NaraMoore ⛩️👻八尺様👻⛩️ at Fedi<p><strong><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/wss366" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wss366</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> 7/12</strong></p><p><strong>Return to the FATE GEAR</strong></p><p><strong>Chapter 8 Crystal Showers</strong></p><p><strong><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/FanFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FanFiction</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/OthersidePicnic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OthersidePicnic</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/FateGear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FateGear</span></a></strong></p><p>“Make yourselves useful,” Captain Mina barked, looking at the Otherside pair. “Swab the deck.”</p><p>“Aye, aye, Captain!” Toriko roared, throwing up a sharp salute.</p><p>Shards of the crystal spheres lay all around and would have lacerated the busy crew’s feet, if not for their heavy, thick-soled boots. Sorawo would’ve called them clunky punk shoes or just clunkers, and Toriko thought of them as “cool and emo.” Either way, they spared the crew damage from the glass on the deck.</p><p>(“As well as being cool and emo,”) the Fate Gear commented, à propos of nothing.</p><p>Now that the Fate Gear was <strong><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/fly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fly</span></a></strong>ing through the ether, the ship was quieter. The creak of timbers, snap of canvas, and sharp orders of the bosun’s mate masked the anti-grav generators’ gentle hum.</p><p>Toriko’s energetic swabbing, combined with Sorawo’s lackadaisical help, sent cascades of crystal sloshing overboard. The resulting sheets of shooting stars lit up the sky and were long remembered as the legendary Tik-Tok Shower, named for the Tik-Tok of Oz constellation it came from.</p><p>As they finished, Mina approached. “You be real swabbies now. Can either of you swing a cutlass? Play a guitar? Drum?”</p><p>“<em>Guitar? Drum?</em>” Sorawo thought. Then “Why those?” slipped out.</p><p>(“Metal-powered steampunk.”) the ship answered. (“You best start believing in steampunk settings, Miss Sorawo—you’re in one.”)</p><p>Toriko started speaking, “Back in Canada, I…”</p><p>But Sorawo didn’t give her a chance to finish. Who knows what she’d say or what predicament she’d put them in? “No, none of those.”</p><p>“Any fantastic abilities: raging, berserk, kung fu, or spidey sense? Anything like that?”</p><p>“I can touch unreal things,” Toriko said.</p><p>Sorawo winced.</p><p>“And I have this.” Toriko pulled out a SIG Sauer P220.</p><p>“You’re not a eunuch, are you?” Mina raised an eyebrow, smirking like it was a private joke. Then, without missing a beat: “And you, swabby?” She turned to Sorawo. “Do <strong><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/tell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tell</span></a></strong>.”</p><p>Yuri glanced up from her console. “Got a tambourine, if that helps.”</p><p>Sorawo looked between the three of them, lifted her hands in surrender, and said, “Sorry. We were going to a party.”</p><p>“Ship, have Benimori bring this swabby the ‘Thunderbolt’ she used last time.”</p><p>(“Aye. It’s not quite rum, but it’ll do.”)</p><p>Mina ignored Fate Gear’s latest snark and addressed the adventures. “When we attack, climb the rigging and give my crew fire support. If there are aerial opponents, they’re your priority.”</p><p>Sorawo gulped, looked up at the rigging, her face green. “Aye, aye, Captain.” Her voice was a squeak next to Toriko’s prior roar</p><p>“You’re not a eunuch, are you?” Toriko smirked, eyes glinting. Her face all but said, “<em>This is a day I’ll always remember—the day we almost got Sorawo to act like a real pirate.</em>”</p><p><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/TootFic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TootFic</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/Serial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Serial</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/NMPrompts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NMPrompts</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/NMV366" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NMV366</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/NMMP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NMMP</span></a><br><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/UraPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UraPi</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/Steampunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Steampunk</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/Pirates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pirates</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/UraPiFanFic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UraPiFanFic</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/Metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Metal</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/JMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JMetal</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/Satire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Satire</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/ReturnToTheFateGear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReturnToTheFateGear</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/NMRTTFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NMRTTFG</span></a></p>