Memory 01

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Memory: Almost groping Shannon [ep1] (Trivial Positive)
Game: Three's amphitheatre game
Day: 157
Form: Drop spindles in your team color. Just twist it in your hands to see your memory. 9/10 uses left.

The four of us cousins were enjoying our stories, just shooting the breeze.

Anyway, there are both girls and guys here. Plus, we've got people over a wide spread of ages: adult, high school, and elementary school. Even though everyone was only telling his or her personal story, the other three were listening attentively.

BATTLER: I think I'm finally getting used to all this. Jessica and Maria have grown more than I could've imagined in the past six years. To be honest, I was feeling a bit uncomfortable, but talking like this, I guess that on the inside, nothing's really changed since back then.

JESSICA: I agree. Battler, even after six years you haven't changed a bit. Even though your body's gotten gigantic, you're still a kid inside.

MARIA: Uu-! Maria's a kid too! Maria's a kid too!

BATTLER: Well, even you aren't gonna be a kid forever, are you Maria? I mean, you're growing from being a kid to a cute young lady, aren'tcha? And when that happens, that flat-as-a-board chest'll be on Jessica's level, huh~? When that happens, let me rub it, OK? Promise!!

MARIA: Uu-! Let you rub it! Promise! Uu-!

GEORGE: N, no, Maria-chan! You can't make that kind of promise, that's bad, bad, bad!

MARIA: Uu-? Maria promised, so let him rub it! Maria'll keep her promise! Definitely keep it, uu-!!

BATTLER: ...Mariaa, you're a really earnest, good girl... The guy you marry's gonna be really lucky.

JESSICA: Just a..., getting back on topic here, you're not gonna be keeping that promise! Maria, that promise never happened! Never!

MARIA: Uu-. Promise is cancelled? Uu-......

GEORGE: As I thought, without Battler-kun in our little quartet, it just didn't feel like all the cousins were here. These six years have been kinda lonely.

JESSICA: ...That's true. We weren't able to goof off like this. Still, we did have some pretty constructive conversations, don'tcha think? Stuff about preparing for our future, exam-taking, or finding jobs.

BATTLER: Oo~ooh, I'm sorr-rry! Now that I'm here, there's just this stupid babbling~!

MARIA: But, Maria's having fun this year. Uu- uu-!

GEORGE: That's true. I agree, this year's the most fun.

Maria's sincere words probably spoke for everyone. When George-aniki stroked Maria's head, she giggled like a happy kitten...

SHANNON: ......Pardon me. Your meal is prepared.

A timid knocking sound and an equally timid young woman's voice came through the door. Jessica answered brightly.

JESSICA: Shannon, come in! You remember Battler, don'tcha?!

Jessica stood up from the bed and opened the door. There stood a servant girl who was definitely about our age.

SHANNON: I-it's been quite some time since we last met, Battler-sama. It's nice to see you after six years. I'm Shannon.

Trembling a little, she acknowledged me and bowed deeply.

BATTLER: ...Ah...! Jessica had me surprised, but Shannon-chan! You've turned into a total beauty too, haven't you?!

SHANNON: Y...your words are too good for me...

BATTLER: Bu~t, the food on this island must be really nutritional, right? What are you eating, where are you training, to get boobs that big?!! Guess I'll have to feel 'em a bit and see whether yours or Jessica's are bigger, oka~ay?!

With both hands poised and saliva dripping from my mouth, I closed in! ......For the sake of my honor and justice, I'd like to point out that I don't suffer from some strange disease that makes my lymph nodes itch until I scratch my neck open and which can only be prevented by rubbing breasts. It's just my Battler-style way of communicating.

If I slowly close in on her like this, odds are eight or nine out of ten that I get slapped or clobbered, right? This is a Battler-sama original technique which'll lead to a gag like that and break the ice!

.........W, well, that means I really do get to touch them on that one-in-ten chance though, right? Ihihyahyahya, like I really expect that'd ever happen?!!

At that point, my hands were less than a centimeter away from Shannon-chan's boobs, but......the counterstrike had yet to come. She blushed and lowered her head in embarassment when she realized what was going on, but she just stood there with both hands politely joined in front of her, not even trying to resist or cover her breasts.

...Whoaaaaah, I wasn't planning on this!! P, please, hit me right now! At this rate I'm seriously gonna...?!

...Which is why I was glad that Jessica chose that time to drive her elbow into the back of my head.

BATTLER: Guaaaah, ooooowww, thank you Jessicaaaaaaa~!!

JESSICA: W, w, why the hell are you thanking me?! ???

BATTLER: No, no, my bad, Shannon-chan. Looks like I got a little too absorbed in your hypnotic chest... So now we can see that if I get too close I degenerate into a big pervert after all. Seriously, you've got to resist!

SHANNON: .........B, but, .........you are...an important guest, Battler-sama......

BATTLER: Now look here, a pervert's a pervert whether he's a guest or not! Ten centimeters around a girl's chest is like an Air Defense Identification Range. If someone trespasses within two centimeters, that's already an invasion of airspace and you can immediately give me a slap, like a high-alert takeoff!

SHANNON: .............I-I couldn't do such a thing...! We are......, ...that is, furniture and...

Of course she didn't want her breasts touched, but..., if a guest so desired, she intended to sacrifice her own needs in response anyway. ...A girl like this needs some urgent protection...!

BATTLER: ...I-in these days, to think that there's a dedicated and virtuous girl like this... Getting... giddy again!... ......But, no! NooOoo!! I'm coming at her with a perverted face again! Someone trip me!! No~oo, pervert! Without your word, I can't settle down! Please, I beg you, smack me! Like this, smack! Hit meeee~!!

SHANNON: I...............I cannot obey your request. Because I'm furniture. ......But, ............if it's an order, I'll obey you. ...Because that is my duty.

GEORGE: Ahaha, then I'll make it an order. The next time Battler-kun tries to touch your breasts, counterattack with a slap. Alright?

There is also some exposition about Shannon: she's been working for the family for ten years, since she was six years old. 'Shannon' is not her real name, but rather a 'servant name'. The cousins had an earlier meeting with Kanon, a very unsociable servant, who is like a little brother to Shannon.

What he learned:
+ I have a name! ...a really weird name =_=
+ I have cousins! George's name is not mentioned, but Jessica and Maria's are
+ I haven't met these people in six years
+ Pervy jokes are totally the best way to break the ice
+ BOOBS
+ No seriously boobs are awesome
+ Shannon! I knew her six years ago, too, but she's changed a lot