mixed with the lightning of slaughter

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Smile. "Good."

Uchiha Hisame

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She hasn't really considered having a girlfriend before.

This is nice.

(She's maybe a lot touch starved.)

"Having two people named Hisame might be confusing..."

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"We can pick nicknames."

Uchiha Hisame

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"I think Koro or Naraka, for me."

Uchiha Hisame

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"I can be Tentou, if you're Naraka - there's others of the two of us, though not from worlds like ours, and we decided collectively we're a murder of crows, which Koro might run into. Still, it is cute. Do you have an opinion, darling?"

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"I like Tentou and Naraka. A matching pair, like you two."

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Kiss. "Tentou it is, then."

Naraka

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Cuddle. "Naraka does work well."

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"It's cute." Her own little heaven and hell, and her the shepherd to the afterlife.

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"We are."

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A kiss for her girlfriend! And an extra hug for Naraka.

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Mmm, kisses...

Naraka

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And quite determined cuddles.

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Still - "We should introduce her to the others. Eventually. Not now, of course."

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Eventually. They can go over the basics of who everyone is, first.

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Absolutely.

Explaining all their adventures so far makes for a good idle conversation topic, at least.

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And suitable visuals for the fun parts.

Naraka

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That certainly makes Naraka quite happy.

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After a while, Tentou disentangles herself, leaving her girlfriend and alt to continue cuddling, and goes to see if she can find their alts.

Elatra

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Elatra is taking a break from exploration, focusing instead on research and her girlfriend.

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"Hey," Tentou says. "The Keres and I found another Crow alt."

Elatra

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"Congratulations. You two are still in the lead, I believe."

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"Perhaps. This one's actually a Hisame, as well - from a copy of my world a year before its destruction, near as I can tell, though that Hisame had a different elder sibling than me. Which is - part of the problem. I'd like to introduce her to the group, but I think I should explain what's up with her first, and maybe not throw everyone at her at once, at least until we're planning how to avert her world's destruction."

Elatra

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