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The #Case of Beach Terrors

#OthersidePicnic X #MissKobayashisDragonMaid #FanFiction

“Wow, look at the sand.” Riko was pointing at the beach in front of the three friends: Kanna, Riko, and Kasumi. “And look.” She ran forward and picked up a broken sand dollar.

Kanna smiled. Beaches were nothing new to her, but seeing her friend excited pleased her. On the other hand, she was worried about Kasumi, who had stuck a tentative toe in the sand. “Are you okay, Kasumi-san?” she asked.

“It’s fine. Nothing bad is going to happen,” Kanna said. She didn’t know what Kasumi was, but she figured her friend was also from another universe, one where a beach was a danger zone.

Riko had run ahead, so Kasumi didn’t have to be careful of what she said. It was tough cutting and splicing phrases to communicate. So she just pulled a quote from memory: “On a scale of ‘weird dog’ to ‘entity that erases time,’ how dangerous are we talking?”

“Fluffy cute puppy—come on.” She grabbed Kasumi’s hand and led the still hesitant but reassured Kasumi out onto the beach.

Riko, meanwhile, had found a pile of seaweed and was poking through it. Kasumi pointed at her and stitched together a new quote. “It won’t turn into a weird dog and eat her?” It was clumsy, and she could have done better, but Kanna understood.

“No, it’s normal seaweed. Things don’t turn into other things here.”

“Okay, shoot it if it does.”

Kanna bent down and picked up a sand crab from #under a piece of driftwood where it was hiding.

“Kasumi shrieked, trying to hide behind Kanna. ‘No, no, no, it’s turning weird!’”

Kanna glanced over her shoulder, then, making sure Riko wasn’t watching, bit into the crab. “See, if it turns, I’ll eat it.”

“You ate that. Do you have a third stomach?”

Kanna glanced at Riko and said in a low voice so only Kasumi heard, “I’m not from this world either. Let it be our little secret.”

Kasumi nodded. “Accomplices.”

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NaraMoore ⛩️👻八尺様👻⛩️ at Fedi Jul 7, 2025

Tanabata Bird Case – Part 1

七夕バード事件

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#WSS366 #MastoPrompt 7/7

“Ohhh…” Riko stared at the little stand of bamboo the teacher had put at the classroom’s #entrance. Each student had hung a Tanabata wish on it the day before.

“So many colors! Look at them dance!” Kanna said, looking at the slips of paper spinning in the breeze made by a fan the teacher had put nearby.

The other two girls were entranced, especially Kasumi, who studied each fluttering wish like it meant something.

“What did you wish for?” Riko asked, turning to Kanna.

“Silly, you’re not supposed to tell your wish,” Kanna replied.

“At least point it out,” Riko said.

Kanna pointed to a neatly #clipped slip of lilac paper.

Riko peered at it. “Ah, I can’t read it.” Then she turned to Kasumi, saying, “Which one is yours?”

Kasumi indicated a white bird, the only origami on the bamboo.

Only the three girls noticed what happened next. Everyone else’s eyes had been drawn to Kasumi. The fan’s breeze had caught her long hair, and, for a moment, she looked like a witch child flying with her hair streaming behind her.

(1/2 Continued)

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#KobayashisDragonMaid #DragonMaid #小林さんちのメイドラゴン
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NaraMoore ⛩️👻八尺様👻⛩️ at Fedi Jul 7, 2025

Tanabata Bird Case – Part 2

七夕バード事件

#OthersidePicnic X #MissKobayashisDragonMaid #FanFiction

#WSS366 #MastoPrompt 7/7

“It’s moving,” Riko said as the origami bird began fluttering.

“It’s the fan,” Kanna said.

Kanna and Riko’s eyes grew wide as the bird took flight, soaring over the classroom.

“Look, a bird got in,” a boy pointed.

“Listen,” a girl in rumpled clothes said. “It’s singing.”

“How lovely,” a third voice said.

“It’s like a dream. I can see the song,” a girl in the back said. She held a manga tightly in her hands, eyes wide, listening.

“It’s Kozakura-san and Kasumi,” Kanna whispered. “It’s a vision.”

Each of them saw Kasumi with her hair done up with dozens of blue bows. She was eyeing a strawberry-covered cake. Kozakura had a big smile and was cutting an enormous slice of cake.

“Your mom looks happy,” Kanna gently touched Kasumi hair, “and those are lovely ribbons.”

“There are Toriko-san and Sorawo-san,” Kanna said as the two adventurers appeared. The tall blonde Toriko was smiling broadly and held a large stuffed bear. The blue ribbon around its neck matched the one in Kasumi’s hair. A serious Sorawo stood next to Toriko, holding a small wrapped present.

Kanna giggled. It was so like the two women: enthusiastic Toriko and her serious girlfriend.

As quickly as the birthday scene had appeared, it dissolved, replaced by a new one.

This time Riko spoke, “That’s me! Oh… And I’m hugging Kasumi. And there we go—running. I’m pushing her on the swings. We’re having so much fun!”

Riko looked at the real Kasumi. “Is that what you want—to be real friends?” Kasumi nodded harder, smiling.

The vision changed once more.

“Look, that’s me,” Kanna said. “All grown up, still wearing my hair ties.”

“You kissed her on the cheek,” Riko said. “I want that too. If you kiss Kasumi, you have to kiss me.”

With one more burst of vision, the three girls appeared in a swan boat. Then, with a final flutter, the bird slipped out the open window.

“The visions—are they what you wished for?” Kanna asked, and Kasumi nodded, head bobbing wildly.

Kasumi finally spoke in a voice a little like Toriko’s. “I think if you wish hard enough, anything can come true.”

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Steven D. Brewer 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 4, 2025

@NaraMoore kyuto!