shslwarfare]

"Kawayanagi." 

She doesn’t miss a beat in correcting him with a stern and blunt force. Ah, well. He seemed polite enough, so it was hard to sound too harsh about it. Besides, Sonoe would gladly welcome any opportunity to brag about her achievements. 

"I’m sure you understand I can’t delve into much detail…but I’m training to become an official intelligence officer for the JGSDF next year. I mostly work with the tacticians and strategists, but I’ve recently dabbled in combat training."

Don’t brag about that, pretty much everyone saw you got beat up on your first day here, Sonoe! She could have gone on for much longer, but maybe now is a good time to change the subject.

"…What do you do?"

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Gross || Sonoe || Motive Reaction [OPEN]

[shslx4]

"Meaningless? You think seeing your desire like that makes it meaningless?" 

What an odd conclusion to draw, at least in Liling’s eyes. Honestly, theres nothing Liling would rather have right now than to have their desire come true, and it didn’t matter that it was delivered through a mirror - a desire was a desire, it’s delivery through a mirror had no impact on that fact.

Their original reply to Sonoe had sounded confused, and almost slightly offended - the other’s view point was one they really couldn’t understand. 

However, their next reply was muttered, and Liling had turned away from Sonoe, back to the original sulking position they had been in before Sonoe spoke up. Looks like the motive hadn’t affected them particularly well, huh? 

"You’re either mad, or stupid. Or both." 

Liling really needed to stop inviting other people’s anger in - insulting people for no reason really wasn’t the ideal way to make friends. Oh well. They’ll learn that one day. Maybe. 

[shslwarfare]

Sonoe gave a wary side glance to the person that answered her question. She wasn’t really expecting a response, but she’d welcome it. They could all use a distraction from that motive, couldn’t they? 

"I don’t think I made myself clear. Simply seeing it doesn’t make it meaningless. Getting the thing you want most in the world without achieving it on your own, that makes it meaningless."

Sonoe sighed, feet coming to a halt to her fellow student directly. Insults before introductions? Someone wasn’t taught proper manners now, were they?

"…And those are strong words, coming from the person who tried to punch the teacher."

Strong words from the person that got hecking suplexed for being a little piss ant not two days ago, Sonoe—

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Finish Him|Remy Motive Reaction|Open

The Mirror… is lovely. Innit? But whats in it. Its what you want, Remy. Its that life you want. Its that… smile. That…

Slam a fist into the wall hard enough to draw blood. Let the ache in your bones focus you, Remy. Ya can’t get fucking distracted like that. You ain’t never killed nobody, but it ain’t hard to imagine doin it for this kinda thing. For those smiles… wouldn’t it be worth it, Remy?

…. maybe its time to head to one of those bathrooms you saw, with all them pipes. For self defense, acourse. That’s what its for. They did say not to damage school… but fuck it, they can’t do shit to stop you.

So point at the nearest kid and talk down at ‘em in your best gangster voice, Remy, make ‘em cowed and listin to you.

"Hey kid! Fuckin bathroom, with the big pipes. Where is it. Take me there. Got it? I don’t know my way yet, hope you’re better."

[shslintelligence-blog]

Great, This again. If there was anyone Sonoe was wary of, it would be Remy. So it only made sense that she would watch like a hawk as the girl stood in front of the mirror. You know, for science purposes. Shut up. 

Her shoulders still ached from the number Remy had done on her in the train. What possessed her think Sonoe was willing to do her any favors? She must be as stupid as she was strong. Look who's talking.

Whatever the case, Sonoe wasn't ready to cower down to someone like Jean Remington. Not today, or tomorrow, or the day after that. So she stared up at the monster, eyes narrowing. What was she planning to pull now? Surely something devious and destructive. Not, you know, legitimately needing to use to bathroom or anything.

"Why, pray tell, do you need to do that?"

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To kill me | Lydinyk | Chapter 1 | [Re: Motive] [Closed for Sonoe]

"My greatest desire, huh?"

He didn’t have to think for long about what that meant. He knew very well already what his greatest desire was, so what he ended up seeing in the mirror when Monodore announced the motive didn’t end up surprising him- Well, it could have been a subconscious thing, perhaps something he didn’t know he wanted, or something he was vaguely aware he wanted, but was something he needed. But no, what he saw in the mirror was most definitely his greatest desire coming to fruition.

He smiled lightly as he looked into the mirror, seeing the image only he could see.

"I see. That makes perfect sense…"

To be honest, he was contemplating the motive. But some part of him didn’t quite feel like it would really be worth it in the end… He let out a sigh, looking away from the mirror and into the room. There were plenty of people here that he hadn’t talked to yet and… Somebody was bound to murder soon. Moving away from the mirror he stepped towards the back of the group, squatting down and waiting for everyone to clear away from the mirror before approaching somebody in the group.

"Hello there madam, and how might you be this fine day? My name is Lydinyk Nox, and I was curious if you wouldn’t mind talking to me for a bit~"

To be honest, this girl had caught his eye. Probably something about the way she held herself made him feel like he either wanted her on his side, or to be as wary of her as possible. Regardless, before he could gauge either of those, he would need to speak to her at least once… And the girl that had caught his eye? It was none other than Sonoe Kawayanagi.

[shslwarfare]

Sonoe turned to face the blonde boy well before he started speaking. She’d been watching everyone as they approached the mirror. The variation in reactions to it were…both interesting and concerning. Ah well. Someone was approaching her now, and that was enough to set the issue aside. 

A curious name from a curious fellow. Something about it felt familiar. Maybe from a book or something? Regardless, he seemed like a respectable sort! That alone is enough to warrant Sonoe’s attention and interest. First impressions are an important thing, aren’t they?

"In a situation like this, it’s best to acquaint ourselves with one another, wouldn’t you agree? My name is Officer Sonoe Kawayanagi. A pleasure, Nox-san."

Sonoe gave the boy an acknowledging nod and a small smile. Good. He seemed relatively calm about the whole situation—which was quite honestly a welcome sight. Hopefully he would prove for pleasant conversation.

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Gross || Sonoe || Motive Reaction [OPEN]

Ah, that mirror. It’s a charmer, isn’t it? Almost disturbing, really. Was this in the game’s programming? Was it philosophical? Custom-made? Whatever the case, it’s…

Beautiful.

She wanted to reach out and touch it. That would make it real, wouldn’t it? Could she touch it…?

Pathetic. Regardless, her fist clenched together and stayed planted at her side. Twitching and shaking and begging to be relieved of temptations.

"We will not succumb to this."

It sounded more like an order than a general statement. Muttered under her breath to no one in particular. Until it was. She looked…almost annoyed.

"This is ridiculous. This is a game, and if any of you think this mirror can achieve anything you can’t achieve by your own hands, you can report to me.”

The girl huffed, turning heel with grace and precision. Pretty big talk coming from someone who’s fists still clenched at her sides while she walks away from the mirror.

"Getting your desire through such pathetic means…makes it all seem meaningless, don’t you agree?"

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Brave Hearts | Nelly | Closed for Sonoe

[sowhatifimreserve-blog]

So she worked alongside the military? That was actually really interested, and the moment Sonoe mentioned it, it seemed like Nelly perked up in attention.

"I have no clue what tests you mean, since I came to Japan solely because of Hope’s Peak." Something grumbled about ‘stupid parents’. "But that sounds really cool actually! That’s really interesting, Sonoe. You must be really smart, huh?"

She smiled slightly and leaned on one of her hands on the table as she rolled her eyes.

"Ah yes. The forever shitty reserve course department. They pulled me from a lottery of all the reserve course students because they were like ‘Might as well be fair and offer at least one place to a reserve course’. I mean, not like I’m not happy! I love Harry Potter and everything about it, but I’m pretty sure I’m the only reserve course here, and it’s like for ‘equality’ reasons. Stupid school and their bias. Didn’t want to be there in the first place, tch."

Well, she clearly disapproved of the school.

[shslintelligence-blog]

Oh, right, she was a foreigner. Of course she wouldn't know about the testing. There were a lot of those here, weren't there? Maybe because Harry Potter was an English franchise.

"Your Japanese is very good for you to have moved here so recently. Do you have family here?"

Sonoe noted with an approving nod. Eyerolls and slightly vulgar language aside, Nelly seemed like a nice enough girl. Then again, her frustrations were probably justified. Even if Sonoe didn't understand them herself.

"...I'm afraid I'm not particularly familiar with how the reserve course functions, it seems frustrating. From what I understand, they haven't exactly been treated fairly. But Hope's Peak Academy is a very esteemed school--regardless of your means of getting here, you should be proud. It's an accomplishment."

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Brave Hearts | Nelly | Closed for Sonoe

[sowhatifimreserve-blog]

Nelly smiled cheerfully and blinked at the use of ‘san’. She shook her head at the response. She smiled softly and turned on the seat a little more to actually talk more face on to Sonoe.

"Pleasure to meet you Sonoe. Or would you prefer Kawayanagi-san? Hm… Oh you don’t have to use ‘san’ for me if you don’t want. Nelly’s just a nickname."

She explained gently. I mean, if she still used ‘san’, it wasn’t going to upset Nelly. It was just that Nelly found it rather unusual considering she just went by Nelly, and not Nelly-san or anything.

"You’re an intelligence officer? Uh, what exactly… do you do then?"

[shslintelligence-blog]

"I suppose t's a bit of a vague title. Do you recall the military aptitude tests that have been administered in schools lately? I scored high enough to earn a military scholarship contingent to my future service. I'm currently training with the military to become an official officer for the JGSDF when I turn 18. You can call me whatever you like." 

Sonoe would have preferred to be addressed more formally, but explaining her title seemed to take priority over that. She couldn't keep the pride out of her voice if she tried. Which she did. Sort of. She couldn't help it. She was always happy to explain the means of her title. Speaking of titles...Sonoe tilted her head lightly in thought.

"You said you were a reserve course student, yes? You're the only one here that I've met so far. Was there some sort of application process to join this game, or was there a random drawing? If you don't mind my asking."

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Brave Hearts | Nelly | Closed for Sonoe

Nelly had found the whole experience rather… exciting! She was being sorted into a house. She had a wand. She had an owl! Guys I don’t think you understand how excited sHE ACTUALLY IS. To be honest, anyone looking closely to Nelly, would notice how she jumped about and seemed to fidget as she took a seat on the Gryffindor table. She seemed raring to go and ready to actually do lots of stuff. She seemed so excited for this simulation before and apparently the sorting had only pushed her on further. She seemed super excited.

She took a deep breath though, but the thoughts of the fact that she was getting to live her childhood in reality was too exciting. She seemed unable to contain her excitement, and she giggled a little before she took another moment and turned to the person next to her.

"So you’re a Gryffindor too right? I’m Nelly! I’m one of the reserve course students."

[shslintelligence-blog]

Sonoe glanced to the girl that had sat next to her. It was pretty easy for her attention to wander that way--this girl was was giggling and fidgeting and positively beaming with excitement. Which was good, she supposed. High morale and a can-do spirit were pretty admirable traits when utilized properly, after all. From a glance, she seemed to have plenty of that. So Sonoe faced her with a small smile.

"I am. My name is Officer Sonoe Kawayanagi, and I'm the Super High School Level Intelligence Officer. It's a pleasure to meet you, Nelly-san."

No surname? Or maybe that was her surname. It was always hard to tell with foreign names.

For that matter, what was a reserve course student doing here? Somehow Sonoe had assumed this was a Super High School Level sort of thing. Well. from what she understood, if this girl was in Gryffindor, she surely had to be an honorable sort! A soldier can come from any background. You of all people should know that, Kawaynagi!

[shslintelligence-blog]

[2/19/2015 4:13:12 PM] Al Flowers ✿ /|\ OUT2 Mod: if they get access to hogwarts grounds at any point while hideo is still alive i want him making flower crowns with sonoe now [2/19/2015 4:14:37 PM] Emma {Kouta, Fuyumi, Sonoe}: [sonoe voice] i hardly have time for such trivial endeavors -aggressively sits down anyway- -aggressively flower crowns anyway- -probably yells at a bird or something-

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Comradery | Sonoe | [OPEN]

[bardswhite]

Bard couldn’t help but stare at the situation, letting out a small chuckle with the ‘hellborn ingrate’. While the girl was having problems with the owl, his cat was happily wrapped around the hitman’s neck, holding in his tie.

"I’m sorry, but I don’t think calling her honorifics will help…"

His voice came in a friendly tone, yet a bit serious. He couldn’t understand why the owl was being so mean, though, since his cat was the friendliest creature around.

"I mean, I don’t call my cat by any honorifics and here it is…"

[shslintelligence-blog]

It looks like he'd heard all of that. How embarrassing. Disgraceful, even! Bordering on shameful. So the intelligence officer shifted her gaze back to the owl to hide any embarrassment she may have shown. Arms carefully snaked around the edge of the cage, pulling it closer in spite of fervent protests from Shōkaku. ...Wow, that is one angry owl. She could barely speak over it.

"...Shokaku-san and I are comrades now. I'd like to make a good impression--I thought if I showed her respect, she'd be a little warmer toward me, but..."

Sonoe, it wasn't two minutes ago you screamed at the thing, calling it a hellborn ingrate--

"...she doesn't seem to appreciate my presence yet. I suppose true bonds must be forged through tribulation after all... Your companion my be satisfied with familiarity, but Shokaku-san has the spirit of a warrior. Such a thing is not so easily tamed."

HISSSSSS. Lovely. She couldn't tell if that was a passionate sound of agreement or a cry of defiance. This would be indefinitely easier if the confounded thing could talk. After assuring she'd composed herself, the intelligence officer looked back to he snowy-haired boy and his cat. It did seem friendly... Maybe things would have been a bit better if she'd gotten a cat.

"How do you address your companion, and how shall I address you?"

Her words are curt, and bordering on demanding. 

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Comradery | Sonoe | [OPEN]

They had been on this train for some time now, hadn’t they? Sonoe had already interacted with some of her classmates. Some more pleasant than others. For now, it seemed another comrade had her attention. Sonoe sat in her designated cabin, a caged owl resting on her lap. It looked like she was trying to have a conversation with it.

"Let’s try this again… It looks like we’ll be comrades from here on out, Shōkaku! Though I can’t say for sure what your purpose is, I hope that we’ll get along.”

The owl hissed back in response. This again! There it was! It was hissing at her like she was the enemy! It sounded like something out of a horror movie! What’s the meaning of this?! This was hers, right? It was with her luggage. It should be willing to cooperate! Why so much insubordination? Was she doing something wrong? Sonoe recoiled, giving the owl in the cage a wary stare.

"I…It hissed at me…again…. I’m being as respectful as I possibly can, you hellborne ingrate! Wou…could it be that you’d prefer to be called Shōkaku-san?”

Hissssss…

“Shōkaku-sama?!”

HISSSSS!

"Sho-Shōkaku-dono?! Shōkaku…heika?”

She looks absolutely perplexed, and nearly defeated. I really don’t think the honorifics are the issue here, Sonoe… The girl continues to confront the poor creature, regardless. It’s almost like they’re in a staring contest. She didn’t even notice the person that had approached her. 

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Invader Invader || Popiko || ATTN: Sonoe

[shslpopiko]

Now that she got a clear view of the other girl’s face, Popiko squealed. It probably sounded pretty weird to Sonoe, but a more experienced Popiko handler would probably recognize it as a squeal that indicated happiness or another positive emotion.

"Waaaaah, you’re so pretty, big sister! Popiko-tan’s heart is pattering super duper fast!"

Didn’t she use something similar to that line with Hideo earlier before? Looks like the head injury is making Popiko lose some of that creativity. Taking her hands off Sonoe’s hair, the background dancer rested her head on her hands, eyes practically sparkling.

"Fufufu, that’s right! Popiko-tan is the name, and being a Super High School Level Background Dancer is the game! What about you, big sister? I bet it’s something ultra mega cool!"

Popiko hummed as she thought over that last question.

"Kuuu, sort of! Popiko-tan hasn’t done much exploring. She thinks her head is hurt! Big sis Remy-chan bashed her against the side of the train, nya! That was super mean of her, but Popiko-tan is one tough cookie! I didn’t even cry, even though big sis Remy-chan kicked me in the stomach! Now that’s pretty cool, isn’t it, big sis?"

She did provoke the attack from Remy, though. It almost feels like Popiko is only explaining half of the story to evoke sympathy. What a jerk.

[shslintelligence-blog]

That was a sound Sonoe had never heard before. Was this girl dying. Was that the noise people make when they die. Sonoe did a quick scan around the room to see if there was anyone suited to handle that sort of thing, and by the time her gaze had gotten back to Popiko, she was smiling.

Okay, so she probably wasn't dying. That was good. Sonoe wasn't really trained in handling sick or injured subordinates, so that was a relief, to say the least.

"A background dancer? I imagine that requires a great deal of stamina. You must have trained hard."

Well, that certainly explained the energy. Though she imagined someone like her would be on the front lines rather than in the background, yes? Then again, she's so small, maybe she has to have that much energy, just to be seen.

Sonoe didn't really know anything about that. But she knew about herself, so she welcomed the change in subject.

"I'm Officer Sonoe Kawayanagi, the Super High School Level Intelligence Officer. I'm currently training under the military to become an official officer for the JGSDF. It's a pleasure to meet you, I hope we'll get along."

Sonoe offered the girl a small smile. Childish mannerisms aside (though Sonoe wasn't entirely convinced that she wasn't a child), Popiko seemed like a pleasant enough and well-meaning girl. Granted, it could be the compliments feeding her patience. Whatever the case, the company was nice. A welcome change of pace from her encounter with Remy.

Speak of the devil--

"She did what? It doesn't surprise me that Remington would pick a fight with someone smaller than her, but honestly, this is--"

Wrong time for a speech, Sonoe. There would be plenty of time to rally your troops later. There were more important matters at hand! For now, she let out a sigh, bending down to meet Popiko's height.

"...Are you alright? Do you need medical attention?"

Sonoe wasn't really trained in handling sick or injured subordinates.