Entent Cordial

[eien_no_chou]

Chiyo barely manages to prevent herself from circling the neighbourhood again just for fun, for the sake of riding this wonderful machine a little while longer, but it seems as though if she tarries for too long her passenger may expire entirely, and she can feel herself getting chilled thoroughly to the bone by her clothing.

The last thing she needs mid-grail war is a bout of pneumonia, so she brings the rumbling beast to a stop in front of the driveway of her house. Shizuka is in the doorway, and if Chiyo cared to examine her expression for more than a moment she might have chastised her for the open shock - said something about catching flies with a mouth hanging open like that. She steps off the bike and leaves Michel languishing in the sidecar.

"Have Madarame drive the bike and the boy back to his hotel," she says lightly, breezing her way past her bewildered servant. Once inside she can hear her clothes dripping water onto the floor, and her socks make wet splat sounds on the wood once she discards her shoes. She makes it all the way to her bedroom and immediately sheds her sodden clothing, wrapping a towel around her middle before collapsing into a chair with a breathless laugh.

That was quite possibly the most fun she'd ever had before in her life.

Comments

[eien_no_chou]

"I am willing to make an alliance if it means we actually make some progress towards the Grail," she says simply, considering dropping her hand. "Unless you consider me too odious to work with."

[toomuchbull]

"If you mean this, then it is accepted, although I feel like we should both have insurance on this matter."

Rider takes the hand though, and looks Chiyo dead in the eye. Well, down, and dead in the eye. "Neither one of us have track records, and I think there's one wildlife matter I want to settle before moving on."

[eien_no_chou]

Chiyo only realises how cold her hands are when she can feel Rider's warmth in comparison. She should really get dressed. "And that wildlife matter would be?"

[toomuchbull]

"Oh, I have some tanuki to apologise to. I probably gave them a scare during the incident with Saber's master."

[eien_no_chou]

"Ah," Chiyo says, as though she completely understands the train of thought that lead to this.

She adds to her mental notes. One, buy a motorbike. Two, make sure no Tohsaka ever makes the mistake of summoning from the Epic ever again.

[toomuchbull]

Enkidu lets go of her hand, still not sure what to make of this. Being in a proper fight must have done something to her head, he figures, and he'll ask about it later.

For now, he has a church to visit and some friends to talk to.