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It was an ordinary day for the Seraph Squad… well, as ordinary as it could be with that bunch. But for the ‘West-Side Psychic’, ‘Genius Esper from Kansai’ Megumi Aikawa, it was far from any ordinary day, in fact…
“Today’s the day!”
Startled by the sudden outcry, 31-A’s resident captain couldn’t help but ask.
“Today’s the day?”
“That’s right Tama, today’s the day!”
“Today’s the day! But… what day is it, Megumi?”
Megumi looked at Tama, an air of pride on her face.
“Today’s the day I finally manage to perfectly boil a egg with my power!”
“Oh! I’ll go buy some eggs!”
Tama rushed out of the dorm room and soon arrived at one of Mari’s many shops.
As she was finishing her purchase, someone came to her.
“Cappy? What you buying here?”
Showing her newly bought eggs, she answered.
“Ruka! Megumi said she was going to boil those with her mind. Do you want to come see?”
“Boiled eggs! Should we buy mayo too? Or maybe rambutan jam? No, I know, let’s get canistel!”
“Canistel what’s this? Anyway let’s go, Megumi is waiting for us!”
The road to their dorm room was short. Once they arrived, Tama handed the eggs over to the esper.
“Let’s get to boilin’!”
Taking an egg, she began to focus intently. Soon, the egg started trembling, faint steam emanating from it. Seconds passed and the trembling intensified until the egg exploded, sending boiling hot egg white around. On the floor, a surprisingly well cooked yolk fell and broke apart.
Thankfully, Megumi was prepared, she had put tarp around her cooking area, preventing the need to explain why having an egg flavored sofa was all the rage around the base.
“Are you alright Megumi?!”
“I’m aight, how ‘bout ya Tama?”
“I’m fine. Ruka are you ok…”
Ruka, covered in egg white, had taken an indecent position.
“To think you would spray me with your hot, thick juice in front of others… I can’t get married anymore.”
A vein threatened to burst on Megumi’s forehead.
“Don’t go corrupting my Tama ya idiot!”
A flash of lighting targeting Ruka erupted from Megumi’s hand, but before it reached its target, Tama, who went to help clean up Ruka’s face, got in the way of the attack.
“Gyaaaah!!”
Slightly panicked, Megumi rushed towards the short girl.
“Are ya okay?”
Tama, still recovering from the quite literal shock, smiled weirdly.
“I’m fine… it wasn’t that bad… it was even a bit good…”
“Look what ya did to my girlfriend!”
“Now that’s just slander! She was freaky from the beginning! And you’re the one who shot your lightning, I’m not an esper yet after all.”
“I sure hope ya ain’t!”
After some cleanup and recovery, Megumi tried again, and again, and again. To no avail, eggs kept bursting one after the other. Now only six remained. As she was to reach for the next one, Ruka’s phone rung.
Isuzucchi
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I got something you’ll be interested in
only 5k GP
fork em over
come on
I know you have the money
Fiiiiine~
5,000 GP have been transferred successfully
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Seeing the picture, Ruka let out a chuckle.
“But if I say that they’ll think it’s impure.”
“Wat’cha even talking ‘bout?”
“I was about to say ‘You guys need to see that!’, followed by ‘But you’ll have to keep it secret!’, thus what I said.”
“That doesn’t explain much…”
Tama looked at Ruka expectantly.
“What do you want to show us?”
“Feast your eyes on the best picture 5k GP can buy!”
“Is that Commander Tezuka?”
“With Officer Nanami sitting on her lap!!”
“OI TAMA!!”
“Y-Yes?!”
“Up ya go!”
Megumi picked Tama by the armpits and settled her on her lap.
Seeing them like this gave Ruka an idea.
“If cooking one egg makes it explode because you’re accidentally putting too much power in a single egg, why not use multiple at the same time?”
“That won’t work. I ain’t good enough to multitask at this level yet.”
“Aha, that’s where you’re wrong! If you think of it at two individual eggs, it won’t work but what if you imagine them as a single group of eggs.”
“Wat’cha even talking ‘bout?”
Ruka grabbed two eggs, doodled on them for a few seconds and turned back to Megumi.
“‘Hello, I am MEggumin, and this is my girlfriend CappEgg! We love each other so much we don’t want to ever part!’
Now, Megumin, you wouldn’t want to separate such a lovely couple, wouldn’t you? You aren’t that cruel… right?”
“Wat’cha even talking ‘bout? And ain't that the third time I used that line already?”
While Megumi was dubitative, to say the least, Tama seemed much more onboard.
“Megumi, look, they aren’t two eggs, they’re a couple of eggs! It has to work!”
“Aight, I’ll give it a try.”
Closing her eyes, Megumi focused. The eggs lifted from her hands and started trembling. Soon, they fell back, steaming.
“I did it! I actually did it!”
Dropping the eggs, Megumi caught Tama in her arms and spun her around, eliciting a gleeful laugh from the former captain.
Ruka, however, wasn’t fully satisfied, there was a bigger challenge ahead. Kinda useless honestly, but Ruka will be Ruka. Thus, she did her best Tezuka imitation.
“Now, now. You have yet to cook four eggs at once. Only four of them remain so mistakes aren’t permitted. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is too perfectly boil RukEgg, YukkEgg, TsukassEggchi and the combined form of KarYolkin and KAlbumen-Chan.”
“Why d’ya have to give ‘em those weird names? And where’d that Mission Impossible reference come from?”
Meanwhile, Tama wasn’t following this discussion, instead, she was looking at one of the discarded eggs.
“I wonder if this Megumi tastes the same as the original…”
Fortunately, neither of her companions heard her.
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Some time later, Yuki came back to the room. As she opened the door, she heard.
“I’m definitely eating Yukkie! I mean, peel the outside and what do you find? The most delicious thing of all. Look at this clear and smooth surface! So delicious, I cannot get enough. That makes me want to go for an after dinner snack, if you know what I mean.”
Yuki’s face became bright red. She slammed the door shut and ran away. It was only later this evening, after she had finally readied her heart for what was to come that she discovered they were talking about eggs.
That night, Ruka Kayamori slept on the couch.
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While the eggs were cooking, in the commander’s office.
“Commander, Cadet Oshima seems to have left. Do you want to switch places?”
Without waiting for an answer, Nanami moved over to the edge of the couch and guided Tezuka’s head to her lap.
That night, Saki Tezuka slept like a baby.