Hololive: Reflection

Part Three: Echo

"You okay, Suisei?" Anemachi asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine, Anemachi," Suisei responded, "But to be honest, I'm much more worried about you than myself."

"Don't underestimate me!" Anemachi retorted, smiling, "I'm your big sis! I can carry my own weight."

"If you say so," Suisei agreed, looking out the window with unease, "God, I'd kill for some of your cooking right about now."

"I promise I'll make you some okonomiyaki when we get home," Anemachi said, "For now, let's get going. We should take a look around."

"Alright," Suisei said, rising to her feet and walking out of the cave they were taking refuge in.

...

"What were those things?" a worried Lamy expressed, lowering her hands after using ice magic.

"Dunno," Botan said, getting up and retracting her claws, "But I'll make sure they don't fuck with us."

"Botan, you can lean on me whenever you need to, you know?" Lamy replied, "You don't have to shoulder this all by yourself."

"I might have to take you up on that," Botan said, yawning and stretching her arms. Before long, she noticed a strange building. "Hey, what's that place?"

"I'm... not sure," Lamy said, thinking for a moment, "Do you want to look inside?"

"Why not," Botan said indifferently, walking towards it, "Never know what you'll find if you don't look."

"That's true, I suppose," Lamy said, following Botan's lead. The two found themselves at a metal door with no doorknob.

"What the-" Botan said, looking around and finding a keycard lock, "Oh, I see."

She then backed up a considerable distance, shaking her head and hopping in place for a little while. Then, at breakneck speed, she rammed into the door, blowing through it and leaving a dent. Lamy ran into the now empty door frame to help the lion girl up.

"Are you okay, Botan?" Lamy said, concerned.

"Yeah, don't worry about me," Botan stumbled to her feet, "More importantly, what is this place?"

The two girls looked around, finding conveyor belts, scrap metal, and power tools. To their left was a small table.

"A workshop?" Lamy speculated, "Or a factory?"

"Not sure," Botan shrugged, taking a gander at the table. It had a small drawer attached to it, and opening it revealed a lone blueprint. Upon closer inspection, it seemed to be the directions to building what was called a KEY.

"KEY?" Botan said, confused.

"How odd," Lamy pointed out, "It might be important though. We should put it back."

"I agree that it might be important," Botan said with a mischievous smirk, "Which is why we're taking it with us."

"You never change, Botan," Lamy said, giggling, "Come on, let's get going."

...

"Morning, partner," Tamashi said in a cheery tune, "Up and at 'em."

What's got you so upbeat? Nozomi wondered.

"That oni girl should be okay by now, right?" Tamashi said, "She's so cute!"

Jeez man, Nozomi laughed, it's only been a day.

"True, but a man can dream," Tamashi laughed as well, as Nozomi made his way to walk towards the Cover Corporation building. Luckily for him, it was only a short subway ride away.