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Ehhhhh-to. So, if I'm going to going to make an open forum here, any chance that you guys can tell me what you think "manhood" actually is? After all, I'm due to come of age in a scant week or three, and that sort of thing's dwelling on my mind.

[ And, perhaps just as importantly, what a soldier is. And if he's getting there in being one? ... The fact he wants to sign up for the last leg of his MSF Boot Camp actually probably speaks volumes for that, considering he just got out of one particularly nasty battlefield a week ago. But he won't mention that and he won't sign up. Instead, because he's still being kept up a little bit whenever he smells something metallic, expecting there to be blood on the ground . . . .

He makes an ill-informed choice.]

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[ Masaomi has a mission today. A very important mission that only women can help him with, in his eyes. The lines under his eyes perhaps show he hasn't slept the best per se... but that's beside the point. There are certain people who are excluded from this on principle (Katara, people younger than like 16, some others), some who he knows won't take it well so they're out (Shiemi, Raven, Temari, some others) and some who he knows are in relationships so that's beside the point. But he's going to go for something different this his normal range of playful to obnoxious flirting. He's going to try to be sincere today, and go for an ill-informed string of something approaching confessions. Because he doesn't want to be twenty and alone and with these mental associations he has now . . .

So be someone he accosts for that (volunteer basis, I have no OOC stake in people's reactions one way or the other to put it on the record) or run into him while he's all over town looking for people ]

[Action]

( exposition )

So what was he doing?

Well, him and his Pikachu are getting some exercise. It's not particularly icy today, so they do it outside, running around town and leaping up trashcans and walls to roofs, swinging off lamp posts, and in Linda's case floating some. Basically, parkour/free running as much as is possible in an almost-rural town like this. It's making him miss the urban environment even more, but it does feel nice to show off a little with the stamina and strength which now backs up the balance he's always had. Sure, the both of them mess up now and again, but more often than not (sometimes with some chakra help) they pull off some crazy leaping stunts. What's more, as the day drags on of them doing this, he and his mouse get progressively more in sync as the joy of showing off and doing crazy stuff overrides both of their degrees of shame.

So run into them doing that all over, but mostly centered around the plaza.

That night, he settles in for a meal at Seventh Heaven. He should go home or hang out at the Convenience Store, but he decides he'd rather eat out right now. So him and Linda go in to eat there. He also pulls out his journal and considers something...]

[Written]

So, is anyone planning things for White Day? [Not that he's expecting it, but. There, he's reaching out more]

( stage setting )

[Video]
[Of course, there's really only one way to deal with frustrated misery: you plaster a broad smile on your face such that no one can see what's going on inside of you. He's long since used to doing this, and right now, he doubts anyone will call him on it anyway.

And so, with a bright grin on his face, the video begins. He's in his apartment, dressed in suit very similar to the one he got in gangland during the scavenger hunt experiment]

Hello, hello, ladies and gentlemen! Coming to you live from a studio apartment near you, this is Kida Live! The spiritual successor to the well-received Kida Radio program that some of you might have heard about! [He spreads his arms wide, laughs, and then brings his arms in closer to himself, winking at the camera of the book before crouching down and keeping up the blase smile]

Now, I'm sure many of you have wondered "okay so Luceti's unfortunate, but how can I get a date?" Or perhaps "Valentines is coming up! What if I'm forced into my first kiss?" Or even your first intimate nature moment. [And he holds up his one hand in a circle, the other with his pointer finger out, and then pushes the pointer finger into the circle.] These are all valid concerns! After all, there's a sick sense of humor at work in the "Fate" of this world, one which breaks men's spirits as if they were twigs.

[And he laughs, at his own joke. His voice might just have shifted in pitch a little, but- He twirls in place, and by the time he's done, he's back to normal. Upbeat]

So tell me, Love Hunter Masa, about these concerns! About how you want a date and your woes of love. I'll have you know I even know an excellent matchmaker called the Commodore who can help~ you~ out~!

[With a little finger wiggle at the book of each of those last three words. He ends it there. This'll be more fun than just thinking, anyway.

If you don't want to do the video, there is an action option. Despite doing this broadcast in his apartment, he'll be spending most of his days not spent doing training things in Building I (formerly Azzip, now a budding convenience store) sitting with his Pikachu and browsing his journal. See him through the door or the window or something, or when he steps out to get a meal]

( Bonus: In which he's kidnapped tomorrow )