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Summer 2024 SSR [ The Child Frolics with Flame ] Mithra
Scenario writer: Minami Yuna![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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Homescreen line:
“Kenja sama, let’s go to Northern Country. Rolling around in the snow feels good, and I think I’d be able to fall asleep in a familiar place, so I’ve decided to bring you along with me. It’s a bit warmer there today, so the conditions should be ideal.”
Card Story: A Harshly Relaxing Time
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Card Episode: Spare No Thoughts for the Aftermath
A Harshly Relaxing Time — Episode 1
[ Mount Guren ]
One fine day, we found ourselves at Mount Guren, located in the volcanic field in the farthest reaches of Northern Country. We were there on vacation.
I gazed upon the faraway mountain, dark smoke puffing out of its peak, while Mithra took a seat upon one of the magnificent mounds of lava rock.
Akira: Now, allow me to explain what a sauna is in my world!
Saunas are a type of heat bath. You huddle in a room heated to high temperatures, and that encourages blood circulation. After that, you cool your body down…
Mithra: That’s too much explaining. I don’t care much for difficult explanations, so please make it simple.
Akira: Uhh… No matter how hot it gets, you must sit through it all. You will sweat, and then you will splash yourself with water. And then you’ll feel relaxed?
Mithra: ‘Sit through it’...
Akira: I-It’s not a simple task, I know, but there’s a logic behind all the sitting still.
And, if you manage to challenge your very limits, the cold bath that comes after feels all the better! I’m sure you’ll feel like you’ve been reborn after it all.
Mithra: Alright. So you’re saying this sauna thing isn’t easy.
It can’t be helped then. I’m not good at sitting still, but let’s give it a shot right away…
Owen: Man, that was the worst.
Akira: Oh, it’s Owen.
Mithra: Hello.
Owen: Guh, and now it’s the worst of the worst.
Mithra: Come again? What a rude thing to say right upon meeting someone. I’ll kill you.
Akira: H-hey now…… Owen, you seem to be in a little bit of a bad mood, so I was wondering if something happened?
Owen: It’s all Knight sama and the western bunch’s fault. I was forced into some weird contest over who can sit still the longest.
It’s already so hot here, but they’re doing that thing where you splash water onto heated stones, which makes the surrounding temperature rise, and then whoever sticks it out the longest on that spot wins.
Akira: (That’s a right and proper competition alright…)
Mithra: Then you’re just in time. We’re about to do something similar.
Please fill Owen in on the details. Let’s all sweat it out and get reborn.
Owen: Were you even listening to what I said? I hate that kind of thing, and I already got roped into a session of it.
Maybe I’ll head on back to the Magical Manor first. Right now, neither you nor Oz are there, so I’ll be able to take it easy and even take a nap.
Mithra: You… You know full well I cannot sleep, and yet you still dare bring it up. Very well. I understand. The one who achieves rebirth first, wins.
Owen: What?
Mithra: Kenja sama, you’re in too.
Akira: M-Me!?
Owen: How about no? I don’t want to be part of some pointless match.
Mithra: It is not pointless. If you manage to beat me, you can take a nap, or do whatever you please.
Or are you saying that you lack confidence? Right, you did say you’d just ran away from a match.
Owen: ………
A Harshly Relaxing Time — Episode 2
Akira: …… Ah, it’s sweltering……
Owen: Hot……
Mithra: Too hot……
After that, Mithra, Owen, who Mithra had successfully goaded into joining, and I made our way to the waterside where there was lava rock aplenty.
Whenever water splashed onto the magically heated rocks, a suffocatingly dense hot steam would spray into the air.
Akira: Thanks to Mithra’s barrier, we’ve effectively sealed ourselves into a confined space that traps heat… This is… definitely a sauna…
Owen: Isn’t this space hotter than it's supposed to be? Don’t you go making things even worse now.
Mithra: I figured a confined space would be more effective. But it’s definitely more intense than I’d imagined…
May I let some wind in from outside? Just around where I am.
Owen: That’s cheating, so don’t you dare. Anyway, having said that—
Owen’s gaze shifted towards me as he wiped away his sweat. His shoulders moved upward in a shrug, and then he laughed.
Owen: I get why Mithra would make a contest out of this, but Kenja sama, aren’t you the one who suggested this to Mithra?
You know he can’t sleep, so you took advantage of that weakness and made him go through all this suffering. Who would’ve guessed that you’ve such a knack for goading people towards misery?
Akira: I-I didn’t mean it that way… I do believe that if you overcome your own limits, you’d be able to unwind…
Mithra: Aren’t you simply getting irritated from the heat? Hurry up and surrender, Owen.
Owen: No. You surrender first.
Mithra: No thanks. If that’s the case, shall we raise the heat?
Akira: What?! I think the temperature is already very much at the boundary of what’s reasonable…
Mithra: It’s hot in here, so I’d like to hurry up and end this contest.
« arsim »
Audibly, a pillar of flame roared to life before Mithra.
Owen: That’s too hot!?
Akira: (screaming)
Sacrificium: ……!
Akira: Stop! STOP! This flame’s going to kill us if we don’t cool off in time!
I give! I surrender! Hey, Owen, you too!
Owen: (sigh) ……
Okay, sure, whatever. Spending time cooped up in this heat is stupid anyway.
Mithra. Undo the barrier and summon us water.
[ Mithra smiles. ]
Mithra: You didn’t have to say it’s stupid… But I suppose it’s my victory then.
Mithra: « arsim »
[ Splash! ]
Akira: Gyaaaah! The transpatial door’s connected to the ocean?!
I… I’m gonna drown…… (glub)
Mithra: Oh, dear. Please don’t drift away on a whim.
Akira: T-Thank you very much. For grabbing my arm… (cough) (sputter) ……
Owen & Mithra: Ah… I feel so alive…
A Harshly Relaxing Time — Episode 3
Akira: Ph… Phew……
By this time, the great wave of water that Mithra had summoned was gone, and so was Owen.
Mithra, who had dried off his clothes with the aid of magic, was now rolling his shoulders to relieve his body.
Mithra: Maybe I do feel a little bit more refreshed.
The heat was nigh unbearable, but once you overcome it, that feeling somehow turns into one of bliss.
Akira: That’s good…! I’m glad to hear it. Though the sauna was quite intense…
Mithra: Huh? Kenja sama, don’t you seem somewhat tired out?
Akira: A little, yeah… Um, can you use your magic to make some cold water?
Mithra: That’s easy.
« arsim »
Akira: Thank you very much. …… Wow, that sure tastes good.
Sacrificium: ………
Akira: Oh, Saccie… You’re rubbing up against my legs. Were you worried for me?
Aww, thanks, you’re the cutest. (exhales) Ah, I’m healing…
Mithra: …… You’re thanking that thing instead of me, the one who gave you the water?
Akira: Huh!? N-No, I’m grateful to you too, Mithra.
For catching me before I got swept away by those waves, and also for giving me water.
But it’s hard to resist something fluffy that comes up to snuggle against you.
Sacrificium: ………
Akira: You wanna sit in my lap now? You’re so cute~......
Mithra: Please move.
Sacrificium: ?
I was sitting on the ground, and Saccie had clambered into my lap.
Mithra grabbed Saccie by the scruff of its neck. With a rough swing of his arm, Mithra swapped spots with Saccie, laying his head of soft red hair into my lap.
Akira: Mithra…? What’s wrong?
Mithra: If you want something fluffy, then I’ve got that too. The fur pelt on this outfit’s pretty good to the touch.
I’ll grant you special permission to touch it. It’s way better than some stuffed toy the twins made.
Akira: T-Then I shall take you up on your offer…
……! Wow, it’s so fluffy!
Mithra: (soft chuckle) Right?
Mithra: (yawn) …… I think I’ll take a short rest too, just like this.
After a bit, let’s go sweat it out again. For a sauna, you’re supposed to do it over and over, right?
Akira: That’s correct. But I think it’d be really nice if you could make the temperature a little more bearable than the previous time…?
Mithra: Then how about we ditch the barrier? There’s a small crater halfway up the mountain, so if we get close enough to it…
Mithra shut his eyes as he spoke. His face was peaceful and defenseless, his shoulders were slack. It looked like he had managed to properly relax.
Akira: (For a moment, I’d wondered how things would pan out, but…)
(I’m glad Mithra’s managed to get to that state of feeling ‘reborn’, so all’s well ends well.)
I felt a cool breeze blow by, coming from atop the mountain.
It cooled off my burning hot skin, and I breathed a sigh as I entered a state of relaxation.
Card Episode: Spare No Thoughts for the Aftermath
[ Magical Manor - Corridor ]
[ Rumble… ]
Akira: What the… what is this noise…
[ Splash! ]
Akira: A huge wave of water… and it’s coming from the other end of the corridor?! Aaahhh—!?
Mithra: Hey, are you going to let yourself be swept away by these currents again?
Akira: Mithra! Sorry you’ve got to get me out of a pinch again… That said, all this water is……
Mithra: It’s that sauna thing. Didn’t we endure the heat, sweat it all out, and then bathe in cool water at Mount Guren that time we went?
It felt pretty good, so I thought I’d recreate the experience here.
Akira: I-I see… So, what room did you use to contain all the heat? The baths, or something…?
Mithra: No, I went to the meeting lounge. I enchanted the fireplace’s flames so that it would envelop the entire lounge.
Akira: You whaaat!? The walls and the floor and… is everything still intact?!
Mithra: Who knows. I think everything might be slightly charred. I did flush out the place with water, so everything’s probably just fine.
All in all, I feel like I worked up a good sweat.
Cain: Woah, what?! The corridor’s drenched…!?
Chloe: The meeting lounge’s all scorched! H-How even!?
Akira: (‘Just fine’, huh… Sure doesn’t seem like it…)
Scenario writer: Minami Yuna
373_yunaHomescreen line:
“Kenja sama, let’s go to Northern Country. Rolling around in the snow feels good, and I think I’d be able to fall asleep in a familiar place, so I’ve decided to bring you along with me. It’s a bit warmer there today, so the conditions should be ideal.”
Card Story: A Harshly Relaxing Time
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Card Episode: Spare No Thoughts for the Aftermath
A Harshly Relaxing Time — Episode 1
[ Mount Guren ]
One fine day, we found ourselves at Mount Guren, located in the volcanic field in the farthest reaches of Northern Country. We were there on vacation.
I gazed upon the faraway mountain, dark smoke puffing out of its peak, while Mithra took a seat upon one of the magnificent mounds of lava rock.
Akira: Now, allow me to explain what a sauna is in my world!
Saunas are a type of heat bath. You huddle in a room heated to high temperatures, and that encourages blood circulation. After that, you cool your body down…
Mithra: That’s too much explaining. I don’t care much for difficult explanations, so please make it simple.
Akira: Uhh… No matter how hot it gets, you must sit through it all. You will sweat, and then you will splash yourself with water. And then you’ll feel relaxed?
Mithra: ‘Sit through it’...
Akira: I-It’s not a simple task, I know, but there’s a logic behind all the sitting still.
And, if you manage to challenge your very limits, the cold bath that comes after feels all the better! I’m sure you’ll feel like you’ve been reborn after it all.
Mithra: Alright. So you’re saying this sauna thing isn’t easy.
It can’t be helped then. I’m not good at sitting still, but let’s give it a shot right away…
Owen: Man, that was the worst.
Akira: Oh, it’s Owen.
Mithra: Hello.
Owen: Guh, and now it’s the worst of the worst.
Mithra: Come again? What a rude thing to say right upon meeting someone. I’ll kill you.
Akira: H-hey now…… Owen, you seem to be in a little bit of a bad mood, so I was wondering if something happened?
Owen: It’s all Knight sama and the western bunch’s fault. I was forced into some weird contest over who can sit still the longest.
It’s already so hot here, but they’re doing that thing where you splash water onto heated stones, which makes the surrounding temperature rise, and then whoever sticks it out the longest on that spot wins.
Akira: (That’s a right and proper competition alright…)
Mithra: Then you’re just in time. We’re about to do something similar.
Please fill Owen in on the details. Let’s all sweat it out and get reborn.
Owen: Were you even listening to what I said? I hate that kind of thing, and I already got roped into a session of it.
Maybe I’ll head on back to the Magical Manor first. Right now, neither you nor Oz are there, so I’ll be able to take it easy and even take a nap.
Mithra: You… You know full well I cannot sleep, and yet you still dare bring it up. Very well. I understand. The one who achieves rebirth first, wins.
Owen: What?
Mithra: Kenja sama, you’re in too.
Akira: M-Me!?
Owen: How about no? I don’t want to be part of some pointless match.
Mithra: It is not pointless. If you manage to beat me, you can take a nap, or do whatever you please.
Or are you saying that you lack confidence? Right, you did say you’d just ran away from a match.
Owen: ………
A Harshly Relaxing Time — Episode 2
Akira: …… Ah, it’s sweltering……
Owen: Hot……
Mithra: Too hot……
After that, Mithra, Owen, who Mithra had successfully goaded into joining, and I made our way to the waterside where there was lava rock aplenty.
Whenever water splashed onto the magically heated rocks, a suffocatingly dense hot steam would spray into the air.
Akira: Thanks to Mithra’s barrier, we’ve effectively sealed ourselves into a confined space that traps heat… This is… definitely a sauna…
Owen: Isn’t this space hotter than it's supposed to be? Don’t you go making things even worse now.
Mithra: I figured a confined space would be more effective. But it’s definitely more intense than I’d imagined…
May I let some wind in from outside? Just around where I am.
Owen: That’s cheating, so don’t you dare. Anyway, having said that—
Owen’s gaze shifted towards me as he wiped away his sweat. His shoulders moved upward in a shrug, and then he laughed.
Owen: I get why Mithra would make a contest out of this, but Kenja sama, aren’t you the one who suggested this to Mithra?
You know he can’t sleep, so you took advantage of that weakness and made him go through all this suffering. Who would’ve guessed that you’ve such a knack for goading people towards misery?
Akira: I-I didn’t mean it that way… I do believe that if you overcome your own limits, you’d be able to unwind…
Mithra: Aren’t you simply getting irritated from the heat? Hurry up and surrender, Owen.
Owen: No. You surrender first.
Mithra: No thanks. If that’s the case, shall we raise the heat?
Akira: What?! I think the temperature is already very much at the boundary of what’s reasonable…
Mithra: It’s hot in here, so I’d like to hurry up and end this contest.
« arsim »
Audibly, a pillar of flame roared to life before Mithra.
Owen: That’s too hot!?
Akira: (screaming)
Sacrificium: ……!
Akira: Stop! STOP! This flame’s going to kill us if we don’t cool off in time!
I give! I surrender! Hey, Owen, you too!
Owen: (sigh) ……
Okay, sure, whatever. Spending time cooped up in this heat is stupid anyway.
Mithra. Undo the barrier and summon us water.
[ Mithra smiles. ]
Mithra: You didn’t have to say it’s stupid… But I suppose it’s my victory then.
Mithra: « arsim »
[ Splash! ]
Akira: Gyaaaah! The transpatial door’s connected to the ocean?!
I… I’m gonna drown…… (glub)
Mithra: Oh, dear. Please don’t drift away on a whim.
Akira: T-Thank you very much. For grabbing my arm… (cough) (sputter) ……
Owen & Mithra: Ah… I feel so alive…
A Harshly Relaxing Time — Episode 3
Akira: Ph… Phew……
By this time, the great wave of water that Mithra had summoned was gone, and so was Owen.
Mithra, who had dried off his clothes with the aid of magic, was now rolling his shoulders to relieve his body.
Mithra: Maybe I do feel a little bit more refreshed.
The heat was nigh unbearable, but once you overcome it, that feeling somehow turns into one of bliss.
Akira: That’s good…! I’m glad to hear it. Though the sauna was quite intense…
Mithra: Huh? Kenja sama, don’t you seem somewhat tired out?
Akira: A little, yeah… Um, can you use your magic to make some cold water?
Mithra: That’s easy.
« arsim »
Akira: Thank you very much. …… Wow, that sure tastes good.
Sacrificium: ………
Akira: Oh, Saccie… You’re rubbing up against my legs. Were you worried for me?
Aww, thanks, you’re the cutest. (exhales) Ah, I’m healing…
Mithra: …… You’re thanking that thing instead of me, the one who gave you the water?
Akira: Huh!? N-No, I’m grateful to you too, Mithra.
For catching me before I got swept away by those waves, and also for giving me water.
But it’s hard to resist something fluffy that comes up to snuggle against you.
Sacrificium: ………
Akira: You wanna sit in my lap now? You’re so cute~......
Mithra: Please move.
Sacrificium: ?
I was sitting on the ground, and Saccie had clambered into my lap.
Mithra grabbed Saccie by the scruff of its neck. With a rough swing of his arm, Mithra swapped spots with Saccie, laying his head of soft red hair into my lap.
Akira: Mithra…? What’s wrong?
Mithra: If you want something fluffy, then I’ve got that too. The fur pelt on this outfit’s pretty good to the touch.
I’ll grant you special permission to touch it. It’s way better than some stuffed toy the twins made.
Akira: T-Then I shall take you up on your offer…
……! Wow, it’s so fluffy!
Mithra: (soft chuckle) Right?
Mithra: (yawn) …… I think I’ll take a short rest too, just like this.
After a bit, let’s go sweat it out again. For a sauna, you’re supposed to do it over and over, right?
Akira: That’s correct. But I think it’d be really nice if you could make the temperature a little more bearable than the previous time…?
Mithra: Then how about we ditch the barrier? There’s a small crater halfway up the mountain, so if we get close enough to it…
Mithra shut his eyes as he spoke. His face was peaceful and defenseless, his shoulders were slack. It looked like he had managed to properly relax.
Akira: (For a moment, I’d wondered how things would pan out, but…)
(I’m glad Mithra’s managed to get to that state of feeling ‘reborn’, so all’s well ends well.)
I felt a cool breeze blow by, coming from atop the mountain.
It cooled off my burning hot skin, and I breathed a sigh as I entered a state of relaxation.
Card Episode: Spare No Thoughts for the Aftermath
[ Magical Manor - Corridor ]
[ Rumble… ]
Akira: What the… what is this noise…
[ Splash! ]
Akira: A huge wave of water… and it’s coming from the other end of the corridor?! Aaahhh—!?
Mithra: Hey, are you going to let yourself be swept away by these currents again?
Akira: Mithra! Sorry you’ve got to get me out of a pinch again… That said, all this water is……
Mithra: It’s that sauna thing. Didn’t we endure the heat, sweat it all out, and then bathe in cool water at Mount Guren that time we went?
It felt pretty good, so I thought I’d recreate the experience here.
Akira: I-I see… So, what room did you use to contain all the heat? The baths, or something…?
Mithra: No, I went to the meeting lounge. I enchanted the fireplace’s flames so that it would envelop the entire lounge.
Akira: You whaaat!? The walls and the floor and… is everything still intact?!
Mithra: Who knows. I think everything might be slightly charred. I did flush out the place with water, so everything’s probably just fine.
All in all, I feel like I worked up a good sweat.
Cain: Woah, what?! The corridor’s drenched…!?
Chloe: The meeting lounge’s all scorched! H-How even!?
Akira: (‘Just fine’, huh… Sure doesn’t seem like it…)