Editing City Series:Volume8a Chapter2 (section)

===Aoe’s Board Mode: In South DT’s Dearborn District===

'''<Aoe’s Over Reload>

There are many Bodies around. Your conversation is restricted to Yuo.

Yuo’s underwear is visible.

Yuo: “Hey! S-stop that!”

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Yuo circled behind you, putting you between her and the road.

Aoe: “What are you sneaking around for?”

Yuo: “Oh, shut up! I’m too flustered to Download my hands to lower my skirt!”

Yuo: “Oh, god. The subprograms are slow as molasses at times like this.”

Yuo: “Ow, ow, ow. Stupid buttons.”

Aoe: “Are you still not done?”

Yuo: “No, I am not. Wait, did you switch to Board like this is none of your concern?”

Aoe: “I did. My kinetic vision burned the image into my memory in mere moments, so there is nothing more for me to do.”

Yuo: “Oh, is that so? Well, I’m glad you enjoyed my green underwear. Ugh, why is it so tight?”

Aoe: “Unfortunately for you, you now wear the Yard uniform’s tight skirt. Those don’t pull down as easily as the flared ones from your old school uniform.”

Yuo: “I see you still know how to get under my skin!”

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Yuo has turned toward you again. Her face is red, her eyebrows raised, and her eyes tearful.

Aoe: <Maybe I overdid it.>

Yuo: “Ugh…”

Aoe: “Word of advice, Yuo. The problem is trying to force the skirt back down right away. Try loosening the belt and buttons first.”

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Yuo’s expression has changed. Her eyebrows have lowered and her eyes are widened. She looks impressed.

Aoe: “Mh? Surprised, are you? You shouldn’t be. I am a skirt flipping expert after all.”

Yuo: “Eh? Have you done this to other people too?”

Aoe: “Like you wouldn’t believe.”

Aoe: <Of course you’re the only one.>

Yuo: “I can see your thoughts, Senpai. Because you’re a criminal.”

Yuo: “Now, please don’t do this kind of thing in public.”

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Yuo’s head is lowered while she twists her body to try and get her skirt back down.

You hear her belt loosening.

'''<Yuo’s thought display is no longer hidden>

Aoe: “Hm?”

'''<Aoe’s Over Reload>

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The program control panel hanging from Yuo’s belt pressed its button against her belt buckle.

Aoe: <Yuo, your belt buckle has- oh, you can’t see my thought window with your eyes down there.>

Yuo: <Sigh.>

Aoe: <Wait, idiot. I can see your thoughts.>

Yuo: <I’m hopeless. Everything he says just makes me so happy.>

Yuo: <And I was hoping to apologize to him. I’ve wished for this chance for so, so long.>

Yuo: <nowiki><I</nowiki> just wanted to apologize for forgetting about him for so long.>

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Yuo’s head is lowered while she fixes her skirt.

You sometimes hear the quiet metallic clank of her belt moving.

The passersby are paying the two of you no heed.

Aoe: “…”

Yuo: <But then there he is exactly the same as I remember him. He doesn’t mention any of it and I’m tempted to just go along with that.>

Aoe: <nowiki><I</nowiki> haven’t mentioned it because I feel guilty too.>

Aoe: <Can I close her window myself?>

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You reach out and touch her window and it closes.

Her work has reached her skirt’s buttons.

Yuo: <nowiki><I</nowiki> need to apologize. That was such an awful way to say goodbye.>

Yuo: <Not to mention that I had to say goodbye at all.>

Aoe: “…”

Aoe: <You don’t need to apologize for anything.>

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You reach out and touch Yuo’s window and your own window and they both close.

She finishes her work and straightens up. Her cheeks are flushed.

Yuo: “Um, okay. I’m all done.”

Aoe: “For your information, idiot, I can see your thoughts.”

Yuo: “Eh? Oh, god. I didn’t show you anything embarrassing, did I?”

Aoe: “Mh.”

Yuo: “Oh, thank god. That was a close one.”

'''<Yuo’s thought display is now hidden>

Yuo: “This has its upsides too. A lot of the patients who come to DT either can’t speak or aren’t very talkative, so they need this.”

Aoe: “Then why was everyone so afraid when they saw my window?”

Yuo: “Because your window has a black border. That indicates you’re a criminal. It’s usually the thuggish people dressed like urban heroes who have their black border windows on full display. Get it now?”

Aoe: “I do. I get that this city is a pain in the rear.”

Yuo: “It’s really convenient too. In Board Mode, two people can set up a Side Page and remotely communicate that way as long as they know each other’s coordinates.”

Aoe: “So like making a phone call?”

Yuo: “More or less. Now, Senpai, um.”

'''<Aoe’s Over Reload>

Yuo is looking up at you. Her eyebrows are drooping and her lips are pressed lightly together.

Aoe: <Mh? Does she want to tell me something?>

'''<Aoe’s Board Mode has ended>