For Want of a Nail - Misha Route (Updated 11/1/19)

[AntonSlavik020]

Oh OK. That makes a hell of alot more sense. I thought it seemd like a rather drastic change in tone.

[Mader Levap]

TL;DR: Hisao rooting Misha is canon, Kenji KO-ing Misha is a joke post.

Huh. I thought "Kenji going to deep end" part was just after hanky-panky.

[Hoitash]

TL;DR: Hisao rooting Misha is canon, Kenji KO-ing Misha is a joke post.

...This has got to be one of the best trolls in the history of literature.

I salute you, Mr. ProfAllister.

/Salute.

[Oscar Wildecat]

TL;DR: Hisao rooting Misha is canon, Kenji KO-ing Misha is a joke post.

The scary part is, joke post or not, it is in character for Kenji.

[OutofBlues]

Totally worth the wait. Can't wait to see where you're going with Shizune's "date."

[Mirage_GSM]

TL;DR: Hisao rooting Misha is canon, Kenji KO-ing Misha is a joke post.

I tried to convince him to actually use that part later in the story, but I failed
It would have been awesome to see the fallout of this...

[pip25]

TL;DR: Hisao rooting Misha is canon, Kenji KO-ing Misha is a joke post.

I wonder how many people can guess where this "adult content disabled" Kenji scene originates from...

[timetravelzero]

Excellent as always, ProfAllister! Really loved the bit with Kenji. I only noticed one minor slip in the story here:

only to discover yet another level of depth opening up to me - and odd feeling, but certainly not unpleasant.

I believe you meant "an odd feeling". Other than that, excellently put together and (as always) exceeded my expectations by leaps and bounds. Absolutely worth the wait!

[Dumanios]

I'll repeat it being worth the wait, and Kenji throughout was just hilarious.

[SpcPotshot]

That was well worth the wait...and the Kenji post was the icing on the cake XD

[Atario]

I feel I should clarify, since it is quite easily missed

Uhhhhhhhhhhh. I feel that should have been explained thoroughly in the posts themselves. "Quite easily missed"?? There's absolutely nothing indicating it! I was sitting here going "What. The. Fuck.". Kenji breaks in on them sleeping naked together and chloroforms her? Then Hisao (relatively calmly!) has a discussion about it in the nude? Then gets punched and chloroformed himself? "Off the rails" doesn't even begin to capture the feeling…

Ok. Beyond that immersion-breaking blunder…

• Emi comes off like a total psycho.
• Narwhal??
• Lilly comes off like a total bitch.
• "Hnnnngg". You cheeky bastard.
• "Elephant in the room". Well well! Not much for modesty, are you, Hisao!
• Typo: "…pushing down when sheer does the same."

[AntonSlavik020]

• Emi comes off like a total psycho.

Really? Everything else I agree with, but I think everything she said was well founded. If anything, Hisao was the one in the wrong.

[Atario]

• Emi comes off like a total psycho.

Really? Everything else I agree with, but I think everything she said was well founded. If anything, Hisao was the one in the wrong.

I'm thinking specifically of the part where they're talking at the bus stop, and she goes into a rant that ends with her screeching, falling to her knees, repeatedly punching the ground, and sobbing. I mean, picture anyone you know actually doing this.

Then she gets up and goes about her day like nothing happened.

♪ Psycho! ♬

[ProfAllister]

Apologies for the confusion. I didn't really think things through when putting them together (The breadcrumbs work!), and, to compound matters, the "Disable Adult Content" sequence fits on a bit TOO seamlessly tacked onto the end of the actual scene. I take full responsibility and will retreat in shame for three months before I begin work on the next chapter. (That's a joke.)

• Emi comes off like a total psycho.
• Narwhal??
• Lilly comes off like a total bitch.
• "Hnnnngg". You cheeky bastard.
• "Elephant in the room". Well well! Not much for modesty, are you, Hisao!
• Typo: "…pushing down when sheer does the same."

• I'd argue that a) Emi has much more reason for her actions than the average person. Also, calendars. b) I'd dispute that she goes on as if nothing happened. She manages to function and interact with Hisao (at a minimal level) and even brings up a cheerful facade right before facing the world at large, but that's hardly "back to normal."
• The narwhal, or narwhale (Monodon monoceros), is a medium-sized toothed whale that lives year-round in the Arctic. One of two living species of whale in the Monodontidae family, along with the beluga whale, narwhal males are distinguished by a long, straight, helical tusk, actually an elongated upper left canine. Found primarily in Canadian Arctic and Greenlandic waters, rarely south of 65°N latitude, the narwhal is a uniquely specialized Arctic predator. In the winter, it feeds on benthic prey, mostly flatfish, at depths of up to 1500 m under dense pack ice. Narwhals have been harvested for over a thousand years by Inuit people in northern Canada and Greenland for meat and ivory, and a regulated subsistence hunt continues to this day. While populations appear stable, the narwhal is particularly vulnerable to climate change due to a narrow geographical range and specialized diet.
• You're looking at it through Hisao's eyes. If you could look at the situation through Lilly's eyes, things might be different. Hell, if Lilly could look at the situation through Lilly's eyes, things might be different. :p
• Thank you?
• It beats "Dongasaurus Rex".
• You can't prove anything.

As always, thanks for the warm response and feedback. Here's hoping the next chapter gets up a tiny bit faster.

[AnathRaema]

Hisao rooting Misha is canon

Why am I not surprised you're an Aussie just from you using the term rooting.