Mitotsudaira's perspective Mitotsudaira, done with her morning jog, decided to take a warm bath. The bathtub doubled as the shower, so after washing away the sweat, she filled up the tub. The tub was a shallow western type, so Neito would often lay back with her hair spilling over the rim and read a book, or rest her head on the edge and let her arms dangle outside. Today, she decided on the latter. Her bottom gently shook as she casually kicked her feet back and forth in the water. The water line crept up along her gentle curve, and she felt a slight tickle as it came back down past her thigh. Neito liked making tiny waves like this, and thanks to Musashi's abundance of hot springs, it was a small luxury she could afford. As she spent the rest of her morning relaxing, Neito mulled over her plans for the day. "I'll head over to the academy, but then what?" She hadn't made plans for breakfast yet. Maybe she'd eat out. Her lunch and afterschool plans were likewise free. Completely open; not a bad feeling at all. She still had some cargo transport to take care of, plus some work at the perfume shop, but that still left plenty of time. The hardest part was simply deciding what to do. "Maybe I'll practice the viola for a change-" she thought, as a friend-only auto-open signframe popped up. It was Asama. Mitotsudaira spoke into the now-open circuit. "What is it, Tomo?" "Hi Mito. Kimi and I were comparing a particular part of the human anatomy and...Oh, sorry, I guess this wouldn't really concern you. Anyway, how about we do something fun later? The bamboo shoots are sprouting behind our shrine, so how about we cook them while they're still soft?" "Why are you suddenly trying to change the subject!?" Just then, a signframe from Kimi popped up next to Tomo's. For some reason, she was holding a bucket. "Fufu, Mitotsudaira! Asama was thinking of sprouting her own bamboo shoot, and and using it as a periscope to play submarine in the hot spring. Dive, dive, dive!" "Don't you mean shoots?" "It's just a metaphor! It swells up in the hot water then you go "wham!" and lop it right off! What's that, Silly Brother, hearing 'wham!' would make it shrink? Quit worrying and just do it!" "W-wait a second, Kimi! Do what!?" "Tut-tut...Cool your jets, Silly Brother. You've got to start by giving her chocolates~" Neito had a bad feeling about this conversation, so she waved away the signframe and let out an exasperated sigh. She was about ready to get out of the bath anyway. "When she said 'periscope' she meant a specific body part, didn't she?"